It’s been nearly 30 years since a complete rodeo (not just the professional bull riders) came to Madison Square Garden, so let’s hope it’s been worth the wait.
The Cowboy Channel will present Rodeo New York on Father’s Day weekend 2020, with competition June 19-21. It’s not too early to mark your calendar for next year.
Find out more at https://www.rodeonewyork.com/about
The Equestrian Businesswomen group, which presented a day of meetings during its first gathering in West Palm Beach, Fla., in January, is having a meetup June 20 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
The session, which runs from 6-9 p.m. at Jacob & Anthony’s American Grille, 38 High Rock Ave, will involve cocktails and conversation with female entrepreneurs and businesswomen in the equine industry.
The event will feature an open bar and hors d’oeuvres for a night of conversations, networking and community. There is no fee and no need to formally RSVP, but the organization asks that you mark yourself as “going” on the EQBW Facebook event page so they can get an idea of how many people will attend. Feel free to share the event with other women in the industry who would want to attend.
At the meetup, get an idea of what EQBW will give members when it launches its membership platform. It will offer more opportunities for networking–both online and offline–and collaboration among members and participating experts.
EQBW is creating a digital community aimed at helping engage, support, and inform equestrian businesswomen through eLearning content created by industry experts on various topics from business management and how-to business tool tutorials to personal growth and development.
For more information about both the Summit and the new membership platform, please visit www.EqBusinesswomen.com.
The Monmouth County Hunt will hold a Prospective Member Ride on Saturday June 15, a great opportunity to see the hunt country, get your horse out in a group, meet the Masters, and learn more about MCH over breakfast.
Those interested are asked to confirm their attendance by Friday, June 14 by email at monmouthcountyhunt@gmail.com or calling Jen Donaldson at (732) 915-0492. The cost is $25 per person and horses are available for leasing.
The New Jersey Equine Artists’ Association’s 2019 Invitational Exhibit of equine art by local/regional artists began June 9 at Prallsville Mills, 33 Risler St., Stockton, and will be on display through Sunday, June 23. It is open Thursdays through Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appointment.
“This is the group’s third time at Prallsville Mills and it has been a great venue to showcase these majestic animals at work, sport and play, in the wild and dreams,” commented the group’s founder/director, Sheila Barnes.
“This is NJEAA’s 20th anniversary, starting with local artists in 1999. We have been thrilled with the response of art/horse lovers‘ to our shows over the years.”
The Sawmill at Prallsville Mills is a historic site on the Delaware River and Raritan Canal, with a lovely backdrop for this exhibition. NJEAA provides information, education and networking opportunities for its members, whether beginners or professionals. To learn more contact Barnes at: xochitlb@comcast.net or call (908) 284-9751.
The U.S. Center for SafeSport will debut five free online youth training courses, beginning June 12.
They will include courses for children of pre-school age, grades K-2, grades 3-5, middle school and high school. They are designed as an introduction for athletes who are minors, and their parents or other caregivers, to understand the importance of positive, welcoming environments in sports, where misconduct such as bullying or abuse is less likely to happen.The course are also designed to help participants know where to report abuse.
Each course will be hosted on www.athletesafety.org and requires that a parent/legal guardian create an account to provide consent for their child to access the training. Once an account is created, parents can choose which course is best for their child, based on their actual or developmental age.
Every course will take less than 30 minutes to complete. While the youth training courses are not required, a PDF certificate is available at the conclusion of each training, and parents are encouraged to create one bearing their child’s name.
Competing members of the U.S. Equestrian Federation are required to take the SafeSport course for adults, as are licensed officials.
After its popular top-25 show rating program was put on hold for five years, the North American Riders Group (NARG) is back to represent riders, owners, trainers and their horses, with a focus on improving the sport.
After three meetings in 2019, the NARG board has elected new members, submitted an updated position statement to the International Jumper Riders Committee and approved a proposal for the return of the NARG Top 25.
Following the February and April meetings, the NARG board took on Lauren Hough as its new treasurer and invited three new members to join. Mark Leone remains as president and Tiffany Foster of Canada as vice president. The board includes Kent Farrington, Jimmy Torano, Andrew Welles, Missy Clark and Will Simpson of the U.S., along with Canadians Mark Samuel and Ben Asselin, and Mexicans Enrique Gonzalez and Eugenia Garza. Jennifer Markee continue as executive director.
The board has updated and reinstated the NARG Position Statement to IJRC, including addressing the blood rule (involving blood found on a horse in competition) with solutions for revision. It also deals with adjusting the allocation of FEI Ranking Points for the AAA Category as well as the Nations Cup Final; the escalating costs of competing at FEI events in North America, particularly 2* shows; and the potential implementation of an FEI Course Designer Certificate of Capability.
The ranking of the NARG Top 25 shows will return in 2020, taking into consideration six years of past reports, the current show jumping landscape in North America and revamping the evaluation system, NARG website and communication systems. There also has been a discussion of presentation methods and reaching out for feedback from an evaluation panel in the sport.
EqSol returns as not only producer of the NARG Top 25 report, as it was from 2010-2015, but the agency has agreed to take on the vision and mission of the entire project.
Anyone who wants to participate or has ideas for NARG should contact Jen Markee at (516) 428-4423.
