Full Moonian Newsletter

Horse News

We welcome Matt and Chris to the Quarantine barn; they are two 3 year old Belgian x's. Toto, the cutest 6 month old on the farm, can be found hanging with the boys at Breyer barn.

Farm News

Buck Davidson Jumping Clinics Return

Mr. Davidson returns to continue the fun and take the challenge to the next level. Join us on August 20 & 21 to audit ($10 per person) if you haven’t signed up to ride.

Ride ON

Attention Lesson Program Boarders and Lessors:

Please help us keep the lesson program running smoothly by calling before 4pm to let us know when you are planning to ride. After 4pm we are in the arena and can't get the message. Everyone will be happy with a little cooperation and planning ahead. To improve scheduling, please try to either come when group lessons are not happening or during a lesson time. Thank you.

League Try-outs Coming

Sign-up sheets for tryouts will be up the first week of August, along with a list of things parents AND riders are committing to...the least of which is financial!

ALL need to read BEFORE signing up.

Remember tryouts are for a spot on any FMF team...the coaches decide, the riders don't. If you show up to try-outs to you are agreeing to abide the coaches' decisions to ride for which ever team is assigned.

You have just entered…a No Attitude Zone.

Working Student Forum

E-Mail addresses needed. Please email Ms. Erin with your email address at: hingerin@aol.com so that current schedules/contact lists can be sent directly without the paper waste or delay.

Silence is Not A “No”. With the deluge of vacations and related w/s substitutions, it has come to our attention that people like to make calls about as much as others like to get them. Why? Because few are actually returning the call to give an answer. It can make a person feel all alone in a cold and uncaring world. Silence is not a “No”. Please respect and love your FMF family enough to call back. It is OK to say No, if you call right away. TRY to say YES – it may be you.

Beware: “We” are now officially watching to see who the nice polite people are who return the sub requests phone calls.

Bio-Hazard Diddly-Bah (Ie. Germ containment)

You may well be asking, “Hey what is all that aisle blockage and stall warning sign thing about anyway?” Glad you asked. We have had a couple of snotty noses (horse-wise) around the barn lately. (NOT runny noses, horses' noses drain all the time from having dust/mud/shavings get stuck to them - that's not what we're talkin’ here.) When a horse has a snotty nose we routinely culture the “drainage” to see what type of bacteria is growing to choose an appropriate antibiotic.

Clipper had a sinus infection which was treated and is now over...Titan developed one about the time Clipper was over his. While Clipper's nose cultured nothing exciting, Titan's boogers had a small amount of an icky bacteria that can be transmitted to other horses.

Thus, the blocking off of the last five stalls and the rerouting of traffic - please OBEY those signs!!! None of the horses next to Titan have gotten sick, and ALL of our horses (including Titan) have been vaccinated against this type of bacteria. These are two entirely different cases, with entirely different types of bacteria. Where Titan picked it up it's hard to know. The vet's say they can carry it in their bodies for up to two years, without getting sick!

Now you may well be asking, “How can I help?”

· No treats fed by hand-you can be the carrier for germs if they are out there ~

TREATS IN THE FEED BUCKETS.

· DON"T pet noses of any horse other than the one you are riding...!!!!!!! We know they are all cute but…hands to yourself.

· Finally - for right now when cleaning stalls and feeding (other than the off limit ones) put horses on cross-ties-not in someone else's stall!!!

· Think about it-----

WORKING STUDENT OF DISTINCTION

Helmets off to:

Katie Rubilotta: A true Gem shining in July. Diligent, trust worthy and helpful, Katie has filled in for others even after working all day at camp. Thanks for the hard work and for taking the initiative to see what needs doing on your own!

Stephanie Cherry and Mary Allyn Distler: If you’ve had a vacation, many can probably thank these ladies. Thanks for taking on so many extra shifts in addition to the many other things you were working on. Much Appreciated!

FMF Calendar ** = going

Aug 5 (Sun) (**) Olde Hope Farms Starter Horse Trials

Aug 5 (Sun) Olney Farm Recognized HT BN-I

Aug 13-17 Full Moon Farm Equitation Camp

Aug 17 (Fri) Olde Hope Farms Starter Horse Trials

Aug 18 (Sat)-19 Waredaca Recognized HT BN-I

Aug 19 (Sun) (**) Lehigh 4 - Hunter/Jumper Show

Aug 20 (Mon)-21 Buck Davidson Clinic at Full Moon Farm

Aug 20 (Mon) Last day to qualify for the 2007 AEC's

Aug 25 (Sat) - 26 Difficult Run HT - recognized - BN - P

Sep 2 (Sun) Weave-A-Dream Recognized

Sep 13 (Wed)-16 American Eventing Championships

(AEC's), Wayne IL

Sep 22 (Sat) Full Moon Farm PipeOpener

Show News

FMF Jumper Show June 9th

At the Full Moon Farm Jumper Show on June 9, 2007, horse and rider teams competed for fast times and clean rounds in three classes for Division title honors. Division honors and individual results were:

Elementary Division

Champion - Hammerin Hank and Grace Fulton
Reserve - Shine the Silver and Ashley Kutzner
Reserve - Punch and Danielle Leggett

Baby Beginner

Champion - Spanky The Saint and Samantha Warnke
Reserve - Sweetie Pie and Zellie Wothers

Hopeful Jumper

Champion – Claremont and Casey Muller

Reserve – Skippy and Savannah Fulton

Level 1 Jumper

Champion – Mac and Mary Ballew

Reserve – Skippy and Savannah Fulton

June 24^th Lehigh

Full Moon Farm riders returned to Westminster’s Lehigh Riding Club for the June 24^th Equitation and Jumper show. While everyone had outstanding results, the first and second place finishes were as follows:

· Mr. Steve rode FMF Manilla Bay to 1^st place in both the Special Hunter and Open Hunter Divisions.

· Cody Wooten had an impressive day aboard Gambler. They won Champion of Hopeful Hunter with two 1^st and a 2^nd place finish. They earned a 2^nd place in Midget Jumpers and were Reserve Champions of Equitation 13 & Under.

· Kelly Wallace rode Hodge Podge won two 2^nd place ribbons in Equitation 14 – 17.

· Drew Duhan and Whiskey took 2^nd in Midget Jumpers.

· Emily Arches and her Private Benjamin were Champions of Midget Jumpers with a 1^st and 3^rd places. They also won Reserve Champion of Low Pony Hunter with 4^th and 2^nd place ribbons.

· Dailee Fagnant and Grey Expectation were Reserve Champions of Midget Jumpers with 1^st and 3^rd place ribbons and were Champions of Equitation 13 & Under with a 1^st and 2^nd place finishes.

· Grace Fulton and FMF Hammerin’ Hank won Reserve Champion of Short Stirrup Equitation with a 4^th, 1^st and 2^nd place finishes and won two 2^nd’s in Crossrail Hunter.

· Sara Fox and Punkin’ were Champions of Long Stirrup Equitation with 2^nd and 1^st places and a 1^st in Crossrail Hunter.

· Catherine Goldberg rode FMF Cadillac Jack to a 1^st in Long Stirrup Equitation.

· Hana Dudley and Kitty were Reserve Champion of Long Stirrup with a 3^rd and 1^st places.

· Tori Buckshaw and FMF Bubbie won Reserve Champion of Small/Medium Pleasure Pony with two 2^nd’s and a 3^rd.

· Samantha Warnke and Spanky the Saint were Champions of Large Pleasure Pony with two 1^st and 2^nd place. They also won a 2^nd in Low Pony Hunter.

FMF Photographers

Send me your show pictures of Full Moonians and I can include them when I send the show results to the local newspapers. Just attach the picture in an e-mail to Kim @ a11en4bgh@comcast.net.