Kaitlin Petras

Kaitlin Petras won reserve at the CAQHA open saddle show series this summer in the green horse series!!

Way to go for her first time showing….ever!  and Fancy too!

She also was 4^th overall in the 14-18 english series!

 

 

Horse Judging Team Needs new members

Please contact Kaitlin Petras if you are interested in joining our Horse Judging Team. 

March Horse Judging Clinic

Dripping Springs 4 H Horse Project is hosting a Horse Judging Clinic with Terri Antilley of Texas A&M University on March 7, 2009 from 1-4 PM at the Polo Club Stables on Highway 290.  There is no cost to attend.  Because of the limited space we will need to limit the number of horses attending, but there is no limit on those wishing to attend and learn more about Horse Judging.  Terri will cover Halter, Showmanship and Western Pleasure classes.  Please contact Donna Moore, 512-7868342, or Lynne Dickinson, 512-560-3819 for more information or to inquire about bringing your horse to the clinic.  All horses that attend must have current negative coggins and proof of strangles vaccination.

 

March 7 clinic

Dripping Springs 4 H Horse Project is hosting a Horse Judging Clinic with Terri Antilley of Texas A&M University on March 7, 2009 from 1-4 PM at the Polo Club Stables on Highway 290.  There is no cost to attend.  Because of the limited space we will need to limit the number of horses attending, but there is no limit on those wishing to attend and learn more about Horse Judging.  Terri will cover Halter, Showmanship and Western Pleasure classes.  Please contact Donna Moore, 512-7868342, or Lynne Dickinson, 512-560-3819 for more information.

 

Terri  is the voice of many of the online judging videos from Texas A&M.  I would consider this a terrific (free, close, and in the afternoon) opportunity to learn more about horse judging.

 

 

SA horse judging

This event will take place during a school day.  Registrants are required to fill out an academic elgibility form and have it signed by their school and then faxed the Ag office.  I do anticipate this taking most of the day, based on this past weekend’s event.

I am trying to put the horse judging manual from TAMU on the website for those interested to download.

 

Kimberly Petras

Congratulations Kaitlin Petras!

Kaitlyn Petras represented Horses Rock at the Johnson County Horse Judging Contest requiring that each participant judge 9 classes including reining and roping.   Kaitlin placed 10^th in the halter class!   Great job, especially for her first time judging.   CONGRATULATIONS KAITLIN!!   For more information on how you can get involved in Horse Judging, click on Horse Judging on the Horses Rock Web site.   www.horsesrock.org

SA livestock show horse judging

San Antonio horse judging contest is  Thursday Feb. 12 th. 

Each team member has to create a profile on the 4-H connect and register for the event

http://grovesite.com/page.asp?o=tamu&s=Travis&p=163731

this is the website to both create a profile and register for the SA show  I think this has to be done this week

in order to participate.  The academic form exemption has to be turned in by the 4^th.

If you are interested please do the profile ASAP as I am not sure what the exact deadline is.

It is $5 to register for the event online and it appears there will be another fee of $40 per team (3 -4 persons).

Kimberly Petras

www.keystudioaustin.com

680-3236

Requirements - District 10 Horse Judging Contest

The District 10 Horse Judging contest will be held at the San Antonio at the San Antonio Stock show February 12^th. 

1.     1.   Complete Academic Eligibility Form   Because participants will miss school on February 12^th  in order to compete at the San Antonio Stock Show, Academic Eligibility forms need to be filled out by the parent & school & faxed by the school to the Travis County 4-H Office 854-9611. 

a.     Deadline:   February 4^th. Every member participating in the San Antonio Livestock Show, livestock or a judging contest, must have a completed form on file by February 4, 2009

b.     Form:    San Antonio Stock Show 2009.pdf

c.  Fax Back:  The original form should be returned to the Travis County 4-H Office or the school may fax it to Travis County 4-H at 512/854-9611 by February 4th.

2.       Register for “2009 D10 Dairy and Horse Judging” Through 4-H Connect:  Participants also need to reqister on 4-H Connect, the on-line reqistration process to register for 4-H Agri-life sponsored events.   https://texas.4honline.com/Login.aspx?434850372944385D5E0F390D   The event will be the only one to select from on the list of available events.   The event name is “2009 D10 Dairy and Horse Judging”  Questions about 4-H Connect contact Horses Rock 2^nd Vice President, Hannah McVaney at denamcvaney@yahoo.com

To learn more about Horse Judging the and fun it offers, please see the Horses Rock Web site www.horsesrock.org or click directly on our Horse Judging Blog: http://www.horsesrockjudge.blogspot.com/    Please contact our Horse Juding Team Parent Leader, Kim Petras keyp@austin.rr.com with any questions.

New Parent Leader - Horses Rock Horse Judging Team

Horses Rock is pleased to announce that Kim Petras has accepted the position of Parent Leader of the Horses Rock Horse Judging Team!

Please contact Kim for more information on this exciting opportunity in Horses Rock 4-H.

More information can be found on our Web Site:  www.horsesrock.org   Click the Horse Judging Tab.

All 4-H members are eligible.   You do not have to own a horse to participate.   We have two teams:

Senior Team (age 14 or older as of 8/31/08)

Junior Team (13 or younger as of 8/31/08)

Our next contest:

2009 JOHNSON COUNTY 4-H

OPEN HORSE JUDGING CONTEST

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Johnson County Sheriff’s Posse Arena

ENTRY FORM

Entry Fee: $75.00 per team

$22.00 per individual

$20.00 per adult – Jackpot (half entry fee - $10.00 goes to jackpot)

Fees must accompany entry form and are non-refundable.

Fees include lunch for contestants.

$10.00 late fee (per team and/or $4 per individual) if postmarked after January14, 2009.

PLEASE COMPLETE

NAME OF GROUP:   Horses Rock 4-H Team

Teams Individuals

No. of 4-H Teams Junior ______ ______

No. of 4-H Teams Intermediate   2

No. of 4-H Teams Senior  1

FFA Teams ______ ______

Adults – Jackpot _________ x $20.00/each $________

Total Number of Teams _____3____ x $75.00 $_$225.00

Total Number of Individuals _________ x $18.00 $________

Total $___$225.00

Entries must be in Contest Office by January 24, 2009.

Team changes can be made on the day of the contest.

Forms will be provided for contestant names.

Make Checks Payable to: JOHNSON COUNTY 4-H HORSE COMMITTEE

Mail Entry Form and Check to: Ed Bader, Contest Coordinator

Horse Judging Contest

P. O. Box 515

Burleson, Texas 76097

 

Summer Horse Judging Camps

Texas A&M announces dates for this Summer’s Fun Horse Judging Camps!

http://animalscience.tamu.edu/workshops/youth-workshops/tamu-horse-judging-camp.htm

Upcoming Events

January 24^th - Horse Judging Competition:  January 24^th

February 12^th - District 10 Horse Judging Competition - The District 10 Horse Judging qualification competition for the State 4-H Horse Show will be at the San Antonio Livestock Show .   Pre-registration was required.   Travis County registered:  Kaitlin Petras, Elena Enno, Kylie Husta, Kaitlyn Shaheen, Kala Swilling, and Meredith Vasquez.  (registrations were due last November and those were our Teams at that time)

Teams:   Teams consist of three 4-H Members in an age group.  Being in a team means that you compete individually, but your score is also added to two other teammates to get a Team score.   In the event more than 3 members are present in an age group, the top three individual scores make up the team.  If the team goes with less than three members, the members still compete individually.   There is no additional team activity apart from competing as an individual.   There is not team discussion allowed or separate events that teams compete in different from individual participation.

Senior Team (age 14 and older – age as of 8/31/08)

Kim, your Kaitlin is part of the senior judging team age 14 and up (with Kala and Martha from Manor).   Please call Martha (Kala’s Mom) 512-670-6630 to coordinate for the competition on the 24th.    Each senior also competes individually.  

Junior Team(13 and under as of 8/31/08)

My Kaitlyn will not be on the Judging Team this year.   (I am not sure of Kylie’s status so I included her on the above list).  

Team Parent Leader – Martha is the overall Judging Team leader, but we also need a lead parent from Horses Rock 4-H to coordinate with Martha.   Our team parent will organize any practices and also keep our Judging Team Bulletin Board updated along with Martha.  This Bulletin Board is http://www.horsesrockjudge.blogspot.com and can be accessed directly or through our Web Site.   To “write” to the Bulletin Board, one only has to send an email to:   horsesrock4h.judge@blogger.com

Call for Horses Rock Adult Leader

I will not be leading the Horses Rock Judging Teams efforts, but I am here as a helper and resource and helper.  I would appreciate being copied on emails and being kept in the loop.   Any Horses Rock parent who would like to lead the Horses Rock Team Members, please let me and Martha know.  (Martha is part of the Manor 4-H (in Travis County) and we compete in Horse Judging as Travis County)   I have some Judging team Leader manuals I can provide to you and other helpful resource materials as well.

Resources:   We have excellent resources linked to our web site (click on Horse Judging).   Texas A&M also puts on an excellent Workshop at College Station each summer.   It is a week long camp and is a lot of fun!

Thanks,

Holly Carson

Horses Rock Club Manager