Covered Bridge Courier

 Sarah Cox, DC,  11201 Covered Bridge Rd., Prospect, KY  40059

(502) 228-9547   scoxmd@bellsouth.net

         http://covered.ponyclub.org

Fall 2005

 Annual Sponsor's Meeting

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, Oct. 26th from 7:00-8:30 PM.  All parents are strongly encouraged to come and help us make Club decisions for the upcoming year.  There is a $3 fee to become a Club Sponsor.

Directions:  US 42 North to Covered Bridge Road - right.  Go 3.2 miles to Hidden Springs Lane on the left (at Overlook on Covered Bridge subdivision).  Take the first drive on the right to the Victorian house on the hill.  228-9547.

 2006 Quiz Sign-ups & Organizational Meeting:

 All "Ds" meet at 4:30 PM on Sunday, Dec. 4^th at Peggi's house.  I can answer any questions you may have about Quiz at that time, plus we will vote on which nights of the week work best for each level: D1s, D2s, and D3s.  The meetings usually are held from 4:30-6:00 on a weeknight.  The Cs just need to email me to sign up and we will get them organized later.  Please call me with any questions - 228-5678.

 Directions to Peggi's house: US 42 north into Oldham County.  Left at Hwy 1793 (traffic light).  Go one and 1/2 miles - turn right into Settler's Point Sub.  Third street on right is Meadowridge Trail.  Third house on right is 1308 - gray brick. Come in through the garage door in the back - no need to knock.

Midsouth Region Quiz will be held Saturday, Feb. 25, at Cool Springs, south of Nashville, TN.  See "What is Quiz" contained later in this newsletter.

 Annual Awards Banquet

Mark your calendars for Sunday evening, Dec. 11, at Hillcrest Clubhouse.  Invitations will be mailed in November.  Food, fun and games!

 2006 Rally Dates - held @ Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington

Show Jumping - 6/19 & 6/20 (three rounds of jumping only)

Dressage - 6/20 & 6/21 (two or three dressage tests)

D1 Rally  - 6/21 & 6/22 (includes a walk-trot dressage test and a cross-rail jumping test)

D2 & D3 Rally - 6/21 - 6/23 (includes dressage, stadium jumping and cross-country)

C Rally - 6/22 - 6/25  (includes Beg. Novice, Novice, Training, Prelim. eventing levels)

What is  "Quiz"?

All "Ds" meet at 4:30 on Sunday, Dec. 4^th at Peggi's house

The purpose of Pony Club is to teach children about horsemanship, not just riding.  In order to consider yourself a good "horseperson", you must be familiar with the guidelines for feeding, shoeing, and care of your pony, plus be able to recognize illness or signs of improper care on your part.  Pony Club Quiz is a horse-related "quiz bowl" contest designed to encourage the study of these subjects.  Not only do participants learn what they need to know about horse care, but they also are exposed to many subjects that are required knowledge in order to attain "C" and up ratings - fox hunting terminology, rules for Pony Club Games, blacksmith tools, etc.  Instead of having to cram for the written test at Rally, “Quiz Kids” are already well prepared.  If you have just joined Pony Club, this best way to make friends and learn what this is all about.

            The sites for the competitions vary around the Mid-South region. There is a banquet after the competition where the ribbons are given out, usually followed by swimming and/or dancing with a DJ in the ballroom. The cost to you for the competition will be approximately $50-60, which includes dinner for the child.  Additional tickets for dinner have been $20-30 apiece - eating with the kids at the awards banquet is optional for the family. Pony Club gets a rate at a local hotel.

             I am having an organizational meeting for the "Ds" at my house on Sunday, Dec. 4^th at 4:30 for about an hour.  We will take a vote as to which day of the week is best for each level of the Ds - all meetings will be from 4:30-6:00 PM on a weeknight.  The first four kids to sign up in each rating level/age group will be guaranteed a spot on that CBPC team, while later sign-ups may have to go on a composite team with another club, depending on the numbers. I think this is the only fair way to handle this issue.  All "Cs" meet together at another location - info on that later.  Note: I recommend that new members who are interested in Quiz wait to test up to their possible riding level until we have discussed it because there is a lot of information to learn at the lower levels - call me with questions about that before you take your test or I can move you up to a higher group if that is indicated after we start the meetings.

 ****Even if you decide not to compete at Quiz, ALL our kids are encouraged to come to any or all of the meetings - just call for the times for your ratings.

 Approximate cost of study materials: 

            D1 & D2 = $17 for a D Manual; D3-Cs = add $17 for the C Manual;

C2 & up = add $23 for the B/A Manual plus $15 for Understanding Lameness.

The Club pays for the copying costs of the other study materials.

            Children need their own books for the study sessions – sharing doesn’t work well.

 Divisions are as follows (PC age is as of Jan. 1st):

            D1  - Under 10            D1  - 10-12 yrs.           D2/D3  - Under 13

            Senior Ds   - 13 years old & up for all Ds, including D1s

Jr. Cs  - Under 14        Sr. C/Bs  - 15 years old & up

2005 Eastern Championships

August 2005, Lexington, Virginia 

GREAT NEWS!!!   Our Junior C girls, Madeline Hundley, Katie Coleman and Emily Moscoe, just won first place at Quiz for the Midsouth Region at Eastern Championships!!!  They finished 62 points in front of the second-place team.   

from left: Katie Garner of Keeneland PC, Madeline Hundley, Emily Moscoe, and Katie Coleman 

Kaylen Strench's Junior D team finished 6^th out of 28 teams, missing fourth by a point.

This was Kaylen's first year in Pony Club and she worked very hard to learn enough to qualify for Championships. 

Kaylen (third from left) with her Midsouth teammates

Alumni News

As many of you recall, our DC prior to Sarah Cox was Donna Iezzi.  Her daughter, Cathy, graduated from Covered Bridge as a "B" in 2002.  She went to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, graduated with an engineering degree, then joined the Army and graduated as the top cadet in her class that year.  She is a Black Hawk helicopter pilot and was just deployed to Iraq for a year. Any of you who would like to send her little notes or pictures of your ponies or anything at all, I'm sure it would be a welcome treat.  Her email is c.iezzi@us.army.mil 

Graduating Member

Katie Bindner will be graduating from Pony Club this year with a C-3 rating.  She went to Quiz and Rally every year from 1993-1999.  Her team won first place at Know Down (now known as Quiz) for five years in a row, with Katie finishing 1^st individually twice.  Her Rally teams won at the D2 and D3 levels, taking first in Horse Management both times.  She taught at Rally Camp and went to Rally as a C1 advisor after she stopped riding in order to concentrate on her high school soccer, subsequently winning a soccer scholarship to the University of Mississippi.  She is currently a senior at University of Kentucky, majoring in English.  We are presenting her with an engraved julep cup, the Joy Bennett Award, at our Annual Awards Banquet on December 11. 

Ratings Update:   Congratulations to all  :>) 

 Covered Bridge Pony Club

                                11201 Covered Bridge Road

                                Prospect, KY  40059

            For problems or questions regarding this web contact Peggi Bindner

Last updated: 01/22/08.