I'll take that challenge!

Okay, it's really early in the year to come up with proposals, but I forget about this one every summer...

I think we should change the wording on the Classic events to include any team (2 man and 4 man) events, provided they fill at State Finals.

Right now it reads that only 2 man stake, 2 man 3 barrel and rescue are the only team events allowed.

What do you think?

Awesome Convention!

Thanks to everyone that put all their efforts in to making this Convention such a success. Those of you that weren’t able to make it to our first Convention missed one heck of a good time. From the social hour on Friday night (with free food!) to the Banquet on Saturday night, it was probably the best Convention I can remember attending in years. It was especially nice to have all of us eating at the Banquet together…............I think that is probably a first! The DVD/Video that Shannon put together with past and present pictures came out incredibly cool and brought back some very fond memories. We brought a copy home and I won’t say how many times we watched it last night………! I know it’s a big job putting on this kind of a meeting, so kudos to Joyce, Lesa, Shannon and everyone else that contributed their time and efforts into it. It was a big success and I thank you!

Thoughts on proposals???

Hey all! I've been keeping an eye on the blog to see if there's any discussion on the proposals. I've been disappointed not to see any... I would like to hear thoughts on the proposal to change the season to July 1st to June 30th. I'm not sure what the benefit would be. Anyone? Anyone? Anyone?

State & Interstate

Fire & rain. I think that could describe our weather at the two events. However, at BOTH events Our riders were all sizzling hot and just did a fantastic job. Love our PSHA's group camaraderie! During Interstate Lesa and I commented how impressed we were by competing PSHA riders helping other riders (a big shout out of thanks to especially to Ali & Ady). Oregon didn't seem to have that same team spirit. Don't know if ya'll saw this e-mail from Jill sent after state: Hi all, I would like to Thanks everyone that helped make this years state finals the best yet. I never heard one thing negative and we all help each other. I felt so much sportsmanship this year. I loved it. Thanks for all the hard work that went into putting it on. Thanks to the Blands. Strong and Reece family and Dan S and Shannon. All the workers that made it in the heat. But I could not leave out the fantastic Guys in the Announcers booth. They kept us all going. You guys ROCK. Thanks again for all the fun. I LOVE PSHA Jill English

Judging Clinics - Senario Based

For me Judging the standard Pole run or Figure 8 run is no big deal...But then the odd ball situation comes up that I don't see or even hear about sometimes, and I stand around like a deer in the headlights wondering what the heck do I do with that? What would you all think about doing a clinic with some of the more 'Senior' judges posing 'situations' and working us through each situation. Nothing teaches me better than real life, and we all have somethings to learn...Just a thought for something constructive at our banquet. Let me know what you think?

year end awards

Just a thought ... but with the high price of gas could the year end awards be held at the end of Interstate? Perhaps just staying there one day longer?

New Pictures

Karen has added some new pictures to our website. So take a look. Have a Happy 4th of July.

Smooth Runnings

Hey ya'll Just stopped by the Crosby's arena -- and the ground is looking FANTASTIC for this weekend's shows! Crosby's ground is well-know for fast time, but since Ted purchased his new arena groomer last year it's looking PERFECT. now if I can just get ahold of my shoerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Our PREZ learns How to POST!

I finally figured out how to post a comment. I think?.

Rule changes

I have to say I disagree with the two submitted rule change proposals. The first one wants: Show management will pay the PSHA per rider fee for all non-PSHA. riders. In my opinion it just takes away revenue from end of year regional show awards -- a big deal on the Olympic Peninsula. The second proposal asks that ALL barrels in a race be the same color. I think our barrel horses should not be afraid to approach a "barrel of a different color." Some arena's have covers over barrels from sponsors (such as Les Schwab), would that mean those would be banned?

State Finals

ATTENTION: ALL PSHA STATE FINALS PARTICIPANTS!!! Believe it or not, State Finals is only eight weeks away. If you are a junior or intermediate who is riding hard to qualify for State, please answer the following questions and email your answers to kathykratzer@msn.com. Some secret pals really know the juniors and their personal interests well, while others would like to get to know them better. Providing the answers to these questions will help everyone become better acquainted. Name:Gender:Age:Horse Size:Mare/Gelding:Interests other than Horses:Favorite color:Favorite candy:Favorite beverage:Favorite restaurant:Shirt size: If you are a senior participant, please contact Kathy as soon as possible to sign up to become a Secret Pal. The sooner you respond, the better your chances of sponsoring the junior of your choice. Kathy will forward the answers from your junior to you so you can learn more about them before State Finals. If you have any questions, please email Kathy or call (before 8:00 pm please) 425-432-6474. See you soon!

PSHA Posters

If You are a PSHA member and would like to post a new subject e-mail me, the administrator, at patternedspeedhorse@gmail.com To add a comment to an existing post just click the comment link. Karen

PSHA New Blog page

Hey PSHA I'm trying out a new blog server. Hope this one works better! Karen