ODPOAC 2014 Membership Survey!!!

Come along Cowboys and Cowgirls!!! We have new trails to forge in 2014....it's time to saddle up and tell us where you want this pony drive to take us....please click on the link below to take our short interest survey so we can be sure to wrangle some special events just for you.....yeehaw!

PLEASE RESPOND BY: 1/15/14

ODPOAC 2014 MEMBERSHIP SURVEY

ODPOAC Supports Northern Disctict 4-H Horse Judging Event!

On December 7th, ODPOAC members arrived in Catlett to support our 4-H youth and promote our amazing POA breed! Showcased in an all POA halter class were Chief (owned by the Jarvis Family), Rusty, Ruckus, and Bree (all owned by the Roehl Family):

In addition to halter, Chief and Bree also competed in a western pleasure class, taking top honors!

If you are interested in learning more about ODPOAC or the POA breed, please give us a shout...we'd love to hear from you.

Congratulations to all our NE Regional Exhibitors...

Please click on the picture below for the high point results from the 2013 Northeast Regional Show! Thank you to all who helped to make this a fabulous event for all who attended...

 

Special thanks to our talented show photographer, Karen Jasinski Photography. Please visit her site to purchase prints for this event: http://karenjasinskiphotography.smugmug.com/

 

Are you hauling to Virginia? If yes, please read!

IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR ALL PERSONS HAULING EQUINE TO VA FROM OUT OF STATE:
Virginia's import regulations require that equine entering Virginia have a health certificate conducted within 30 days and a negative test for equine infectious anemia conducted within the last 12 months.

Northeast Regional Update!

We've been super busy behind the scenes working on bringing a fun and exciting Northeast Regional Experience to you and your family! Here are some fabulous updates we wanted to share on our progress so far...if YOU are interested in becoming a sponsor or placing an ad in our program, pease drop us a line!

Payment (in the form of a check to ODPOAC) for class, national and office fees and should be addressed to: Kris Jarvis, 447 Tinsley Dr. Radiant, VA 22732. They must be  postmarked NLT June 7th  in order to receive the pre-entry rate.  Stall fees and any other payments are welcome in advance but can be postponed to show check-out.

Vendors include:
Mad Tack
The Show Pony Boutique, LLC

Sponsors Include:
Marcus Welding and Contracting Services, Inc.
The Show Pony Boutique, LLC
Kathy Danielson of Keller Williams Realty
United Horseman's Association
Maryland POA Club
Michelle Tauson of MD
Faraway Farm
Beverly Tabor
CFC Farm & Home Center
Kim Belford Dofflemyer
Double L Tack Shop

Miscellaneous:

Early arrivals are welcome starting at noon on Wednesday, June 19th.
Late departures are welcome to stay as late as noon on Monday, June 24.

Shavings will be available for purchase on-site beginning Wednesday, June 19th.

Mad Tack will be offering the entire custom jump course for sale at the conclusion of the show series on Sunday...make room in your truck and trailers to take something with you!

Karen Jasinski of KJ Photography will be on-site to capture still pics as well as action shots of our exhibitors upon request. Still shots can be embelished with "Class Winner", "Champion", and "Reserve Champion" as well! Be sure to sign up for your pictures at the show!

An Exhibitor Information Packet has been added to our event page, along with more information about a Youth Horse Judging Clinic on Sunday!

Pre-Entry Process:

To get the pre-entry rate, all the exhibitor information and class selections need to be post-marked by JUNE 7.  The entry form needs to be completed by that date, so the show secretary staff can start your entry.

 

We will allow exhibitors to postmark a check for all fees EXCEPT stalls, dinner, extra t-shirts on JUNE 15, which for most people is the same pay period as the show itself.  This still give us time to make deposits and pay the show bills.

 

Class "Adds" at the show will be at the pre-entry rate if you have done all of the above.  Drops will be credited at the rate in which they were paid.

If you have any questions, please contact me directly.

Kris Jarvis

540-672-5408

 

Stay tuned for more updates!

Our EVENTS page is updated!

Check out our EVENTS page for class lists and judges in 2013!

To The Old Dominion Pony of the Americas Club (From Camilla Hughes)

  

ODPOAC, you aren't always perfect.

You occasionally have meetings where people snap at each other, or shows with jumps that are too small (or too big), or where the footing is too hard or too deep or too rocky.

You have broke ponies and silly ponies and quite a few really good, honest, hard-working ponies.

You have old show facilities and weird show facilities and the occasional big, fancy show facility. You sometimes have really good breakfast.

Most of all, though, ODPOAC, you have people. You have a wide variety of really good, kind, hardworking people.

Those people helped me get from here:

to here:

to here:

Those people told me that I did a good job when really all I had done was improve a little. They smiled and told me to try again when I did poorly. When I was truly successful, there was no comparison to the enthusiasm of those ODPOAC people. They made me feel like a returning hero when I got back from the 2006 international with a 4th place ribbon.

I shared one of my greatest successes with three of my ODPOAC friends. There are few kids with whom I'd rather have gotten Supreme Champion awards.

More important than successes, though, were the the friends I made at ODPOAC shows (above and below!).

It was ODPOAC people who made those shows happen--ODPOAC people who made those friendships happen. They ran (and still run!) show after show, for little thanks.

I remember that at my very first POA international show (in TN in 2005), I had just had multiple refusals in my equitation over fences class, on a fairly honest pony. I knew that they were my fault and I was feeling pretty terrible about myself. I went out to the outdoor ring to jump the warm-up fence. My mare refused a couple of times and I was mad at her, mad at myself, probably crying. Neither my mom nor my trainer/second mom were out there with me. Someone else's mom (I still don't know who it was) set up two extra rails to make a chute to the fence and schooled me over it until my mare and I were confident we could jump it. I went in my last jumping class, open jumping, and had a really good course (with the insignificant exception of a combination that even gave the most experienced kids in the class trouble). That anonymous mom really helped me have a positive experience at my first international show and I do not think that I ever even thanked her.

There are many, many people in POA like this woman. Everyone in the ODPOAC would do what she did for a kid who was having trouble.

Never mind the imperfections. POA people, especially ODPOAC people, are some of the best people you will find. Thank you.

ODPOAC, it's been 10 years since this kid went to her very first POA show, on the late great Innkeepers Sailor Moon, at Farmingdale in Blacksburg, and she wants to thank you, from the very bottom of her heart. You helped her grow up.

 

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