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AHASFV President's Message — May, 2012
The show season is in full swing now, satisfying all the show competitors. Our trail riders have also been hitting the trails in force since we've had such beautiful weather and the days have gotten longer.

On the show front, we have the upcoming Spring and Pacific Slopes show in Santa Barbara, May 10-13. We expect to have a good turnout, and even some out of state participants showing. The show is a Region 2 and 3 qualifier and the Slopes classes are treated as regional classes so exhibitors have the opportunity to earn a		 AHASFV 49th Annual Show
lot of points as well as qualify for Nationals with a Top Five or better in Slopes. The Entry Deadline has been extended and post entry fees waived until May 9, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Post entries are happily accepted. Join us in the fantastic Santa Barbara sunshine! Visit the AHASFV Shows section to download the Premium.

We have a local trail ride scheduled for May 13 at the Santa Rosa Valley hill area and riding into gorgeous Wildwood Park. There will beautiful vistas, lots of green rolling hills, and several water crossings.
Please see the flyer in our Trail Rides for more details.

In addition to our third quarter trail ride, the club is hosting a V6 Cattle Ranch Experience, September 28, 29 & 30. This will be located at the V6 Ranch in Parkfield, near Paso Robles. The three day event will be fully catered and will have trail riding, cow sorting, roping, and many other unique experiences. Participants may bring their own horses or rent one of the ranch's horses. Details for this event can be found in our V6 Ranch Ride section.		 AHASFV Trail Ride May 13th

The youth judging and hippology team enjoyed a day at Ventura Farms. They reviewed breeds, colors, markings, tack, farm equipment, conformation, and the body parts of the horse. The girls enjoyed having a private showing of Diego, Mr. Murdock's incredible Friesian. Everyone took home a poster or flash cards to study. We will meet up again at the show in Santa Barbara to practice judging classes and to scoop ice cream for tips as a team fundraiser.

We had an entertaining and productive board meeting last month with Jeff Reichman and Benji Zavala donning sombreros to celebrate their birthdays. Our next meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on May 8 at Marie Callenders in Northridge.

Looking forward on the show calendar, many of us will be at the Region 2 show in Santa Barbara, June 20-24, and at Youth Nationals in Albuquerque, July 21-28.

See you soon, whether it's on the trail, in the boardroom, to study hippology, or at the show!
Sincerely,
Meaghan Shaffer
AHASFV President


AHASFV Mission Statement

The Arabian Horse Association of the San Fernando Valley is committed to bringing together people interested in advancing and promoting the Arabian and Half-Arabian horse by conducting, encouraging, and aiding exhibits or shows, clinics, and trail rides, and to cooperate with other organizations to improve general equestrian activities.