Davidson County Horsemen's Association/R.E.I.N.S

DATES TO REMEMBER..

March 6^th, Jr. Horsemen mtg. at Klynt/Gayle’s farm, 1-3pm

March 5th & 6th - Hamby Creek workdays

March 8^th, DCHA Board Mtg. 7pm. Ag Bldg.

March 13th Trail Ride at Pilot Mtn Corridor Trail, Pinnacle NC. Click on 'Trial Rides' link at the left for directions.

March 16th Gen'l Mtg. on location at Salem Equine/Dixon Animal Hospital. 3026 S. Main St. Winston-Salem, NC. 7pm.

March 21st, Hamby Creek Trail Grand Opening, 3pm. Refreshments served.

March 27^th, Welcome Easter Parade, 3pm.

March 27^th, 2nd Annual Tack Sale, sponsored by Lincoln Co. Horseman's Assoc. Details here.

April 17^th, 2010 DCHA/REINS Fun Horse Show, 9am,

TRAIL RIDES AND INFORMATION

The 2010 Trail Ride schedule is on the web site under 'Trail Rides'.  We hope to have many of you join us this year.  It’s a wonderful time with each other and our horses.  Let us know if you need a ride and we’ll see if anyone has room.  Most of our rides are very suitable for your children.  Consider bringing them along and don’t forget their helmets.   Enjoy the trails you ride and be safe.  Enjoy these wonderful animals; horse, mules and donkeys, that God has given us.

Our Trail Ride for March is at the Pilot Mtn. Corridor Trail.

Directions:
Follow 52 North toward Pilot Mtn.  Take the Pinnacle exit (I think it’s exit 129).  Turn right at stop sign.  Go maybe a mile, cross over the RR tracks and turn left onto Old 52.  Go approx. 100 ft and make another left onto Surry Line Rd. and go back over the RR tracks.  Go approx. 1 to 1 1/2 mile and turn left at Culler Rd. .The parking lot is immediately to your right  (You will see a yellow Horse Crossing sign before you get to Culler Rd.)

As always on our rides, don’t forget your coggins.  Also, pack a lunch or snacks for the trail.  Please come be a part of this fun adventure called trail riding.  We have a lot of fun and fellowship on these rides and would love to see new faces and horses.

You can call Scott or me at 236-0155 and leave a message or you can email me at shelley71253@yahoo.com.  We will also let you know if there are any changes.  If a ride is cancelled due to weather, a message will be put on the DCHA website.

Michelle

REINS INFORMATION/COMING EVENTS

REGIONAL EQUINE INFORMATION NETWORK SYSTEM    R.E.I.N.S. Volunteer: Gayle Nifong

We have scheduled most of our meetings and have a great number of speakers and on location meetings. Contact Gayle Nifong or Carl McKnight for any event suggestions or questions.

All meetings will begin at 7pm at the Agricultural Building in Lexington unless otherwise noted. Further info on what will be held at each meeting and meetings on site will be provided monthly in the newsletter and the DCHA web site.

Here are our upcoming 2010  Events and Meeting dates.  Contact Gayle Nifong or Carl McKnight for any event suggestions you have.

Board Mtg. - conf.room    7pm (Monday)               General Meeting  (3rd Tuesday of the month)

Mar.   8                                                                       Mar.16      Salem  Equine        (W.S.)    

Apr.  12                                                                       Apr.20      Southern States      (DCFG)

May  10                                                                       May 18      Purina       ( LF&G)

Jun.  No Meeting                                                      Jun. 15     Tractor Supply (Lexington)

July No Meeting                                                       July  No general meeting

Aug.  9                                                                        Aug. 17

Sept. 13                                                                     Sept. 28   Tractor Supply (Lexington)

Oct. 11                                                                       Oct. 19      Sink Equip.     ( Lexington)

Nov. 8                                                                         Nov. 16      Nifong Acres

December 10th 2010 - 6pm Christmas Social 

2^nd Saturday in the month trail ride

 HAMBY CREEK TRAILS  GRAND OPENING      March 21, 2010, Sunday, 3:00 pm

 Welcome Easter Parade                                         March 27^th 

 2^nd Annual Tack Swap                                            date TBA

 Heritage Farm    Fun Horse Show                         May

 10^th Annual Halter Show (at  DCFG)                   September 25^th ,2010

Our next general meeting is on Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm. It will be on location at SALEM EQUINE/Dixon Animal Hospital, 3026 South Main St. Winston-Salem, NC 27127,  phone # 336-788-7970. Check the link on our website (Click on 'Links'). There will be no meal.

 HAMBY CREEK TRAIL GRAND OPENING is scheduled for March 21^st.  Klynt is calling on all members to please take part in the celebration.  You can ride a bike, hike the trail or bring your horse for a trail ride.  We’ll be having some very special guests and would like to have a big turnout.  It’s at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon.  Refreshments will be served so come out and join us.  Call any board member or officer if you have questions

Fun Horse Show

April 17 th , 9am, 2010 DCHA Fun Horse Show @ AC Sink Arena on Andrew Sink Rd in Reeds. 
Contact Lori Smith if you can help @ 752-2861. 
Class List
Sponsorship form

GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

General Meeting

 February 16, 2010
 Call to Order: Klynt Nifong
 Pledge of Allegiance and Prayer
 Minutes: read and approved.
 Treasurer report: read and approved.

 Horseshow: Lori Smith reported everything is progressing for the horseshow. Date is April 17^th at 9am at A.C. Sink’s Arena. Everyone needs to work on getting sponsors. Class sponsors are $20. Any donation will be accepted. We also need to collect some nice gifts for high point awards and for raffle. Randy Hedrick at Lexington Farm and Garden has donated some prizes for high point awards. Lori Smith still needs some volunteers to work the horseshow. Lori Smith also talked with Michael Sink and he agreed to have a tractor on hand and the porta-jon will be there. Lori Smith has sent out flyers to a lot of the farms. Please help advertise the horseshow.

 Newsletter: Deadline is February 24. Send information to Susan Hilton for the newsletter.

 Website: Send information to Marilyn Colvin for the webpage.

 Trail Ride: Next ride is March 13^th at Pilot Mountain Corridor Trail. Be ready to ride at 10am.

 Hamby Creek Trails: Grand Opening is March 21 at 3pm. Workdays are February 19^th, 20^th, 26^th, 27^th, March 5^th and 6^th. We will have refreshments at the grand opening. We will send out invitations to the Grand Opening.

 Please turn in your Southern States coupons to Phil and Brenda Zimmerman.

 Easter Parade: Welcome Easter Parade is March 27^th. Please sign up if you would like to ride or contact Gayle Nifong.

 Denton Farm Park: June 12 there will be a fundraiser for the NC Cancer Services. Revelation Gospel Group and NC Cancer Services are organizing the fundraiser. The cost to get in will be canned food. They will be a cruise in car show and a cowboy stampede before the gospel music that day. The train will be running and the proceeds will go to the cancer services. Please come out for a great day.

 Our speaker tonight is Dr. Mark Hamrick of Lexington Large Animal. Dr. Hamrick is speaking on worming of equine. Parasites or worm in your horse can cause many health problems if not treated. A large strongyle penetrates the lining of the bowel and migrates into the blood vessels. Roundworms may cause colic, tapeworms infest in the small intestines, then enters the cecum area which may cause impactions, bots causes damage to the stomach lining, and pinworms can cause a itchy tail. This is not all the parasites to be concerned about, just some of them.
 How do we treat all these parasites? The now recommended treatment is to do a fecal egg count to see how many parasites your horse has. Then treat your horse and recheck fecal egg count in 30-60 days. Retreat if needed.
 Wormers come in a feed additive and as a paste or gel form. The feed additive wormers are simply added daily to the feed. The paste or gel wormer is given 3-4 times a year. You should only worm if your horse has a high egg count. Worming too much may cause a resistance of the parasite to the wormer. The following is recommended; daily wormer with ivermectin 2 times a year or Quest 1 time a year and Ivermectin 2 times a year.

 We want to say a big thank you to Dr. Hamrick for speaking tonight on parasites and answering all our questions.

 Adjourned at 8:15pm.

NEWS FROM OUR CLUB MEMBERS

2010 DCHA Memberships are now due!  Please send in your new application with your dues.  You can download the application from our website under the About Us page or pick up an application at our general meeting.  Contact Susan if you have any questions @ 956-3365.

Calling All Youth!...
Our next meeting of the Jr. Horsemen group (Ages 18 and under) will be on March 6th from 1-3pm at Klynt and Gayle’s farm, 1129 Ruff Leonard Rd. Lexington, NC 27295.   We’ve got a good group so far and if you have a child who would be interested contact Gayle at 764-2277.  Also, all the Jr. Horsemen need to let Gayle know if you are coming to the meeting.

Gayle Nifong has NCHC equine liability law (ELL) signs are for sale. Contact her at 764-2277 if you are interested.

DCHA/REINS T-shirts and caps are for sale. Contact Brenda Casteel at 859-3710 if you have questions.  We’d like to sell these so we can get some more for the April Fun Horse Show.  Help us out and support your association.

Hamby Creek Trail workdays this month are on March 5th and 6th.  Call Klynt if you can help and if the weather appears questionable.  764-2277. We're getting ready for our Grand Opening on March 21st. Help us make it look great!

Welcome Doug Owen as Vice-President serving 2010.

Welcome Lori Smith and Doug Meredith on our board of directors. They have a 3-yr.term.

Please remember to cut out & save your Southern States Proof of Purchase Feed Coupons and Bulk Feed Order Forms.  Give to Phil or Brenda Zimmerman at our meetings. Contact them at 764-1043 if you need more information

North Carolina Horse Council questions can be directed to Bev Duval, Phil Zimmerman or www.nchorsecouncil.com

NEWSLETTER INFORMATION

THE DCHA MARKETPLACE

Check www.dchaweb.com for listings.  Click on 'Classified Ads' on the left side of the page to view current listings.

DCHA WEB ADS

 If anyone wants their ad on the DCHA Classifieds page, they must email Marilyn Colvin. You must submit a new ad EVERY month.  Ads are listed as they are worded and sent to Marilyn.  Ads are free for DCHA members.

NEWSLETTER AVAILABILITY

Our newsletter is available to read on our Website.  A message will be emailed to you when it is posted for viewing. Only those with No Internet access will receive a paper newsletter.  Please let me know if you need a paper version. Please only choose the paper version if you don’t have a computer at home or work where you can receive email.  If you have not sent Susan your email address, please send it to me so you will receive newsletter announcements.  Susan’s email address is shilton@lexcominc.net

DEADLINE for April 2010 newsletter is March 25th

 DCHA/REINS Newsletter Editor
P.O. Box 519
Lexington, NC  27293-0519