Mini Mag Feb 22 2021

Press Release: February 16, 2021 From: Kansas Horse Council, Executive Director, Justine Staten

Kansas Horse Council presents the 24 th Annual Equifest of Kansas, one of the largest equine expos in the Midwest filled with shopping, food, music, clinics, workshops, and a whole lot of fun! In two operating arenas, (Tony’s Pizza Events Center Arena & Saline County Expo Center Ag Hall Arena) you can watch over 100 horses performing throughout the 3 days, displaying a variety of breeds, disciplines, special demonstrations, and competitions! Featuring, in the arenas, world renowned clinicians, Chris Cox for General Horsemanship, Robin Groves for competitive driving & Jackie Jatzlau for barrel racing, plus Katelyn Kok presenting Dressage for the Non-Dressage Horse and Amanda Held for equine communications. Competitions are in full swing this year with a Draft Horse Feed Team Race, the annual blacksmithing competition for Farriers, a Driving Derby & a Barrel Race. On Friday and Saturday nights don’t miss the TravAlum -Liberty, Inc., authentic Ranch Rodeo with cowboys, cowgirls and their skilled mounts competing in fast and woolly, action-packed, real working events including wild cow milking and trailer loading!

Stroll through the Stall Barn to check out horses up close. Learn about different breeds. You will find everything from pony to draft and all sizes in between. See carts used for driving horses. Meet the Fort Riley Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guards near their historic encampment. Check out additional vendor displays. “Shop till you Drop” with wall -to-wall shopping in the 4H Building at Saline County Expo plus the TPEC Concourse and Great Plains Manufacturing Convention Hall. All offer something special you can’t live without ! Food awaits sampling! You will find authentic Kettle Corn (inside 4H Building) and Candied Nuts (on TPEC Concourse). Located between Ag Hall and the 4H/Ponderosa building at the Saline County Expo Center will be several food trucks with kicked up American cafe’ food, Jamaican twist, home cookin’ , and gourmet burgers. Dine anywhere with your food! Settle in at the Ponderosa! The 4H Stage offers cowboy poetry, music, and live audience interaction if you want to be on TV! Better Horses Network will be doing live interviews for their TV show and Speaking of Horses will host an audience participation Equine Trivia game live daily- you might become a celebrity.

Best of America by Horseback, one of the longest running shows on RFD TV & The Cowboy Channel will also be on site, sharing stories and videos of some of their favorite places to ride. Special demonstrations include the Fort Riley Color Guards, mule jumping, a young ranch hand roman riding while driving a pair of draft horses, the Nicodemus Buffalo Soldiers, plus the patriotic American Freedom Drill Team Riders. Workshops will provide entertainment and education covering topics such as: Fair Exchange- equine emotional empathy, driving dressage notes, hoof care, a program for positive performance in training, equine assisted therapy facilitation, Solo Journey- a biography covering 500 miles on horseback, Kansas State Parks Horse Trails & Volunteer Opportunities, and the 2 nd Annual Legendary Kansas Horsemen-a panel of successful equine hall of famers who will share stories of their horse careers. Parents can bring kids for fun in the Kids Corral at the 4H building, featuring unique horse themed games & activities hosted by the Colby Community College Equestrian Team. Plus, Kansas Rodeo Royalty will be around for pictures and autographs. Also, check out the Kansas Horse Council Foundation Silent Auction and find some great deals! Your contribution supports equine enthusiasts pursuing a college level degree or trade certification!

There’s a lot to see and do at EquiFest of KS in Salina! It takes volunteers to make this happen. If you might be interested in volunteering let us know! We’ve always got something for you to help with! Interested in participating as a clinic or demo rider? We have a special Barrel clinic on Thursday March 4 th with a few spots left and Chris Cox has some opportunities during EquiFest too. To find out more, contact the Kansas Horse Council Office by phone at 785-776-0662, by email- director@kansashorsecouncil.com or by a message through our website: www.kansashorsecouncil.com . If you’d rather DM through Facebook Messenger, that works too-search “ EquiFest of Kansas brought to you by Kansas Horse Council ” . For updates and schedule, go to www.equifestofks.com. Wristband Tickets on sale at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center Box Office during the event. Prices are $20/day or $50 for all 3 days, and kids 12 & under are free.

All-Around Winners Named In Kansas Quarter Horse Association By Frank J. Buchman

The best Quarter Horses and Quarter Horse riders in the state of Kansas have been announced. Despite many conflicts and serious concerns due to the coronavirus, six 2020 Kansas Quarter Horse Association events did go on. Calculated for yearend awards were placings from the Prairie Classic, Oklahoma City, February; Cottonwood Classic, Hutchinson, February; Salt City Circuit, Hutchinson, June; Palomino Pre-World Show, Salina, June; Sunflower Slide, Topeka, September; and Hope in The Heartland, Topeka, October. Information has been provided by Dotty Kester, points coordinator, Hoyt; Chandry Nelson, amateur, Emporia; and Bobbie Hinds, youth, Lawrence. Certain winners did not want their hometown listed. Publications will only print limited numbers of photos per writing, so only a few photographs of winners have been submitted. Some other yearend winners asked that their photographs not be used. No competitors qualified for the all-around performance horse award in the open division. To receive that recognition, the horse must acquire a minimum of 25 points each in two or more categories and must have points in a third category.

Jenna Henkensiefken of Topeka and Chippendales Image were the co-champion all-around 13 and under winner. They also claimed two first place youth Western Pleasure yearend division titles as well as winning the youth walk-trot hunt seat equitation category. Bayleigh Schneider of Culver showed Two Blazin For You to be co-champion all-around 13 and under rider.

Jessica Mzhickteno of Topeka and Shes My Kinda Girl collected both the 14-18 youth around token and the novice youth all-around award. They were first in two youth Western horsemanship divisions, two youth Western pleasure classes, two youth hunter under saddle divisions and two youth hunt seat equitation classes. SF Ayden Long of Lebanon and Shining Light won the yearend open and youth highpoint performance halter gelding awards. They were also the youth ranch horse conformation winner in addition to collecting both the youth Versatility Ranch Horse (VRH) working ranch horse and ranch cutting awards. The youth limited VRH award was presented to Caleigh Iwanski showing SF Jackpot. Amateur all-around honors went to Mark Hickey, Council Grove, showing Royal Cattilion. The horse and rider pair also was honored with the amateur VRH limited all-around award and won ranch trail. Jenna Henkensiefken of Topeka and Chippendales Image were the co- champion all-around 13 and under winner in the Kansas Quarter Horse Association for 2020.

Ayden Long of Lebanon and SF Shining Light collected the youth Versatility Ranch Horse (VRH) award in the Kansas Quarter Horse Association for 2020.

Marty Bloomquist of Tecumseh owns Roosters Special CD winning the open VRH all-around award for 2020. Trained by Matt Lange of Alta Vista, Roosters Special CD won the VRH ranch cutting, ranch cow work and open reining for the year Amateur yearend highpoint winner was Janis lynn Dorris, Yukon, Oklahoma, showing CP President Cahill. The horse-rider team also received the novice amateur yearend highpoint token in addition to placing first yearend in two trail divisions, horsemanship and hunt seat equitation. Amateur Select highpoint award for those exhibitors 50 years and older was Debbie Priest and Hot Kay Cee. The pair also won the yearend highpoint amateur performance halter horse award as well as winning two Select trail divisions along with both Select Western pleasure and horsemanship. Highpoint open halter horse for the year was An Obvious Selection, the yearend champion aged gelding, owned by Haley Waddell. Reese Taylor owned by Demi Amore was the yearend champion mare. Complete yearend awards for the Kansas Quarter Horse Association can be found at www.kqha.com.

Debbie Priest and Hot Kay Cee won the amateur Select highpoint award for those exhibitors 50 years and older in the Kansas Quarter Horse Association for 2020. They also won the yearend highpoint amateur performance halter horse award as well as winning two Select trail divisions along with both Western pleasure and horsemanship in the Select category.

A mateur all-around honors in the Kansas Quarter Horse Association in 2020 went to Mark Hickey, Council Grove, showing Royal Cattilion. The horse and rider pair also was honored with the amateur Versatility Ranch Horse (VRH) limited all-around award and won ranch trail.

Matt Lange of Alta Vista showed Roosters Special CD for Marty Bloomquest of Tecumseh to win the open Versatility Ranch Horse (VRH) all-around award in the Kansas Quarter Horse Association for 2020. They also won the VRH division of ranch cutting, ranch cow work and open reining for the year.

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Cows Need Motherly Impulse

“That heifer has no maternal instinct, no common sense whatsoever.” The herdsman made similar comments numerous times during recent calving situations. There’s ample timber protection in the draws completely out of the subzero storms. Yet when a cow starts birthing on a barren hill in a strong north wind it’s completely illogical. Chances of calf survival are immediately sharply reduced in such severe conditions. Problems increase more when a heifer drops her calf and immediately turns away eating hay. A newborn coming out of momma’s warm inside to the frigid cold pasture must be cared for or it’ll freeze. Even calves with highly maternal mothers providing the utmost attention had frozen ears, tails and feet last week. Certain cattle bloodlines are promoted for their maternal instincts. Naturally the cows are supposed to know how and want to care for their babies in the best ways possible. Still when the time comes Mother Nature plays havoc on brainpower of certain young bovine females. Giving birth is an entirely new experience they’ve never had before and first timers often just don’t know what to do. Continuing days of very cold temperatures, limited access to open water and consuming enough warming feedstuff add to the predicament.

In such bad weather, a cow with mothering ability finds a warm place as possible to calve with protection from the elements. Upon giving birth hopefully without problems, the cow must do her best to warm the newborn. That’s nuzzling, licking, encouraging the baby to stand and get warm colostrum in the first milk mother has to offer. With such a start, chances of calve survival are greatly enhanced. First calf heifers do require more attention than older cows. Limited housing conditions sometimes prevent giving adequate care, but close inspection of those near birthing is essential. When the time comes, it’s best to get a heifer inside and let her advance at her own pace. However, there’s a fine line to know when to let nature work or for man to step in and help. Anything imaginable and more can happen at birthing time and assistance can be from none to very complex. Being a cow-calf manager isn’t always a romantic life. Reminded of Deuteronomy 7:14: “He’ll bless the calves from your herds and get rid of their sickness and evil afflictions." +++ALLELUIA+++ XV--8--2-21-2021