Leather training martingale. $25.00
Leather western one ear working bridle. $25.00
Leather working browband bridle with snaps to attach to bits. $35.00
1 red browband show halter with chain lead rope. $75.00
1 red caveson and browband set. $35.00
Full bridle with bits and caveson. $75.00
Misc. leg gear $25.00
Oster Clipper A5. $75.00
LaSalle Bitting Rig with bridle, side checks, and crupper. SOLD!
Single Pole Dumb jockey with all parts intact. $125.00
Will sell as a package or separately, make an offer. I recently lost my show horse and need to sell all the things I don’t use anymore to try to replace him. Everything is gently used on one horse for maybe 1-2 years and has been stored in the house for several years.

Sarah@thepageantshop.net

Hi, my daughter is outgrowing her eq outfit and I’m going to be looking for another. She is 5’10″ and wears a woman’s size 9 or so. I was wondering if anyone had any western outfits they were looking to sell?

I am trying to see what folks think about the new Forums section. Please vote on the answer that most closely reflects your views. Feel free to comment here if you want to let me know what you do or don’t like and if you have any ideas on how to start more activity on them.

**Last Poll Results**

Looks like people are fairly evenly split on whether they like the new AMHA Logo and Slogan:
Out of the total 141 votes 40% (57 votes) do not like either the Logo or the Slogan; 31% (44 votes) like both the Logo and the Slogan; 14% (20 votes) like the Logo but not the Slogan; and 14% (20 votes) do not like the Logo but do like the Slogan.

The Cochran Auction Service Annual Fall Morgan Horse Consignment Auction is scheduled for November 6, 7, and 8, 2008 and will once again be held at Tattersalls in Lexington, KY. In addition to the over 120 quality Morgans listed in the catalog, Penny Cochran has let me know that 7 additional horses will be participating. Information regarding those added horses will be listed on AboveLevel.com once Penny can send it to us.

The schedule for the sale will include a Tack Auction on Thursday afternoon (12:00pm-6:00pm) and Friday morning (9:00am) while, the Thursday evening session (7:00pm) will feature 15 horses being sold by PlayMor Farm, the Morgan horse farm located in Lexington, KY and owned by the Hazen family. Friday night (7:00pm) will continue the consignment horse auction, with Lot numbers 1-40 being sold. The remaining horses, Lots 1-131, will be auction on Saturday starting at 9:00am.

For lodging information, directions and more information visit the Cochran Auction Services website.

While at OKC this year I had the opportunity to meet Debbie Beth-Halachmy and learn of her and her husband, Eitan’s off season activities. Many of you may already have heard of their Cowboy Dressage program at their training facility, Wolf Creek Ranch in Grass Valley, CA. For those of you who haven’t, Cowboy Dressage is a riding discipline that combines Traditional Western Riding and with Classical Horsemanship. It is quickly becoming popular with Western riders.

During our conversation, Debbie told me of a very prestigious invitation that Eitan received and accepted from Olympic Equestrian Coach, Conrad Schumacher. I emailed Debbie after I returned home to learn more about this honor and she replied with this information:

Eitan and Santa Fe were invited to be part of a clinic/symposium with famed horseman and Olympic coach Conrad Schumacher. This is quite an honor for us and we are greatly looking forward to it. The point of having Eitan and SF there is to show that dressage is for the western discipline as well..it makes a better horse. We were asked to bring a second horse and rider and Julie Adams of Futurity Farms will be joining Eitan on BEEF Ivan who Eitan trained and is Eitan’s open horse this year. Julie showed him at OKC in the World Western Class and did an excellent job. She will be showing him next year but he will remain in training here. Ivan is quite advanced in dressage and we think he will be a very good Cowboy Dressage Horse in the near future. He has lots of talent for sure. You can go to www.conradschumacher.com and read about the event.

I think it is great to see how Morgans and their trainers branch out, showing the great versatility of the breed as well as finding new avenues for them to excel. Congratulations to Eitan and Debbie on this honor and their continued success!