Louisville, Ky: At the recent USEF/ ACPS Board of Governors meeting, it was announced that Courtney Yeager had been chosen to represent the ACPS in a new USEF youth council. Courtney is the popular rider of Shammer Jake (Ballinaboy Eamon X Grange Dierdre Sparrow) and the two have qualified for the USDF championships every year since she was 12 (eight years in all). Courtney spoke to the Board of Governors in Louisville about the new group and has now written the following letter:

“The United States Equestrian Federation created a new council this year, made up entirely of youths under 21. There are 18 of us elected from USEF affiliates across the country and I was elected to represent the ACPS. After attending the USEF annual meeting where the Youth Council held its first ever meeting, I have a list of duties and a grasp of what this brand new council plans to accomplish. Our main focus is going to be to promote participation in all breeds and disciplines through the education of the general public. We're going to develop programs that expand the base of young people contributing to the leadership and promotion of equestrian sport in the United States. We have several ideas already in action and many more still in the brainstorming process. I'm writing to you because I would like to get my information published so members of the ACPS can contact me with any questions, comments, or suggestions. We are going to have another meeting February 20th, so the sooner we can get the word out the better. This way I can take questions and suggestions from members into the meeting to discuss. Email is the best way to reach me. Please let me know if there is any other information you need.”

Courtney’s e-mail address is yeager.85@osu.edu so please let her know of any ideas you would like her to take to the next meeting.

Hamilton, Ga: Donna Miller has reported that her imported stallion, Ard Celtic Art, finished in second place in the Junior Beginner Novice Division at the recent Poplar Place Farm Horse Trials. They finished on their dressage score of 31.6 penalties, with no time or jumping faults in cross country or stadium. Art was ridden by Donna’s daughter, Devon Brown, while Donna rode Devon’s usual mount, Healing Springs Limerick. Donna said that Devon had so much fun that she is afraid she won’t get Art back…at least until she gives Limerick back to Devon. Donna is giving Limerick a start in the Preliminary division before she gives him back to Devon and they will be competing this weekend at Pine Top. They finished 3rd in Open Training on their dressage score of 38.5 at Poplar Place.

New Haven, MO: Wendy Arbuszewski has reported that she has purchased from Sue Clarke’s Glenormiston stud in Australia, Abbeyleix Finbar’s last colt foal out of Celebration by Domo Cavallo Praize. His name is Glenormiston Snow fox. ( It was reported on 1/14/07 that Irish bred Abbeyleix Finbar (Ballydonagh Rob X Finola of Leam) was put down in March at the age of 28 and Australian bred Domo Cavallo Praize (Connemara Park Peter X Kirtling Haze) was put down in June aged almost 31.) Wendy says that Snow Fox was born in the field where the foxes live, a dark chestnut, no white on his legs , black hoofs, going snow white like his sire...He has a very old pedigree going back to Snowball on his dam’s side. Fox will be shipped to the USA sometime late summer or early fall and will join Wendy’s Danish-bred colt, Sternberg’s Heartbreaker (Skousboe Hero X Frederiksminde Candy).