Questions for the nominees for the bod ???????

[patton]

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I for one only know these people by name and nothing else.

I dont know how many nominees are members of the board, but i would
like to hear input to help me decide who to vote for. so like to know
what your qualafications are, so in future people who would like to
run would know what the board was looking for. RESUME !!!!!!!!!!!

How are you going to advertise for the assoc. ( where , why ) ?

What are you going to do to help the AOT's ? Make it more affordable?
have more classes offered ? Make us a champship show?

Keep program? How would you spend the money. The money is from ky
people, should it not be payed back to the breeder and owners of Ky .
breed horses..

How would you help all these 2 nad 3 day shows keep operating?

These are just a few questions!!!!

Thanks for all the responsesin advance .

julia patton

[Jeanie]

On Nov 25, 7:41�pm, patton <trainerwan...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> What are you going to do to help the AOT's ? Make it more affordable?
> have more classes offered ? Make us a champship show?
>
> Keep program? How would you spend the money. The money is from ky
> people, should it not be payed back to the breeder and owners of Ky .

> breed horses..,

>
> How would you help all these 2 nad 3 day shows keep operating?
>

> julia patton

My perspective, as a former Vice President and multiple term board
member of my State Charter Club, is that the questions asked by Julia
are good questions, but are being asked of the wrong group of
people.

I do not believe it is the responsibility of the ASHA/ASR to do any of
the above. I believe that the answers to the above are that all of
us, at the grassroots local level, have the task and ability to
a) support shows with entries and class sponsorships

b) suggest to our local Charter clubs that a 'clinic' or helpful
seminar be presented for the AOTs, if the desire exists for such a
thing in the area. Most AOTs, IMO, know where they can go if they
want assistance. If not, the listing of Saddlebred stables made
available on the ASHA site is a great tool for any that do not know
that.

Speaking as an AOT myself, I do not expect anyone to 'make a
championship show' for my class of ownership/enjoyment of the breed.
One of the fun things to me is, when personal funding issues allow me
to compete, to go compete against the professionally trained horses/
riders and see how I stack up. I would actually consider an all AOT
Championship show as counterproductive and not as much fun.

Jeanie, riding and admiring Saddlebreds since 1961

p.s. I learned much of what I know as a youngster, from Dawn Atlas,
who is an extremely knowledgeable trainer/instructor, to the point
that, IMO, I know more than some - but definitely not all - current
trainers do about bitting, mouthing and mannering a horse, dealing
with training issues, etc. I am an AOT because the whole training
process is fun for me, not because I do not know where I could take a
horse for training if I so desired. I board at a 'Saddlebred' barn,
but prefer to do all training of my horse myself. My current mare is
a project horse that I am looking forward to developing further.