December 2007/January 2008
 
The winter months have been cold and snowy this year. Mel Hare, having worked with GETC all last summer, yearned for warmer temps and went to Florida for a couple of months. Esty Saenger came back from Switzerland to work with us for several weeks. Esty had ridden GE Cyclone to 4th place at last years Tevis.
 
On Dec 30th and 31st, some GETC horses entered a ride in New Mexico. The results:
 
Dec 30: New Year in New Mexico, 100 mile FEI
 
2nd Place: Hanna CW ridden by Christoph
3rd Place: TC Mounshine ridden by Esty Saenger
 
BEST CONDITION: TC Mounshine
 
Dec 31:New Year in New Mexico, 50 mile
 
1st Place: DWA Powerball and Christoph
 
TC Mounshine has been trained and campaigned by Dian. Because of her treatments, she was unable to come to this ride. She let Esty ride one of her best horses. Thanks Dian, for all the work you have put into these horses.
 
Dian is recovering well and will be riding strong again this spring. We are grateful for all the support we have received from the endurance community and our friends all over. These challenging times have made all of us bond together. All your help and support has been greatly appreciated.
 
Looking ahead, GETC and EQUFLEXUSA are preparing for the AERC Convention, where a joint booth will be set up. Please visit us at our booth, we have free goodies just for stopping by.

Christoph will also be a speaker at the Saturday “Ask the Experts” panel.
Come and join us all at the Convention!

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NOVEMBER 2007

MOAB CANYONS 2 DAY RIDE

Thank You, Sheri Griffith, and all the volunteers that helped make this ride.

What an awesome ride!! Everyone plan this one for 2008. The plan is that it should be a 3-day Pioneer in 2008. The weather was beautiful. The trails were marked awesomely, the ride went smoothly. This is one of the most scenic rides around. It was located in the Canyonlands BLM area near Canyonlands National Park. Around 200 horse & riders showed up. Very successful.

GETC took 10 horses to this ride. GETC had 7 horses starting the 1st day.
David Shefrin completed his 1st 50 mile race riding DWA Sablisa.
Marcy Till did an awesome job w/Trinity. It was their 1st 50. Janelle Warkentin, did an awesome job w/HL Kastaspell. It was also their 1st 50.

GETC would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to our great friends, Mel Hare, Marcy Till, Janelle & Jermey Warkentin and Valerie Maxwell. Janelle, Jermey & Valerie traveled all the way from Oregon to do this ride. Jeremey was so awesome, he worked very hard to help us crew and care for all our horses. He would drive in and feed the horses both morning & night in order for us to care for the horses at the ride camp. Marcy Till, our good friend, helped me load and organize the stuff for the trip home and unloaded the trailer once back. This was stuff, lots of stuff for 10 horses.

This was Dian’s 1st ride back since her medical diagnosis & surgery in June. I dearly thank my partner, Christoph Schork, for working twice as hard to enable me and everyone else to ride like crazy. I can’t thank these great friends enough for enabling me to get out and ride my brains out. The results were fantastic!!

NOVEMBER 04: Moab Canyons

BEST CONDITION: DOUBLE ZELL & CHRISTOPH

1st Place: SALTY & Mel Hare
3rd Place: DOUBEL ZELL & Christoph

25 Mile Ride:
Matt rode Lady to her 1st 25 mile completion. Thank you Matt, Trish, and Matte Sol, for an awesome job done.

NOVEMBER 03: Moab Canyons

BEST CONDITION: DWA SABKU +/ & MEL HARE

1st Place: Hanna CW & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight: Hanna CW & Christoph
2nd Place: DWA Sabku+/ & Mel Hare
1st Place Featherweight: DWA Sabku+/ & Mel
9TH Place: DWA Sablisa & David Shefrin
Top Ten Middleweight: DWA Sablisa & David Shefrin

Somewhere in the 20’s:

TC Mounshine & Dian
Top Ten Heavyweight: TC Mounshine & Dian
Trinity & Marcy Till (their 1st 50)
HL Kastaspell & Janelle Warkentin (their 1st 50)

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August/September 2007
 
Aug. 11: Happy Jack
 
BEST CONDITION: DWA Sabku
 1st Place: DWA Sabku and Mel
 
Aug. 12th:
2nd Place: Last Daan & Mel
Best Condition: Last Daan
 
1st Place: DWA Sabku and Sarah
 2ND Place: DWA Sabku & Mel
 
Sept. 28: Quilty Gold Cup, Australia
  
Winners of the Gold Cup:
 1st Place: Christoph Schork on Arovo Mini Harvest and Anton Reid on Kumari
 
Both riders tied for First Place.
 
A special Thanks goes to Anton for providing the winning horse for Christoph. This was his first entry in the Quilty. Global Endurance Training Center’ staff is thrilled that Christoph brought the Gold Cup to the USA  for the first time ever.

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June/July 2007
 
June 9: AHA National Championship 50

1st Place: DWA Sabku & Mel
 
July 28: Tevis Cup
 
4th Place: GE Cyclone and Esty Saenger
 
Congratulation to Esty and Cyclone for an excellent job! Esty came from Switzerland and leased a horse from GETC for her first Tevis and first 100 mile ride.

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MAY 2007

Welcome Mel Rue Hare to the GETC staff!

Mel Rue Hare has joined the GETC staff. He is an experienced horse trainer who is presently working on his Level 3 Parelli Certification. Mel has worked as personal fitness trainer for many years in the Northwest. Mel will be training and conditioning young horses as well as teaching riding & fitness skills in the GETC clinics.

MAY 26: Owyhee 100
 
BEST CONDITION: Hanna CW
 
1st Place: Hanna CW & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
 
2nd Place: GE Cyclone & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
 
Owyhee 80
 
1st Place: DWA Millennium
 
MAY 27: Owyhee 50
 
Best Condition: DWA Sabku
 
1st Place: Double Zell & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
 
2ND Place: DWA Sabku & Mel
1st Place Featherweight
 
MAY 28: Owyhee 50
 
BEST CONDITION: HANNA CW
 
1st Place: DWA Sabku & Mel
4th Place: Salty and Dian
5th Place: Double Zell and Christoph

MAY 12: HELLS KITCHEN CANYON

Bruce Burnham put on another great Hells Kitchen ride. Weather was perfect. The Awards and dinner were great. THANKS BRUCE The Hansleman.

BEST CONDITION: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ

1st Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight

2nd Place: GE Cyclone & Mel
1st Featherweight
3rd Place: Salty & Dian
1st Heavyweight

MT. CARMEL XP:

Dave, Anne & Colina Nicholson, Duane, & Paul Alsop, have been working hard on adding new trails. They have worked hard on making sure the trail markings are easy to follow. The trails were very fun, lots of trails weaving in & out of trees, fun, fun fun. There was a lot of water placed out on the trail for the horses. This is a spectacular ride with great footing.

A Big Thank You to Duane & Paul Alsop for all your help on this ride that has improved trails.

MAY 7: Mt. Carmel III

BEST CONDITION: TC MOUNSHINE

1st Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight

2ND Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
3rd Place: Double Zell & Mel
1st Place Featherweight

MAY 6: Mt. Carmel II

BEST CONDITION: HANNA CW

HANNA CW & SALTY TIED FOR 1ST PLACE

1st Place: Hanna CW & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
1st Place: Salty & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight

3rd Place: DWA Sabku+// & Mel
1st Place Featherweight

MAY 5: Mt. Carmel I

BEST CONDITION: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ

1st Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight

2nd Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
3rd Place: Double Zell & Mel
1st Place Featherweight

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APRIL 2007

April 21: Antelope Island 50 I

BEST CONDITION: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ

Oritos Haat Pizaz & TC Mounshine 1st Place Tie

1st Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight

1st Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight

3rd Place: GE Cyclone & Christina Long

April 22: Antelope Island 50 II

BEST CONDITION: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ

Oritos Haat Pizaz & TC Mounshine TIED FOR1st Place

1ST Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Place Middleweight

1st Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Place Heavyweight

10th Place: Last Daan & Christina Long
Top Ten Lightweight

April 14: Git-R-Done 100 FEI

DWA EXPRESS 5TH PLACE FEI!! This was DWA Express’s 1st endurance race, 1st 100 mile race and 1st FEI event.

5th Place: DWA Express & Christina Long
Top Ten Lightweight

This was Christina’s first 100 mile event and her 1st FEI event. THANK YOU CHRISTINA for doing such an excellent job.

Congratulations to both Horse and Rider!

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MRER YEAR END AWARDS 2006:

MRER BEST CONDITION CHAMPION TC MOUNSHINE
Utah Rider of the Year: Christoph & DWA Powerball
Middleweight Champion: Christoph & DWA Powerball
4th Place Heavyweight: Dian & TC Mounshine

TEAM AWARD: Dian, Christoph & Andy Bown
GETC Former Clients & GETC Horses:
2nd Place Lightweight: Tennesse Lane & DWA Sabella
2nd Place Heavyweight: Andy Bown & Tucker

January/February 2007

After a cold winter in Moab, GETC horses started the 2007 ride season with the 20 Mule Team 100 FEI ride in Ridgecrest, CA. The course was changed for the better.

February 03: 20 Mule Team 100 FEI

BEST CONDITION FEI: Oritos Haat Pizaz

1st Place FEI: Oritos Haat Pizaz and Christoph
2nd Place AERC: Oritos Haat Pizaz and Christoph

February 17: Eastern Mojave 50

2nd Place: Halyva Night and Dian
3rd Place: Hanna CW and Christoph
4th Place: DWA Millennium and Christina Long

February 18: Eastern Mojave 55

6th Place: GE Cyclone and Dian
7th Place: Double Zell and Christoph
30th Place: Last Daan and Christina Long (Danny’s 1st 50)

February 19: Eastern Mojave 50
3rd Place: Hanna CW and Christoph

OCTOBER through DECEMBER

The last months of the year 2006 were spent with clinics and training. Dian taught four 5 day clinics, several day clinics and started two of our young horses. Only one ride was attended, Randy Eiland’s ride in Southern New Mexico. Randy did a great job with the trail and management of the ride.

November, 18th: Rio Grande 100

BEST CONDITION: DWA POWERBALL

3rd Place: DWA Powerball and Christoph

Several GETC horses placed in the Mountain Region Point Championship for the year 2006

DWA Powerball, owned by Dian Woodward, placed 1st overall and 1st in the Middleweight Division.
DWA Sabella, owned by Tennessee Lane, placed 4th overall and 2nd in the Lightweight Division.
DWA Millennium, owned by GETC, placed 9th overall and 4th in the Middleweight Division.

All three horses also placed 2nd and 3rd (tie) respectively in the Mountain Division Best Condition Championship.

Overall, 2006 was another great year for GETC. A big Thank You goes out to all our friends and supporters throughout the year.
May you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

We are looking forward seeing you in 2007.

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SEPTEMBER 2006

BRYCE CANYON 5 DAY

September 1: Bryce Canyon II

1st Place: DWA Powerball & Christoph
1st Middleweight
6th Place: SC ACE HIGH & Kathy Backus ( Ace former GETC horse)
Top Ten Featherweight

September 2: Bryce Canyon III

2nd Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Middleweight

September 3: Bryce Canyon IV
1st Place: DWA Powerball & Christoph
1st Middleweight
9th Place: SC ACE HIGH & Kathy Backus ( Ace former GETC horse)
Top Ten Featherweight

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AUGUST 2006

August/September 2006: PAUNSAGAUNT FALL XP

GETC headed down to the beautiful Bryce Canyon XP 5 day 250 mile ride over Labor Day weekend.

Kathy Backus rode SC Ace High, a former GETC horse to 2 top ten finishes. Way to go Kathy…U-Hooo.

August 31st: Bryce Canyon I

16th Place: DWA Millennium & Christoph
TOP TEN Middleweight

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THE WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Aachen, Germany August 21st 2006

The World Equestrian Championship in Aachen, Germany, was the highlight of the year. Christoph and Taj Rai Hasan (aka Husky) were part of the 6 member USA Endurance Team.

We, (Christoph, Dian, and Husky) left Moab on August 1st and traveled to LA, where we stayed at Carolyn Hock’s place in Riverside, CA. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Carolyn and Chris Hock for their hospitality and help. The logistics of flying overseas can be challenging, but with their help it went smoothly. We flew out of LA w/Pet Jets to Amsterdam where the USA team reunited.

Our stabling in Aachen was set up at Gut Neuhaus ( HYPERLINK "http://www.gut-neuhaus.de" www.gut-neuhaus.de) owned by Rainer Plum. It is a beautiful state of the art horse stable with indoor arenas and horse trails right out the back door. All our horses adjusted well and recovered from the travel stress within a couple of days. We proceeded to train and learn the trails for the race. We set up extra pairs of shoes and made the decision to add studs because of the rain. It rained everyday in the month of August.

The course consisted of either pavement or thick mud. When race day came, the rain of the previous weeks had left its mark, making the trails very muddy. The start was overcast without rain. A shoe was sucked off after 20 miles. I put on an Easyboot, but had to slow down so we wouldn’t lose the Easyboot. We arrived at vet gate # 2, with a sound horse, but lost 20 minutes off our planned arrival time. We had great farriers for the team, Jeff Pauley & Mustafah. Jeff worked hard and fast to replace the lost shoe w/Mustafah helping. The farriers were very busy during the entire race working together to replace the lost shoes on all the USA team horses. Shoes were being sucked off like crazy. The rain started during loop 4, along with the temperature dropping dramatically. All competitors had to contend with running water down the roads and trails, which turned into creeks and increased the mud. Unfortunately, at vet gate #5 (mile 90), we were vetted out of the race.

The USA had 3 of the 5 riders finish the WEC, Kathy Downs, Meg Sleeper, and Jennifer Niehaus. Christoph Schork and Jeff Mattingley were vetted out at different times.

A very special THANK YOU goes out to my crew. The crew consisted of Dian, Clive Pollitt (our dear friend from Scotland), Sheri Griffith and Andy Bown. They did a superb job crewing for Christoph and Husky. Many thanks, to them and all the staff who helped getting us through the challenging day.

We send out a huge thank you to our Chef d’Equipe, Val Kanavy and assistant Chef d’Equipe, Laura Hayes, who did a terrific job on such short notice and Jamie Saults, our coordinator from USEF. We also thank our team Veterinarians, Tom Timmons & Ann Stewart for their support and guidance through the event, to our Team Farrier, Jeff Pauley, to our support Veterinarian from Uruguay, Flavia, and our support Farrier, Mustafah.

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JULY 2006

CHRISTOPH WAS SELECTED FOR THE USA WORLD ENDURANCE TEAM

The WEC is being held in Aachen, Germany August 21st 2006

We are looking forward to this wonderful opportunity. Our good friends Clive Pollitt and Penny Howard are coming over from Scotland to crew. Andy Bown and Sheri Griffith will join us from the US side. We will have a great international crew.

July Ride Results:

Soldier Hollow Endurance Ride

Jen Layman did a great job creating a well marked trail. This was a very demanding course for horse and rider. It is a great training ride for Tevis.

July 22, 2006: Soldier Hollow Endurance Ride

BEST CONDITION: DWA MILLENNIUM

1st Place: DWA Powerball & Christoph
1st Middleweight
3rd Place: DWA SABKU +// & Christina Long
TOP TEN Lightweight
3rd Place: DWA Millennium & Sheri Griffith
TOP TEN Middleweight
6th Place: TUCKER (former GETC horse) & Andy Bown
1st Heavyweight

USA Team Selection Trial Ride: Alturas, CA

We would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to Chris & Cheryl Knoch for jumping in at the last minute and finding an appropriate course for the USA World Endurance Team selection trial ride that was held in Alturas, CA the 15th of August. Originally the trial run was going to be held in conjunction with the Likely 50. The Likely 50 ride was cancelled. On short notice, Chris and Cheryl were contacted about a possible course for our 39 mile demo ride and hosting 5 of the riders trying out for spots on the USA World Endurance Team. It was great getting to visit with them again after so many years.

THANK YOU CHRIS AND CHERYL FOR HELPING US OUT.

Sagebrush & Cedar

July 9: Sagebrush and Cedar Day 2

1st Place: The Noble One & Christoph
1st Middleweight
3rd Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Dian
1st Heavyweight
4th Place: DWA Sabella (former GETC horse) & Tennesse Lane
Top Ten Lightweight
5th Place: Halvya Night & Christina Long
TOP TEN Lightweight
10th Place: Tucker (former GETC horse) & Andy Bown
Top Ten Heavyweight

July 8: Sagebrush and Cedar Day 1

TC Mounshine & Dian
Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
DWA Sablisa & Christina Long

We took a wrong turn on this day and finished with sound horses after doing 10 extra miles. Good training for 100 mile rides.

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JUNE 2006

THE RON BRACKEN AWARD:

The Ron Bracken Award is awarded to Utah’s best Horse & Rider Team. This traveling cup is awarded every year to the Team accumulating most points in the state of Utah. The recipient for this year’s award:

Christoph and DWA Millennium.


Strawberry Fields 3 Day Pioneer

Strawberry Fields 3 Day Pioneer race was a great success. GETC had 9 horses competing.

A huge THANK YOU goes out to Howard Kent and Louise Mahoney for doing a tremendous job of making these trails. It was the best day of our lives. The trails on this ride are just gorgeous. This is a ride to put on your calendar and plan to attend next year. Updated loops were great and the markings made it easy to follow the course.

There were some highlights for GETC during this 3 Day event. On the second day, Christoph could celebrate his 100th win in 50 and 100 mile rides throughout his career. Andy Bown organized the celebration party with cake, wine and the obligatory water bucket shower. Thanks, Andy!!

June 25: Strawberry Fields Day 3

1st Place: DWA Powerball & Christoph
1st Middleweight
2nd Place: GE Cyclone & Danica Taylor
1st Lightweight
3rd Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Heavyweight
6th Place: Halvya Night & Christina Long
TOP TEN Lightweight

June 24: Strawberry Fields Day 2

BEST CONDITION: HALYVA NIGHT

1st Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz & Christoph
1st Middleweight
2nd Place: Halyva Night & Christina Long
1st Lightweight
3rd Place: SC Ace High & Kathy Backus
2nd Lightweight
4th Place: GE Cyclone & Dian
1st Heavyweight

10th Place: TUCKER (former GETC horse) & Andy Bown
Top Ten Heavyweight

June 25: Strawberry Fields Day 1

1st Place: DWA Powerball & Christoph
1st Middleweight
3rd Place: DWA Sablisa & Christina Long
2nd lightweight
4th Place: TC Mounshine & Dian
1st Heavyweight
5th Place: DWA Sabku +/ & Danica Taylor
TOP TEN Lightweight

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MAY 2006

Owyhee FEI 100

Owyhee FEI 100 Mile race was a great success. We had a really great crew to help us get through our demonstration trial. Big thanks go out to Danica Taylor and Sheri Griffith. Without them it would have been a tough task to get it done.

A big THANK YOU goes out to Steph and John Teeter for doing a tremendous job of making this trail. Updated loops were great and the markings made it easy to follow the course.

Thank you to all the selectors, Veternarians and volunteers that help to put on an FEI event.

May 20: Owyhee FEI 100

8th Place: Taj Rai Hasan and Christoph
8th Place FEI
Top Ten Middleweight
13th Place: Salty and Dian
13th Place FEI
TOP TEN Heavyweight

Hells Kitchen Canyon

Back from Hells Kitchen Canyon Ride. GETC riders and horses had a really successful ride. This was the 27th consecutive year this ride has been run. This is the only ride in Utah that has been around for this long. Thank You Bruce Burnham for putting all your hard work into this ride for so many years. Thanks to Maureen Selzler and all the volunteers for helping to keep this ride going.

May 13: Hells Kitchen Canyon

BEST CONDITION: DWA SABKU+//

1ST Place: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
2nd Place: DWA Sabku+// and Sheri Griffith
1st Place Lightweight
6th Place: Halyva Night and Dian
2nd Place Heavyweight
13th Place: DWA Sablisa and Andy Bown
TOP TEN Heavyweight

Thanks to Sheri for riding DWA Sabku so successfully that he received the Best Conditions award.
Thanks to Andy for bringing DWA Sablisa along to a great finish for her 1st ride of the season.

Mt. Carmel 3 Day Pioneer Ride:

Back from Mt. Carmel 3-Day Pioneer Ride. It is held annually in Kanab, UT. GETC and former GETC horse and riders had a very successful ride. Thank you very much Dave, Anne & Calina Nicholson for a great ride. Thanks to Joseph for pre-riding the trails to make sure the markings were up. The trails were marked really well all weekend. The trails were beautiful, challenging and quite a blast.

May 06: Mt. Carmel

BEST CONDITION: TC MOUNSHINE

1ST Place: GE Cyclone and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight

TOP 20: SC ACE HIGH (his 1st 50) with Danica Taylor

This was Danica’s 1st 50 mile ride. We were very lucky to have such an accomplished rider, riding Ace on his 1st 50. We felt very confident in her ability as a horse woman to help him get through and finish in great shape. He looked awesome at the finish, ready to go again in the future. We loved seeing her smiling face as we passed her on the trail, taking great care to make sure Ace was happy and comfortable. THANK YOU SO MUCH DANICA, for achieving a great ride.

May 07: Mt. Carmel

BEST CONDITION: GE CYCLONE

Tied for 1st Place: DWA Powerball and GE Cyclone

1ST Place: GE Cyclone and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
1ST Place: DWA Powerball and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight

13th Place: Tucker (former GETC Horse) and Andy Bown
Top Ten Heavyweight

May 08: Mt. Carmel

2nd Place: DWA Powerball and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
3rd Place: TC Mounshine and Dian
2nd Place Heavyweight

Congratulations to both Tucker & Andy for doing a great job!

APRIL 2006

Back from the Antelope Island 2 Day Ride. It is held on Antelope Island surrounded by the Great Salt Lake in UT. GETC and former GETC horse and riders had a very successful ride. Thank you very much Dean and MJ Jackson for managing this ride. The weather was nice. The scenery was impressive. There were a lot of Buffalo up close, herds of antelope and a few coyotes.

April 23: Antelope Island

BEST CONDITION: DWA POWERBALL

4th Place: DWA Powerball and Christoph
Top Ten Middleweight
6th Place: Salty and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight

April 22: Antelope Island

BEST CONDITION: TAJ RAI HASAN

2nd Place: Dusty Tu and Stan Sandick (former GETC horse)
Top Ten Middleweight

4th Place: Salty and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
5th Place: Taj Rai Hasan and Christoph
Top Ten Middleweight
10th Place: Tucker (former GETC Horse) and Andy Bown
Top Ten Heavyweight

Congratulations to both Andy & Stan for doing a great job!

Back from the Color Country 3 day Pioneer Ride. GETC, Clients, and former GETC horse and rider teams placed in the top ten. After attending a 4 day endurance training clinic at the GETC earlier in the month, Tennessee Lane came back from Ft. Collins to participate in this 3 day ride to put her newly acquired endurance skills into action. She rode DWA Sabella to 2 awesome finishes and decided to take her home to Ft. Collins. Congratulations and thank you, Tennessee. Sam Thornhill came down from Evanston, WY and rode DWA Sabku+// to another great finish.

A BIG Thank You to Marion Parker & her daughters for doing a great job managing this ride. A few improvements were made to the course this year, thanks to Dave Rabe, for allowing his horse explore the desert a little further out into Arizona last year.

Two dear, long time friends from Christoph’s Ski Archery days, Sue and Dick Crouch, came out on their way home to WI to visit. Sue was a former member of the US National Archery Biathlon Team and represented the USA during 3 different World Championships over seas. She used to train horses during her College days. Now, if we could only get her to race on the horses…….. It was so great to see and visit (what little we could) with them. Thank you very much Sue & Dick for the awesome dinners you so gratefully prepared and lending a helping had with chores.

April 09: Color Country

1st Place: DWA MILLENNIUM and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
2nd Place: DWA Sabella and Tennessee Lane
1st Place Lightweight
4th Place: DWA Sabku +// and Sam Thornhill
1st Place Heavyweight
8th Place: Tucker and Andy Bown (former GETC horse)
Top Ten Heavyweight
9th Place: GE Cyclone and Dian
Top Ten Heavyweight

April 08: Color Country

BEST CONDITION: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ

1ST Place: ORITOS HAAT PIZAZ and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight
1st Place: DWA POWERBALL and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
(Dian & Christoph tied for 1st)
3rd Place: Tucker and Andy Bown (former GETC horse)
2nd Place Heavyweight

April 07: Color Country

BEST CONDITION: DWA MILLENNIUM

1ST Place: DWA MILLENNIUM and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
2nd Place: DWA Sabella and Tennessee Lane
1st Place Lightweight
3rd Place: Halyva Night and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight

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MARCH 2006

Back from Tucson AZ and the International Training Clinic held at Al Marah Arabians. We are very graetful for the hospitality of Bazy Tankersly and Jerry Hamilton for hosting this clinic.

While GETC was in Tucson, we were able to ride the 2nd day of the Old Pueblo managed by Marilyn McCoy.

March 03: Old Pueblo II

6th Place: Oritos Haat Pizaz and Dian
Top Ten Heavyweight
7th Place: Taj Rai Hasan and Christoph
Top Ten Middleweight

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FEBRUARY 2006

Back from 20 Mule Team 100 Mile Ride. GETC had another successful run.

FEBRUARY 03: 20 Mule Team 100

8th PLACE: DWA Millennium and Christoph
Top Ten Middleweight

Back from Eastern Mojave Sunrise Ranch 3 day Pioneer Ride. GETC had a great time and the horse and rider teams were successful. This was a beautiful ride located in the Eastern Mojave Desert just outside of Baker, CA. A big Thanks for all your hard work to Ann & Dave & Calina Nicholson, Joseph, and Karen Chaton. For more info go to www.xprides.com under Sunrise Ranch Rides.

FEBRUARY 03: Eastern Mojave Sunrise Ranch

BEST CONDITION: GE CYCLONE

1ST PLACE: DWA POWERBALL and Christoph
1ST Place Middleweight
3RD: Place: DWA Hale-Bopp (former GETC Horse) Great Job Sheri!!!!
4th Place: GE Cyclone and Dian
2nd Place Heavyweight Division

FEBRUARY 04: Eastern Mojave Sunrise Ranch

BEST CONDITION: DWA SABELLA (GETC Horse ridden by Sheri Griffith) Great Job Sheri!!!!

Tied for 1st Place: DWA Millennium and TC Mounshine
1st Place: TC Mounshine and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight Division
1st Place: DWA Millennium and Christoph
1st Place Middleweight
3rd Place: DWA Sabella (GETC Horse) and Sheri Griffith
2nd Place Middleweight

FEBRUARY 05: Eastern Mojave Sunrise Ranch

2ND PLACE: DWA POWERBALL and Christoph
2nd Place Middleweight

1st Place: DWA Hale-Bopp and Sheri Griffith (former GETC Horse)
1st Place Middleweight

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DECEMBER 2005
 
GETC horses did an excellent job in 2005!!!!

Dian and Christoph attended the National Training Squad Clinic in Red Bluff, CA in December. We extend a special thank you to Clarissa for allowing all the National Training Squad riders to use her facility, Hale Arena. Thank You Joyce/Dennis Sousa and Clarissa for allowing us to use their horses for this clinic. The three days were filled with very educational, in-depth shoeing evaluations, fine tuning our riding skills w/dressage and riding lessons, and Kentucky Equine provided us with and equine nutritionist, Kathleen Crandell. Kathleen provided us with a valuable analysis of our feeding routines that enabled us to change and correct any unbalances. The evenings were dedicated to lectures on equine performance nutrition and shoeing the performance horse. This was a very valuable clinic.

YEAR END RESULTS for 2005
Total results for GETC horses & former GETC horses:

13 BEST CONDITIONS
21 FIRST PLACE
11 Second Places
59 Top Ten Places

Our AERC Year End Standings:

TAJ RAI HASAN: (campaigned by Christoph)
FIRST PLACE BEST CONDITION Mountain Region
FIRST OVERALL Mountain Region
8th place National BEST CONDITON
7th Place National 100 Mile

DWA MILLENNIUM: (campaigned by Christoph)
2nd Place overall
4th Place BEST CONDITION Mountain Region

TC MOUNSHINE: (campaigned by Dian)
5th place Heavy Weight Division, Mountain Region

Former GETC horses:

DWA HALE BOPP: (campaigned Sheri Griffith)
3rd place Middle Weight Division, Mountain Region

DUSTY TU: (campaigned by Stan Sandick)
AHA Region 5 Champion – 50 mile

CONGRATULATIONS to all GETC Horse and Rider Teams for such a great year.

A special THANKS goes out to sponsors, THE CONKLIN Company and Mr. Dan Willgohs for their support with the excellent FASTRACK products, the Fortifier and Probiotic supplements. Please visit their website at: www.conklin.com to learn more about their product line.

THANK YOU to all our clients that participated in our clinics and horse training programs.

THANK YOU very much to our clients that purchased one of GETC horses for their own riding enjoyment.

We wish all a very Happy Holidays and a great New Year. May all be successful and achieve your goals.

Best Wishes and Happy Trails

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NOVEMBER 2005

GETC is back from Silver State Point to Point in Jean, NV with great results.

November is the last month for competitions in the AERC calendar year.  The November results are followed with keen interest by a lot of riders. It’s exciting to watch how riders checking their placing in AERC categories try and get in the last races of the year. We headed to Silver State Point to Point in Jean, NV.

Unfortunately, this is the last year this ride was held. We are glad we were able to attend this ride for the last time. We would like to send a very gracious THANK YOU, to Claire Toomey, for all her hard work and dedication for putting on this ride over Thanksgiving for years. What will we do next year?

Claire, thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication to endurance riding all these years.

NOVEMBER 25: SILVER STATE POINT TO POINT

1ST PLACE Tie between TC MOUNSHINE and TAJ RAI HASAN
1ST PLACE: TC MOUNSHINE and Dian
1ST PLACE: Heavyweight
1ST PLACE: TAJ RAI HASAN and Christoph Schork
1ST Place Middleweight
4th Place: DWA Hale-Bopp and Sheri Griffith (former GETC Horse)
2nd Place Middleweight

NOVEMBER 26: SILVER STATE POINT TO POINT

BEST CONDITION: DWA MILLENNIUM

1st Place: DWA MILLENNIUM and Christoph Schork
1st Place Middleweight
2nd Place: Salty and Dian
1st Place Heavyweight

NOVEMBER 27: SILVER STATE POINT TO POINT

BEST CONDITION: TAJ RAI HASAN
1ST PLACE: TAJ RAI HASAN and Christoph Schork
1ST Place Middleweight

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OCTOBER 2005

CONGRATULATIONS TO SALTY & DIAN!! They made the Mountain Zone Team for the 2005 North American Championships

Our only focus for the month of October was the North American Championships. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we were unable to attend the NAC’s. We did not have any other rides scheduled for October.

Our friend Sheri Griffith cancelled her plans on attending Grand Canyon XP ride this year and headed to Louisana to help with search and rescue of abandoned animals and destitute ranchers. We all say “Thank You!! Sheri for your kind efforts and hard work to help in Relief Efforts after Katrina”. If you see her at a ride in the future, please don’t hesitate to say to her, thanks!

November we are planning to attend Silver State Point to Point in Jean, NV.