Past News

February Schooling Show The Schooling Show series for the new year will start February 17th at Ray of Light Farm in East Haddam, Connecticut. This show will have an early start at 9:30 am with special classes for this show. 2 Special Needs Classes 1. Special Needs Trail 2. Special Needs Pleasure Jumping Class Cross rails, 4 jumps and twice around the ring REMEMBER We require rabies and coggins papers for the horse be presented ONCE per show season. There will be plenty of parking and a heated viewing room. Food available Petting Zoo 15% discount available at the Save-a-Buck tack store To see the class list and to read the new Schooling Show rules, please go to the Schooling Show page.

January Arabian Horse Club of Connecticut whishes everyone a very happy New Year! Hopefully the holidays have been great for everyone. We have started planning the Schooling Shows for this year and two dates have been posted on the Schooling Shows page. Also, the January issue for the Arabian Script can be found in color on our Newsletter page. Don't forget! March 9 is the beginning of daylite savings time, clocks will be moved ahead at 2 am on March 8th. This applies to the March 9th Outback Stables schooling show.

AHCC Clinic: AHCC is having a clinic with Mr. Larry Bailey on December 1st at the Ray of Light Farm. They are a site for the Special Olympic of Eastern Connecticut, home to many rescue animals as well as exotic animals. The range of activities at the farm is vast and diverse. They also have the Save-a-Buck Tack Shop. Clinic will be held from 10am until 2pm. Lunch break from 12am to 1pm. Read more about the clinic Location: the Stables of East Haddam 232 Town Street East Haddam, CT 06423 860-873-1895 NEW! Conformation Chart (part I) Conformation Chart (part II)

Banquet News: Banquet will be held on January 26th, 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. Read more about the banquet Save your photos! We are currently looking for a banquet cover photo. It could be your horse! Submit a photo to Michelle Laudano at funnyfarm250@comcast.net, or mail one to AHCC, 250 Killingworth Turnpike, Clinton, Ct 06413. Our beautiful program will be full color 8 ½ by 11, so prepare your ads now! Congratulate your horse, rider, trainer, Mom, Dad or even your pooch!

Arabian Horse Association: The annual AHA Convention was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma November 14-18 2007. The Arabian Horse Club of Connecticut (AHCC) was awarded the Communications award in the group of Club Excellence Awards. AHCC also received $500 with this award. Overall, AHCC came in 4th in the running for the Club Of The Year! To read more about the convention, go to AHA

Equine Affaire: Barbara Reynolds and Joan Stone are in charge of the breed demonstration at the November Equine Affaire. If you have a horse available and can be there for support, or even give a hand, we’d love to hear from you! E-Mail Barbara Reynolds at bjrey@aol.com or call 860-767-1164 Also in November, the AHCC will have its table at the Annual Marlborough Tack Tag sale. If you have items you would like to donate or commission to sell give Michelle Laudano a call at 860-664-0481 or e mail funnyfarm250@comcast.net

October 21st: The AHCC went to Hollywood!! What a gorgeous New England fall day we had on Sunday, October 21st for out schooling show at Hollywood Equine. They are located in Ellington, CT, and generously donated their facility to us for the day to hold our show! They had just built a beautiful new indoor which was a glorious place to hold our classes. We broke a record for the number of rides that were taken and it was 246. Yes, 246! Incredible!! Thank you, Heather for your hospitality, charm, helpful volunteers and great food!! We had such a wonderful time! We had many compliments on the food, the facility, and the friendly atmosphere. We look forward to returning there in the spring! We had a trail class with the obstacles set up in another ring and our judge for this was our own, Avryl Holden. Thank you! Our Ring judge was Anya Long, had a very long day on her feet...we do so appreciate that. Our logo apparel , as well as the new screen print design, sold briskly! Please join us on October 28 at Double A Arabins for our next show. Then our last show will be in November at Hayes Equestrian.

Schooling Shows: Our Double A Schooling show finally took place after two cancellations due to crazy weather. With cloudy skies looming forth, our day began right on schedule. Pat Eldridge, of Eldridge Equine Center was our judge, and kept things light and fun with our exhibitors. Giving helpful friendly advice when needed. Angela Lent, Dee Bowen, Barbara Reynolds, Michelle Laudano, Lisa Rader, Amy Rader-Johnson, Deb Thompson, Kasey Brann, and Gina Rivezzi were all an enormous help. Our well organized secretary, Terry Henning, dots the i’s and crosses those t’s! Thank you just doesn’t seem like it is enough. WOW! 90 rides, record breaking raffle ticket sales, tee shirt sales, and more new members! Kelsy Urban was present with her embellished designs. Various denim items, and hand bags all spruced up with saworski crystals. Thirty percent of her proceeds are used to purchase mosquito netting for the children of Africa to help with the prevention of Malaria from mosquito bites. Hats off to this young lady. Read about dates and classes for the Schooling Shows! > PICTURES <

AHCC Beach Ride: August 5th will be our summer fun day! AHCC members are invited for a FREE ride! That’s right, FREE!! To be held at Bluff Point Coastal Reserve in Groton, CT. It will be a ride at will day, but trail maps will be provided, and the Connecticut Horse Patrol will be there for our safety! The AHCC will be there from 10 AM to 3 Pm. The AHCC concession stand will be available with the AHCC famous wieners, beverages, and snacks. All proceeds from the concession stand benefit the AHCC Scholarship fund.

Annual A Show: Our 35th A Show was a record breaking success! Hats off to Melissa Wooten, chairman, and her committee for our 35th Annual A show. With months of planning, countless hours of work, and lots of ideas this years show proved to be a winner. Our entries were up approximately 30 horses from last year, which brought us back up to the average number of horses shown in the past. Our exhibitors and their horses arrived to The Eastern States Fairgrounds in West Springfield, Mass. to find a welcome bag of delicious apple and oat horse cookies, donated by Lakeside Feed of 31 Lake Drive, Guilford, Connecticut. Each and every day were treated to fresh bagels, muffins, and donuts that were delivered to our hospitality booth from Donut Dip, who is celebrating 50 years of business this year! Along with our breakfast fare, orange juice, tea, cocoa, and freshly brewed coffee, which was served with a warm smile and a good morning greeting from our very own AHCC President, Barbara Reynolds. Friday afternoon our exhibitors and guests were treated to our Ice Cream Social, generously donated by Jeff and Gina Murphy of Murphy Farm & Equine Sales. Saturday there were Legion of Honor presentations for the Foti family & CH ASIIL + and the Disapio family with Sloane Roncaioli & S ABIJAHN PF +. Our congratulations for a job well done! After the last class that evening everyone, even our hard working secretary, Marlene Kriegbaum, enjoyed the progressive aisle party. Pictures from the A Show An enormous thank you to the following volunteers! It is through these wonderful volunteers that help our show to be the huge success it continues to be! Chris Clorite Michelle Laudano Hannar Clorite Barbara Reynolds Laurie Tomlinson Avryl Holden Terry Henning Angela Lent Kasey Brann Gina Murphy Jeff Murphy Matt Laudano Danielle Laudano Amanda Baldwin Gina Rivezzi Amy Rader Dee Bowen Sarah Schweitzer Taylor Bibbiani Hailey Bibbiani Lin Murphy Kevin Dwyer Morgan Whittle Meagan MacGlashing Hillary MacDonald Joan Stone