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Rob BowmanThe Dressage on the First Coast Spring 2011 show program “Thank You” ad from Jerry Rehkopf Click for larger image My Northeast Florida Dressage Association (NFDA) club’s Dressage on the First Coast Spring 2011 show is coming up this weekend (April 9-10th) and boy has there been a flurry of work to do to get everything ready for it. Everything else has had to be put on hold, even getting my newsletter out before the end of March. My attempt to get it out the week before that was thwarted by a frustrating technical issue of my ESP not ‘talking’ to my ISP which took me 4 days to finally get resolved. Hence my March newsletter has become my Spring newsletter or a March/April newsletter. My wonderful husband offered to do an advertisement for the show program as the EVP of HorsesintheSouth.com. We were trying to decide what he would say in the program ad as I already have an ad for HorsesintheSouth.com in it, so we decided that we would just thank all of our current clients, banner advertisers and affiliates. My graphic designer, Beth Webb, who also did the show program for us on a last minute notice just told me to write up some text and she would make an ad out of it. Well, 3-4 hours later, I came up with this huge text-heavy ad that feels like I am thanking everyone for an academy award or something, it is so long! I didn’t know where to stop, I am so lucky to have such wonderful clients and advertisers. And, these are just the current ones! So I figured this would also be a good editorial so that all of the HorsesintheSouth.com readers and AHorseBlog.com readers will see these accolades instead of it just being confined to a horse show program.
 Click on image for larger view. It reads like this, but the layout that Beth did is gorgeous, as is the show program that she did for the Dressage on the First Coast. Jerry Rehkopf, husband to Teri Rehkopf the website developer of DressageontheFirstCoast.com and CEO/Owner/Producer of HorsesintheSouth.com and AHorseBlog.com, plus her corporate website SynergyEtc.com, wants to wish the NFDA, Northeast Florida Dressage Association, nfladressage.org, host to the Dressage on the First Coast, USDF/USEF recognized show, and the competitors the best of luck for this show and to thank all of Teri’s clients, current advertisers and website she supports. The list of her clients in alphabetical order, many of which have been her clients since the early 2000′s, are: Website Clients: ASmallCleverness.com – Rubber stamp store for people who love to create with stamps. EquineSportsTrainer.net – Ashley Davis, Equine Sports Trainer and Performance Consultant. ALGGraphics.com – Flexo and Screen printer of specialty labels. DogwoodSportHorses.com – Breeders of excellent bloodline European cross warmblood sport horses for sale; featuring the branded Westfalen, and approved RPSI breeding stallion, Freedom Hall. DressageontheFirstCoast.com – The website for the twice yearly recognized show; started for the 2005 Region 3 Championships held at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. Feedin’ Time – Animal feed & supply store. See the store link on HorsesintheSouth.com/feedintime FloridaMaritimeLawyers.com – Florida-based law firm which concentrates in trial litigation in the field of admiralty, cruise line and maritime law. James “Shea” Walsh – HorsesintheSouth.com/sheawalsh; 1988 Olympian represented Ireland. Instruction and clinics locally and abroad. KDEquine.com – Kathy Daly — Classical Dressage trainer, clinician. USEF “r” Dressage judge; my first website started in 1997. I wanted to give back to Kathy for all of the wonderful training she had and has done for me and my horses. We still get many “phone” training lessons and I used to get “Kitchen Table” lessons when she would stay with me when I lived in Jacksonville and she would get to my place too late for a lesson. One day I am going to write a book for her on these lessons, she is that good at explaining what to do! PostHillFarm.com – Breeders and sales of show ponies. Sundance Farm – HorsesintheSouth.com/sundancefarm; Featuring Swedish Warmblood, AWS approved stallion, Synchronicity; Lupe Guarderas, owner, competitor, trainer and Dressage judge. SuncoastBedding.com – Premium ultra-compressed pine shavings animal bedding. TripleKBarC.com – Preserving the “Last Chance” naturally-gaited, old-time Albert Dement foundation line of Tennessee Walking Horses. Dement mares for sale to selected breeding homes. Current Banner Advertisers and Others that we Support: CanterburyShowPlace.com – Central Florida’s nicest equestrian showplace with an indoor covered and lighted arena, and 3 outdoor rings, 5 show barns, clubhouse and more! ClassicCompany.com – Show management that we support; production of multiple shows throughout the South. EquineColicReliefAmerica.com – Amazing product that we have personally used to stop colic. HorsesintheSouth.Equine.com – Our Classified Ads – co-branded with Equine.com FlashpointMediaServices.com and FlashPointPhotography.com – Robbie and Greg Meisel who we love and support, specialize in performance and event portrait photography, and press releases for Classic Company, LLC show management. JaneHeart.com – Gorgeous equestrian and dog lines of jewelry including Secretariat™ and Barbaro™ licensed jewelry. KAMAnimalServices.com – KAM’s Equine Learning Circle offers FREE webinars every month and we list weekly tips each Monday and support them with a banner link. MahanFarm.com – 113 acre boarding, show and clinic facility in Tallahassee, FL. Summer camp held in conjunction with Feather Oaks Farm. Brett Barteld, Owner NagHorseRanch.com – Home of the Nose Shade, formerly called Nag Nose Shade to stop sunburned horses’ muzzles. NFHJA.com/ North Florida Hunter Jumper Association – We support them, especially during the Jacksonville Winter Series. Fleet Footing International – Supreme arena footing distributed and used by Canterbury Showplace RavenwoodFarm.net – Ravenwood Farm Foundation non-profit rescue corporation SouthernFarrier.com – Brett Barteld; 2nd Generation Farrier; 1990 Oklahoma Horseshoeing School -Certificate Graduate Professional Horseshoeing; Brotherhood of Working Farriers Association Certified; American Farrier’s Association Member SunHorseTack.com – Fancy and custom-made horse halters and stuff! USET.org/United States Equestrian Team Foundation – We support them with a non-profit banner advertisement. YouMightAsWellJump.com – Rob Bowman – amazing artistic photographer Affiliate websites for your viewing and shopping pleasure: NaturalPetVet.net/horsesinthesouth And, we have too many blog contributors to list here, so please see the Contributor category on AHorseBlog.com as these keep growing every day. Jerry and Teri also wish to thank Sheila Van Dusen, honorary EVP, for all of the assistance she has provided since our beginnings in 2000, plus Jason Ellerbee, for his assistance as our Associate Editor and analyst, Chris Dunn and Linda Bourdow for their accounting assistance, Rob Bowman for his amazing photography, Charles Bryant for his amazing programming work on our website and blog, and Beth Webb for her amazing graphic design skills and assistance. Without their help, we would not have been able to keep this monster of a website and blog, plus our client sites and advertisers functioning. Todd Minikus and Pavarotti Catch the Win in $75,000 Nespresso Grand Prix CSI 2* at 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Todd Minikus and Pavarotti won the $75,000 Nespresso Grand Prix, CSI 2* during the third week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. © 2010 Rob Bowman. Wellington, FL – February 1, 2010 – Todd Minikus of Loxahatchee, FL, and Pavarotti proved to be the best in the $75,000 Nespresso Grand Prix held on Sunday, January 31, at the 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. Minikus and the handy chestnut Pavarotti sped through a jump-off course to beat Nick Skelton (GBR) and Carlo 273, owned by Beverly Widdowson, and Lauren Hough on Highlife Farm’s Prezioso S. The third week of the FTI WEF is sponsored by Nespresso and concluded on Sunday, January 31. The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival has 12 weeks of competition that conclude on April 4, 2010, and they will be awarding almost $6 million in prize money through the circuit. Germany’s Olaf Petersen Jr. designed the course with 13 numbered obstacles in the first round, including a triple combination and an orange oxer at the end of the course that seemed to get the best of most of the competitors. The time allowed in the first round was 76 seconds. A total of 41 horse and rider pairs from 11 different countries came out today to dominate the first course, but only seven managed to advance to the short course without faults. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=10061 Photography by Rob Bowman Spring 2009
Slideshows of pictures from the 2009 WEF & Tampa shows by Rob Bowman, www.oneguyandacamera.com Slideshow of the AHJF Hunter Classic show by Rob Bowman See another great slideshow by Rob Bowman for Jan. 18, 2009 here. And another slideshow for the $50,000 CSI2 Grand Prix on Jan 25, 2009 here. Photos copyright Rob Bowman, www.oneguyandacamera.com |
