AHDRA II – Endure 7/14 & 15

TimRuth Casserly — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:48:29 +0000

I was just scanning the AHDRA II/Endure ride flyer, preparing for our fund raising activities. I noticed a couple details of which our drivers should be aware: > Pre-entries encouraged… All pre entries will be entered into a drawing for fabulous door prizes. >> Driving events will only be held if there are two

Continue reading AHDRA II – Endure 7/14 & 15

Finally, the new harness has arrived!

lindah — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:40:09 +0000

This message is to share with you the good find made while in Aiken, South Carolina over one year ago.

After saving all those pennies, nickel and dimes for quite a bit of time, the new harness ordered weeks earlier arrived today. A new harness has not crossed this threshold in many years and

Continue reading Finally, the new harness has arrived!

News Bits: Omnibus Listings Now Online

Jac — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:32:47 +0000

Note that MDDA events are NOT included in the OMNIBUS, but they are listed on the on-line Calendar.

May 01, 2012 | Membership | Calendar | Omnibus | OMNIBUS LISTINGS NOW ONLINE ADS Omnibus The July to December list of ADS recognized competitions are now available for viewing on the ADS web site.

Continue reading News Bits: Omnibus Listings Now Online

DRAW & the driving division

TimRuth Casserly — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:55:14 +0000

Hi everyone- Hope you’re getting your horses & ponies ready for another great season!

In 2010, DRAW started giving awards for drivers’ miles posted at all Wisconsin ride/drives. We joined DRAW that year, as did the Sunderlages. Not sure if anyone else did or not. In 2011, I believe we and Roxanne were the

Continue reading DRAW & the driving division

2012 Season KickOff, Glacier Trails

TimRuth Casserly — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:47:20 +0000

Are you IN? Hope to see everyone at Palmyra on 5/12 & 13!

Ruth

Training Video

Jac — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:18:07 +0000

Suggested by Tony Troyer “Hey here is a link that might help a few of us out with our horses…I started to do some of this with Jr. Last year and it is working well….:) I had to kinda back track and just start working him slow again. My biggest problem is that he

Continue reading Training Video

Marathon wheel info lost

Suze — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:55:03 +0000

Pc crashed thus lost all my info about marathon cart wheels.

I remember Ahonen’s motorcycle type wheels. I’m interested in the other brand.

Alice/Ray have ‘em on their carts.

Thanks in advance

News Bits – Apr 2012

Jac — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:55:31 +0000

March 06, 2012 | Membership | Calendar | Omnibus | APRIL WHEELHORSE NOW AVAILABLE Current Issue: April, 2012 You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader install on your computer to view the above document. The Wheelhorse will be mailed to those without valid e-mail addresses after April 9th.

Singles Go for the Glory at

Continue reading News Bits – Apr 2012

A ‘Balanced’ Cart Example

Jac — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:02:29 +0000

Courtesy Roxanne Cromheecke .

If your cart allows for it (not all do) you should adjust the balance so that the shafts of the cart “float” in the shaft loop. As you can see in this clip, even with the vertical motion of the horse at a trot, the shafts have very little vertical

Continue reading A ‘Balanced’ Cart Example

Example YouTube Embed

Jac — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:52:29 +0000

We’ve spoken about possibly including a YouTube video on our web site. Up to now I haven’t had anything to try out.

Here is a very short clip showing what is meant by a floating shaft. I took this with my phone camera so it is not very good quality, but it does provide

Continue reading Example YouTube Embed

MDDA.info