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COLORADO PASOS
A Chapter of the Great Western Paso Fino Horse Association____
November 10, 2005
2005 Colorado State Fair
Fiesta Weekend at the Colorado State Fair is a time of celebration for those of
Latin heritage. There is a parade and two days of singing and dancing and lots of good
Spanish food. To make the celebration complete, this year the Colorado State Fair
invited local Great Western Paso Fino owners to be part of the celebration.
Hank and Carol Kuiper, with the help of Mike Miller and Christian Harris, of
Silver Birch Ranch accepted their invitation along with Albert Vega of Paso Finos de
Vega and brought four Paso Finos to demonstrate the versatility of our wonderful breed
to the many spectators and exhibitors.
Tio Vivo del Cardo and Darice Mystique of Silver Birch Ranch and Dos Tambien
de Mossy Oaks and Domino El Trepador of Paso Finos de Vega gave over 200 demo
rides to people attending the celebration. Darice Mystique, a bay Tobiano Pinto Paso
Fino, drew the most attention from the mainly Paint and Quarter Horse exhibitors. They
had never heard of Paso Finos being pinto. This was the second time that Darice had
been the hit of the crowd at the Colorado State Fair. The first time was when she won
the Colorado State Fair High Point Paso Fino title in 1995.
The people signed up to try out a Paso Fino varied from those that had never
ridden a horse to experienced riders wanting their first experience riding a Paso Fino.
The response was the same from everyone, smiles of pleasure and the desire to learn
more about our wonderful breed. These wonderful horses gave their all and contributed
greatly to the promotion of the Paso Fino in Colorado.
The wonderful Paso Finos in the Colorado Great Western area will once again be
wowing the crowds at the Cowboy Christmas Celebration in Colorado Springs during
Thanksgiving weekend. Come and see us there!
Colorado Chapter of Colorado Chapter Newsletter
Great Western
This is your newsletter. In the past, I have requested
Officers help from the Colorado Chapter members to provide articles for
President this newsletter. A few of you have written articles and sent me
Suzie Tiller pictures and I really appreciate it.
P. O. Box 306 In this issue we will have an article sent in by one of our
Franktown, CO, 80116 members. We will also have pictures of the 2005 foals from some
(303) 688-3771 of our members.
Rtiller54@msn.com In the future, newsletters will be sent out to the members
when I have received 2 articles from the membership. It is
Secretary impossible to put out a newsletter without any information. I will
Jennifer Klonowski continue to send out information about future events when I
5675 Locke Mountain Rd. receive it.
Florence, Colorado 81226 Although we had the articles needed to produce this
(719) 784-3322 newsletter, my computer did not cooperate and died on me. As
Horselady2@peoplepc.com did the second one my son provided. I am now back in business
and hope to be able to keep you updated on what is going on in
Treasurer the Colorado Chapter of Great Western.
Carol Kuiper So if you want to continue to receive newsletters every 8
14151 McClelland Road weeks or so, please send in articles you find of interest, articles
Calhan, Colorado, 80808 about you and your horses, articles about what you are doing, etc.
(719) 347-2121 Also please send in free classified ads as well as paid ads about
dkuiper@mindspring.com events you are hosting.
Advertising Rates Once again, this is your newsletter. We need your help
to keep it going.
Non-members
Full Page $40.00 GREAT NEWS
Half Page $25.00
Quarter Page $15.00 The Colorado Chapter website is up and
Classified ads $ 5.00 running. So far, the site has received over 900 hits. We plan on
linking our site to other sites to increase our exposure. If you
Members have not had a chance to pull up this site, do so today. I am sure
you will be pleased with what Terry has done.
Full Page $25.00 Remember, this is your site. Please use it. We are
Half Page $15.00 offering to put 2 sale ads with pictures or 3 sale ads without
Quarter Page $10.00 pictures for each member. Also photos of you and your horse
Classified ad – first one free doing fun stuff or of Great Western events would be greatly
Second Classified $5.00 appreciated. The Site will have an updated calendar. So check it
Please send your ads to: often to see which events are being offered.
Carol Kuiper The website address is www.coloradopasofinos.com.
14151 McClelland Road Please pull up this site and give Terry your input. There are links
Calhan, CO. 80808 in the site to send in your information and to contact Terry.
719-347-2121
dkuiper@mindspring.com
Youth Mundial Clinic
By Helene McIntosh
When Melissa attended the Milda Minter Clinic at the Ireland's on July 4th, Milda suggested to
her to go to the All Youth Show and Youth Mundial Clinic in Morristown, TN, at the end of the
month. She mentioned she might arrange for a horse to show for Melissa. We decided to go.
We arrived on Friday evening in Morristown, checked into our hotel, then visited the show
grounds where we met up with Milda and her two girls Christina and Morgan. She had brought several
horses, but the horse Melissa was to show was to be delivered the next day. Friday evening, the girls
jumped on horses to get used to the grounds. Melissa got to ride a beautiful white gelding.
Saturday morning, the show started. The judges were Ms. Ellen Perez and Mr. Carlos Tobon. The
first classes were held and we were still waiting for the horse for Melissa. We were quite excited when
she finally arrived mid -morning. Mr. Dick Miller brought a 4 year old, pretty, gray filly, EZG Delilah.
Melissa saddled her up right away to try her out in the warm-up arena. After a few minutes of getting
acquainted to one another, we decided to enter her in the Novice Performance class that was only
minutes away. Melissa and Delilah rode away with a blue ribbon. That was the only class that we
entered her for that day....
After all the classes were held, at about 3:00pm, the Youth Mundial Clinic started with explaining
rules and getting tips from both judges Ms. Perez and Mr. Tobon, and from people who attended the
last Mundial Show in Puerto Rico. Lots of questions were asked and answered. There was quite a
crowd of young people and their parents. After being told about the requirements at the Mundial, they
were asked to saddle up and a "mock show" was held. Each judge took 5 riders "under their wing".
Each rider received at least 30 minutes of personal instruction. They were critiqued and given valuable
tips, from how to greet the Mundial judges, to how to sit properly, to how to hold the reins correctly
(which is totally different from what Melissa was used to) for the show. Each rider was told how to
ride the required course. They were told how to approach the judges, greet them, then ride 2 figure
eights around barrels -- changing directions, next to move to do serpentines, also changing directions,
and lastly to ride over the fino board, also changing directions....
Melissa learned a lot and was utterly exhausted after the clinic finally ended late in the evening.
By the way, the rules on attending the Youth Mundial are available on the PFHA website. From my
understanding any youth from the U.S. can participate with the only requirement, at this time, being
that she/he has attended at least one Youth Mundial Clinic.
The horse a youth gets to ride is given to him/her via a lottery. The horses are well trained show
horses, can be pleasure, performance, fino, or trote/galope. Now - the course has to be ridden
according to the type of the horse. If it is fino, the entire course has to be ridden fino. If it is pleasure
and performance, the course has to be ridden in a corto. If it is a trote y galope horse, one part has to be
ridden in a trot and the other in a canter. For example, the figure eight in one direction has to be ridden
in a trot, when changing direction; it has to be in canter. The same goes for the serpentines and fino
board...I think this could be very confusing. The judge's advice was to try to ride trote y galope horses
if any way possible.
Back to the show - on Sunday, Melissa rode Delilah in the Youth Pleasure class with the judges
being Ms. Betsy McHugh and Mr. Larry Whitesell. They did well with getting a 2nd and a 3rd placing.
Comments were made by the judges that all young riders were very professional and all horses brought
were of excellent quality.
In closing, Melissa and I had a lot of fun and learned a great deal. We would like to thank
several people, Milda Minter for suggesting to us to go to this show and for helping us out, Dick Miller
for bringing EZG Delilah, a wonderful filly. Ms. Perez and Mr. Tobon for their time and patience with
each youth during the clinic.
2005 Colorado Great Western foals
Red Cloud de Holandes
Born 8/29/05
Danza Rayo SKC x Rococoa de Holandes
Estrella de Yanqui (Carmella)
Born June 14, 2005
Yanqui de Arroy Maraca x Regala de la Estrellas
Colorado Chapter Elections
By Helene McIntosh
The Colorado Chapter Election is now over and I am pleased to tell you that Suzie Tiller was
elected as President, Jennifer Klonowski as Secretary and Carol Kuiper as Treasurer.
Calendar of Events
November 25th - Cowboy Christmas Extravaganza, Phil Long Fords Expo Center, Colorado
& 26th, 2005 Springs, Co. This is a demo performance. Contact Carol Kuiper by phone
at (719) 347-2121 or email at dkuiper@mindspring.com for information.
Dec. 3rd, 2005 - Festival of Lights Parade, Colorado Springs, Co. Contact Carol Kuiper at
dkuiper@mindspring.com or (719) 347-2121 for information.
Dec. 10th, 2005 - Colorado Chapter Christmas Party will be held at Tres Margaritas in Colorado
Springs at 2:00 p.m. Contact Carol Kuiper at (719) 347-2121 for information.
Feb. 11th, 2006 - Spring Planning meeting. This meeting will be held at the home of Suzie
Tiller in Franktown, Colorado at 2:00 p.m.. Please bring a dish to share.
The snow date is February 18th, 2006. Contact Suzie Tiller at (303) 688-3771
or Rtiller54@msn.com for information and directions.
Cowboy Christmas Extravaganza Demos
We have been invited to participate in the horse demos at the Cowboy Christmas Extravaganza
being held on November 25th and 26th at the Phil Long Expo Center on the north end of Colorado
Springs. This event features about 200 booth selling Christmas stuff, food booths, bands,
entertainment as well as horse demos. We will be given 1 hour each afternoon to show the crowd what
our horses can do. If you are interested in participating in this event, please email Carol Kuiper at
dkuiper@mindspring.com or call Carol at (719) 347-2121.
Colorado Springs Festival of Lights Parade
Today it is starting to feel like winter is coming. Just in time to remind you that the Colorado
Chapter of Great Western is once again riding in the Colorado Springs Festival of Lights Parade. This
wonderful parade is televised several times over the holidays and is a fantastic promotion for our great
Paso Fino horses.
The parade date is December 3rd. Any member that has a parade safe horse is encouraged to
join in this celebration of the Holidays. Paso Fino farms that are non-members of Great Western are
welcome to join us for a fee $25. This fee will entitle them to bring 2 horses to this promotional
event. If the farm wishes to bring 4 horses the fee would be $50 and so forth. After we have
completed the parade, the group will go to an excellent Mexican restaurant for dinner.
Please contact Carol Kuiper at 719-347-2121 at dkuiper@mindspring.com if you are interested
in joining us for this fun event that promotes the Paso Fino.
Colorado Chapter Christmas Party
The Colorado Chapter Christmas Party will be held on December 10th at 2:00 p.m. at Tres
Margaritas Restaurant in Colorado Springs. The address for the restaurant is 3956 North Academy just
south of the intersection of Austin Bluffs on the west side of Academy. There are exits for Academy
from both the south and north sides of Colorado Springs on I-25. Should you need directions on the
day of the party, please call Hank Kuiper on his cell phone. That number is 719-660-1077. Dinner
will cost $15.00. There will be several dinner plates to choose from. There will be a $15.00 gift
exchange for those that wish to participate. The snow date is December 17th.
Spring Planning Meeting
The Colorado Chapter Planning Meeting will be held on February 11th at the home of Suzie
Tiller in Franktown, Colorado. At this meeting we will plan most of the activities that will be offered
to the members of the Colorado Chapter. Please come and bring your ideas as well as a dish to share.
For directions, call Suzie Tiller at (303) 688-3771 or email her at Rtiller54@msn.com.
Trail Rides
Jennifer Klonowski has volunteered to be our Trail Ride Coordinator. If you have rides you
would like to lead the group on, please contact Jennifer at (719) 784-3322 or email her at
horselady2@peoplepc.com. Jennifer will also be planning trail rides, so if you have any ideas of
where to ride, please let her know. We are also looking for someone north of Denver to help with
planning trail rides. Any volunteers?
Great Western PFHA Elections
Great Western PFHA held it's annual membership meeting in conjunction with the High Desert
Classic in Hurricane, UT on 15 October 2005. Although there were a variety of topics discussed at the
meeting, the highlight included election of the 2006/2007 Board of Directors and Delegate positions.
Suzie Tiller chaired the Nomination Committee and provided ballots for every eligible GWPFHA
member. The majority of votes were cast via mail prior to the meeting. While the meeting was being
conducted, Suzie was sequestered into a corner to tally the votes. The results of the votes were as
follows:
President: Denise Ireland
Vice President: Betty Griffis
Secretary: Carol Nudell
Treasurer: Stacy Bjerke-Curby
Director at Large: Judi Bradbury
Mike Ecker
Delegate: Carol Kuiper
Alternate Delegate: Kelly Ireland
Cont. on next page
We appreciate each of the elected officials for volunteering the time and efforts for the benefit of the
Paso Fino community. Congratulations to everyone on their election to these vital positions. If you
would like to serve on a GWPFHA Committee, please contact President Denise Ireland, Membership
Chairman Judi Bradbury, or your Chapter President/Representative. We would love to have members
take an active role in GWPFHA.
The next GWPFHA meeting will be held on 7 January 2006 at the Grand Vista Hotel in Grand
Junction Colorado at 10 a.m. President Denise Ireland has opted to make this an open BOD meeting,
allowing all members to attend. An agenda and more information will be provided closer to the
meeting date. We hope to see you there.
2005/2006 Membership Update
This newsletter is the last one for the 2004/2005 membership year. It is being sent out to all
Colorado/Arizona Great Western members from 2004/2005 as well as new members from 2005/2006.
However, it will be the last mailing sent out to 2004/2005 members.
We have a lot of wonderful events planned for the coming year. We hope that all of you that
have postponed renewing your Great Western membership so far will do so today so that we can all
work together to promote our wonderful horses. A membership application is included in this
newsletter along with a current Great Western membership list.
2006
GREAT WESTERN PASO FINO HORSE ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
ARIZONA
Glenn & Ingrid Davis 29103 N. 152nd Drive 623 931.1337
Azcad1@yahoo.com Surprise, AZ 85387
Carol DeNinno PO Box 1593 928 425.2562
Gopaso@yahoo.com Globe, AZ 85502
Jamie Drizin & Marie Engstrom 7850 N. Silverbell #114-289 520 488.7640
Haciendadelsol@mac.com Tucson, AZ 85743
Judy Ferrigno 4891 N. Quail Ridge Drive 520 579.3467
Judyaforman@comcast.net Tucson, AZ 85743 520 245.4214
Cordy & Gail Overgaard 11310 E. Arabian Park Dr. 480 314.0144
Trottime@cox.net Scottsdale, AZ 85259
COLORADO
Heidi Alles-Steele & Nathan Steele 79 Plum St. 970 927.0254
Heidi@sopris.net Basalt, CO 81621
Denise Bachmann 285 Stagecoach Tr. 303 646.1531
Bachmann285@earthlink.net Elizabeth, CO 80107
Kenny & Stacy Curby 8721 Weld County Rd. 25 303 857.2090
Stacy.bjerke@kc.frb.org Fort Lupton, CO 80621
Susan & Joseph Darmofal 14613 Weld Cty. Rd. 7
Sdarmofal@aol.com Mead, CO 80542
Mariann Deering 12345 SW Tooze Rd. 503 799.3279
DeeringRanch@aol.com Sherwood, OR 97140
Mike & Kelli Ecker PMB 518 PO Box 22000 970 728.8394
Ecker@tellurideColorado.net Telluride, CO 81435
Linda Evans & Erin Holloway 7337 N. Schumaker Rd. 303 644.4565
Pasofun@msn.com Bennett, CO 80102
Kandice & Art Greer PO Box 779 303 697.1423
Redrockpasos@yahoo.com Morrison, CO 80465
Jennie Grosslight 7 Garden Drive 719 578.7809
Jg3109@msn.com Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Loyd & Treva Haney 20387 Co. Rd. 227 719 523.6662
Pritchett, CO 81064-9501
Anne Herrington 4111 Christy Ridge Rd. 303 814.2012
Herringtonanne@msn.com Sedalia, CO 80135
Denise & Kelly Ireland 5537 County Rd 520 719 738.3466
Pintopaso@direcway.com Walsenburg, CO 81089
Raian Kaiser 6025 Otero Ave 970 203.0725
Raiank@yahoo.com Loveland, CO 80538
Laura & Paul Kleinschmidt 10915 Dodge Circle 719 683.7368
Kleinschmidtlapa@msn.com Peyton, CO 80831
Jennifer Klonowski 5675 Locke Mountain Rd. 719 784-3322
Horselady2@peoplepc.com Florence, CO 81226
Carol & Hank Kuiper 14151 McClelland Rd. 719 347.2121
Dkuiper@mindspring.com Calhan, CO 80808
Scott Langdon & Kathy Fagerholm 15385 W. Coachman Dr. 719 495.0515
Colorado Springs, CO 80908
Dianne Leaming 1290 Cody Street 303 237.0620
Lakewood, CO 80215
Diana Marquardt PO Box 90/60 N. 3rd St 970 887.2450
Horsescycles@comcast.net Granby, CO 80446
Helene & Sherman McIntosh 770 Cedar Hills Rd. 719 372.6023
Mackey6023@aol.com Penrose, CO 81240
Christina Modesitt 29855 Kennedy Gulch Rd.
Pasofinosonador@aol.com Conifer, CO 80433
John & Patricia Mora 32110 Big Springs Rd. 719 478.2227
Yoder, CO 80864
Meg Purnell 937 Granite Ct. 303 651.9627
Longmont, CO 80501
Jean S. Radcliff 12 Reservoir Drive 719 566.1096
Jsradcliff@juno.com Pueblo, CO 81005-1349
Sharon & Edward Ryan PO Box 747 970 454.2921
Galeton, CO 80622
Lee & Nancy Snedaker 11491 Panorama Ct. 303 840.4698
Leesnedaker@comcast.net Parker, CO 80138
Deborah Schmidt, Michael Mosley, 9190 Deer Trail Rd., PO Box 100
& Christina Silber Rye, CO 81069 719 250.0440
June & Elmer Schock 6635 West 20th Street 940 330.7348
Schockej@peoplepc.com Greeley, CO 80634
Francis Singer 2901 Michener Court 970 690.4719
Francis@nrel.colostate.edu Ft. Collins, CO 80526 970 226.9456
Harold & Carol Terry 9209 S. Hillview Rd. 303 697.2979
Carol.terry@performanceaircooling.com Morrison, CO 80465
Suzie & Rick Tiller PO Box 306 303 688.3771
Rtiller54@msn.com Franktown, CO 80116 303 947.6292
Bruce & Mary Tillotson PO Box 729 308 254.5176
Cirrus107@hotmail.com Sidney, NE 69162-0729
Terry & Rick Wallace 4340 Wileys Road 719 683.5761
Wpaso@yahoo.com Peyton, CO 80831
NEVADA
Lisa & John Riley 37 Tanglewood Dr. 702 3613.8268
Violinguru@hotmail.com Henderson, NV 89014
UTAH
Brad & Judi Bradbury 412 S. Davis Lane 435 837.2125
Wbrad@wirelessbeehive.com Rush Valley, UT 84069 435 840.0224
Janice Eberhardt PO Box 575708 801 268.6487
HappyMediums@networld.com Salt Lake City, UT 84157-5708
Betty Griffis & Brian Sullivan 248 West Street 435 884.5539
Dubie20@msn.com Grantsville, UT 84029 801 910.3429
Brian & Rosemarie Littleton PO Box 891 307 883.2801
Brian@stewartcreekranch.com Thayne, WY 83127
Rick Messer PO Box 117 435 789.4038
Rmesser@easilink.com Jensen, UT 84035
Carol Nudell & Arthur Schwedler 4492 Skyline Circle 435 833.9085
Pasobaby@yahoo.com Erda, UT 84074
Tracy Salberg 1240 E. 1950 N. 435 657.0957
Twshorse@aol.com Heber Valley, UT 84032 435 901.1556
Anna Siciliano 3887 River Dr. 801 745.6137
Annams@xmission.com Liberty, UT 84310 435 901.2650
Janice Stark PO Box 570212 435 896.6501
Jstark@xmission.com Sigurd, UT 84657
Thell & Kathleen Stewart PO Box 292 435 835.7594
Utstewart@hotmail.com Manti, UT 84642
AFFILIATE MEMBERS
Joan Bartels 6460-16 E. Trailridge Circle 480 830.2498
Jkbinmesa@aol.com Mesa, AZ 85215
Jan Gibson 8717 Dewey Road 208 365.3554
Janycegibson@earthlink.net Emmett, ID 83617
Charlene McFadden 1308 W. Washington 660 493.2310
Waverly, MO 64096
GREAT WESTERN “REPRESENTING THE PASO FINO HORSE TO
PASO FINO HORSE ASSOCIATION THE AMERICAN PUBLIC”
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
All memberships expire on September 30, 2006
Please check one: New Renewal
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$10.00 of your membership dues will be sent to the GWPFHA Chapter of your choice.
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