CMHA Holds Equine Wellness Day

Submitted by Stacey Stearns, photo by Lauren Tyner

The Connecticut Morgan Horse Association (CMHA) received a $250 AMHA Breed Promotion Grant in 2017. The funds arrived after our proposed clinic date, and were used for a 2018 clinic instead. On Saturday, March 24, 2018 we held Equine Wellness Day at Wild Wind Stables in Northford, Connecticut. We had an equine massage clinic in the morning with Wendy Rivers and Linda Papp, followed by a nutrition talk, lunch, and then a breed demonstration in the afternoon. Fifty people attended, many of whom were non-horse people and non-Morgan owners.

The breed demonstration included: hunt seat, saddle seat, jumping, western, dressage (Prix St. George Morgan mare), and in-hand. After the demonstration, we had a meet and greet session with the horses. Horses were owned/shown by: Kristina Vine, Jerome Parker, Shannon Santoro, Lauren Santoro, Kerry Wolfe and Renee Suprenant. We had a professional photographer there throughout the day taking photos (Lauren Tyner). There were vendors set up, including an information booth about the Morgan horse that the youth group from Wild Wind Stables (Wild Riders Youth Group) designed. They were also selling tickets for a raffle to benefit the Forever Morgan Horse Rescue. In between horse demonstrations they asked Morgan trivia questions and had Morgan pencils as prizes. A fun time was had by all!