Reiner News Flash

Week of August 6

It’s hard to believe that this is the sixth edition of the Reiner News Flash.  Hopefully everyone looks forward to the weekly updates and Breaking News additions.  Created in an effort to improve communication between the NRHA and its membership, our hope is that the News Flash becomes a favorite choice for those visiting the NRHA website.  We’ll continue to include new information on the association, the horses, the people, and much more.  We welcome suggestions and news, ctrimmer@nrha.com.  Watch the NRHA Reiner, www.nrha.com, and the eNRHAnewsletter for more details and complete coverage of these topics.

Breaking News! Here are the unofficial NRHA Australian Affiliate Champions all the way from Gatton, Queensland, Australia.

Open: J B Moonshine owned by Deborah Segeren, ridden by Noel Watson
Intermediate Open: Gamble Lena ridden by Kieran Moses
Limited Open: Leos Little Beaver owned by James Dimopoulos, ridden by Noel Watson
Rookie Professional: Leos Little Beaver owned by James Dimopoulos, ridden by Noel Watson
Non Pro: Peter Bartolo, owner/rider of Crocodile Rock
Intermediate Non Pro: Ian Kindt, owner/rider of Sunrise Calgirl
Limited Non Pro: Jem Alicia Gibbs riding Docs Be Quick owned by Steven Gibbs
Prime Time Non Pro: John Bourke owner/rider of Heavy Duty Dually
Novice Horse Open: Leos Little Beaver owned by James Dimopoulos, ridden by Noel Watson
Novice Horse Non Pro: OP Dunit Up A Notch owned and ridden by Cameron Halliwell
Youth 13 & Under: Jem Alicia Gibbs riding Docs Be Quick owned by Steven Gibbs
Youth 14-18: Hayley Backhouse riding Oaks Colonel Hollywood
Rookie: Jem Alicia Gibbs riding Docs Be Quick owned by Steven Gibbs
Affiliate Team Champions: First – Southern Queensland; Second - Maryborough & District; Victorian Reining Horse Association
Youth Team Tournament: First Place Team – Shawn Flarida’s Gang-Emmi Neagoe, Jewel Eve Gibbs, Grace Cox; Second Place Team - Dell Hendricks Kids-Wade Powell, Lee Deacon, Sarah Blakely; Third Place Team - Tim McQuay’s Kids-Jem Alicia Gibbs, Tammy Delaney, Hayley Backhouse

Ballots and Bios Now Available
The ballot and bios for the candidates running for office in 2008 (NRHA Vice President and the NRHA Board of Directors) are now posted on the NRHA website. Please take time to meet the candidates and exercise your right to vote.

If you can’t make it to the Fall Membership Meeting in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, October 11, you can cast your vote by Absentee Ballot. The official ballot is also included in the August issue of the NRHA Reiner magazine. The Absentee Ballot deadline is midnight, September 26, 2007.

International Mail Service Disruptions Forecast
ITALY -- Mail delivery within the country will be suspended from August 8, 2007 to August 20, 2007 during Italy's annual Siesta Holiday.

Italian citizens average 42 days of vacation per year. Most are on vacation for the entire month August. Local businesses shut their doors for all or part of this popular vacation period. The productivity of the entire country is greatly reduced during this time.

Mail delivery will resume following the Siesta Holiday, however delays in service are common in the weeks following the suspended period.

UNITED KINGDOM -- Please be advised that the Communications Workers Union (CWU) in the United Kingdom has announced its intention to extend its official 24-hour strikes until Friday, August 17, 2007. This is not a nationwide strike, but will affect different Royal Mail facilities and areas on various dates.

Services may also be affected by incidences of unofficial strike action. Royal Mail is doing everything it can to minimize disruption to customers, but some disruption is inevitable when unofficial action is being taken.

Staff Change
Lacy Boyer has joined the NRHA Membership Service Group as membership service representative.

NRHA Inside Reining
Be sure to which the next episode of Wide World of Horses presents NRHA Inside Reining sponsored by Adequan®.  Today on RFD-TV, NRHA Inside Reining host Sam Houston shows us a new kind of Reining event featured at the Ariat Tulsa Reining Classic, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 30-September 2.  NRHA Non Professional Tami Wagman, director of the event, explains how this special show is designed for people who know little or nothing about the sport.

Also today, David Solum of Mid America Equine Sales gives us some great tips on shopping for horses at auction.  And, we take a look back at Joe Cody – an American Quarter Horse considered by many to be one of the foundation sires of the sport of Reining.

Be sure to tune in for this new episode of NRHA Inside Reining.  It airs today, August 6 at 4:30 pm EDT, 10:30 pm EDT and then on Tuesday, August 7 at 8:30 am EDT.  For more information, go to www.insidereining.com .

Any show results contained in the Reiner News Flash are unofficial.  Be sure and watch the Reiner News Flash for the most up-to-date news.