North American Riders Group Annual Meeting February 1, 2011 Agenda - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
North American Riders Group Annual Meeting February 1, 2011 Agenda Mission Finalize 2011 Board Member Election Review 2010 Accomplishments Partnership with Horse Shows (Peter Doubleday) IJRC (Katie Prudent) Role of NARG
– Partnership with Horse Shows (Peter Doubleday) – IJRC (Katie Prudent) – Role of NARG at the World Cup
– Ranking – Award
– Key Initiatives
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Chris Kappler President Norman Dello Joio Jimmy Torano Kent Farrington Andre Dignelli Murray Kessler Will Simpson
Beezie Madden Secretary
Mclain Ward Vice President
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Andre Dignelli Jimmy Torano
Norman Dello Joio
Medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.
titles at Harrisburg, Washington, the Garden, Toronto, and Devon. Winner of the coveted Whitney Stone award.
Riders committee for the last four years.
Daniela also compete at the international
Farm in Wellington, FL.
more than 20 years. In 2008 alone, he has 15 top 5 finishes in Grand Prix events. With
and was a member of the 2000 United States Nations’ Cup team in Aachen, Germany.
many major classes including the 2006 Pessoa USEF Medal Finals, 2007 USET Talent Search Finals, 2008 Pony Medal Finals and the 2008 ASPCA Maclay Finals.
serving on several committees of the Zone 4 USHJA.
American Games and fourth place individually. That same year Andre rode Turning Point to the Grand Hunter Championship at the National Horse Show and trained junior Peter Lutz to wins in the USET East Finals and the ASPCA Maclay Finals.
national final. Andre’s Heritage Farm has produced many of the top junior and amateur riders across the hunter, jumper and equitation
finals in the last five years.
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numerous competitions during 2009 and 2010
resulted in significant improvements at major horse shows like WEF, Hampton Classic, Devon, and Harrisburg (i.e.; new footing)
prize money in line with the difficulty and height of jumper competitions
Committee on a quantitative evaluation process for World Cup Qualifiers in North America
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Distributed NARG position on Mileage Rule Created a NARG Recommended Course Designers list (both FEI and USEF) Developed and implemented joint questionnaire for exhibitor feedback at WEF Added Hunter Harrison as Special Liaison to show management Released formal statement on the Progressive List Distributed NARG position statement regarding The World Cups decision on Sapphire and McLain Ward
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Addressed USOC regarding top level of sport and the federation Working to improve Young Riders entry procedure
– Launched Young Riders Handbook (Thank you Kim Land)
Weighed in on water jump debate FEI NSAID Congress statement Nominated and worked with IJRC to get Katie Prudent on board of directors AND MANY MORE!!!!!!!
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made many improvements based on
– New footing was installed in the main arena and small schooling area – Prize money was increased in some divisions – Award ceremonies were improved – New speaker system was installed – PNHS wants more feedback from NARG to continue to improve their show
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1. Insist on excellence – don’t get caught in a “limited” mentality. This is true for all of us. But your students rely on you to push them up. 2. Always put quality first. Focus on quality and the money will come. 3. Big Barns and Big Shows are a reality. The key is to compartmentalize so quality can be
4. Be a life long learner. Constantly work on your own development opportunities. 5. Pay attention to the details – Shortcuts are a slippery slope! 6. There’s a real gap and money to made by re‐establishing a meaningful horse breeding program back in the U.S.. 7. Horse Show Managers must also put quality first. Don’t lower standards. Don’t fall into the Chicken and Egg Mentality.
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NARG Board and members created a list of shows to evaluate from the
Board approved NARG trained attendees evaluated the shows using the guide book and form Evaluations were submitted to the board promptly after the event The NARG board reviewed each evaluation and discussed the findings Evaluation results were given as feedback to the event management All scores will be published today
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Rank Event Score % 25
The Los Angeles National & Old Salem Farm – May Series
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Traders Point
62% 23
Showpark Series
64% 22
HITS Desert Circuit
64% 21
The Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic
65% 20
Horse Shows by the Bay
65% 19
The Capital Challenge
66% 18
The American Gold Cup
66% 17
Kentucky Spring
69% 16
Blenheim EquiSports Series
69% 15
I Love NY/ Lake Placid
71% 14
The Washington International Horse Show
72% 13
HITS Saugerties – The Pfizer Million
72% 12
The North American Junior/ Young Rider Championships
73% 11
The Pin Oak Charity
74%
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Rank Event Score % 10
The Devon Horse Show & Country Fair
74% 9
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
75% 8
Equsport Balvanera – March Series
76% 7
Pennsylvania National Horse Show
77% 6
The Del Mar National
77%
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– WEF Week 6 Bainbridge WCHR Spectacular ‐ Thursday, February 17th – The Hamptons ‐ Date TBD – West Coast – Date and location TBD
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Andre Dignelli Jimmy Torano Norman Dello Joio
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The mission of the North American Riders Group is to unite professional riders and trainers to use their collective strength to make show jumping in North America the best in the world. With your participation, NARG will be recognized by those involved as the clear strong voice of North American riders and the all important supporting personnel directly involved with show jumping. To bring change we must be able to speak with a singular voice. Active participation at this early stage offers you an opportunity to help shape the organization that will influence the classic sport that is no doubt very important to you. We need your support. Please join NARG today.
We received your feedback and revised the fee structure accordingly. NARG's new fee structure is as follows: SENIOR Member $250 year 1 INITIATION FEE $125 per year membership RENEWAL FEE JUNIOR Member $125 year 1 INITIATION FEE $75 per year membership RENEWAL FEE each year while a junior FOUNDING Member Donation ‐ $2500
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All Board members are Founding members and have each donated at least $5,000
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