tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:16:48 +0000http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/noreply@blogger.com (EquiSearch.com)Blogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-2149843929762542610Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:44:00 +00002008-06-15T15:41:00.297-05:00 So, last year Del Val hosted the IWEC competition and I was fortunate enough to make the team and compete against the other countries that traveled all the way to America. In the picture above you can see all the students who participated with their respected flags. The teams consisted of Germany, The Netherlands, Canada, Great Britain, Italy and of course thehttp://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2008/04/last-year-iwec.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-4346195031759743824Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:38:00 +00002008-04-29T21:05:43.346-05:00One of the requirements of our school is that we attend events that are relevant to the equine industry and agriculture. Local farmers in New Jersey have been concerned that our Governor has made a proposal to eliminate funding to the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. So as an "educated agricultural" student I decided to become involved and attend a scheduled protest in Trenton to insure thathttp://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2008/04/tractor-rally-in-trenton-nj.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-1015475195796961423Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:52:00 +00002008-04-17T10:58:48.666-05:00 Dear College Community, Delaware Valley College has been invited to represent the United States at an Intercollegiate International World Equestrian Cup (IWEC). Four students compete on each team and earn points for their team based on their performance in show jumping, dressage, and a written horse knowledge examination. This year the competition will take place in Holland, Europe from May http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2008/04/email-sent-out-to-student-body.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-5951158832498700268Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:03:00 +00002008-04-18T20:20:53.406-05:00 It is finally the day of the show and we have four of our own riders that are competing to go to nationals in LA, California. I am one of the four!!! :) The first and second place riders of every class qualify for nationals so I am hoping that I will ride well enough to be put into the top two. When it’s my turn to ride I draw JR, one of our horses that I don't usually get along with. I am http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2008/04/california-here-we-come.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-5034532429958125786Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:22:00 +00002008-04-16T19:17:03.274-05:00Our Zone 3 horse show is approaching quickly and we have very little time and a whole lot to do!Delaware Valley College is hosting Zones this year so it is up to us to make sure that the facility is ready for all four regions to compete. There are 51 schools in our Zone so there will easily be 40 schools competing. The furthest school is traveling six hours from Buffalo NY! There has been a lot http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2008/04/hosting-zones.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-3197274945540044798Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:29:00 +00002008-03-31T20:38:11.322-05:00One of my goals in earning an equine degree is to get exposure to equine disciplines that I would not have access to otherwise. This semester I am enrolled in a class called Driving the Single Horse. Delaware Valley College hosted an open driving competition and our class was required to attend. I arrived at the competition at about 9:30 AM and by this time the competition was well on its way. http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2008/03/look-at-new-discipline.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-8106953891023767893Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:50:00 +00002008-04-18T20:30:14.822-05:00My parents told me once that college is like practice for real life stress that will occur in years to come. Well…if that’s true, I got a few years worth of practice last week!! I know that this kind of activity may be normal for some of you out there but it certainly was an exciting few days for me. Let me share just how a typical college student might spend a mid term….. Saturday (Day 1) – http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2008/03/to-say-leasti-am-exhausted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-359704032729567427Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:20:00 +00002008-02-26T10:30:11.717-05:00 Finally the time is here for us to host a Western show. Since there are three reining divisions in Western, the shows are run continuously so that riders can get enough points. Otherwise the show would take two days to complete. The same riders may ride but new horses are drawn and a new judge is brought in for the second show. These shows tend to run pretty smoothly and quickly with no http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2008/02/yes-it-was-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-2231422332901505643Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:32:00 +00002008-01-28T22:37:07.589-05:00 Today we are on our way to one of the largest shows of the regular season hosted at Briarwood. Once we arrived we were informed that one of the most important people in IHSA was going to be at the show. Yes that's right Bob Cacchione! For those of you who don't recognize the name, without Bob Cacchione there would be no IHSA, he founded the association in 1967 with just two competing colleges.http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2008/01/vip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-609478530309565197Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:12:00 +00002007-12-11T21:58:41.055-05:00If you have read previous posts you probably remember me trying out for the Dressage team at the beginning of last year and you probably also remember how I didn't actually make the team. Well its a new year so I am going to try out again! Since I was able to work with the Dressage coach a little bit over the summer I am feeling a little more confident about what he is looking for in a rider. http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/12/dressage-team-try-outs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-8035943687116930314Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:15:00 +00002007-10-21T20:36:09.629-05:00Finally it is about time for the IHSA season to begin, but as an officer this year there is a lot of work to be done before the first show. One of my jobs as co-captain is to assist the coach and the captain in evaluating incoming freshman to place them in the appropriate level. Watching all of the new riders just reminds me of how I felt those first weeks of school and how nervous I was as a http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/10/being-on-other-side.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-3690694600783242148Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:35:00 +00002007-09-24T16:45:48.914-05:00Last year my roommate and I requested to live in the newest dorm on campus so living conditions are very different this year than they were last year. This dorm is like a hotel with carpeting, central air, wireless internet and our very own shower!! I suppose if you haven't yet experienced college life you wouldn't be able to appreciate what a luxury your own shower is, but if you plan on going http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/09/back-to-exciting-world-of-del-val.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-7882914128478498599Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:44:00 +00002007-09-30T22:16:04.138-05:00 Can you believe how fast the summer went? Now that I am moved into my new dorm room I feel as though I never left. This summer I did quite a bit of riding, but probably not the type of riding you would expect. I was lucky enough to get a taste of what a real working cow horse feels like. The stable that our horses moved to this summer is full of Quarter Horses that specialize in cutting and http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/09/very-horsey-summer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-8722185895055582416Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:34:00 +00002007-06-19T22:56:39.732-05:00Well where should I start? I have been riding for as long as I can remember. That's right I started in lead line and I actually did pretty well :-) Believe it or not I have been studying under the same trainer for my entire riding career. My back round is mostly in "balanced seat riding" so I have ridden many different disciplines but you would most likely see me in the hunter ring, especially http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/06/life-before-college.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-2166280817213405936Mon, 14 May 2007 22:44:00 +00002007-05-20T21:46:22.632-05:00The show that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived. It's time to travel to Massachusetts and watch the best of the best of the intercollegiate world compete. Unfortunately Del Val did not win our region this year, we lost to University of Delaware after TWO tie breakers, so it was a close season but we will not be bringing riders to Nationals this year. However, that does not mean http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/05/nationals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-6878814513000355006Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:48:00 +00002007-04-22T21:39:37.616-05:00By the time I got back to school from Harrisburg it was about 1:30 am. So as you can imagine I was really excited to wake up in four hours to take a ride to Briarwood Farm for our next IHSA horse show. Since I was not competing I was not so worried about my lack of sleep, but on the way to the show something very exciting happened. My coach told me that there had been an opening and asked if I http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/04/saturday-of-very-busy-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-3500719893246472914Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:13:00 +00002007-04-09T23:01:51.280-05:00Well Here are a few pictures that I have finally been able to upload unto my Computer.. Enjoy! Pennsylvania Horse World Expo Clinicians Tiffany and Micheal Richardson This picture was taken at the Expo In Harrisburg while we were waiting for the clinic to begin! Aww isn't Dee Dee cute??!! On the Right: Expo during Richardson's clinic. On the Left: This is a Picture Taken right http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/04/pictures-from-my-very-busy-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-7614649923226509953Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:31:00 +00002007-04-03T13:52:45.367-05:00Friday: OK, so the weekend starts with a trip to Harrisburg for the Horse World Expo. I will be riding my Thoroughbred Dee Dee in Tiffany and Michael Richardson's gymnastics demonstration. I arrive at the Farm Show Complex just in time to sign in and check in with Michael to make sure everything is running smoothly. As I quickly groom and tack up Dee Dee, I realize that since we have both just http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/04/start-of-very-busy-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-2221278118716203152Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:33:00 +00002007-03-25T20:11:44.480-05:00I walk up to the front of the room ready with my well thought out, practiced speech running through my head. When I turn around to greet the team I realize this was the first time I have ever stood in front of a group of one hundred people with intent to speak. My mind went blank and my mouth went dry, so as you can imagine my words didn't come out quite as well as I had planned. So I did as I http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/03/whahoo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-1189225437467496390Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:56:00 +00002007-03-18T22:51:51.484-05:00Here's my chance! I can run for Captain, how cool would that be?! Today's meeting seemed to last all day because nominations are run very professionally so the procedure takes awhile. You know the deal, "I motion to open nominations" "I second it" " Nominations open" so on and so forth. I was nominated for Captain and Co-Captain. Both positions are held by seniors this year so I am not running http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/03/officer-nominations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-1242548747110773250Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:14:00 +00002007-03-08T19:57:18.137-05:00 My first Western show is important for two big reasons- it is my first IHSA Western competition and it is the first show that Del Val is hosting this season. So not only do I have to worry about showing, I want to make sure I am doing my part to ensure that the show is running smoothly and as efficiently as possible. Since Del Val doesn't really have any Western trained horses, we shipped in http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/03/my-first-western-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-6730095080293279494Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:22:00 +00002007-02-26T23:55:13.395-05:00One of the aspects of education that Delaware Valley College promotes is experiencing as many different training techniques as possible. DVC encourages us to take lessons and/or participate in clinics outside of school. So any time I am able to ride outside of class I am able to write a paper about my experiences and recieve extra credit in some of my classes :-)!! Sooo tomorrow (Friday) I will http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/02/horse-world-expo-in-pa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-1640478362702176042Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:20:00 +00002007-02-28T09:44:35.303-05:00After the Hunt Seat placements were all said and done, we were invited to join the Western team. I was trained with the "Balanced Seat" technique so I can go back and forth from English to Western fairly easily but my training has been in a Hunt Seat saddle. I can count the number of times that I have ridden Western on one hand. But since I am at college I figure that I could use all of the http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/02/western-placements.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-3731109948684827852Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:01:00 +00002007-02-16T10:03:14.008-05:00Where are we? Oh yes, at my first IHSA show!I am looking forward to this show more than I realized because in recent years I have been training young and green horses and did not have the success in the ring that I really wanted. This show is my first chance to be judged solely on my riding and not on my horse. I suppose part of the reason I am so nervous is that if I do not do well I have no onehttp://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/02/its-show-time-cont.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38012453.post-3414638652986891866Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:09:00 +00002007-02-10T18:14:46.566-05:00The alarm goes off at 4:30 am and surprisingly I am able to wake up easily. I am excited for the day ahead of me and I certainly do not want to be late. We are all told to meet by the bus by 5:30 sharp, and since this is my first show I am sure to be there by 5:15. I have been showing my entire life so it takes a lot to get me real psyched but I am really excited for my first IHSA show.There are http://special.equisearch.com/blog/ihsa/2007/02/its-show-time_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sara Gumbiner)