Welcome to the MeCTA website!
Are there things you'd like to see on the site that aren't here now? Please let us know.
We're still awaiting results from Puckerbrush's July 3 event.
If you rode, please ask the organizers to send them in!
SNOWFIELDS COMPETITORS you can check your entry status via StartBox on the SF omnibus page.
New fences under construction at Snowfields... (see photo at right >>>
If you can wield a hammer or paint brush, give us a call! Many thanks
Snowfields correction note: the printed Omnibus has the wrong dressage test listed for BN. It should be
BEGINNER Novice test B (not Novice)
- Hybrid N/BN division entrants are not required to be USEA members, but will have to pay the non-member fee if they are not. The correct dressage test is as published: 2010 Novice Test A.
Snowfields is approaching faster than you think! Aug 7-8, with a work-day on Aug 3. Contact Lila Townsend if you can help out. First come=first pick of jobs! 332-0758 or Lila.Townsend@sedgwickcms.com
There will also be lots of XC work going on long before those dates. If you'd like to help out, please contact Wendy & Al Bellows: 633-3809 or wbellows@bigelow.org Building. moving, re-designing... usually on Sundays.
New clinic listings on ClinicExtras (non-MeCTA, but good stuff!)
See a few recent clinic photos here: ClinPix10 (go to Clinics page and scroll down for links to prior years)
NOTICE for USEA competitors: Please be aware of a new (2010) USEF NSAID form. If more than one Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug has been administered to your horse within 5 days before competing, you are required to submit this form to a USEF Steward /TD or to the designated Show Office Official prior to competing. This NSAID Disclosure form is effective for FIVE DAYS including the day of filing unless a different NSAID than those indicated is administered within that five days, then a new disclosure form must be filed. Permitted NSAID's: Surpass, Naprosyn, Banamine, Arquel, Ketofen, Equinoxx, Phenylbutazone (Bute)
2010 Omnibus corrections: the following errors have been uncovered. Please mark your copy!
page 63 (inside back cover) Carol Shaw's zip code should be 04847.
page 52, Year End Points, 3-phase points for Beginner Novice 3rd place finish should be 18, not 28.
Many thanks to the sharp-eyed folks who let us know!
Did you miss ROLEX on TV or want to see more?
TA Training Seminar was a great success! Thanks to Debbie and Beth for instructing and to Wendy M for organizing - see photos here> TATrainings. Want to know more about the TA program? click here> TAs
(we love their tag line: "Red on the right, white on the left, insanity in the middle")
JOIN MECTA: Membership in MeCTA is required for clinic participants. Save yourself the non-member fees at MeCTA competitions. Horse's Maine subscription included!
FMI: Membership_page You can check your membership status from that page or find your Membership Number!.
NEW for 2010: Safety Vests will be required for all XC jumping (including Ultimate 2-phases).
Riders are permitted to wear safety vests for all jumping phases.
New Year-End Awards calculations for 2010. Please see the Awards page FMI.
Clinics list is growing! these are not MeCTA affiliated, but may be of interest. Look here> ClinicExtras
See Mainers in Practical Horseman magazine: The November and December issues feature coverage of a clinic with Jonathan Holling at Kim & Peter Smith's Whispering Pines Farm in Newburgh!
The MeCTA Rules Committee is looking for recommendations on rule changes from all MeCTA members.
please send any and all comments to
Please remember that ALL that MeCTA does is done by volunteers. These people all have jobs, horses, families, lives of their own, yet somehow manage to find time to keep a full suite of activities and information before our members.
Have YOU offered to help? It would be appreciated!!
Planning your horse's shots? EEE, EWE & West Nile are out there and dangerous to your horse and to YOU. Mosquitoes carry these diseases. Read more here> CDCEEE ...about human infections > MaineCDC-ha
Ever thought of riding in the Training 3-Day? Read here! T3D even if you haven't, this is a great read.
(from USEA Area1 newsletter, "Optimum Minutes")
New Intro to Eventing program from USEA read more here: USEAeventintro
Virtual Course Walks are up for Foxcroft and Snowfields Horse Trials! Check them out from the Omnibus page. Organizers, you can have this for your event, too. Contact the webmaster FMI.
We love our TAs!! Want to know more about the Technical Advisor program? Check out the TA section on the Rules+Info page. Want to help? Contact TA co-ordinator Wendy Madore (wmadore@aol.com)
To submit your own question(s) to the TAs, go to RULES+INFO, TA Info, TA Q&A, and click on "Real Questions"
YEAR END POINTS - we try to keep running totals of Year End points on the web.
To make this work, you MUST be sure to use the same name for you and your horse(s) when you enter each event! To check your scores, click on the link at the top of this page and view a page that will be updated as scores come in. Remember, you can only earn points if you are a MeCTA member at the time you competed!
Please direct all questions to the webmaster.
Did You Know...
- The USEA (US Eventing Association) - www.useventing.com and the USEF (US Equestrian Federation) www.USEF.org . are the governing bodies for Eventing in the USA.
- The USEA requires that all Novice Competitors be members of USEA. Only Beginner Novice competitors may pay non-member fees. (this applies only to USEA events, of course)
- Riders are now Eliminated at their first fall in Stadium or their first fall at a fence on XC (whichever comes first). The USEA is debating this rule (as of Jan 2010), Stay tuned for further developments!
- At USEA events, stadium competitors at Training and below will be eliminated after 3 refusals on course, while Prelim and above get only 2 refusals. In Cross-Country, the total number of refusals allowed on course is now 4 (used to be 5). FMI: USEAnews
- Medical Armband Forms are required at all USEA events. Look for the forms (free from USEA) at www.useventing.com look under Resource: Forms) and available at many USEA events. You can purchase the armband itself ($10 from USEA and select tack stores). Be sure you have your own. You will be fined $100 if you are caught wearing someone else's medical card!!
- Protective body vests are required during the cross country phase of all sanctioned USEA events. Protective headgear, meeting or exceeding ASTM/SEI standards with harness securely fastened is required when jumping ANY obstacle at ANY level of eventing.
- You may carry a whip in your dressage test, even at most USEA Championship competitions. See the USEA Rules for specifics.
