2010 Results:
3-flags 2-phase
Infinity(1) 2-phase
Carmel HT
Pendragon(1) 2-ph

ERidge Ult 2-phase















MECTA
Maine Combined Training Association
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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 >>>
anyone who'd like to help please contact Wendy & Al Bellows:  633-3809 or wbellows@bigelow.org
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) 

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?  
you can see the XC now from Peter Atkins' helmet-cam at www.runhennyrun.com  VERY COOL! :-)

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

Discover Eventing from the USEA!  check out this link:  http://www.discovereventing.com/?q=home 

Want to read more about eventing on-line? Check out Eventing Nation  http://eventingnation.com/home/ 
(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 2010 Elementary Dressage Test!  look>  2010 MeCTA Elementary Dressage Test  (FYI, there are also all new USEA dressage tests. See the USEA site or MeCTA Omnibus)

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 
The 2010 Calendar is filling too!  Check often, send your dates to the web master 

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
Malinda Lawrence at malindalawrence@hotmail.com, or 48 High Street, No. 2, Portland, ME 04101.
This is what they're trying to accomplish>>  RulesCommCharter


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.  

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Breaking News:
This page was last updated: July 26, 2010
We need your Event Evaluations!
You can do it on-line from the FORMS page or here: EventEval-on-line   there are also printable forms...
   Want to know what's going on at the MeCTA Meetings   See Meeting Highlights  (also via the MISC page)
Next meeting: July 13, 97 Blake Rd, Monmouth.  FMI Meeting Highlights    June meeting highlights now posted
  Questions?  Contact your regional rep or the webmaster

Please check back here often for the latest news...
GOOD READING:

from Jim Wofford: JW0508
from Denny Emerson: Denny
from Carol Kozlowski: CK08
about Sally Swift: S.Swift
from Babette Lenna: BL08
from Eventing Nation:  EvNat