January 2020 ~ Dressage Letters ~ Page 3 California Dressage Society www.california-dressage.org CDS Central Office Paula Langan • manager/editor
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[email protected] Junior Rider Sara Mosqueda • (909) 203-9290 Elizabeth Coffey-Curle • (775) 240-9080 CONTENTS Articles CDS Adult Amateur Clinics............... pages 23-23 CDS JRYR Clinic............................... page 21 Land Safe............................................ page 16 Steffen Peters...................................... page 19 USDF Convention.............................. pages 1, 4-6 Volunteering at Expo.......................... page 21 Monthly Departments Activities Calendar ............................ page 17 Bulletin ............................................... pages 10-11 Classifieds........................................... pages 26-27 Membership Renewal Form .............. page 28 Monthly Clinics ................................. page 12 President’s Column............................. page 3 Show Calendar ................................... page 14-15 USEF, USDF, FEI .............................. page 8 President’s Column by Ellen Corob I hope everyone had a Great Thanksgiving and are surviving our quick change from summer to winter. Two weeks ago, it really was 90 degrees, and now in the 40’s??? NOT FAIR!!! Ok, enough complaining. As I am writing this, I am getting ready to head back to Savannah, Georgia for the USDF Convention. It is always rewarding to participate in the meetings and committees and represent our GMO, CDS. An important election during the Board of Governor’s meeting is for USDF Vice President. Our own Kevin Reinig is running for the position so, HOPEFULLY, he will get elected! He was sooo good as our President, he will be a Great addition to the USDF Executive Board. I will also be attending the Salute Gala and Awards Dinner on Saturday night, and receiving my GOLD MEDAL on stage during the awards. I’m very excited as this was a long time coming, and both Deynika and I had to overcome a lot to get back to this level. Now we will be working on our Grand Prix Freestyle to earn the Gold Freestyle Bar! Now, continuing where I left off last month on my ‘quest’ to get my Class A, Commercial license! Remember, if you are hauling a trailer over 10,000 lbs. you must get this license! As I said, I had already gotten my physical, which is the first thing necessary, then had to take 3 written tests. The Commercial License handbook is what needs to be studied for all of this. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 12, and 13 for our trailers. Don’t ignore chapter 6 because it talks about 5th Wheel hitches. (You don’t need to learn anything on Air Brakes.) This information is what is in the Combination Vehicle test. This was the test I didn’t pass the first time, but I could go outside and study for a while, and went back in and passed it. The next phase is the Vehicle Inspection and Driving test. You have to take the trailer you will be hauling as that is what you will get licensed for. You must REALLY STUDY CHAPTER 11!!! To the point of almost memorizing it ALL! They want to hear the same verbiage that is in the handbook. The 3 ‘areas’ required for the inspection are Safe Start, in the Cab inspection which includes all of the light testing-gauges-safety equipment, and all of the Hitch components on both the truck and trailer. Then, there are 3 areas, one of which you can be assigned to show. The first one is Under the Hood and All of the Front End. Again, the handbook is very specific on what you must show and say. The second is from the Door back to the Rear Bumper including the gas tank, frame, and exhaust system. The third is the Trailer, the front and hitch and wiring, the lift, side, rear, wheels, suspension, and all doors. Each of these areas have wheels, axles, brakes, suspension, and you must tell the correct tire inflation and show they are properly inflated. Well, after not passing the inspection the first time, I REALLY STUDIEDAND PRACTICED for a week, and was very nervous when I went back. I was given the Under the Hood and Front End inspection, along with all 3 of the REQUIRED inspections. I PASSED THEMALL!!! YAYYYYY Then on to the driving test. I was glad that I had actually practiced Parallel Parking my trailer in front of my house as that was one of the backing skills I was given, along with straight backing and backing into another lane. Then it was a typical driving test, 2 hands on the wheel, staying in the correct lanes, going the proper speed limit, using my mirrors correctly, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, getting out of the truck backwards, which you must do. Know how tall your trailer is and notice how tall bridges are that you go under as YOU WILL BE ASKED! I PASSEDALL OF THISALSO, so now I am properly licensed to haul my trailer! I hope everyone has a GREAT CHRISTMAS and NEWYEARS, and I hope to see everyone at the CDS Annual Meeting January 10-12, 2020, in Sacramento. We will have our Board Meeting on Friday, which is open to all who would like to attend, and our Chapter Chair Meeting Saturday morning. Then everyone is welcome to sign up to audit the Saturday afternoon session of the Judges Freestyle training that is happening that weekend. Sunday, the clinicians for the Freestyle training, Janet Foy and Terry Gallo, will do a Freestyle Symposium at Rancho Murieta with Freestyle Demos, and discussion on how to put a freestyle together. DressageLetter s, January 2020, Volume 26, Issue 1