January 2016 SWWPHC Newsletter

SWWPHC
January 2016
Special
We put the all new
Horseware Ice-Vibe
knee wraps to the
test
Kathy Tuttle-King
Takes her
Homebred
Gelding to the Top

South West Washington
Paint Horse Club
Member Spotlight
It wasn’t exactly love at first sight, but
Kathy Tuttle knew how to spot a diamond in
the rough. This team has been unstoppable
throughout the Northwest and continues to
strive for perfection.
President | Niki Slattery–Abilla
Vice President | Tina Lockett
Treasurer | Kathy Tuttle-King
Secretary | Roxanne Driver
Points Keeper | Mike Abilla
Media | Mike Abilla
A Letter from the SWWPHC President
All That Glitters in Sterling
In a recent Q&A with Stacy Dial of Kathys Show
Equipment we are given in inside look at one of the
most prestigious silversmiths in the country
Ringside Tips and Tricks
What can Rose Oil do for you?
Tried and Tested
Ice Ice Baby – We put the all new Ice-Vibe knee
boots by Horseware to the test
Colorpalooza 2016
After the 2015 Colorpalooza was cancelled, the
2016 show is shaping up to be bigger and better
than ever before. Show manager Brandon Severin
stops in and gives us a sneak peek on what to
expect.
SWWPHC News Update
2015-2016 NWCC Calendar
Newsletter/Historian | Ashley Walsh
Show Manager | Brandon Severin
Board Members
Grace Harris
Linda Vance
Brenda Sarensen
Andrea Miollis
Monthly general membership
meetings are held on the 3 rd
Tuesday of each month.
Meeting Location
LaCosta Mexican Restraunt
4708 NE Thurston Way
Vancouver WA
98662
www.swwphc.org

Welcome all Southwest Paint Horse Club members.
A special thank you to our officers and board members for last years’ service. We as
a club had another very successful year meeting club goals; fundraising, civic
/charitable activities, social gatherings and AGAIN earning APHA’s most prestigious,
Club of Distinction Award.
Looking forward to 2016 I would like to personally welcome our new members,
officers and returning members..... take pride and feel the unification of 41 years of
togetherness that makes our membership.
Your club officers and committee volunteers are already hard at work
to ensure we have a successful 2016. Our Annual year-end awards
and club banquet is underway. Zone One representatives and
Northwest Coordinating Committee (NWCC) delegates from
our club have attended their first annual meetings and have
reported back to club with information and questions directed
to general membership. Our secretary is keeping us abreast of
all the club and regional information. She has already
circulated the first draft of NWCC APHA approved
shows amongst all the other correspondences that she is always
so timely in sharing. We are looking for facility with open summer
or fall date for our all-breed horse show for 2016.
The ColorPalooza club APHA approved show (which generates
our operating budget for club awards, year-end banquet, donations
and supplements to budget as needed) is on schedule. APHA has
approved show, facility booked, judges hired, host hotel designated
and we have started purchasing awards. This year we are privileged
to have Brandon Severin, managing our breed show. Last year we
unfortunately had to cancel this major show and fundraising event due
to the virus outbreak. However, in true SWWPHC fashion we were able to
turn this catastrophe into an opportunity to reevaluate our show and
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Catastrophe into an opportunity to reevaluate our show and ultimately make positive changes in format, classes offered and
awards. The 2016 APHA show will be held at Albany Fairgrounds, May 6-8, 2016, 6 judges, reduced stall and entry fees with
added hi point divisions and class awards. Brandon is writing an exciting new page in the SWWPHC book of horse shows.
However, this task requires the support of the full membership. Please contact him with efforts of supporting the show by
volunteering at event, solicitation of show sponsors, sponsorship, advertising, decorations, etc. Remember this events
affords the club the opportunity to operate and ultimate rewards our membership. Brandon attends each general meeting
with a status report. Feel free to contact him in person or via email Brandon.severin@kroger.com
An additional fundraiser and first annual is our 2016 stallion directory. This arose from the show committee and has been
chaired by Brandon Severin, Ashley Walsh and Blake Jamison. The directory will feature advertised stallions, photographs,
website address and breeding information. This is a much needed tool for breeders and the proceeds will go to the added
awards featured at our 2016 shows.
Our beautiful full color newsletter for club information is produced quarterly and will be email automatically to each
member. In addition to club news, minutes, show schedule and calendar of events the newsletter serves to share individual
member achievements, club happenings, photos and equine related articles. We are very fortunate to have such a talented
and dedicated member, as Ashley Walsh to take on this responsibility. Ashley also coordinates and produces our club scrap
book with is the keystone requirement for club of distinction. She invites all members to send news to her directly at
halterhorse@outlook.com for quarterly newsletter and scrapbook. * Don’t forget those baby pictures with foaling season
starting.
As you can see we are off to a busy new year. I ask that you please make an effort to attend monthly meetings. SWWPHC is
committed to fostering a family friendly environment where information is shared and mentored. Our meetings are very
inclusive, we observe Robert’s Rules of Order with a standing committee reports, treasury report, secretarial orders and
correspondence. I personally believe that two heads are always better than one. So please come and join in the process of
our planning and discussing club business. We are known as a fun and humorous group with and an overall light hearted
approach in conducting proper club meetings.
A reminder that you will find club updates on our facebook pages. General and public information is shared on Southwest
Washington Paint Horse Club (this is the one with the club of distinction logo) Private club business is shared and discussed
on “members only” group. Is a little different it is, SW Washington Paint Horse Club (members only). Please “friend” both of
these for updates.
Lastly, it is truly my pleasure and honor to guide our club as your SWWPHC president. Please make a point of stopping in to a
meeting or catching me out and about to say hello.
Sincerely,
Nicole Slattery-Abilla
SWWPHC PRESIDENT
Nikithehorsenut@aol.com

Practice Make Perfect
In this month’s issue we catch up with
South West Washington Paint Horse Club
treasurer, Kathy Tuttle-King and discuss what
makes her and her 2007 APHA gelding
MSF Im Finally First (Finally a Clu x Isle Be Silent) such an unstoppable team.
I have been watching you and Marcello out in the ring for a while now; it seems that you two
really have a great bond and working relationship. Can you tell us a bit more about Marcello?
I bred and raised Marcello. He is out of my Silent Print mare, Rachel. He is a hay dunker, which he
learned from his mom. This doesn’t seem important but somehow hay dunking seems to fit his
personality. I originally did not plan on keeping him. He was a sassy little boy and extremely homely.
His head was too big for his body and he had attitude. He was like the ugly duckling. So homely. My
friends questioned my reasoning for keeping him, but I didn’t care, I knew he was special.
Sometimes I would be cleaning his stall and he would just rest his head on my shoulder. He just
wanted to be with me.
There was something in his eye that caught mine. The way he would look at me at times just told
me he was the one. This was the beginning of “Mom’s Boy” He had a way that just got to me. An
infectious little look and shaking his head when I would lunge him. It was his way of skipping, and
I’m sure in his head he could hear the song “Sunny Day”. If he was out in the field, I would call his
name and he would come running. He knew his name. He knew he was “Marcello”. I thought long
and hard about his name. I wanted people to know who he was, and who he would become. He
couldn’t have just any old name, not Jake, Pete, or Sam. It needed to be an extraordinary name for
him. After all, he was extraordinary horse.
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In time he grew into himself and has become a really pretty gelding. He and I have been a team
together thru the years. I have shown him in halter, and he now has his Superior. I remember
showing him in a halter class one time. I needed to set his back leg. I hadn’t been able to get him to
set his legs yet on his own. I went to pick up his back leg to set it. He picked it up and held it out as
far as he could behind him. I was so mad at him. I finely got it set, only to have him do it again. I’m
sure he thought it was funny. That was Marcello. He has a sense of humor.
I have started showing him in the Walk Trot Classes, Showmanship, and working towards the Trail
classes. I am having so much fun with him. Those once in a life time horses don’t come around all
the time. He has always been a kind, softhearted horse. One that I could really trust. I have been
extremely blessed with him over the years. He tries really hard to please, even when he doesn’t
understand my mixed signals at times. But then forgives me for my ignorance and tries again. He is
“Mom’s Boy”.
How long have you been in the horse business, and did it start with paints?
I had always wanted a horse for as long as I can remember. I got my first horse when I was twelve.
She was a crazy little fourteen hand sorrel filly, and I loved her. But my first love has always been a
paint horse. There is something so incredibly beautiful about a painted pony. So when the time was
right to have a horse again, it had to be a paint. An American Paint.
Do you have a favorite class? If so, which is it?
I love showing and I am really enjoying the Walk Trot Class. Showing Marcello in this class is so
much fun for me. It has given me another avenue to enjoy him at a level that I am comfortable with.
Adding the Walk Trot Class to the show schedule has been a huge success.
What is your favorite pastime outside of horses?
I don’t have much spare time outside of my horses, but when I do have a little time I love to cook.
It’s my way of sharing a little of myself with others.
What is one thing you can’t live without in your barn
Something I can’t live without at the barn is having fun. There’s nothing better than an impromptu
BBQ at the barn. So, a few barn friends and food equals fun. It doesn’t get any better.

What’s in a name?
For over a decade Kathy’s Show
Equipment has been setting the
standard for high-quality yet affordable
show tack and accessories. Owner of
Kathy’s Show Equipment, Stacy Dial
took some time out of her busy schedule
to give us some insight on what it takes
to standout in a crowded pen.
Bartwo Cool Mr
Owned by Double G Paint Horses
Photo Credit to Cindy Vos

Spot
Q: What best describes your job at Kathy’s Show Equipment?
A: Hmmm. What isn't my job would be a shorter list! I do from dumping the trash to designing all our patterns!
We have been family owned with myself, my husband Troy and my sister Michele since 1996. Now our daughter
Maddie is working with us. We are very family oriented! Michele concentrates on the bookkeeping and orders;
Troy puts all the headstalls, halters etc together and does our retail shows. I do all the designing, sales etc along
with Maddie!
Q: How long have you been with Kathy’s?
A: As I said, I have owned it since 1996, but The original Kathy Mezin and her husband Bob were folks I showed
with since I was a teenager and when we wanted to own our own company we went right to them as they had
such a great reputation.
Q: What sets Kathy’s apart from other brands on the market?
A: I think it is our attentions to detail and our customer service. We build all our own product here at our place in
California. We have our silver plate made to our designs and specifications in Mexico, but our sterling overlay is all
made here in California. We can walk right down to our shop here and have a new crown piece made for that
halter and ship it right out! Not many companies can do that.
Q: How did it all start, Why did you get started in this industry?
A: I had always shown world champion paints when I was a teenager in the 1970's and 1980's. Then got out of
horses and then got back in and worked for Dale Chavez. I wanted to start my own company and corralled my
sister and husband into it. I have been doing this for over 25 years now.
Q: What is your greatest accomplishment so far?
A: I truly feel that my biggest contribution, has been keeping our quality and exceptional customer service up
during the hard economy. We were completely wholesale dealing directly with stores only. When the economy
took such a hit, we lost a large portion of those stores and even as times have improved, with the internet, the
stores are not stocking as they used to. So to compensate we moved into the direct retail market, which was
something we did not want to do, but it was a necessity to survive. I feel that we have kept our prices up and still
have kept our wholesale accounts happy in the most part. We had to let a lot of our stores go as they were selling
completely online and selling to cheaply. We did not work this hard to have our precious work sold online like an
auction item. We plan on handing this business down to our children!

Q: What do you hope to accomplish in the future?
A: We have expanded our line into the very high end show, reining saddles and world class show halters. We have
several trainers that ride with us and help improve our equipment and keep it all current with the needs of our
customers. While we do this, we feel that we sell our tack at a reasonable profit that lets us sleep soundly at night.
We can offer the same quality saddle that other high end companies do, but as we do not spend thousands of
dollars on advertising or on huge fancy show rigs, we try and make our equipment more reasonably priced. As a
horse show mom, I too feel the craziness as to what things cost just to get into that show ring! I want to keep that
affordability going for all!
Q: How long have you been showing horses?
A: I had been showing since I was 9 years old and quit for several years. As my husband was a PRCA steer wrestler
I thought I would try my hand at running barrels. I had never done that before until I was 45 years old, but as I felt
I had a good knowledge of horses and it is all universal, a good horse is a good horse. I had quite good success
making it 2 times to the PRCA Dodge National Circuit Finals. I retired my horse at 20 and we have a daughter that
shows with Dan Prouhet and I get to ride and show whatever is available! So much fun!
Q: Have any advice for someone just starting out showing?
A: Anyone just starting out, whether it is showing or just riding, get expert help. First and for most get advice from
a professional. You can spend so much money and time on anything from tack to show fees that could have been
saved by spending a bit of money on a trainer. You don't need to be in training all the time, it could be lessons, it
could be a one month commitment at a time. But you can learn so much in that time and it leads you to being
much more successful and less frustrated! I am an advocate of having your horse at home and doing it yourself,
but you still need the support of a professional in the background.
Q: What is the best way/product to use when caring for your high-end show tack?
A: There are many wonderful products out there right now. I think our favorite silver cleaner for the sterling
overlay products are Hagerty's and Wenol. ONLY on the sterling overlay. Do not use it on the silver plate, no
matter what anyone tells you, you absolutely CAN NOT use a sliver cleaner on your silver plate. It ruins the finish.
You can refer to my blog on the web site for more info. Other companies tell you to use their silver cleaner as they
don't care after you buy it what happens. We do care!
Q: What is the one thing you can't live without in your barn (Other than the horses!)
A: my saddle which I just love, I would think it would be small black curry..I know not very exciting or insightful,
but our trainer got us started on those old school things and nothing gets the hair off or keeps it off like those
babys!! The horses love the great rub down they get!

Premier Rose’ Conditioner is a leave-in skin and hair
conditioner. Developed for the entire body, mane and
tail. This conditioner locks in moisture to ensure a
healthy, shiny coat. It can be used every day, a
simple misting of Rose oil conditioner eliminates
dry, flaky skin and creates elasticity within the
hair shaft reducing breakage. Absolutely NO silicon!
and will never cause slippage of tack. Providing an
incredible moisture level, Rose Conditioner, allows
the skin and hair to lose the static electricity that can
attract dust and dirt. All that ensures moisture levels that reduce the ability to soak up
and set in stains. Added bonus, the hair generally deepens in color, two to three
shades.
Rose oil condition is great for weekend show warriors that
want to add a little shine to your horse’s coat, without
harming the hair shaft and causing breakage. As stated
above, in some cases it will actually darken and add a great
amount of depth to a horse’s hair coat. It will not attract
arena dirt!! A word of caution, I have personally noticed
that horses that are being regularly sprayed with the rose
oil tend to attract a higher amount of mosquitoes. You will
definitely want to use a good bug repellent! Also, if you
"Saves time and money. Takes the
place of six other products and
does a much better job."
J.T. Mitchell
leading trainer of APHA and AQHA
halter horses
show outdoors, or will be waiting in direct sunlight, another
coat spray should be considered for halter horses, as Rose
Oil can actually cause the hair to “fluff up” when standing
in the sun.
To use: Before each use shake your spray bottle and mist over the entire body, mane
and tail, they can be wet or dry. Brush in. A great tool to have is a Rice root or Tampico
root brush; it seems to help really work the oil into the coat

South West Washington Paint Horse Club would like
to congratulate Marianne Burg on her Open and
Amateur World Champion titles at the fall APHA
World Show
NAME
Marianne Berg; Desperado's Legacy or “Daisy”
DISCIPLINE
Halter
MUST-HAVE SHOW ITEM
My trainers. They make us look good! Besides the trainer; really good fly spray!

* Rating system based on a scale of 1-5 horse- 1 = Poor | 5 = Exceptional *
* All reviews are based on personal experience and opinion, no guarantees. *

2016 NWCC SCHEDULE
- More shows and events will be added once approved –
Saturday - January 30 th 2016
NWCC Meeting – Time TBD
NWCC Banquette – Time TBD
Hood River Inn, Hood River OR
Sunday - January 31 st 2016
Zone One Meeting – Time TBD
Hood River Inn, Hood River OR
April 2 - 3
BCPHC Pending
Show Manager:
4 Judges: Marvin Kapushion, Sue Kapushion, Jim Edwards
April 8-10
Oregon Paint Horse Club Albany, OR
Triple Crown Non-Pro Junior Western Pleasure & Hunter
under Saddle futurities
Show Manager: Brandon Severin
4 judges: Tim Finkenbinder, Charlie Cole, Kelly Boles-
Chapman, Rob Meneely;
May 6-8
(2 Shows)
SWWPHC Albany, OR
Show Manager: Brandon Severin
6 Judge: Clint Fullerton, Leigh Ann Skurupey, Mark Russell,
David Denniston, Carly Veldman Parks, Mark Baus
July 15 - 17
(2 shows)
WSPHC, Monroe, WA
Show Manager:
6 Judges: Daren Wright, Bruce Army, Trisha Shorten
Armstrong, Pat Smith, Mark Smith, Dave Parlier
August
Zone One, Albany, OR
Show Manager:
6 Judges: Rhonda Replogle, Brendan Brown, Tracy Willis, Jodi
Finkenbinder, Mike Carter, Charlene Carter
September 30-October 2
Oregon Paint Horse Club Albany, OR,
Triple Crown Weanling Halter, Longe Line, 2 Year Old Western
Pleasure & Hunter under Saddle
Show Manager:
4 judges:
June 4-5
PNPHC, Lynden, WA
Show Manager: Lola Whitford - 360.757.1357
4 Judges:
July 1 - 3
APHA, PtHA, All Breed, PAC
COPHC Powell Butte, OR
Show Manager: Kay Simmelink - 541.475.2743
2 Judges: Jill Paxton, Carrie Kessler, Jennifer Cignoni

Congratulations to Mike and Niki Abilla on the birth of their son Nicholas!
Nicolas Jordan Wayne Abilla
12-9-15