ROARING FORK HOUNDS PONY CLUB
Leslie Thomas
P. 0. Box 323
Snowmass, CO 81654
970 376 6273 - [email protected]
Leslie Thomas
P. 0. Box 323
Snowmass, CO 81654
970 376 6273 - [email protected]
2/2/2015
Re: Cozy Point Management Plan
To Whom It May Concern:
I have been a member of the board and a volunteer for the Roaring Fork Hounds Pony Club for many years. Our local Pony Club Chapter has been in existence for over 40 years and is an invaluable institution for the Valleys youth.
Our local Pony Club is very interested preserving Cozy Point as a first class equestrian center, with links to all the existing and planned trail systems throughout the Valley. All of the members are excited to participate in creating the Cozy Point Master Plan.
Our local club is a chapter of a Regional, National, and International nonprofit volunteer Organization started in Great Britain in 1928. By 1992 there were 125,000 members in twenty-seven countries, making it the largest junior equestrian group in the world.
United States Pony Club (USPC) Mission Statement:
United States Pony Clubs develops character, leadership, confidence, and a sense of community in youth through a program that teaches the care of horses and ponies, riding, and mounted sports.
Sportsmanship, Stewardship, Leadership through Horsemanship
Over sixty five % of Olympians were members of Pony Club in their youth.
The following pages include:
Cozy Point has a finite number of acres. This is a now or never situation. Cozy Point is the only public equestrian facility in the Roaring Fork Valley. The time is now for the community to decide if they want to have a Horse Park.
Respectfully,
Leslie Thomas
Re: Cozy Point Management Plan
To Whom It May Concern:
I have been a member of the board and a volunteer for the Roaring Fork Hounds Pony Club for many years. Our local Pony Club Chapter has been in existence for over 40 years and is an invaluable institution for the Valleys youth.
Our local Pony Club is very interested preserving Cozy Point as a first class equestrian center, with links to all the existing and planned trail systems throughout the Valley. All of the members are excited to participate in creating the Cozy Point Master Plan.
Our local club is a chapter of a Regional, National, and International nonprofit volunteer Organization started in Great Britain in 1928. By 1992 there were 125,000 members in twenty-seven countries, making it the largest junior equestrian group in the world.
United States Pony Club (USPC) Mission Statement:
United States Pony Clubs develops character, leadership, confidence, and a sense of community in youth through a program that teaches the care of horses and ponies, riding, and mounted sports.
Sportsmanship, Stewardship, Leadership through Horsemanship
Over sixty five % of Olympians were members of Pony Club in their youth.
The following pages include:
- USPC History and core values.
- Article written by Equestrian Olympian Medalist Karen O’Connor from “Equine Land Conservation Resource”. The article describes partnerships between equestrian communities and local government entities. Other communities are creating Parks for equestrian use, recognizing rapidly disappearing lands. Our Valley is a perfect example of the need to set aside lands for public equestrian use.
- Photos of the Kentucky Horse Park - a national treasure and revered in the International community.
- “Developing the Sport Horse” This is an educational article describing how critical it is that all horses have access to large open spaces for their health and well being. The ability for horses and riders to move over large areas for exercise and mental well being, prevents injury, and leads to longer happier lives for both horses and their riders.
Cozy Point has a finite number of acres. This is a now or never situation. Cozy Point is the only public equestrian facility in the Roaring Fork Valley. The time is now for the community to decide if they want to have a Horse Park.
Respectfully,
Leslie Thomas