Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

IAHA CHAMPIONSHIP

Date

1979

Materials

WOOD, BRONZE, BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

4.8

Length

31.7

Width

20.3

Description

HAS A RECTANGULAR WOOD BASE, WITH BEVELED EDGES. ON TOP OF BASE IS A HORSE'S HEAD CAST FROM BRONZE. ETCHED INTO NECK OF HORSE IS "R FARUM". BELOW THIS IS A BRASS PLATE WITH "IAHA CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITIVE TRAIL RIDE TOP TEN ARABIAN 1979 PRESENTED BY THE ARABIAN HORSE REGISTRY" ETCHED INTO IT. BACK OF PLAQUE HAS 2 HOLES WITH BRASS SCREWS VISIBLE.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS AWARD DONOR HAD TO ENTER INTO A REGISTERED TRAIL RIDE; RIDE CONSISTED OF RIDING TO CHAIN LAKES. CAST USED ON PLAQUE WAS THE LAST TIME IT WAS USED FOR THIS TROPHY. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR ADDITIONAL HISTORY ON RIDE. DONOR IS AN ACCOMPLISHED HORSEWOMAN. OVER THE YEARS SHE HAS COMPETED IN ALL TYPES OF HORSE SHOWS, INCLUDING PERFORMANCE AND BREED SHOWS. VIVIEN DID ALL THE TRAINING OF HER HORSES AND HAS ACCUMULATED COUNTLESS RIBBONS TO ATTEST TO HER EFFORTS AND SUCCESS. VIVIEN WAS A MEMBER OF THE WHOOP-UP SADDLE CLUB FOR OVER 45 YEARS. SHE ORGANIZED THE FIRST MUSICAL RIDE THAT THE CLUB PERFORMED AND WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING THE FIRST HORSE SHOW THAT THE CLUB HOSTED. VIVIEN HAS ASSISTED MANY EQUESTRIAN CLUBS WITH LOANS AND GRANTS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA EQUESTRIAN COUNCIL. AMONG HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE: 1963, FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CHINOOK ARABIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION; 1965, BEGAN A RIDING SCHOOL AND TRAINING CENTER ON 13TH STREET NORTH IN LETHBRIDGE; 1973, FOUNDED THE ALBERTA HORSEMEN'S COUNCIL; 1974, WAS THE MAIN FORCE IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA EQUESTRIAN COUNCIL; 1975, FOUNDED AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE OLD MAN PINTO CLUB; 1984, FOUNDED THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION; 1988, PRESIDENT OF THE GOLDEN AGE EQUESTRIAN CLUB. IN THE 1990S A STROKE RESTRICTED VIVIEN'S PHYSICAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CLUBS, BUT SHE CONTINUES TO OFFER SUPPORT AND INCENTIVE IN OTHER WAYS. IN 1997 & 1998 VIVIEN DEVELOPED "THE VIVIEN GOODRICH AWARD" TO ENCOURAGE AND REWARD PARTICIPATION IN A S.A.E.C. EQUINE FAIR. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P20010088006

Acquisition Date

2001-12

Collection

Museum

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