The
end of this month brought several new babies to the HORSE
ACADEMY team.
Karina,
owned by Debbie Borden of British Columbia Canada, leased
by HORSE ACADEMY, had a
lovely filly by Azanzabar. Our HORSE ACADEMY mare, Charismajestic,
(aka,
"Baby") Had her very first foal of her career,
a gorgeous chestnut colt by
"Truman" Laura Venne's lovely champion stallion,
who is also a half brother
to our HORSE ACADEMY mare, "KC". Pictures will
be forthcoming on the foal
page soon.
It was time for the Crabbet
Classic on the 26th and 27th. Usually this show
is rather small but this year was the exception. The classes,
especially the
riding classes had a marvelous turnout and most had 12 to 16
riders in each.
The western was a little leaner, it would run 8 to 12 on an
average but that
is nothing to sneeze at. There were many fine riders you see
at the class A
shows in addition to the "regulars" who make it
their show of the year to
bring their family pets.
Our two new babies, "Song" out
of BRR Bleu Melody, and "Halim" out of Kelvin
Melody were thrilled to be at the show. Song is a 7 week old
filly by
Yohannan, a 16.1hh bay stallion at Aracom in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Halim is a 4 week
old colt by Pooma, a 16.1hh chestnut stallion at Aracom in
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Both foals were quiet and happy (like their dams) and went
through their
classes like 20 year old veterans. The foals both got silver
medals and were
in the high scoring range of the show. The whole APPLEGATE
FARMS clan was in
attendance as they are purchasing Halim and had made his show
halter he wore
in his class. Clara (5 years old), one of the APPLEGATE FARMS
family members
entered her first show. She rode Majestic Delight in lead line
class,
winning a lovely blue ribbon and showed Majestic Delight in
Halter. Clara
took her grandfather, Brian, into the class with her, but when
it came time
to collect her lovely medal granddad put it around Clara's
neck so she could
wear it around the show grounds as she put her horse away.
Christina and
her horse Rizik rode some of the largest attended classes
of
the show. She got a 5th in her english class and when you are
7 years old
riding classes with kids twice your age plus hand galloping
(16 in a class)
we were all most impressed, she was spectacular. She also showed
Rizik in
halter. Rizik stood beautifully for her and trotted to the
best of his
ability. When Christina's legs get longer and she can run faster,
this class
will be fun and easy for them. She put Rizik's medal on his
neck when his
score was announced. In Christina & Rizik's walk-trot class
(children 10 and
under) she was closer to her age group and won a lovely 2nd
place ribbon.
This is the team to watch for the future, they are just starting
but they
are way ahead of most of the kids that are years older and
more experienced
than Christina.
Lynnie Allen rode
her horse, Majestic Delight CAHR, and even though the mare
is a JR. horse she was taking 1st, 2nds, and 3rds, in every
class. Edyne
Leavenworth was riding her leased mare, Juleeda, who was being
ridden in her
first show ever. Juleeda was rather excited and was creating
some commotion,
but she eventually smoothed out and realized that all those
horses
thundering around the arena were not "fleeing" some
imaginary creature.
Jeanne Pickersgill, 71 years old, riding Majestic Delight who
is 23 years
old, won their walk trot class. When they announced Jeanne's
win she rode
out of the arena to the loud applause of the crowd. Brandywine
Satin made
her show debute, she rode English and Western classes, Michele
(the trainer)
felt it was best to request Satin not be judged so she rolled
her number and
rode in for experience. Satin who is 16.2hh moved down the
rail like she had
been showing all her life. She was relaxed, happy, and other
than the hot
sticky weather was perfectly content.
Our newest member of the HORSE ACADEMY team, Richard stayed
the duration of the show to film and take pictures for the
web page. We owe him untold thanks and when you see how beautiful
our web site is getting I want you all to realize it is Richard
and his awesome talents that compose it. Combine that with
his filming our horses and he makes this all possible. If you
would like quotes on a web site set up just click our webmaster
button and it will take you to Richard. I recommend him as
the finest web engineer I have seen.
