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Please submit your news items and photos here. Win An Anglo-Arabian! Willis and Karin Foley of Solar Hill Sport Horses have generously donated a 2007 Anglo-Arabian colt, "SH Deseo," to be raffled off as a benefit to the SHN Payback Program. Sired by the Arabian Stallion CW SOXX and out of Thoroughbred HIPS AND HAWS, this colt shows great promise as a sport horse. Tickets are $50 each or 5 for $200. More info HERE.
Open Hunter Show Offers Arabian Classes! The Ocean State Hunt Club Horse Show at Greene Field Farm in Greene, Rhode Island is offering Arabian Working Hunter, Jumper and Sport Horse Under Saddle classes at their June 22nd show. The divisions offered include Low Hunters, Modified Hunters, Working Hunter ATR, Working Hunter Open, Open Jumpers and Jumpers ATR. Equitation O/F and U/S plus Hunter Hack are listed as well. These classes will serve as qualifiers for Region 16 and Nationals. SHUS Open, ATR and Junior Horse are also on the schedule. Show manager Rick Thell is eager to offer great judges and facilities to those exhibitors in the Arabian H/J and SH disciplines. The show also has several Medal classes and lots of hunter and pleasure classes open to all breeds of horses and ponies. The show grounds are located 1 hour from Hartford; 1.25 hours from Boston and 30 minutes from Providence/Newport. Some overnight stabling is available. For more information, visit the show website at www.greenefieldfarm.com or call (401) 397-9562.
We regretfully announce the passing of three extraordinary Arabian bred horses this winter. The purebred gelding Surphin Boy+//, owned by Lorraine Prowse, 8-time Canadian National Champion Jumper; 2-time Reserve Champion Jumper; 2-time Reserve Champion and 4-time Top Ten Working Hunter. Shown below competing in the Battle of the Breeds at Spruce Meadows in 2007.
The 16 year old Arabian-Trakehner gelding No Fear SHC, owned by Laurie Statam, passed away suddenly in January. Laurie and her exceptional athlete won his first National Title in 1996 with a Top Ten in First Level Dressage. From there he won one National Champion, 2 Reserves and 8 Top Tens in Working Hunter; 2 Champions and a Top Ten in Jumpers; 2 Champions and 2 Top Tens in Show Hack and 2 Reserves and 6 Top Tens in upper level dressage. He is pictured below at SHN in 2005 (left) and showing in 2007 (right).
Our sympathies go out to the families and friends of these wonderful horses. News from Stanley Ranch Tallulah Tepper, daughter of Scott Tepper, Jt. MFH, West Hills Hunt and Red Rock Hounds, has found a show ring and hunt field mate in TRIANA, Classical Spanish Arabian bay mare, 10 years old, daughter of Recognized Field hunter *JIALEAH, granddaughter of Recognized Field Hunter *ELENA. TRIANA was produced by Stanley Ranch, and has left a legacy with the Stanleys in her two daughters, BARBARELA and CHARMD.
Guardian eClub Sponsors National Awards The Guardian Arabian Horse eClub and the Arabian Breeders Network to recognize 2008 Sport Horse Nationals champions. In a cooperative effort, members and friends of The Guardian Arabian Horse eClub (The Guard),a web-based AHA club affiliated through Region 8, and the Arabian Breeders Network are funding award coolers for upper level Dressage, Jumper, Hunter, and Carriage Driving champions at the 2008 Arabian Sport Horse Nationals to be held Sept 23-27 in Nampa, Id. The coolers will be awarded for PSG, I1, I2, and GP Dressage, Open and ATR Purebred and Anglo/HA Jumpers, Open, AAOTR, and ATR Purebred and Anglo/HA Working Hunters, and Arabian/HA/AA Pleasure Driving Working Championship. The high-score amateur dressage rider competing at the FEI level also will be recognized with a cooler. The ATR Anglo/HA Jumpers cooler is being given in memory of Toby Levy, National Champion in HA/AA Jumper 1977 and Top Ten 2005. The two groups are also working together to raise cash awards for the winners of the Dressage Grand Prix, Jumper Mini-Prix, and Hunter Classic. They welcome contributions from enthusiasts who would like to participate in recognizing these fine competitors. Please contact The Guard via email at guardianahec@yahoo.com to pledge your support for this worthy effort.
2007 USEF HORSE OF THE YEAR FINAL STANDINGS
Purebred Arabian Hunter/Jumper
Half/Anglo Arabian Hunter/Jumper
OPEN SHOWS JR JUMPER 29. AUME DE LA LANDE / SASSMANNSHAUSEN, JANET - IL PONY JUMPER 17. I.C. BLUE ZEPHYR / DIPIAZZA, ROSA - PA 61. PARTLY CLOUDY / BRUNSON, KIMBERLY - TX 62. JUMP FOR JOY / GEMMELL, NIKKI - WA AAO WORKING HUNTER 35+ 12 MILAN / CLARK MORRISON, CAROLINE - NC GREEN WORKING HUNTER 1 st YEAR 38 HONNEUR / GUZZO, HOPE - MD
SHN Payback Program A new concept to generate prize money for Sport Horse National competitors has been launched. Buy a half-price breeding to one of the listed stallions! The bonus is all of his get to date are eligible for Payback classes. Get your horses' sires enrolled so you can win cash rewards! Check out the dazzling array of accomplished sires already enrolled! Check out the particulars HERE.
News from AHA Laura Wood has been elected to head the AHA Hunter/Jumper Committee for 2008-2009. Her authoring of AHA Resolutions and plans for the future illustrate her committment to the growth and improvement of the Hunter/Jumper disciplines. Vicky Rich was elected to the SHN Show Commission replacing Ed Peterson. Vicky's knowledge and experience will make her a valuable asset to SHN. The Resolutions submitted that affect Hunter and Jumper exhibitors were passed with flying colors! There are as follows: Fence height for Working Hunter AOTR 2'9" Also, Article 1402.5 (Open Show Qualifications) was changed to read: "For Working Hunter and Jumper placings to count, unrated classes must be held at the corresponding fence heights or higher…" therefore allowing more classes to earn points at Open shows!
Arabian Working Hunter
Showgun PGN Arabian Working Hunter AAO Champ SFF
Arabian Working Hunter AT Champ
Arabian Jumper Champ (above)
Arabian Jumper AT (above)
Arabian Hunter Hack
Little Red Khorvette Arabian Hunter Hack AT
Arabian Hunter Hack AAO
HA/AA Working Hunter
HA/AA Working Hunter AAO
HA/AA Working Hunter AT
BW Dark Moon HA/AA Jumper
HA/AA Jumper AT
HA/AA Hunter Hack
HA/AA Hunter Hack AT
HA/AA Hunter Hack AAO
High Point H/J Award The ABHJA has sponsored a High Point Award at Sport Horse Nationals for the Arabian/Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian earning the most points in the Hunter and/or Jumper classes.
Cynthia Cubbage, owner Tracy Lord and presenter Laura Wood The winner, Arabian gelding DA DURADO++++// (Legacy of Gold x Khimberly), is owned by Tracy Ratliff Lord and shown by Tracy and her trainer Cynthia Cubbage. They were presented with a beautiful neck sash, gold cup trophy and embroidered dress sheet. The 1999 gelding, bred by Dolorosa Arabians, rose to the top of the heap by winning National Championships in Working Hunter ATR and AAOTR; Reserve Champion in Working Hunter Open and Hunter Hack AAOTR; and Top Tens in the Hunter Classic, and Hunter Hack Open and ATR. The race for this award came down to the final jumping class. Runner-up was MEGAS TALL TALE, a 4 year old Half-Arabian owned by Anne Hoover.
When the dust settled after the final jump-off at the 2007 USEF Pony Jumper Individual Championships, the 14.1 1/2 hand Arabian gelding Partly Cloudy had placed second in a field of 40 of the top Pony Jumpers in the nation. Held annually at the Kentucky Horse Park, the USEF Pony Finals bring together the cream of the Pony Hunter and Jumper crop for a week of competition. Registered as DL Lightning Jim, this 1995 gelding (Baschke x Donna Gazelle) was bred by Virgil and Linda Gremore of Sapulpa, OK. Purchased as a youngster by Kimberly Brunson of Texas Rose Horse Park in Tyler, TX, "Teddy" had some bucking issues to work through at first, but qualified for Pony Finals in Large Green Pony Hunter his first year showing. The following year, Teddy qualified in both Hunters and Jumpers, a rare feat for ponies of any breed, but they decided to only compete in Hunters, where he earned a 13 th in the hotly contested Model class judged on conformation. The next year he competed in Jumpers and finished a very respectable 6 th place. At this year's Pony Finals, Teddy was one of only 19 ponies to go clean after the first round, ranking 12 th in time. Ridden expertly by 15 year old Tori Berlin, a student of Brunson's, the team decided to just "go for it" in one of the closest jump-offs in Finals history. Pulling a rail on their last round, they missed the Gold by just 4 faults. In between horse shows, Teddy is a lesson favorite of Brunson's students, and so mellow they must carry a crop to keep him going. "He's the perfect pony for a kid to learn to jump on, he has the best lead changes," says Brunson, "He has a great personality and talks to us whenever he sees us." Brunson's partner, Natalee Newton, has earned 5 National Top Ten titles with Teddy the past 3 years at Sport Horse Nationals. A show conflict is keeping them home in 2007, but they'll be back in '08. In the Team competition, Half-Arabian Hocus Pocus helped her team win the Bronze Medal for Zone 4.
Anglo-Arabian Jumper Tango Las Marismas, the brave palomino Anglo-Arabian gelding that carried Taylor Bland to a historic victory at the 2006 FEI Children's Jumper Finals, is proudly offered for sale by owner Las Marismas Sporthorses, a training business with bases in Canada and the Dominican Republic.
Following on her incredible success at the 2006 FEI Children's Final, Bland, under the tutelage of Canadian Show Jumping Team member Jill Henselwood, continued to lease Tango Las Marismas for the first-half of the 2007 HITS Thermal circuit in California before returning to school. Once again, Tango Las Marismas proved himself a winner in the show jumping ring, claiming the Mid-Circuit Championship in the Low Junior Jumper Division following the first three weeks of competition. Equine Canada named Taylor, of Calgary, AB, the 2006 'Junior Equestrian of the Year'. The Gillian Wilson Award is given annually to the 'Junior Equestrian of the Year' in recognition of a junior competitor who has made outstanding contributions to equestrian competition and who has exemplified exceptional talent, sportsmanship, and dedication to the sport. Click here to visit Anglo-Arabians.com for more news on Anglo-Arabians worldwide. Pony Jumper Championships The results are in! The ponies qualified for the Adequan/USEF Pony Jumper Championships include several Arabian and Arabian-cross ponies. More to follow...
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We recieved word of the death of Anglo-Arabian DW Raven++++// from his owner Kathy Cannon Pittman. "It is with great sadness that I am reporting the death of my twice National Champion and multi Top Ten Anglo-Arab, DW Raven++++//. He passed away on March 9, 2008 at 10 years of age after a freak accident. Raymond was not only a champion, but a true friend and a trusted partner. He was a horse who would try his hardest at whatever was asked of him, always giving 100 percent. DW Raven++++// was that "one in a million" horse. How fortunate I was to have had him in my life."
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