Arabian news & more from around the state by Ginny Nokes of Seguin, TX.
the terrible summer when Texas turned brown, what a joy to be blessed with a gorgeous spring. Thanks to the winter rains, we are once again green with the wild flowers in full bloom. Val Hackney sent pictures of her horse ranch near Bastrop. The ground is covered with Blue Bonnets. The rose bushes are outdoing themselves producing white, red and pink roses that are unreal. Nature paints a pretty picture at the Hackney’s farm.
hycourt farms march 28th show results
ing month for me. KATHY STARUSTKA invited me to accompany her on a photo shoot near Kyle, Tx to the horse facility of Lori Ragland. Never having been to Lori’s I jumped at the chance. As we approached the driveway we both were surprised to see row after row of white fences around lush pastures, paddocks,
HFF Doc’s Poco Alydar, Open Division, 68%; Carole Chiles- Fuller on Commander’s Inter- rogator, AA Division, 63%, Claire Robertson on Under The Influence, AA Division, 59%, Susan Verhoef on Syd’s West Liberty, AA Division, 58%, Hannah Cohen on Mr. Incred- ible, Jr/Yr Division, 54.5% and Brenna Baker on Greta, Jr/Yr Division, 53%.
INTRO B
Pleasures, Jr/Yr Division, 66.5%, Carole Chiles-Fuller on Commander’s Interrogator, AA Division, 64.5%, Jeanette Vaught, HFF Doc’s Poco Aly- dar, Open Division, 63.5%, Susan Verhoef on Syd’s West Liberty, AA Division, 60.5%, Hannah Cohen on Mr. Incred- ible, Jr/Yr Division, 54.5%, and Breanna Baker on Greta, Jr/Yr Division, 49.5 %.
TRAINING LEVEL TEST 1
Robert Leon on Du-
nata, Open Division, 65.21%; Nancy Stewart on What About Bob, AA Division, 61.73%; Bev Smith on Jelly Bean, Open Division, 61.3%; Vicki Taylor on April, Open Division, 60%; Rachel Wilkins on Gus, Jr/Yr Division, 60%; Mary Crawford on Lorenzo, Jr/Yr Division, 59.13%, and Grace Holt on Guilty Pleasures, Jr/Yr Divi- sion, 59.3%
TRAINING LEVEL TEST 2 Susan Fuller on Tess,
Open Division, 66.42%; Bev Grace Holt on Guilty
INTRO A
Jeanette Vaught on
full of Arabian horses and spe- cialize in working with amateur and youth riders. They have
Smith on Jelly Bean, Open Division, 63.57%; Vicki Tay- lor on April, Open Division, 62.85%; Kristina Paledes on V, AA Division, 62.5%; Roberto Leon on Dunata, Open Divi- sion, 62.35%; and Grace Holt, Guilty Pleasures, Jr/Jr Division, 57.85%.
TRAINING LEVEL TEST 3
Susan Ful ler on
Eowyn, Open Division, 63.6%; Nancy Stewart on What About Bob, AA Division, 61.2%; Kristina Paledes on V, AA Division, 57.6%; and Ashley Lairmore on Black Link, Jr/Yr Division, 44%.
TRAINING LEVEL TEST 4
Susan Ful ler on
FIRST LEVEL TEST 1
Vicki Taylor on En-
Eowyn, Open Division, 68.4% and Tiffany Bredfeldt on Joules, AA Division, 57.6%.
chanted Anna, Open Division, 63%; PJ Hardin on Olliepop, Open Division, 58.33%; Domi- nique LeBaron on Nazareth, Open Division, 57%; and Tif- fany Bredfeldt on Joules, AA Division, 55.33%.
chanted Anna, Open Division, 61.38%; PJ Harden on Ollie- pop, Open Division, 56.6%; and Dominique LeBaron on Nazareth, Open Division, 60.80%.
Less Is More, Jr/Yr Division, 56.81%; Claire Robertson on
PRIX CAPRILLI TEST 1
Hannah Cohen on
FIRST LEVEL TEST 2
Vicki Taylor on En-
PERFORMANCE HORSES
It has been an excit-
LORI RAGLAND
After living through
and work areas. Beautiful white four rail fencing framed the entire facility. Looked like Kentucky set in the middle of Texas.
history of her place. She had the 16 stall main barn built when she was pregnant with her daughter Tara. Lori and I reminisced about the “good old days” when we rode and showed with great trainers Walter Chapman, Judy Con- nelly and Carol Chapman. Another era and another time. Tara is now 24 and works with her mother training and giving lessons to their clients. What a great team they make. I asked Tara if it was difficult working together as mother and daugh- ter. She remarked “ Not at all, when I am here working, she is my boss, when we are away from the business, she is my Mom.”
Lori gave me a little
eight adults riding and a full slate of young riders – starting ages 4 to 6 – the Tiny Trotters to the Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced. The young riders learn to groom, bathe and tack their horses. Talking to Lori and Tara, it is obvious they love what they do and watching the youth riders in the show ring speaks well for their instructors. They ride to win and have chalked up an impressive record for their ef- forts in Championship shows. And they have fun. Carol Maginn, na-
THE HORSE GAZETTE
and there is something about the Hill Country that is “so Texas”.
ing horses for speed event for years and is proud of daughter Toni who has been a constant winner barrel racing. She started with horses at the age of 3 yrs and is now 28. While there, we met
Dave has been train-
tionally known photographer and videographer captured awesome footage of Kathy’s lovely two year old gelding Starski. He is by a Nation- al Champion English horse – Huck’s Connection. He has been bred to trot and the trot is his thing. He put on a show flagging his tail and putting on a great liberty act for us. The black horse in tall lush green grass with white rail fences framed the picture and made the back ground perfect for the shoot.
They have their barns
invited me to accompany her to watch Dave work her stal- lion Ku Jack. Dave worked at Double Diamond for several years training Arabian horses. Now home in Pipe Creek, he is busy with a full barn. The area features Texas in full bloom
Under The Influence, AA Di- vision, 55.90%; Haley Finley- Jones on Tennessee Blue Eyes, AA Division, 55.45%.
PRIX CAPRILLI TEST 2
Rachel Wilkins on
Guss, Jr/Yr Division, 60% & Kaitlyn Conner on Knock Your Socks Off, Jr/Yr Divi- sion, 60%; and Amanda Ward on Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em, AA Division, 55.2%
Syd’s West Liberty, AA Divi- sion, 88.82%, Laura Whitfield with Gypsy, Open Division, 67.05%; Tiffany Bredfeldt with HFF Doc Bar Man O War, AA Division, 62.95%, and Laura Whitfield with Jubilee, Open Division, 60%.
Syd’s West Liberty, AA Divi- sion, RR 60.5% / Wk 58.82%; Charlotte Morris with Dirty- sexymoney, AA Division, RR 55.21% / Wk 47.64%; and Han- nah Cohen with Mr. Incredible, Jr/Yr Division, RR 54.5% / Wk R.
HUNTER VERSATILITY
Bryce Brenner on
Peter The Great, Jr/Yr, Eq 56% / Wk 70.52%; Kaitlyn Conner on Knock Your Socks Off, Jr/Yr Division, Eq 54% / Wk 64.23; Hannah Cohen on Less Is More, Jr/Yr Division, Eq 54% / Wk 61.57%; and Haley Finley-Jones on Tennessee Blue Eyes, AA Division, Eq
50% / Wk 50.52%.
brighter days horse refuge
in need of donations
With 93 horses and a
few other critters such as goats and sheep, The Brighter Days Horse Refuge of Pipe Creek, Texas is busting at the seams. Recently a horse
in Bandera County was eu- thanized, suspected of having rabies. Dr. Conrad Nightengale put every veterinarian in the county on alert as soon as the tests on the horse came back positive.
The cost of the rabies
vaccines alone for Brighter Days runs close to $1600, and with the down turn in the economy, donations have been down.
For more informa-
tion or to find out how you can help, call 210-610-6607 or visit
www.brighterdayshorserefuge. org.
Refuge on 3/11/10
Visit us at:
www.HorseGazette.com
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Starfire, born at Brighter Days Horse
8 x 10 Run-In Shed
www.deercreekstables.com
(254) 546-2276
10 x 20 Run-in Shed
Serving Texas & Surrounding States
34 x 22 Aisle Barn
SPORT HORSE VERSATILITY
Susan Verhoef with
12 x 48 Shed Row
IN-HAND VERSATILITY
Susan Verhoef with
DAVE JOLIN TRAINING – PIPE CREEK.
Darlene Stockton
mare Face It I’m Lola. She is by Face It I’m Good and out of a Dynamic Delux mare.
Sladen Summers with Tori 13 and Ellie 10 who started riding at age 3. They both competed in lead-line classes. They had just returned from the Houston Livestock show and were ex- cited about their wins there. I asked Sladen Summers to share some of their horse show news with us. He said “The girls have been riding with Dave for 4 years. He is great with the kids and phenomenal with the horses. We are blessed to have him as a trainer, friend and neighbor. Both girls are involved in 4-H. Toni is going to state for her 4th
her 3rd
year with her bay-roan year. It is
for her second time. Last year she showed a Paint mare named Flying Dell and was Grand Champion mare for District 10.
owned and started Dynamic Deluxe who is a western plea- sure legend. Tori and Lola were Reserve Grand Mare in the District 10 show in 2008. They made it to the finals at the State 4-H Show that year. Their favorite class is Showmanship. We are expecting big things from the young team this year. They started off with a win in the color Class at the SA Stock Show and High point award at the Hoofpicks Horse show. Ellie is going to State
Coincidentally, Dave
lovely Quarter Horses and work hard to achieve their goals in the show ring. They were back in the ring at the San Antonio Youth Show in Seguin April
10th
awards.
certificates. One of their favor- ite classes is Trail, which she won at the SA Stock show.” The girls show two
the various training facilities. Particularly those working with young riders. The kids are so dedicated! They spend time and effort riding their horses striving to become better rid- ers. They are an inspiration to us all.
ing a Palomino mare named Zans A Cash. Since September they have been High Point or Reserve High Point at almost every show they have gone to and competed in the Walk Trot division, Including the Palomino show at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. So far they have won 7 buckles, 1 blanket and over $200 in gift
Ellie is now show-
show facility is excellent for shows. They have added Ara- bian classes For more info call Virginia Cherry at 361 358 2320.
at
ginnyno@aol.com. You can email Ginny
tion Horse Show and Futurity is April 23-24th
. The Sinton
THE BEEVILLE SHOW IN SINTON, TEXAS
The Spring Celebra-
winning more honors and What a joy to visit
10x28 with 8’ Tack
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