Pin Oak Charity Horse Show


Highlight: Frankie Owens When Frankie Owens returned to ring for


the Handy Round of the $50,000 USHJA Inter- national Hunter Derby after placing fifth in the Classic Round with Carrida, he knew he had nothing to lose. So, he took the available inside turns and galloped down to the high-option oxers, hoping that Carrida would show off her scope and talent to the judges. Indeed she did.


The pair posted what turned out to be the best Handy Round scores of the night of an 89


Highlight: MTM Farm Frankie Owens Carrida &


and 87, taking all four high options and earning handy bonus points of 8 and a perfect 10. “It’s one of those things; you never can tell what will happen,” said Owens of holding the lead at that point. “You just hope for the best.” And his best turned out to be the best. “For sure, it means a lot. I’ve been showing at Pin Oak since I started riding,” said Owens. “I’m from San Antonio and grew up in Texas. Pin Oak is the Premier show we have all year, so it’s nice to win here.” w


The MTM Farm team traveled home to


Texas from Florida just in time for the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show III. They immediately made their presence known, with MTM iCarly captur- ing the $10,000 Welcome Stake on April 4 with Dorrie Douglas in the irons. On Wednesday April 5, it was an MTM


sweep during the $25,000 Pin Oak Charity Grand Prix. MTM Vivre Le Reve and teenager Brian Moggre took the blue, with Igor Van De Heibos and Tracy Fenney taking second and MTM Full House and Natalee Haggan placing third. Haggan also rode MTM Cravitz to fifth. w


Highlight: Rachelle Goebel Rachelle Goebel’s Will Emblazon captured the 2-year-old class and


Best Young Horse title on April 3 at the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show III under judge Betty Oare. The impressive bay Oldenburg (Willemoes–Anastazia) was bred by His Cat Farm and handled by Goebel, of Montgomery, Texas. Will Emblazon comes from a line of successful Hunter Breeding


horses, and his dam, Anastazia, was crowned Best Young Horse at the Devon Horse Show in 2004 and ’05. Will Emblazon placed third at Devon as a yearling and finished fifth in the United States Equestrian Federation Horse of the Year standings and won the Zone 7 championship as well as the Texas Super Series grand championship. Goebel purchased Will Emblazon as a 5-month-old, and she and her sister, Felicia Carroll, have shown him together.


“This year we just started him back here at Pin Oak,” said Goebel.


“We’re just starting to do some other things with him—he’s too smart for his own good! So, we want to challenge him, and we’re starting to put a saddle on him now and playing with him that way. While Goebel showed Will Emblazon, Felicia stood ringside offering


support and taking photos and videos. “I work a lot and couldn’t do this without Felicia,” said Goebel. “She showed him most of last year.” Winning the Best Young Horse title meant a lot to Goebel as she’d earned a reserve championship previously but never captured the top prize.


“We were talking about that, and now we have the dinner collection (with the china given by Pin Oak),” she said with a laugh. “We have used them for holidays, and it’s actually fun to have all the plates and now the bowl.” w


Due to the generous support from our sponsors and donors, we were able to gift $198,000 to Texas Children's Hospital on Friday, March 30 at The Hildebrand Fund $30,000 Grand Prix!


May 2018 SouthWest Horse Trader 13


Will Emblazon & Rachelle Goebe


Tricia Booker, Courtesy Pin Oak Charity Horse Show


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