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| David and Rockin Andi are ready for the World Show |
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| Vanessa and Welcome to Paris |
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| David is READY to show |
Thanks to Kelvin Robbins for the lovely picture and his permission to use it. Paris won 2nd in the Breeder's Cup and then went on to win first in the weanling fillies conformation class and then to the weanling championship where she won by unanimous decision. She is a beautiful red chocolate filly by Sam I Am owned by Carol Woods and Clint Morrow. Her dam is Tobet owned by Van Bert Farms of Stanton Ky.
Paris is leaving for New York where she will be making her residence. I am looking forward to seeing her in the show ring in the future. She will make a beautiful mare.
Two more shows to go this year. We still have the Mountain Pleasure show later this month and then the KMSHA show in October. It has been a intense show season and the last two weeks of the World and International Shows have been back to back and now for a full week we have to get back to the real world and do the real world things of weanling the babies, preparing for our upcoming trail ride that will happen November 5 and 6. Hope you can all join us. I am looking forward to seeing Kelvin and Dolly at my trail ride this time around.
But back to the recent shows. The world championship classes were really great and the show was a great success although the weather was not. The first of the week found competitors, spectators and horses wading in mud. It was rainy, cold and of course everything any of us owned was wet and muddy.
We did get some clearing in the middle of the week and by the end of the week the weather was really nice for the grand finale. I can't name all the winners in the show but Van Bert Stables that train most of my horses were in the fore front with trophies and ribbons. Flair for Fury did the usual good job she is well known for. She gave my grandson, David a good ride in the pro/am class. Venture's Golden SATIN gave Bob and David a good ride in the pro/am Trail Pleasure Class.
I am so proud of David and Bob for the way they have worked together to get the horses ready to go from my farm in Taylorsville. They have worked to get the horses ridden and keep them looking great for the shows that we have been participating in this year.
This post looks odd. I am not on to the new format yet so I apologize for the odd way it may look when I post it.
Then on from there to the Rocky Mountain International Show. I think my favorite part of the week, besides Flair first two good classes in which she won the first place ribbons and ttrophies was the Celebration of Champions. No Celebration could ever be complete without mention Paula Morgan's great stallion, Choco Dock. Paula was there to see him make his grand entrance into the show ring as the first of the Parade of Champions. Many of his get were there to represent him in the Parade. I was pleased to see the sires of so many of my herd represented there. I had never seen Shepherd's Snowy River and I got to see him for the first time. My mare VBF's Once a Hobo is by Snowy and she looks just like him conformation wise and in fact her markings are very similar to him. Jason Stefanic had several champions represented that he has trained over the years as well as the Brummer's from EmDee's Mountain Horses with Chris and Stacy and Judy riding. Just too many great champions to remember and name but was an amazing parade of great horses.
My congratulations to all of the owners, trainers and grooms of all the the magnificent horses that showed this past week in the Rocky Mountain International Show. It was a great week with many fine competitors and champions riding into the winner's circle.
Of course H T Derickson and Blue on Black won more than a few of their classes and then the Rea Swan Award. Congratulations to all the Van Bert Farm riders and trainers for a job well done. I was proud of all of our horses.
You know as I often think of these wonderful horses God has blessed us with, I am in awe that I am allowed by God to own,ride and show these wonderful horses. All are so unique in their own way but also so much alike in temperament, ability and willingness to please their owner and trainers.
We should all take time out of our busy days and nights to ponder the wonder of it all. The earth and the beauty it holds. For the double rainbow in the sky that Leslie and I saw on our way to the horse show on Saturday morning. For the awesome things we see everyday and often see but done really look at. The beauty of the sunrise, the beauty of the sunset, the rainbows, the trees, the flowers, the horses. It is such an awesome world we live in. And most of all created by such an awesome God. Thank you Lord for allowing me to live in this time.
And may God who created the earth, hung the moon and stars in the sky and created our wonderful mountain horses bless and keep you in his loving care.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the earth.
Regards and best wishes for the next shows
Mary
