
Last year's National Champion Grand Prix horse, TA'EZ had his retirement party reently, the high point of which was a Pas de Deux with his daughter Meika! The video of the performance is
HERE.
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From Shark Sport Horses, Home of QUICK SILVER BEY:
Quick Silver is now a 13 time regional champion.
He was 2009 Region 5
-Champion 2nd Level Dressage Open
-Champion 3rd Level Dressage Open
-Champion Sport Horse Under Saddle Open
-Champion In Hand Stallions Open
-Champion In Hand Stallions ATH
-Reserve Champion Show Hack Open
QUICK SILVER BEY also has a
video posted from a symposium by dressage guru Conrad Schumacher that is fun to watch. Lindsay Anderson, his rider and trainer said, "Conrad has taught me since I was 14 and I am now 26. He truely loves this guy and has told me that the FEI will show him off the most.
"After this clinic, Quickie was selected to be the second level horse in the Conrad Schumacher Symposium....in Seattle, Wa. This video will be released to the public in Oct. Conrad said this was the first Arabian to ever be placed in one of his Symposiums and that he would take him home with him if he could! He also reminded the crowd that Arabians were the foundation breed to make all of the top Dressage horses. "
Their future plans include hoping to do the Developing Young Horse Championships....which is the National USDF top 12 horses at PSG between the ages of 7 and 9.
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From Elizabeth Conti, owner of MIRAGE V++//:

We are pleased and proud to announce the results for Mirage V++// at the Diablo Arabian Horse Show, May 14 - 17:
First Place, Sport Horse Stallions in Hand Open
First Place, Sport Horse Stallions in Hand ATH
Champion, Sport Horse Stallions in Hand
Second Place, Sport Horse Under Saddle
Champion, Sport Horse Under Saddle
First Place, Second Level Dressage (all tests 1 through 4)
As usual, Mirage was a joy to show and he loved the attention of his many fans. In addition, he achieved his Legion of Excellence!
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BONNE VIVANT and his son Covennant ASA rocked the Sport Horse triangle at the VAHA show in Culpeper, VA recently. Owner & breeder Cheryl Showah reports, "COVENANNT ASA won GRAND CHAMPION STALLION SPORT HORSE IN HAND at the VAHA show! This is one of the most competitive Sport Horse shows in the country.

In Sport Horse in Hand, he was the High Scoring Stallion. (and 3rd overall over 30+ purebred sport horses). Judges comments were 'Lovely refinement, etc.' COVENANNT ASA beat a Regional Champion and a Supreme Sport Horse multi-champion. Also, he was VAHA Champion Stallion in "main-ring" (but the only entry) with a score of 112!
BONNE VIVANT won Sport Horse Stallions 4 & over. His score was a full 4 points over
the next horse!
We would like to publicly thank Larry and Rie Jones and the entire Jonesborough team for the wonderful presentation of all of our horses!"
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From Classicala Farm, home of ARIA IL BACIO:
Springfest Show: E Major Vivaldi (Aria Il Bacio x Eidelweiss (Aladdinn)) was our super hero! (Photo above) FOUR Championships in halter! Scores over 100....highest being 117! This 15.3 1/2h grey stallion also earned over 30 points in Hunter Pleasure and is thus qualified for both Purebred Hunter Pleasure and Open Senior Stallion Halter for US Nationals. One judge commented "It is so nice to see a performance horse in the halter ring..." Aria Il Bacio once again shows what a GREAT producer he is. E Major Vivaldi is typical of Aria Il Bacio's foals. Easy to train and lovely to be around...winners in performance and in halter.

Another son, Siemper-Fidelis AKB (above), a 17h gelding who is still growing, showed for the first time and won his Sport Horse in hand class AS WELL AS was champion AA/HA Stock Hunter type gelding in hand at the HAAM Showtime show in East Lansing, Michigan. This was a competitive and big show....over 450 stalls sold! If you want size and correctness, Aria Il Bacio produces it time and again! His half Arabians are stellar, and his purebreds are now being sold overseas.
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Another report from Culpeper from Evergreen Farm, home of KKOI:
Raining Ribbons!We are back from another long weekend show. We left on Thursday to head down to Culpeper, VA for the VAHA Arabian Show and Futurity. Amongst the rain showers, the rigs began to arrive. It was, as per usual, a show filled with fun, excitement and friends, both old and new. We stalled with Wendy Spangler and Fireproof Number One, aka Gem, and met up with Dona Hoffman and Future Image while there. We had another jaw dropping performance from all of our horses and our stall drapes were filled with ribbons. We brought EF Llameri, our just turned three last week filly, EF KKlassique Beauty++ and East of Eden, aka Blossom. Both EF KKlassique Beauty++ and EF Llameri are by our stallion, KKoi. East of Eden will be temporary retired from showing next spring for her first foray into the breeding shed.
We spent all of Thursday afternoon unpacking and getting the horses settled into their temporary living arrangements. Friday morning arrived and so did the in hand classes. Meri was a winner in her class with me at the end of the reins and Blossom won her class as well. Friday night was the SHUS classes. This would prove to be the best showing yet for all the girls, both equine and human. We rocked! We were going in and out of class after class; it was reminiscent of my old hunter days, standing around the ring, meeting the other competitors and making friends along the way. Quite frequently after each class, we were walking out with the top spots. If we weren’t first and second we were second and third. In one class, we took a clean sweep of Blossom-1st, Meri-2nd and Gem-3rd. Beauty could not show in these classes, as she was the only purebred of the bunch. She and I stepped in and out of the purebred classes with blues as well!

Saturday morning brought the first dressage classes of the show. It was a bit daunting for me as I was riding my first First Level test off the farm. While we are building a full size dressage arena on the farm, it is nowhere near completion so I have not had the opportunity to ride it in a full size arena yet. I managed my way through and got a second in the class. The score was a very respectable 60.6%. I’ll take it. I rode Meri in Training Level Test One for Junior Horses and got a first with a 64.8%. Once again, I’ll take that! Rachel, after the past year and a half of hard work and dedication to Blossom’s recovery from Lyme disease, rode a beautiful Training One test to a score of 60.0%. Christine, Meri’s teenage rider, continued to show Meri in dressage with scores consistently in the 60’s.
Early Saturday evening, after a brief encounter with a suspected funnel cloud, the stage was set for the Championship classes. We entered four classes and brought home a third, two reserves and champion. We were very proud of the accomplishments of our young riders and young horses. The storm that had passed through put the horses and riders a bit on edge. We handily got through the evening with smiles all around.

More rain and then finally a bit of sun ushered in Sunday morning’s dressage classes. We all had a repeat of Saturday’s line-up. We each had two classes. Once again the ribbons came. The horses were a bit tired as were most of the horses on the grounds that weekend. The storms were huge and the rain was plentiful. Overall, we had a fabulous time. We rekindled friendships with people we haven’t seen in a while and made a whole host of new ones. Christine commented that the people at Arab shows were all so friendly and the atmosphere was so relaxed and friendly. “It wasn’t even like being at an “A” show”. Welcome to the Arabian Sport Horse Show Arena, Christine, welcome!