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This page is dedicated to some Great
ones that have past, but not left our hearts. We don't
want these Great Ones to be forgotten.
Mr Cool Expressive
2001 Overo Gelding
Sadly, we lost Cool
January 4, 2010. He was found 'asleep' after his morning breakfast. He had just turned nine years old. Cool was my FIRST world champion
ever! He won the title of World Champion with me as a 2, 3, 4 and 5 year old
in the Amateur geldings at the APHA World Show. He won an Open World Title with APHA and
multiple Youth APHA and PtHA World Championships. Cool was the greatest horse
we ever loved and an APHA legend. There will be a
memorial award given at the APHA World Shows in the Amateur Aged Gelding class from here on out to honor Cool and his greatness. Breyer is
going to produce a model horse in his image. He is the NUMBER TWO halter point
earning gelding of all time in APHA, second only to his stall mate
RPL Negotiator. Cool stood 17 hands and was a gentle giant with an even
bigger heart. He was Austin's first World Champion when Austin was only seven. Many of us remember that little boy and that giant of a horse that took
careful care never to harm him. This great gelding started it all for my
family and we owe so much to him. He will be greatly missed... our
hearts and barn will never be the same without him.
Classic Stars N Stripes
2008 Overo Gelding
2009 PtHA Reserve World Champion Amateur Yearling Geldings
Top 5 in Open and Youth with Belle
2009 APHA Youth World Show - Top 5 Yearling Geldings with Belle
Sadly, this great gelding was euthanized September 2009 due to Wobbler syndrome. We are very saddened by his loss and we had hopes for "Koby" to be our replacement for "Shaq" in the showring.
Kids Got Style
2006 APHA Buckskin Overo Stallion
SIRE: KIDS CLASSIC STYLE
2008 APHA World Champion - Open 2 Year Old Stallion
2009 PtHA Reserve World Champion - Open and Amateur 3 Year Old Stallion
Sadly, this great stallion was euthanized July 2009 due to complications from founder.
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2006 - 2009
APHA Gelding
2007 APHA World Show - World Champion Yearling Gelding in Amateur with Allyson, Top 5 in Open with Ray!
2008 PtHA World Show - World Champion Amateur and Youth 2 Yr Old Geldings and RWC in Open
2008 APHA World Show - World Champion Youth 2 Year Old Geldings with Austin
2008 APHA Reserve World Champion in Amateur with Allyson and top 5 in Open with Ray
Sadly, we lost this amazing gelding January 2009.
We lost our Shaq. We have owned him since he was a baby and we have watched him
grow and fell in love with him everyday. My heart is broken and there is a hole
in my life. You know how there are some horses in your life that you like and
they do their job well, and then there are some horses that you would love if
they never won a damn thing for you... well this is Shaq, he was the one I
loved.
Two weeks ago he kicked his hind legs through the metal barn wall and
severed both to the bone, he was always a kicker in the stall,
but all the greatest ones have their quirks I've heard. I thought we would be
going to pick him up this week, and then the dreaded call came that they were in
their second surgery and his coffin bone in one leg had deteriorated and
had infection. The damage was irreversible and he would have to be put to
sleep. So instead of going to pick up my lovely on Wednesday, the kids, Ray,
Dad, and I had to go bid our final farewell to the one I loved. As I held his
muzzle, I told him things would never be the same in my world without him. I
hope he knew how loved he was. I have part of his tail and forelock that I will
make something special out of and will sponsor a yearling world champion award for
the winning amateur in his honor.
In his short two year career he won eight world titles in APHA and PtHA. Austin and I made his show debut in Arizona in January this year as we were
going on the road with him as our number one show horse this year. Two days
after his debut, he was injured. He had never been
shown besides the world shows as a yearling and two year old. Three titles as a
yearling and Five as a two year old, more than most horses see in a lifetime.
I feel honored to have had the pleasure to love this great horse for the
short time he was here. The only peace I have is thinking somewhere in his
great spirit he is running in a lush green pasture where the greatest
survive.
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