In second place for the AHS's 2008 Walter Hartwig Award by a few hundredths of a point. She will be a new Elite Mare upon the registration of her 2009 filly, Whyoming (by Welcome S).

Another high scoring mare for the RSF broodmare band! Marion did us proud at the AHS inspection held at Rolling Stone farm on July 14, 2008. She was the top scoring Hanoverian mare and she was the top scoring mare in the MPT! For her inspection, she received an overall score of 8.0 with 8's for head, foreleg, hindleg, conformation, typiness and femininity, correctness of gaits and overall impression and development. She received a 9 for her walk and 7's for everything else. In the free jump chute, she did OK with a 7.5 and a 6. When lunging her for a short while prior to the under saddle portion, she somehow cut her leg. Being a resourceful (and determined) owner, I stapled the wound together and wrapped it so she could continue in the last group to go. In her under saddle portion of the test, she got a 9 for the walk, and 8 for the trot, canter, and rideability for a total score of 7.69. Not bad for a green broke three year old! She ended up in second place for the Walter Hartwig Award for 2008, an honor I have won twice and been in the top 5 every year since its inception with my green broke three year olds. 

When she was born, we named her Lhibrarian, Marion for short (ever see Music man?). Her dam, Rhococo was the top mare at the Hilltop Farm inspection in 1999 with a 7.5 inspection score.

SOLD! Congrats to Pam of CA!