Show Results

Lyn was one busy lady at the Proud Meadows Sporthorse Breeders Show I and II June 3rd and 4th in Waxahachie, TX. She took three Gold Luck offspring and lived to tell about it. It was the first time at a horse show for all three of them! Her own Granville was 6th in the colts and geldings of 2004 class with a 61.550% on day I and was 4th in the Colts and Geldings of 2004 class on day II with a 68.5%.

Owner Comments

August 2004

Hi Mo,
I hope that you and the kids are doing well, and getting a breather after breeding season.

It was really fun to see both my boys on your website. Thanks for giving Gladstone his own page. It's really neat to tell my friends that they can look him up.

Attached are some pics of Granville taken yesterday at 7 weeks. We tried hard to catch his action, so you can see what a lovely mover he is. Of course, he only wanted to run and buck or stand still. I'm still trying to get one of his lovely, springy trot. I've also attached a few photos of Gladstone taken with my 6'2" husband last week after a show. Someday, I'll try to get a decent under saddle picture of him. (It's been hard tying to coordinate a photographer at a time when both Gladstone and I are tidy and the outdoor footing and weather are decent.)

The show was held as part of a large Morgan show in Tulsa, and amateurs and professionals were put together. Even so, Gladstone acquitted himself well, earning a second place with 68.46% in Training 4 and winning First 1 with a 69.26%. We had needed one more score at Training Level to qualify for our year-end awards, so this should be our last time out at Training level. The only exception will be the Region 9 championships, where I hope we will do well, even though the competition is fierce.

FYI, I asked USEF why Gladstone wasn't listed under Gold Luck on the leading sires list. They corrected it, and Gold Luck moved from #62 to #44 after GS�s scores were put in. (And Gold Luck had moved up again to #38 last week.) Let's hope the kids keep doing their daddy proud!

Keep in touch,
Lyn

June 2004

Hi Mo,

Sorry it's taken me a few days to get the news to you. After 354 days of gestation, Fanny foaled Granville at 2:30 a.m. June 18. Unfortunately, my Mother died the next morning, so we've had a rough week.

Granville arrived strong and healthy. He's chestnut with big blaze (no surprise there) and has nice, clean straight legs with stocking right hind, sock right front. I was a little surprised that he has less color than either of his parents, but that's unimportant. He is very much a little boy, and already shows brilliant movement - no surprise there. He was smaller than either his mother or "bruncle" (brother/uncle) were at birth, but I presume (?) that isn't a predictor of adult size?

While I didn't feel much like going, Norm and my Dad said that I should still go to the Briar Fox Farm show Gladstone was entered in this weekend. Kay Meredith was the judge, and she really liked our boy. Written comments included "Impressive, elegant horse" and "Wonderful pair." During the lunch break yesterday, she made a point of telling me what a lovely horse I had, and what I needed to work on to get even higher scores. Kay was most impressed that he was a homebred, and said that he was one of the nicest she has seen. She also encouraged me to take my time in bringing Gladstone along, in that she has seen many nice, big horses pushed too hard, with bad results. Oh, I guess you need to know that we won all 4 of our classes (we showed First 1 and 2 both days), and were First level high point both days. We're getting spoiled by all the blues! I don't think that BFF had an overall high point, but I'll check their website once the scores are posted to confirm and to see where we stood.

How does USDF award points to stallions on their offspring? Is it by blues, or % scores? And are you glad that breeding/foaling season is winding down?

Lyn

See the full report of Lyn's other homebred Gold Luck son Gladstone who is making quite a splash in the show ring with her! We love repeat happy customers!