Hello,
I own a gelding that originally came from your farm and
I was wondering if you had any pictures of him from when
we was born or young. His birthday I believe is July 29,
1995. He is a Clydesdale x TB named calypso.
He is doing very well and we love him a lot. We have
owned him for 9 years and still keep in touch with his
two previous owners.
I have attached a current picture of calypso for you.
Thank you for your time, Laura E
Please excuse the brevity, this message was sent from my
iPhone
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Clydesdale/Thoroughbred
Cross
Sire: FWF Springdale's Benedictine Prince
Dam: Summer Song
Owner/Trainer/Rider: Catherine Doane
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Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007
Subject:
New Pictures of Clippy!
Hi!
Here's some nice pictures
of Clippy from South Farm this weekend!
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This
article was in the Horsmen's Corral
in Septemer 2007.
15
year-old Catherine Doane from McDonald,
Pennsylvania guided Flying W Farms Calypso, a
12 year-old, 16.1 hand
Thouroughbred/Clydesdale gelding to win the
Novice Rider division finalizing with a score
of 34. Third after dressage, the pair
moved up to second place after finishing clean
cross crounty and claimed the top spot with a
faultless stadium round.
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Sent: Tuesday,
August 14, 2007
Subject:
Fwd: Grand River Hunt
Here's some great
news about Catherine and Clippy from the
mini-trial at Grand River Hunt this past
weekend! the 39 is score for eventing, and
in eventing you
want the lowest score possible. In dressage of
course, you want highest score possible.
She did it again. First place with a
final score of 39. Not many Novice
riders this time. Actually she was in first
after dressage too. That's pretty good
for those two. Catherine had a
score of 35 and, oops, did take a rail down in
stadium. But all-in-all it was a really
nice job. On to South Farm in September.
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Eventing Horse Of
The Year 2006
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Grandpa's
Gift
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Sent:
Friday, August 11, 2006
Subject:
Re: Flying W Farms Calypso
I
GOT HIM!!!! All i needed was that name!
We
bred him; we sold him age two years to
Jackie
Reynolds! Here is all the information:
Flying
W Farms Calypso
bay
gelding foaled July 29, 1995.
Sire
Springdale Benedictine Prince Clydesdale
#C31393
Mother
Summer Song, unraced Thoroughbred mare.
The
mother was definitely thoroughbred but we
never had her papers.Summer Song is the name
we gave her.
Please
give me your name and address, I will send you
the paperwork you need to register Calypso
with the PHR!!!! You need to get him
registered and then get a HID (horse
identification number) with both the USEF and
with USDF so Catherine and Clippy will be
elegible for all the awards, both USEF and
USDF offer. And if you compete him under his
full registered name, Flying W Farms Calypso,
they will be elegible for all our year end
awards (our Farm gives very nice year end
awards) also!!!! This is such a great story! I
need to find time to post this on site under
horse references pages on our website!
What a wonderful story, Thanks to Jesus
and His love for Catherine and her
grandfather! Walt Disney would love this, he
would have made a movie out of it!
Maybe you will write a book someday about
Clippy and Catherine!
Fredericka
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Sent:
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Subject:
Re: Flying W Farms Calypso
Gives you
goosebumps doesn't it. I'm just glad he
didn't write the word "Ferrari" on the
envelope!
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To: Sam Doane
Sent:
Thursday, August 10, 2006 1:23 PM
Subject:
Re: Flying W Farms Calypso
I
wanted to add what a wonderful story that was
about your father and the envelope
you
found marked "horse." Wow, that was a clear
message from "the other side!"
some
say "beyond the grave." very inspiring story,
thank you for sharing,
PS
Do you have a photo of clippy,what color is
he?
Fredericka
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Sent: Tuesday,
August 08, 2006
Subject: Re:
Flying W Farms Calypso
We got Clippy
from John Petersavage. His son, Joel, took him
as far a Prelim and decided that they needed
another horse to go higher. Joel is a
strapping 6'-2" 185 lbs or so. We did receive
a Clydesdale registration paper with him, but
I believe that it was for Calypso's
sire. Forgive me because I know I'm not
going to get this correct and I don't have it
in front of me, but I think the horse's name
was 'Benedictine.' We were told Calypso's Dam
was a TB but don't know her name.
We would love to
know all about Clippy. How do we go about
getting his papers?
I would like to
share with you how we came to have him, if you
will permit me to ramble a bit. We started
looking for a horse for Catherine in the
spring of 2005. In that April Catherine's
grandfather, my dad, passed away
unexpectedly which was very hard on her as
he was a big supporter of her riding.
It was
about this time that we came to understand
that the Petersavage family was offering
Calypso for sale, but his asking price was
beyond me.
However, as
I was sorting through my dad's desk,
a month or so later, I came across an
envelope with Catherine's name on it
and the word 'horse' written in the lower
corner. Inside was a sum of money exactly
the amount I needed to buy Clippy for
Catherine.
Needless to say
every time I see her ride Clippy I get a bit
misty eyed and I know he can see Catherine
when she's on him.
Calypso,
obviously, is very special to us.
A few months
after getting Clippy, Joel's new horse
had to be put down because he tried to jump
out of the paddock, fell, and broke his neck.
It was a very sad day at the barn. Learning of
this tragedy, Catherine went over to Joel and
tried to give Clippy back to him. Had
the whole barn in tears that day. She's
quite a young lady.
There is so much
more to owning a horse than just riding it,
isn't there?
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Sent: Tuesday,
August 08, 2006
Subject: Re:
Flying W Farms Calypso
Well,
hello there! nice to meet you; Didn't you
get Calypso's papers when you bought him? I
have copies of everything if you need it;
who did you purchase him from? why did she
sell him?
Fredericka
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From: Sam Doane
Sent:
Monday, August 07, 2006
Subject:
Flying W Farms Calypso
Good
morning,
My name is
Sam Doane and since last year my daughter,
Catherine, is the very proud owner of Calypso.
Quiet honestly we do not know much about his
breeding but we have met his first owner at the
recent Buckeye Horse Park Minitrial last
weekend, and have met a few other lucky Flying W
Farms horse owners during this season.
Catherine
took two firsts, a second, and Champion in the
Saturday Novice Jumper Show and another first in
the Sunday Minitrial Beginner Novice Rider. This
is her first year at eventing and has done
pretty well.
She
certainly can go to higher levels as 'Clippy's'
previous owner had taken him to a number of
Prelim rated events and done well.
In
addition we became acquainted with Jenna Hill
who filled us in a littler bit about Flying W
Farms. We had no idea of the size of your
'extended family!'
Just
wanted to introduce ourselves to you and wanted
to let you know about Calypso's whereabouts and
successes.
Thank you
and best wishes.
Sam
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