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Subject:
Rockaway at the fair
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011
Great
news from the State Fair! Rockaway was really good in the am classes !
He got 1st in turnout, 1st in working, and 2nd in the reinsmanship (he
was perfect but his mother was first in line for the individual part
of the test and misunderstood the directions) ! I was so proud of him
! It was his first time in the busy indoor arena and he was a little
worried but rose to the occasion! For the two cones classes in the
afternoon, he was slower than the smaller guys and his driver, hehe,
missed a cone in the pick your own route class !!!!!!!! He won the
Reserve Championship and best of all, won the Concours D'Elegance
!!!!!!! He looked BEAUTIFUL! I bought the disc with the pictures on it
and will send you some when the photographer sends it to me ! You
would have been so proud of him ! An English gentleman was talking to
a friend of mine on the rail and said that Rockaway was what he has
been trying to breed for years !!!!!!!!! He said that he had just the
right amount of knee action and that he could really lenghten his
stride ! Whoopee !!!!!!!!!!!! The sofa backed phaeton goes with him
really well ! Rockaway is my baby !!!!! |
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Subject: Fwd: Photos from the driving show
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011
To: Fredericka Wagner
Rockaway was so good at his first driving only show ! He was the
reserve champion! It was a nasty cool rainy day, but he did very well
in some strong competition. The horse that beat him is coming back
today from the Friesian Nationals with lots of championships ! He got
a second in the Super Reinsmanship class to a horse driven by our
trainer and he was only decimal places behind her !!!!!!!! I was so
proud of him, he really rose to the occasion. The judge really liked
him and said that she wanted him for her dressage horse ! He's so big
that he's not very fast in cones, but he was accurate, and even got a
second in a pick your own route cones class !!!!! He's going to the
state fair in a couple of weeks, so cross your fingers that he's
confident in a big indoor arena !!!! |
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Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Subject: Re: Your horse
children
Rockaway went to his first driving show
and got a first and two seconds ? It was all in a busy covered arena
and he was so good. I was going to be thrilled if he just stayed calm
and happy. Also John Greenall, one of the driving gurus, came for a
clinic recently and really thought that he has a lot of potential for
driven dressage !!!!! Yippeeee ! Gail |
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Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Subject: Your horse
children
Hi Fredericka ! Just wanted to let you
know how well your old babies did at the Classic in the Pines.
Limelight has finally matured into a real show horse !!!! She and Pat
won the Concours D'Elegance and the Gentleman to Drive award, even
beating a gorgeous pair of Friesians. Her movement is amazing ! Lots
of people wanted to know what breed she was ! Bill Long and his wife
organize the event and he said that he wished that he had four of her
! We plan to take her to the Walnut Hill show in August in New York !
We also had a clinic with John Greenall and he really liked Rockaway
!!!!! He is doing so well. I've started riding Brighton Road and am
really excited about his progress, he is going to have that same
wonderful temperament that Rockaway has ! What you breed in, you don't
have to train in ! Hey, where did I hear that, hehe !!!!!! Lots of
love, Gail
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