PHOTOS OF VILAS COUNTY -4-18-08

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SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN HORSE
SHOW 2008
- 3-26-08


A very special event took place from 02/15-02/24/2008 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
It was the annual Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show and I had the chance to ride and compete there with my horse Kandy.

My mum specially flew in from Germany  to join us to the show and support Klaus and me in every matter.

After a 32 hour drive we (That's Klaus, my mum, Kandy, our German Shepherd Gypsy and I) finally arrived in Scottsdale on 02/12/2008.
Kandy was doing great even after such a long ride.
We directly moved her in the stall and also moved all my tack in our tack stall.

The first two days, the show hadn't start yet,  we used to show Kandy everything so that she can settle down and get
used to the arenas and the surroundings. We also were exploring the show grounds, which has 9 (3 covered) huge riding arenas,  
almost a mile of food tents and a  lot of tack stores. It was overwhelming how big everything was, but on the other side also impressive
how good the organization was, which brought everything and everybody so close together, that there wasn't a lot of walking necessary.

The show started on Friday, lasting over 10 show days,  with around 2700 horses participating and showing and competing in over 800 classes, which
included English, Driving, Reining, Cattle, Dressage, Sporthorses and Show Jumping.

It was amazing to see all these amazing and beautiful horses.

One of these horses was my little Arabian Purebred mare Kandy (Isle B Exceptional).
We had entered in Dressage, Sporthorse and Show Jumping classes.

Somehow Kandy knew that the competition is huge and she really gave everything and even there were a lot of new things going around the arenas, she really concentrated on me and our classes.

We had a lot of fun and we finished all in all with very good results.


 Here is what Kandy and I accomplished together:

1st place, 2x 3rd places and 6th place in Dressage Training Level
2nd place, 3rd place and 4th place in Show Jumping 3'3"-3'6"

and a TOP TEN Championship Sporthorse under Saddle 

I was very proud on Kandy and happy about our success.

Thanks so much to my family who were a great help and support in every moment!
This trip would have been impossible without you.

We also had the chance to visit the Grand Canyon on a class-free day.
Wow, that was wonderful!!
Luckily the weather was perfect and we spent a great day at the Grand Canyon with amazing views and unforgettable impressions.

 


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A NEW FAMILY MEMBER
-1-7-08


We were very anxious to welcome our new family member on January 7th, 2008.

Vilas County is his name. He's a 4 year old, dark bay Thoroughbred gelding. He currently measures almost 17hh, which means he will be definitely well over 17hh when finished growing. Vilas is a gentle giant with exceptional movement.
He is a grandson of A.P. Indy who is by Seattle Slew. A.P. Indy was the leading sire in North America in 2003 and 2006. He also has Lephard, Raise a Native, Storm Cat and Secreteriat in his breeding (Click here to see his pedigree http://www.pedigreequery.com/vilas+county)

Vilas came of the track sound and in good physical condition. He now enjoys his life with our other two horses (Darren and Kandy) on the farm.
He will be trained to be a sporthose, to be shown in Dressage, Show Jumping and Eventing.

Click here to see pictures of his first days at our farm.


             
The reason why everything was so exciting, is, that we bought Vilas sight unseen. We had to make our decision just from a ton of pictures as he was still located at a racetrack in Florence, Kentucky. There he didn't show that much ability to win races, so his former owner decided to find him a good home.

But it turned out that we made the right decision and now we are more than happy to have Vilas at our farm.

We say "Thanks so much" to Elizabeth Zuber and Barry Woods from Bits and Bytes Farm in Canton, GA (www.bitsandbytesfarm.com) to help us in finding this wonderful horse. Elizabeth convinced us in making this decision. Not only through her life-time experience in placing OTTB (Of the Track Thoroughbreds) in good homes with a future, but also through her loving and kind personality she assured us in getting Vilas.

 

 

 

 
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