Exhibtions
Equitana 2000
Fell Stallion "Waverhead Robbie"
Equine Affaire Ohio 2003
Equine Affaire Ohio 2004
Midwest Horse Fair 2005
Fell Stallions "Waverhead Robbie" and "Waverhead
Model IV"
Equine Affaire Ohio 2005
Fell Stallions "Waverhead Robbie" and "Waverhead
Model IV"
Laurel Highland Fell ponies have also been shown at
multiple exhibits coast-to-coast, including
Laurelhighland Tabitha at Equine Affaire Ohio 2006;
Laurelhighland Prince and
Laurelhighland Jake at Equine Affaire
Massachusetts 2005; Laurelhighland Victor
at the Midwest Horse Fair 2006; and Laurelhighland
Rose Petal at the Sacramento Horse Expo 2006!
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Sarah Mueller, who was visiting us from Narnia Fell Ponies in Germany, joined us to help promote Fell ponies at Equine Affaire Ohio in 2003. Here she is shown warming up one of our Fell pony stallions, Waverhead Robbie, for the Fell pony breed demonstration. The Fell pony booth and demonstrations at both Equine Affaire Ohio and California in 2003 were sponsored by the Fell Pony Society of North America, Inc. (www.fpsna.org) |
Our Fell ponies at Equine Affaire ~ Ohio
2004!
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Waverhead Robbie and Muffy Seaton at Equine Affaire Ohio 2004 Muffy Seaton's driving clinics were excellent, and Robbie did a great job - showing the crowd how smart Fell ponies are by how quickly they learn and how willing they are to work! Here he was being ground-driven by Ms. Seaton during the clinic which focused on "Bending the Combined Driving Horse". (And no, we don't normally ground-drive in a show harness -- Robbie was initially hitched to the carriage in formal harness for the first part of the clinic, and was unhitched to be ground-driven right on the spot.) The Fell pony booth and demonstrations at both Equine Affaire Ohio and California in 2004 were once again sponsored by the Fell Pony Society of North America, Inc. (www.fpsna.org) Representing the Fell pony breed at the 2004 Ohio event were our licensed stallions, Waverhead Robbie and Waverhead Model IV, in addition to Dan Shanahan's 2-year-old filly Majestic Rose. Sheila Amdor, a Fell pony owner from Iowa, also came to help us with the booth. For the breed demonstration, Fell ponies were shown in-hand, under saddle and in harness, and they all were a big hit! Nicole Cable also participated in Muffy Seaton's driving clinics with our Fell stallions at the show. Robbie was used in the clinic on "Bending the Driving Horse" while Model was used in the "Pleasure Driving" Clinic. Most people found it hard to believe that neither stallion had been driven since last year, and each had been running out all winter on our snowy mountaintop farm with their bands of mares!
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Our 6 y.o.
Friesian stallion "Romeo", who was Reserve Champion Stallion
at the 2000 Friesian Keuring, recently became "Approved" for
breeding when he passed the 50-day FHS/FPZV Stallion
Performance Test in Texas. Our Texan friends from Royal
Palm Friesians, who also attended Equine Affaire, brought
Romeo to Ohio for us so we could bring him home from there.
We weren't planning on showing him at this event, since we
were there primarily to show our Fell ponies, but Romeo is
such a beautiful animal it seemed silly for him to just sit
idle in a stall the whole time! With some last minute
planning, Romeo ended up being a big crowd pleaser at the
Friesian Horse Society booth, patiently allowing crowds of
fans to pet him and photograph him. His rider from Texas,
Dana Gilbert, rode him in one of the Friesian breed
demonstrations, doing a musical freestyle dressage
exhibition (shown above). Some of the spectators referred
to Romeo as the "'Mr. G.Q.' of Stallions!" ~ from his photos
you can probably see why!
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