HUNTERS COURT STABLE

BARN NEWS/EVENTS


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CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR 2010 HUNTERS COURT HORSE SHOW SERIES
CIRCUIT CHAMPIONS!

HIGH POINT HORSE
HIGH POINT RIDER
HIGH POINT TRAINER
Flecky Antars Flicka
owned by Jessica Schoemer
Megan Sulikowski
Wren Fraser

DIVISION
Champion
Reserve
Champion
11 & Under Equitaion
Lucie Clayton Johnston
Brenna Roe
12-17 Equitation
Megan Sulikowski
Sydney Adams
Adult Amateur Equitation
Nancy Preisser
Ashley McMillion
Child/Adult AM Hunter
White Chocolate
owned by Nancy Preisser
Calypso
owned by David Wright
Childrens Pony Hunter
Sunshine and Roses
owned by David Wright
Winnie
owned by Christian Love
Green Rider
Emma Dundon
Taylor Meek
Modified JR/AM Hunter
Larks Key Reason
owned by Megan Sulokowski
Greta Garbo
owned by Kate Sammons
Modified JR/AM Equitation
Megan Sulikowski
Kate Sammons
Pre-Child/Adult Hunter
Papparazzi
owned by
Julia Ruth Lawrence
Donato
owned by Katie Ramsey
Long Stirrup Hunter
Roger That
owned by
Anne Lacey Lawrence
Chandler
owned by Linda Seay
Schooling Hunter
Back In Black
owned by Ashley McMillion
Gemini
owned by
Short Stirrup Equitation
Maclay Bowers
Brenna Roe
Short Stirrup Hunter
Flecky Antars Flicka
owned by Jessica Schoemer
Super Duper
owned by Maclay Bowers
Walk Trot
Zoe Love
Katie Yanke

Special thanks to our Circuit sponsor:

Dr. Monty McInturf and staff at
Tennessee Equine Hospital

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2009 MTHJA AWARDS BANQUET


Congratulations to our Winners!!!!
Back row: (left to right) Abbie Clark, David Wright, Raffi Kechejian, Kaitlyn Alsup, Victoria Bennett, Jaclyn Cradduck, Nancy Preisser
Front row: (left to right) Taylor Meek, Jessica Schoemer, Olivia Russell, Katie Ramsey, Brenna Roe
Not pictured: Linda Seay, Morgane Qualls, Allison Taylor, Piper Taylor,
Allison Harding


Kiss For Luck, owned/ridden by Kaitlyn Alsup Grand Champion Pony Hunter
Champion Green Pony Hunter
4th Place Large Pony Hunter
Champlain Charade, owned/ridden by Katie ramsey Champion Medium Pony Hunter
Spotlight, owned/ridden by Jaclyn Cradduck Champion Young Hunter
4th place Pre-Adult Hunter
Take A Bow, owned/ridden by David Wright Champion Baby Green Hunter
Fleky Antars Flicka, owned/ridden by Jessica Schoemer Champion Long Stirrup Hunter
Co-Pilot, owned/ridden by Olivia Russell Champion Short Stirrup Hunter
Allspice, owned/ridden by David Wright Champion High Jumper
Lando, owned/ridden by Kaitlyn Alsup Champion Jr/AO Jumper
3rd place Child/Adult Jumper
Get In Step, owned/ridden by Abbie Clark Res. Champion Young Hunter
Play Along, owned/ridden by Linda Seay Res. Champion Modified Adult Hunter
Schroeder, owned/ridden by David Wright Res. Champion Low Jumper
Duc de Normandy, owned/ridden by Allison Taylor Res. Champion Jr/AO Jumper
6th Place Low Jumper
Katie Ramsey Champion 12-14 Eq
Champion MTHJA Pony Medal
Olivia Russell Champion Short Stirrup Eq
Morgane Qualls Res. Champion 12-14 Eq
Nancy Preisser Adult Sportsmanship Award Winner
Res. Champion Adult Eq.
Res. Champion Modified Jr/AM Eq.
Brenna Roe Res. Champion Green Rider
Cliff Notes, owned/ridden by David Wright 3rd place Pre-Green Hunter
3rd place Baby Green Hunter
Amici, owned/ridden by Allison Taylor, ridden by David Wright 4th place Pre-Green Hunter
3rd place 18-35 Adult Amateur Hunter
White Chocolate, owned/ridden by Nancy Preisser 3rd place 36+ Adult Amateur Hunter
3rd place Modified Adult Am Hunter
Back In Black, owned by David Wright, ridden by Victoria Bennett 6th place 15-17 Childrens Hunter
In Style, ownd by David Wright, ridden by Katie Ramsey 3rd place Modified Jr. Hunter
4th place Pre-Childrens Hunter
Going Places, owned by David Wright, ridden by Morgane Qualls 4th place Pre-Childrens Hunter
Crazy Beach, owned/ridden by Victoria Bennett 5th place Child/Adult Jumper
Victoria Bennett 5th place 15-17 Eq.
Allison Harding 5th place Adult Amateur Eq.
Piper Taylor 4th place Walk/Trot
Taylor Meek 4h place Green Rider


...And Congratulations to our National & Zone IV Champion!

Champlain Charade, owner/rider Katie Ramsey National Res. Champion Medium Pony Hunter
Zone IV Champion Medium Pony Hunter


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In Memory of Our Departed Equine Friends

Candlelight

As my candle, burning bright
Sends shadows off on this dark night
It offers peace, and hope and love
To the horses dancing up above.

My prayers and thoughts will help them find
Beloved friends they left behind.
So they may comfort us in turn,
And thus it is my candle burns.

With quiet tears, lovingly shed
I hear the horses, overhead.
Their pounding hooves are thunder stirred,
For another friend has joined the herd.


CAMPARI
1988-2010
Campari, David Wright's retired Grand Prix partner,
had to be euthanized on March 19, 2010 due to severe colitis.
He will be sadly missed by all at Hunters Court.


Marti

Blizzard

Sonny Dee
 

Tank
 

 

Mine Timber
by Tom Goodner
May 2006

 

When I first laid eyes on Timber
He was running in a field.
His racing days had ended,
Former owners unhappy with the yield.

Around about six months later
With a few dollars I could count,
I went to see if he could be
My next equine paramount.

He looked a sheddin' shaggy,
Was thin and unfit too.
But he had that big step beauty,
Over every test jump he flew.

With his mistress we struck a bargain
'Though the vet had found a glitch.
My thoughts were, I've shopped enough,
He'll do the work without a hitch.

The first two years were fits and starts.
I had yet to realize
He was more than just a useful horse,
Had a competitor's heart inside.

Sure enough he was mighty green,
Flighty with willful thoughts.
With even the toughest ride he gave me
I knew the right one I had bought.

An amateur will make mistakes
Lord knows I've made my share,
Valiant Timber was ready to forgive
And gallop on without a care.

Timber


The true heart of this story
Now revealed for all to see,
I thought I was teaching Timber
He was teaching me.

Many a challenge we faced together
On verdant ground, unseen and far.
All he asked was that I sit up and ride,
Go ahead and raise the bar.

Timber's dreams were fields of green
A few grazers to be his herd
Just pull those shoes, groom no more
Freedom is the word.

And this I planned to fulfill
When working day was done,
Equine years can be so brief
I foresaw the setting sun.

But for all the plans and dreams we dream
There can be a fatal flaw,
That can stop a thousand pounds of might
It felled Mine Timber to the straw.

Now what can be a lasting legacy
For a simple equine soul,
But that my Timber was one hell of a horse
Oh how I miss him so.