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SCA spells “ENDURANCE”!

As of February 28, 2018

35 Sturgeon Creek Arabian-bred horses have:

29,010 AERC and EC miles*

711 total rides

86% completion record

33 Best Conditioned awards

246 Top Tens

61 First Places

41 Second Places

* Note: Before 2015, all miles reported above were for AERC-sanctioned rides. Effective in 2015, Equestrian Canada (EC) is sanctioning some Canadian rides exclusively; these ride results also are included.

We at Sturgeon Creek Arabians are particularly proud of the quality of horses our breeding program has produced. Several have excelled in endurance racing.

In 2002, SCA Dartagnan was chosen to represent Canada at the World Endurance Championship in the United Arab Emirates. In 2008, Reason To Believe was the second SCA-bred horse to be selected to compete at the World Endurance Championship, held in Malaysia. We think it is quite a feat for a small breeding program such as ours to have produced two world-class athletes.

We have posted several articles about our endurance activities on our Articles page. These include a PowerPoint created in February 2014 about our breeding program and our top 11 endurance horses (click here); an article published in February 2014, “Sturgeon Creek Arabians”, edited by Daphne Richard, Past Chair, Endurance Canada (click here); Carl Fudge’s pedigree analysis of Nobby, winner of the 2010 World Endurance Championship held in Kentucky (click here); and Carl Fudge’s presentation on September 3rd, 2011, "What Should I Look For In A Prospect For Endurance Competition?" (click here).

Here are our 35 SCA-bred endurance horses that have gone more than 29,000 miles in AERC and EC rides:

MISTANSZA, owned and ridden by Charlene Lewis, California

SAVOUR THE MOMENT, various riders including Jordan Finley, Dabney Finch, Lois Wifall, California. AERC 10-year Equine Longevity Award

SCA DARTAGNAN, owned and ridden mainly by Myna Cryderman, Manitoba. AERC 10-year Equine Longevity Award

SPIRITED MUSIC, owned and ridden by Brooke Schick, California. AERC Decade Team, AERC 10-year Equine Longevity Award, and AERC 3000-mile Equine

MABELLINE, owned and ridden by Marie Feuer, California

PARADIGM SHIFT, owned and ridden by Mike Stueve, California

BE MY LOVE, owned and ridden by Susan Friedman, California. AERC Decade Team, AERC 10-year and 15-year Equine Longevity Awards, and AERC 3000-mile Equine

SEEK THE MOMENT, owned and ridden mainly by Cheryl Dell, DVM, California

REASON TO BELIEVE, owned and ridden mainly by Cheryl Dell, DVM, California

HIROKO, various riders including Marcie Clokey-Till, Deborah Whorf, Dian Woodward, Utah

POWER RANGER, various riders including Lisa, Shel and Amy Schneider, Anna Allen, Victoria Henley, California

PRETTY JAZZY, various riders including Tammy Robinson, Charleen Auerbach, California

HARLEQUIN ROMANCE, various riders including Charlene Lewis, Denny Emerson, California

NIGHTINGALE’S SONG, various riders including Lynnette Hulbert, Dorann LaPerche, California

PYTHAGORAS, various riders including Katie Tomasetta, Ron Rauch, Madeline Rauch, California

PRIVY COUNCILLOR, various riders including Kate Tancer, Forrest Tancer, Elicia Kamberg, Utah

SEIZE THE MOMENT, ridden mainly by Sharon Kuzyk, Manitoba

GRAND MARNIER, owned and ridden by Gwenn Dexter, Nova Scotia

OPIMIAN, ridden by Ashley Fudge, Manitoba; Robert Kamal and owner Kimberly Rivers, California

SOJOURNER, owned and ridden mainly by June Scales, California

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, owned and ridden by Jeannette Flaig, Wyoming

OPUS ONE, owned and ridden by Katrin Levermann, British Columbia

KAPITAN, ridden by Mike Stueve and owner Gary Brown, California

PROTOTYPE, ridden by Erica Hice, California

PETERSBURG (aka AVATAR), owned and ridden by Jerry Gillespie, DVM, California

PHOTON, owned and ridden by Jerry Gillespie, DVM, California

MESA, ridden by Darcy Fudge and owner Jacqueline (TJ) Davis, California

A MIA MO, owned and ridden by Ashley Fudge, Manitoba

PERPETUAL MOTION, ridden by Ashley Fudge in Manitoba; owned and ridden by Kimberly Rivers, California

PERCUSSION (aka FLASH), ridden by Ashley Fudge, Manitoba and owner Cheryl Dell, DVM, California

INDEPENDENT MOVER, ridden by Ashley Fudge and Jeff From in Manitoba; owned and ridden by Heidi Telstad, British Columbia

POSITIVELY MEE, ridden by Jeff From in Manitoba; owned and ridden by Tania Watchorn, Bowmanville, Ontario

SCA MY IMAGINATION, owned by Sturgeon Creek Arabians and ridden by Chris Paulus and Jeff From in Manitoba

SCA MIRROR IMAGE, owned by Sturgeon Creek Arabians and ridden by Chris Paulus in Manitoba

INNER SANCTUM, trained by Jeff From in Manitoba; owned and ridden by Christine Thomson, British Columbia

Top performers bred by Sturgeon Creek Arabians:

Be My Love, ridden by owner Susan Friedman, Cuyama Oaks ride, March 2008.

Credit: Lynne Glazer Imagery

Be My Love, ridden by owner Susan Friedman, at the 2009 Manzanita Endurance Ride Region 1 Championship.

Credit: Annie Libby Photography

BE MY LOVE (Pyatigorsk x Balalovja by *El Purchino NSB), 1996 mare, AERC#:H33697

AERC 10-year and 15-year Equine Longevity Awards (2002-2016), effective November 30, 2016. This new AERC award is given to horses completing at least 50 AERC miles over 10, 15, 20, and 25 years.

Be My Love and owner Susan Friedman are AERC Decade Team members, 2003-2012. AERC Decade Teams are one horse and rider combination, completing at least one 50-mile AERC ride yearly over 10 years. Be My Love and Susan Friedman competed 10 consecutive years to earn this award.

AERC 3000-mile Equine. Awarded to “Equines with 3000 or More Lifetime Miles”.

Endurance winner in California. Be My Love completed 3,245 miles, 68 ride completions out of 73 starts (93% completion rate), 15 Top Ten finishes, and 2 wins.

Ride highlights:

2006 --Twenty Mule Team (65 miles) - 14th place. Rider: Susan Friedman

2008 -- Bar H (50 miles) – 1^st place. Rider: Susan Friedman

2008 -- Manzanita End. Ride, Elevator, Reg. 1 Champ (50 miles) – 15^th place. Rider: Susan Friedman

2009 -- Fire Mountain (50 miles) – 4^th place. Rider: Susan Friedman

2009 -- Manzanita End. Ride, Elevator, Reg. 1 Champ (50 miles) – 25^th place. Rider: Susan Friedman

2009 -- Git R Done Elevator (50 miles) – 3^rd place. Rider: Susan Friedman

2010 -- Cuyama Oaks Pioneer (50 miles) – 4^th place. Rider: Susan Friedman

2011 -- Bar H Elevator (50 miles) – 7th place. Rider: Susan Friedman

2012 -- Bucksnort Challenge (50 miles) – 14^th place. Rider: Susan Friedman

2014 -- Death Valley Encounter Pioneer (50 miles) - 9th place. Rider: Susan Friedman

2015 -- Descanso Fall Ride (50 miles) - 8th place. Rider: Parry Kietzman.

2015 -- Cuyama XP Pioneer (55 miles) - 14th place. Rider: Janet Worts

2017 -- Coso Junction (25 miles) - 1st place. Rider: Susan Friedman

Correspondence received from the owner of Be My Love: I soooooooooooooo love my horse - thank you. She is so beautiful and sweet. I so enjoy her. Comment about the AERC 15-year and 10-year Equine Longevity Awards, March 2017- thank you for breeding my Dream Horse… I am in excellent company. - Sue Friedman, California

SPIRITED MUSIC (PISTASCHIO x Kaluwa by Pyatigorsk), 1996 mare, AERC#:H32750

AERC 10-year Equine Longevity Award, effective November 30, 2016. This new AERC award is given to horses completing at least 50 AERC miles over 10, 15, 20, and 25 years.

Spirited Music and owner Brooke Schick are AERC Decade Team members 2002-2013. AERC Decade Teams are one horse and rider combination, completing at least one 50-mile AERC ride yearly over 10 years.

AERC 3000-mile Equine. Awarded to “Equines with 3000 or More Lifetime Miles”.

Endurance competitor in California. Spirited Music completed 3,380 miles, 68 completions out of 75 starts (91% completion rate) including the Tevis Cup.

Ride highlights:

2003 -- Bar H Boogie (50 miles) 15^th place. Rider: Brooke Schick

2003 -- Old Warriors’ Water Hunt (50 miles) – 12^th place. Rider: Brooke Schick

2003 -- Mt. Charleston Challenge I & II (75 miles) – 7^th place. Rider: Brooke Schick

2005 -- Davenport Dare, AHA Region 2 Champ (50 miles) – 20^th place. Rider: Brooke Schick

2006 -- Fire Mountain (50 miles) – 15^th place. Rider: Brooke Schick

2006 -- Tevis Cup (Western States Trail Ride) (100 miles) – 60^th place. Rider: Brooke Schick

2012 -- Paunsagaunt XP Pioneer Randy Coleman Memorial Ride (50 miles) – 15^th place. Rider: Brooke Schick

2012 -- Bill Thornburgh Friends & Family-50 AHA (50 miles) – 17^th place. Rider: Brooke Schick

2014 -- Los Padres I & II - 11th place. Rider: Brooke Schick

Comments received from the Owner of Spirited Music, December 20, 2010: Spirit completed Tevis with ease - really. She loved the ride. I did not go up cougar rock. I was riding with the grande dame of Tevis at the time (Barbara White) and she opted to go around, and so did I. I'm thinking about doing it again in 2011…! Spirit is an amazing horse. With a rider like Cheryl Dell she could have achieved as much as Reason (To Believe) has. She is a dream horse. Comment about the AERC 10-mile Equine Longevity Award, March 2017: Spirit is still going strong and doing 50's. - Brooke Schick, California.

Spirited Music, ridden by owner Brooke Schick, Tevis Cup (Western States Trail Ride), August 2006.

Credit: Casey Spencer, Photographer

Spirited Music, ridden by owner Brooke Schick, at the finish of the Descanso 50-mile ride, June 2015.

Credit: Kimberly Rivers, Photographer

Mistansza, ridden by owner Charlene Lewis, climbing Cougar Rock at the Tevis Cup (Western States Trail Ride), August 1998.

Credit: Hughes Photography

MISTANSZA (*SEKSTANS PASB x Moment of Mine by *El Purchino NSB), 1992 mare, AERC#:H27888

Endurance winner in California. Mistansza completed 49 of 52 rides including the Tevis Cup, for a total of over 2600 miles, 14 Top Tens and 1 win.

Ride highlights:

1998 -- Tevis Cup (Western States Ride) (100 miles) - 84^th place. Rider: Charlene Lewis

2000 -- Mt. Charleston Challenge I (75 miles) – 1^st place. Rider: Charlene Lewis

2000 -- Cow Tanks Pioneer Day 1 (60 miles) – 4^th place & BC. Rider: Charlene Lewis

2000 -- Old Warrior’s Water Hunt (50 miles) – 3^rd place. Rider: Charlene Lewis

2000 -- Californios 100-National Qualifying Ride (100 miles) – 16^th place. Rider: Charlene Lewis

2001 -- Around The Mountain (50 miles) – 4^th place & BC. Rider: Charlene Lewis

2006 -- Bear Valley Endeavor I & II (50 miles) – 4^th place. Rider: Yara Brighton

SAVOUR THE MOMENT (*SEKSTANS PASB x Moment Of Mine by *El Kasaka NSB), 1994 gelding, AERC#:H29501

AERC 10-year Equine Longevity Award, effective November 30, 2016. This new AERC award is given to horses completing at least 50 AERC miles over 10, 15, 20 and 25 years.

Endurance winner in California. Savour The Moment completed 2540 miles, 47 of 62 rides (75.8% completion rate), 2 Best Conditioned, 5 wins and 7 seconds.

Ride highlights:

2001 -- Fire Mountain 30/50 (50 miles) – 1^st place. Rider: Fred Beahm

2003 -- Fire Mountain (50 miles) – 2^nd place & BC. Rider: Dabney Finch

2003 -- Cincuenta Anos (50 miles) – 1^st place & BC. Rider: Dabney Finch

2006 -- Tour de Washooo (50 miles) – 1^st place. Rider: Lois Wifall

2008 -- Fort Schelbourne XP 5-Day Pioneer Day 1 (50 miles) – 1^st place. Rider: Lois Wifall

2008 -- Fort Schelbourne XP 5-Day Pioneer Day 3 (50 miles) – 1^st place. Rider: Lois Wifall

Comments received from the owner of Savour The Moment: Savour was very fast. I think that of all the horses that we personally have or have ridden he was the fastest. He was a very talented athlete and had very competitive nature; he was a lot of fun to ride! - Lois Wifall, California.

Savour The Moment, ridden by owner Lois Wifall, Tour de Washoo ride, August 2007.

Credit: Rene Baylor, Baylor-Gore Photography.

Savour The Moment, ridden by Jordan Finley, Mt. Laguna ride, June 1999.

SCA Dartagnan, ridden by owner Myna Cryderman, representing Canada at the World Championship in the United Arab Emirates, 2002.

SCA DARTAGNAN (*El Kasaka NSB x *Dolly NSB by *MUSLIN RASB), 1990 gelding, AERC#:H28123

AERC 10-year Equine Longevity Award, effective November 30, 2016. This new AERC award is given to horses completing at least 50 AERC miles over 10, 15, 20, and 25 years.

Region 6 2x Endurance Champion and 1x Reserve Champion

Region 17 2x Region 17 CTR Reserve Champion, 2x Endurance Champion, and 1x Endurance Reserve Champion.

SCA Dartagnan completed 2400 miles in Canada and the USA, with 45 completions out of 58 starts (77.6% completion rate), 16 Best Conditioned, 45 Top Tens, 20 wins, and 11 seconds.

Ride highlights:

2001 -- Fort Howes 25/50/100 (USA) (50 miles) – 1^st place. Rider: Lisa Somerville

2001 -- Great Northern Connection (Canada) (100 miles) – 1^st place & BC. Rider: Myna Cryderman

2003 -- Fort Howes (USA) (50 miles) – 2^nd place & BC. Rider: Myna Cryderman

2003 -- Chimney Butte Ride (USA) Day 1 (50 miles) – 1^st place & BC. Rider: Myna Cryderman

2003 -- Long X I (USA) (50 miles) – 1^st place. Rider: Myna Cryderman

2005 -- Long X II (USA) (50 miles) – 1^st place. Rider: Myna Cryderman

2008 -- Fort Howes CEI**/CEI*** (USA) (50 miles) - 14th place. Rider: Kordula Voigts

2008 -- Big Horn Elevator (USA) (100 miles) – 14th place. Rider: Kelsey Kimbler

Comments received from the owner of SCA Dartagnan, January 2014: I think these horses have great longevity. Dart is still going strong at 24 years young and will still give you a quite a ride. Comment about the AERC 10-year Equine Longevity Award, March 2017: I had no idea Dart and I received this award. Nice surprise… Very good idea to award longevity in this sport. – Myna Cryderman, Manitoba

MABELLINE (aka TR Belle) (PISTASCHIO x Maybe Mee by Pyatigorsk), 1996 mare, AERC#:H31876

Endurance competitor in California. Mabelline completed 1,770 miles and 38 of 43 rides (88.4% completion rate).

Ride highlights:

2001 -- Norco Riverdance Ride–IAHA Reg 1 Champ (50 miles) – 40^th place. Rider: Marie Feuer

2004 -- Californios Lite (30 miles) – 5^th place. Rider: Marie Feuer

2005 -- Easy Come/Easy Go AHA Reg 1 Championship (50 miles) – 26^th place. Rider: Marie Feuer

2006 -- Los Padres I & II, Day 2 (50 miles) – 10^th place. Rider: Marie Feuer

2006 -- Bear Valley Endeavor I & II (50 miles) – 7^th place. Rider: Marie Feuer

2007 -- Tejon Ranch (50 miles) – 12^th place. Rider: Marie Feuer

Correspondence received from the owner of Mabelline: She is an incredible horse. Aside from being an almost perfect athlete, she has the personality of a golden lab. She is level headed, and smart. She takes complete care of herself during any endurance ride. She has a willing heart, but knows when she is tired. She makes an outstanding "pet," trail horse, and arena horse in addition to doing endurance. -Marie Feuer (Professor of Psychology, Mt Sierra College, Monrovia) California.

Mabelline, ridden by owner Marie Feuer.

Credit: Jonni Jewel, Photographer.

Paradigm Shift, ridden by owner Mike Stueve, Bar H ride, January 2009.

Credit: Lynne Glazer Imagery

PARADIGM SHIFT (Pyatigorsk x My Madame by *El Kasaka NSB), 1998 gelding, AERC#:H34442

Endurance winner in California. Completed 1,480 miles and 100% of his 30 races, including 3 Top Ten finishes and 1 win.

Ride highlights:

2005 -- Save Our Trails (50 miles) – 15^th place. Rider: Mike Steuve

2005 -- Gambler’s Special Pioneer Day 1 (55 miles) - 1^st place. Rider: Mike Steuve

2005 -- Gambler’s Special Pioneer Day 2 (55 miles) – 7^th place. Rider: Mike Steuve

2005 -- Los Padres I & II (50 miles) (50 miles) – 13^th place. Rider: Mike Steuve

2008 -- Santa’s Get Up and Go (50 miles) – 5^th place. Rider: Mike Steuve

Correspondence received from the wife of owner Mike Stueve, March/April 2011: Bud is such a wonderful, versatile horse. We love to show him to friends who think Arabians are too hot and skittish. They leave thinking the Arabian horse is a wonderful breed. He is a lovely, sweet horse and a treasured member of our family. With Mike’s surgeries and my pregnancy, months have gone by with no work other than turnout or leading. And yet, Mike can just hop on Bud’s back and expect a calm ride as if he had been out yesterday. – Karen Stueve, Newbury Park, California.

Seek The Moment, ridden by owner Cheryl Dell, DVM, winning the Norco Riverdance IAHA Region 1 50-Mile Championship, September 2001.

SEEK THE MOMENT (aka Mack) (*SEKSTANS PASB x Moment Of Mine by *El Kasaka NSB), 1995 gelding, AERC#:H30911

Endurance champion in California. Seek The Moment completed 1,425 miles, 26 of 34 completions (76.5% completion rate), 1 Best Conditioned, 25 Top Ten finishes, 12 wins and 6 seconds.

Ride highlights:

2001 -- Norco Riverdance Ride – IAHA Reg 1 Champ (50 miles) - 1^st place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2002 -- Quicksilver Spring Classic (50 miles) - 1^st place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2003 -- Tecopa Hot Springs (50 miles) - 1^st place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2004 -- Mariposa “Run for the Gold” (50 miles) - 1^st place & BC. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2004 -- AERC National Championship Ride (100 miles) – 3rd place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2005 -- AERC National Championship Ride (100 miles) – 4th place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2006 -- Rides of March (50 miles) - 1^st place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

Reason To Believe ridden by owner Cheryl Dell, DVM, Eastern High Sierra Classic ride, August 2008.

Credit: Robyn Burgess Photography

Credit: Merri Melde during the NAETC 2011

REASON TO BELIEVE (Pyatigorsk x Resza by *REZUS++ PASB), 1998 gelding, AERC#:H37996

2006 AHA US National Endurance 100 Mile Champion

2007 AERC National Championship 100 Mile Reserve Champion

2007 Region 2 Endurance Reserve Champion

2008 Region 4 100 Mile Endurance Championship Reserve Champion

2008 One of 6-Member Team USA at the 2008 World Endurance Championship in Malaysia

2009 Region 4 100 Mile Reserve Champion

Reason To Believe completed 1830 miles, 32 of 35 races (91.4% completion rate), 7 Best Conditioned, 30 Top Tens, 13 wins and 8 second place finishes, and he placed in the Top Ten in 86% of his races.

Ride highlights:

2005 -- Quicksilver Spring Classic (50 miles) - 1^st place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2006 -- Rides of March (50 miles) – 2^nd place & BC. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2006 -- Cuneo Creek Elevator Ride (50 miles) – 1^st place & BC. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2007 -- Malibu-AHA Region 2 Champ. (55 miles) - 2^nd place & BC. Rider: Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2007 -- AERC National Championship (100 miles) - 2^nd place & BC. Rider: Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2009 -- Owyhee Fandango International Pioneer (100 miles) – 2^nd place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2010 -- Prineville (50 miles) - 1^st place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2011 -- Whiskeytown Chaser (25 miles) – 1^st place & BC. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2011 -- Patriot's Day NAETC (100 miles) – 5^th place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2011 – Camp Far West (50 miles) – 1^st place & BC. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2014 – Los Padres II (25 miles) - 1^st place & BC. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

2014 – Camp Far West (50 miles) - 1^st place. Rider: Cheryl Dell, DVM

HIROKO (aka Trinity) (Pyatigorsk x My Madame by *El Kasaka NSB), 1997 mare, AERC#:H42524

Endurance competitor in Utah. Hiroko completed 1095 miles, 21 of 30 rides (70% completion rate), 15 Top Tens, 1 Best Conditioned and 1 second.

Ride highlights:

2009 -- Mt Carmel XP Pioneer (50 miles) – 3^rd place. Rider: Deborah Whorf

2009 -- Owyhee Fandango International Pioneer Day 3 (50 miles) – 3^rd place. Rider: Larry R. Cooper

2010 -- Antelope Island (50 miles) – 3^rd place. Rider: Deborah Whorf

2010 -- Mt Carmel XP Pioneer Day 1 (50 miles) – 4^th place. Rider: Deborah Whorf

2010 -- Mt Carmel XP Pioneer Day 1 (50 miles) – 3^rd place & BC. Rider: Deborah Whorf

2010 -- Moab Canyons Pioneer (50 miles) – 2^nd place. Rider: Katie Defrancesco

2011 -- Moab Canyons Pioneer (55 miles) – 10^th place. Rider: Cara Barnes

2014 – Mt. Carmel XP Pioneer Day 1 (50 miles) – 4^th place. Rider: Mike Le Roux

2014 – Mt. Carmel XP Pioneer Day 3 (50 miles) – 3^rd place. Rider: Mike Le Roux

2014 – Mt. Carmel XP Pioneer Day 5 (50 miles) – 5^th place. Rider: Mike Le Roux

Correspondence received about Hiroko (aka Trinity), February 2011: Trinity is a very nice horse, we enjoy her a lot. She is a beautiful mare, great disposition. – Christoph Schork and Dian Woodward, Global Endurance Training Center, California.

Hiroko, ridden by Katie Defrancesco, Moab Canyon Pioneer ride, October 2010.

Credit: Christoph Schork, Global Endurance Training Center

Hiroko, ridden by Dian Woodward, Mt. Carmel XP Pioneer ride, May 4, 2012.

Credit: Steve Bradley Photography

Power Ranger, ridden by Anna Allen, Wild West Pioneer ride, May 2006.

Credit: Rene Baylor, Baylor-Gore Photography

POWER RANGER (Pyatigorsk x TW Czorta by SAMTYR), 1996 gelding, AERC#:H31367

Endurance winner in California. Power Ranger completed 980 miles, 24 of 28 rides (85.7% completion rate), 9 Top Ten finishes, 1 win, and 2 seconds.

Ride highlights:

2001 -- Shine & Shine Only IV (25 miles) – 4^th place. Rider: Lisa Schneider

2001 -- Scotts Flat Ride (30 miles) – 5^th place. Rider: Shel Schneider

2002 -- Twenty Mule Team CEI/FEI (35 miles) – 2^nd place. Rider: Amy Schneider

2006 -- Wild West Pioneer Day 1 – 3^rd place. Rider: Anna Allen

2006 -- Wild West Pioneer Day 2 – 2^nd place. Rider: Anna Allen

2006 -- Wild West Pioneer Day 3 – 1^st place. Rider: Anna Allen

Comments received from the owner of Power Ranger, December 2006: Just want to say how much I love Piper. He came to me three years ago from friends who could no longer ride due to health issues. He has a wonderful disposition and takes good care of himself on the trail and in the pasture. This year he completed 8 of his 9 endurance efforts. You produced a really good horse! In February 2011: Piper is still with me. His disposition is wonderful and he is a steady guy. Anna (Allen) and Victoria (Henley) were teens when they rode Piper. They learned a lot from him. When he isn't being ridden on the trail, Piper gets in a few dressage lessons with my trainer, Kelly Casey. – Karen Bottiani, Moraga, California.

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