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2016 Year-End Award Results

“you have harriet” my best friends responded to my worried texts. I WINDfIelD floWer gIrl
have harriet, I repeated to myself like a mantra. corK’s DuN BouNcINg (left); star of the IrIsh (right)
harriet launching out of the start-box delightedly. my grin emerged
when we were mid-air over the first giant brush, then full coffin (on with JacK lamBert. Photo courtesy ann morss.
off-set lines, mind you), and became permanent as we left a stride
out over the massive Weldon’s Wall (surely they borrowed this fence
from rolex). I shouted for joy splashing through the water heading
for home.
fist pumps from mom and Dad at the finish line, and hugs all around
were our reward for an incredible ride. harriet never doubted her job
for a moment, and displayed proud look with which she crosses each
finish line. I beamed with pride, and graciously thanked the strangers
who remarked, “great round, what a horse!” my response is always
the same; just two words: “she’s Irish.”

WINDfIelD floWer gIrl: champion - hunters level 1.
ridden by shelley Q. Peters. Photo by ann shira o’Donnell.
“rosie”, as she is known by her rider, trainer, owner and fans, is en-
joying the New year enhancing her hunter skills with weekly lessons
under the watchful eye of mary D’arcy (on the ground) and shelley
Q. Peters (in the irons). ms. D’arcy describes rosie as a “smart and
willing mare”, while olympian greg Best commented on rosie being
a “powerful, willful jumper”. rosie welcomes the challenges that are
added to her training regimen but mostly she looks forward to hack-
ing out with her sister, roxie, enjoying an occasional “spa day” and
eating lots of red Delicious apples as rewards for a Job Well Done!
to describe this purebred Irish Draught mare as straightforward and
lovely, kind, sweet and athletic, is a testament to her breeder rachael
cox and to the Irish Draught Breed. top gun stables is proud to
receive the hunters level 1 champion honors for rosie’s 2016
competition season.
go green, ride Irish!

star of the IrIsh (stotI): champion - fox hunting level 1.
owned and ridden by sarah Batzing.
In the 2016 hunting season stoti hunted a remarkable 68 times,
mostly first flight. While most of his hunting is done here at the
genesee Valley hunt in geneseo, Ny, he was able to winter in aiken,
sc. While down south stoti hunted with Peter stwertka at 5 different
hunts. When he is in geneseo, stoti is mostly used as a hireling for
both local hunters and out of town visitors. all told of his 68 hunts
last year, stoti hunted with 6 different hunts and carried 11 different

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