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Sire: Koning-Friesian x
Dam: Glenmar's Amber Bounty-Saddlebred
Black Georgian Grande
Mare Foaled 06/18/05
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Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010
Subject: Princess Anastasia
I've enclosed some recent pictures of Anya. ! She turned 5
on June 18th!
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Georgian Grande in hand class at
Devon 2009
2nd
place in the
Georgian Grande
class
3rd
in the
PHR
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Anya’s
birthday was yesterday. She is now 4. Meghan and Anya got a
1st & 3rd place in a dressage show last
weekend. Our trainer said Anya is ready to move up a level. I
started a Georgian Grande Horse Group on Facebook. So, far
there are 11 members. Take care,Eileen
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Sent:
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Subject: Anya's dressage show
Hey there!
Anya competed in her first show of the season this
year. She got quite tired due to the heat and the fact
that her turnout was switched to evenings the night
before, but she still did fabulous and got some great
scores. She got a 63.5% in Intro A and a 69% in Intro B.
She got second in both classes. I was so proud of her!
I've attached some pictures too. There aren't any of
the actual tests because the indoor they were in was too
dark, but I have some from her warm-up. Hope you all are
doing well!
Meghan |
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Sent:
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Photos for you from Devon
and Anya's first dressage show.
Meghan |
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Georgian Grande in hand class at
Devon 2008 |
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2nd
place in the
Georgian Grande
class
2nd
in the
American Warmblood Society
class
6th
place in the PHR class
Owner Eileen Childs
Handler Bruce Griffin
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Anya placed third in the Georgian
Grande in hand class at Devon in Sept 2007 |
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Sent:
Monday, July 07, 2008
Subject: new pictures of
Anya
I finally have
pictures of me riding Anya. She's been doing fabulous and is
progressing quickly. I've also taken her on two trail rides now
and felt safe on her. Imagine that. Feeling safe riding a 3 year
old on the trail!
I plan to try to
take her to a breed show in September as well as take her to
Devon again this year. But the most exciting thing for me will
be taking her to her first under saddle show. I'm going to sign
her up for a dressage show in August and do her first test. I
can't wait!
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Sent:
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Subject: Updates on Princess
Anastasia!
I have a few new updates
on Anya and a few new pictures. She's hit quite a growth spurt and
is getting huge! She's about 16.2 hands now. She was only 15.3 hands
when we took her home ten months ago. Her personality is wonderful
and she has a great work ethic. Every time I go to get her out of
the field, all I have to do is whistle and she perks her head up and
runs to the gate immediately.
I was going through some old things in
my room and found a bunch of old artwork from middle school and high
school. One particular painting I did jumped out at me. I've
enclosed a photo of the painting. Its a picture of an all black
horse with a long mane and tail and a very upright neck and headset.
The horse even has feathers! It looks just like Anya. The strange
part is that I painted it back in middle school before Anya was even
born! You can see in the photos I sent you that it was dated and
signed on November 15th, 2001. I made it the same month of my 14th
birthday. I was only in 8th grade. My mom said I must have known she
was coming. I just thought that was quite ironic and had to show
you!
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Sent:
Monday, January 07, 2008
Subject: New pictures of Princess
Anastasia
I've enclosed some new
pictures of Anya. She has grown even more since I last emailed you
and it has only been two months! She's gaining muscle everywhere.
Her topline has gotten so nice! I'll send more pictures when I get
the chance.
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Anastasia at Devon 2006 |
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In training and her first ride |
Sent: Monday,
November 05, 2007
Subject: PRINCESS
ANASTASIA'S (ANYA'S first ride!)
Devon was so much fun!
Baron Von Rossi's stall was right across from Anya's, so we were
able to meet and talk with his owner. The best part for me was
getting to meet Anya's half brother, Prince of Thieves. He's so
beautiful! He's so big and so muscular that some people thought he
was still a stallion! I can't wait for Anya to get bigger. She's
already grown so much though. She's put on lots of weight and gained
muscle from all the long lining we've been doing with her. She's
just totally blossomed. Every time I pull my car into the parking
lot, which is right next to her field, she whinnies until I come and
get her. She'll also continue to call to me if I'm in the barn with
my other horse. It's so cute!
I have to tell you about
Anya's first ride! I had been putting a saddle on her a lot in the
indoor ring, so just in case she decided to buck, she'd have some
room. The saddle didn't seem to be bothering her so we started doing
it in the cross ties and she completely behaved herself. My mom and
I had also been laying across her back a lot when she was hand
grazing and she didn't care.
Back on October 22nd I
officially got on her back for the first time. I had laid across her
back before while my mom walked her in hand and she was great. When
I finally swung a leg over I fed her some sugar cubes from her back
so she'd know she was doing great. Then my mom asked her to walk
forward and she put her head up and backed up a few steps and I
thought, "Oh no! Don't rear!" But instead she turned her head around
to my side again, begging for more sugar cubes! That was the best
and funniest reaction I could have gotten. The second time I rode
her she was being especially wiggly that day (probably due to the
cold air) and when I got on her there were two other horses in the
ring. She still was a perfect little lady when I got on her back
again. I couldn't believe it! So now she's been ridden three times
and I hope to start being lunged while on her so she starts to learn
her commands while under saddle. She already knows voice commands so
she should be great.
I've enclosed some
pictures of Anya from Devon, her first ride, and a free lunging
session with our trainer. I apologize for the fuzzy shots from our
first ride, but it was dark and we were in and indoor ring. I'll get
some better ones as soon as I can!
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Sent:
Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:39 PM
Subject:
PRINCESS ANASTASIA - 1st Show
Anya made
her debut and competed in her first show this weekend. It was the
Breed Show at Morven Park on August 5th. She got 69.99% in the two
year old fillies class and 70.2% in the Performance Horse Registry
class. We thought this was great for her first time out. I was
really surprised at how good she was at the show. She acted like
she was at home. She even stood quietly on the trailer eating hay
while waiting for her next class. We received lots of comments from
people about how well behaved she was and how beautiful and elegant
she is. Even the judge asked what her breed was. We think is was a
very successful first show.
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Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007
9:27 PM
Here are a
couple of pictures of Anya taken today.
Doesn't she look pretty in a bridle?
Eileen, Meghan & Erin
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Sent:
Monday, July 09, 2007
Anya is doing great! She is learning so much.
She now gets turned out every night and is in during the day, so she
is on the same schedule as the rest of the horses in our barn. We
have had some hot days and I don't think Anya is used to the
humidity here yet. She goes outside at about 4:00, and is sometimes
pretty sweaty by the time we get there in the evening, so we hose
her off if she seems hot. She is extremely friendly to everyone .
When we drive up to the barn she always nickers and comes to the
fence. Once she even cantered up to us. We have tried different
horse treats to see which ones she likes. She seems to like the
sweet ones the best. Her favorites are licorice, butterscotch and
peppermint.
If we can get registered in time, Meghan plans to show Anya in hand
at Morven Park's breed show on 8/5. We are also thinking about
showing her at Devon in September.
Thank you for sending the baby photos of Anya and her mom. Her mom
is gorgeous. Erin used the computer to compare photos of Anya and
her mom. She discovered that Anya's face is identical to her
mom's. She has the same eyes, nose and ears! They are both so
beautiful.
We will send some new photos soon.
Talk to you soon,
Eileen
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Sent: Sunday,
June 03, 2007
Subject: WE LOVE
PRINCESS ANASTASIA
We finally made it
home late last night with Anya. We kept stopping periodically and
reassuring her. She really seemed to enjoy us checking in on
her. When we offered her a bucket of water she stuck her nose in it
and started to play with it! She was in that trailer for 8 1/2
hours, but was SO GOOD. She ate all of the hay in her hay bag
during the trip. When she walked off the trailer, she walked right
into our barn and started looking around.
She was hesistant to go
into her stall at first, but after we took our quarter horse, Lady,
in and out a couple of times, she decided it was ok and walked right
in. I think when Anya saw Lady eating HER hay, she decided she had
better get in there before Lady ate it all up. She was so funny
when she was watching Lady. She held her head so high and pricked
her ears, she looked like she was about eight feet tall. She
really has a presence.
Anya had a successful
first day. She is drinking and eating well and even tried a little
bit of grain. Our barn was busy with activity and she did great. A
dog even walked behind her and brushed against her legs and she
didn't even twitch. She grazed outside and walked around the barn
and into the wash stall today. In a day or two Meghan is going to
give her her first bath. She is such a good girl. She is really
smart and calm and very very sweet. She even walked and trotted on
the longe line today in the indoor arena. It was really hard to
believe she only arrived and stepped off our trailer less than 10
hours ago!
Here are a couple of
pictures we took today.
Thank you so much for
everything! We love Princess Anastasia!
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