I just got back from
Equine Affaire at 2:30 this morning and couldn't wait to let you all know what
a SUPER, FANTASTIC, SPECTACULAR job those horses, owners,
riders, did at the debut of Georgian Grande at Equine Affaire!!!!
Their first breed demo was in the coliseum yesterday and was an
amazing hit!!!! They did such a fantastic job! I felt so honored
to be there to be a part of it all! It was truly AWESOME and a
very professional, superb representation of the breed!!! It
seemed like they had been doing this demo for years and had it
choreographed down to the tiniest detail and what a smash they
were!
Phantom (Prince of
Thieves) floated in the arena like a beautiful angel dancing on
clouds doing his in-hand presentation. Even though Jackie has
those wonderfully long legs that are every rider's dream, she
could barely keep up with that gorgeous boy's HUGE ground covering
trot as he floated across the entire arena, his beautiful, black
coat just glistening like a gem under the lights. He strutted his
stuff like nobody's business and left the audience in awe!
Sherman (Undercover)
and Taya impressed the crowd dressed in their full police gear,
even Sherman wore a badge of his own! They did a nuissance
demonstration walking through swim noodles sticking out from jump
standards, walked over a noisy tarp filled with even noisier
trash, he stood like a statue as Taya waved a flag in the air and
all around his head and even popped over a few jumps. He proudly
led the crew at the end, parading the American Flag to the song
"Born in the USA!" And no horse does better job at hamming it up
with the crowd and capturing everyone's heart than the SHERM!!
(Prince) Namaste did a
spectacular representation of lower level dressage as a newly
broke youngster, not quite 3 years old. I was udderly amazed at
how calm, confident and balanced he was throughout all that
craziness! I just couldn't believe that a horse so young would
behave and perform that well period, let alone in front of such a
huge crowd in such a massive facility with a blaring announcer,
loud music, a clapping crowd and more visual stimulation than many
horses experience in a lifetime. I'm sure we'll see him at the
top of year end awards on a consistent basis!
Color to Burn spiced
up the show and gained MANY ooohs and aaaahhhs with an impressive
jumping display. At 17.2+ hands with LOADS of color (as his name
suggests) and a stature of nothing but sheer muscle, this guy has
presence!!! His little bitty owner/rider Sarah Ewing did a
fabulous jumper demonstration with him as they sailed over HUGE
fence after HUGE fence with super speed and accuracy. They made
it all look so effortless and beautiful!!
Bella (Princess
Isabella), another VERY young GG at JUST 3 years old, did a lovely
renaissance demonstration. Ginny was dressed in a gorgeous red,
gold and white renaissance dress and looked like a model as she
paraded Bella around the ring to beautiful music. What an
absolute vision of beauty riding that gorgeous black mare with
flowing mane and tail, her dress draped over Bella's hindquarters
as they gracefully trotted all around the arena. What a
fabulously calm, intelligent mind for such a young mare! THEN
Ginny hopped off to expose a western saddle, they threw on a
western bridle in the middle of the ring and Sarah Gentry did a
lovely western display for the crowd! What an elegant, strong,
gorgeous ranch horse look Bella presented in western tack with a
western rider.....WOW!!!
Finally, Niko (Prince
Castaspell) completed the performance with a breathtaking 2nd
Level dressage performance. What PRESENCE that 17.2 hand, VERY
upheaded, shiny bay GG had as he strutted his stuff around the
ring with such finesse! He floated across the arena and, combined
with his young rider, Nessa, they were the picture of elegance and
beauty! Nessa, at barely 19 years old, did a fabulous job with
him all on her own! Such a young girl doing an absolutely lovely
display of elegance without the help of any trainer whatsoever was
just incredible to me. GREAT JOB Nessa and way to go Niko!!
The horses and
riders/handlers were given a HUGE round of applause at the end of
the performance. Everyone of them was absolutely MOBBED by
adoring fans as they did a group meet and greet just outside of
the arena afterwards! There were many folks wanting to know more
about these horses and their breeding. I saw nothing but people
and cameras everywhere as these horses took the crowd by
storm!!! I got such joy out of watching these horses and
riders/owners capture the crowd with their beautiful presence and
joyful spirit. I saw nothing but huge smiles on faces everywhere,
the rider's were all so proud of their babies and the horses
absolutely knew it as they relished in the immense amount of
attention they received from their many admirers!
After the breed demo
and meet and greet, our breed stall was absolutely MOBBED with
people waiting in line to meet the GG on display and to get more
information about this new breed! What a fabulous first showing
these horses and the breed had and I'm soooo proud of everyone
that had anything to do with this incredible performance!
Congratulations IGGHR! SUPER JOB!!!
Jenna Hill, Reporter
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