adopted horses at shows, clinics and other events
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JUNE 2011:
"Senor Sancho" was originally adopted by and received his initial training from Yvonne Williams in 2004. Yvonne is very well known for scouting out young eventing prospects to start training and resell. After providing his basic training, Yvonne sold Senor Sancho to a lower level eventing student taught by upper level rider and trainer Martha Lambert. As he showed advanced potential, Senor Sancho then moved on to upper level rider Elissa Estes (Gibbs) who is still his eventing partner today. In 2011, at age 11 and using show name "Medici", he is successfully competing in CCI*** events and has qualified for The Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event, the only four star event in the Americas.
Senor Sancho was an early placement by Second Stride's founder Kim Smith that helped inspire her to formalize the adoption process and the non-profit organization in 2005. Jere Smith Jr. retired him sound from racing and asked Kim for help placing him in a show home. Senor Sancho was still a stallion, so Kim also helped by boarding him at her farm while evaluating his potential for a new career, and castrating him. At that time there were no adoption organizations that provided this kind of service - until Second Stride was organized. Senor Sancho is a great example of a well handled retirement, placement and training of a racehorse for a new career. Retired thoroughbred racehorses often make excellent eventing prospects. Eventing is an Olympic sport that requires many years of training to reach that level, and most horses at that level are 10-15 years old. Aspiring Olympic level riders are extremely supportive of the racing industry's thoroughbred retirement programs as adopters of the "sound but slow" runners. To learn more about eventing, visit the web site of the United States Eventing Association and The Cronicle Connection magazine. The photo at right is Medici in 2007, so if you have more recent photos or video, we'd love to see them. Here's a video of Medici at a 2009 event >> |
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JUNE 2011: Eventing Nation featured a story about Second Stride graduate Manchester following his first Beginner Novice event at the 2011 Indiana Eventing Association Horse Trials >> |
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JUNE 2011:
Second Stride presented a trophy to local rider Emma Burch who rode former Second Stride horse "Winston" (To the Woodshed), to earn the best overall score of 34.1 at the Spring Run Horse Trials. Three other horses were competing as Second Stride graduates eligible for this prize.
Aisling Carroll won the best Over All Thoroughbred Award sponsored by Second Stride for the second year in a row on her Claiborne bred mare "Fluff". She finished with a great score of 24! Aisling is the daughter of local race trainer David Carroll. Pictured at right, with Aisling receiving her award (premium saddle pad), is the show's host and organizer Susan Harris, Second Stride board member and award presenter Amy Seiler, and Second Stride board members Joan Thompson and Kathy Stim. JUNE 2010: Second Stride again sponsored a Trophy for thoroughbreds that have been through our program, at Spring Run Horse Trials held in Prospect, Kentucky, June 2010. There were several horses in contention for the Trophy this year including Next Generation with Jim Nealon at Training level, and Fuji with Beth Geiser at Novice level. The winner was "Look Cody Look" and rider Letha Calvin with a score of 30.0. Cody is by Code Word R. out of the Miswaki mare Lookin Good Darlin. The saddle pad prize for all competing thoroughbreds went to Aisling Carroll, daughter of race trainer David Carroll, on her super nice mare Fluff. They finished the Novice rider B group on a 26.2 score with 4 penalty points in stadium jumping. Dressage was finished with an amazing score of 22.2! This mare comes from the famous Claiborne Stables, breeder Dell Hancock. She is by Flatter out of Fence by Boundary. Everyone was full of comments on what a lovely sensible mind and steady personality this mare has, along with her beautiful movement and athleticism. |
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JUNE 2009:
Second Stride sponsored a silver trophy cup, engraved by the same engraver as the Kentucky Derby Trophy, for the overall best scoring Second Stride horse at the Spring Run USEA sanctioned horse trial held in Kentucky, June 13th and 14th, 2009. This is one of the nation's oldest sanctioned horse trials and is right across the street from the leased facility where we train Second Stride horses. Second Stride also awarded a saddle pad to the overall best scoring Thoroughbred at the show.
Debbie Iezzi and Maxfli ("MAX") won the silver trophy - they were in contention with Mt. Fuji, another adopted horse from our program that actually won his division for his adoptive owner! Local eventing coach and top level three day event rider Martha Lambert won the saddle pad for the best scoring thoroughbred. She had a 29.5 in dressage and won on that score overall. We wish luck to all as they move up the eventing show ranks. |
| MAY 2011: Former Second Stride horses who we know competed at the 2011 USEA/USEF Recognized May-Daze Horse Trials at the Kentucky Horse Park were Max, Fancee Schmancee, Hachimaki, Paintspot, and Cultured. | |
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MAY 2011:
Point May, now known as "Talon", finished his first Training level event at Greater Dayton Horse Trials with double clear stadium and cross country.
Also competing at Greater Dayton Horse Trials was Second Stride graduate "Specter". Only 2 months after his adoption he finished 6th at the Beginner Novice level. His new owner Amanda wrote about the show in her blog >> |
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April 2011:
Immediately after a torrential rainstorm, Jim Nealon and 2007 Second Stride graduate "Next Generation" perform a clean show jumping round on the way to finishing 2nd of 11 at the Spring Bay Horse Trials held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Next Generation's show record >>
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2011:
The video below is from a Lynn Coates-Holmes clinic at Spring Run Farm, where Second Stride program 2009 graduate "Hachimaki" participated >>
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