May 2010
These darling
pictures are of 6 year old Emma Damrauer in her first ever
leadline class. She's riding Kholela Bey+ and that's Megan
Frantz handling the leadline. Both Emma and Kholela are 6 years
old! This is especially fun because Emma's class was "so
competitive" that the judge just couldn't decide which rider was
best, so she declared a 3 way tie for first place.
Congratulations Emma - I expect we'll see lots more "blues" in
your future!
April 2010
Available for 2010 on
site breeding lease: WINDSONG BEY, dam of National Champion
Klint Black++ and 3 time Top Ten Kholela Bey++/. Windsong is SCID
clear and CA n/n. She is due to foal in early July and would be
available for rebreeding to the stallion of your choice. email
for details
Available for 2010 on
site breeding lease: RAJIMA BLACK, daughter of National
Champion Klint Black++. Rajima is homozygous black, SCID clear
and CA n/n. She is an East Coast Reserve Champion SHIH ATH
Mare. She is due to foal in early July and would be available
for rebreeding to the stallion of your choice. email for
details
Here's a new picture of
Lynn Tucker on Jebediah Black practicing in the warm up ring
at the Ohio Half Arabian Horse Association Show. This was
Lynn's first time riding Jeb "off the farm" -looks like
they're both having a great time!
This
is Jane Keehn and RICKOCHET BEY (Desperado V X Moon Lily Bey)
setting a new standard on desensitizing your horse to a scary
blue tarp. Those who know me know I'm a big believer in working
with sensitizing and desensitizing horses and I spend a lot of
time with the babies doing all kinds of exercises with plastic,
tarps and lead lines, so when Jane sent me this picture, I just
had to share!
These pictures were sent to me
of Klint's 2 year old Half Arabian granddaughter, Dark N Mello (Darkhist
X Hollywood Cremella), still wet from a bath. She's really
growing up nicely! They're hoping for a reiner.
December 2009
I got an update from Susan
Stone from Cincinnatus, NY about Windkhatcher (Klint Black++ X
Windkhist). Susan sent Windkhatcher to Craig Barrett (www.hhfarmltd.com)
to get started under saddle. Windkhatcher is home now and Susan
is having a great time continuing his education....
Windkhatcher is doing really well.
He is not perfect but considering he will just be three and
half, I think he is great. We are having a lot of fun together.
He will probably go back to the trainer in the spring. If
everything goes well, hopefully I can show him next year.
It's going
to be fun to watch these two as they progress. With such a nice
foundation, I expect they will do extremely well! -
November 2009
Got this
addition from Bonnie from the EAAHSC Banquet:
At the EAAHSC Banquet
Khassidy was Champion in Purebred Geldings 2 & 3 Year
Olds, Champion in Halter Handling 3 & Under,
and Champion Futurity Geldings 3 Year Olds.
Our boy had a great year!
I just got
this from Tina Stoernell:
Sue,
I just wanted to
share the news about .SHA AMIRA MOON BEY [ Klint Black++
X Moon Lily Bey]. We just came back from double duty at the
VAHA and the BRAHA end of year high point banquets last night,
and we did very well. Amira received 4th place year end
high point for SHIH Mares from BRAHA, and she received 8th
place for SHIH (combined) from VAHA. She also received 5th
place in Trail Class from VAHA. Very respectable given the
limited showing we did this year and it being her first year
debut. With Amira's help, I was honored with grand champion
awards for my age group at BRAHA, and reserve champion at VAHA,
as well as grand champion exhibitor from BRAHA. We could not
be more proud. So look out for next year when Amira is under
saddle!
I got these darling pictures from Tina
Stoernell of her daughter Sophia and Amira Moon Bey (Klint
Black++ X Moon Lily Bey) and just had to share them:
"The Princesses
of Sunscat Hollow".
Sophia is seen
here in her western wear complete with her signature
tiara. No doubt who the princess is at our house! However, Amira
apparently felt that she was the princess that deserved the
tiara and tried to steal it away from Sophia. Now do you
see why we settled on Amira's name? Her name meaning
"princess" speaks well to her personality, and lends to just
a little more "diva drama" at our house.
Welcome to the Charming Meadow family
to Maranda Bouchard and "Salinger" (Klint Black++ X Sweet
Karolin). Maranda purchased Salinger when he was just 2 months
old from breeder Aimee Swistak. According to Maranda, "I
grew up riding his grand-dam, Sweet Salin. I feel so lucky to
have him!" Of course, I wanted
to know what future she is planning for her colt and she said, "Salinger
is 17 months now. We are working on the basics. He is such a
good boy, very curious, brave and a fast and willing learner. I
am a dressage person, so thats what I want to do with him
ultimately. I board him in CT and live in NYC (for now). I'm
with him on the weekends - which isn't enough for me, but
probably enough for him for now. I just found an amazing
dressage instructor on Long Island so I am taking lessons out
there now once a week. Lots of riding - on trains and
horses!" It'll be fun to
watch Maranda and Salinger evolve together. Here's hoping for
another dressage star like Megan Frantz's Kholela Bey!
HI SUE,
KHASSIDY BEY HAS DONE REALLY WELL THIS YEAR.
HE WON MANY HALTER CLASSES. MOST WERE 2 & 3 YEAR OLD
GELDING CLASSES. HE HAD SEVERAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND RESERVES
WHERE HE BEAT OUT THE AGED GELDINGS.
IN HALTER HANDLING HE WON MOST OF THE CLASSES (INCLUDING THE END
OF THE DAY HALTER HANDLING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE BRAHA SHOWS).
IN SPORT HORSE IN HAND HE WAS ENTERED IN PUREBRED AND OPEN SPORT
HORSE 3 AND OVER. OUT OF FOUR SHOWS, HE WAS CHAMPION IN SPORT
HORSE DIVISION AT THREE OF THE SHOWS. HIS SCORES RANGED FROM
69.5
TO 80.5.
. HE
WON CHAMPIONSHIP IN ALL THREE BRAHA DIVISIONS! HALTER
3 & 4 YEAR OLDS (all sexes), HALTER HANDLING OPEN, AND SPORT
HORSE IN HAND GELDINGS. HE WAS
ALSO ENTERED IN VERSATILITY WHERE HE PLACED SIXTH (NOT BAD
CONSIDERING HE HAD NO "PERFORMANCE" POINTS!).
KHASSIDY IS "UNDER SADDLE" (IT'S ON HIS BACK!!!) I'VE BEEN DOING THE CLINTON
ANDERSON BODY CURRY COMB LAYING ON HIS BACK ACROSS AND
LENGTHWISE. HE'S HAD A BIT IN HIS MOUTH SINCE APRIL SINCE IT
WAS REQUIRED FOR THE SPORT HORSE CLASSES. I'VE ALSO BEEN LONG
LINING HIM. HE'S DOING GREAT. AS SOON AS I'M
CONFIDENT THAT HE HAS "WHOA" PERFECTLY DOWN, I'LL THEN BE CLOSE
TO GETTING ON HIM - HOPEFULLY BEFORE CHRISTMAS. MY GOAL IS TO
HAVE HIM UNDER SADDLE, WALKING AND TROTTING BY APRIL 2010 (THE
FIRST SHOW ). UNFORTUNATELY I ONLY HAVE DAYLIGHT
TO WORK HIM ON THE WEEKENDS AND I DON'T HAVE AN INDOOR ARENA SO
I'M AT THE MERCY OF THE ELEMENTS (AND I HATE COLD!!)
WISH ME LUCK AND SAY A PRAYER FOR ME - HE'S A
BIGGGG BOY. AND IT'S HIGH UP
THERE.
BONNIE
October 2009
I
had a great chat with Kelly Boelman from Canada last evening.
She's in the process of naming her 09 Klint filly and came up
with Ebony El Ektric Black ( you have to say it fast and all
run together, but you get the idea - she's a sizzler!) Of
course, I asked her for some pictures and she sent these. Now
I wasn't going to use the candid shot at first, but the more I
looked at it and the more I read Kelly's description, I just
had to include it too... totally cracked me up! This filly is
SO typical of Klint's kids - a little bit darling and a little
bit devil! I see the same traits in grandson Black Magyk -
his nickname has become Mr Houdini for all of his gate opening
shenanigans. It runs in the family!!!
Here's one of Ebony El Ektric Black/aka Busy Body. See the
halter on the ground? See the mare I have to go re-halter?
See the giddy
filly beside me? It only took her about 4 minutes to pull that
thing
off her mother. I wish the panel wasn't in the way, but you
can see,
at only 4 1/2 months old (I'm 5'4"), this is a very
substantial,
smooth 'lil gal. I adore her, mischief and all! Kelly
Exciting news from Lynn Tucker - Jebediah Black is now
officially under saddle! Jeb has been with trainer Duane Esser
since early summer. Yesterday Lynn was at Duane's to check on
Jeb's progress and got a special treat when she had the chance
to ride him. Lynn has big plans for Jeb in Sport Horse classes
next year and it's really fun to see them take this first step
together. This is why being a horse breeder is so neat!
August 2009
I had
a wonderful weekend with a visit from Beth Conti (Mirage V++//'s
owner) and her stepdaughter, Jan Higa, a professional
photographer from Colorado. They were here to see Anna
Miriah and meet Windsong Bey since Beth has leased
her for a second foal. Lynn Tucker and her husband Jim came
over from New Jersey to meet Beth and snuggle their new filly.
We had a great time talking horses and getting to know each
other. At one point Jan said to Beth and me, "Did you know each
other before?" and we said, "No, we just met this weekend!" She
couldn't believe we had so much in common. Here's a picture
that Jan took of Beth (on the left) and Lynn admiring Anna
Miriah....
Talk about a small
world. I sent a picture of Black Magyk (Rajima's colt) to
Arabian Horse World for the "Baby Photos Feature" and got
the nicest note from Melanie Davis, the Art Director for the
magazine!
Dear Suzanne,
I’m the art director at AHW and was reading your caption for our
Baby Photos feature and noticed Kharifa Bey
mentioned as the great great grandam of Black Magyk.
How cool...as I now own Kharifa and thought you’d be interested
to know her whereabouts, as I often do of horses I’ve owned/bred
and since sold. She’s a wonderful mare and has become an
important member of our family and at 22 years old, still looks
fantastic! She has become my husbands primary riding horse as we
enjoy some wonderful trails around the central coast of
California. Kharifa spent 11 years at Varian Arabians as an
important broodmare for them, but when they could no longer get
her settled in foal, Sheila offered her to us as a personal
riding mare since Sheila has become a good friend over the
years.
Anyway, long story short, she has a great home with us in California and
we are thoroughly enjoying what a lovely, sweet, and beautiful
mare she is.
Attached a few recent shots of her..please excuse the halter under her
bridle! Her head is too pretty for that, but it’s handy when we
venture out.
Sincerely,
Melanie
July 2009
Rajima Black delivered a gorgeous black
colt with a star, snip, and 3 socks on Friday evening, July 10.
He is by 2007 National Champion Sport Horse Stallion PA Nyte
Star. He is pictured here at 3 weeks.... and now has
his own page!
Exciting news! Lynn and Jim Tucker
are the proud new owners of Anna Miriah, Windsong's filly by
Mirage V++//. Beth Conti of Loomis, California, has leased
Windsong again for a 2010 foal and I'm sure is hoping for
another foal as beautiful as this one!
Just
got a call from Megan Deveney Frantz. Megan and Kholela Bey (GS
Khochise+++// X Windsong Bey) had an incredible show at Region
15 winning Champion Training Level Dressage ATR (with a score of
70.8!), Champion Training Level Dressage Junior Horse, Reserve
Champion Training Level Dressage Open, and Top 5 in Sport Horse
Under Saddle Junior Horse. With the 33 Achievement Award points
they picked up at this show, Kholela now has enough points to
complete her Legion of Honor! Way to go Megan and Kholela!
(pictures to follow!)
Congratulations to Beth Conti of Loomis, California, new "grandmom"
to an exquisite black (maybe grey) filly born July 3rd by Mirage
V++// (Desperado V X Misti V ) out of Klint's dam, Windsong Bey. Beth leased Windsong
just to breed to Mirage and what a great cross it turned out to
be! I get to play with the filly until she's weaned, then she's
off to Beth in California.
June 2009
May 2009
Way
to go Megan Deveney Frantz and Kholela Bey. At the North
Central PAHA "A" rated Arabian Show they cleaned up! With 2
judges and separate points, they won Sport Horse Mares Open and
ATH, Sport Horse Under Saddle Jr Horse, Hunter Pleasure Jr
Horse, Mare Halter ATH, Mare Halter Open and Champion Mare.
Congratulations for an outstanding show! I believe Sport
Horse Nationals is a goal for them this year, so keep on the
look out for them.
April 2009
Exciting news from Megan Deveney Frantz. In her first "A" rated
show of the season she cleaned up with Kholela Bey - Klint's kid
sister by GS Khochise+++// out of Windsong Bey. Megan and
Kholela won Championship in both Hunter Pleasure Open and ATR
and tied for Champion Dressage ride with a score of 70. A great
first show on the road to Sport Horse Nationals 2009!
Congratulations Megan!
Congratulations to Luke and Kelly Boelman of Westlock, Alberta
Canada whose mare, Ebony El Shania had a black Klint filly on
Sunday April 19. Here she is at 2 hours old - more pictures to
follow.
March 2009
March 10, 2009
Congratulations to
Jamie Hendry of Lewisburg, PA on her
purchase of Klint's donated breeding to the Sport Horse Payback
program. Jamie has been one of Klint's most loyal fans and has
watched him grow up over the years. It'll be fun to see what he
produces with her mare "Peggy Sue".
Feb. 2009
From
the Arabian Horse World!:
Dear
Suzanne,
Congratulations! We recently compiled our latest
research on the stallions who sired 10 or more foals in the last
10,000 registrations and Klint Black made the list with 18
foals. The results and analysis of our research will be
printed in the March Stallion II issue.
Sincerely, Wendy
