Horse Show Review

The last week in July, we loaded 14 horses on the van and headed south once again -- this time it was to the Blue Ridge Classic Horse Show at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletcher, NC. It was a very nice open show, and we came home with 11 blue, nine championship and four reserve championship ribbons.

Broadmoor was a host barn in the show’s progressive barn parties. We served bruschetta and chicken satay and wine. We shared with southerners some of our very best northern hospitality.

On Friday night, members of the Broadmoor Gang attended the show's exhibitor's party.  It was an elaborate production with the theme Moulin Rouge, complete with a live band and professional dancers.  A fun time was had by all.

Tara Good made her debut riding her world champion Stand And Deliver. It was also fun for us to watch the half-siblings Stand And Deliver and Love Her Madly in the ring together. Many at the show enjoyed our Morgan hospitality and welcomed our horses to the show.     

The day before our 12-hour drive to the show, Tom Hamilton flew across the big pond from London to Philadelphia. He is interning at Broadmoor for 90 days. He has a Morgan at home in Oakham, England, that he fox hunts, and is looking forward to learning more about working with show horses. His next stop is Mass Morgan and then the New York Morgan Show.

Tom Hamilton is interning at Broadmoor.

News from the Broadmoor Gang

Once again, Kathy Gutting and David Fassler are spending the month of August on Martha’s Vineyard. At the beginning of the month, Kathy’s kids and grandkids were there for a week. The highlight for all was the "family dance party" at Flatbread, with pizza, a DJ, strobe lights, and lots and lots of dancing. They had a blast.

Pat and Fred Dills, and their daughter, Tricia, and her husband, Tim Naylor, and their daughter, Tess, vacationed in Dewey Beach, DE. They spent time at the beach and fishing, and enjoying great food. They also rode bikes to Rehoboth several times, and Tricia and Tim ran in a few five-mile races.

Fred Dills and his granddaughter, Tess Naylor, enjoyed this summer vacation in Dewey Beach, DE.

(Photo By Pat Dills)

Pat Dills captured the excitement of her granddaughter, Tess Naylor, holding a big crab.

Our farrier, Chester Sebastian, is also very talented cooking on a grill.

(Photo by Suzy Lucine)

Dwayne spent a long weekend in Florida, relaxing and visiting with his mother, Nancy Knowles.

Now we’re off to the Massachusetts Morgan Show in West Springfield, MA with nine horses.