These horses have been honored with a donation to the American Saddlebred Horse Association |
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Pinetree Denmark's Lovely Lady"Pinetree Denmark’s Lovely Lady (aka Lea) was my first American Saddlebred. We formed our official partnership in 1975, but my admiration for her began much earlier. I grew up going to summer camp in the NC mountains. The camp’s riding director was Birdie Bell, a "second mother” to me and so many other girls. I first became smitten by Lea when she was a two year old and owned by Birdie. I thought she was the most gorgeous horse I’d ever seen, never imagining in my wildest dreams that I would some day own her. That day came nine years later." "We showed primarily in three-gaited pleasure, but I also learned to drive with her and earned our first blue ribbon together in pleasure driving. I was a young, single, working girl and after having Lea in training for a year, I moved her to a small boarding barn because of budget constraints. As my first Saddlebred, she taught me so much, and not just about horsemanship. I forged lifelong friendships with early barn-mates, the several barn owners where I boarded her, as well as my first trainers, Julia and Steve Joyce. I learned the heartache of breeding when she lost two foals prematurely and died from a resulting infection. But most of all, Lea gave me a lifelong love for the American Saddlebred." - Susan F. Harris. Posted 8/2013 |
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Faithful Friends Wall of Honor | |||
We welcome photos of your Faithful Friends. Show ring photos are fine, but we would prefer personal Make a tax deductible donation of $200 to ASHA to honor YOUR special horse on the Faithful Friends Wall of Honor, |
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