"The ones who are waiting"

This page is a tribute to the wonderful animals who have added so much joy to my life throughout all the years. I am forever grateful for the time I have been allowed with them.

 

Stonybrooks Curragh Kildare
'Stormy'



This photo, taken when he was 18 years old is how I will always remember Stormy.

Stormy was the pony of my childhood dreams. Raised on a western cattle ranch, I grew up riding horses but all of my life I wanted a pony. Late in my life, Stormy became that pony. A little black Connemara, he was 4 years old when I first saw him. It was love at first sight.

He became the foundation of my sportpony breeding program and in the 17 years I owned and loved him, he was everything I'd ever dreamed of. He worked cattle on the ranch, was trained to drive, he competed in USDF dressage and in very limited showing, beat warmbloods and Thoroughbreds in the green hunter ring.

He was a complete ham, showing off for visitors, posing for pictures with neck arched and presenting his "best side" to the cameras. His legacy goes on with two daughters and one son in my sportpony breeding program but his loss will always leave a hole in my heart.

 


'Sham'

 

My first horse after returning from Spain and relocating back in the west, Sham was a 3 year old untrained purebred Arabian stallion of old Raffles breeding from the Cross U Bar ranch in Big Horn, Wyoming. I had always been in love with the beauty and intelligence of the Arab and Sham was everything an Arabian should be. He did everything and did it well, for several years as a stallion and for many more years as a gelding. He worked cattle with ranch bred Quarter Horses, he was shown western, English and sidesaddle. He took my daughter to state in 4H and he went to college with a neighbor's daughter where he competed in dressage, over fences and in harness. All of his life, he gave 110% every time he was asked.