 January
2006
CN Spots POA Farm
Evie Thomas & Kim Belford
Lapeer, MI
www.cnspotspoa.com
The thought of going to horse shows without a saddle
was not appealing, to say the least. However, I only
had a yearling to show in 2004, so we needed to find
a riding prospect. We heard that Julie Szilagyi had a
coming 2 year old Silver Kid colt for sale, and we knew
that we needed to look at him. “Awesome” was
a fuzzy, gawky, little colt, but he had a sweet personality,
kind eyes, and he could lope a hole in the ground. He
came home with us in the spring, and we quickly realized
that we got a good one.
Looking Awesome in Silver made his show debut in the
19-34 classes of a tough open show circuit as the only
pony and only 2 year old. It didn’t take this little
pony (52” on a “tall” day) long to
earn the respect of the “big guys” by placing
at the top of the pleasure and trail classes, nailing
every equitation pattern, and winning multiple high point
awards. He did well at POA shows too; he placed in all
three 2y/o JPFC classes at the International and International
Futurity.
Meanwhile, CN Spot Me Some Silver (“Annie”)
was being shown in halter, showmanship, longe line, and
in hand trail at open and POA shows. Just like her siblings,
she was extremely smart and talented. She also showed
that she was just as tough in the show ring by winning
Yearling In Hand Trail at the MidEast Regional and International,
and she was 4th at the International Futurity. She won
her first showmanship class and consistently placed well
in long line.
Awesome came out bigger (53”+) and better as a
3 year old, and we couldn’t have been more pleased
with him. At the 2005 International, he was High Point
JPFC 3&4 y/o with a win in Western Pleasure, 2nd
in Trail, and 4th in English Pleasure. He won both 3
y/o pleasure classes at the MidEast Futurity and placed
well at the International Futurity. We could tell that
Awesome wanted his own kid, and we knew that he was ready
for one. In Des Moines, 6 y/o Grace Reiners got on, and
we knew right away that they were perfect for each other.
We are very excited to see this team in action this summer.
Annie showed to be just as competitive under saddle
as she was on the ground, and she also had a great summer.
She started out winning High Point JPFC 2 y/o at the
MidEast Regional as well as Open Sweepstakes Showmanship.
She placed well in all three 2 y/o classes at the International,
and she won both 2 y/o pleasure classes at the MidEast
Futurity.
This May I’ll be graduating with my Master’s
Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University
of Michigan. Hopefully my new job will allow me to continue
riding and showing such wonderful ponies. It’s
been a great ride, but I’m not ready to unsaddle
yet.
~Kim
Good luck to all of our “babies” and
their kids in 2006:
Grace Reiners & Lookin Awesome in Silver in 8&Under,
Sallie Thetford & CN Scarletts Silver Rose in 9-12,
Kendal Buskirk & Coalminers Sparkle and Megan Musselman & CN
Silver Leprechaun in 13-18 |
Pony Of The Americas Club, Inc.