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G & I
Broodmare Farm was originally established as a breeding operation in the
early 80's which grew into a full show facility by the late 80's / 90's.
Our
foundation broodmare
Gifted Coquette
was purchased
in the late 70's as a second horse for the farm owners daughter to show
in Juvenile three gaited. "Sally" was eventually bred to Starlike's
Sultan of Leatherwood farm producing a very nice colt named
Starlike's Shasta.
This colt went on to show and win in the Carolina futurities in hand
classes, 2 year old three gaited classes and three gaited pony classes.
G & I produced a blue ribbon winning baby on it's first cross!
His
full brother
Starlike's Rio
was also shown
in the three gaited pony classes amassing an impressive 12 blues and 5
reserves at "A" Rated shows and numerous other blues at non-rated events
from 1990 until 1992. He placed a very respectable 4th out of 12 ponies
at the World's Championship show in 1992 in the 14-17 Three Gaited Pony
qualifier. This pony was an amazing thinker at an early age and was only
four years old while carrying a juvenile rider in his 3rd time in the
show ring.
Our
second mare
Denmark's Bright
Promise
was also bred to
Starlike's Sultan and produced a beautiful filly who we named
Starlike's Aquarius.
This mare was sold to Don Harris as a prospect but was injured later on
and could not be shown. In 1995 this mare produced
Will's Princess,
a popular
pleasure pony on the NC show circuit.
Bright Promise
also gave us a
beautiful, tall, leggy white trimmed colt by Starlike's Sultan who we
named Starlike's
Effervescent.
"Jo Jo"
was developing into
a very nice five gaited prospect but received an eye injury which kept
him from the showring.
Our
third mare was a big, bold liver chestnut by CH Yorktown. Her name was
The Camptown
Lady.
She gave us a very large
and pretty baby who we named
Preferred Lady
by Preferred
Property.
"Preppy"
went on to show in
five gaited but we eventually bred her and she has produced some nice
babies also -
At This Moment
(by our
founding Stallion
Snapp Street)
shown in
pleasure classes and
Tim McGraw
- 8th in 1999 at
Louisville in 2 Year Old S/G Fine Harness and 7th out of 15 in 2000 at
Lexington in 3 Year
Old Fine Harness.
We also
had the privilege of purchasing
Fran Ann,
a Magic Man
mare who had produced noted
CH
and
WC
producing stallion
The Sundrifter
and the Three Gaited
Pony Mare CH My
My Monica. This
lovely mare was in foal to the world renowned
CH
and
WC producing
stallion
Sultan's Santana
but presented a difficult
delivery and we lost both the mare and her exquisite colt.
One of
our most recently discovered achievements was in the purchase of a mare
named Our Sharp
Lady in 1991.
At that time
this mare was in foal to the stallion
Talent Town,
sire of CH Yorktown Pudding, CH Talent Contest, CH Lots of Talent, WC &
CH Polo Town, CH Mr. Snuffleupagus and Multi-Titled WC CH Candle Dan to
name a few. The resulting baby was a filly named
Storm Front.
This lovely filly
has since produced the 2001 World's Champion 3 Year Old 5 Gaited gelding
The Echo Of
Thunder who
also placed 3rd in the 2006 Five Gaited World's Grand Championship and
received top ribbons this year in 2008 in the Ladies 5 Gaited World's
Championship classes.
The G &
I broodmare string also consisted of hackney mares and one of our
selected mares produced
RWC Crackerjack
for the 3 Year Old
Cobtail Class at Louisville. This pony went on to win many blues in the
cobtail division and was shown up until 2005 in Hackney Pleasure Driving
winning at numerous shows or placing reserve. He still resides with us
at G & I today.
During
our long venture with Saddlebreds, Road Horses and Hackneys G & I has
also been honored to own and show such notables as
State of the Art
(champion under saddle/bike road horse, 3rd at Louisville in Amateur
Road Horse to Bike , triple wins at Roanoke in 1989. Reserve Under
Saddle Champion at Roanoke in 1988 to outstanding crowd cheers),
Speed Zone
(champion under saddle/ bike road horse),
Kissable Farm's Queens
Command (RWC
Junior 5 Gaited Stallions/Geldings),
Copa Cabana
(multi-titled juvenile/amateur/open road pony),
Optical Illusion A.Z.
(multi-titled adult pleasure horse),
Marcy's Love Song
(champion 5 gaited mare),
Remmington
(multi-titled 5 Gaited pony champion) and
Second Edition
(champion Harness Pony and
future WC Juvenile Hackney Pleasure
Driving Pony.)
Our
crowning jewel of show horses was
RWC CH She's An Illusion
grand daughter
of Multi-Titled
World's Grand Champion 5 Gaited Mare Plainview's
Julia
and daughter of
renowned stallion
Sultan's Santana.
-
4th
out of 15 in Junior 3 Gaited Over 15.2 Stake at World's Championship
in 1986
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6th
out of 21 in Junior 3 Gaited Grand Championship at World's
Championship in 1986
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Earned RWC title in 1988 - Juvenile 3 Gaited 14-17 - First Place
vote from Tom Moore
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Multi-Titled Juvenile 3 Gaited NC State Champion (8 Division
Championships)
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Junior 3 Gaited Champion, Juvenile 3 Gaited 13 & Under and Juvenile
3 Gaited Grand Champion at NCSC in 1986
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Multi-Titled Juvenile 3 Gaited ASAC Award Winner
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Retired the Chesterfield Manufacturing Trophy in Juvenile 3 Gaited
at the NC State Championship in 1990
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NC
State Grand Champion in Juvenile 3 Gaited 1986, 1988. 1989, 1990
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Tied
for Best Of Breed Ladies 3 Gaited Horse with WC CH Sultan's Leather
& Lace in 1991
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Earned CH status in 1989 as the Juvenile Three Gaited Champion at
Roanoke Valley
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Open
Three Gaited Grand Champion at Bluefield with lady rider in 1991
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Topped a world class Juvenile 3 Gaited qualifier at Pro-Am in 1989
As with
most Saddlebred families there comes a time of transition....the "show"
kid ages out, life gets busy, grandchildren arrive and the horses always
stand patiently aside waiting.....
It is
with great pleasure that we announce our first two new broodmares after
an eleven year hiatus that will carry us into new generations of
the horse we love....The American Saddlebred.
Le
Femme Nikita - To be re-bred in 2010 for a 2011 foal
Floating On Heir - Supreme Heir x Naughty Dreams
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