2006 Show Season- with Wendy Stewart

  This season Blu embarked on a new discipline with his rider Wendy in tow. He threw himself into Show Hack like the veteran he is and came out as only Blu can with an arm load of Ribbons.

Wendy  is also to be congratulated on grabbing Show Hack by the horns in her first season in this discipline- way to Go!

Calvin Klein:- aka 'Blu' is like a fine wine, improving with age as only a horse of his breeding  & pedigree can.......

Empire State Arabian Horse Show-In  Syracuse NY , May /06

Wendy Stewart on Calvin Klein does an amazing job in "Show Hack" winning 2nd place in one class and 4th in another against stiff competition.

Tulip Arabian Horse Shows- Kemptville, Ontario, June 9th & 10th /06

Show #1:

2005  -Natasha & Blu  

The show season has certainly flown by this year. Needless to say, I had the pleasure of joining the Willowsping Arabians crew this spring, where they welcomed me with open arms.

It was in Lombardy, where the cozy barn known as Willowsprings is situated, that I was introduced to the "Champion Slug" known as Blu. Our warm up at OVAHA Schooling Show in Richmond was most definitely a bumpy one, and proof that quality time was needed, with it only being near a month since our introduction.

With extra bonding time (and many treats later), Blu and I finally connected and in doing so redeemed our partnership during the 2005 Tulip Show in Kemptville. Here we finished with the 2005 Reserve Hunter Pleasure Champion ATR and 2005 Champion Hunter Pleasure Open. Including placing Top 6 at Eastern Breeders in Hunter Pleasure and 2nd in Native Costume.
Our next destination would be Jubilee, where we showed him off in Halter taking home Reserve Arabian Gelding Champion and eventually earning 2005 Champion Hunter Pleasure Open.

Hoping to succeed further, poor Kerry packed up once more, after having just returned from his trip to Region 16, he buckled up for a long ride to London for Region 18. With my coaching friend at my side, Wendy and I woke up from a short night on the second floor of a barn, having had the lights on till 1am and back on near 6am, getting riding and washing poor Blu for the millionth time. It's here you realize you're in the big leagues when you're face US Nationals in a class of 21. Leaving London with third place in Native Costume Top Five, and proud to have been placed in the judge's card in Hunt Seat, though winning nothing.

Having completed the season victoriously, Blu can finally return to his dirt and hay at home with his loving owners and my dear friends, Kerry and Eveline Kipping.

See you next year,

Natasha Buss

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 The 2003 - 2004 Show Season has been archived.