Leo Legacy age 3


Apologies to Sam and Andy for missing their WIN at Mcleans Island on October 10th, I'm becoming a VERY proud mother! Sox had a win and second yesterday at Woodhill in his second only outing and next weekend he's having his fist taste of eventing too (just intro so he can get the hang of it)and apparently Taz had a good time practising x-c at Kumeu, just a bit of a hiccup into the water but it's early days for him in this discipline.
Yesterday I had to judge Rufus which I've always tried to avoid but as I sold him years ago there is not considered to be a conflict of interest. I was very relieved to see that I had Rufus and Anaheim 1st= and so did my co-judge Robin Potter, and we were very close with our marks too.

Congratulations to Alicia and Rufus for winning the Inter 1 at the Bay of Plenty Champs!! Taz had another start at Barge Park finishing 6th out of 30 odd, the jumps are a little small for him now and he took the sj abit cheaply for 1 rail so on to Training level next.
Also I see Andy had and outing to Nelson, he and Sam now live in Christchurch, where they were 3rd in the Open Intermediate HT, so encouraging to see them steadily progress up the levels.


At last Sox is having another outing this weekend, it will be great to see him out, crossed fingers.

update

Foxy has a new home in Cambridge with Annika and they seem to have really clicked which is nice, I shall look forward to regular updates from Annika.
The latest update from Alicia with Rufus is very positive with a win at Showfields in Advanced on 67%, we're really excited about the coming season for them!
Also Taz has a new jockey for eventing and seems to be taking to it like the proverbial duck to water double clears in the jumping phase at both starts and he won his last start on his dressage score! Only pretraining so far but after a start this weekend at Whangarei he will then go Training level. So good to see him showing his talent at last.

Meanwhile the youngsters are growing like Topsy, Cracker (Limonit /Leo Fanfare) will mature around 17hh and is going to be super laid back big boy with superb paces and a soft swinging back, Deedee (Dreamboy/Leo Merrydance) a more compact type and a typical cheeky filly. Then there are the yearlings, Luke, Cracker's full brother and Donna, Deedee's 1/2 sister by Don Quattro who are developing well, such a pity that I have to sell them!!

Having a new computer has been causing problems, hopefully theyb are all sorted now.
Alicia tells me that Rufus is progressing well and starting to work on his tempi changes without getting too exuberant and Taz is to have anew shared rider this season while Anita is away flying. In the meantime I've been dabbling in pet portraits with some successso I've added some on here.

update

Leo Distinction,aka Sox, at his first outing and here's a recent photo of Luke.
Gosh, I didn't realise it had been so long since I've been on here!It's great fun following the fortunes of "my babies". Sam has had a wonderful season with Leo Degas (Andy),especially in eventing and has just won the CCI* at Chch with him and the CIC*** with his other horse DV8 so I guess he must be on a great high, congratulations.

Then Alicia has been competing Advanced dressage with Andy's full brother Rufus aka Leo Dreams of Gold, they're just feeling their way at the moment but will be a force to be reckoned with next season.It was so much fun to be at HOY and follow their progress and I feel priveleged to have found such competent homes for them both.

I just hope we can be as successful with the next babies to be sold.
Currently I have a 2yo filly,DeeDee by Dreamboy/ Leo Merry Dance and a 2yo gelding,Cracker by Limonit/Leo Fanfare. The mares are full sisters and 1/2 sisters to Andy and Rufus and come from a strong jumping background but also have the movement for top level dressage.Also in the wings are Luke and Donna, both have delightful natures and I'm sure will be successful in whatever discipline they are headed for Donna is quite inquisitive and forward and so like her sire Don Quattro. She is by a YEH winner out of a 1/2 sister to 2 YEH winners so she should be able to jump!and she's pretty enough to turn heads wherever she appears.Luke is the full brother to cracker and just as well balanced and beautiful.

A much belated congratulations to Alicia and Rufus for their great achievement in winning the level 5 Championship at the Waikato Champs. I must say the garland looks as though it was specially made for him! They are now competing in advanced and I'm sure it won't be long before they are making their presence felt in that level too. Rufus is the first of the Dream Boys to compete at this level and we have every expectation of him reaching GP.

Meanwhile the youngsters here are growing well, Cracker , 2yo gelding by Limonit, is approx 16.1 already and is now looking super after going through an ugly duckling stage, he really is going to be super laid back sort of a guy with presence and good paces, and Dee Dee the Dream Boy 2yo filly is her delightful cheeky self, full of confidence and character. The foals, Luke ,full brother to Cracker, and Donna, 1/2 sister by Don Quattro to Dee Dee are just delightful, so freindly and easy to handle. Luke is very elegant with quite a dish in his nose, and Donna, the image of her father and a super liver chestnut.