Hier een update van Belinda zelf :
Santos is het paard dat ISF onlangs kocht van Hubertus Schmidt !
Citaat:
HE'S BACK !
After almost two years of frustration brought on by a series of seemingly unrelated ailments, Sir Sinclair is back in the show ring. When Sir Sinclair won the 2006 version of Dressage at Lexington (VA) Prix St. George Challenge, a very popular event that annually draws some of the top PSG horses on the East Coast, his future seemed very bright. Not long after that show, Sir started to act as if something was wrong. Iron Spring Farm and Inspo left no stone unturned (or so they thought) trying to get to the root of his discomfort. Sir has always been a brave, willing horse, so we knew that it had to be something serious or he would have shrugged it off. Chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, tea leaves, reiki, X-rays, aroma therapy, New Bolton, sonography, a visit from the men in white coats, and even a very odd recording of Buddhist monks chanting the Canadian National anthem had no positive effect. Then one day we began a serious dialogue about the possibilities of Lyme Disease. It has been a long and arduous treatment, recovery, and conditioning period, but it has more than paid off. Thanks to the dedication of Sir's owner, Mary Alice Malone, his rider Belinda, his devoted caregiver, groom and general co-enabler Jeanne Pakes, his favorite acupuncturist Sandy Perkowski, and especially his massage guru "The Amazing Martha Grace", Sir Sinclair is not only back in the ring, but winning at FEI Level again.
Memorial Day weekend found us in Leesburg, VA at Morven Park for a two day PVDA show. The weather was perfect and the show went better than we could have hoped. We took four horses; Watch Me (Sir Sinclair x Wolkentanz II), Ziggy (Sir Sinclair x Krack C), Santos Utopia (Flemmingh x Elcaro), and Sir Sinclair himself. Watch Me and Ziggy were there to get all important scores to try to qualify for the National Championships in Lexington, KY in the 5 and 4 year old classes respectively, and Santos was there for his first Grand Prix in the US and also his rider, Alex Robertson's first time at GP. Sir was there not only to test his readiness to show again, but as long as she was at it, Belinda thought it would be a good idea to get a score to help qualify for the National Developing Horse Championship, also in KY.
How did it all work out, you ask?
Ziggy (Ziggouras TAR for all you sticklers for accuracy; but honest to Judas H. Priest, who names their horse Ziggouras anyway?) started the ball rolling with a win in Saturday's warm up class, followed closely by Watch Me (they lumped all the Young Horse Classes into one for the warm up). Not to be outdone, Ziggy and Watch Me's sire, Sir Sinclair, won his Developing Horse warm up class with a score of 68.1%. The whole crew from ISF and Inspo was there to watch, and the sense of relief and pride was almost palpable. Then it was Alex and Santos' time to shine. In their first time down the centerline together, they won the FEI Test of Choice class, doing GP, with a score 62.9%. Alex rode the test like a veteran and he and Santos had a great debut.
But could the euphoria last?
Well, yes it could. Belinda and Sir started off Sunday with a win in the Qualifier Test for the Developing Horse Championship, with a score of 69.1 % under Judges Gary Rockwell (O) and J. Ashton Moore (S). Next up was Santos and Alex in a Test of Choice Class under the same two Judges, and with the same result: 1st Place with a score of 64.5%. I guess it would be a little over the top to say that they are still undefeated at Grand Prix in North America. I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.
Then it was the kids turn. Ziggy had one of his best tests ever, scoring 7.86 to win the 4 Year Old Test, and Watch Me won the 5 Year Old Class with a score 7.52. So now it's on to Raleigh to take on the best young horses on the East Coast and compete for spots in the National Championships for Young Dressage Horses.
We were not the only ones with young Sir Sinclairs in the show ring this weekend, however. Emily Gershberg, from NY, who bought Zatino (Sir Sinclair x Equador) last year, took him to Allentown, NJ and showed him in the 4 Year Old Class. Not only did she win with a score of 8.2, but Judge Axel Steiner said she should start making plans for KY. Now for a shameless plug. If the breeding of Zatino looks familiar, it's because his full sister is for sale on our sales page. Cool, eh?
If there are any other devoted readers of this page who had Sirs out last weekend, please send those cards and letters so we can brag on you too.
Geplaatst 
) mooi dat ze uiteindelijk hebben gevonden wat er scheelde en dat hij herstelt is. Maar om nu te luisteren naar het canadese volkslied ? 
wat garny95 zegt; fantastische hengst met geweldige nakomelingen 
