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 Rascal
is back with the Sanga's after a couple years in a field, and WOW - after just a
few weeks of clean up and conditioning - first show: Grand Champion Gelding,
plus 1st place Color! Congratulations! The Sanga's have Rascal up for sale,
please see the 4Sale page.
Congratulations to the Deaville
Family of Lake Elizabeth CA on the purchase of Pepper. She
is a Christmas present for their family and will break out under the
guidance of Tania Deaville, and later be a trail /all-around pony for their
boys. Watch for updates!
Congratulations
to Elaine Angle of New Jersey, who purchased Sienna via photos, email and
phone calls. Her granddaughters are very excitedly waiting for Sienna to
arrive. She will be leaving California for the first time and traveling farther
than any Skyrock-born POA to date: clear across the country to her new home. We
eagerly await news on how our pretty girl does with her new family.
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Sienna made it all the way to New Jersey in great shape. Elaine says she's
just beautiful, and granddaughter Mandy is very happy.
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Sienna won the Year-End SCPOAC 2007 2&Under Filly Championship,
as well as the 2&Under Triad Championship.
Congratulations to Katy Morgan of Heaven Sent POAs of Morongo Valley on her
purchase of Ultimate Style (Ultimate Bounce X Preppie Style) from
Competitor's Edge. What a great
home this pretty filly will have, and - her little sister or brother
will be joining her in 07, as Katy's daughter Chelsea's mare My Little Irish
Clover is in foal to Bouncer. Bouncer Babies in Yearling and Weanling
classes - we should have loads to report!
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Phoebe (Ultimate Style) showed for the first time and was Reserve
Champion in her Halter Class, and Reserve Junior Champion over-all for young
mares. Congratulations Matlocks!
FLASH!
Phoebe continues to rock, picking up 2 firsts and 2 Jr. Champions at
the recent Ponyrama at Casner Ranch, and then a Grand Championship May 26th. Congrats!
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Phoebe has been sold to the Churchill
Family of Cherry Valley. Daughter Amanda plans to break her out and show her
as her Junior Pony. Congratulations, Katy on finding such a great home, and
All the Best Luck to the Churchills and Phoebe!
Phoebe and Amanda
showing together for the first time in Hunter In Hand
Congratulations to Jan
Loveless and her filly J-Bar BouncinDotCom - a gorgeous few spot bay filly out
of their good mare CAs Sabrina. We expect a great show career from this
filly!
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Dot showed in Texas at the end of May'06 with Nikki Ferwerda and
won her In-Hand Trail class. She
also won Yearling Lunge Line. Nikki says she's an excellent mover and will make
a great rail pony. Her dam, CA's Sabrina is being rebred for an '07 foal.
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JBar Bouncin Dot Com won the Yearling LongeLine class at the July 2006
International!! Congratulations J-Bar Ranch and Jan B. Loveless, owner, and
Nikki Ferwerda who showed Dot to her Championship.
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Dot did it again! At the 2006 National Futurities in Des Moines, she was the
Over-All High Point Yearling, winning the John Kennedy Memorial Yearling Triad
Award. This Award combines the scores from Yearling Lungeline, Halter and
In-Hand-Trail for an Over-All Championship. Congratulations!
FLASH! Dot showed under saddle with
Nikki Ferwerda in the 2007 JPFC 2yo division at the POAC Nationals.
She placed 6th over-all against the best two-year-olds in the country.
Congratulations to Jan Loveless and Dot!
FLASH! Dot was the 2007 High Point Mare
for the state of Texas! Congrats Jan & Nikki!
"Hope" was purchased from Stacy Lair by Tirzah Cross of
Picture Perfect Farm in Oregon. Tirzah is very happy with her and has shown her
to the North West Regional Yearling Filly Championship. Congratulations Tirzah,
and good luck with Hope!
CE The Ultimate Pleasure: North West Regional Champion Yearling
Filly
Dazzle is a black roan
sno-cap mare. She is a granddaughter of ApHC Rock Star, a leading sire of Halter and
performance Champions, World Champions and Medallion Winners, who is by AQHA
World Champion Skippa Star. Dazzle's
dam, Miss LA Rock Star, is Abdull's Pok-A-Son bred on the bottom.
Dazzle's Sire, Dual Plaudit, International Grand Champion
Stallion, is the sire of Quicksilver Deuce, Int'l Champion Sm. Stallion
ROM(H); Dual Sensation, Int'l Res. Grand Champion Mare; X-RDs
Margarita, National high-point 3yo mare and ROM(H); and Traces of Lace,
National high-point yearling filly and ROM(H) - just to name a very few. Dual
Plaudit is by POA legend Plaudit's Crusader, and is out of Ruth's famous
mare, HIS Fancy Feather, dam of many World and International Champions,
including His Signal Fire, International Grand Champion Gelding, and the noted sire
HIS Fancy Carbine.
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has been bred to Bouncer for a 2005 foal. (see Skyrock
Ruby Six on the Foal's Page.)
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Dazzle is being re-bred for a 2006 Bouncer foal.
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has been SOLD! Her
new owners live in Germany, where Dazzle and her May '06
Bouncer filly will be joining their growing POA herd to help develop the
POA industry in Europe. See Foals Page for photos of this fantastic few-spot
filly!
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Dazzle's filly, Dazzle's Sugar Babe, was the featured
center-fold in a well respected German sport horse magazine! See
"News" page for more details.
Ruby is the first foal by Bouncer, and it was tough to let her go!
She is a diamond, and new owner Alyssa Brown of Oregon is one
lucky lady. Just to prove how good she is- on the way to her new home, Ruby
picked up the Western Classic Weanling Fillies Championship. Alyssa sent us this
photo of Ruby in her new home, with pasture buddy, Alyssa's 16 yr. old
POA mare. Good Luck!
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Skyrock Ruby Six showed
at the 2005 World Show in OR and earned the Reserve World Championship for
Weanling Fillies! Congratulations, Alyssa!
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Ruby Six has a new home
for fall 2006: with Rhonda Hoadley of Lakeshore POA Farm in Idaho. Rhonda
says, "I am also very excited about this purchase of a Bouncer
daughter, she looks really nice and I can't wait to get her and use her for
my show filly!" We are very happy for Rhonda, too - she has some nice
ponies and Ruby will have a great new home.
Ruby at one year
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Skyrock Ruby Six has
been a busy girl accumulating Halter points towards her ROM(H) for her new
owner, Rhonda Hoadley. Rhonda sent us some updated photos - WOW! has Ruby
filled out! Now two, Rhonda is super happy with Ruby's looks and
movement, as she will eventually be her daughter's show pony. Thanks for the
update on Bouncer's first foal!
 
Skyrock Ruby Six @ two years
Bonnie served as Skyrock's
top show pony for 2004 and a portion of 2005. She excelled in Costume and
Games, and gave her rider some good shows, earning nearly 1500 Timed points,
and in 2004, Bonnie won the William Heald Perpetual Trophy, and
Cal-State and SCPOAC 9-12 High Point Games. At her last show with us, Bonnie
showed in her favorite classes at the '05 Western Classic, and then headed
home with the Jenkins family of Idaho, to be a show and around the ranch pony
for their three boys. We wish them all the best!
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At their first show, Bonnie and her 9-12 rider won their Open
Western Pleasure w/j class! Way to go!
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Bonnie and her rider A.J. won 2006 Reserve Champion Over-All 12-14
Year End High Point for the Idaho POA Club. Great job, Bonnie and
A.J.!
Bonnie with her rider for their last "Skyrock" barrels run.
Indigo is a yearling
filly out of famed producing mare, Suncrests Moonbeam.
We've long admired Moonbeam, a daughter of the legendary mare Suncrests Forever
Amber (producer of Supreme Champions Suncrests Kandi-Bar, Suncrests Doughboy,
Suncrests Big Mac etc etc). Moonbeam herself has produced many champions,
including Suncrests Amber Moon -World and International Champion and Record
breaking mare at the Sale, and Suncrests Moonshine, World and International
Champion and High Point JPFC saddle winner. Indigo's sire is Multiple World
Champion and World and International Champion Sire, Suncrests Tattoo, sire of
many champions, including Suncrests Magic Moment, World & International
Champion and JPFC High Point 2yo. With breeding like this, Indy is
sure to be a champion. Indigo is a black with a cute "tornado" shaped blaze. She
has white patches over her hips and lots of frost. She is roaning as well, so there will be even more flash in the future. Indy
will mature in the Large Mares category, and will be competitive at Halter and
Longe Line, and is a definite JPFC and Jr Pony prospect.
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Indy has been sold to the Peaton Family of AZ. She'll be shown JPFC. Good
Luck Peatons and Indy!
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Indy
won South West Regional Champion 2 year old Filly in Scottsdale in April.
Diane reports she is doing well under saddle, with an exceptional lope,
and we should see her at the Cal-State Futurities in August (2005).
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Indy and
her owners have had a slight change in plans. Diana has moved aside for
daughter Lindsay, as Lindsay's gorgeous mare JOF Skippa Scotch (Penny) is
recovering from surgery. The pair went to their first show in September,
and Indy took Res. Grand Champion Mare, and they then went on to
high placings, 2nds & 3rds, in every class entered, all classes full.
Lindsay plans for Indy to be her Junior Pony, as Penny will
move into Senior next season. Good Luck Indy and Lindsay!!
- Summer Gold, '92 POA mare, chestnut with
roaning. Summer is by Santee Gold Hancock, Supreme Champion
and World and
International Champion and a son of Tough Plaudit, Premier Sire, and
out of Sage Hen's Flashy, a mare owned by the Johnson family of
Hollister CA, who
produced an astounding 17 POAs for the Johnson's, many of whom became
Champions and one, JK's Prince, who became a Supreme Champion. Summer
produced Skyrock Lakota Gold for us, and was
one of Skyrock's show ponies for the 2000 season. She is very competitive
in Medium Mares Halter with her gorgeous head and muscled build. Summer ended the
year with a National Medallion and the William Heald Perpetual Trophy.
- FLASH! Summer has been
purchased by Courmier Quarter Ponies and POAs of Riverside, CA. They are
very excited to be adding Summer to their broodmare band, and are
looking forward to her first Courmier foal in 2004 by ApHC Saint Bright.
- FLASH! Summer has foaled
a lovely chestnut filly - blaze and four stockings with hip speckles. Talk
about flash! Contact www.courmierponies.com
for details on this foal.
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- Skyrock Sugar Buzz,
a
'98 solid bright bay mare out of Driftwood's Velvet Sheba (see below) by
AQHA Clem's Buzzie. As she was born with no characteristics, and therefore
would never color up, Sugar was sold to a family in Norco to be a
companion for their aging Eventer. Called Minnie Me at their barn
because she so resembles the old Eventer, she was started in English and
began her over fences show career this year (2004). Her family is very happy
to report that Minnie - show name Fortune Cookie - was shown at
five 'A' shows this year and acquired two Reserve Championships and at her
final show in Santa Barbara, won the Championship. We are so happy that this
quality pony found a home to love her and show her to her potential! It just
goes to show you that quality is quality, and POAs are more than spots.
Sugar at 10 days old with Velvet in
background
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Sugar (Minnie Me/Fortune Cookie) at recent 'A' show in almost the
same pose. What a beautiful girl!
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Me
has been bred to a
top flight Welsh stallion from the east coast. She is the FIRST non-Welsh or
non-TB that has been approved. Her owners are very excited about this '06
foal, and so are we!
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Minnie has foaled a carbon copy of herself: a lovely bay filly, with
a snip and two hind socks. Her owners are delighted with how easily Minnie
has recovered and how cute and energetic this filly is. Name and photos
soon!
Introducing "Darla"
POA '99 chestnut w/frost Filly to Julianna Coombs of OK
Codee is by Lakota Tough Steel, North West Regional
Yearling Halter Futurity Winner, and 2000 NW Region Circuit High Point
Winner, and sire of Futurity winners. Lakota Tough Steel is double
bred East Acres Double Tough, Premier Sire, ROM(H), ROM(NT), and the
pony who changed the standard for POAs. His dam is Cookie's Sweetie,
a fine performance and producing POA by Doc's Tough Cookie.
Codee is out of Summer Gold, a gorgeous mare
who ended the 2000 show season as a National Medallion
winner, and the recipient of the William Heald Perpetual Trophy. Summer
is by Santee Gold Hancock, Supreme Champion, Multiple World and International Champion,
who is by Tough Plaudit, Premier Sire, International Superior
Champion, and sire of dozens of World and International Champions. Summer's
dam is Sage Hen's Flashy, an outstanding performance and
producing mare, dam of multiple champions and a Supreme Champion.
Skyrock would like to congratulate Julie Coombs on her purchase of Codee.
Julie's plan is to JPFC Codee for the 2003/4 seasons and then re-sell to
a show family.
- Flash! Codee,
under the guidance
of Julie Coombs, placed 3rd at the 2004 International Reining Futurity. We
are so proud and a big Congratulations to Julie who has brought Codee
so far!
- Flash! Codee
has been purchased
by Diane Roby who is thrilled with her, and is very happy with her level of
training and the confidence Codee gives her when riding. Diane plans
to show Codee Open in Jumping, and do Competitive Trail Riding
with her. Congratulations, Diane, on a terrific mare!
- Flash! Codee
and Diane have competed in their
first Endurance Ride - a 25 miler. Diane and Codee have been training
for the distance and are well prepared for their goal of earning a POA
Endurance Medallion for 2005. They have also been taking Dressage lessons.
Can you say versatile? Good Luck, you two!
- FLASH! Codee
was featured in an
article on POAs and Dressage in the July 2005 issue of the POA magazine. Her
owner wrote the article, promoting dressage as an outlet for POAs owned by
adults who wish to show, and as additional training beneficial for ponies
who are currently showing POA. WooHoo!
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Codee and Diane had an outstanding 1st Dressage show, winning
FIRST in Intro A, FIRST in Intro B, FIRST in Dressage Eq. (W/T), and
High Point Amateur. Diane says she received many comments on Codee -
how pretty she was and how well she moved, and lots of raised eyebrows when
they learned she'd only begun training in April. Look at this photo - What a
beauty!
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and Diane won the Year-end high point for Dressage Pony in their club.
Congratulations!!
- Skyrock MsTeeque, a '98 dark grulla with
roaning and spots filly by multiple World and International Champion, Santee
Saladin and out of Driftwood's Velvet Sheba. MsTee is
now owned by the Lynch family of Arizona. As MsTee is our first 'Skyrock' bred
pony, we are naturally interested in her progress. The Lynch's report they
absolutely adore MsTee, and they can't get
over her calm and easy demeanor whether at home or at shows. Samantha is
currently riding MsTee in Junior Pony classes, and Sydney is riding
her in 9-12 Games. Plans are to take her to the World this summer. Good Luck
MsTee and the Lynch Family.
- Flash! MsTee was shown at the
2003 World Show in Spanish Fork where she placed in several classes,
including Halter! Congratulations!
- Flash! MsTee
once again showed at the POA World
Show, 2004, and was very successful, placing in many classes.
- Flash!
MsTee has been offered for sale by the Lynch family.
Their daughter's legs are getting too long for her! I watched MsTee
at the Western Classic in Utah over the 24/25 of June, and she has become a
very consistent, good minded pony
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- Driftwood's Velvet Sheba, an '85 loud bay
roan with blanket and spots mare, was our first POA. She was the perfect
LeadLine mare and did very well for us for four years in that capacity. By EZ2C
Leo, International Champion producer, and out of Driftwood Gay Lea,
ApHC, who produced six International Champions, Velvet was
bred by one of the founders of POA, Ray Pietz. While at Skyrock, Velvet
produced Skyrock MsTeeque and Skyrock Sugar Buzz. A bold mare, who excelled in English and jumping, Velvet
is now owned by a family in Iowa. She was bred to Santee Saladin for
a June '01 foal.
- Flash! Velvet foaled a
full sister to Skyrock MsTeeque. A stunning buckskin with loads of dun factor and white spots
on the hips, Velvet's owners report this filly is gentle as a
lamb! Her name: Skyrock's Ginger Lady.
- Ginger has been purchased by Joan Petersen of IA for her
granddaughter, Emily. Good Luck with Ginger!
- Flash! Skyrock Sugar Buzz, a
four year old ID POA (Driftwood's Velvet Sheba X Clem's Buzzie AQHA),
has entered the field of show jumping and eventing! Her owners are delighted
with her, and call her "Mini Me" because she closely
resembles (minus about 3 hands!) their older Grand Prix jumper. Good luck
with the jumping career! (see her own Update section here!)
- Flash!
Skyrock's Ginger Lady and her recently graduated trainer/rider, Josie,
(cousin of Emily) plan
to enter the 19 & Over division this year, and possibly compete at the
Futurities in Iowa. Good Luck Josie and Ginger!
- Flash! During
her limited show season this year, Skyrock's Ginger Lady went
Grand Champion Halter Pony, and with her rider Emily, took 2nd in a
very large w/t class, and last year they won the showmanship class
together. Ginger has been bred to Sleepy Hollow Max for a 2006
foal, and everyone is very excited about that. Max has a reputation
of throwing good minded, buckskin/palomino babies, so it will be interesting
to see what this cross brings.
- Flash!
Ginger foaled a gorgeous grulla with blanket and spots filly.
Congratulations!
- Flash!
Skyrock's Ginger Lady and her filly Kiss Me Im Irish placed
top ten in both Weanling Fillies and Mare & Foal at the 2006
International. Excellent first time out! Congratulations Josie!
Driftwood's Velvet Sheba
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An
absolutely stunning colt, Skipper is everything a POA breeder could ask
for, and then some. A pretty headed, straight legged, long necked colt, he
has color to burn! He's Liver Chestnut with a pretty
blaze and a high rear stocking. But the best is behind him, as he sports a
blanket to mid-back loaded with quarter-sized spots. He is flashy flashy
flashy in the show ring!
With
his Skipper W Quarter Horse blood, he's already showing a tremendous
muscle tone, and he's tough to beat at halter, but he also has a floaty, soft lope that is just lovely and will make him shine at the rail
as well.
This
is a tremendous colt with a quiet disposition, who has the ability to be a
top sire or a fabulous show gelding. According to his cannon bone
measurement, he should mature a stout 55
1/2", and be a definite world class mount.
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Skipper won the
Cal-State Yearling Halter Futurity at the Fairplex at Pomona (and went
Grand Champion under both judges at the Ponyrama held concurrently)!
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Skipper took a Reserve
Champion in Yearling Colts, and a 5th (out of 15) in Lunge-Line and won the
Small Stallion Stakes at the 2003 POA International in Tennessee!
FLASH!
Skipper stood World Champion Yearling Stallion at the 2003 POA World
Show in Spanish Fork, beating a field of very nice colts. Skipper was
11 months old at this show. At the last minute, we threw him into
Yearling Lunge Line. Guess what? Reserve World Champion!
Skipper
has been sold!
Congratulations
to Lauren Aguilera of Just
Heavenly POAs in
Northern California on her purchase of this fine
colt!
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Skipper
is standing at stud in
Northern California.
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Skipper is on Lease to Shannan Pozzi of Pozzi POAs in Northern CA.
Plans are to saddle up and campaign him throughout 2008. His 07
filly, Just a Twist of Faith, is also with Shannan for fitting.
Good Luck!
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Driftwood's Velvet Sheba