Skyrock POAs hosts

      Norco Junior Horsemen's Assoc.

We all had a great time here at Skyrock Saturday, March 22, as we hosted the Junior Club of the Norco Horsemen's Association. Their goal this year is to learn about as many different breeds of horses as they can, so to this end, they are touring ranches in the Southern CA area which breed various types of horses. Several kids and "Grown-Ups" attended, and they learned about some of the history of the POA and some of the foundation stallions and mares. We also learned about what makes a POA a POA, and about Appaloosa characteristics and color patterns. We then took a tour of the barn and got to meet some of the ponies, and identify their coat patterns. The highlight was turning Bunny and Shadow out into the round pen and watching him play. Shadow came right up to the fence and made friends, and then we all went back into the house for refreshments. Shadow did cause just a bit of concern when he lay down to nap and wiggled himself half way under the fence, but he managed to get himself out of it before rescue arrived, with not a scratch on him. All in all, a very nice time, and hopefully the kids had fun and learned a little too!

Norco Junior Horsemen's Assoc. visits Skyrock to learn about POAs.

Skyrock POAs Scores BIG TIME

at the Cal-State Futurities

Taking our biggest load of ponies to a show ever - at four head, we had a super busy weekend getting everyone ready for their classes. THANKS! to Stacy Lair of Competitor's Edge for fitting DJ and Sienna and showing them and Red to their wins! Here is our score after this long, hot Futurity Show:

Skyrock Sienna:

Yearling Fillies Futurity Champion & Yearling Longeline Champion

plus: Reserve Grand Champion Mare

Skyrock Diamond Jim:

Weanling Colts Futurity Champion

plus: Grand Champion Stallion & two Res. Grand Champion Stallion  

Skyrock Dressed In Red:

ID Weanlings Futurity Champion

Sienna during Longeline (shot from rail, so picture is slightly fuzzy) 

What a great feeling it is to see our Skyrock babies do so well!

Zip N Chip Prince Earns His ROM(Halter) 

Stoney pulled it out of the hat again, scoring yet another Grand at this weekend's Cal-State Show and Futurity, and earning more than enough points to qualify him for his ROM(H). He also earned 5 other firsts and a host of placings, enough to bring him to half way to his ROM(NT) and only 200 points shy of his ROM(T). K is working hard to get this guy Supremed, and they are getting close!

Mr Dakota Chisum - Supreme Champion

Dakota has done it -  our first Supreme! He and his rider acquired the last 14 points needed to qualify at the SCPOAC IBC Show held at Yucaipa on 3/31/07. It was a very proud moment watching them take a victory lap while highlights of their career were announced. Great job! We couldn't be more proud of this pair. Now to file the paperwork...

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First Bouncer Filly Shown in 2007 at Her First Show Wins Res. Grand Champion Mare

Skyrock Sienna is coming along brilliantly! Under the guidance of Stacy Lair, Sienna (bay snowflake yearling) attended her first show on February 24th, which was an IBC. Sienna won her class, won Junior Champion, and then took Reserve Grand Champion over a field of very nice mares, some of whom hold National titles! We are very pleased!

Dakota Does LeadLine for Kassie Heitman - 2nd Place at First Show Ever!!

Congratulations Kassie! You did a great job!

JBar Bouncin Dot Com Wins Again!

John Kennedy Memorial Yearling Triad at the 2006 Nationals

Dot brought home the trophy for the first-ever John Kennedy Memorial Award, given to the Over-All High Point Yearling at the POA National Futurities. Dot's combined score from Halter, LungeLine and In-Hand-Trail topped the charts at this year's Nationals. Congratulations to owner Jan B. Loveless of J-Bar Ranch and Nikki Ferwerda, trainer.

Another Skyrock Poster Pony!

Dazzle's Sugar Babe is following in daddy Bouncer's hoof prints! This spectacular 2006 black few-spot filly was the centerfold poster pony in the popular German equine magazine, "Pferde anzeiger", and also appears in a five page article on POAs in Germany. Congratulations to Anina Weber, Sugar Babe's owner.

JBar Bouncin Dot Com 
(Ultimate Bounce X CAs Sabrina)
2006 International Yearling LongeLine Champion

The first foal from Bouncer's first crop to show at an International has done us all proud. JBar Bouncin Dot Com won the Yearling LongeLine class at the July 2006 International in St Louis MO. A beautiful bay few spot filly, Dot has had that champion look since the day she was born. Congratulations to J-Bar Ranch and Jan B. Loveless, owner, and Nikki Ferwerda who showed Dot to her Championship. Dot also placed in Yearling In-Hand Trail, Most Colorful and had a placing under the GOOD judge in Halter.  Also - very good news for you folks looking for a potential champion to add to your show string: CAs Sabrina has been checked in foal to Ultimate Bounce for a full sibling due in 07. Give Jan a call! 

Ultimate Bounce Representing the POA Breed for Arabian Horse Assn. Poster

Bouncer is located in the middle of North America, standing next to Dreamfinder.

Bouncer has been chosen by the Arabian Horse Association to represent the POA Breed on their Nationally distributed poster depicting horse breeds of the world descended from Arabian blood. Black Hand, POA #1, was the first foundation stallion of our breed and the pony upon whom the POA type was based. Black Hand's dam was a half Arabian Appaloosa colored mare. We at Skyrock are deeply honored that the AHA would consider Bouncer such a fine example of our breed. These posters are currently available from the AHA.

Bouncer's 2007 Book includes:

• RBR Bunbeatable, Select Sire Futurity Champion

• Queen Of Aces, ROM(H)

• Suncrest Lullabye, International Champion

• Miss Lacey Snow, dam of multiple Champions 

Please contact us if you'd like your fine mare to join this line-up!

Ultimate Bounce Competes 

at the Cal-State Derby

Bouncer does it again at the late August Cal-State Riding Derby for 4-5 year olds, he won the Western Pleasure perpetual trophy. Competing with California's best, a fine field of National caliber ponies, he pulled that fabulous lope out and looked great with Stacy Lair aboard. Bounce previously won the English Pleasure trophy, so we are very pleased to have his all-around ability proven with this win. (He also placed Reserve Champion in the English Pleasure Derby!)

Stepp'n Out With A Bounce 

Wins Cal-State Futurity

Competing in a field of excellent colts at the highly competitive Cal-State Futurity, Bouncer's first son, Stepp'n Out With A Bounce, wowed the crowd with his brilliant color and conformation by taking the Weanling Colt's Futurity Championship. This is a true victory, as this futurity has been a proving ground for many fine POAs and Select Sire Futurity winners and money earners. We are so excited, almost as much as the Sanga family, Rascal's owners. This colt has a fine future ahead of him.

Skyrock Sequoia Tee 

N.W. Regional Champion Weanling Colt, Res. World Champion

Skyrock Sequoia Tee had a fine entrance to the world of showing at his first show, the North West Regional held in early August. Here he easily took the Championship with the guidance of Stacy Lair. At the POA World which followed the Regional, he brought home the Reserve World Championship. Not too shabby for this fellow, who has a ton of eye appeal and ring presence. At the height limit now, he will be home until next season, when he'll be shown as a yearling in halter and color, and maybe In-Hand Trail.  

Western Classic and New Homes for Skyrock Ponies

Skyrock POAs attended the Western Classic in June 05, showing two ponies, Bouncer's first foal, Skyrock Ruby Six, and show mare Gold's Mistie Acapella. Ruby had only come for the ride, as the Niekirk's of OR were going to pick her up for delivery to her new owner, Alyssa Brown of OR, but we ended up hurriedly clipping and cleaning her up and stuck her in the fillies class. Bouncer's first get at her first show was Champion Weanling Filly.      

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Bonnie was ridden on Saturday in Costume and Games, and they turned out to be farewell rides, because the Jenkins family of ID came down to UT to see Bonnie, and their three boys just fell in love with her, and so Bonnie went home to ID where a new chapter awaits her. Bonnie trailered 10 hours home without a peep and settled right in - during an update phone call, we were told that Bonnie and the Jenkins' 9-12 rider won Western Pleasure at their first show. Congratulations!

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Ultimate Bounce Wins at the World Again 

Under the guidance of Stacy Lair, Bouncer won both the 19 & Over Western Pleasure class and the JPFC Western Pleasure class at the 2004 World Show in Colorado. We are delighted with these important wins, as it shows Bouncer's all-around excellence: not only is he pretty, but he rides, too!

Ultimate Bounce Achieves ROM(H) 

First in the Nation 3yo Stallions

We have wrapped up an unbelievable year for Skyrock's stallions, and the topper is Bouncer standing at #1 in the Nation for 3 yo Stallions. To make it better yet, he has earned his ROM(Halter). We are so proud of him, and he just keeps getting better and better. We have worked out a 2004 show schedule with trainer Stacy Lair, and Bouncer will show local, State, World and National Futurities in JPFC, and we fully expect him to do well. 

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California Futurity Wins for Skyrock Stallions

 First time out under saddle for Ultimate Bounce has shown the POA crowd what we've known all along: That boy can MOVE!

Placing third in the Western Pleasure division, we were pretty happy with the result despite an equipment failure that lowered his score. However, he made up for it in English Pleasure, moving out with a fluidity that was really impressive, and brought home the winning trophy.

Skyrock Skipper Twist showed in the Yearling Halter Division of the Futurity, and brought home the trophy too. He also scored big at the Ponyrama that the Futurities were being held in conjunction with, taking home Grand Champion Stallion under both judges and completely skunking Bouncer. Skipper is maturing into a fine young stallion.

First International Show for Skyrock a 

Big Success!

Ultimate Bounce and Skyrock Skipper Twist really did Skyrock proud! At the 2003 International Show in Shelbyville Tennessee, Ultimate Bounce won his Three-Year-Old Stallions class, and then went on to win Senior Champion Stallion! Skipper took a Reserve Champion in Yearling Colts, and a 5th (out of 15) in Lunge-Line  - not too bad for his second time out! - These placings earned Skipper the Small Stallion Stakes Award!

Thanks to Stacy Lair at Competitor's Edge for fitting and showing 'the boys'. 

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Skyrock Wins Again at the 2003 World!

Taking two colts to the 2003 POA World Show in Spanish Fork, Utah, we are once again delighted with the performance of our Ponies! Bouncer has claimed back-to-back titles, and our yearling, Skyrock Skipper Twist, has also shown he has the 'Right Stuff'. 

Our World Champions:

Ultimate Bounce 

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World Champion Three Year Old Stallion

World Champion Most Colorful

 Skyrock Skipper Twist 

  
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World Champion Yearling Stallion

Res. World Champion Yearling Lunge Line 

both colts conditioned and shown by

Stacy Lair of Competitor's Edge

Norco, California

(951) 279-4374

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Ultimate Bounce and Skyrock Skipper Twist  

Sweep the Grands at 2003 South West Regional 

and  2003 Rocky Mountain Regional

The 2003  South West Regional at Scottsdale proved a rewarding experience for Skyrock. Two colts were fitted and shown, Ultimate Bounce and Skyrock Skipper Twist, and they ended up going Grand and Reserve Grand in the Stallions Division. 

Both colts are headed for the CA State shows as well as Southern CA's events, and are headed for the World and the International this coming summer.

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The Rocky Mountain Regional upheld our confidence in our boys, as they once again swept the Grands, with Bouncer going Grand Champion Stallion, and Skipper taking Reserve Grand Champion Stallion. Skipper also took Reserve Champion in Color and in Yearling Lunge Line. The stakes were up there, as the RM Regional is the prelude to the POA World, & we were happy to have them do so well just before the "BIG" show! 

They both looked wonderful, fit and gorgeous, thanks to Stacy Lair, who has been conditioning and handling them for Skyrock.

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Bouncer has been started under saddle, and Stacy reports he has wonderful movement. He will be shown in the California Futurities at the end of August '03, and we have plans for him to show JPFC in 2004. 

Skipper is for sale, (available after the World) but will of course continue to be shown until sold.

Skyrock has moved to Norco, California 

Skyrock POAs has branched out into two divisions this summer. With a move to a property in Norco, the stallions and show ponies will be stalled where training and fitting can be intensified,  and the broodmares will remain in Avocado Heights where they will be brushed, patted and fed. We are very excited about this move, and believe it will have a very positive impact on our program. Our internet addresses will remain the same, and we can be emailed for new actual location and contact information. 

Skyrock Wins The  2002 World!

(or at least a big chunk of it!)

The 2002 POA World Show took place in early July, and Skyrock was there to put in a claim to fame. Taking two ponies for our first ever World endeavor, we are very proud to announce the following wins:

ULTIMATE BOUNCE 

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World Champion 2 Year Old Stallion

World Champion Most Colorful

World Champion 2 Year Old Lunge Line

Driftwood Dixie 

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World Champion Open Costume

World Champion Handy Horse (8&Under)

Reserve World Champion Western Pleasure (w/j)
 
Rocky Mountain Regional Champion in:
Open Costume
Western Pleasure (w/j)
Flags (8&Under)

Plus many high placings including a fourth place in a full Medium Mares class at the World!

We at Skyrock are very proud of these honors, and grateful to those kind people who made our first World Show so successful. 

• Flash! 

Dixie and Kayla

2002 South West Regional Champions  

Open Costume

Indian Costume

English Pleasure w/j

and was Reserve Champion in Bareback Equitation and numerous other classes.

Congratulations Girls!

• Flash! Dixie ended 2002 with the following accomplishments:

• ROM(NT)

• ROM(T)

• ROM(C)

• 4th in the Nation, Costume

• Cal-State High Point Games 8&Under

SCPOAC High Point in:

• Western (8&Uw/j)

• English (8&Uw/t)

• Games (8&U)

• Combined Costume (18&U)

• Winner William Heald Perpetual Trophy

We are so proud of our girls!

Recent Acquisitions And Arrivals

Miss Lacey Snow

(St Niks Snowstorm X JBJ's Design By Dude)

1996 sorrel few-spot mare

Lacey comes to us as a large broodmare prospect. She is a homozygous few-spot mare, but has many more credentials than her color. She is by noted sire St Nik's Snowstorm, sire of JBJ's Firestorm and Miss Cinnamon Snow, as well as our own Driftwood Dixie. She produced some very nice foals for Little Valley Oaks, notably LVO Respect This Miss, and we are very happy to welcome her to Bouncer's band.

Suncrest Lullabye

(Suncrest Tattoo X Suncrest Forever Amber)

1999 bay with blanket & spots, star mare

Lullabye is a real treasure for us as we've been trying to buy her for years. She is a daughter of Suncrest Tattoo, World Champion and Int Res. Champion, and sire of multiple World and International Champions, including Suncrest Magic Moment, JPFC Winner. AND - Lullabye is out of the legendary Suncrest Forever Amber, dam of Supreme Champions Suncrest Kandi Bar, Suncrest Big Mac and Suncrest DoughBoy.  Wow. Moreover, Lullabye has only been bred once  -  to Bouncer -  and that colt won the Cal-State Futurity the first time shown.  AND - Lullabye was shown as a young mare and was International Champion 2yo Mare.  Thank you to the Rachenok's for allowing us to purchase her. We are very excited to add her to our broodmares! She will be bred to Bouncer for an '08 foal.     

Zip N Chip Prince

(Zip N Gold X Miss Gold Chip)

2000 sorrel roan with blanket, spots, hind stocking and blaze gelding

Purchased at the 2006 Rocky Mountain Regional Sale from Chris McMullin of Utah, "Stoney" is a very big boy, at 56" (PHC) and weighing in at about 1000 lbs, he will easily carry any member of our family. Stoney is a full brother to JKB Zip's Gold Nugget, World Champion and Res. International Champion palomino leopard mare currently owned by the Turner family of California. Stoney had a very successful early career, winning the Utah Select Sire Futurity, then going on to be Utah State High Point Gelding as a Yearling and a Two-Year-Old, capturing many Grands and Reserves. He was shown JPFC by Jordan Gardner and won the World 2yo JPFC Championship in Western Pleasure and was Reserve Champion in HUS, Trail and 2yo Geldings. Jordan gave him a tune up before the Rocky Mtn Regional, and Stoney won all the 19 & Over classes he entered.

We are very grateful to Chris McMullin for allowing us to purchase Stoney at the Sale. Thanks also to Jordan Gardner for the tune-up and for helping us with our first ride on Stoney, and for the tips on his personality. Stoney is now home in Norco, checking out the girls and thinking about liking the dogs.

Queen of Aces

(Santee Ace X Royal Shamrock)

This very fine chestnut leopard mare is on breeding lease to us from Carol Keegan of Keegan Performance Horses. We are thrilled to have such a quality mare to breed to Bouncer, and even more thrilled that Carol thinks enough of our stallion to want a breed-back to him when it's time for Queen to go home. This mare has more Grand Championships than you can count and has her ROM in Halter. She is broke to ride, but has been busy producing top quality foals for Carol. Please watch for Queen's 2007 foal by Ultimate Bounce.

RBR Bunbeatable

(JKA Supreme Scooter X Dee's Diable QT)

Bunny upon her arrival at Skyrock

We are very excited at this purchase, and would like to thank Donna & Leon Chastain for allowing us to buy Bunny. Bunny is a large very sweet mare bred by the Bagwells of OK, sired by JKA Supreme Scooter. She is a bay near-leopard. As a weanling, Bunny won the Select Sire Futurity, and her numerous siblings have been red hot at the shows.  Her half brother RBR Bunbelievable was 2005 World Champion 3yo Stallion. The first Bunny/Bouncer cross will be due in 2007 ... we can hardly wait!

Mr   Dakota   Chisum ROM(H) 

(JW Chisum X World Of Pleasure)

  Dakota at his 2yo In Hand Train Win, POAC International

Dakota upon his arrival at Skyrock

Dakota is a four year old chestnut sno-cap gelding with four stockings and a big blaze, and our new Jr.Pony. He already has his ROM(H) and he won the International 2yo In-Hand Trail class. We purchased him from the Wentland family of MN, and we are so happy to have him here at last! The Wiest family picked him up from the IA POA Sale for us, and say he is such a sweet boy, and even on his first day, we can tell that's so. Plans for Dakota begin with Jr. Pony classes next season, and a trip to the World Show (OR) in August. The best news: he's perfect for our Costume - No Spots!

Dakota's sire, JW Chisum,  a producer of numerous International class winners, is a son of East Acres Tough To Beat by East Acres Double Tough (Premiere Sire, ROM(NT) ROM(T)). Tough To Beat also sired East Acres Chip O Tough and Double Shot.

We are very excited to add Dakota to our barn. Thank You Don & Mary Wentland!

Recent Sales/Leases

Skyrock's 2005 sales:

• Cuff Link  '98 TB gelding, bay w/ hind pastern

Sweet and talented English prospect going to a great new home in Las Vegas NV. Congratulations to Amanda & Jason Swann, and Good Luck with our good boy Coffee!

• Gold's Mistie Acapella  '94 POA mare, 55  7/16"  PHC, chestnut roan/flax  with a star. Bonnie is by Gold's Acapello by Supreme Champion Touch Of Gold.

Well trained Large mare with a talent for games, Bonnie has moved to Idaho to join three lively boys.

 Congratulations Jenkins Family!

• Skyrock Ruby Six  '05 POA Filly, black roan w/blanket & spots               (Ultimate Bounce X Dually's Dazzlin Star)

Our first Bouncer baby, Ruby proved her stuff on the way to being delivered to her new home: she picked up the Western Classic Weanling Fillies Championship in Utah.

Congratulations Alyssa Brown of Oregon!

Skyrock's 2004 sales:

• Skyrock Indigo Moon '03 POA mare, black roan w/white over hips.

  JPFC Prospect Delux!

        Sire produced a  JPFC High Point Winner & Dam produced a JPFC High Point Winner!

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. 

 

SOLD to the Peaton Family of Arizona!

Good Luck with Indy and her Show Career!

Skyrock's 2003 sales:

• Skyrock Skipper Twist POA '02 Stallion to Lauren Aguilera of Just Heavenly POAs

  • Skyrock Skipper Twist, World Champion, International Small Stallion Stake Winner, numerous Grands and Reserves, an all-around beautiful colt, and a born champion. We are sad to see him go, but we know Lauren will take good care of him. Watch for him in Halter and JPFC classes at the big shows. Good Luck Lauren and Skipper!

Skyrock's 2002 sales:

• Summer Gold   POA '92 Mare to Courmier Quarter Ponies & POAs  
  • Summer Gold, '92 POA mare, chestnut with roaning. Summer is by Santee Gold Hancock, Supreme Champion and a 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 set a long-standing record in Pole Bending, and who produced an astounding 17 POAs for the Johnsons, 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 2000-01 season. She is very competitive in Medium Mares Halter with her gorgeous head and muscled build. Summer ended 2000 with a National Medallion, and the William Heald Perpetual Trophy. Summer produces fine foals and will be a definite asset to the Courmier program.

               

   

• Skyrock Lakota Gold  POA '99 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 (see Horses for Sale) 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.