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Laddie was foaled
in spring 2001 at U of I. Mom was more than 25 years old,
and died of strangles just hours after her birth. The owner abandoned
her at the
University, refusing to pay her bill. A wonderful horsey family and
dear
friends, the Clems, took little "Lady Luck" in, and bottle/bucket fed
her for several months, then transitioned her to grain. |
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Clem's spoke to us about taking in Laddie when they learned we had just
started our rescue and were getting Zee. As
soon as Zee was settled in, we brought Laddie to our new rescue, and
began the process of teaching the little orphan how to be a horse. |
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blossomed into a nicely sized 15+ hand mare, well built with
gorgeous movement and an amazingly willing spirit. At just 2 years old,
we
regularly used Laddie for riding lessons, including for beginners.
While not push button, Laddie would
never do anything scary or dangerous with a new rider on her back.
Laddie has
shown great potential for dressage and or hunter/jumper type arenas and
we knew she would be
a fantastic 4H/pony club project for a young rider looking to get into
either
discipline. She rode great on trails, rides into town, loaded herself
on the horse
trailer, and all in all is just a joy to be around. |
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11/03 UPDATE: We are nothing short of
thrilled to announce that Laddie has delivered to Muncie Indiana to her
new home
with the Kaluf family! The two pictures above, next to her name, show
Andrew
peaking in what he thought was an empty stall to find his horse had
been
delivered a week early as a surprise, and Andrew's first ride on Laddie
in the
indoor arena of their new boarding facility. CONGRATULATIONS, ANDREW
AND THE
KALUF FAMILY, and most of all, CONGRATULATIONS LADDIE! |
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02/04 UPDATE: Laddie is doing fabulously in
her new home, and will soon be joined by Majesty!
Andrew and Laddie had their first horse show recently....please see the
professional photo from the show, taken and copywrited by Jill Shafer
(very top
right). Thanks, Jill, for allowing us to use the photo here! Anyone
interested
in Jill's photography may reach her via email at photobyjill@hotmail.com
or via phone at 765-755-9955.
Click HERE to
read comments from Laddie's
new family.
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04/04 UPDATE:
Laddie is doing amazing in her
new home with her new boy. This photo is at a recent horse show, where
they
placed in nearly every class...looking at the pictures, its no wonder!
07/04 UPDATE: Laddie and Andrew have just finished at their County
Fair 4H show -- placing in the top 30% -- which is high enough to go on
to STATE FAIR! Andrew and Lads now get to compete in Halter and one
under saddle class at State...he's selected English pleasure. CONGRATS
LADDIE AND ANDREW!!
His placings:
Halter -- 1st -- on to state!
Showmanship -- 3rd
Eng Pleasure -- 3rd -- on to state!
Eng Equitation -- 2nd
Trail -- 5th
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08/04
UPDATE: Laddie and Andrew have just finished
at the Indiana STATE Fair 4H show! Lad's and Andrew had a superb ride
and we're all very proud! |
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Winter 2004
UPDATE: Andrew rides Lad's with Mom on Buster
and Dad on Majesty in the winter snow. |
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2005 Update: |
"Laddie (Lads, Lady Jealousy), what
can I say? She is maybe the most amazing horse I've ever
met. Loves Andrew and him her. They are quite a matched
set. She knows which saddle she has on; Western is play
time. However, when the English saddle is on she knows the
foolishness is to stop and to head for the rail. Andrew taught
her to neck rein and she is fully controllable from her back with a
lead line on only one side of her neck (part neck rein, part
bit). She has matured into a gorgeous black young lady. A
bit taller than when we brought her home, filled out fully. Very
strong willed..still not push button but you could put any
age/experience on her for the most part and be fairly confident she'd
not do anything stupid. Andrew and her will be getting fairly
serious about showing this spring/summer. Unfortunately our
stable did not do a winter show series this winter so they will have a
lot of work to do. 4-H will continue to be the primary push, but
since my summer is a bit more open than in the past we will do as many
other shows as possible. They will show mostly Hunter under
saddle, halter and showmanship. Some contesting will also be
thrown in. However at AM's suggestion we will have Lads knees
checked to make sure all the gaps have closed up. We don't want
to do anything to keep her less than 100% all time." -- Steve Kaluf |
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June 2005 update:
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"Andrew and Laddie competed in the Indiana 4-H Area 7
Horse show this past weekend. This show consists of 11
counties. A win at this show automatically qualifies you for the
Indiana State Fair. Andrew rode Laddie in four classes:
Halter:
Sr. Hunter Type Showmanship- 5th
Hunter Type Mare over 56"- 3rd
Riding:
Hunter under Saddle- 3rd
Hunt Seat
Equitation-1st!!!
Their equitation pattern was flawless, the best they have
ever done and they are now automatically qualified for the IN State
Fair! They will still do the county fair but they don't have to
worry about trying to make the State Fair based on their performance at
the county level." -- Steve Kaluf
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August 05 update:
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Laddie and Andrew competed hard and
well at the August 05 Hartmeyer show. Photo courtesy of www.bowtiephotography.com
-- what a great service, taking these wonderful professional photos at
the show, with prints available IMMEDIATELY! or at your leisure later
online. Need photography at your next event? Don't miss out - call
BowTie! |
