June Mare of the Month - Gracie Rose (Khlassy Lass+)

Celebrating her 25th Birthday on June 2nd, Gracie is our obvious choice for June Mare of the Month. Khlassy Lass or as affectionately known around the barn as "Gracie Rose", is a First Class daughter out of a Real McCoy daughter - thank you, Kit Hall for breeding such a wonderful mare!

She is true to her pedigree and looks so much like *Bask++ with the coloring from Khemo. Real McCoy just complimented everything. She still trots level and easily did the 15 mile Ahmanson trip with Jordan.

Gracie has been invaluable in our barn - she is definitely The Queen and rules the roost but is gentle enough to pony the puppy-dog and always calms down when Geffen rides her double. She is a Liberty winner at age 24 and recently took first in a Mares Sport Horse in Hand class.

I thank my lucky stars everytime I see this mare in our barn! She also shares Sapphire's birthday (and Adam's!).

Congratulations to all the riders at the Hidden Hills English Show!

All of the riders at the Hidden Hills Horse Show did a beautiful job presenting their horses and cheering on their friends! Bliss organzied another amazing event and the day was positive, fun and enjoyable!

There were a lot of debuts at this show which always adds to the excitement level. Jordan did an incredible job presenting Crimson in her first show ever at the age of 20 and winning the Walk/Trot Reserve Champion High Point.

Since Poe is now enjoying retirement life, Alexa showed Persjaa and did an amazing job. Her Poles classes were some of my favorite of the day!

Ashley & Sonnet and Hannah & Jade were racing around but it didn't stop them from an incredible performance in the Obedience Class - I love that "Counter-Canter", girls! Hannah's integrity shined in and out of the ring.

Ashley & Sonnet also won the Reserve High Point of the Day and dazzled the crowd with the fastest jumper course of the entire day! 31 Seconds!

Alexandra also showed in the Walk/Trot Division on Gracie and took home the High Point Championship - getting those diagonals really pays off!

Tallulah & Triana also debuted together in and got better with each class in the Walk/Trot Division - their poles class was spectacular!

Brooke & Lola impressed everyone when she tied with a trainer in the toughest class, Gambler's Choice! It was a hold-your-breath race to the finish. Brooke also won the High point Championship in her division with Dessa!

Mandy rode Snapper with ease & grace despite not being able to practice. Both girls did well and made us all proud! Next show - jumping!

Baylee was there in True Blue fashion and showed support for all of her friends. She also rode Angel over which gave Kristin a horse to play on as well.

We missed having Lilian's love and support at this show and hope she is feeling better soon! A sincere thanks to Bliss for another memorable event, to Angel for all his help in and outside the arena, and also to our wonderful judge Courtney who was blown away by all of the kids.

Also, thanks to Glen for breakfast and to the smiling faces in the snack shack that keep us going all day long! Junk in the trunk!