[QUOTE=La Gringa;4033823]
We probably rode in the same classes as well then… LOL. ;)[/QUOTE]
Very possibly. 
I had Candace Schlom’s Me Too as my schoolmaster after she moved on to nicer horses. And Kristina Harrison (now Naness) who rides Rociero and was a contender for the dressage team last year was also the same age showing hunters in California.
It was a good year for horse-crazy girls. 
I had thought Meredith had been at Foxfield, but couldn’t remember for sure.
[QUOTE=La Gringa;4033808]
She started with Foxfield Riding School in Westlake Village, CA. I remember her riding Humdinger in the Children’s Jumpers on teams with Candace Schlom (King)[/QUOTE]
She also had Boston Banker.
However, I was sad to hear about Up Chiqui…do you guys think it’s the end of the road for him? He’s not done so well here recently.
what are you talking about here? he’s been doing well this season. he gave him some time off before WC and won that big GP where he tied with Kerrins in Tampa. Did I miss something?
[QUOTE=ponyjumper4;4034632]
what are you talking about here? he’s been doing well this season. he gave him some time off before WC and won that big GP where he tied with Kerrins in Tampa. Did I miss something?[/QUOTE]
Maybe end of the road is a little much, sorry. For sure it’s not the end of the road for him. That was silly of me to say. However, I just haven’t heard his name in the spotlights so much in comparison to his awesome 2006/2007/2008 years. I love the horse, and it was heartbreaking to me to hear what happened to him at the WC. (Didn’t get to see, was busy away from my home this weekend.) Even more so I’m sure it was insanely heartbreaking for Kent.
"Kent Farrington and Up Chiqui retired after fence two, Up Chiqui simply wasn’t himself when he came in the ring. "
The horse has proven himself and is amazing, but that’s a costly mistake to make in the WC when he’s been working so hard to get there. He lead the pack to this WC in standings for the East Coast. I just hope that for 2010 they recoup and bring on a better game and end up doing well in the end. Things like that happen for sure, but it’s gotta kill ya when it does at that level because those people go there to win, that’s their goal and when you retire so early on in a course you have to wonder why it happened.
Does anyone know the story about how Meredith got the ride on Shutterfly?
Kristina Harrison bought my hunter This Time, who she renamed Saffron and did the hunters and eq on him.
In my younger years I rode Lights Out a gray hunter.
He actually does have quite a bit of TB blood on both sides. I think it’s what gives him his “edge”.
no - he doesn’t:D
On the sire side 1 horse in the 4th generation is TB - Sacramento Song.
On the dame side 2 horses in the 4th generation are TB.
He is 3/8ths TB. For me, as a warmblood breeder/rider, that is NOT a “lot” of TB.
I will admit he is very heavily influenced by his damsire Forrest xx in both type and character. But the other 5/8ths that is WB is HEAVY old style WB.
Shutterfly’s dam sire is xx along with the other influences, which makes it pretty up close and he certainly looks xx in type.
[QUOTE=La Gringa;4035082]
Kristina Harrison bought my hunter This Time, who she renamed Saffron and did the hunters and eq on him.
In my younger years I rode Lights Out a gray hunter.[/QUOTE]
Small world. Saffron was a lovely horse and I know Krisi felt lucky to have him.
:yes::yes:
The horse stopped several strides before the first jump (didn’t get his eye on it? nappy by the ingate? woke up on the wrong side of the stall? who knows?), circled, jumped it, then knocked down the second jump. So with 8 faults plus probable time faults after two jumps, Kent decided to save his good horse for another day.
Unfortunate, but not exactly any reason to conclude the horse is washed up.
[QUOTE=dutchfan;4035229]
no - he doesn’t:D
On the sire side 1 horse in the 4th generation is TB - Sacramento Song.
On the dame side 2 horses in the 4th generation are TB.
He is 3/8ths TB. For me, as a warmblood breeder/rider, that is NOT a “lot” of TB.
I will admit he is very heavily influenced by his damsire Forrest xx in both type and character. But the other 5/8ths that is WB is HEAVY old style WB.[/QUOTE]
Really??
50% XX/OX
[QUOTE=S A McKee;4036050]
Really??
50% XX/OX
http://www.paardenfokken.nl/pedigree.php?horseid=112181[/QUOTE]
Who is 50% xx/ox? not shutterfly. He has no anglo-arab blood in him (ox).
The hanoverians calculate % of TB by looking at the 4th generation. If you look 3 out of 8 ancestors are TB in his pedigree. That makes him 3/8ths TB. No more no less.
Yes - he is heavily influenced in phenotype by Forrest xx.
but he is less than 50% TB, he is 3/8ths.
Five eights or three eights, what’s the big deal? His TB traits are obvious and 3/8 is only slightly less than half, hardly enough to argue about. A little bit of TB blood goes a long way. Can’t we just say he’s an exceptional horse and leave it at that?
[QUOTE=MHM;4036009]
The horse stopped several strides before the first jump (didn’t get his eye on it? nappy by the ingate? woke up on the wrong side of the stall? who knows?), circled, jumped it, then knocked down the second jump. So with 8 faults plus probable time faults after two jumps, Kent decided to save his good horse for another day.
Unfortunate, but not exactly any reason to conclude the horse is washed up.[/QUOTE]
Um hence why I said that was silly of me to say…I KNOW the horse isn’t washed up so-to-speak, but it’s odd for Chiqui to stop. I have a friend who worked for Kent and she was shocked that he stopped, her quotes exactly when I told her, “GASP Monster stopped!?! He never stops!”
I’m glad Kent decided to retire after that though, because like you said it’s better he saved his good horse for another day, aka next year when he can do it all over again!
Yes I remember Boston Banker too.
Boston lived a very long life. He just passed away a few years ago- what a good horse.
http://www.paardenfokken.nl/pedigree.php?horseid=112181
but then, here is Sir Caletto:
http://www.paardenfokken.nl/pedigree.php?horseid=114111
so, I think you can find many a Hanoverian with a good percent of TB blood -
I was trying to input my filly, who grand-dad is an Anglo-Arab, Matcho!
[QUOTE=dutchfan;4036275]
Who is 50% xx/ox? not shutterfly. He has no anglo-arab blood in him (ox).
The hanoverians calculate % of TB by looking at the 4th generation. If you look 3 out of 8 ancestors are TB in his pedigree. That makes him 3/8ths TB. No more no less.
Yes - he is heavily influenced in phenotype by Forrest xx.
but he is less than 50% TB, he is 3/8ths.[/QUOTE]
Most of what is not TB goes back to G line. The G line makes him more forward as well.
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