News Roundup - Spring 2008
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Second Chance, First Prize
Rachel Johnson, a 20-year-old college senior at Clemson University, took top prize at Augusta’s $100,000 Non-Pro Any Age Finals in late January. She turned in an impressive ride on her brand new horse, Casberlena, cutting two cows and earning a score of 219. She gave it a go on a horse she’d only ridden three times after falling short earlier in the day on her regular mount, Finally Got Smart. Johnson’s horses get their get-up-and-go from Legends® feed bought from the Greenbrier Valley Southern States store.
International Flair
Irish Tulip Equestrian Center (a customer of the Middletown, DE, Southern States) feeds the 2007 Welsh Pony Cob Society of America’s National Champion in the Half Welsh Colts and Fillies division. IT’s Mr. Merlot was started on Triple Crown Growth and is now on Triple Crown Complete.
Attend The Classic
Come have some fun while stocking up for summer at the Classic South Horse Fair at Callaway Plantation in Washington, GA. Tack and supply vendors will be on hand at the May 17th event. Demonstrations and educational seminars are scheduled all day and there will be a dinner and ball in the evening. For more information, contact Peggy Anderson at pm0114@hotmail.com.
Queen For The Day
Charlottesville Southern States customer Lauren Hartburg won the 2007-2008 American Buckskin Registry Association National Youth Representative Contest. This is similar to other breed associations’ Queen contests. Lauren competes at many shows on her mare Susies Top Priority.
Good Sportsmanship
This winter, Vass, NC resident Parker Minchin was awarded the USHJA Amateur Sportsmanship Award at USHJA’s annual convention in Phoenix, AZ. Congratulations to Parker on a most deservingaward! Parker was chosen not only due to her successes in the show ring, but also because of her contributions to the horse community. She acts as show manager for the NCHJA Benefit Show in Raleigh and also organized a benefit show in the summer of 2007 called Friends of Gail. The show was held in honor of her beloved trainer Gail Knieiriem who lost her battle with cancer last fall.
Good Looking Victory
Congratulations to Janice Grove and her yearling IB Gorgeous who were futurity champions at the Central Virginia Paint Club Horse Show in the Open In Hand Trail class. The show was held last fall at the Virginia Horse Center. Groves Paint Horses is located in Lost City, WV and they have been feeding Reliance Pleasure Pellets since the mid 90s resulting in countless futurity winners!
Big Year For Small Horses
Miniature horse breeders and Southern States customers - Dale Ferrebee and Marlene Smith had a very successful 2007. Their miniature, DalMar Boogerman’s King of the Roses won the World Championship 2-year-old Stallion 29'' and under at the AMHA World Show in Fort Worth, Texas. Ferrebee and Smith feed their miniature horses Legends Show and Pleasure and Triple Crown Low Starch from Rockbridge Farmers Cooperative in Lexington, VA.
