My goodness. It has been a long time since I updated my blog. The Augusta Futurity is in town so I have plenty of free time on my hands tonight with Ryan at the event. I have been home ill most of the week.
I'll start by letting everyone know how Z's filly did at the AQHA World Championship show in November. Catherine Zevi Jones ended up finishing 8th overall in Jr. Horse Pole Bending! She was the only 3 year old that made the finals. You can watch her finals run, a 21.0, on our Web site: www.SynergyStables.com. There is also video of Catherine working barrels on our site.
Moving on to Infamous Fire. Anyone who knows us is aware of the stiffle injury we have nursed with Fire since September of 2006. Well, when Lance (Graves) arrived to do our NBHA World Show party demo, he asked if Fire had been doing well, and I said yes. So he decided to tack him up and ride him. Fire rode like a dream so we decided that he would be the demo horse that night. And work his tail off he did! He smoked a pattern and received a standing ovation! It was great fun and he stayed sound!! That was even better.
When Lance came for the Southern Rebel Futurity the end of December, we grabbed Fire and took him along. He ended up clocking a respectable 2D time with several bobbles. We are all excited as this was his 1st competition RUN! Ever.
Last weekend, we went to Jacksonville, FL for the Fortune 5 Barrel Racing. We took Infamous Fire, Cruzin Ta Fame (my #1 guy), Bartenders Playgirl (Ryan's ride), and Smokey (Dylan's pony). Ryan fell in the cracks on his 1st 2 runs and tipped the 3rd barrel on his last run. Dylan finished 4th in the youth 4D and was all excited (and yes, he was our big money winner). I rode in the open arena on Thursday night with Cruz and let him breaze through a set and he took an odd stumble at the 1st barrel. When I tacked him on Friday, I noticed his back right hock was swollen, warm and he did not want me to touch it! Darn... I ended up not running him until Sunday, and we ended up 23rd out of 340+ entries, with a 1D clock! I was so excited. And to say he was wild would be an understatement! He'd been in his stall with just an hour of hand walking.
While that Cruz's run was fun, our real fun came watching Fire make his runs. On Friday, he smoked the 1st and 2nd barrels and seemed to lose his wind running to the 3rd. Lance was forced to pick him up and he did not finish like he should have and still clocked a 2D time! His run on Saturday was only more exciting. He smoked the first barrel and was hauling across the arena and got by his 2nd barrel and went hauling to the 3rd and snapped around it and came running home. He ended up in the top 30 of that race in the 1D! We had many people tell us that he was the funnest horse to watch run that weekend, not to mention the prettiest!!! We have a couple videos of Fire working barrels online at: www.SynergyStables.com - Visit Fire's Stallion page to view the video. After Fire's impressive couple showings, we have decided to give him his futurity year. We are planning on his being sent to Lance's to hit as many 5 year old events as possible. His '08 breeding season will be shortened to allow this, but we feel it will only add value to him and his offspring in the future.
OK... But our good weekend was not over though in Jacksonville. The Zippy Zevi Dahser 4 year old filly, Zip Zippin Wonder ridden by Sabra O'Quinn made an impressive run and finished 18th on Friday out of 340+ entries and drew a 2D check. She was entered also in the Fortune 5 Slot race on Saturday night. Tipped barrels kept her from drawing a check in the race! She is an exceptional filly and certainly only the tip of the iceberg on Z's siring ability. Also running that weekend was Moneys Dash Ta Fame-a 4 year old son of Z ridden by Boo Flournoy. He made serveral consistent and smooth runs just placing out of the 3D! You can watch videos of both these horses work online at: www.SynergyStables.com - visit Zippy Zevi Dasher's Stallion page.
I just received word this evening that the Zip Zippin Wonder filly worked well at the EBFA Futurity in Murfreesboro, TN that is going on this weekend. I don't have any specifics, but once I do, I will be sure to update them!
I believe I have written a book, and thank you for stopping by to let me share!
HTTY,
Andre' Dohrn
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