SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Adam and Buffy have earned their Superior in Youth Halter.  They finished out with a bang at the Forest, Mississippi 4 judge Paint-O-Rama show on November 2, 2002.  While they went there needing only 2 points, they were the Circuit Champions earning 8 points and their Superior! 

Adam has raised Buffy since the day she was born.  She was a little cutie and now, at five, she stands 16 hands tall and weighs 1,440 pounds.  Adam's glad that she's tall because he's 6'3" and seems to dwarf many horses.  Adam is now 19.  

Buffy's sire is Dee Link.  He's a World Champion Halter stallion.  Her dam was a beautiful mare named Triple Grand.  "Trixie" was the daughter of two World Champion halter horses.  Trixie was foundered before we bought her, but she lived a happy life with us.  We raised five foals off of Trixie with Buffy being the only filly.  All of Trixie's foals were overos.

Buffy is an overo, she just doesn't have a ton of white.  She's eye-catching with her nice big blaze and her four socks.  Her qualifying markings are the white spot on her belly and the high white on the inside of her right fore leg.

Adam was rather young when Buffy was born and they've grown up together.  Now they're both to their full adult size and they're both tall.  Adam has trained Buffy from day one.  She's always been his horse.

Buffy has always been a sweetheart and she's always loved having Adam around.  Now as a grown mare she's very protective of Adam.  She gets furious if he spends time with another horse.  She's spoiled rotten when it comes to Adam.

The picture above was taken when Buffy was three years old.  We had hauled her all the way to Raleigh, North Carolina for the 2000 4-H Southern Regional Championships.  They were the Reserve Champion.  It was thrilling!

The picture above was taken in Memphis, Tennessee in 2001 after Adam and Buffy once again took the Reserve Championship honors at the 4-H Southern Regional Championships.  What a wonderful accomplishment!

Adam and Buffy have recently completed showing in 4-H.  This was their last year because of Adam's age.  The picture above was taken in Memphis, Tennessee in 2002 after he and Buffy grabbed their third consecutive Reserve Championship of the 4-H Southern Regional Championships.  What a run these two have had!

Now that Buffy is a Superior Halter Horse, she has retired from the show ring.  She's now a broodmare.  She just had a filly sired by the multiple World Champion stallion Prairie Gold.  Below is a picture of Prairie Gold.  Click here to see Buffy's beautiful baby, Becca!

Here's a break down of Adam and Buffy's success in the showring.  We're quite impressed, not to mention proud of their accomplishments!

We attended the 1998 Southern Regional 4-H Championships in Little Rock, Arkansas, the 2000 Southern Regional 4-H Horse Show in Raleigh, North Carolina, the 2001 Southern Regional 4-H Championships in Memphis, Tennessee, and the 2002 Southern Regional 4-H Championships, also in Memphis, Tennessee.  In Halter, only the State Champion has an automatic berth to go.  We couldn't miss these shows for the world and we're glad we didn't!  

Adam and Buffy placed fifth as a yearling (against all ages) and as the Reserve Champion as a three-year-old, four-year-old, and five-year-old!  She was "only" the Reserve State Champion in 1999 and as such, she didn't qualify for the Birmingham, Alabama Southern Regionals that year.

Adam and Buffy are pictured below while Buffy got to stretch her legs at the Georgia Welcome Center in 2000.  We were on our way to Raleigh, N.C. at the time.  Buffy was only three and that trip was a lot for her.   She's well traveled, but never 2,400 miles in eight days before!

Showing takes a lot of miles, a lot of time, and yes, too much money, but it's an investment in our son and we've all had a wonderful time, state after state, show after show.

Adam has just completed his last year of eligibility for competition in the APHA Youth classes.  He'll complete next showing his brother's mare, HT Tommy Girl, in Amateur Halter while Ross, her owner, shows her in Youth.  Tommy already has her Superior in Open Halter and we're hoping to add another one or two superiors to her record, in time.  Tommy gave us a fine overo colt this past spring, so she got the a year off to be a mom, but she's now being fitted again for the showring. :)