|
|
|
|
||||
|
Day Dreamin
& TC Kentiki Best of luck and happy trail riding to these lovely horses and their new owners, Tina and Callie Collins! |
|
||
|
Our Hearts Dasire
We look for stories of a great and fun future for Our Hearts Dasire and her new owner Stewart Wickham. |
|
||
|
JA HALLYS ECLIPSE (AKA "7") I just saw your request for Cre Run horse stories in EN and thought I'd tell you about my "Cre-Run grandson". My horse JA Hally's Eclipse (I call him 7) is a grandson of your stallion MHF Eclipse. I rescued 7 in July of 2007 when his owner, a man who formerly had raced Arabs was dying of of emphysema. Three stallions were more or less forgotten in a secluded 30 acre field. I went to look at them for a friend, not looking for a horse for myself. Seven was a seven year old stallion, barely halter broken. I had been sent to look at the other two horses that were Sam Tiki bred but Seven impressed me with his substance and personality. He was extremely friendly and just had an honest face. I couldn't stand to see him there so I ended up bringing him home. I had him gelded the next week and simply took my time with him. He was perfectly willing to fight if you pushed him, but if allowed to think things through he was extremely intelligent and willing. |
|||
| In no time I was able to take him out on solo rides. He is brave and the least herd bound of any horse I've owned. No spook in him. He did his first 50 miler at the Biltmore Estate in May of 08 less than a year later, and was incredibly calm and level headed the entire way. He's one of the steadiest horses I have ever started, has great recoveries and a voracious appetite. One of my greatest challenges with him has been keeping him from eating his way into obesity. My farrier says his feet should be in a text book as an illustration of the perfect foot and he trots over rocks as if they're not there. He has now done 4 50 milers, including the very hot GERA 50 with no electrolytes other than small doses in his feed and usually has a CRI of 48/48. He obviously has a good metabolism. He is steady as you go; the first green horse I've ever had do the third loop, a repeat of the first in an almost identical time. My goal is for him to make a 100 mile horse. This season we'll be competing in 50's again and if all goes well will try a 100 in 2010. Angie McGhee and JA Hally's Eclipse Wildwood, GA |
 |
||
|
MY ECLIPSE+ My Eclipse+ has earned recognition as a Legion of Honor recipient. She has shown in 2008 & 2009 in Arabian Sport Horse under saddle & Arabian Working Hunter including 2 recent championships at the East Coast Championship show. Her son Gran Eclipse is a half Arabian who went Top Ten at the 2009 Sport Horse Nationals in Half Arab 2-Year-Old Gelding In Hand. My Eclipse+ is by the Cre Run foundation stallion MHF Eclipse. She is owned by Donna Thompson. |
|||
|
Donna Thompson, head trainer and owner at Kingsway Farm, owns My Eclipse and one of her foals Gran Eclipse. My Eclipse took Top 5 honors in Purebred Sport Horse Mares U/S and Purebred Hunter Hack Open. My Eclipse's son took Top 5 Honors and Reserve Champion HA Yearling Sweepstakes Colts/Geldings. My Eclipse shown here in SHUS ridden by Patti Magennis |
 |
||
| Gran Eclipse Top 5 & Res. CH. Half Arab Yearling colt shown by Patti Magennis |  |
||
|
SOLARR ECLIPSE
|
|||
|
So often, we hear from our "Happy Trail" clients who are doing all kinds of things other than race with our horses - everything from jumping to endurance to fox hunting.  |
|
||
|
BRAVEHEART ECLIPSE
|
|||
|
Owned by Pamela Onusko "We acquired Braveheart through quite a stroke of good luck. His owner was headed to college and had been unable to sell him. I had come across him on a horse website while looking for a horse for a boarder of mine. He proved to be too green for her needs, but the owner contacted me again a month later stating that she would have to take him to an auction before she left for college if he wasn't sold! I begged her not to do this, knowing what type of situation a sensitive Arab could find himself in if sold at auction. I offered to take Braveheart here to help find him a new home. We enjoyed his enthusiastic attitude towards jumping, and his bravery on trails so much that one of the boarders here at Starstruck Farms, Pamela Onusko, decided to buy him and let me show him for her." Braveheart
has won many end of year awards in both the EAAHSC and Blue Ridge
Arabian Horse Association and will continue showing in both Hunter
Pleasure and Working Hunter classes. |
 Peggy Ingles showing Braveheart Eclipse |
||
|
ALI and STAR
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
||
We purchased a horse at an auction named is Tu The Stars. We had no idea that he was a registered animal until after we purchased him. We are very happy to say that Tu The Stars has a very happy, young owner and sounds like a home for life. 
|
Dreams Do Come True
My dream was to someday own an Arabian horse. When we moved to Hanover County in 1989, I discovered Cre Run Farm was nearby. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that I would own a horse from that farm! In 1993, I met Deb Mihaloff. She told me about a two-year-old bay filly she had for sale, named On the Sound, and invited me to come see her. It was love at first sight. It was obvious by her sweet disposition and appearance that she had been very well cared for. I really didn't know where to begin with an untrained two-year-old filly, which had been bred for racing, but I brought her home. We
have learned so much…together. Along the way, I was discouraged
by people who insisted "she was too much horse for me," referring
to the misconceptions some people have about Arabians. I was beginning
to believe them, so I called Deb to talk about my concerns. I am
so thankful that I listened to Deb when she told me that with love
and patience, this Arabian would become the most loyal of friends.
Deb was right! Sound and I are soulmates. I have had a few other
horses over the years, but Sound will be with me forever. We perform
on a mounted drill team and trail ride. She is also a proven broodmare.
Thanks, Cre Run, for making my dream come true. |
 Joyce Foster on On The Sound ready to perform with the West Hanover Mounted Drill Team |