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Acadamosby Award
Oscar is the horse that we feel put us on the map.
I remember the first time I saw him. I had
been looking for a few months for a youth horse for
Chelsea Knox, a 13 year old student. I walked
into the ring during the first go of the hunter
under saddle at the 1993 AQHYA World Show in Fort
Worth, Texas and instantly my eyes fell on "Oscar".
Instantly I knew he was the horse. He was not
just a great mover and beautiful, he also had an
amazing presence and expression. Jason came
and watched him and we both agreed he was a special
horse. It wasn't until after the World Show
that we worked the deal to buy him but to this day I
think it was the best purchase we have ever made.
Oscar was so trainable and he never said no.
He always gave 110%.
We have so many great stories about Oscar. We
could write a book. One of our favorites is
one that I would even be sceptical of if it hadn't
happened to me. One of our customers had a
psychic come out to talk to her horse that was
kicking her trailer. Jason and Chelsea decided
to have her talk to Oscar. Now this psychic
was not told "who" Oscar was or any detail about
him. She talked to Oscar and he hold her how happy
he was, how he loved his trainers, his owners, and
of course showing. He then told her the only
thing he didn't understand was why all the other
horses got to walk by his stall (he lived in the
first stall and was the only horse that could see
the turnout arena) and got turned out daily and he
never did. We were shocked and saddened when
she said that. You see, Oscar had bad feet and
had a horrible time keeping shoes on so we never
turned him out. It was early October 1998,
just before Congress and World Show, we
told her
to tell Oscar that as soon as we got home from the
World Show we would turn him out as long as he
didn't run and pull shoes off. We got home
from the World Show where Oscar won his first AQHA
Super Horse Title and started turning him out daily.
He never pulled another shoe off and to this day
lives in his pasture with a full set of shoes!
Oscar lives with his old hauling mate, Conclusives
Bar Cody.
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Acadamosby Award
21 World Championships
16 Reserve World Championships
3 Super Horse Titles
1 Reserve Super Horse Title |
Conclusives Bar Cody
"Milton" was a one of a kind horse. We've
never had another one like him. He was huge
and impressive. He started his career as a
hunt seat horse and Gigi Bailey was Reserve World
Champion in Junior Hunter Under Saddle behind Oscar
in 1993. He learned to jump as a 4 year old
and ended up with us at High Point in 1995 with his
new owner Nancy Ann Alto (now Renfro). He was
possibly the most versatile and athletic horse I've
ever ridden. He could spin like a reiner and
work horsemanship patterns with incredible speed and
ability. Nancy was the Congress All Around
twice and was the All Around Amateur twice at the AQHA World Show. Milton and Nancy were World
Champions in Horsemanship (2 times), Equitation and
Western Riding and Reserve World Champion in Hunter
Hack, Showmanship, and Hunter Under Saddle.
One year at Congress he won Senior Western Riding,
Senior Hunter Hack and Open Hunter Under Saddle
Maturity. Milton was unlike Oscar in that you
had to work hard for everything on him, but it was
always worth it. We later sold him to Blair
Gilbert for her last 3 years of youth. Blair
and Milton clicked and she was 1999 AQHYA World
Champions in Hunter Under Saddle and was the
Congress All Around Youth. Milton enjoys his
well deserved retirement at High Point.
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