Special Times-activities missouri foxtrotter horse horses show trail celebration futurity caitie patterson sonny nelson versatility world champion

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-Show & Celebration - (September 3-9, 2006) -Performance-

Tom decided to pull our Outlaw's Patriot mare (Patriot's Star Spangle Banner) off pasture duty so he could ride her at the Fall Show & Celebration, held September 3-9, 2006.
As a novice in the show ring, he entered 3 classes and brought home 2 ribbons- a 6th place in Men's Amateur(horses-4 yrs and older) and a 2nd place in Men's Amateur Novice.
Not too shabby for his first time out! Will he try it again? Stay tuned!!

-Show & Celebration - (September 3-9, 2006) -Versatility Events-

During the Fall Show & Celebration, held
September 3-9, 2006, Quest's Colonel Bogey S.
and Caitie Patterson, under the tutelage of Sonny
Nelson, had every reason to be proud! Together they entered 16 Versatility classes and brought home 2 Blues, 4 Reds, 3-3rds, 1-4th, 1-5th, 1-6th, 1-7th and 3-8ths and captured 2 World Champion Titles: Youth Versatility Ranch - Working Cow Horse and Youth Trail.
What a Week for Bogey, Caitie and the Nelsons!

-Spring Show & 3 Year Old Futurity- (June 7-10, 2006)

In October, 2005, our Palomino Gelding - Quest's Colonel Bogey S. - was sent to Sonny Nelson of Ava, MO to be broke to saddle. The more training Bogey received from Sonny and his protégé, Caitie Patterson, the more they thought he had great potential as a Versatility horse. Bogey's first major introduction to the Versatility Venue was at the Spring Show / 3 Year Old Futurity, held at the MFTHBA showground in Ava, MO on June 7-10, 2006. Bogey and Caitie gave an outstanding performance throughout the 4 days of competition, entering 5 classes and bringing home 5 ribbons- 3 Blues and 2 Reds! Way to go, Team Nelson/Patterson!

As anyone who owns a farm knows, it is very difficult to get away
to visit family. Sometimes they have to come to you! In April of 2006, we
were blessed with a visit from my sister and her husband, who wandered
down to MO from MI. Over the course of 2 weeks, we all managed to go
antiquing, out to dinner and talk until the wee hours. Because of the constant
rain, though, we enjoyed watching mares and foals from the safety of the porch.
In spite of the soggy conditions, their visit was truly a
special time with special memories!

(L) Cloud's Early Dawn, owned by Don/Judy Mathes and ridden by Kendra Brittain & (R) Cloud's Evening Star, owned by us and ridden by Judy Mathes, had a fabulous finish in the Matched Pairs Class at the 2002 MFTHBA Show & Celebration, held at the National Headquarters in Ava, MO, in September, 2002.

Tom and Snip modeling at a 2002 summer show.

...Tom, showing Cloud's Evening Star (Snip) in Model Mare Classes, during the summer of 2002.
They had a pretty good season together...

Trail riding in the Ozarks, October 2001

...Resting our horses, Snip and April, during a trail ride in Mark Twain National Forest in Southwest Missouri...

....Mom, down for a visit from Michigan, and seeing how quiet and sensible our Fox Trotters were, decided to climb into the saddle for a picture. Not bad for an 80+ year old gal, who hadn't been near a horse in many, many years.....

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