News and Things:

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

To all our friends and clients. We wish you all a very happy holidays and a healthy, successful and prosperous 2012!

The 2011 AQHA World Show and AQHA Select World Show Status:

More Good N Plenty owned and shown by Colleen Bennett qualified to compete in Amateur Mare Performance Halter at the AQHA World Show in Oklahoma City and also at the AQHA Select World Show in Amarillo, Texas, where the team also qualified in Showmanship.

The 2011 Northwest Emeralds Show results:

Congratulations to:

Emily Axelson and Finally Got The Blues on winning the NSBA 3 year old non pro western pleasure futurity and the SIF 3 year old non pro western pleasure futurity.

Finally Got The Blues ridden by Kerri DeKubber for a 3rd place finish in the NSBA 3 year old open western pleasure futurity.

Owner Janet Laidlaw for One Hot Review's 2nd place finish in the NSBA 2 year old western pleasure futurity ridden by Kerri DeKubber.

The 2011 Region One Experience:

Kerri DeKubber Show Horses had a successful show bringing home several prizes including:

Winkin For Chocolate;

    Region 1 Champion Amateur Western Pleasure with owner Kathrine Hardcastle

    Region 1 Reserve Champion Sr Western Pleasure with Kerri DeKubber

    Region 1 Reserve Champion Sr Hunter Under Saddle with Kerri DeKubber

    Region 1 High Point All-Around Horse (Jr/Sr combined) with Kerri DeKubber

More Good N Plenty;

    Region 1 Champion Amateur Performance Halter Mares with owner Colleen Bennett

    Region 1 Champion Select Amateur Showmanship with owner Colleen Bennett

Finally Got The Blues;

    Region 1 Reserve Champion Green Western Pleasure with Kerri DeKubber

Seattle Sasparilla (Suzie) and Bethany Valentine at the 2010 Congress:

Suzie is now 21 and still showing and winning. She is now owned by Cindy Valentine of Nashville, Tennessee and shown by her daughter, Bethany, in youth.  In the state of Tennessee, Suzie and Bethany are high point in Youth Western Pleasure and 2nd in Youth Horsemanship. Cindy said she was one amazing horse.  In 1997 Suzie competed for Bennett Woodland Farms at the AQHA World Show in Oklahoma City in Senior Western Pleasure, and that year she was top 5 nationally in both Sr. Western Pleasure and Sr. Hunter Under Saddle. 

NORTHWEST EMERALD NEWS:

Congratulations to the following:

Kathrine Hardcastle and Winkin For Chocolate - Novice Am Highpoint and Senior all around horse.

Alex Quichon and Jet Hot Invitation - Circuit champions Novice youth showmanship.

Colleen Bennett and More Good N Plenty - Circuit champions ammy performance halter mares.

Also congratulations to Kerri DeKubber and her group on their accomplishments at the 2010 Oregon Summer Circuit, 2010 LMQHA West Coast Summer Classic, and 2010 AQHA Region One Championships, such as:

Colleen Bennett and More Good N Plenty: Champion Amateur Performance Halter Mares           Kerri DeKubber and More Good N Plenty: Champion Junior Western Pleasure and NSBA winner

Oregon Summer Circuit

Alex Quichon and Jet Hot Invitation: Reserve circuit champion in Novice Youth 14-18 Showmanship, Reserve circuit champion in Novice Youth 14-18 Horsemanship

Kristina Johnson and Only In Dreams: Circuit champion in Novice Amateur hunter under saddle (pictures below).

    There are numerous other pictures and comments available on Kerri's Facebook account:

LMQHA West Coast Summer Classic

Winkin For Chocolate owned by Kathrine Hardcastle: All around senior horse.

AQHA Region One Championships

Colleen Bennett and More Good N Plenty: Champion Amateur Performance Halter Mares

Kerri DeKubber and More Good N Plenty: Champion Junior Western Pleasure and NSBA winner

Mayson Schumann and "Annie": Champion Youth Performance Halter Mares and Champion Youth 13 & under Trail

Kerri DeKubber and Winkin For Chocolate: Reserve Champion Senior Trail

Brandi Coplen and Winkin For Chocolate: Reserve Champion Senior Hunter Under Saddle

Winkin For Chocolate owned by Kathrine Hardcastle: Winner of the All around Jr/Sr (combined) horse.

Our 70 ft by 200 ft indoor arena has a new dust control system!

The system consists of 3/4" water lines overhead and uses a Raintree controller

and solenoids to wet down each of the 3 zones. The sprinklers are spaced at every truss (12 ft),

there are 15 heads in each line or zone. Each head comprises a weight, check valve and spin sprinkler

which covers greater than a 20 ft area. Three zones cover the arena with lots of overlap.

We installed a similar dust control system in our covered roundpen.

In July we lost a huge old shade tree in one of our pastures which will be sorely missed by the horses!

                                                                                 It died from an unknown cause and had to be cut down.

Our grandson, Zachary Andrews, age 4 1/2 looks very tiny on the stump.

Congratulations to Athena (Miss Arizona Pine's get) and Madi (Docs Arizona Pine's get) with Nicole Sparrow at the Pinto World Show in June, 2010:

Just received via Blackberry, Athena and Nicole were Reserve World Champions Open Mares all ages Western Pleasure, and Madi was 9th overall. Athena with Teresa Sullivan riding was 1st under all judges in the NSBA Sr. Western Pleasure. Meanwhile Madi was 4th Amateur Western Pleasure, 5th Amateur Showmanship, 3rd Jr. Mares Western Pleasure, and 3rd Stock Type Mares 3-5 yrs. Western Pleasure.

Picture of Nicole with Athena and Madi at the 2008 Reichert Celebration.

Congratulations to another of Sierra's get, N Suspension (Harley), on his current accomplishments at showing.

At the Sun & Surf he finished 3rd in the Novice All-Around, points in the Senior WP and just received his Performance ROM. At the Del Mar Nationals he won two perpetual trophies for the WP Amateur, Circuit Champion in WP and HMS and res all around. He is doing well in Trail and currently is 3rd in the state for horsemanship, and is top ten in the state in four events.      The photos below are from the Sun & Surf show.