R'surene First Date (Dottie)

Southern States Regional 2011, Raleigh, NC,

Click here to see Dottie's grandmother R'surene Heidi taken at the same age. The resemblence is remarkable.

   Dottie is our first Winston. She is shown above in a 4" foot and is barefoot behind. When the picture was taken, Dottie had just completed her first class ever. Over the next three days, she was shown in all available classic pleasure driving classes (both junior and open) and two in hand classes. Dottie was Reserve Junior Champion Mare and placed first in the Classic Suitability class. Although only a two year old, she stood up to the pressure of being in multiple classes in multiple days in a strange environment.

    What makes this more remarkable is that Dottie never left the farm for training and was not worked with other horses. With only 30 days of drive time, Dottie was suprisingly confident and steady in the ring for a horse never exposed to this type of surroundings. She stood quietly and did not need to be held to remain in the lineup. She was the youngest one in the ring but she was the best behaved. She was not hooked to the cart in the warm up ring but rather was hooked outside the stall and then driven about 1/4 mile to the arena. She went down the long covered ramp into the noisy arena without assistance and stayed on the rail. This show proved that Dottie was trained the right way.

   Dottie is a typical Winston: highly intelligent, easily trained, and appliance free. She has a naturally high tail carriage, fantastic hocks, and already stands 14.3 h. barefoot. Her pedigree combines the best of the West and the East: Red Vermont, Micky Finn, Jubilee King, Waers Playboy and Fleetwing, Trophy, UVM Flash, and Black River Dandy. With this combination, Dottie will be a great broodmare long after her show career has ended.

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