Hi, my name is Ashley and I am the manager and trainer at Shallow Creek Farms.
I have been showing horses for three years, a year after I got my first horse, and since then I have moved forward and never looked back.
I’ve loved horses since I was a very little girl and so when I got into high school my parents decided I should have more responsibility,
so Star Gazer Krusg (AQHA) was my birthday present for my fourteenth birthday, many thanks to Sharon Hart .
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When I got her she was a very green six year old who had never been away from her mother for longer than a blink of an eye.
It took me weeks to get her to calm down and realize that she was safe without her mother. After I got her to calm down and open her
mind, I decided I wanted to venture out and train her to do something special.
I started out small teaching her to walk and trot on a lead and then to let me place her feet. I started showing July of 2005 where she placed
first in a small open show. Star has had many achievements since then.
Her championships and reserve championships include:
2006 Participation Award
2007 ORHA Reserve Champion Halter Mare
2007 SOBRA Reserve Champion Halter Mare
2008 ORHA Halter Showmanship Champion
2008 ORHA English 13-19 Champion
2008 ORHA Champion Halter Mare
2008 SOBRA Halter Mares Champion
4th place Halter Mare out of 13, and 6th in Showmanship at a 4-H show in Perry, Georgia.
And many 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons from open shows Star has also qualified for Georgia Federation of Saddle Clubs State Finals for 3 Years.
You can look forward to seeing her in Halter Mares in 2009 being shown by my brother, Josh Weldon. Star will be starting her Western Pleasure training for this show season after State Finals.
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Our second edition to the farm is Dunbars Soxy Lady a.k.a Hunnybun(APHA).
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We bought Hunnybun because Star isn’t the most perfect halter horse so I wanted to get one with a lot of pizzazz that says to the judge
“look at me…..how could you not place me first.”
Well, that’s exactly what I got! Hunnybun is shown here as a two year old heading for her second state finals.
Hunnybun has earned great achievements since she has been with us.
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Her titles include:
2007 ORHA Halter Weanlings Champion
2007 SOBRA Halter Weanlings Champion
2008 ORHA Halter Yearlings Champion
2008 SOBRA Halter Yearlings Champion
Hunnybun started on reining with Curtis and Stephanie Roberts and went into fulltime reining training after state show 2009.
Neither Hunnybun nor Star has ever disappointed me in a performance before. They put so much try into their performance its touching.
As an enthusiast, owner, and a trainer I could not be luckier to have a more intelligent two than mine.
They make me the proud horse enthusiast I am no matter where I am or what I’m doing whether I’m in the show pen or the round
pen.
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