“When I looked down, I could see his front leg soaring out there, so it felt really cool. In this pattern, you had to go from a gallop to a slow jog and lope-overs that were really intense to really slow controlled stuff. That’s what’s fun, because he’s so quiet that you can go for the gusto.”

“She’s easy to show and everything about her is effortless,” Marylyn says. A double-registered mare, Tatsu, has two yearlings coming up- one by A Good Machine and one by Zippos Sensation, and Marylyn is excited to watch their upbringing. 

Besides her bay, good looks, Bob appreciates her kind demeanor and easygoing attitude, which was evident when his great granddaughter, 7-year-old Georgia Cook, showed her to win at the APHA Youth World Show this summer.

“Carly has the eye to be able to critique anything, so there’s always something to work on, which I love.”

Pickles is just four, relatively young to compete in all-around classes. In fact, today was the first time she’d been shown one-handed, in a bridle, in a Horsemanship pattern. “I couldn’t of asked her for anything more. She took very good care of me when I got a little nervous. I tried to let her do her job and not get in her way.”

“Yes, she’s an Appaloosa with no color, and it’s kind of shocking when people find out!” Carolyn says. “Her name is ET for Elizabeth Taylor, because she’s just like sparkling diamonds.”

In addition to today’s win in Trail, Erin and John also won Amateur Senior Western Pleasure here at the show for the sixth time in a row!