by graciespook » Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:45 pm
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2#ed_cl#Upper Marlboro, MD – October 5, 2005 - Popeye K, a 17.1-hand #ed_op#FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff40"#ed_cl#stallion#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# ridden by Tommy Serio, swept the Regular Working Hunter division at the Capital Challenge Horse Show in Upper Marlboro, MD. The impressive bay collected 60 points for the showing and also finished up as the Grand Hunter Champion while Serio earned the leading hunter rider award. “It all came together today,” said Serio. “He’s been consistent all year.” The eight-year-old bay is owned by Elizabeth Spencer of Keswick, VA.#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2#ed_cl#The top Future Hunters had the opportunity to show off in the championship class this afternoon. #ed_op#FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff40"#ed_cl#Topping the field of young hunters was Sports Fan #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl#ridden by Scott Stewart. The seven-year-old was imported from Bavaria a year ago and was just gelded this past May. #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff40"#ed_cl#Stewart said of Sports Fan,#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# “He’s really quiet and laid back…he’s just really laid back and takes everything in stride, #ed_op#FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff40"#ed_cl#even before he was gelded#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl#.” He went on to comment about the Future Hunter Division at the Capital Challenge saying, “I think it’s great that they offer this show case of young horses…especially for the owners. We don’t have anything else like that (on the circuit).”#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Verdana size=2#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Verdana size=2#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Verdana size=2#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Verdana size=2#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Verdana size=2#ed_cl#Read that carefully...they go on to talk about Sports Fan, who is a gelding. #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Verdana size=2#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Verdana size=2#ed_cl#That is a typo in that article. They refer to him as a stallion more than once (the third article you posted) and it was in 2003, when I KNOW he was a stallion. #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Verdana size=2#ed_cl##ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl# #ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face=Verdana size=2#ed_cl#Not trying to stir anything up, but as far as I know, he's still a stallion. #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#