Aquila - Mustang Stallion

Aquila and his mate are prime examples of why this is no longer allowed. Aquila is missing legs, but the grass hides it. Also note that even mustangs can look fashionable in an Arabian show halter. Aquila and his family were my first Breyers, very well played with and loved, therefore they're missing legs, ears, and have numerous rubs. But Aquila still proudly showed and placed with this photo!

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Dark Keisha - Mustang Mare

Also missing legs, another prime example of why knee high grass isn't allowed now. Note the trailing lead rope, her handler must've run off, terrified of the giant flowers, because this girl certainly doesn't look scary.

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Polaris

Aha! I'd caught on that we needed to see more of his legs. Still out of scale, the trees look pretty but also huge. Trailing lead rope, poor foal is about to step on it! At least he's the right breed for the halter.

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Freedom Fire - Mustang Stallion

This is one of my all time favorite pictures. Yes, he's standing in the taboo out of scale grass. Yes he's fuzzy, yes the camera is too far away. But I love the sunlight/sun rays coming from the corner. He won quite a bit with this photo, and even after it was no longer fashionable to show in the grass, I used this picture as an anything goes photo titled "The Light". I still love it, though it's now retired from showing in anything but this museum.

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Two Bits

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Toby - Trail

1990 trail pic. The horse is a SR "Wildfire" shown as "Toby", a Paint gelding. He was one of my best show horses when I first started showing in 1989. The saddle is a Carol Williams kit that my mother and I made and that I still use on the rare occasions when I enter performance; it's seventeen years old now and still holds its own. It was dyed that chestnut red color especially for Toby. Cast bits and buckles were still new so all the buckles and the bit were handmade from jewelry bits (the bit has since been replaced with a cast one). The girth was handmade from kite string exactly like a real string girth--we were ENORMOUSLY proud of it. The saddle pad is plaid with leather guards like a real everyday saddle pad. I didn't photo show much but I believe this one did well the few times I used it. Ha! I used to get a lot of compliments on it but it's pretty funny now.

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San Jancinto

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De Friend - Mixed Gelding

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Bayou Ghost

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