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A Famous Great Date - 2006 Chestnut AQHA Gelding.

Here is Doreen's horse who's barn name is JacPine. He was purchased from a reining horse breeder at 8 months old and kept a stallion until the fall of his 4 year old year. He has 3 foals, one of whom is here at our farm. Due to the current breeding atmosphere, we gelded JacPine in October of 2010 and he is now happily a gelding. One of our youth students worked with Jac last summer and showed him in a couple of walk/trot and junior horse pleasure classes as well as barrel racing. His training for reining will continue this summer and he will hopefully be shown in reining and ranch horse western pleasure. JacPine is also occasionally used as a lesson horse for intermediate or advanced riders.

SV Marina Del Rey - 1990 AQHA Chestnut Mare

Del Rey (Deli) was born at Spring Valley Ranch, the last foal we had by our first stallion, Spot Cash Skipper. She was the second foal from our great mare, Dana's Starflash, and was all legs at birth! Deli got her size, 16.1 hands, from both of her grandmothers, who were big mares. She looked like a hunter prospect from day one and turned into a great jumper.

Deli was purchased by Robin and Katherine Adams at 2 years old. She was 10 year old Katherine's first horse and it was a match made in heaven. Katherine showed Del Rey at fairs, open shows and a few AQHA show as a youth, focusing mainly on hunter classes although they also did some western pleasure. The pair earned 1/2 point in Youth 13 & under hunter under saddle. Katherine and Robin still own Deli. She has produced 4 foals over the years, including an AQHA youth ROM winner. Her youngest foal, sired by A Famous Great Date, is now a three year old and is owned by one of our youth students. 'Hoppy' will be shown in barrel racing in 2012.

Deli is now leased to Spring Valley Ranch and is used as a lesson horse. She has been shown by numerous students of all ages, in everything from small fry walk-trot classes to barrrel racing. At 22 years old this spring, Deli is still going strong and will be bred to 'The Gambler I Am' for a 2013 foal. This is a cross we are anxiously awaiting!

The Gambler I Am - 2009 AQHA Black Stallion

'Kenny' is owned by our long time client Katherine Adams. He is sired by BR I AM (full brother to the reknowned 'These Irons Are Hot') and out of the Thoroughbred mare 'Miss Wildfire'. These bloodlines are deep in hunter under saddle and performance awards and Kenny's maternal brother is a Congress Reserve Champion. We expect great things out of Kenny also. At 31 months old, he is currently 16.1 hands and still growing a lot!

Katherine and Kenny will begin their show career in 2012 in hunter under saddle and possibly western pleasure. Kenny is super laid back and easy to work with. He is not at all 'studdy', and has mares around him all the time.

Kenny will be bred to SV Marina Del Rey as well as Robin Adam's western pleasure bred mare 'Zips Timely Dixy Bar' who is sired by an own son of the great Zippo Pine Bar this coming spring.

At Spring Valley Ranch, youth activties often turn into life-long passions!

Katherine Adams began riding lessons at Spring Valley Ranch at 9 years old and has been around here ever since. Over the years Katherine has owned numerous young horses, giving them a great start and then moving on to a new project. Two of her VERY, VERY successful projects were 'Don't Question Sucess' with whom she qualified for the AQHA Youth World Show in Yearling Halter and 'Sophie B Swooning'. Sophie and Katherine earned numerous AQHA points in novice amatuer, amateur and open hunter under saddle and western pleasure.

Katheriene is employed as an English teacher at the Wakefield/Marenisco School District. For the past 10 years, she has been a great mentor to many of our youth students.

An EarlyBird Sucess 'Cassie'- 2001 AQHA Blue Roan Mare

"Cassie was born here at Spring Valley Ranch, the last foal we had by our stallion Isle Bee A Sucess and the first foal from Dells Missy. Our son Lane showed Cassie in youth halter as a yearling and two year old and a few youth western pleasure classes as a three year old before we sold her to another youth student. Lane and Cassie earned 6 AQHA Youth Halter points, as well as an AQHA Grand Champion Youth Halter Award. When Cassie came up for sale again in 2009, Ashley Alonen of Kimball, WI bought her. Ashley had seen Cassie as a weanling and told her mom that she wanted her! It only took 8 more years for her dream to come true. When Ashley and Lane started dating, it was only natural that Ashley began riding and showing Spring Valley Ranch horses. This, of course, led to the purchase of Cassie.

Ashley shows Cassie mostly in halter, showmanship and western pleasure classes. Ashley and Cassie have been Grand Champions in Showmanship the past three years at the U.P. Equifest Championship Show! In 2011, they stood Grand Champion in Halter Mares and Grand Champion Adult Western Pleasure. The pair also has AQHA points in halter and showmanship and are hoping to add many more performance points to their totals for 2012. They have also started showing in some hunter under saddle and hunt seat equitation, with early successes in several equitation classes.

2011 U.P. Equifest Queen

Ashley is the reigning U.P. Equifest Queen after two days of competition in riding, modeling, impromptu questions and answers and in the queen's equine presentation during the September, 2011 competition. As the Queen, Ashley will help to promote the 2012 U.P. Equifest and the U.P. Championship Show.

For her Queen's presentation, Ashley explained the importance of getting youth involved in equine activities at a young age. Katelyn Passuello and Jayme Harma were her models. Ashley has helped both young ladies learn to ride and show and both have been very successful, often showing Ashley's horse Cassie.