June and July found Diane visiting down under...
 

First stop, naturally, was The Burke Stud Farm, Sydney, Australia. Burke Stud is owned by TV personality and Gardening Guru, Don Burke and his lovely wife Marea. Their World Class halter stallions & mares include pedigrees such as Coolest, Touchdown Kid, Statutory, Mighty Awesome, Sierra Te, RH Imprint and the great mare Conclusives Lace, to name a few.  Pictured below is Melissa, farm manager; Nick, Assistant Manager and Martin, breeding manager. They made Diane and Marty’s visit a most memorable one. Thank you all.

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September 20-26 Diane made a trip to Whitesboro, Texas to the Horse Country Invitational Sale at Doug Tallent’s...

Diane used her extra time well by getting up each day and visiting horse farms (Fossil Gate Farms where Gary Gordon spent hours showing the group all of his fine stallions and mares; Chip Knost, Mike Murray and Reata Ranch where Katrina & Wayne Jordan &  Edgewood/Lanning, Inc. all were so gracious to do the same.) 

The trip proved to be most successful with Diane buying # 18 at Doug Tallents Sale, A Phenomenal Lady, 2001, a 16H sorrel mare, superior halter with 89.5 points; 60.5 open, 20 Amateur, & 9 Youth. This mare was previously owned by L. J. Kruidenier, Inc. and is in foal to Golden Gunslinger for a January baby. As if that was not enough, Diane visited Chip Knost and bought his 1999 gray mare, Design by Major, 16.1H who has her ROM in open halter, is in foal to CK Kid for a March baby and has produced a World Champion gelding who has 186.5 points. Diane will be visiting Pilot Point and Aubrey, Texas soon. She just had way too much fun to not return as soon as possible. 

Lily Won 2 firsts - 2 seconds - 1 third and a Reserve Grand Champion in the All Mare Championship Class.

Another 8 points!!

In 2006, One Awesome Easter Lily, born on Easter Sunday morning 2005, has been shown at the MN Palomino Horse Breeders Show, twice in Windom, MN and at the Iowa Palomino Horse Breeders show, twice in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and once in Hutchinson, Kansas at the Kansas Palomino Horse Breeders Association show. Lily has accumulated 33 halter points earning her "Register of Merit" in open halter and she has won 40+ color points also winning her "Register of Merit" in the color classes and winning the coveted Class A Color Championship twice. Lily is going to become our rider for my grandbaby....soon as the two of them are ready.