Whazzup at Corgill Happy Heart Ranch

Sherry Rosser-Carroll, Kay Prince and TJ Corgill competed in the July 17 ACTHA ride in Marble Falls TX on an extremely hot summer day but all came away with their goals met. Kay (riding Paddys O Pep "Hansum") and TJ (on Face It Im Chilly) completed their points for the ACTHA bronze medal. Sherry (aboard TA Rodansk++ "Rocky") completed all of the difficult obstacles, only missing 6th place in the pleasure division by one solitary point.

Future Trail Champion?

This is Face It Im a Jewel's second time out to the CHHR trail arena. Needless to say, this filly should be a great trail horse. Not much scares her, and she really enjoys the obstacles.

Horse Show Fashions

Liz Jesurun, owner of Painted J Fashions, showed off a bunch of her horse show ensembles in early July at the San Antonio Miniature Horse Association's Summer Festival. Several CHHR boarders and ex-boarders were among her models. Here Kay Prince exhibits "Rumor" in a showmanship outfit. More of Liz's fashions may be seen on her website www.paintedj.com.

Hannity's New Owners

Face It Im Right "Hannity" will be leaving CHHR for Germany this fall. His new owners, Ralf and Monique Glockner-Goldman visited us in late June and took some time to become acquainted with Hannity. Hannity is by our AQHA Champion stallion Face It Im Good and out of a Blazing Hot broodmare.

ACTHA and Happy Heart in Arizona

This is Rush of Luck, one of our first ever Happy Heart branded colts. Now eight years old, Lucky is owned by Mary Jo Flaherty of Scottsdale, AZ, and competes in ACTHA events there.

Rocky at Arabian Regionals

This is how TA Rodansk++ "Rocky" did at the 2010 Arabian Horse Association Region IX Championships in Fort Worth, TX: Top 5 in showmanship 13 and under, shown by Steven Paris, Top 5 in pure bred western pleasure, junior to ride 13 and under, ridden by Sky Williams, Top 5 and unanimous reserve champion in walk/trot western seat equitation 9-10, ridden by Kendall Paris, Top 5 and unanimous reserve champion walk/trot western pleasure 9-10, Kendall Paris.

MOM OF THE YEAR!

Not only did our brood mare Shes Realy Fun "Lucy" let our little orphan Face It Im Right "Hannity" hang around her, but Lucy is nursing him as well as her own 2010 foal Face It Im A Jewel. So Hannity didn't grow up an orphan after all! We couldn't be prouder of Lucy. She'll have a home at CHHR forever.

CHHR Sponsoring Guinness World Record Ride

June 13 was a special day all across the USA. ACTHA (American Competitive Trail Horse Association) held nearly 70 individual competitive trail rides that day. All of the proceeds went towards feeding unwanted horses. CHHR sponsored the largest ride in the country at the Hill Country State Natural Area in Bandera. Combined, all of the rides across American were considered as "one" and went into the Guinness Book of World Records (tm) as the largest competitive trail ride in history! All photos by Rhonda Fryer.

Reining Clinic in Abilene

Kay Prince, TJ Corgill and Peggy Fry participated in a three-day reining clinic in Abilene in late April. We learned a lot about how to begin teaching our horses proper stops, turn-arounds, lead changes and softness in the bridle. Instructors were Larry Kasten, BF Yates and Dennis Sigler.

Spring ACTHA Ride in Junction TX

When you see these photos, you'll know why we LOVE going on ACTHA trail rides. When else do you have the opportunity to ride on such beautiful Texas ranches while throwing in just a little competition? This is Sherry Rosser-Carroll on TA Rodansk+ "Rocky" coming off a rocky ledge at the Viejo Springs Ranch in Junction TX in late April. TJ/Chilly won the Open division of the ride and Kay/Hansum got 5th.

Noah Was Starting to Build an Arc

It rained, and rained, and rained . . . but the CHHR riders went to the ACTHA trail competition near Killeen TX anyway on April 17. It ended up a very good decision, even if we did look like Big Bird and Smurf in our rain outfits. Check out more photos and our placings by clicking the little camera below

Wins in Different Disciplines for CHHR Boarders

The barn was missing several horses the second weekend in April. Sherry Rosser-Carroll and her daughter Kyle Shroyer were showing Jasper and Rocky at the Central Texas Arabian Show at the Rose Palace in San Antonio. Just down the road Barb Taylor was competing on Skye in a Liberty Hill Stables dressage schooling show. All did us proud!

Easter ACTHA Ride

Check out more photos of this beautiful Easter weekend ride by clicking the little camera below. The day started out with frost, and ended up a glorious spring day. We enjoyed the ride and the Texas wildflowers on our drive home from Dublin TX (original home of Dr Pepper!).

Hannity Doing Great

Most everyone knows that we lost our Blazing Hot brood mare Classicly Hot when her 2010 colt was just five weeks old. Luckily, he was already eating pellets and hay very well, and is doing great. He and his sister Jewel are often mistaken for twins because Jewel's mom Lucy (our Dynamic Deluxe mare) watches over both foals.

Great Spring Weekend Activities

Kay Prince on Hansum and Beth Bennett on Sherman practice team sorting. They had a lot of fun at this, and on some really difficult trail obstacles when they traveled to Johnson City, TX, in mid-March for a fun spring outing.

San Antonio SHA Fling

Boarder Sherry Rosser-Carroll and her daughter Kyle Shroyer had a very successful circuit at the San Antonio Rose Palace. Both of their geldings won numerous classes under various riders. Rocky, who previously had a rather "rocky" reputation, was a perfect gentleman. And Jasper made a tremendous come-back from an almost career-ending episode of EPM several years ago.

Wine Tasting/Arts & Crafts

The CHHR boarders and friends gathered on a beautiful February afternoon for a wine tasting plus a fun arts and crafts experience, which was a surprise from ranch owner TJ Corgill. Each lady was challenged to paint their horse's markings on little wooden model horses. After the wine tasting, it was quite a challenge!

It's a Boy!

Here's Face It Im Right, barn name Hannity. He's a bay roan colt born Jan 21 to our Blazing Hot mare. Very long legged, but oh so smooth. He was loping around the stall when he was three hours old! He has two front socks, one hind partial coronet w/a striped hoof, and a connected star, strip, snip. Unlike most Face babies, his blaze goes down into his right nostril. I guess he knew what his name would be.

It's a Girl!

Meet Face It Im A Jewel, Face's first 2010 foal. She was born here at CHHR the evening of Jan 4 to our Dynamic Deluxe mare. Mom and daughter are doing fine and receiving visitors. Jewel is a bay roan filly with a big irregular blaze that runs to the left side of her face (typical of Face babies). She has a little bit of white on her left hind coronet, just enough to make that hoof striped.

Bandera County Cowgirl Roundup and Showdeo

Self-named "Cowboy Capital of the World," Bandera (TX) has a yearly gathering of cowgirls of the county. In 2010 an early January a call went out for cowgirls to meet for a Cowgirl Round-up and Show-deo at the Hill Country Natural Area's arena. Nearly 70 cowgirls were there for the panoramic photo followed by a "show and tell" program where groups took to the microphone, explaining their various involvements with horses while showing off in the arena. Julie Dinse on Roses Moses, TJ Corgill on Face It Im Chilly, and Sherry Rosser-Carrol on TA Rodansk demonstrated ACTHA trail obstacles for the crowd. Then the other cowgirls tried their horses on the obstacles. Fun was had by all!

Wonderful Website

Face is being featured on the website www.triplecrownstudio.com as the "cover boy" in their advertisement of Christmas e-cards. This is a beautiful site, and their prices of digital horse portraits are soooo reasonable. Plus, part of the money goes to horse rescue. You'll love the site. I recommend it highly. Here's our e-card for Christmas from CHHR.

CHHR Christmas Party 2009

The party started out with a trail ride across a neighbor's ranch. We decorated our horses for Christmas to "get in the spirit of the season." What a gorgeous fall (nearing winter) day it turned out to be! After the ride, the Christmas party was in full swing with a white elephant gift exchange of ornaments.

Bandera ACTHA Ride on Dec 5

With visions of snow flurries in our heads, we headed to the ACTHA ride at the Hill Country Natural Area in Bandera. Actually, the snow was on Friday and we rode on Saturday. It was cold, but crystal clear and sunny . . . perfect for a winter ride! CHHR boarders Kay Prince on Hansum and Beth Bennett on Sherman were our STARS! Kay/Hansum placed 2nd in the Open division and Beth/Sherman (at their first ACTHA ride!) placed 3rd in the Pleasure division!

We Beat Em All!

Kay Prince and TJ Corgill traveled to Brenham, TX, to compete in the open division of an ACTHA (American Competitive Trail Horse Association) ride over Thanksgiving weekend. Both scored the same number of points, tying them for first place in the ride, but TJ's horse Chilly accumulated four pluses on the obstacles. This put TJ and Chilly in first place with Kay and Hansum (barely) in second place. Sherry Rosser-Carroll competed in the pleasure division on Rocky, placing mid-class (and moving up)!

2009 AQHA Word Sale

It was definitely a buyer's market at the 2009 AQHA World Sale, but prices were better than 2008 (a little). The CHHR yearlings left Oklahoma City in all different directions. Click the little camera below to see where Callie, Dollie, Manu, Miracle and Romeo will be calling home. This photo is of Kelsi Storrie, Natalie Ippolito, and TJ Corgill in front of the coliseum where the World Show takes place. Note the blankets on Lilly and Carly (mini doxies). It was cold!!!

ACTHA Parrie Haynes November Ride

Chilly's back to it again! In our first competitive ride since spring, TJ and Face It Im Chilly placed second in the Open category at an ACTHA ride. Sherry Carroll also competed on her grey Arabian gelding Rocky in the Pleasure category, placing mid-class. We were very proud of that, because Rocky has been a pure arena horse for all of his 16 years! Now he and Sherry are loving the ACTHA competitions.

Rocky's Famous!

New boarder TA Rodansk+ "Rocky" was prominently mentioned in an article in the Oct/Nov issue of the national magazine Modern Arabian Horse. The article talks about how showing horses has helped chronically ill children. Earlier this year Rocky's owner Sherry Rosser-Carroll loaned the big gray gelding to Kendall and Steven Paris, who made the most of it. Both placed very well at Arabian Youth Nationals, held in Albuquerque, NM.

First Fall Ride

After a hellish summer, September has actually felt somewhat like fall here in the Texas Hill Country. We got a little rain, things greened up, and the temperature went down into the 80s. To celebrate, Beth Bennett on Sherman, Kay Prince on Hansum, and TJ Corgill on Chilly took a great Saturday ride at the Hill Country Natural Area State Park in Bandera, TX.

"Melvis" at Youth World

CHHR ex-boarder Melissa Jesurun qualified Special Invites Only "Elvis" for three events in the 2009 AQHA Youth World Show! They competed in hunter under saddle, hunt seat equitation and performance halter geldings. It was a long term goal for Melissa, and we are so very proud of her accomplishment. Melissa has now started college at Texas State University in San Marcos and Elvis is for sale. Please see http://pleasurehorse.equine.com/horses-for-sale/horse-ad-913939.html?sr=1 for information.

2009 Texas State 4-H Show

Melissa Jesurun came away a BIG winner at the 2009 Texas State 4-H Show in Abilene. She took reserve champion in the lunge line class with Faces Masterpiece "Manu" out of 21 entries. Then she climbed aboard her gelding Special Invites Only "Elvis" and was named reserve overall hunter/flat classes champion. With Elvis in the western classes, Melissa went Reserve (2nd) in pleasure and 3rd in horsemanship!