Nutcracker REMEMBERING Undulata’s Nutcracker
Photo by Ross Millin
UNDULATA’S NUTCRACKER
REMEMBERING THE BY BETTS COUP
OF THE CENTURY
Undulata’s Nutcracker never once hit the show ring himself, but the impact he had on the show horse sport is absolutely undeniable. For the last 15 years, Undulata’s Nutcracker has sired countless World’s, Reserve World’s and National Champions (the youngest stallion to ever lead the pack on siring Louisville winners), and now has an entire generation of offspring producing winners in Freedom Hall and beyond. In the National Horseman performance sire ranking, Undulata’s Nutcracker has held the top spot since 2011, every year with higher numbers across the divisions. Undulata’s Nutcracker’s passing in early March marked the end of an unprecedented era for the Saddlebred world.
A horse who both carried on the Callaway Hills tradition and rewrote our expectations for the breed, “Nut” was just the boost the breed needed in the mid-2000s. Born at Undulata Farm, Nut was by CH Caramac, a CH Will Shriver-bred stallion known for his stretch and color, both of which Nut certainly inherited. He was out of Christmas In New York ERB (BHF), a mare by The New York Times, whose lineage quickly went back to some of the greats. True to his breeding, Nut started to have a star quality all his own from even just a couple days old.
“We lead them out the first day and handle them twice a day, from when they’re hours old,” breeder Hoppy Bennett explains. “By about the second or third day, you could tell he was different. He was just an unusual colt.” As he developed, Hoppy noticed something else. “We couldn’t believe what we were seeing,” he recalls. “The length and the shape of his neck made him look like a fine harness horse, and he was a big colt. Anything and everything made him show. You could whistle or anything, and he’d throw his tail up. He was looking for excuses to do it.”
It was obvious even to folks who are less familiar with the Saddlebred, too. Charlie Kramer, who ran tours at Undulata Farm for years but was decidedly not a horse person, saw a group of four mares and four babies out in the field. Hoppy asked if he saw anything out of the ordinary, and Charlie responded, “What in the world is that one over there?” Of course, Charlie was looking at Nut. “He just caught the eye,” Hoppy says. “You could scan a field for 20 or 30 seconds, and he’d pull you in with that unusual shape, his color — liver with white socks — and the white in his tail. Nobody knew what kind of horse he’d be, but he was sure unusual from the get-go.”
Nut’s life wasn’t necessarily easy from there, though. He got sick and ended up septic, so he spent much of his youngest years at Rood and Riddle where he received the very best care. When he was still very young, he was sweet and like a pet. However, after he got home and hit puberty, the young stallion became quite a challenge, so they broke him to ride and drive at Undulata to help him use some of that energy. It wasn’t easy. As Hoppy explains it, you had to get on him in the stall to be able to ride him and longline him out to the jog cart to be able to hook him. Eventually, Hoppy sent him to Eddie Cockriel to work, just to keep Nut in shape until it was time for him to head to Callaway Hills in Missouri, where the original breeding arrangement stated he would stand his first year at stud. Eddie was struck by the remarkably athletic colt and wanted to get him in the show ring, but the timing wasn’t right, so off to Callaway Hills he went.
Bob Brison was the trainer at Callaway Hills and worked him in between breedings to keep him busy, lunging him, then longlining, then jogging. There are videos of Bob jogging Nut at Callaway Hills that
[As
he developed,] we couldn’t believe what we were seeing. The length and the shape of his neck made him look like a fine harness horse, and he was a big colt. Anything and everything made him show. You could whistle or anything, and he’d throw his tail up. He was looking for excuses to do it.”
-HOPPY BENNETT
One of Nut’s favorite pastimes was eating watermelon with Nancy-Leigh Fisher.
show just what a magnificent 3-year-old he was at the time. Bob had asked if he could show him along the way, and Hoppy had agreed, but tragically, Nut was injured in the breeding shed.
“He got rambunctious and came down with one foot on the other ankle, and he ruptured the tendons on either side of his hoof,” Hoppy explains. “Bob called me, and I will never forget it. I was riding a horse; I stopped to take the call and Bob was screaming into the phone. I was more concerned for Bob than I was for the horse. They thought his leg was broken, but they redid the X-rays and found the ruptured tendons.”
Bob got the stallion stable and they put him on a truck to Willowbank, his next and permanent home. There was a delay on the highway and his tranquilizers wore off, which led to a significant setback en route. “Joan Lurie lived in the stall with him,” Hoppy says. “She got him stabilized or we would have lost him. Without Bob and Joan, he wouldn’t have survived, and we wouldn’t have had him in the industry.”
Joan Lurie had first seen Nut when he was a weanling, and then again as a yearling. “He was just outstanding,” Joan recalls. “I was at Undulata one day when he was a yearling, and Hoppy took me over to his stall. He said, ‘One day this would be a great stallion standing on your farm,’ and that proved to be true,” Joan recalls. When he arrived injured after the trip, Joan knew she had to do everything she could to save him. “I’ve seen him all his life, and I’ve never seen a horse like that. After he recovered, we worked him every day, and as wonderful as his offspring have been, there’s never been one as good as he was. Nobody ever saw that, but just here at home, I’d look at him and just be completely amazed at what he could do; it was just effortless for him. He never created that; he created a lot of great horses, but he never recreated himself.”
Hoppy agrees, stating, “He had all that CH Will Shriver and CH Caramac go forward. He was game, trainable, and had that unusual neck. He never bred himself. I’ve never seen any of his offspring be equal to him in the way he was made, but some are close.” However, what he did offer was more than enough to bring success to his get across the divisions. “He stamped the color, added to the show horse presence. We got colts that looked good, and people trained them so well, they were successful almost immediately. About everybody could train them, some were a little tougher than others, but then something would distract them and they’d start showing off,” Hoppy explains. “It’s all luck — nobody knows what they’re getting. He had full sisters and a full brother, and none of them are anywhere near Nutcracker. He was a once-in-alifetime kind of thing.”
Nut enjoying his pedicure with farrier Paul Human.
Undulata’s Nutcracker under saddle with Darrell Case.
The love and care that Joan Lurie and everyone at Willowbank gave him throughout his life is what allowed him to have as long, happy, and successful life as he did. While my Mom has been breeding for most of her life, we usually are more involved on the mare side; prior to Nut, we never imagined owning a stud.”
-ALICE
Part of Nut’s early success as a breeding stallion was strategy on Hoppy’s part: he offered breedings to people if he loved their mare, in exchange for a trade for embryos. He then charged the stud fee as whatever he brought at the All American auction, which made the trade much cheaper than the fee, so Hoppy could handpick the mares he started with. “I don’t know how we dreamed up that strategy, but it worked. Nobody wanted to match the fees, so I got the embryos and he bred to some really nice mares.”
As soon as his first crops of youngsters started the hit the ring, though, they found success. “They have that crazy way they can trot,” Joan says. “Many of them, just barefoot, raise their foreleg so high and so correct. And they’re able to hook their neck, too, more than usual. Not all of them have that, but the good ones were just ‘oh my goodness’ special. They’re just unusual.” As for trainability, to Joan that’s clear from the statistics — Nut is the leading stallion across the divisions and seats, from the open ranks to junior exhibitor classes. “They wouldn’t be that successful if they didn’t work well,” Joan explains. Undulata’s Nutcracker brought a different level of athleticism to the Saddlebred breed and that unusual look with his swanlike neck. Joan continues, “He just totally changed the breed. His best ones are just so far above other horses. You look at ‘Heads Up’ and some of those; they just aren’t like other horses. They have that show horse about them that you can’t train, but they have so much more, and Nut sired more of those than any other stallion by hundreds.”
Nut’s last owner was Woodleigh Farm, the farm owned by Nancy-Leigh Fisher, Alice Unger, and their family. “Nut was a member of our family and he as an individual is greatly missed,” Nancy-Leigh asserts. They loved to visit him at Willowbank and felt honored to be in his presence, but they also loved him for the quirky, extremely intelligent horse he was. “For the longest time it didn’t seem real that he was ours,” Alice explains. “In fact, I never felt like his owner, it felt more like were his guardians and tributes. For the first couple of years it just meant we could give him treats, stand in awe in front of his stall and scratch his nose whenever we wanted (as long as it wasn’t right before he needed to be collected). We always thought he was an amazing grand horse. In fact, my mom would have bought him when Hoppy Bennett first sold him, but she didn’t believe he was actually serious about parting with such a grand stallion with so much potential.”
One of their biggest priorities was to make sure he stayed at Willowbank. Avows Alice, “The love and care that Joan Lurie and everyone at Willowbank gave him throughout his life is what
UNGER
allowed him to have as long, happy, and successful life as he did. While my mom has been breeding for most of her life, we usually are more involved on the mare side; prior to Nut, we never imagined owning a stud.”
To Alice, one of the things that stood out about Nut as a horse is how smart he was. “He was brilliant, and I think that is one of the main characteristics that he passes down — his smarts. His children might not always think the way you want them to but they are always thinking!” Alice says. One of her favorite memories was arriving at Willowbank to find her show horse, “Cairo” (by Nut) ready for her to ride as soon as she arrived. “Normally, I make a circuit to say hi to all our ‘kids’ and give them a treat or a nose scratch. However, I needed to get on right away due to it being a very busy day at Willowbank. I started our warm up, which is usually done around the stalls, and each time I went by Nut, he tossed his head and vocally expressed his displeasure, basically telling me off for not having given him his tribute — and he recognized me while I was on a horse!” Alice recalls. “The third time around, I stopped right in front of his stall, looked him in the eye and apologized profusely for not having given him his acknowledgment/tribute/treat, but I promised that as soon as I was done riding I would come see him. He didn’t make a peep the rest of my ride, and you better believe that as soon as I was off Cairo, I booked it over to Nut to say hi and tell him how wonderful he was and how much we loved him.”
Nancy-Leigh added, considering her long history with the breed: “All I can say about Nut is that he is the smartest horse I’ve ever been around, and the reason I bought him was to make sure that Joan Lurie took care of him.” Nut clearly was a creature of routine — something both Joan and Alice mentioned. He was bossy and had to be handled with care for most activities, but he knew exactly how to act to get his feet done by farrier Paul Human. “He would walk over to the farrier’s stall like Old Shep, but he also knew how often he got his pedicure and if you tried to do it too soon, he was not so cooperative. He was also fastidious in his stall; he liked being neat and clean.”
His opinionated nature also showed through in his work. Alice will always treasure the memories of jogging him. “Despite never having made it into the show ring, he knew what it meant when people were cheering for him or making noise to ear him up, and he loved it. You could tell he thought he was going big enough to win the Fine Harness Stake at Louisville,” she recalls. However, he also knew exactly how long he needed to go. “Some days you might be able to negotiate an extra round or two, especially if he had
an audience to cheer him on (i.e, my mom and my daughter, MyMy Singh). Joan liked to joke that you knew when the quarter was running out of the ride. He would save the fanciest pass for the side opposite his stall, and as he went around the corner, he would go slower and slower and slower until you were in front of his stall and he was done, and no amount of encouragement would get him to do more.”
The Woodleigh crew first started breeding to Nut with Nancy’s great Three-Gaited World’s Champion Heavenly Thunder (BHF), even before they owned him. That cross has produced a variety of successful show horses, as well as a great broodmare, Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut, who is producing exquisite youngsters by Arrowhead’s Bateleur. They also have bred Nancy’s former gaited mare, Catalyst’s Work Of Art, to Nut and have a favorite youngster coming along at Willowbank named Banksy, as well as another named Oyster Cracker out of Many Pearls. “I only bred two mares to him, both very hot, and I have babies by both of them and one a daughter that I have bred,” NancyLeigh adds. “They are all above average, beautiful, very smart, and a joy to watch progress. Joan and I are on the same page in that we are taking our time with them rather than pushing them too hard to get them sold. It is a joy to watch.”
But even beyond their own youngsters, the multi-generational family (particularly Nancy-Leigh and MyMy) enjoys identifying Nutcracker’s offspring in the year and cheering for them. For the last 18 years, all but one of Alice’s show horses have been by Nutcracker. “This wasn’t something we set out to do, it just worked out that way,” Alice explains. “I have to say I have loved all of them. They have all been characters and have made me smile and giggle. They one similarity across all of them is that they see things and let you know that they are seeing something. A Breath Away, who is one of my heart horses, epitomizes this.”
Alice continues, “He stole my heart while he was still my Mom’s show horse and I just hoped maybe someday to get a ride on him. A big lofty-moving bay, who just always has that ‘look at me and what I’m about to do’ attitude, he is a horse who was born and bred at Willowbank and has only left for horse shows, so you would think that nothing much would surprise him in his daily routine. However, a small change, like a brighter bulb in the laundry room which slightly changes the shadow into the aisle, is something so big and scary that he makes a large production out of going past it. It’s the same thing if a hose has been shifted outside the arena door in the summer! He just has this wonderful attitude towards life in that he is always looking for what he thinks is fun.”
It isn’t just those who knew Nut who loved him, it’s also those who have showed and bred his offspring. Juliette Dell loves her Nutcracker show horses, whether full or half-Saddlebred. What she explains makes them stand out is their look and the effortless way they demand attention. “In my experience,
Nutcracker consistently passed on athleticism, intensity, and a bold, determined attitude, especially to his daughters. Many of the Nutcracker mares I’ve owned have had strong, dynamic personalities, but that fire is what makes them brilliant show horses. They have so much heart, and when you earn their trust, they will give you their all. Their presence, drive, and ability to channel that energy under pressure truly set them apart in the ring.”
Juliette has had a great deal of success with her Nutcracker-bred string, and she appreciates all that they bring to the ring. “I’ve had the privilege of owning and showing several exceptional offspring of Undulata’s Nutcracker. Both of our Five-Gaited
World’s Champion mares, CH Eeta Sachon and Nutcracker’s Yankee Girl, are by him, as is our World’s Champion Fine Harness mare, Have Hope. He is also the grandsire of our World’s Champion Three-Gaited mare, Kalarama’s Treasured Dream,” she explains. Beyond these, though, is the great Nutcracker Sweet PF, the very first Half-Arabian sired by Nutcracker. She was Juliette’s first Nutcracker mare and is now one of the most decorated Half-Arabians of all time. Another special Nutcracker connection for Juliette is Lismore’s Nuttin Better, a World’s Champion in-hand mare who became 6D Ranch’s foundation broodmare. “She has been a phenomenal producer, having foaled multiple National Champion
Up-and-coming sire Glamorous Nuts is continuing his father’s legacy.
Half-Arabians, as well as the rising Three-Gaited superstar World’s Champion Look Here, by Noble Braveheart,” says Juliette. “These mares share so many of the qualities that define Nutcracker’s legacy: athleticism, expression, and presence, paired with big personalities and even bigger hearts. They are intensely driven, and thrive under pressure. Their work ethic, combined with their natural charisma, makes them stand out in the ring. There is a fire in them that feels unmistakably Nutcracker.”
Elizabeth Ghareeb has a long history with the American Saddlebred, having grown up in the sport. When she returned to the breed in 2010 after 20 years away, she immediately recognized
the dominance of Undulata’s Nutcracker across the divisions. “From futurity colts to five-gaited stake horses, he produced winners that were gorgeous, balanced athletic horses that had refinement as well as performance excellence. We have had many outstanding stallions in this industry over the years, but Nutcracker truly defined the Saddlebred of the modern era.”
Elizabeth bred her wonderful show mare Brookhill’s Glam Slam (BHF) to Nutcracker, and the first product of that was the stunning World’s Champion Slamcracker. “His show career was unfortunately cut short by his untimely passing, but we immediately knew we had a golden cross. The
combination of her super game Periaptor bloodlines with his beauty, brains, and athleticism proved itself time and again,” Elizabeth says.
Today, they have World’s Champion Nutcracker Princess, Nuttin But Glam, and the up-and-coming breeding star Glamorous Nuts from that combination — and a couple more coming along. Glamorous Nuts appears to be carrying on much of what Nutcracker passed along. In his first foal crop of 17, he’s already produced multiple World’s Champions. “I can only hope that he has a tenth of his father’s impact on the industry. I hope he brings the best of his family to the breeding shed,” she states. “His foals have so far shown themselves to be good-thinking, highly
Juliette Dell and her multi-National Champion Half-Arabian Nutcracker daughter, Nutcracker Sweet PF.
Chris Reiser and World’s Grand Champion CH Don O’Neill, out of CH Garland’s Dream (BHF).
Sedgefield’s Legacy has inherited his father’s presence.
trainable, and highly athletic. I’m admittedly biased, but I think he is demonstrating the ability to improve the mares he’s crossed with.”
Donna Finch first saw the famed photo of Darrell Case, Nut’s longtime trainer at Willowbank, long before she saw Nutcracker in person. She bought her first mare by him, Undulata’s Susan McGee, as a 3-year-old in 2009. “She had the beauty, talent and athleticism consistently exhibited by many of his offspring,” Donna declares. “Evan Orr went on to win the Junior Three-Gaited Stake at Lexington Junior League with her in 2010. That was the year we bred CH Our Charming Lady (BHF) and CH Riva
Diva to him for the first time, resulting in Sedgefield’s Leading Lady and Sedgefield’s Il Divo in 2011.” CH Riva Diva was difficult to get in foal, but produced two talented show horses by Nutcracker. CH Our Charming Lady (BHF) and Nutcracker became a golden cross. Today, she has 13 offspring by Nutcracker, including CH Sedgefield’s Mirror Image, Sedgefield’s Never A Doubt, Sedgefield’s Legacy, Sedgefield’s Best Story Ever, Sedgefield’s Diamond Girl, Sedgefield’s Invictus, Sedgefield’s Graceful, Sedgefield’s Victory Lane, and Sedgefield’s The Grand Finale, many of whom have World’s or National titles to their names.
One of those horses, Sedgefield’s Legacy, is a breeding stallion carrying on the tradition of greatness of both his sire and dam. “Sedgefield’s Legacy is the offspring of two legends with impeccable bloodlines, and he carries and passes the traits of both,” Donna says. “He also had a successful performance career, becoming a Reserve World’s Champion. Consistently we are seeing his offspring are beautiful, athletic and talented. Many describe them as highly trainable.”
For her, though, even having a young stallion carrying on Nutcracker’s lineage doesn’t mean it’s easy to describe his impact on the breed. “The
Four-time World’s Grand Champion CH The Crowd Went Nuts!, out of Elegant Heirloom, and Steve Wheeler.
The number of registered get, the number of champions he produced, the number of broodmares to continue his line, the number of stallions to further perpetuate the breed… all these lead to a legacy like we have not seen before. I am grateful to have met him at Willowbank and to have his offspring in my breeding program to carry on his legacy. I believe they represent their parents well!”
-DONNA FINCH
number of registered get, the number of champions he produced, the number of broodmares to continue his line, the number of stallions to further perpetuate the breed… all these lead to a legacy like we have not seen before. I am grateful to have met him at Willowbank and to have his offspring in my breeding program to carry on his legacy. I believe they represent their parents well!”
MyMy Singh has told her family that she believes Nut was a modern foundation sire for the American Saddlebred, and there is certainly truth to that. Undulata’s Nutcracker forever changed the breed, bringing forward the gameness, quality, intelligence, and true gaits for which Callaway Hills was known, but also stamping them with his incredible athleticism and unusual, striking look. He also imparted some of his smarts — that showy, excited mind that could also be demanding until channeled in the right direction. From the color and chrome he often passed along, to the elegant neck, to the effortlessly elevated trot, Undulata’s Nutcracker created countless show horses who catch our eyes, bring out a little gasp, and just put on a show.
It is important to note the “countless” part of Nutcracker’s legacy. Many of our stallions have created a few horses of this caliber; it’s why we have such a diverse and exciting range in the 21st century American Saddlebred. But no one has done what Nut did in terms of raising the bar on what we expect for greatness — and in sizable numbers, and across the divisions. His legacy lives on through continued breedings as well as his existing offspring, but it will be a long time until we have a horse that changes a breed, and the lives around him, like Nut.
World’s Grand Champion Nutcracker son Soul Desire, out of Sweet Soul Sister.
Scott Hagan and World’s Grand Champion CH HS Daydream’s Heads Up, out of A Daydream Believer (BHF).
NUTCRACKER
HONORING HIS WORLD’S GRAND CHAMPION AND
CH DON O’NEILL (WGC, WC, RWGC, RWCC, RWC) | CH HS BRILLIANT HEIRESS (WCC, WC, RWGC, RWCC) NUTCRACKER’S NIRVANA (WGC, WC, RWGC, RWC)
CH HS DAYDREAM’S HEADS UP (WGC, WC, RWGC, RWC) | CH LADY MANDOLIN (WGC, WCC, WC, RWCC, RWC) HS CLOSE ENOUGH TO PERFECT (WC, RWGC)
HALL OF FAME
RESERVE WORLD’S GRAND CHAMPION OFFSPRING
WE MUST BE NUTS (WC, RWGC, RWC) | HALLELUJAH MOMENT (WC, RWGC, RWC)
SOUL DESIRE (WGC, WC, RWCC, RWC)
CH MACADAMIA (WGC, WC, RWCC, RWC) | ROCKET MAN (WC, RWGC, RWC)
CH THE CROWD WENT NUTS! (WGC, WC, RWGC)
THE PROGENY OF
HONORING THE STALLION that shaped a generation
Extremely Fortunut
2012 RWCC RWC, 2013 WC RWCC, 2014 WCC WC, 2016 WC, 2017 WCC WC, 2018 WCC RWC, 2019 WCC WC, 2020 RWCC, 2021 RWC, 2022 RWC
OUT OF
Proudly Loved by Annie & Maya Tasch, Ashlee Wheaton & Brittany Milller
MISS MORIARTY (BHF)
Zagnut
2018 WORLD’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
Proudly Loved by Annie & Maya Tasch
OUT OF WITH MEMORIES (BHF)
MASTER PLANNER
OUT OF REVIVAL'S SAVING GRACE
2019 RWCC RWC 2021 RWC • 2024 RWC
2021, 2022 Midwest Charity FIVE-GAITED GRAND CHAMPION
2021 Mercer County Fair
FIVE-GAITED CHAMPION
2021 Kentucky State Fair
FIVE-GAITED CHAMPIONSHIP - TOP 4
THANK YOU, NUTCRACKER, for the incredible legacy you've left behind. We are honored to own one of your remarkable offspring - a horse who carries your spirit with grace and power.
Owned by Victoria Walz Rancho Santa Fe, California
Trained by Bospre Stables Nicholasville, Kentucky
RESERVE WORLD’S CHAMPION
Sylvanhall's Class Action
Owned by Michelle Geluso-Groomes
Trained by Rose Stables
Just Maybe A-Nutter
Owned by Michelle Geluso-Groomes
Trained by Rose Stables
Firecracker
DIVISION
OUT OF GYPSY’S SAY WHEN
Owned by Lauren Mabe & Jill Ehman
Trained by Fiesta Farm
Owned by Melrose LLC | Gainesville, Florida
True North CH GOODHART’S
FOR THE AMATEUR THREE-GAITED & AMATEUR LADIES THREE-GAITED DIVISIONS
OUT OF MORE THAN ENOUGH
Owned by Kristen & Celia Castillo | River Forest, Illinois
Trained by Palos Hills Stables
Hard To Handle
FOR THE AMATEUR FIVE-GAITED DIVISION
OUT OF TREASURE THE WARMTH
Owned by East Belmont Farm | Ceil & Kenny Wheeler | Keswick, Virginia
Trained by Mercer Springs Farm
Owned by Deerfield Family Dentistry
Curious George CH SOQUILI’S
FOR THE SADDLE SEAT EQUITATION DIVISION
OUT OF CALLAWAY’S BABY BLUE WCC WC RWCC RWC
Owned by Ava Perry
Trained by Cater Stables
Owned by Jason Gershman
Owned by Michelle Rabinovitz Odessa, Florida
Nut An Illusion
2012 ASR SWEEPSTAKES 4-YEAR-OLD FINE HARNESS
WORLD’S
CHAMPION
with Chris Reiser
Loved by Cypress Creek Farm, and Happily Retired!
OUT OF SWEET ILLUSION W.F.
We Must Be Really Nuts
FOR THE FIVE-GAITED DIVISION OUT OF EVANGELIQUE
(BHF)
Owned by Marti Norris
Trained by Deardorff Stable
High Society CH UNDULATA’S
FOR THE AMATEUR FIVE-GAITED & AMATEUR LADIES FIVE-GAITED DIVISIONS
OUT OF IN UNDULATA FASHION (BHF)
Owned by Tina Sutter | Beavercreek, Oregon
Trained by Deardorff Stable
Owned by Atkinson Holdings LLC | Oro Valley, Arizona
Trained by Visser Stables
TICKET
Owned by Atkinson Holdings LLC | Oro Valley, Arizona Trained by Visser Stables
My Angel Of Music HSB
Soul Desire
Bella Donna NUTCRACKER’S
2024
UPHA THREE-GAITED CLASSIC CHAMPION
2022
FINE HARNESS
WORLD’S GRAND CHAMPION
2021
AMATEUR GENTLEMEN FINE HARNESS
WORLD’S CHAMPION
AMATEUR FINE HARNESS
RESERVE WORLD’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
2020
FINE HARNESS
WORLD’S GRAND CHAMPION
FINE HARNESS STALLION/GELDING
WORLD’S CHAMPION
2019
JUNIOR FINE HARNESS
RESERVE WORLD’S CHAMPION with Eduardo Castillo
JUNIOR FINE HARNESS STALLION/GELDING
WORLD’S CHAMPION with Eduardo Castillo
2024
LADIES THREE-GAITED
RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION - with Jacqueline Visser
LADIES THREE-GAITED 15.2-&-UNDER NATIONAL CHAMPION - with Jacqueline Visser
He's My Justification
He's Irresistible
FOR THE FINE HARNESS & PARK DIVISIONS
FOR THE THREE-GAITED DIVISION
OUT OF SHE’S MY JUSTIFICATION OUT OF SHE’S IRRESISTIBLE
UNDULATA’S
Secret Rendezvous
FOR THE AMATEUR PARK DIVISION
On behalf of Rick Daigle & Valley Show Horse, we express our gratitude to Undulata's Nutcracker and all the incredible opportunities he created for us. From show horses to broodmares, and everything in between, he was such a grand horse whose legacy will continue to live on.
FOR THE PLEASURE DRIVING DIVISION
Owned by Janet Beardsley-Blanco | New London, New Hampshire
Trained by Fairfield South
Owned by Janet Beardsley-Blanco | New London, New Hampshire
Absolutely Nuts
FOR THE THREE-GAITED PLEASURE DIVISION
OUT OF ABSOLUTELY EXQUISITE RWC
Owned by Isabella Miner
Trained by Lenux Stables
Meg Giry
DIVISION
with Daneli Miron
Owned by Miron Sport Horse LLC | Trained by Buchanan Stables
Satchmo CH UNDULATA’S
2022 COUNTRY PLEASURE 14-17 WORLD’S CHAMPION
2021 COUNTRY PLEASURE 14-17 WORLD’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS & WORLD’S CHAMPION
2019 THREE-GAITED PLEASURE 13-&-UNDER WORLD’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS & RESERVE WORLD’S CHAMPION
2018 THREE-GAITED PLEASURE 13-&-UNDER WORLD’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS & WORLD’S CHAMPION
2017 THREE-GAITED PLEASURE 13-&-UNDER RESERVE WORLD’S CHAMPION
OUT OF GLOBETROTTER’S SUPREME OBSESSION
with Alexa Dahl
Owned by Madeleine Dahl | Trained by Bobbin Hollow
Owned by Pleasants Valley Ranch | Vacaville, California
Don't Know Nuttin'
Mossberg Mary
“Beckham” is loved and adored by Cora, Liz and the
Gone With The Wind
Shake Your Soul
Photo by Caitlin Demura Photography
Little Black Dress
Owned by Lynn Brown | Wichita, Kansas Trained by Aponte Stables
Photo by Julianna Havnaer
by Katie Poluka Montrose, Minnesota
Owned by Ella Grace Gillis
Trained by Fiesta Farm