| CM Sorta Sassy - 2008 Season Filly Sire: Billara Beersheba Dam: Kaysand Kinda Cute (Welsh x Arabian) Born: 14th November 2008 approx 5:50am Bay Filly, white star Sassy had been in Victoria a while and headed home in January 2011 after the Royal Melbourne Horse Show where she had her FIRST outing, and came home with two placings from two classes in VERY good company! |
| Sassy left us on the 16th of July 2009 to head over to Arlene Sheen in Victoria to do some showing in hand until she is older - which didnt eventuate due to Arlenes hectic schedule! You can see her here a couple of days after arrival hassling Arlenes lovely big CBSH mare, Wendee. |
| Arlene was waiting for us to breed her a 'real sized horse' so in the meantime she was going to play with this little girl and get her out there! Unfortunately life got in the way, and Sassy has spent the last year and a bit being a pest in the paddock to the other horses! She is only going to be Pony/Galloway sized, it had been decided that she would come home to CM Sporthorses after the Royal Melbourne Horse Show in January 2011 and be Shell's harness pony in the future. |
| The pics below were taken in October 2009. She is still obsessed by cats! |
| In May 2010, Shell popped in to Arlene and Phil's place on the way to NSW (Yes, ok, so Victoria was a bit of a detour - but CM Cloud Nine was dropped off along the way at Linton in Victoria.) Sassy is still only pony sized and is looking great! Being May, she was quite wooly already and its looks and her dads beautiful temperament!looks and her dads beautiful temperament! |
| Poor Sassy didnt know what hit her in January 2011 when the Lyndsworth Lodge & CM Sporthorses Show team arrived in Lara the afternoon before the WB and CB classes at the Royal Melbourne Horse Show! This was Sassys FIRST outing - no pressure or anything! lol Once Indy was settled, Sassy was 'attacked' with the razor - Arlene had already done a great job of pulling her mane and her coat looked just amazing. We trimmed her tail, whiskers and down the backs of her legs, and she was ready for the next day when we gave her a flick with the brush, plaited her mane up, touched up a few areas with the makeup and then gave her a spray with the Pepi Spray for the extra shine! |
| Debbie Fraser-Howe, who owns CM Anna Karenina, had come to the show with a friend who was showing in the WB classes, and it was fantastic to finally meet her! She was soon 'volunteered' to lead Sassy in the CB classes - she was entered in the WB's as well - however with Indy being the main focus for the day - she was scratched from those classes - which was probably a good thing as she may have got lost in amongst all the 'big' horses! Being a pony sized CBSH, she certainly caught the attention of all watching! She was just brilliant for Debbie and did as she was asked right on cue! Sassy placed third in the Best Presented Cleveland Bay or Cleveland Bay Sporthorse, and fourth in the Led CBSH Mare or Filly any age. She was up against the big mares and geldings in those classes and it was lovely to have her come away with placings mid field in both of her classes. |
| Sassy has been introduced to the saddle (something that had been done with her in Victoria briefly), was girthed up, introduced to the bit, and lunged a little to help her develop a bit of a topline. She was also backed, however did not get a lot |
| of work being that she is so young. She has been sat on, gotten used to someone above her.The first ride she was walked and trotted, the second ride she had about a minute of walk, trot and canter each way. |
| Its amazing how things develop.... Originally, she was coming home from Victoria to become my next harness pony and a lesson pony. Having assessed her fully though - while YES she would be perfect for that task, ideally, I want a lesson pony I can hop on and give a tune up |
| if necessary. Unfortunately, for those of you who have seen pics of me on our site, will realise that this is probably not the wisest move with regards to Sassy!! She is quite fine, and we do not feel she would be up to my weight. Yes, it would just be for a 5 - 10 minute ride by me once in a blue moon - I am sensible about what I will get on, and Sass is just that bit too fine for me to get up there and do anything with! Added to this - she is just exquisite, and we can see her going a LONG way in the show ring or performance arena. I have to be realistic and I am not up to getting her out in hand and in harness health wise. So if the right person comes along for her who CAN get her out in the Pony Dressage arena, Show Ring, or Performance Pony arena, we would be thrilled to be able to help them acheive their dreams and take this gorgeous girl to the top! Sassy is a complete darling, and likes to take the opportunity to show off whenever she gets a chance! |
| After several offers, much thought and going with my gut feeling, Sassy went to live with Katye Lemay-Robbins in the Adelaide Hills. Sassy was delivered down to Katye on the 15th of July 2011, and she is in love with her even more in the flesh than she was from her photographs! Katye is a talented rider and has three lovely horses who are either competing or coming up through the ranks and training in Dressage, and she had hopes of taking the Pony Dressage scene by storm with CM Sorta Sassy! |
| Katye is sponsored by Rivanna Riding School and Erin from Rivanna is excited about coming out to fit Sassy with a new Gentec Tree saddle! She is a fluffball now - but just wait - in a couple of weeks she will hit the show ring! |
| The Dilutes Australia 2011 Youngstock Show was Sassys second outing, and her first with Katye! They were brilliant on the day and it is obvious that Sassy and Katye have a firm bond! Katye was thrilled with Sassy, as were we, and |
| she did extremely well in all her classes - and came away with a Reserve Champion Female Cleveland Bay! (Champion was her half sister CM Independant Miss!) Katye and Sassy had hoped to have a long career ahead of them and had landed herself in the perfect home for her with Katye! |
| Update: 22nd September 2011 Due to NO fault of her own - other than being a bit lighter framed than Katye was after (seems to be the story of Sassys life so far! lol... She is a darling girl and cannot help that shes not as solidly put together as we would all like her to be!). Katye, like me, will be saddened to see her move on, however she has so much to give a rider that we want to see her reach her full potential. Update: February 2012 Sassy went to stay at Challington Stud, Two Wells, with Robyn Champion & Matt Billington for a few months |
| while I got myself organised and moved down to Aldinga. Huge thanks to Robyn and Matt for looking after the girly for me while we figured out if she was staying a part of the Reigate team or not - and after a few ideas have been thrown around, at this time I am offering her for sale to the right home. She is an exceptional filly with a very bright future ahead of her. If you are interested in Sassy, please dont hesitate to contact me! It has been an agonising decision to say 'yes, I will part with her' -however I really would like to see her out in the show ring and strutting her stuff with a talented rider/handler! |
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