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1999 Thoroughbred Gelding 16.1 hds
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Gemini Dreamer
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Dam
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Private Vacation
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Biography
I found Jack in an internet ad that merely said “TB yearling $700” in Kansas. So, I decided to call while I vacationed with my grandparents in Florida. I received a fuzzy picture on the computer and couldn’t stop looking at it. I figured I should at least see a video before I made the 600 mile drive out to Kansas. I was obsessed with him and after I received the video; it was the only thing I watched. I wasn't daunted by the fact I had just started college and was considering buying a yearling TB colt that was: 600 miles away,pretty much buying site un-seen,had to scrape every penny from my high school graduation money-- and stable him in my backyard--literally.
But Jack was so quite and laid back; I just knew that he was my horse. I talked to the owner who had him, his mother an half-brother. I am kicking myself now because if I had had the funds, I would have purchased all three. My mother and I made the thirteen hour drive to get him; it was a unseasonably(for September) cold and rainy trip with no windsheild wipers,lightning blowing up a tree, driving past a tornado,swarms of locusts, and really bumpy roads. We slept in my single cab truck for two hours, picked up Jack and then headed back home.It was an experience to say the least!
 People thought I was crazy when I brought this little “thing” home--my Grandpa called him a mule! Skinny and beaten up, he wasn’t much to look at, but I must say your gut feeling is something to trust and have faith in because Jack is prime example.
Throughout the years, Jack has been amazing at everything he does. Bringing him up from a yearling, I spent endless hours ground training him and grooming him. Some nights I would sneak out of the house, and he would lay his head in my lap (which I still do!). I started him bareback which I think makes all the difference in the world. I took him on trails and slowly got him started. I made sure he had the basics down which has paid off and allowed us to prevail.
 Jack loves to please and enjoys working which makes him a wonderful event horse. He loves to jump and seems to smile in all of his pictures. Even from the very beginning, he has been super. He won our first novice with a 26.9 (with an error -- stupid me!). To say the least, the rest has followed the same path, placing in the top four in all but three events in the past three years. Our biggest accomplishments have been (2007) 1st at Maui Jim CIC***, 4th at Millbrook Advanced, 4th Rocking Horse Advanced, 4th at PineTop Advanced,4th at Red Hills CIC**,18th at the Pan-Am Selection Trials, Developing Rider's Program, and Long-listed for the 2008 Olympics.
After being sidelined with an injury in 2007 after Fair Hill, Jackson has been on a bit of a hiatus,enjoying the life of luxury and being a big brother to the babies.
Whether he is the "fit as a fiddle event horse" or the "fat and happy pasture pony", it has been so surreal, as I still remember him as the scraggly little yearling -- a mere 14 hands when I him got from Kansas in 2000 and to see him now: a 16.1 and strikingly gorgeous ,wise,and intelligent and always intact with his goofy demeanor. It has been very rewarding. My relationship with him has been great, and he's my best bud. He looks at you with that large soft eye and seems to understand everything you say. He even says "yes" to a question--he knows a couple of tricks ie,yes, bowing, showing his tonge, and painting. But the most endearing trait about Jack is that he gets everyone to love him--you really don't have a choice!
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