tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28738402915582461202024-02-06T20:51:33.381-08:00My OTTB RoseAll about Briar Rose, formerly a racing Thoroughbred known by the name of Dizzy Lizzy.Nancy Tobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18402516081283603553noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873840291558246120.post-53441147200628757872014-02-26T13:00:00.004-08:002014-02-26T13:00:56.564-08:00Briar Rose aka Dizzy Lizzy sold!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">We'd like to offer our sincerest congratulations to Erinna Moorman today on her purchase of </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=390463424349546&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/ottbrose" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Briar Rose</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> aka Dizzy Lizzy! We wish them many happy years together and hope to see them achieve great success in the show ring!</span><br />
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Here's her winning test, with Julia Jesu riding:<br />
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<br />nancytobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09513676148599380377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873840291558246120.post-10592111865520044532013-05-20T07:56:00.003-07:002013-05-20T07:59:30.690-07:00Briar Rose videosI have a lot of short videos of Briar Rose. Here are a couple recent schooling sequences (Julia Jesu riding):<br />
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Canter, left lead, May 19, 2013:<br />
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And here's one from May 15, 2013 where we were having a little fun lungeing on the cross-country course:<br />
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<br />nancytobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09513676148599380377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873840291558246120.post-85390050591274358292013-04-24T08:36:00.007-07:002013-04-24T08:36:56.625-07:00RIP Storm CatRosie's grandsire <b>Storm Cat</b> <a href="http://www.thehorse.com/articles/31747/famed-thoroughbred-stallion-storm-cat-dies-at-age-30?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%25253a%252bTheHorse%25252fNews%252b(TheHorse.com%252b-%252bNews)" target="_blank">died today at age 30 in Lexington.</a><br />
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nancytobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09513676148599380377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873840291558246120.post-87053250578341862852013-04-21T04:33:00.001-07:002013-04-21T04:35:24.237-07:00Champion in Introductory DressageOn April 14, 2013 Briar Rose completed the LKMDressage series of three schooling shows as Introductory Champion and Reserve Champion overall for the day! We're very proud of her! Thanks to trainer Julia Jesu for giving her some great rides.<br />
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Here's a video of her Introductory A test (score 74.06%) complete with uneven footing, shrieking seagulls, a dog walking around that she wasn't sure about, and a trailer pulling out right next to the arena:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday we showed in Salisbury at the Thoroughbred Festival. <span id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment10151574825186287_27766849}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][1]" style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px;"> </span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment10151574825186287_27766849}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]" style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px;"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment10151574825186287_27766849}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment10151574825186287_27766849}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]"><a class="profileLink" content="Briar Rose" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=390463424349546" href="http://www.facebook.com/ottbrose?ref=hl" id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment10151574825186287_27766849}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0].[0]" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Briar Rose</a><span id=".reactRoot[3].[1][2][1]{comment10151574825186287_27766849}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0].[1]"> aka "Dizzy Lizzy" (Jockey Club name) made some major breakthroughs in staying focused on her job in a busy distracting environment and we had some great moments in warmup! She earned 7s on her medium walk and on her gaits in the collective marks.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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LMKDressage at Crawford Chance, Centreville, Maryland<br />
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USDF Introductory A test: 60.03%, 5th place<br />
USDF Introductory B test: <b>73.12%</b>, 2nd place<br />
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And less than one year off the race track for Briar Rose! The one year anniversary of her last race at Charles Town was November 27, 2012.</div>
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<b>3rd</b> - Off-track Thoroughbred Mares Model Class</div>
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<b>5th</b> - Introductory A Dressage (56.69%) (large class)</div>
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<b>5th</b> - Introductory B Dressage (58.75%) (large class)</div>
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She was entered in the Elementary Horse division which was split into several groups, and since it was a rainy day with a sudden cold snap (highs in the 50s) there were many scratches. We arrived a little late for an 8:20 start so had a very brief warm-up.<br />
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Julia Jesu rode her in the 2011 USDF Introductory Level Test A and scored 33.7 penalty points, or a 66.3% dressage score. She earned an 8 on a lovely square halt at the end. She ended up FIRST out of six horses after dressage - how exciting for her first real competition!<br />
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Stadium was a brief round over 8 fences up to 18" in an enclosed area and then out on the rolling cross-country course of 10 obstacles.<br />
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She was staring at the huge standards on each obstacle (something we don't have at home) and at the pond. On one obstacle she had a moment of confusion and Julia took her around again, but eventually she did finish her first cross-country course scored with one refusal.<br />
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Her stablemate and trailer companion Gandy (Silver Maestro) also ridden by Julia Jesu finished 2nd in pre-Novice on his dressage score, going double clear in jumping, so an excellent day was had by the Close Up Show Stables team!Nancy Tobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18402516081283603553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873840291558246120.post-21119384863881206892012-09-23T15:52:00.001-07:002012-12-10T08:30:02.477-08:00Show Debut: Young Event Horse competition for 4-year-olds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNPEojBZ6-N_i80h9RBACM4T13XVBPGcuT3VDxg-CCrv6-EFYsT7JiuZyshrQA0JRr5J9B4vPr7rGLzE9Hz3Uf3K0UgUYDF4a0r_9UzSdXh_JXEXpSzm9bRJOBcBI84Ld18ELxfcC8Ro/s1600/Rose+conformation+trot+9-23-2012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNPEojBZ6-N_i80h9RBACM4T13XVBPGcuT3VDxg-CCrv6-EFYsT7JiuZyshrQA0JRr5J9B4vPr7rGLzE9Hz3Uf3K0UgUYDF4a0r_9UzSdXh_JXEXpSzm9bRJOBcBI84Ld18ELxfcC8Ro/s320/Rose+conformation+trot+9-23-2012.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Briar Rose competed (with Julia Jesu) in the USEA Young Event Horse competition for 4-year-olds at Greystone Farm in Brookeville, Maryland. We are still working to put weight on her but nevertheless she showed very well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have had her less than 70 days. This was her:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">First trailer ride away from here (she loaded, trailered, and unloaded like a true professional!)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">First braids</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">First show</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">First dressage test</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">First time in an indoor arena (fantastic warmup!)</span></li>
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<b style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 18px;">Conformation: 7.17 </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 18px;">(71.7%)</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Frame: 7.0</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Legs: 8.0</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Jog: 7.0</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">General impression: 7.0</span></li>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PZYQBi1YGdc?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Nancy Tobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18402516081283603553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873840291558246120.post-79646187726247124902012-09-08T11:13:00.004-07:002012-09-08T12:27:44.440-07:00A Work In ProgressBriar Rose has been with us nearly two months now. She lives in a one-acre paddock where she can roam and graze, and even though her coat has been bleached by the sun, she seems much happier there than confined in a stall. She is getting basic dressage and jumping training nearly every day. She's getting as much alfalfa as she can eat and has gained about 50 pounds since she arrived. We've worked over her feet and put four shoes on her, and now she's on the second trim. We fecal-tested her and dewormed her twice. We groomed her and trimmed her up. Her sweet personality is shining through every day and she works very hard in understanding and attempting what her riders are asking her to do. She's coming along beautifully.<br />
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Everything is coming together very nicely for her debut at the <a href="http://useventing.com/programs/yeh">United States Eventing Association Young Event Horse competition</a> at <a href="http://www.greystonefarm.com/#!competitions">Greystone farm on September 23, 2012</a>.<br />
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Here was her first little jump over a crossrail with me on August 9, 2012:</div>
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Over the flower jump with Julia aboard, August 21, 2012:</div>
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<br />Nancy Tobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18402516081283603553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873840291558246120.post-50072692780716190462012-07-17T17:19:00.000-07:002012-12-10T17:21:20.355-08:00Briar Rose's bloodlines"Dizzy Lizzy", as she was known to the Jockey Club, was sired by <b>Cat Thief</b>, who put his stamp on her:<br />
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Her dam's sire was <b>Academy Award</b>, one of the last surviving sons of Secretariat:</div>
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nancytobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09513676148599380377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873840291558246120.post-83118638080411221032012-07-16T14:14:00.000-07:002012-12-10T06:49:31.791-08:00How it started<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It all started with a brief email on <span style="background-color: white;">7/10/2012 8:29 PM </span><span style="background-color: white;">from our riding instructor, Julia</span><span style="background-color: white;">,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> with a link to </span><a href="http://www.leightonfarm.com/Available_Horses.html" style="background-color: white;">the website of a nearby place that retrains off-track Thoroughbreds, Leighton Farm</a><span style="background-color: white;">. </span></div>
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and I was impressed. She has a lovely trot stride, especially after being warmed up at the canter. She fussed a little with her head, like any green horse, but accepted the directions of her rider nicely.</div>
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3/16 Secretariat!?? Alydar, Mr. Prospector, Northern Dancer!??</div>
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I emailed Julia: 7/10/2012 8:47 PM, 18 minutes after the first email: "I'll take her". </div>
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