The Sunar Born Lucky Memorial Trophy to be Introduced at the Reg 18 Championships

Pictured: Lucky and Elaine Ward-Turcotte Medium 4 and Prix St.George Champions at Reg 18 Championships in 1998.


It's been a year since I lost Lucky. 26 years old is a pretty good life! He is still sorely missed; I still mistakingly call his name when I am bringing his 2 best friends, Annie and Allie up from the pasture.
Sunar Born Lucky was a champion in his own right. With 9 Regional Titles under his belt and a Reserve Canadian National Championship at Prix St.George, he had a very sucessful show career. His dressage training started at age 12, and he won his first Regional Championships; Medium 1 and 2 at age 13. He was also just out of the Top 10 at US Nationals in 1992.
Lucky became my #1 Schoolmaster, teaching many riders the intracasies of dressage; flying changes and passage were his specialty, and he was kind enough even to put a young rider on his back and carefully babysit them around the ring.
Lucky was also the 1999 Ontario Trillium Champion at Medium 3/4 with one of my students competing against all breeds.
Lucky was such a special horse. He was a surviving twin. Lucky was the first one to give out a nicker when anyone came into the stable. My old guy knew he was special.
In memory of him, I've created the Sunar Born Lucky Memorial Trophy for the Region 18 Arabian Championships. The Silver Champagne Cooler and the Silver Plates for Keeper Trophies will be awarded to the highest scoring Amateur or Junior at the Dressage Championships. I'm sure Lucky will join the winner in the victory lap.

Canada Day Weekend

Photos of Gen Custer in the Prix St. George and Intermediate 1 at Milestone and ESP Two Moon Junction+// competed in the Glanbrook Trillium Show.

The Milestone Arabian Dressage Show again boasted a record number of entries! 6 in both the Walk/Trot, 12 in both the Training level tests, 5 in the First Level Division, and 1 entry in both the Prix St. George and Intermediate 1.
Allan Ehrlick was thrilled with the entries again that attended the show. The highest score was a 77.08% for KF Almaz in the Training Level Test 4 from judge Jenifer Klemm. 3 entries attained the magic 70% percentile in the Training Level Divison, just proving that Arabians can compete in Dressage! The 70's scores club members include Danielle Mc Donald, Ansley Kesten, and Elaine Ward.
While May's show was cold, the July show was quite warm, with the only drawback being that the dressage ring kept blowing over. Cheryl Ehrlick and her dedicated crew kept on top of the situation by trying to stablize it; the ground was very hard due to no rain, and the stakes could not be pounded into the ground to stop it from moving! Kudos also to Cheryl for reading for about 80% of the riders!
Alan kept the scores coming up to be posted for everyone to see in a very timely manner!
Thanks again to Allan and Cheryl for hosting a very successful dressage show!
If anyone would like to send me information on their scores, please do so, as I did not get a chance to write them down.

At the Glanbrook Trillium Show, Arabian Dressage Horses again dominated the competition against all breeds. KF Almaz+// and ESP Two Moon Junction +/ won all of their classes!
KF Almaz+//
Training Level Test 2 Open: 1st Place 68.84%
Training Level Test 4 Open: 1st Place 68.84%
First Level Test 3 Open: 1st Place 67.71%
First Level Test 4 Open: 1st Place 68.89%
High Score First Level, and Winner of a Gift Certificate for a Photo by Rochelle Rosseau

ESP Two Moon Junction and Lauren Bailey:
First Level Test 4 Junior: 1st Place 62.22%
Second Level Test 4 Junior: 1st Place 61.17%
Second Level Freestyle: 1st Place 63.95%