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~~~~~Saint Hubert and Fox Hunting Colors~~~~~

~~~~~Saint Hubert and Fox Hunting Colors~~~~~

*****Various Saint Hubert Medals***** All my life I wanted to Fox Hunt….. …..from the first stories I heard from my father…..about his father….. …..and the horses that they bred on their farm in Chardon, Ohio….. …..and the ones who ultimately ended up in the northeastern Ohio Fox Hunts….. …..(Chagrin Valley Fox Hunt, to be specific)….. *****Chagrin Valley Hunt History***** …..beautiful horses….. …..and great stories….. …..(I still have the sepia-toned photographs in my wallet)….. …..(horses jumping roadsters…..horses jumping wickedly tall fences…..horses…

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Mason and Sebastian

Mason and Sebastian

Mason has a new home. Mason has a better home. Mason has a new job now too. He has gravitated from being an apathetic, non-breeding/non-productive stallion….. …..to being a potential hunter/jumper gelding in-training….. ***Disclaimer***(Mason was never consulted about the personal cost of this career transition…..) However, he is now ensconced three hours south of us in Sarasota. He has a glowing future of possibilities. He already looks like he fits easily into the horse shoes that are in store for…

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OTTB ~~~ Mason

OTTB ~~~ Mason

A Hunt Club friend is coming to look at Mason today… We are trying to find a good home for the big goof ball… …..and that can be problematic for an OTTB stallion… (OTTB = Off the Track Thoroughbred) *****Second Career After Thoroughbred Horse Racing**** Gelding will be high on the list of necessary-to-do’s……. …..ssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh……..(let’s not tell him just yet…) …..sorry about that Mason. You’ll thank us for that later…………. …..ah…….no you won’t….. But the man who is coming to…

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