Top Amateur exhibitor Angela Fox who recently won the Congress in the Amateur Showmanship with her equine partner, The Heat Seeker and last night was 5th at the AQHA World Show in the Showmanship, unfortunately had a heavy heart going into the finals. After she showed yesterday, she had to drive home to Texas and put her beloved retired show horse, Leaguers Haley Bopp (Haley) down.
Angela and her 1997 chestnut mare by Kay Cee Leaguer out of Zippos Belle were quite a team when they showed together. They reached over 500 points in their show career, with several superiors and top 10 placings at the World Show, Congress, and in the nation. In 2001, they were Congress winners in the Novice Amateur Equitation and a few years later placed third in the Showmanship at the AQHA World Show.
“Haley was a great show horse but importantly my best friend for the past 11 years,” Angela Fox, whose heart is obviously heart broken over this news. “She lost her battle with Laminitis last night and my life won’t be the same. She greeted me every morning at the back gate with her sweet face waiting for her breakfast. We thought there was a chance she would make it and did everything we could, I chose to not let her suffer and said goodbye. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do.”
