It is often said that, “April showers bring May flowers.” As snow continues to fall across many parts of the country into May, many would argue that statement. All weather issues aside, May always brings further
excitement about the summer shows and futurities. The APHA Summer World
is fast approaching as is one of the biggest AQHA shows of the year, the
Redbud Spectacular. May is also the time when a lot of cute babies are
on the ground as evidenced by this month’s beautiful cover, featuring multiple AQHA World Champion sire, Vested Pine.
The May issue of GoMag
salutes the industry’s best exhibitors, trainers, horses and businesses
as well as the stallions and breeders who produce some of the finest
offspring in the country.
Click here for the May 2013 issue of GoMag.
About The Cover
For Lori Watkins at Black Creek Crossing, excitement is building as the 2013 foals start to arrive and breeding season is in full swing. Featured on the cover is their outstanding stallion, Vested Pine, who was welcomed into the Watkins’ family in 2006 and moved to Cooper Quarter Horses in Georgia in late 2010. “The move has proven to be wonderful for our stallions and great for the mare owners,” says Lori Watkins.
Sired by The Invester and out of Zippos Bay Lady, Congress Champion Vested Pine has certainly made his mark as a sire. He has sired 71 AQHA point earners who have earned over 7,500 points, 45 Performance ROMs and 14 Superior Awards.
Among the most noted of his offspring is Vested Faith. Considered one of the finest pleasure horse mares in AQHA history, she earned over 1,200 AQHA points, was the NSBA Horse of the Year in 2003, an AQHYA World Champion in Western Pleasure and the AQHA Reserve World Champion in Junior Western Pleasure. She is also in the NSBA Hall of Fame.
Vested Pine has sired over nine World and Reserve World Champions including: Britney Pine, AQHA World Champion in Junior Western Pleasure as well as Reserve World Champion in Amateur Western Pleasure and Senior Western Pleasure; I Gotta Good Name, AQHA World Champion in Senior Trail and A Classy Pine, AQHA Reserve World Champion 2YO WP. Vested Wishes was the 2005 Congress 2YO Open Western Pleasure Champion.
The year following Watkins’ purchase of Vested Pine, the young stallion by Vested Pine, Invest N Vital Signs, won the Reichert $250,000 2YO Western Pleasure Challenge, the NSBA World 2YO Non Pro Western Pleasure, AQHA Congress 2YO Non Pro Western Pleasure Champion, and capped off the year with an AQHA Reserve World Championship. In Europe, Gold Styled VP won the German DQHA Pleasure Celebration (the European equivalent to the Reichert Celebration) making Vested Pine’s substantial resume global.
Vested Pine has also been tested and cleared for OLWS, GBED, and HERDA. Please contact Clarice Cooper or Lori Watkins to inquire about breeding to Vested Pine as well as Black Creek Crossing’s other stallions, World Champion sire, Pure Dynamic and NSBA World Champion sire, The Good Ranger.
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