Photos:
This guy showed up in early April 2008. He wouldn't let me get close, obviously. Can you see him? I know they talk about Bald Eagles being down at the Susquehanna River, but that's about 10 miles away.
This is a sky photo of our place. The part to the right that looks like sand traps is the new pasture and the burn piles burned up, buried and just seeded with grass. It had just rained after another dry spell and greening up.
The 2007 foals running with 2 moms. what a face.
We bought a PMU mare, Laura, from Canada. She was carrying Lucas. What a guy. born April 29, 2004, here he's pictured at 16 days, and at 11 hours and at age 3 with the girls. Laura is half Clydesdale and half Thoroughbred. We sold her and she's off being ridden and jumping. Lucas' sire is a Clydesdale. At 3 years he's closing in on 17 hands.
Reinman (Desperado V X Kala Kachina). He's a 1998 gelding beginning in reining. The show pictures are from Sunflowerphoto 2005 in his first reining at Eastern Arabian Horse Show, August, 2005. Placed 2nd to his mom in the ATR class. He's also won in western pleasure showing at one or 2 amateur circuit shows. FLASH Reinman won the 2006 open East Coast Reining Championship! double FLASH He won both the Open and AOTR East Coast championships for 2007 See news page
I found this old picture (above) on my computer from Region 15, 1996. L-R LL Tsultry (Ivanhoe Tsultan X Cameo Tu), Kala Kachina+ (Basksand X GT Sarria), GT Tokay+ ( Baske-Tu X GT Maarsaala). That was a fun day. I think it was my first, maybe 2nd time at Regionals for reining.
This is GT Tokay+ (Baske-Tu X GT Maarsaala). He was the first "fully trained" horse I ever bought. He was the first one to win me a cooler, first Regional top 5 for me, first East Coast Champion, first stallion, first Legion of Honor winner. He was foaled in 1987. The above middle picture is with Lynn Stephenson before I owned him. The hunt seat picture is his first attempt at doing that. He won a hunter pleasure championship ATR the next year. We entered the "Challenge of the Breeds" at Harrisburg and placed 3rd out of 13 entries. We had to do western pleasure, english pleasure, hunter hack, barrel race, western riding, and timed obstacle course. The most fun I've ever had at a horse show. He hurt himself several years ago and is gelded and retired to pasture ornament and "king of the hill".
Mary and John Haldeman, 1157A N. Strickler Rd., Manheim, PA 17545
717-665-2288 house, 717-371-3262 Mary cell, email