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First recipient of THE PLATINUM BREEDER AWARD Uphill Sand’N Sable The Canadian Triple Challenge comprises 3 areas – program for Excellence, Training Levels and Ride/Drive Alternative. The Platinum Breeder Award is reserved for breeding animals. Breeding animals receive the Platinum Breeder Reward as a result of Awards achieved by their offspring. The qualifications to achieve this award appear simple but all things that appear simple require time and energy. * For qualifications see below Choosing a mare is easy, but evaluating her ability to produce outstanding offspring takes knowledge, thought, time, patience and some good luck. Everyone is enthralled with foals. It takes an owner with an educated yet rational eye to go beyond the cute and precious to evaluating the foal. Elements like straight front legs, proportion, balance, disposition and movement are of prime importance. After these determinations are made, patience is required until the animal is ready to be started under saddle. The length of time depends upon the emotional, mental and physical maturity of the horse. Not only must the offspring be under saddle, but must be entered in the Program for Excellence and achieve the Gold Award in the Program. That means the horse must satisfy standards of conformation, movement in hand, flat walk under saddle, running walk under saddle and canter under saddle. To qualify for the Platinum Mare award, the mare must produce 3 offspring who achieve the Gold Award. To make attainment even more difficult, the 3 offspring must be the result of at least 2 different stallions. The Platinum Mare Award is based upon breeding decisions, patience, commitment, energy and desire. The Canadian registry of the Tennessee Walking Horse congratulate Betty and her owner Charles H and Marjorie C Lacy. Uphill Sand’N Sable (Betty) 1993-1226 by Honey Boy’s Rebel 360 out of Uphill Arnica 90 Betty has produced 7 foals by 6 stallions – 5 fillies and 2 colts. Four of her offspring were entered in the Program For Excellence. Qualifying Offspring that attained Gold Uphill Heiress 3780 by Uphill Heir Trigger3008 gold 2020 Uphill Star 3484 by Walkien Jesse Skywalker 3232 gold 2018 Northfork Uphill Buccaneer 3550 by Northfork Top Traveller 2613 gold 2020 Standards for Platinum Mare Award
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