Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Half-Arabian Adams Fire Makes His Run for USEF Horse of the Year

Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 16, 2008
Contact: AHA
303-696-4500

Half-Arabian Adams Fire Makes His Run for USEF Horse of the Year
Adams Fire, a 2002 Half-Arabian gelding, owned by Starline Arabians LLC, is a finalist for the 2008 USEF Horse of the Year Award. Voting for the prestigious award, by USEF members, the USEF Executive Committee and media begins Dec. 12, 2008.

Adams Fire has earned a string of U.S. National Championships, beginning in 2005 as a junior horse. Between appearances at U.S. Nationals, Youth Nationals and Canadian Nationals, Adams Fire holds eight national titles-seven in English pleasure and one in pleasure driving. Adams Fire proved his talent at the 2008 U.S. Nationals during the Half-Arabian English Pleasure Open as a packed house witnessed the first work-off in 30 years. Adams Fire came away victorious.

"Adams Fire is the ultimate show horse," says Lori Lawrence, Adams Fire's owner. "We feel we are the luckiest family in the world to be able to own and show such a truly unique and talented individual. 'Adam' is unquestionably the most thrilling English horse I have ever ridden."

According to USEF, the Horse of the Year Award goes to the horse that has excelled above all others in equestrian competition for the current year. An Arabian or Half-Arabian has made it to the list of finalists three of the last five years.

To cast your vote for Horse of the Year, click here.

The award, which is sponsored by Farnam/Platform, will be presented during the USEF Horse of the Year Awards Dinner on Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. The Annual Meeting will be held Jan. 14-18 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information about the Annual Meeting, visit www.usef.org/convention/2009/sponsors.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

That’s wonderful news! It has been 50 years since an Arabian horse actually won “Horse of the Year”. And was a great horse! Adams Fire is quite unique in heritage. There are four continents in the first four generations of his pedigree and he is half Arabian and half DHH (Saddlebred, Hackney). I always thought that his intelligence and responsiveness are what we expect from an Arabian horse but he is ALL American in his “melting pot” background and his extraordinary performance. This year he carried three different riders –youth, adult amateur and professional – to National Championships and he is only six years old. This horse has so much merit!

The link wasn’t working so here it is again: http://www.usef.org/contentPage2.aspx?id=hotyaward

Good luck to him!

andinarvaez said...

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