Jakob, We Will Miss You!
The following is posted on behalf of Toni Hubenette:
Jakob's story is quite wonderful. He was born on a farm in British Columbia sometime in 1983. Apparently the farm bred horses for slaughter but he was rescued at age 2 by two young girls who lived down the road from the farm. They raised him, trained him and decided to event him. He grew into a 16-1 grey gelding and was probably a Dutch Warmblood cross although his heritage was obviously not truly known. He ultimately qualified with Kendra Clark for the 1993 Area VI Young Riders Team which won the gold medal in Wadsworth, Illinois. Thereafter, Kendra decided to sell him when she went off to college. I first met Jakob during a journey to Pullman, Washington in January, 1994 and he arrived at Mill Creek on February 18, 1994. We c
ompeted through Preliminary until July, 1999 when he went on to teach many other Mill Creek riders including Nanine Russo, Heather White, Penny Fink and, of course, Tracy Ryan who successfully competed him for 3 years. In December, 2002 it was Marisa Metzger's turn and she won many ribbons with him until 2005 when Jill Greenhut took over. Jakob's last competition honor was to win Reserve Champion, Junior Novice with Jill in 2006 (some of Jakob's other accomplishments are listed below). He retired to Tally Chang's barn in early 2007 and was euthanized on April 14, 2007 at age 24 after sustaining a re-injury to an old shoulder stress fracture.
Jakob's story is quite wonderful. He was born on a farm in British Columbia sometime in 1983. Apparently the farm bred horses for slaughter but he was rescued at age 2 by two young girls who lived down the road from the farm. They raised him, trained him and decided to event him. He grew into a 16-1 grey gelding and was probably a Dutch Warmblood cross although his heritage was obviously not truly known. He ultimately qualified with Kendra Clark for the 1993 Area VI Young Riders Team which won the gold medal in Wadsworth, Illinois. Thereafter, Kendra decided to sell him when she went off to college. I first met Jakob during a journey to Pullman, Washington in January, 1994 and he arrived at Mill Creek on February 18, 1994. We c
ompeted through Preliminary until July, 1999 when he went on to teach many other Mill Creek riders including Nanine Russo, Heather White, Penny Fink and, of course, Tracy Ryan who successfully competed him for 3 years. In December, 2002 it was Marisa Metzger's turn and she won many ribbons with him until 2005 when Jill Greenhut took over. Jakob's last competition honor was to win Reserve Champion, Junior Novice with Jill in 2006 (some of Jakob's other accomplishments are listed below). He retired to Tally Chang's barn in early 2007 and was euthanized on April 14, 2007 at age 24 after sustaining a re-injury to an old shoulder stress fracture.Jakob was kind, gallant, stubborn, strong, and had the best feet of any horse I have ever met. He was an 'easy keeper' in the true sense of that phrase. I miss him so.
Jakob's Show Record:
2001: Tracy Ryan and Jakob, Reserve Sr. Training Champion, Area VI
2002: Marisa Metzger and Jakob, Junior Novice Champion, Area VI
2003: Marisa Metzger and Jakob, Junior Training Champion, Area VI and 3rd nationally
2006: Jill Greenhut and Jakob, Reserve Jr. Novice Champion, Area VI
2002: Marisa Metzger and Jakob, Junior Novice Champion, Area VI
2003: Marisa Metzger and Jakob, Junior Training Champion, Area VI and 3rd nationally
2006: Jill Greenhut and Jakob, Reserve Jr. Novice Champion, Area VI
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