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The Lark Ascending
AQHA SUPERHORSE |
GRAND PRIX DE DRESSAGE |
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Other notable awards taken by
The Lark Ascending |
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 World Champion
Working Hunter |
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Prestigious
International Prix St. Georges |
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| All-Breeds
Award |
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Freestyle
Champion |
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| Best of Americas
Horse Award |
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Region II
Champion 4th Level Dressage |
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| TEL/FAX
231.854.2500 |
7910 GRANT
ROAD, HESPERIA, MICHIGAN 49421 |
EMAIL
janet@jrlazyday.com |
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THE LARK ASCENDING is a 15-year-old
registered American Quarter Horse, half brother to LARKS TRUST FUND. This beautiful bay gelding,
known affectionately as "Larkie" by his owners, Janet Reid of
Hesperia, MI, and Ethel Strach of Muskegon, MI, has done all there is to do in
quarter horse world.
The sisters purchased Larkie as a two-year-old at the All-American Quarter
Horse Congress and put him into training with , well-known quarter horse
trainer Lynn Salvatore Palm. His first year brought wins at the three most
prestigious quarter horse shows in the United States: The Gold Coast; The Gulf
Coast; and within a year of his purchase, The Quarter Horse Congress! He
qualified in seven events at the 1991 AQHA World Show: Green Working Hunter;
Hunter Under Saddle; Pleasure Driving; Hunter Hack; Trail; Western Riding; and
Jr. Working Hunter. In 1991 he earned top honors: AQHA Superhorse! This title
is equivalent to MVP in sports. In 1992, Larkie returned to the world show, and
won the World Championship in Working Hunter. |
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Larkie has continued to show
and win through the years, training since 1998 with Mari Monda Zdunic. He
excelled and was Reserve Champion at AHSA shows before moving on to dressage
work, which resulted in the All-Breeds Award in 1997. He was also presented the
Best of Americas Horse Award.
Having knocked the socks off every judge in the country, Larkie came home for a
rest at JR Lazy Day in 1998. But he was so restless within three months that
Janet and Ethel grew concerned. So they hired Mari, who quickly realized
Larkie's potential in dressage, and the pair went to work.
In 1999, he earned the 4th Level Freestyle Championship for District II,
placing 7th in the nation! In 2000, he earned the prestigious International
Prix St. George, and in May, 2003, became the only AQHA Superhorse in the world
to also win the coveted Grand Prix de Dressage! Larkie continues to compete and
win in competitions around the country. |
Happy as, well, a
lark, The Lark Ascending continues to compete and win in competitions around
the country.
Whether he's competing, training, or exhibiting, Larky gets plenty of
attention. He has been the subject of major spreads in equine magazines and
metropolitan newspapers, and in July, 2003, he became a collectible.
Mari, Ethel, and Janet, seated in the adjacent photo, are all smiles as they
sign Larkie models during BreyerFest 2003, where their champion was
immortalized as a rare collectible Breyer Model.
...more about THE LARK
ASCENDING
Showing
Information
THE THE LARK ASCENDING can generally be seen at Shine-a-Bit Farms in
Brighton, MI, and is available for exhibitions and seminars with his trainer,
Mari Monda Zdunic. Call Mari at 810 632-5725 for further information and
fees. |
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