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EQL American Maid 5 Year Old Broodmare
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The first R. A. Long
Historical Society “Spring Social” was held May
3, 2007 at Longview Farm Elementary School. The highlight of the
evening was the debut of Hallelujah or “Louie,” our recently donated
Champion Hackney Horse. Attendees were in awe of his beauty and
gracefulness. Rainy weather could not dampen the enthusiasm!
Louie was obtained to honor
Loula Long Combs and her carriage driving legacy. We asked John
& Morgan Beilfuss to help us start a Hackney horse breeding
program. At that time, I had no idea if this would be possible
or even if they would want to help us out in this way after their
generosity with Louie.
To my surprise, they thought
that this would be a great opportunity for Walkabout Farms and
Equi-Legends to join together to promote the Hackney horse. A
mare was offered and the breeding was arranged. I did not even
ask the mare’s name, I was just excited that we were able to do
this. You can only imagine our reaction when we found out the
mare’s name was “American Maid.” Not only are we involved with
a horse for Loula (“Louie”), but now we have a horse honoring
her sister Sallie America! Not as much is heard about Sallie
America, but she also had horses too. But with her being on the
East coast, the stories of Sallie America weren’t as well known. By having American Maid, this opens up a whole new
door for us. We are now better able to inform people of Sallie America Ellis
as well as her sister.
American Maid is being bred.
The Loula Long Combs Driving Experience will be offering an opportunity to the
R. A. Long Historical Society (members only) for a unique
chance. Name the date the baby/foal will be born. The person
that comes closest to it will receive two complementary driving
lessons.
At any time we have 20 or
more horses on our farm this is a lot of work. Robyn & I do it
all, with no help. Walkabout Farms is footing the entire bill
for everything that comes along with the showing of these horses
and their care. WE NEED HELP! If you’ve ever wanted to work
with two of the rarest breeds in the world, the Norwegian Fjord
and the Hackney Horse, go to shows with us, enjoy pleasure drives and
represent the R. A. Long Historical Society – we need you. If
this is not possible but you would still like to help us you can
donate to the R. A. Long Historical Society but make sure you
ear-mark it for the Loula Long Combs Driving Experience.
This is a very expensive
undertaking so any help would be greatly appreciated. Please
call or email me.
We would like to thank the
entire membership of the R. A. Long Historical Society for
making this possible!
GTF Hallmark -- Herd Sire
Hallmark stands 15.2+ and is a huge moving,
gorgeous Hackney horse, much deserving of his in hand undefeated show
career. Since the onset of Hallmarks breeding career in 1999, he
has been chosen for breeding more often than any other Hackney Horse
stallion in North America. Hallmark is a Renai Foundation Sire!
These two horses are the
beginning of “Something Wonderful” happening at “Walkabout Farms” under very generous
arrangements through John and Morgan Beilfuss of:
More about American Maid and what
she will be doing this summer to help represent the R. A. Long
Historical Society will be available here on this website and
on:
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Craig Walker &
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