Arabian Sport Horse Alliance 2018-2019 Directory & Yearbook
Annual publication of the Arabian Sport Horse Alliance, Inc. Honoree Articles, Award Listings, Photo Galleries, Youth Member Spotlights, Stallion Pages, Farm Profiles, Articles, and more.....
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photo courtesy Gilker family<br />
photo courtesy of the Gilker family<br />
Jessica began<br />
riding Elated in the<br />
Atlanta Pony Club.<br />
Elated and Jessica<br />
had an absolutely<br />
wonderful time<br />
participating in<br />
numerous rallies,<br />
events, clinics,<br />
Junior Fox hunts,<br />
and shows together<br />
through the Atlanta Pony Club. Jessica rode<br />
her first cross country courses and dressage<br />
tests with Elated.<br />
Elated and Jessica competed in both breed<br />
and open competitions from 1998 - 2006.<br />
Elated's sparky personality, athletic ability,<br />
intelligence, and willingness to work is one in<br />
a million. Every eventer or dressage trainer<br />
that met Elated really admired him and<br />
praised him<br />
for his<br />
athleticism<br />
and his<br />
willingness to<br />
try<br />
everything.<br />
Jessica also<br />
received her<br />
D Pony Club<br />
rating on<br />
Elated.<br />
The bay pony with Elated in this photo taken<br />
at a fox hunting outing is JAG Lady Pegasus,<br />
a Half <strong>Arabian</strong> pony (aka “Peggy”).<br />
Elated helped "raise" numerous babies<br />
throughout the years. We always wanted his<br />
amazing personality to rub off on them!<br />
Elated's last show was when he was in 2007<br />
in Dressage with Kathy Gilker and he retired<br />
100% sound and happy. He could not have<br />
been a more willing partner for the entire<br />
Gilker family and has enjoyed a well-earned<br />
retirement since then, with an occasional<br />
bareback ride or trail ride around the farm.<br />
He’s still extremely heathy (just old man<br />
teeth), and he still gallops around our hills on<br />
brisk days with his pasture mate!<br />
Pelear Por Oro<br />
(Unknown X Merimba (ox))<br />
2009 gray <strong>Arabian</strong>-cross gelding<br />
Highest Eventing Level: Novice<br />
Status: Currently competing<br />
Owner/Rider: Brooke Webb<br />
Pelear was given to me by a lovely couple<br />
when I was 14, he was just only 4. I was later<br />
told Pelear was a rescue whose dam was<br />
brought to the rescue after being confiscated<br />
from animal control. Pelear was born at the<br />
rescue not long after they arrived. He was<br />
born with dummy foal syndrome and spent<br />
his first two weeks in an equine hospital.<br />
Pelear pulled through, which is how he got his<br />
name. Pelear means to fight in Spanish, the<br />
rescue thought he earned this name when he<br />
fought for his life to overcome this awful<br />
syndrome.<br />
© Liz Crawley<br />
22
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