Fancy's Midnight Promise
Promise is our premier mare. To date she has produced three amazing fillies and a colt worthy enough to carry on the Ragtime line; however, for now one stallion is enough so we gelded him and sold him to some dear friends who love him to death and we look forward to seeing Harlem (It's Time To Rock - Ragtime) on the trails and in the ring in 2011. We purchased Promise at 2 months of age and trained her from start to finish ourselves. Her gentle loving nature has been passed on to each of her offspring and talent ... wow! In her very first show as a three year old with a ten year old non-horsey boy she placed top three in every class. She has the most natural four beat running walk and rocking chair canter.
Summer of 2009 saw me pretty busy with my long work commute and fully booked with training horses. As spring quickly slipped by I found myself without a horse ready for the show season. As I gazed out into the pasture my liver, chesnut roan sabino mare, "Fancy's Midnight Promise", caught my eye. She was happily grazing alongside her pasture mates getting fatter and fatter. A thought flashed through my head .... hmmmn... maybe Promise could be my show horse. Yeah, she had about 200lbs to lose and yeah she hadn't been ridden in 7 years (since she was started as a 3 year old) ... oh heck... why not? This is what I absolutely love about this breed, you can take a broodmare with 3 year old training after 7 years in the field and end up winning Model Champion, English 3 Gait Championship, Reserve 3 Gait Champion of Champions and Reserve High Point 3 Gait Champion in a just a couple of months. Wow! Not to mention I took her on her first competitive trail ride after only having trail rode her a few times where after 25 miles of hot, humid weather with a 73 horse turn out she came in 2nd place with a score only half a point off a perfect ride!
Summer 2010 - Well here we go again! Dave decided to show Promise this year since we did not breed her last year and in her first show she has won Reserve Trail Pleasure 2 Gait with Dave in the saddle. I might add she came second place to her daughter, Ragtime N' Melody!