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Appaloosa Horse Club Awards

Janette Keeley has recently received good news from the Appaloosa Horse Club of the USA. She writes:
" Hello, I just thought that you might like to know of my good fortune through the post today. From the Appaloosa Horse Club of USA came a beautiful buckle to congratulate my horse on being 2009 International Champion non-pro Mare 'Lets Role Zip MMR'. To get this, these are her achievements - Non Pro Champion Horse, Int yr end hi point non pro halter mare, Int yr end res hi point aged mare, Int yr end hi point non pro western pleasure Register of merit halter. We also got Western Equestrian Society 2009 Open Pleasure hi point and Amateur Pleasure hi point joint winner. Tim's horse also got Int yr end finalist aged geldings. Thanks for all your support - Janette and Daisy "

Tim and Janette also recently attended a show run by the American Saddlebred Association. If you click here you can read a report Janette has written for us on the show - it certainly sounds like something different!

Success for Area 2 members at

The European Appaloosa Championships, Aachen, Germany.

Congratulations to the APHC UK European competitors. The best of British came away from the 2009 European Appaloosa Championships in Aachen with honours and glory. Xtreme Paradise, Constant White Magic and Lets Role MMR (owned and trained by Janette and Tim Keeley) and Rustlers Heirogance (owned by Helen Smith and trained by David Deptford) were with the UK's team at Aachen. Between them they came home with honours galore. European Champions in many disciplines and they won placings in every class they entered.

Click here to see a full list of results - RESULTS

European Appaloosa Championships Aachen 2009- The Road Trip !!!

By - Janette and Tim Keeley, Lisa and Mark Bruin, Xtreme Paradise, Lets Role Zip MMR and Constant White Magic.

We set off on Tuesday evening at 6pm, (well that was the plan!) we hitched up the trailer that we had been lent (all lights etc are fine!!!) only to find that nothing worked. 2 hours later and lots of bulb changing, scrubbing with sandpaper and then we were off. We had hired a lorry and our friends Lisa and Mark Bruin were towing the equipment trailer. We had an uneventful drive to Dover, got there early and were herded through, then Lisa rang in a panic - they had got to go to the office as they were carrying hazardous goods (haylage). Luckily Lisa fluttered her eye lashes and explained that now 3 horses were en route to Germany with no food the man was dragged outside to see how they were carrying it (in Mark's Dually what size engine!!!!!) (By the way this won nearly as much attention in Germany as the horses).They were allowed on the next ferry .Tim and I had to park up on a dark and dismal alley to await our friends. It's quite difficult directing someone to find you when you have no idea where you are at 5.30 am. They found us and we were on our way .We made fairly good time although it seemed like forever and arrived in Aachen at the show ground at midday. We were not competing until the next day so we washed horse’s, titivated manes and tails and ate. The pop was 4 times more expensive than the wine that I ordered and my pasta came with chicken (had to send it back), Tims pizza was a revelation when we realised what he was eating we had a great laugh. It was a Chinese pizza complete with water chestnuts. I think that this is the only food that he has not ever finished. Lisa is a superstar at tails and manes so she worked like a Trojan with bands in for one class and out for the next. Tim’s horse was a bit sore after travelling so Mark got out the laser and did a fine job on Indy. He recovered so well that he won a few championships!

On Thursday night we had tickets for the exhibitors party. We went along only to discover no party and we had to pay for the food, so we just had a few light beers. Friday was a big day. I had 8 classes, all one after the other, and Tim joined me for 2. Luckily again we had Lisa and mark to swap and hold it was so wonderful to stand and listen to 'God Save the Queen'. Yes Friday was a good day, even though I made silly mistakes, we did well. Saturday we got up early to watch David Deptford and Helen Smith's little horse Rustler's Heirogance and we were so pleased as it placed 1st. Helen was overjoyed and later we battled it out in the champion mare class with my mare Let's Role Zip MMR. I had a few more classes as did Tim but Saturday night was heritage night and we were both in that. Heritage IS MY PASSION AND I HAVE AUTHENTIC PIECES FROM THE NEZ PERCE NATIVE AMERICANS. We were hoping for a 1st and 2nd but this was not to be as when we were asked to jog I felt my saddle go - as I was jammed in my saddle by all the regalia I was on my way down to the ground! Tim jumped over the rail to save us just before I hit the deck, they stopped the class and allowed me to carry on but it shook me up and it should have disqualified me but in the end I placed last (rightly so) and my other horse with Lisa riding placed 1st. There had been some psyching out going on as the lady opposite us did native American shows for a living - anyway we beat her!

On Sunday we had a lie in until 9am then we had the ladies pleasure. Lisa was riding Indy and both Tim and his horse are hard work so poor Lisa had both to contend with Tim giving her lots of instructions and Indy giving her not his best. However, they were placed 4th which was excellent and we beat the horses that had been going micro slow in the warm up pen but when they took all the gadgets off they did not go so well.

Well that was the end of the show. It was tiring but very enjoyable we had learnt a lot from 2007 when our horses were hairy and we felt really out of the game. This year was our year and let's hope we can come back with some of our babies and do as well. We set off and drove through the night getting back on Monday morning at 6 am it has taken 2 days to recover but it was well worth it. A big thank you to Lisa and Mark for their help and Cheval Liberte for the loan of the trailer and Clifford Jones Timber for our bedding.

Janette keeley

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