This is a collection of what I could find on Facebook and a few other places about the 2022 Oregon Morgan Classic. I will use it as a start for a promotional issue for the Oregon Morgan Classic that we can use over the year or two ahead. Please help me by letting me know of any changes you would like, or pictures and stories you would like added. I need those corrections & additions by August 30th if at all possible. If pictures are shown without the people or horses being identified, please help me add that information, too. Thank you so much!

Send information to Gay Adams, sunstonemorgans@comcast.net

There was a virus scare before our show. A horse that had been at a show at the Oregon Horse Center (where we have our show) and at a different show elsewhere went back home to Central Oregon and then in a few days was diagnosed with EHV-1. But since there were no cases of the virus at any time at the Oregon Horse Center, including during the allowed time for the incubation period of the disease after that diagnosis, we went forward with our show. We were careful at all times to follow the recommendation from the State Vet. The scare affected attendance this year, but neither that nor a rainy cold week could dampen the enthusiasm of those who attended. We respect the decisions that were made to stay home. Thank you to all who sent their well wishes, to all who came, and to those who supported our show thru sponsorships, donations to our Silent Auction, the donation of time & effort from our volunteers, and the hard work of all our officials. Thank goodness for a facility that allows us stay under cover once we are inside. We had a very fun show!

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Center ring was stunning this year. It was orchestrated by Paula Hague utilizing the services of Erwin's Quality Plants. All the beautiful flowers and greenery were for sale at the end of the show. Thank you Paula!

erwinsqualityplants@gmail.com, (541) 780-8800

All of our team did a fantastic job at organizing and managing the show. Karen along with Kelly and Nancy solved every challenge with seeming ease, with most issues totally invisible to those who were there to show. They are all amazing. Jim worked hard as our Vice Chair of the Show Committee, and Sierra is always there to help wherever needed - especially with Youth of the Year activities. And they still found time to show!

All of our team was wherever they needed to be to get the show set up, set up or tear down anything, keep things going on schedule, and to close down the show when it was over. It is a lot of work. We couldn't do it without them.

Richard is a great photographer and also takes pictures at the Morgan Grand Nationals as well as at a number of other national championship shows. We are so lucky to have him. For 2023, Richard is looking at expanding his booth at OMC to include viewing stations so people can look at their pictures at the show.

Cedar Ridge Galleries & Bensen Laser Engraving

Victoria & Dale Bensen

541-459-4152 or 541-459-9000

KR Northwest & Oregon Horse Council

Ron & Karla Hoggan - 503-632-1725 or 541-232-1679

Rusty Barn Boutique - Carol Carlin

Thank You - Shelley Bullard for organizing our Silent Auction, Amy Duvall for her assistance, and all the others who helped. And thank you to all who brought items for the auction as well as all our bidders - we appreciate your support of the Oregon Morgan Classic and our Alex Mooney Scholarship Program. This year some items were ear marked for our Futurity program as well.

(R) Shelley after she finished getting the Silent Auction all set up. It's a big job! (I couldn't resist Shelley - just kidding with the picture). Again, thank you to Shelley Bullard, and all those who helped her.

Click here to see a video of the Silent Auction display. Very nice!

Congratulations to Hannah Weidler who won the Senior section of the Youth Of The Year Contest. She will represent the Oregon Morgan Classic at Nationals this year. She is eligible for a $400 reimbursement toward her expenses from the Morgan Horse Association of Oregon/Oregon Morgan Classic Horse Show fund. Receipts are required to receive the reimbursement. The other senior contestants for Youth of the year were Lulu Dizon (2nd place) and Cassidy Huggins (3rd place). Choosing a winner was not easy. You were all very competitive.

Our Youth of the Year Walk/Trot competitors were Brooklyn Duvall for 1st place, Kyla Edwards for 2nd place, Ashlyn Edwards for 3rd place, Eden Gillard 4th place, & Eleanor Nicholson for 5th place. All of your contributions to the contest were delightful! We hope to see all of you again next year.

Congratulations! The judges were so impressed with the speeches they heard. Thank you for your participation.

Pictured above is Nancy Falk on her beloved palomino Morgan mare, Gwen. Nancy was a Morgan breeder who wanted to do all she could to encourage our youth and the addition & support of more color in the Morgan breed.

The Morgan Horse Association of Oregon and Oregon Morgan Classic Horse Show Committee wanted to show those who attend our show how much we appreciate them. To do that, MHAO created the Incentive bonus. Two drawings for $500 each took place just before the Saturday Night session: one for those listed as trainers on their entry forms and one for exhibitors. Participants are entered into this drawing automatically from their entry form, but need to be present Saturday night when the drawing takes place to win. If their name is drawn and they are not present, another name is drawn.

Pictured above is Erin Silver accepting this year's Futurity High Point Award from Karen Breckenridge for Mike & Kathy Christensen who own TFF Devon. Devon was the 4-yr-old who earned the most points in Futurity classes over the last 5-years of the Futurity. The Christensen's will receive their own award plaque to keep and TFF Devon and her breeder's name will be added to the perpetual award that the club will keep. A monetary award goes with this award and will be sent to Kathy & Mike. The High Point futurity program was designed by Anne Margaret Korver. She is also the sponsor of this part of the program.

Thank you to all those who competed in our Futurity classes this year.

I am still looking for more pictures. If you competed and can provide a picture of your horse for me, I am working on a special issue Stable Sheet to use as promotion for our 2023 show. Your picture will also be included in the 2023 MHAO Breeders' Cup Futurity booklet that will come out next year. Please send me your pictures as soon as you can for the special issue. Thank you!

The theme for both these girls was "The Little Mermaid". This class is always fun! Everyone is so creative. Both these riders are under the direction of Rhea Turner who has a strong Academy program at her barn, Kardia Equestrian. She is located in the Springfield area.

Please send yours to Gay Adams, sunstonemorgans@comcast.net.

I will include them in a special issue of the Stable Sheet to cover the show. We will use that issue to promote the Oregon Morgan Classic for the year's ahead. Please send me your pictures and your story about this year's show. Corrections are also welcome as is help in identifying all the people and horses shown.

Daryl Hopson on Trickling Stream Trigger won the Western Pleasure Stallions & Geldings class for Mina Cox. Anyone have a picture of him at the OMC show?

Newmont's Pretty Please was shown by Paula Hague in Classic Pleasure Driving Ladies, and the Ladies Championship. Beautiful to watch and hard to beat. I would love a picture of this team in action for the special OMC issue.

WS Corajus Teddybear was at the show, driven by Charles Connor in the Open Classic Pleasure Driving class. He won it! He also won the Classic Pleasure Driving Championship class. It is always nice to see Charles at the show. Again, we would love to have a picture to add to our OMC issue.

Gay Adams, Stable Sheet Editor

Rhea brought a number of Academy riders to the Oregon Morgan Classic: Kaitlyn Wolf, Grace Cotto, Nikaia Salinas-Mode, Juliet Devenport, & Ashlynn McCarthy. They rode Kingsgrove Dynasty & Kerrigan, I would love to have some pictures of these riders and any stories they might be willing to share about being at OMC.

Rhea wrote

The huntresses of Fire Run: Kelsea Kobylk on Illuminating, Sage Jefferson on Aljaks Time After Time, and Natalie Kizzier on TTMF Tomodachi with Suzanne Haberek & Olyvia O'Brien. They all competed in the Morgan Hunter Pleasure Youth class.

Fire Run brought a lot of horses and riders to the Oregon Morgan Classic. We are so grateful. We also commend Teri & Kurt Rumens for their Academy program which is introducing a lot of new people to Morgan horses, all types of disciplines, and to the horse world in general. It is so needed! We can't say thank you enough!

Here is a summary of their horses and riders -

15 riders! Fire Run is a very busy barn and runs under the capable direction of Kurt & Teri Rumens, trainer Suzanne Haberek, Assistant trainer Jaun Pablo Gonzales, and Academy Instructor Haylee Johnson.

But besides those 15 riders, Teri and Suzanne still found time to show themselves:

A picture of CZ Reins & Jamie Froyd together.

CZ is on Latour's Out-O-Cash and Jamie is on JMF Wild Serenity.

Sea Cloud Cosmo had a very successful show, winning Morgan Western Pleasure Ladies as well as the Western Pleasure Ladies Championship and the Western Pleasure Championship.

CZ Reins won the Opportunity Hunter Pleasure class on Latour's Out-O-Cash. Jamie Froyd won the Opportunity Jack Benny Saddle Pleasure Class on JMF Wild Serenity. Both horses are owned by CZ Reins.

CZ Reins won the Judges Choice Award for the show. Latour's Out-O-Cash was the Grand Champion Gelding for the show. JMF Wild Serenity won the Opportunity Partner Class.

This is Julie Tretter's 2nd year with her new horse, C-King MJ's Danzin Star. They won the Hunter Pleasure Amateur Ladies class and went on to be the Champion in the Amateur Hunter Pleasure Championship class. What an impressive pair.

Rebecca Smallridge and Fastrak Thunderbird:

Ashlyn Edwards and Little Miss Renegade:

From Joanna Hender regarding Levi Gillard. "What a beautiful smile on a handsome young cowboy. Congratulations on your 1st blue ribbon, Levi! Something tells me there will be more to come! 

-I was lucky enough to be awarded with the MHAO Alex Mooney Memorial Scholarship (HUGE thank you to Sara Breyman for coming out and awarding it - I feel so honored)

-Ended up winning in-hand trail with GFS Bella Rosa (Another big thank you to Megan Gallagher for letting me have fun with your girl)

From Gay Adams:

Allison Gillard rode HVR Fasinating Rhythm to a third place ribbon in a very competitive Morgan Hunter Pleasure Stallions & Geldings Class. Kyla Edwards, Allison Gillard and Megan Gallagher all took a turn on this horse. He won blue in Hunter Pleasure Open and walked away as the Morgan Hunter Pleasure Champion with Megan on board. Rhythm is owned by Margaret Bacot.

Good sportsmanship at the Oregon Morgan Classic is shared between

Olyvia O'Brien on Ideal Caisse Scenario (Champion in the Morgan Jr. Horse Hunter Pleasure Championship class) and Sierra Breckenridge on Moonrune Tempest Sonata (Reserve Champion).

This year's Colorful Morgan Award goes to PL Dancing With Angels, owned by Mike & Erin Silver and shown by Kayla Robb in Western Dressage and Jr. Exhibitor classes (Hunt Seat & Western). Congratulations!

This award was established starting in 2018 from a donation made by the Nancy Falk Trust. There is a perpetual award that the club will keep and put on display at the next show as well as an award for the winner to keep. The winner also receives $500.

Nancy Falk was a long time Morgan owner and breeder who wanted to encourage and support more color in our breed. This program will continue until the donated funds designated for this purpose are depleted. Nancy also desired to support Youth Programs. An equal amount was donated to our Youth Of The Year program.

Our thanks to Robbie Falk and Kathy DeFazio for directing these funds to MHAO in Nancy Falk's memory and creating this award to be given at the Oregon Morgan Classic. More information about this program can be found on our website.

Alex loved the Morgan horse and was a World Champion Equestrian. She even fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a Professional Trainer. She passed away from complications related to Cystic Fibrosis just before her 27^th birthday.

Alex’s last wish and the wish of her family is that people remember her and her story; that they learn more about Cystic Fibrosis and what people with the disease go through. They ask that people donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Alex’s name so that a cure can be found. A donation jar for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as well as information about the disease will be available at the show for this purpose each year

Above is a picture of a tribute to Alex that occurred at Nationals in 2019

The Jr. Exhibitor Western Pleasure Championship Class was selected for the Alex Mooney Memorial Trophy this year. Our winner was Kayla Ropp riding PL Dancing With Angels. Presenting the award was Sara Breyman, Alex's mother.

Congratulations Kayla! And thank you Sara.

The color of the banner is purple as a purple rose is often used to symbolize the fight against Cystic Fibrosis and was used to symbolize Alex's fight against this disease.

Questions about our show: Karen Breckenridge, wylieriley@aol.com