Candlemas

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This young lady has been an absolute joy for me to bring along. At 7 years, CJ has tons of talent and potential, and at every show, she gets better and better. She came to me as a 3 yo jumper prospect. Her sire, Contefino, a Holsteiner, is the 38th leading jumper sire for USEF for 2026. Her mother was a Baloubet du Rouet mare: enough said. We started showing her at age 4 in the 0.85 jumpers, and then at the end of the next year, jumping 0.95, my trainer finally broke the news that she is a hunter. (I was suspicious.) So last year and this year, she has been doing the best she can with me in the AO's. I have a non-equine full-time job, and I have been a jumper rider for multiple decades, so I often cause a mistake that knocks her down in the ribbons. She always places well in the under-saddle classes. She is perfectly fine going into the ring without schooling. No lunging needed at the shows, just 20 minutes of flatwork. Easy keeper; she lives at my little farm in east/central VA. Very sweet personality. Loves trails. Loves to gallop in fields (if you can get her to stop grazing:)