Show Updates

Hopeful Assets

Owned and Shown by Dakota Diamond Griffith
2002 Brown AQHA Mare, 16.2HH
(Pass the Asset x Gypsy Loom)

HOPEFUL ASSETS IS THE HIGHEST POINT EARNING HUNTER UNDER SADDLE MARE IN AQHYA HISTORY. THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND ALL THE TITLES BELOW WERE EARNED BY THE END OF HER 5 YEAR OLD YEAR! HAULING AGAIN IN 2008!!

AQHYA High Point Hunter Under Saddle Champion: 2006, 2007
AQHYA High Point Performance Halter Mare: 2007 (first mare to win this award)
AQHA and AQHYA Champion
Multiple Open AQHA High Point Top Ten Champion

Hopeful Assets is being bred to multiple world class hunter stallioons in 2008 by embryo transfer.

SGEC 2005 All American Youth Horse Show Competitors

Pictured from left to right: Molly Germain, Kim Dimauro, Dakota Griffith & Snuggles, Caroline Logan, Allison Applegett (trainer), Derek Wolfe, Iris Morrison, Amber Petrosky

Thank you for all the joy that you brought to my life. Your legacy will live on in my heart, and in the record books forever. You will never be forgotten, and it was a privilege to have been your owner and friend.

Love, Dakota

PS May you always have a bucket full of Skittles.

Nitrojon
AQHA World Champion

THIS TEAM HAS ACCUMULATED POINTS IN 11 YOUTH EVENTS, and counting with limited showing! Nationally Qualified! Reserve Congress Champion - Hunter Hack (tied to win, placing reserve under tie-breaking judge)

Flash July, 2005: Multiple Champions @ The Regional Experience (Area 4 - over 2,000 show entries) in Equitation Over Fences, and Hunter Hack, PLUS multiple Top 6 finishes!!!!
13 & Under Circuit Champion every time shown in 2005.

Competitive In: Hunter Under Saddle, Hunt Seat Equitation, Working Hunter, Equitation Over Fences, Hunter Hack, Jumping, Showmanship, Western Pleasure, Horsemanship, Western Riding, Reining, Trail, Halter, Poles and Barrels. -SOLD
Best of luck to Nitrojon with new owner Sydney Shafer!

Vanity Fair
2000 Mare (Large pony)

Shown by Dakota Diamond Griffith under the guidance of Scott Dehelian.
2005 Champion, Working Hunter, AAYHS
2005 Champion, Equitation Over Fences, AAYHS
2005 Champion, Hunters Under Saddle, AAYHS
Serious inquiries.
-SOLD-

Special thanks to Rick Skelly for selling me a great horse, and for your continuing guidance! Thanks to Tommy Sheets for your patience, and support in helping us to add the trail, showmanship, and western riding, and to Scott Dehelian for your expertise in the hunter classes. We couldn't do it without a great support system!

Love,
Dakota

Count Trade Bars
World & Congress Champion

Watch for Kim Dimauro, and "Sam", already winning in hunter under saddle with limited showing. Good luck to this new team!

Dakota & Nitro assisting Jason Martin with the AQHA Regional Experience Hunter Hack clinic, where they were champions in the event!!!!

Unforgettable Bett
16.1 HH Appendix Mare

Bett Ohio x Princess Blue Moon
Owned & Shown by Molly Germain

We are proud to introduce this outstanding new team for the 11 and under, and novice events. Already earning points in HUS and Youth mares at their first AQHA show! This mare has earned her open ROM with limited showing, earning points in 6 open events. The FULL sister to the dam of Gifted Circle.

Do The Unduable
2002 17HH Mare
Sire: Art I Sweet

This is an impressive big filly out of multiple futurity and national high point champion, Art I Sweet. Top 3 in the 3 year old futurities at the large Central States Show in Springfield, Ohio - her first time out! Watch for Caroline Logan in novice youth and 14-18 clases in 2006!

Flashy Red Devil
2YO Appendix Gelding
Devil's Luck x Shockamora (Iowa Futurity Champion/AQHA open WP points)

This novice horse/owner combination are already winning in multiple events. Watch for Katey Bomberger in hunter under saddle, equitation, and showmanship in 2006! Started in horsemanship. This flashy gelding is a flawless mover with an incredible mind who stands out in the show ring!

Exploitation
Owned by Dr. & Mrs. D. Lee Miller

-AQHA Aged Halter Geldings, Unanimous Champion - 2005 Regional Experience
-Tied to win the 2005 Ltd. Open Geldings at the Congress (2nd on tie-breaker)
-World Show Top 3

Watch for Nancy Miller at all the major events in 2006 in Amateur Geldings, and Dakota Diamond Griffith in Youth Geldings.








Congratulations to Lee & Nancy Miller on your recent purchase of "Exploitation"!

Naturally Bodacious
Natural Iron x Every Last Detail (Last Detail)

2005 Bay Filly
We are pleased to finally add a daughter of Natural Iron to our herd. Special thanks to our friends Rick and Ellen for allowing us to purchase this spectacular big filly for Dakota! Watch for updates on this special show prospect as she matures.

Bryes Opener

2000 17.0HH Black AQHA Gelding

Sire: Mr. Eye Opener ($6,000 stud fee & leading sire)

Watch for the new team of Iris Morrison and "Brye" in 2006 as they compete in hunter under saddle and equitation! This gelding is incredibly fancy!

Hunting The Devil
2004 Buckskin Gelding
16.2 HH++

Devils Luck x Docs Gay Lady (PHBA World Champion)


Top placer in hunter under saddle at the 2006 IBHA Congress as a two year old, showing against all older horses!!! Extremely quiet, and a very flat cadenced mover. Outstanding, clear buckskin color. Serious show inquiries only, please.