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Clydesdale/Thoroughbred Cross
Sire: FWF Springdale's Benedictine Prince
Dam: Summer Song
Owner/Trainer/Rider: Catherine Doane
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Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007
Subject: New Pictures of Clippy!
Hi!
Here's some nice pictures of Clippy from South
Farm this weekend!
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This
article was in the Horsmen's Corral in Septemer 2007.
15
year-old Catherine Doane from McDonald, Pennsylvania guided Flying
W Farms Calypso, a 12 year-old, 16.1 hand Thouroughbred/Clydesdale
gelding to win the Novice Rider division finalizing with a score of
34. Third after dressage, the pair moved up to second place after
finishing clean cross crounty and claimed the top spot with a
faultless stadium round.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Subject: Fwd:
Grand River Hunt
Here's some great news about
Catherine and Clippy from the mini-trial at Grand River Hunt this
past weekend! the 39 is score for eventing, and
in eventing you want the lowest
score possible. In dressage of course, you want highest score
possible.
She did it again. First place with a final score of 39. Not many
Novice riders this time. Actually she was in first after dressage
too. That's pretty good for those two. Catherine had a score of
35 and, oops, did take a rail down in stadium. But all-in-all it
was a really nice job. On to South Farm in September.
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Eventing Horse Of The Year 2006 |
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Grandpa's Gift |
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Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006
Subject: Re: Flying W Farms Calypso
I GOT HIM!!!!
All i needed was that name!
We bred him; we
sold him age two years to
Jackie Reynolds!
Here is all the information:
Flying W Farms
Calypso
bay gelding
foaled July 29, 1995.
Sire Springdale
Benedictine Prince Clydesdale #C31393
Mother Summer
Song, unraced Thoroughbred mare.
The mother was
definitely thoroughbred but we never had her papers.Summer Song is
the name we gave her.
Please give me
your name and address, I will send you the paperwork you need to
register Calypso with the PHR!!!! You need to get him
registered and then get a HID (horse identification number) with
both the USEF and with USDF so Catherine and Clippy will be elegible
for all the awards, both USEF and USDF offer. And if you compete him
under his full registered name, Flying W Farms Calypso, they will be
elegible for all our year end awards (our Farm gives very nice year
end awards) also!!!! This is such a great story! I need to find time
to post this on site under horse references pages on our website!
What a wonderful story, Thanks to Jesus and His love for Catherine
and her grandfather! Walt Disney would love this, he would
have made a movie out of it! Maybe you will write a book someday
about Clippy and Catherine!
Fredericka
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Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006
Subject: Re: Flying W Farms
Calypso
Gives you goosebumps doesn't it.
I'm just glad he didn't write the word "Ferrari" on the envelope!
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To: Sam Doane
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Flying W Farms Calypso
I wanted to add
what a wonderful story that was about your father and the envelope
you found marked
"horse." Wow, that was a clear message from "the other side!"
some say "beyond
the grave." very inspiring story, thank you for sharing,
PS Do you
have a photo of clippy,what color is he?
Fredericka
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Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Subject: Re: Flying W Farms
Calypso
We got Clippy from John
Petersavage. His son, Joel, took him as far a Prelim and decided
that they needed another horse to go higher. Joel is a strapping
6'-2" 185 lbs or so. We did receive a Clydesdale registration paper
with him, but I believe that it was for Calypso's sire. Forgive me
because I know I'm not going to get this correct and I don't have it
in front of me, but I think the horse's name was 'Benedictine.' We
were told Calypso's Dam was a TB but don't know her name.
We would love to know all about
Clippy. How do we go about getting his papers?
I would like to share with you
how we came to have him, if you will permit me to ramble a bit. We
started looking for a horse for Catherine in the spring of 2005. In
that April Catherine's grandfather, my dad, passed away unexpectedly
which was very hard on her as he was a big supporter of her riding.
It was about this time that we
came to understand that the Petersavage family was offering Calypso
for sale, but his asking price was beyond me.
However, as I was sorting through
my dad's desk, a month or so later, I came across an envelope
with Catherine's name on it and the word 'horse' written in the
lower corner. Inside was a sum of money exactly the amount I needed
to buy Clippy for Catherine.
Needless to say every time I see
her ride Clippy I get a bit misty eyed and I know he can see
Catherine when she's on him.
Calypso, obviously, is very
special to us.
A few months after getting Clippy,
Joel's new horse had to be put down because he tried to jump out of
the paddock, fell, and broke his neck. It was a very sad day at the
barn. Learning of this tragedy, Catherine went over to Joel and
tried to give Clippy back to him. Had the whole barn in tears that
day. She's quite a young lady.
There is so much more to owning a
horse than just riding it, isn't there?
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Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Subject: Re: Flying W Farms
Calypso
Well, hello
there! nice to meet you; Didn't you get Calypso's papers when you
bought him? I have copies of everything if you need it; who did you
purchase him from? why did she sell him?
Fredericka
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From: Sam Doane
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006
Subject: Flying W Farms Calypso
Good morning,
My name is Sam Doane and since
last year my daughter, Catherine, is the very proud owner of
Calypso. Quiet honestly we do not know much about his breeding but
we have met his first owner at the recent Buckeye Horse Park
Minitrial last weekend, and have met a few other lucky Flying W
Farms horse owners during this season.
Catherine took two firsts, a
second, and Champion in the Saturday Novice Jumper Show and another
first in the Sunday Minitrial Beginner Novice Rider. This is her
first year at eventing and has done pretty well.
She certainly can go to higher
levels as 'Clippy's' previous owner had taken him to a number of
Prelim rated events and done well.
In addition we became acquainted
with Jenna Hill who filled us in a littler bit about Flying W
Farms. We had no idea of the size of your 'extended family!'
Just wanted to introduce
ourselves to you and wanted to let you know about Calypso's
whereabouts and successes.
Thank you and best wishes.
Sam
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