Belle
Registered name: Rocky Mountain Belle (AQHA #4276953)
Born: April 9, 2002
Height/weight: 14.3 hands, 1060 lbs.
Color/markings: Sorrel with disconnected star, strip, and snip and coronets partially white socks
Bloodlines in pedigree:
- Sugar Bars: AAA sprinter, one of the first twenty Three Bars' get to go into the then-highest rating. Sired 30 AQHA Champions. World Champion Sire, Reserve World Champion Sire, Superior Halter Sire, Superior Performance Sire, Race ROM Sire, AQHA High Point Performance Stallion Sire, AQHA Champion Sire
Owner: TW Quarter Circle Ranch
Bio: We got Belle as a yearling and broke her to ride. She absolutely loves to go on trail rides. Her least favorite thing to do is go around in circles in the arena, but she enjoys Trail Class and speed events. Belle is a half-sister to Barsook. She can be a little lazy at times, so her riders often wear spurs—but they rarely ever use them, because Belle cooperates very quickly just knowing that the spurs are there! She has proven to be a very quiet, reliable, all-around horse. In 2014 she won CHSA Youth Horse of the Year and took her rider Erika McGonigal to win Youth Western High Point Champion.
Accomplishments:
- 2016: Youth High Point Champion (Ray Vaughn/Lee Cox Presidential Award), Youth Western Division Champion
- Champion: Youth Western Pleasure W/J; Youth Showmanship; Youth Western Pleasure; Youth Horsemanship
- Reserve Champion: Youth Arena Race
- Third Place: Youth Barrels; Youth Poles
- 2015: Youth High Point Champion (Ray Vaughn/Lee Cox Presidential Award); 12 & Under High Point Division Champion
- Champion: Youth Western Pleasure W/J; Youth Arena Race
- Reserve Champion: Youth Barrels; Open W/J Horsemanship; Youth Showmanship; Green Horse/Rider W/J; 12 & Under W/J Western; Youth 12 & Under Halter
- Third Place: 12 & Under Barrels; Youth Poles
- 2014: Youth High Point Champion(Ray Vaughn/Lee Cox Presidential Award); Youth Western Division High Point Champion of the Year
- Champion: Youth Horsemanship; Youth Western Pleasure; Youth Western Pleasure W/J; (tied 1st)-Youth Poles; (tied 1st)-Youth Texas Barrels
- Reserve Champion: Open Trail; Youth Barrels; Youth Showmanship; Halter Mares; Youth Arena Race
- 2013:
- Reserve Champion: Youth Horsemanship Western