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Thanks to all of the wonderful participants of our Sunday, June 11, 2010 Benefit Horse Show. Meeting new supporters, and seeing the high-calibre of our local horse population is exciting. Snohomish County, WA, has more horses per capita than any county in the U. S. A., and when you come to the PeopleHelpingHorses.org Shows, you're able to catch a glimpse of some the best of them. Pintos, Paints, Arabians, Friesians, Clydesdales, Ponies, and miniatures, too.

Congress champions, to National Champions. All are owned by committed, caring owners, that enjoy being a part of a wonderful equine rescue organization. With year-long activites and bi-monthly schooling shows open to the public, PHH.org gives horse owners another great reason to live and work in Snohomish County, WA.  We had a blast with the bake sale, chocolate tasting, and just sitting and discussing the horse industry, equestrian real estate market, latest family news, and watching the show. Many new horse lovers found our Facebook ad, and in just three days it recieved over 388,000 impressions. Join us on Facebook! We look forward to meeting you, too.
 

After many loyal and wonderful years, my old Dell laptop has bit the dust. Hurray, long live my new Sony Vaio! Our daughter, Francesca, spent this afternoon with me at the Sony outlet in Marysville, WA, and we found just what I needed. What an amazing machine. Just proves you should check out the refurbished computers they carry if you're on a budget. Chances are, you'll be able to find a great computer at a very pleasing price. Now, I can go back to creating the equine art we need for the new 2010 fund raising items! Let me know what you think. We're going to be putting the most popular new designs into production for your equine rescue or charity immediately.

This image is now on a ceramic mug available right now. Need a fund raising idea for your club? Just ask. Here's some horse drawing greeting cards.

On a hill above the Stillaguamish River, there is a world-famous Arabian horse farm surrounded by green pastures, wild eagles, and tall evergreen trees. The setting is Pacific Northwest perfect, with white fences emphasizing the emerald pastures. Mares graze with their foals nearby, playing among gleaming yellow buttercups. It's a busy place, with staff working on their daily "to do" lists, and horses being readied for training sessions. Visitors are always welcome at R. O. Lervick Arabians, and our recent visit gave us a glimpse of the workings behind each future champion.

Anchored by their foundation stallion, Cytosk+++, home-bred and client-bred foals alike are famed for winning national level performance and halter classes.  With his high set, arched neck, and large, dark eyes, Cytosk+++ has a classic look that's reflected all over the farm. Now backed by his national champion siring, black son, Out of Cyte, The Cytosk+++ legacy is easy to see, as his descendants display his big trot, wide, pretty face, fancy ears, work ethic, and friendly disposition.

We saw several stunning foals today. Three fillies and a two colts, from four different dams. What each had in common with the other, was the roundness of the poll at the trot, overall refinement, and ability to gather into natural collection. The impulsion and carriage of tomorrow's outstanding riding horses was already there; just as you'd hope from a farm specializing in breeding and training performance champions. As an early admirer of the Polish import, *Cytrys, I was glad to see the careful blending of the *Bask and *Cytrys sire lines, along with strong American imports, create so many similar, well-structured individuals. Many stallion quality foals are born here; but you better speak up for them quickly, as national quality performance geldings are a specialty at the Lervick barn.

We walked from pasture to pasture, eventually ending up with Cytosk+++ himself. My daughter, Shannon, and I heard the call of a bald eagle as it launched from the nearby evergreen trees. We watched him patiently circling above us, as we went into the pasture to admire Cytosk+++. There's been countless National wins won by the sons and daughters of this soft-eyed, sweet, chestnut Arabian stallion. At twenty-seven years old, his list of champion sons, daughters, and grandchildren fill many pages. The Lervicks have spent a lifetime choosing mares to complement what Cytosk+++ gave them. When you visit, you'll find many fine examples of the type of Arabian horse R. O. Lervick's have become famous for; each a potential national champion, bred in the pastures under the eagles, in Stanwood, WA. Watch more videos from our visit to Lervick's, here.