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*KENTCHURCH MARISA

2001 Dam Legion of Merit

    *KENTCHURCH MARISA (Llanarth Welsh Warrior x Llanarth Miranda) is owned by Pat Holmes, Heather Hill Farm, Woodside California. She was imported as a weanling in 1985 by Polly Swinerton. Marisa was bred at Anne Vestey’s Kentchurch Stud where her sisters, Kentchurch Rhapsody and Kentchurch Request, both major ridden Cob Champions were also foaled.

    Purchased to help found a Sec. D breeding program, Marisa was not shown due in part to a lack of Cob shows when she was young. It is for her significant contribution as a broodmare that she has received her Legion of Merit. Marisa has produced seven foals but only three have reached the show ring so far.

    Mary’s Myfanwy (by Cyfflliog Pendefig) was foaled in 1993. She did a small amount of showing before being sold to Debbie Elliot-Fisk and re-joining the Heather Hill show group. "Voni" has excelled at Western, English and Hunters. She also does well in the breeding division, winning her first Supreme Championship last summer.

    Mary’s Happy Easter (by Mary’s Prince of Wales), foaled in 1994, has won numerous awards in English and Western Pleasure, Pleasure Driving and she, too, has won her share in hand. She is also driven as a pair with her younger sister Melissa.

    Mary’s Melissa (by Mary’s Prince of Wales) was foaled in 1996. She started her show career during the 2001 season, showing in English and Western Pleasure, one show in Pleasure Driving and always doing well in the breeding division. Melissa was Champion Cob Mare at the American Nationals and several other shows in her first season.

    These three daughters also earned Marisa the WPCAC Produce of Dam Championship for 2001. At home, Marisa has two youngsters waiting their turn to make her proud. Heather Hill Millennia, a chestnut filly, and Heather Hill Rhun, a black colt, are both by Cyffylliog Pendifig. Marisa is in good health and hopefully will continue to produce lovely Cobs for a few more years. She has, however, already done what she was imported for, she has helped populate the Western United States with quality animals and breeding stock for the future.