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ROSEHAVEN TULIP

2004 Individual Legion of Merit

    ROSEHAVEN TULIP (*Sleight of Hand LOM/AOE/OD x Farnley Tenby) The story of Rosehaven Tulip wouldn’t be complete without mentioning the circumstances of her arrival into the world and her dam, Farnley Tenby. Tenby was WPCSA National Champion B filly as a two-year-old and reserve champion B Mare as a three-year-old. Tenby was Sally’s all-time favorite pony and she planned to have her for a lifetime - to show, to ride and to produce many offspring.

            The plans and dreams Sally had for Tenby, however, were shattered. At the unlikely age of four, Tenby developed Cushing’s disease and, as a result, became severely foundered. All of the vets recommended putting her down, but Sally persevered with the hopes of doing an embryo transfer and getting at least one foal from her. After months of careful nursing, special glue-on shoes and even surgery, Tenby was bred via AI to *Sleight of Hand. Miraculously, six days after just one insemination, an embryo was retrieved and transferred to another mare.

            Eleven months later, on another miraculous day, a filly was born with a striking resemblance to her genetic mother. This was the first Welsh pony AI/embryo transfer done in the U.S. and probably in the world. The filly, named Tulip, went on to do many of the things that Sally had hoped to do with Tenby.

            In her yearling year, she placed first at the MHSA Hunter Breeder Yearling Futurity and has since won many awards on the line. Her forte, however, has been showing in performance. As a three-year-old, with borrowed western tack, she won champion Western Pleasure the first time she was ever tacked up Western. She was WPCSA national champion that year in both English and Western adult pleasure.

            Since then, Tulip has won numerous USEF and WPCSA National championships plus Zone, Regional and other high score awards. Usually ridden by Sally, she has also been capably shown and trained by Susie Weigand. 

            Although not counting towards her LOM, Tulip has become a favorite walk-trot mount for Taylor Cox at the Welsh shows and a beloved companion for Sally to take trail riding. This story shows that although there can be setbacks, and things usually don’t turn out as planned, dreams CAN come true. Sally is very pleased with Tulip’s accomplishments and imagines that Tenby is looking down, very proud of her daughter