 LBF
Rhett Butler
(All Things Considered x H-Scarlet)
Owned by Jennifer Weske-Monroe, Melissa, TX
"
I'd
recommend Polly to anyone looking for a good using Morgan
horse from someone you can trust to tell you exactly
what you need to know. We got LBF Rhett Butler from Polly
and he arrived a better horse than we even thought we
were getting. I found Polly perfectly frank about the
horse and she practically insisted to send a same week
current video of him. Rhett is just gorgeous and you
know if you are getting an intact colt from Polly that
he is correct with a good mind and manners. Thanks Polly,
as always, it has been a pleasure to work with you."
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Jennifer Weske-Monroe, MEMC Morgans
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LBF Gay Enchantment
(H-Ken x LBF Gay Enchantress)
with filly Gab Creek Rosado by
PKR Primavera Brio
Owned by John and Joyce Hutcheson, Dahlonega, GA
"We wanted to line breed the 'Primavera' lines.
We had discovered that blood when we lived in California and
met Carol Simpson and Primavera Valdez.
Richard
and Phyllis Nelsen, Mohican Farms started a strong line breeding
program more than 40 years ago, which was rich in Old Government,
Brunk & the Old California blood. Valdez and Gay
Vaquero were two of the best they produced. Polly Smith had bought
both Primavera Gay Vaquero and Primavera Ramona from the
Nelsens, and from this
pair she bred LBF Gay Enchantress and she in turn, bred to H-Ken,
produced LBF Gay Enchantment (aka "Mandy") whom
we bought from Polly as a foal.
We were thrilled to find that Mandy was a double-bred Primavera
on her damside, as we wanted to cross Primavera Brio, a son of
Primavera Valdez, on her. We did that twice over the next 10
years and were so pleased with the line bred offspring that we
have retained them both, Gab Creek Rosado and Gab Creek Golden
Vaquero.
When we got Mandy home as a yearling, we really fell in love
with everything about her-her personality, her tractable disposition,
and her quick mind. She was the fastest horse to learn something
I have ever trained.
It was always like, "So is that all you want me to do?" When
I started her, we were living in the barn and only had one pasture
fenced so I would put all the mares down there for the day and
bring them up at night through the woods to the top of the hill
and stall them. Mandy very quickly became the Alpha or bell mare.
One evening I went down and haltered her and lead her over to
the fence
and used the fence to climb on. The next night when I haltered
her, she side passed on her own to the fence for me to get on
(so we could hurry up theprocess and go get into the feed bucket
up at the barn). By the third time I went down there she would
side pass to the off side.....then I tried getting up on a stump
and she would side pass over to
that. I have enjoyed showing off with her in the aisle of the
barn for visitors who all want to know how do you teach a horse
to come to you without touching her, to theoff side, to the tailgate
of a pickup truck and have her stand there while you climb down
on her?? "You don't. She taught herself."
Mandy is all business about everything. I have ponied young stock
on her. She has always been in a halter or a hackamore and will
stop on the pull and slack with one hand. Her foals have been
the same way about people and training. She is cat quick and
is all in all just a wonderful creature."
~John Hutcheson
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LBF Son of a Gun
(Statesmans Silhouette x
LBF
Gay Isabella)
Owned by John Ohaus, Harford, VT
"I bought LBF Son of a Gun (Pete) from Polly Smith in October
of 2002. Pete was
4 months old and my first horse. Being in my middle 50's
and a first time owner, there were many people who felt a
15-year old 'packer' would
have been a wiser choice than a 4-month old Morgan gelding.
Nonetheless, I had always wanted to start from scratch with
a horse and felt the time would never be better. I fell into
a very fortunate situation with a very caring and knowledgeable
breeder and a wonderfully kind and talented horse. I have
never regretted my decision.
Pete is now 5-years old and had the benefit his initial training
with Dixie Doran and, beginning as a 4 year old, the skilled
hands of Jane Hamlin. Prior to his professional training,
I taught him trailer loading, foot picking, grooming, etc.,
often with a book in one hand and Pete in the other. Pete
and I took walks through the woods, down the road and across
the brooks at the Green Mountain Horse Association. The point
is that Pete liked doing all of  these
things, even with a greenhorn, and easily acquired his basic
skills due to his
intelligence, curiosity and natural desire to work. Those
same personality traits have served him well in his professional
training and he is coming along beautifully as a young combined
training horse. He is an excellent athlete and a wonderful
mover as well as being brave, confident and a 'trier'.
He is a joy to have in the barn and gets along well with
every horse he meets.
Pete would not be who he is were it not for Polly Smith.
Polly is a breeder with years of experience and a very clear
sense of both what she wants to produce and how to make it
happen. Her foundation mares are all exceptional examples
of the Morgan breed. Her offspring are uniformly athletic,
conformationaly correct, and temperamentally well balanced.
In addition, Polly has proven over and over again to be fair
and honest. As a first time owner, I have appreciated her
availability and willingness to help me both when I bought
Pete and also years after the sale was made.
The Morgan breed is very fortunate that people like Polly
Smith are in the business."
~John Ohaus
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LBF Remmington Stehl aka Remmy
(Statesmans Silhouette x LBF
Gay Isabella)
Owned by Sally Horne, Maine
"Remmy is a very special horse. His curiosity is
always entertaining, he's an over-achiever always wanting
to learn and please, and his conformation and
way of going make him a natural for all sport-horse disciplines. He's logged
many miles on the trail, which will lead to his competitive career. He'll do
some dressage tests as a 5-year old, and he's a natural over fences. I've enjoyed
all aspects of working with him since I brought him home as a two-year-old."
~Sally
Horne
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LBF
Hickory Smoke aka Pokey
(TruWest Gold Peso x Rocking M Rosa Lita)
Owned
by Esther Fiddes, Bethel, CT
"I
purchased Pokey as a long yearling from Polly one freezing
cold December day. I had been looking at pictures for quite
a while, and had to take the plunge. I went up to her farm
with two friends who were supposed to keep me from doing
anything rash, like buying a baby! They were unsuccessful.
Pokey and I fell in love instantly, and he came home to me
in the spring. He was easy to train, even for someone completely
inexperienced in starting youngsters,
and was a gentle laid back fellow about most things. Polly
had warned me he would be big, and oh my. He just grew and
grew. First up and up, then wider and wider! Now he is a
9 year old, 1200+ lb., 16+ hand gentle giant."
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Esther
Fiddes & LBF Hickory
Smoke in 2007 winning the Green
Mountain Horse Assoc. 100 mile
ride rookie rider award
on their
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LBF
Hickory Smoke & Esther Fiddes on the 2007 100
mile Green
Mountain Horse Association Competitive Ride |
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have been able to achieve a great deal with him, because
of his kind nature, excellent conformation
and willing attitude. I use him as a pleasure horse, a competitive distance
horse, and a baby sitter for my grandchild. He goes camping, acts as an ambassador
in our local public parks and is simply a pleasure to be with. His tremendous
heart and grit carried me through a very difficult endurance ride this past
season, as well as our first 3 day 100 mile ride. He finished both in excellent
condition, ears up and sound.
He is exactly what he was bred to be, a 'user friendly' amateur
horse, capable of doing pretty much anything I set my fancy to, and doing it
well!"
~Esther Fiddes
LBF Hickory Smoke's Achievements
• Multiple,
consecutive Connecticut Morgan Horse  Association
year
end championships in Competitive Trail Riding
• Multiple years ECTRA medals in LD and MD
• Many High Point Morgan awards at ECTRA
sanctioned rides
• High Point Morgan at AERC Justin Morgan Endurance ride (he was the
only one....vbg!)
• Morganfield's Trophy, GMHA VT 100
• ECTRA 1000 mile award (he is about
3/4 of the way to his 2,000 now)
• AMHA bronze medallion Open Competition program; has been in top ten nationally
of AMHA Open Competition CTR program every year he has competed
• ECTRA Versatility Award 2007 and 2008
• AMHA
Open Competition Champion in Ext. Distance 2008
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LBF Yukon Jewell
(LBF Yukon Gold x LBF
Gay Enchantress)
Owned by Lyndsey Lewis, Maine
"Jewel is just simply the best horse I have ever owned or
ridden! She is as smart as she is friendly and is the perfect companion. From
her very first trail ride she always led the way. She is so trusting she never
refuses anything I ask of her no matter how new or strange it is. She has faultless
conformation and is very square and balanced. And her gaits are fabulous. She
has a very pretty reaching trot and a canter that is forward, soft and balanced.
She is a joy to be with. Absolutely undescribably sweet. She is so quiet and
steady with new people that she has totally non-horse people wrapping their arms
around her with absolutely no fear. She also stops traffic! I can't ride on the
road without cars stopping to tell me what a pretty horse I have. And of course
I agree with them." ~Lyndsey Lewis, Maine
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LBF Spider Man
(H- Ken x LBF
Gay Enchantress)
1998 Bay Gelding
Competing with his owner
Stacie Hoffman, Patchoque, NY
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