Popeye K http://grayfoxfarms.com/PopeyeKconf.jpg is a well-known stallion that competes on the "A" circuit in show hunter

Show hunter

The show hunter is a type of show horse that is judged on its movement, manners, and way of going, particularly while jumping fences. The horses are shown in hunt seat style tack, and are often of Warmblood or Thoroughbred type, though a hunter-style pony is also seen in youth classes...

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• Foaled: May 22, 1997 on Ashland Farm in Canada
• Color: Bay
  Bay (color)
  Bay is a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish brown body color with a black mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs. Bay is one of the most common coat colors in many horse breeds....
  
  
• Markings: blaze, stockings on all four
• Sex: Stallion
  Stallion (horse)
  A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded .Stallions will follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck, as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to...
  
  
• Height: 17.1 hh
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• Breed: Dutch Warmblood
  Dutch Warmblood
  A Dutch Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland A Dutch Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland A Dutch Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the...
  
  
• Breeding: by Voltaire
  Voltaire
  François-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...
  
  , out of Eloretta, by Ronald
• Breeder: Peter Karneef
• Owner: Rachael and Elizabeth Spencer of Keswick, Virginia
• Rider: Tommy Serio

Breeding

Popeye K was bred in Ashton, Ontario at Ashland farm. Popeye K is by the great show jumper

Show jumping

Show jumping, also known as "stadium jumping," "open jumping," or "jumpers," is a member of a family of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes commonly are seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics...

 Voltaire

Voltaire (horse)

Voltaire was an influential sire of show jumpers and dressage horses. Additionally, he competed successfully at the international level in show jumping.*Lived: 1979-August 13, 2004*Height: 16.2 hh*Color: Bay...

, who has produced several offspring that compete at the international level or are excellent sires themselves, including Finesse, Helios, Play it Again, Altair, and Concorde. The dam of Popeye K includes the great show jumper and sire Ramiro Z, who was the leading sire of jumpers in the world throughout much of the 1990s, and who produced the likes of Ratina Z, Zamira, and Donau.

Pedigree for Popeye K

1997 Bay colt

The Show Career of Popeye K

Popeye K began training in 1999, before attempting his Canadian Warmblood testing in September 2001 during which he finished Reserve Champion. In 2002, Popeye K was shipped down to Ocala, Florida to begin his show career, where he competed in the Pre-Green Hunters. The following year he was sent to Virginia to train with the great hunter rider Tommy Serio, before continuing his show career.

Popeye K has had great success in the show ring. Judges are particularly impressed with his great form over fences http://michaelkocherphoto.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=9&pos=8http://cadmus-stable.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/popeyek.jpghttp://www.carletonwarmbloods.com/popeye.jpg, but Popeye K also shows an excellent temperament.

The Breeding Career of Popeye K

Popeye K has several hundred offspring. He continually passes on his exceptional conformation, lovely movement, and powerful, correct jump, as well as flashy markings.

Results of Popeye K

2000

• Stallion Performance Test (as a Show Hunter): Full test results

- 79.5% total

- Conformation: 82%

- Movement: 78.5%

- Type: 77%

- Received a “10” for scope and technique in the course jumping

• Winner of the Governor General's Cup at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
• 2nd Lieutenant Governor's Cup

2003

• West Palm Beach: last place for the circuit in the Green Conformation Hunters
• Pennsylvania National Horse Show: Reserve Champion
• Washington International Horse Show: Reserve Champion
• National Leader in the Green Conformation Division

2004

• United States Equestrian Federation
  United States Equestrian Federation
  The United States Equestrian Federation is the national governing body for most equestrian sports in the United States. It began on January 20, 1917 as the Association of American Horse Shows, later changed in 1933 to the American Horse Shows Association...
  
  Green Conformation Hunter Champion
• PHR National Silver Stirrup (Green Working Hunter Champion)
• Reserve Champion WEF Circuit
• Winner WCHR Alabama Clay Conformation Hunter award

2005

• Regular Conformation Hunter Champion at the Winter Equestrian Festival