Individual Legion of Merit

KNIGHTWYND’S LIVIN COLOR LOM (*Cascob Flying Colours x Crossroads Rose) We admired her from afar. In 2004 my daughter, Zenith, and I were attending the Belair/PennMarydel horse show and we were awestruck by a bright bay mare named Knightwynd’s Livin then owned by Mary Alice Farina and Frank Rowley. We admired her uphill carriage and prompt transitions. We cheered from the rail as she pinned in her pleasure and breed divisions at the show. As we spoke with Mary Alice and Frank we got a crash course in the world of the Section D Welsh pony. Fast forward to the next year at the 2005 Belair/PennMarydel show and Zenith went looking at the stables for our “favorites”. She was disappointed not to find “Libby” on the grounds. We found Mary Alice and inquired about Libby’s well-being. She stated that she was fine at home and was for sale. Zenith’s eyes lit up! We arranged a test ride at the next show and negotiated a price including trade for a Section B yearling filly. With “Libby” on the trailer we were the proud owners of OUR Section D mare! Zenith campaigned Libby for the remainder of the 2005 season. At our local schooling show series one of the USEF hunter judges asked “what kind of horse was that?!?!?” when he saw Libby with full mane and feathers. I proudly reported she was a Section D Welsh cob. He watched her for a few minutes in the versatility division and then stated “Boy, that pony can rock and roll!” She won reserve champion in the division that day. Zenith campaigned her in 2006 to 2009 to win many tricolors and regional awards. In 2006 she was WPCSA National Reserve Champion senior D mare. In 2007 and 2009 she was USEF Zone 3 champion C/D pleasure. Then in 2008 I dusted off my riding boots and contributed toward Libby’s points in order to finish her LOM (go moms!). I can’t tell you how much encouragement I got from my fellow Welsh members. Welsh people are a special group of family. It seems befitting that Knightwynd’s Livin Color completed her LOM points at the same horse show, Belair/PennMarydel, where we first saw her. We had been fortunate to have such a special little mare. I call her our miniature Clydesdale!