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IS trainer, Gil Galyean, at Paws Up Ranch,
Oklahoma, presented Pawsitively Blazing
at his first show in September, 2001, in the
Texas Lone Star Futurity. Winning Champion
in the Open and Limited Western Pleasure, he followed
up by winning Champion in the Texas Breeders Classic
Western Pleasure. In October 2001, with winnings in
excess of US$8500 from his first outing, Pawsitively
Blazing was ranked in the NSBA Top Ten 2YO Pleasure
horses in the world.
Imported to Australia by J-BAR-C Quarter Horses in
November, 2002, he was one of the first of the influential
imported Western Pleasure horses to our industry, his
success continuing for his entire Australian show career.
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• NSWQHA State Titles 2003
Champion Junior Horse Western Pleasure
Champion 4 & 5 year old Western Pleasure futurity
Champion All age AmQHA Western Pleasure
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NPHA- National Pleasure Horse Association 2003
Champion Junior Horse Western Pleasure
Champion Junior Horse Western Pleasure Stakes
Champion Limited 3 year old and over
Western Pleasure
• Australian Halter Showcase 2003
• Champion Junior Horse Western Pleasure Futurity
• VQHA and All Australian Congress 2003
• Champion Congress All Age Western
Pleasure Showcase
Receiving ROM’s in Western Pleasure, Performance,
Hunter Under Saddle, and Amateur Western Pleasure,
he also achieved his Bronze Century and Superior Horse
award for Western Pleasure.
Gelded in 2006, Pawsitively Blazing
became
a
successful
all-round
competitor’s horse, taking many Youth,
Amateurs and Professionals to many wins
and championships. He was retired in
2010, after winning the Non-Pro Western
Pleasure Championship at Equitana,
Melbourne, an event enabling the
exhibition and showcasing of the Western
Pleasure horse.
In 2011, he was listed in the Top 10 for
Leading Sires.
An outstanding sire in his time, Pawsitively
Blazing, produced many high quality
progeny that excelled in all aspects of
competition and continually promote
the Quarter Horse breed through their
performances at Championships and
Futurities. Some of his progeny now stand
at stud, to pass on his superior bloodlines
and attributes. He will be sadly missed by
his owner, Stephanie McDonald. F
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