– Medal of Excellence Recipient –
IMA RADICAL DREAM
Born 16 November 2000 Bred by LD & KA Neilsen
Sire: Tall Dark N Radical Dam: Peppys Triple Treat
Following is taken from the 2005
AQHA Yearbook
Dream started her Halter career early,
gaining her ROM in only a few shows,
quickly followed by her Superior.
Kerry couldn’t wait to ride her, so like
she had done with Dream’s mother,
Kerry just saddled her up, with no
“breaking in” period and had her friend
Travis ride her down the road. “I started
riding her then, and knew she had it all”
said Kerry.
Kerry made the decision (based on the
ridiculous fact that she thought she was
too old), to send Dream to a trainer to
prepare her for her first shows under
saddle. Doug Farmer took her on and
it was decided that she would only
start out at Pleasure, as she was such a
natural.
“Her first show was just a small one,
the day before a big AA show at Gatton.
She gained a second in the two year old
Pleasure, I was over the moon. The next
day, she took out Champion Mare, and
went on to win the Two Year Old Western
Pleasure” said Kerry.
Dream did a few more shows with Doug,
and came home. She didn’t get to the
AQHA Nationals in her two year old year
due to a virus. “My vets advised not to
travel her, I was so disappointed” said
Kerry.
Their next big show was the Queensland
State Show. Kerry explained “Dream and
I worked really hard at home, I wanted
her to do really well, but I got cold feet
at the last minute, I didn’t feel I could do
her justice, so I asked my friend Dionne
White to ride the two year old Western
Pleasure for me. Dionne looked lovely on
the mare, the American judge thought
the same, and she won.”
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After a spell, Dream came out for her
first Junior year, still only doing Halter
and Pleasure. “I had always loved Trail,
her mother was a good trail horse, so we
branched into Trail, where she did really
well. I started doing other events show
by show and she took it all in her stride”
said Kerry.
Dream finished her first Junior year with
Runner-Up All Round Quarter Horse of
Australia and of Queensland, High Point
Western Pleasure Horse of the Year,
High Point Amateur of Queensland, High
Point Amateur Trail and third overall
in Amateur Western Pleasure. I was so
pleased, as I had ridden all the events
myself. I also won my first buckle that
year in Junior Western Pleasure.
2005 had been Dream’s second Junior
year and it started out well, finally
making it to the Nationals, but only by
chance explained Kerry. “I had intended
going to the Congress in America, but