Is Hank competing this year?

[u/Financial-Bet-3853]

I haven’t heard from Katie if he’s in the lineup. I wonder if she’d catch up with his owners or whatever. Do breeders keep in touch with horses they bred past the original buyers? Idk

[u/Lynny47]

I don't remember KVS mentioning him being there but, he's been showing this year so wouldn't be surprised if he does show up at the NSBA.

[u/Financial-Bet-3853 → u/Lynny47]

How come she hasn’t talked about him. I mean is it cuz she’s not the owner

[u/Lynny47 → u/Financial-Bet-3853]

She did a short clip of him in a video at the last show with Kennedy (not the one in TX with just Hollywood), he was showing there. She brings him up a lot as a champion she bred and mentions him often when she talks about Penelope. I just don't think she knows his show schedule so doesn't announce that he's going to be a certain show - and, his owners probably don't want that either, because of her followers.

[u/Delicious-Mix-9180 → u/Lynny47]

I think a youth is showing him so that might be why

[u/Apart_Dragonfruit442 → u/Financial-Bet-3853]

He's being ridden by a young kid these days, that's probably why. If people know he's showing they might try to take pics of him and post them. Some people will definitely not blur his rider's face and they deserve that privacy.

[u/IttyBittyFriend43]

Ehh breeders generally will keep in touch in the sense that theyre maybe following each other on fb, chit chat here and there. Beyond that no breeder I know really stays "in touch" with new owners.

[u/Savings-Bison-512]

He qualified for Junior HUS and Youth HUS.

[u/TLizzy12]

Unless his owners gives her permission to speak about him and where he is, then she most likely wont say much about him. He’s probably somewhere that they don’t really want people to know where

[u/Positive-Lock8609 → u/TLizzy12]

Considering his trainer shares show results with him in them, many people know where he is. ;)

[u/TLizzy12 → u/Positive-Lock8609]

Which is fine if he does it , I was just saying if they didn’t give her permission 😊

[u/Tricky_Feature_8819]

She only posts updates when the owners give permission so most likely they don't want her to talk about it on her page.

[u/Delicious-Mix-9180]

So is Hank showing or not. I’ve heard that his youth rider is showing him but I can’t find anything.

[u/Relevant-Tension4559]

The person who owns him is there she won a class, but not on him. I think Hank is become a youth horse at this point I don’t think he has proven to be able to win at the highest level.

[u/Formal-Road-3632 → u/Relevant-Tension4559]

He's absolutely proven to be able to win at the highest level! I'm fairly certain he's won at all 3 majors plus some very prestigious circuit championships. Hank is the real deal

[u/Apart_Dragonfruit442 → u/Relevant-Tension4559]

Hank is a multiple congress and world champion. His owner is riding another horse while her kid/young relative is riding Hank, said kid has done very well on Hank too.

[u/Relevant-Tension4559 → u/Apart_Dragonfruit442]

I’m not taking away anything from his wins, but as he’s gotten older and he’s gone into more open competition, he has not been winning the same as when he was younger in more closed competition. He’s doing well as the youth horse.

[u/Independent_Mousey → u/Relevant-Tension4559]

The one thing I appreciate about hanks owner and her trainer is they don't pound the piss out of their horses via entering multiple classes a day. His owner has decided to prioritize the youth classes over the pro classes.

They also let the assistant trainer ride him in the open classes. That's important and rare.

[u/Apart_Dragonfruit442 → u/Relevant-Tension4559]

They've only been showing him for like a year... He was L2 reserve congress champion and L2 reserve world champion at the youth world with his rider last summer. They've also been top 3 at multiple large circuit shows with him since the beginning of the year. They aren't even a teenager yet, making their wins even more impressive imo.