Sunrise Stables Alumni Shine at the 2023 Morgan Grand National!
While we missed attending the Grand National in person this year (James Arlan, our newest family addition arrived just days before the show started), we enjoyed hearing reports about our Sunrise graduates with their new owners and trainers as they made victory passes and earned top placings in very competitive classes. If we missed anyone in the recap below, please speak up!
- LSSM Queens SpecialFlaire & Emily Lents, Grand National Champion Hunter Pleasure Amateur Stallion & Gelding 15.1 & Over (a 22 horse class!), Grand National Champion Hunter Pleasure Ladies Amateur Gelding 15.1h & Over, and with John Velardi: Grand National Hunter Pleasure Gentlemen
- Radiant Superstar & Janelle Harrington, World Champion Hunter Pleasure Ladies, Reserve Grand National Champion Hunter Pleasure Amateur Stallion & Gelding Under 15.1h; & with Amanda DuPont, Grand National Champion Hunter Pleasure Ladies Gelding
- Dewacres Watt-N-I-Ful & Tatym Levesque, World Champion Hunter Seat On The Flat Equitation 14 & 15YO, Grand National Champion Hunter Seat On The Flat Equitation 14YO
- Valley Acres Who Dat & Annabelle Crotty, World Champion Hunter Pleasure Youth, World Champion Hunter Pleasure Jr Exhibitor 16 & 17, Grand National Champion Hunter Pleasure Youth Stallion & Gelding Under 15.1, Grand National Champion Hunter Pleasure Jr Exhibitor 16YO
- IBA Shall We Dance & Mike Goebig, World Champion Park Harness 4YO, Grand National Reserve Champion Park Harness 4YO
- Glory’s Full Count & Amanda DuPont, World Champion Hunter Pleasure 3YO, Grand National Champion Hunter Pleasure 3YO Stallion & Gelding
- REMF Foremost & Dwayne Knowles, World Reserve Champion Park Harness 2YO, Grand National Champion Park Harness 2YO
- Valley Acres Its My Time & Eric Antman, World Reserve Champion Park Harness 3YO, Grand National Reserve Champion Park Harness 3YO
Radiant Superstar & Amanda DuPont winning the Ladies Hunter Pleasure Championship at the 2023 NEMHS. This dynamic pair went on to win the Ladies Hunter Pleasure World Championship in Oklahoma City for owner Morgan Crest Farm LLC, Janelle Harrington.
- Newmont’s Legend & Lauren Osborne-Seadler, Grand National Champion Classic Pleasure Driving 4YO, Grand National Champion Classic Pleasure Saddle 4YO
- Alphastar Ring The Bell & A.J. Billetts, Grand National Reserve Champion Classic Pleasure Saddle 4YO
- Newmont’s French Bellboy & Leslie Hurst, Grand National Reserve Champion Park Saddle Amateur, World Reserve Champion Park Saddle Amateur
- Key Spot On & Shanna Gish, World Champion Futurity Pleasure Driving 3YO
- GDH Caesar & Madison Palen, World Champion Classic Pleasure Saddle Jr Exhibitor 14-17, Grand National Reserve Champion Classic Pleasure Saddle Jr Exhibitor 16 & 17
We are also thrilled that we developed and sold the top three placings in the Grand National Classic Pleasure Saddle 4YO class—Newmont’s Legend, Alphastar Ring The Bell and Mastead’s Mystical Dragon!