Three weeks ago today we wrote about the emotional story of Boyd and Quinn Himeself. As the story goes, Bonnie Stedt, who lost the beautiful Cagney Herself in the True Prospect fire, had heard that Boyd had liked a young horse at Phyllis Dawson’s Windchase Farm. After the fire, Bonnie secretly contacted Phyllis and bought the horse for Boyd. Phyllis presented the horse to Boyd at Waredaca HT and said the now famous words “this is a present from Bonnie.”
That horse is named Quinn Himself and he just completed the beginner novice this weekend at Surefire with Boyd. Quinn put together a 36.2 on the flat and in true Boyd style finished on that to move up into third, just two points behind the winners Victoria Jessop and Marqo.
Boyd said Quinn was great this weekend and he’s a quality mover and super jumper, but that competing him was very emotional. We’ll be keeping a close eye on young Quinn’s career and keep everyone updated as he develops and moves up through the ranks.
As Coren mentioned in our morning post, the fundraiser for Boyd at Ms. Mars’ lovely Meredyth Farm on Saturday night was a big success. Annie mentioned that she would give Boyd a 4 for dancing and Coleman got a 1.5, so I can only imagine that I would have been well into the negatives. That is if I hadn’t been at a Miley Cyrus concert, apparently.
Lastly, I want to wish a very speedy recovery to Boyd’s dad Ross, who was in a cycling accident this weekend back in Australia. Ross is a former Olympian and also a big EN fan, so here’s a big shout out and many well wishes from the EN family.
Go Quinn Himself.
