Sunset's Photo Album!

Button N Beaus Joy at the Capital Area Quarter Horse Assoc. Show in Austin, Texas, 1989. She earned her AQHA Amatuer Register of Merit in 1990 with points in Hunter Under Saddle, Hunt Seat equitation, Pole Bending & Barrel Racing. She also earned three Amatuer All-Around Runner-ups.

Button N Beaus Joy as a long yearling. She was always one out of the points in halter. AQHA halter classes are tough to win in Texas.

................................ Beau Bonanza [AQHA Champion] ................. Buttons 'N Beaus ................................ Miss Ponjet [AQHA Champion] Button N Beaus Joy ................................ Carberaider [95 SI AAA ROM/stakes placed] by Sky Raider ................. Miss Joy Raider ................................ Joy Ryder by Red Ryder by Peppy

This is her third foal at 18 days old. He has AQHA papers as well as regular APHA. A double registered stallion! Sire is Misterrific Can. Now a yearling, his neck has lengthened nicely.

This is my best friend, My Texas Easter "Black Horse". Bred and raised by my dad then handed to me to keep broke when he was two. My being very young at that time inevitably ended up with a spoiled brat of a horse. To this day, he will buck on cue. He earned his AQHA Amatuer Register of Merit in 1987 with points in Barrels and Pole Bending and also earned an Amatuer All-Around. He also placed 15th in Amatuer Pole Bending at the 1987 AQHA World Show. Looking at the above picture, those shoes of his were put on by lil ole me.

...................Piggin String tb by Ariel tb ........Black Easter ...................Arizona Girl by Chicaro Bill My Texas Easter ...................My Texas Dandy by Porte Drapeau tb ........My Josephine ...................Golden Girl by Chaparosa

The good ole days of fearless youth [growing up as a Tom Boy]

My fastest goat tying run was 14 seconds. I never could get Black Horse to slow down enough for a nice dismount. We raise Boer cross goats for the area kids to show in FFA and 4H.

My claim to fame is I could stick on anything [not anymore]. I hadn't been off crutches too long before this ride. A compound fracture of my right femur [thigh bone] put me in traction for three weeks, a metal pin to hold me together and a year of learning how to walk again. None of my injuries were from bovines but were from nice gentle horses. Today I prefer my bovines on a plate. Girls Rodeo Assoc [GRA] is now known as the Womens Pro Rodeo Assoc [WPRA].

More later!