S Justadream Made Championship Wishes Come True

By Linda White

When the Resting S rig pulled onto the show grounds at the Region 12 Arabian and Half-Arabian Championships in May of 1999, few present would have imagined that the yearling chestnut filly who stepped off the ramp was on verge of stardom.

Over the next five years, she would win 10 national championships, with only a single reserve championship.

The filly's name was S Justadream, and that day, she was poised on the threshold of a truly remarkable show career.

 She easily won the 1999 Region 12 Yearling Filly Championship in a class of 24. Later that month, in Columbus, Ohio, judges named the eye-catching filly their 1999 Ohio Buckeye Sweepstakes Champion Mare, pinning her over a formidable class of older Arabian mares and fillies.

That October, in Albuquerque, N. M., a panel of judges named her the 1999 U.S. National Arabian Breeders' Sweepstakes Champion Yearling Filly. S Justadream's brilliant show career had taken off. Her achievement continued with 10 United States, Canadian and Youth National Championships in a career that spanned the years from 1999 through 2004.

Arabians and Half-Arabians of every age, ancestry and ability come from around the world to vie for top awards at the U.S. national show. Honors won at the U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championships are the most sought-after accolades in the Arabian horse world.

Read the full article in the November-December issue of Just About Horses.