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Sadies Story Susar Jasaada was a very special girl.   Her pedigree was interesting in that her Sire Masada El Rabdan was out of a Babson mare by *Tuhotmos.   Her dam, BDF Jamala Basara was a combined source mare with Babson, *Turfa, and Davenport blood.   Sadie was born loving people.   From her very first breath she wanted to be in your lap, or in your pocket . When she was a baby if you would sit down anywhere around her, she would come over and lay down and put her head in your lap.   Sadies dam carried the blood of Serr Mariner, and *Tuhotmos, and had gorgeous movement so we had high hopes that Sadie would be a terrific performer.   Her training proceeded without incident. We start our babies from day one and work with them every day so that by the time it is time to ride, you just get on and there is never any hassle and Sadie certainly followed this pattern.   I was training her in dressage, and jumping her and in gene
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Commanders Story 1.     The Meeting 2.     Getting used to each other 3.     Initial Training 4.     Mounting 5.     Shows 6.     Julia 7.     At Mother’s 8.     The Funny Farm 9.     2 Win Cones – Ann – again – Courage – Vanessa – Gordon 10. Susar I 11.   Susar II 12.   Susar II X-mas party – -       The End -       UnConclusion The Meeting I walked into the barn, casually greeting the low knickers that chorused down the aisle. “Hey, Susan!” The trainer over at the Saddlebred barn says “if you really wanna see a horse that jumps they gotta colt jumps outta the window of the stall!!” I had just arrived in Texas from the East Coast, and word had gotten around that there was a real tall girl in town who rode jumpers.   Dallas, Texas in 1961 was not exactly the hunter / jumper mecca of horsedom, so I was something of a novelty. “What kind of colt is he, and why is he jumping out of his stall window?”
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