Krystle Shawyer’s picture of her beloved horse won the Horse of a Lifetime class at our June show.
‘Lenmar Shady Reflection best known as Henry was my horse of a lifetime for many reasons we had an amazing friendship bond together and we knew each other inside and out and we clicked from the first time I rode him for his breeder in 2000. I had him on loan from his breeder for a couple of years then I had the opportunity to buy him from her in 2003 which was amazing.
Henry made all my dreams come true in the showring winning lots of classes and championships over the years and qualifying for many major championships and was always placed he loved his job and always wanted to please the bigger the show the better he went he loved the big buzzy atmosphere.
My biggest favorite moment has to be qualifying for Olympia in 2014 as a ridden veteran and finishing 6th overall it was a dream come true and a perfect way to end our showing journey together.
Everyone who knew Henry feel in love with him as he was such a friendly happy horse with lots of character and loved to give, he preferred people to other horses and lived for his food he always made out he was starving. Henry thought he was the most important horse on the yard and got very annoyed if he wasn’t the first horse to be fed or turned out. Whenever I entered the yard he would always called to me, which I miss dearly.
When I got married in 2012 I knew Henry had to be a part of my wedding day as he was my first love and my husband knew he would always be second best to Henry so we arranged for Henry to make an appearance at my wedding reception so I could get some beautiful pictures of me sitting on him in my wedding dress and the photographer took some amazing photos of us, it was so special to have him there.
Sadly in august 2019 Henry passed away at the grand age of 24 and I realize how lucky I was to have him in my life for so many years he was such a special boy and my horse of a life time.’
