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The Western Carolina Arabian Horse Association currently offers 2 levels of memberships. The Adult or Junior Memberships include an affiliate membership with the Arabian Horse Association. The adult membership is a voting membership and the number of voting delegates the club receives at the Regional and National level is based on the number of adult members. A membership with AHA is required for both the owner and rider/handler at any AHA sanctioned show (direct membership to AHA is more expensive than joining WCAHA as an affiliate member and does not include voting privileges). WCAHA memberships also include a subscription to the Arabian News.

If you don’t plan to show or compete, you can enjoy all the other benefits of membership for only $40.

Five horses from Three Oaks Arabians in Swansea, SC, brought home the hardware from Sport Horse Nationals last September. They snagged a total two National Championships, four Reserve Championships and 11 Top Tens for owners Bob and Kelli Bennett.

Rohara Marserati was Champion Sport Horse In Hand Open gelding with Bob at the helm and Champion ATH gelding with Kelli. MSU Starta Legacy and Bob were Reserve Champion SHIH Open gelding, and with Kelli was Champion SHIH ATH gelding, and Top 10 in Training Level Dressage and Sport Horse Under saddle. In the half-Arabian category, a well-known gelding to exhibitors in Region 12, Quick Draw McGraw, was Reserve Champion SHIH gelding with Bob.

Appropriately named, MSU Start Again, was named Reserve Champion SHIH yearling colt/gelding, with Bob on the lead.

Also bringing home Top 10 honors at Sport Horse Nationals was TOA Justa Jewel in Arabian Mares SHIH Open. TOA Justa Jewel is owned, bred, and shown by Bob.

Western Carolinas club is certainly proud of the successes the Bennett’s have attained in the sport horse arena and extend congratulations! Their training facility specializes in halter and sport horse disciplines.

Whitehaven Plantation in Bishopville, SC, is excited to announce the arrival of the black straight Egyptian Arabian stallion *GR Maatin (Maheeb x GR Marietta). Patrea Pabst of Beaver Creek Egyptian Arabians in Dewey Rose, GA, imported Maatin from Germany. An outstanding young stallion bred by the Rothenberg Stud of Germany, *GR Maatin is already making a name for himself in a very limited show career. Egyptian Event Top 10 Colt as a yearling, Region 12 Top 5 Sport Horse Stallion at three, and champion Class "A" Sport Horse Stallion every time shown. In addition to his size and stature, Maatin has an exceptional personality that he passes on to his offspring. He will be standing at stud at Whitehaven while he begins his training in dressage and sport horse under saddle. Offspring of Maatin are eligible to compete at the Egyptian Event and win prize money through the Sport Horse Nationals payback program. He will be showing extensively throughout the east coast this spring and summer, but you can make an appointment to come meet Maatin in person by contacting Trisha Dingle at 803-428-5656 or whitehavenarabians@hotmail.com. Maatin can also be seen at our clinic with Marius Schreiner – on Sunday January 29th Beaver Creek Egyptian Arabians will be hosting a German Coffee & Chocolates party during Maatin’s ride with Marius. Please visit our website at www.whitehavenplantation.com for additional details. Maatin joins a great lineup of stallions standing at Whitehaven: Ali Mutazz, Egyptian Event Champion; WH Bodacious, AHA Equine Ambassador; WH Marengo, Region 12 Champion Sport Horse Futurity Stallion; and WH The Aga Khan, National Champion Sport Horse Colt.

Don't miss this opportunity to breed to one of the most exciting and talented stallions of 2012. Select offspring are also available for purchase.

August 1, 2011, Corys Comet crossed the Rainbow Bridge and joined her longtime friend, Ultimate Choice, who had gone ahead on April 1, 2008. At the WCAHA November 2011 Arabian Horse show, all five weanling futurity fillies and 10 of the 29 total futurity entries were descendents of these two mares through their daughters and sons bred by Pam Burrows of Spartanburg, SC.

Twenty-three years ago Pam bought her first horse -- the Arabian mare Corlyn-- by the pure-Polish imported stallion Corsair. Corlyn was already a grand-matron with nine foals by such greats as Cal-O-Bask and Wisdom. Corlyn continued to produce strong-moving foals with the first foal Pam bred being the only filly - a big, strong-moving, great-minded chestnut mare by BPL Agression, a halter and western pleasure winning Cal-O-Bask son. This filly was named Corys Comet in recognition of three crosses to the great Polish stallion Comet. Pam later added the very special pure-Polish mare Ultimate Choice to her breeding program. To date, these two mares have blessed Pam by producing a Southeast regional AERC champion (Comets Nugget), multiple endurance winners (Comets Catalina, Comets Cupid, and Comets Calypso), a National and Regional Champion Sport Horse in hand and under saddle (SHF Hale Bop+++/), and a National and Regional winning halter mare (SHF Souths Choice+). Prior to being purchased by Pam, Ultimate Choice had produced a daughter, PA Ultimate Charm by Cognac, that produced two National winning sons for Dolorosa Arabians; DA Josiah (now owned by Pam) and DA Ultimatum+.

Comets Calypso, a paternal grandson of Corys Comet, and the last son of Ultimate Choice, as well as daughters and grandaughters of these two special mares are continuing the legacy begun 23 years ago. Thank-you to all the owners and trainers that have been and continue to be a part of this journey. May the future be bright for the progeny of Ultimate Choice and Corys Comet!

Corys Comet at 16 years of age with her 2006 filly, Comets Showgirl. Corys Comet and Ultimate Choice, a Well Chosen daughter, started Pam's journey.

Comets Calypso, by SHF Whizlin Comet and out of Ultimate Choice, is the planned result of Pam's breeding program.

Through judicious use of Polish, Crabbet and domestic bloodlines, Pam is creating athletes with ground-covering strides and heart such as Comets Calypso. Calypso ran his first endurance race in November 2010, finishing third, and shares sire duties with the Ultimate Choice son, DA Josiah, a Bey Shah son.