Western Cross Ranch - News and Info
News and Information
- April 2011 - Western Cross Arabians & Pintos is proud to announce that owner Holly Dillin was honored as one of the 2011 Arabian Breeders World Cup Top 5 Breeders! Pictured, from left to right: Sandro Pinha, Holly Dillin, Kirk Bardole (Top Breeder), Greg Knowles, and Richard DeWalt.
We hope you will visit this page often for news and other updates about what's happening at Western Cross Arabians & Pintos!
- December 2010 - Western Cross Ranch is proud to announce the sale of our beautiful *Gazal Al Shaqab daughter, WC Gorgeous Gazal (x Lady Bey Khelishah by Bey Shah+) to Dubai Arabian Stud. Thanks to David Cains for his assistance with this sale!
- December 2010 - We are happy to announce that WC Ciao Bella+/ (Xceptshahn x JE Ali Selene by *Ali Jamaal) has earned her Legion of Supreme Honor! We are so proud of this beautiful, charismatic young mare!
- April 2011 - Another BIG congratulations to WC Godiva for being named Arabian Breeders World Cup Champion 2 Year Old Filly, Section B, and for also being judged Arabian Breeders World Cup Bronze Junior Champion Filly in a very tough class that was won by the European superstar, Alma El Tiglio! Even bigger news - WC Godiva was purchased at the show by a partnership of Eduardo Gama and Lenita Perroy of Brazil! Congratulations to Godiva and her new owners!
- March 2011 - Congratulations to the WC Godiva Partners who just purchased WC Godiva, and thanks to Riyan and Ricardo Rivero for their assistance with the sale!
- February 2011 - WC Godiva went Top Ten in her Scottsdale International 2 Year old Fillies class with Kim Morgan! We were thrilled to see her do so well in her very first show!
- April 2011 - We're also very proud of WC Godiva's full brother, WC Ali Gazal, for earning high scores to take Top 3 honors in an Arabian Breeders World Cup 4 year old class that was won by World Champion Junior Stallion, Abha Qatar. Ali Gazal was also named Top Ten World Cup Senior Stallions in a very competitive final that included a world champion and at least 3 national champions.
- June 2011 - Region 9 was a big success this year! The first three WC Ali Gazal babies to hit the show ring came home with top honors - WC Ali Night Long was 2011 Region 9 Champion HA Yearling Colts & Geldings with Tony Steiner; WC Enya Wildest Dreams was 2011 Region 9 Res. Champion HA Yearling Fillies with Kim Morgan; and JE Ali Jandro was 2011 Region 9 Top 5 (3rd) Purebred Yearling Colts with Kim Morgan. For complete 2011 show results, see our "Show Results" page. (pictured: WC Marissa, 2011 Region 9 Res. Champion Yearling Filly)
- July 2011 - "Team Western Cross" made their presence known at Youth Nationals in Albuquerque, New Mexico! The 22 year old Sugarr Plum++/ was 2011 Youth National Champion PB Horsemanship 14-17 with Claire Wimberly, WC Ciao Bella+/ was 2011 Youth National Res Champion Mare JOTH with Jenna Dillin, just to hit the highlights, and the Sitzman girls, the Wimberly girls, Jenna Dillin, and Audrey Redman all had numerous National Top Tens! For complete 2011 show results, see our
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- October 2011 - WC EnyaWildestDreams (WC Ali Gazal x WC EnyaDreams by Renaissanse) was name U.S. National Reserve Champion HA/AA Breeders Sweepstakes Yearling Filly with Kim Morgan! How exciting that WC Ali Gazal's first foal shown at Nationals (from his first of only two foal crops) earned a national title!!
- October 2011 - WC Ciao Bella+/ (Xceptshahn x JE Ali Selene by *Ali Jamaal) earned two more U.S. National Top Ten ribbons this year in Tulsa! Bella was U.S. National Top Ten Mare 6-7 Year Olds (3rd) with Jeff Schall, and then came back to earn another U.S. Top Ten (5th) in a big, tough class of amateur mares with owner Holly Dillin.
