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Two heads are better than one
July 13, 2019 in Richmond, Kentucky: Sonny and Carrie Virginia both hauled to the same show, and both wanted to be in the photo. Western hat day.
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Sonny
He's Armed & Charmed · Tennessee Walking Horse · Flaxen Chestnut Gelding · Walking Horse
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Sonny (show name He's Armed & Charmed) is a foundation horse of Setting Sun Equestrian and one of Rylee Eilerman's top partners — a Tennessee Walking Horse who earned three 2022 TWHBEA Region 3 High-Point Championships (Amateur, Youth, and Open Lite Shod), ranked in the TWHBEA Go Geldings Senior Pleasure standings, and has carried Rylee to Kentucky 4-H State blue ribbons across gaited and equitation classes and to the TWH National Celebration. At the Kentucky State 4-H Horse Show he is a standout with class wins at five consecutive shows (2022-2026), capped by the 2026 walking-division High Point with wins in ALL five classes entered — showmanship, English equitation, trail pleasure, stock seat equitation, and open flat shod. The junior blues that started it all came in 2019.
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Owner/relationship: Setting Sun Equestrian
Rider: Rylee Eilerman
Trainer: Setting Sun Equestrian
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Rider: Rylee
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Sonny, dressed as a football
October 19, 2018: homecoming week, so Sonny got laces painted on and I got a jersey. He took the whole thing with the dignity of a horse who has seen a lot of ideas come and go.
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Waiting on spring
February 27, 2019. Still shaggy, still waiting for the grass to come back, still checking whether anyone walking up the drive has brought a treat. (They had not.)
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Two shows, one weekend
Saturday, May 18, 2019 in Brodhead, Kentucky: Sonny with a red ribbon on his bridle, before we hauled north for Winton Woods the next morning. Show season does not believe in weekends off.
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A championship plate at Morehead
Memorial Day weekend 2019 at the Derrickson Agricultural Complex, Morehead State University. Sonny and I took home a championship plate and a tricolor from the Appalachian horse show, saddle seat in the lavender coat.
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Morning in the barn aisle, Shelbyville
Early on July 24, 2019 on the Celebration grounds in Shelbyville. Braided, tacked, and waiting on my rider. Walking horse country.
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Sonny at the Celebration grounds, July 2019
Shelbyville, Tennessee, July 24, 2019: Sonny and me with a red ribbon on the Celebration grounds. That was the week we came home Reserve High Point Youth at the TWHBEA World Versatility Show.
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Throwback: Sonny's blue-ribbon night at State 4-H
Throwback to July 2, 2019 at the Kentucky State 4-H Horse Show, Broadbent Arena in Louisville. Sonny (He's Armed & Charmed) and I finished the night with two blue ribbons and a medal, and he stood for photos like the professional he is.
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Horse spotlight: Sonny, 3x Region 3 High-Point Champion
Meet Sonny (show name He's Armed & Charmed) — a foundation horse of Setting Sun and a three-time TWHBEA Region 3 High-Point Champion. Every horse on Horse Commons gets a page like his.
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Setting Sun EquestrianSonny· Show Result
State 4-H: buckles, high points, and barn crew grit
Rylee and the Setting Sun crew made it through State 4-H after a marathon travel week: 8 belt buckles, 2 high-point awards, and several ribbons. The Campbell County crew made it fun, and SiSi, John, and Sonny were perfect all week.
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