Becki was the high bidder on a portrait session I donated last summer for a benefit dinner to help raise money to send young dressage rider Emily Wagner and her stallion WakeUp to Germany to compete in the World Young Horse Championships. I was so happy to help Emily out even if in a small way! Becki had me come to her farm near Baldwin City, Kansas and do a session of her and her arabian Jett (SHR Rose Maker). I pulled up and thought I was looking at my old horse Rex – so I asked about his breeding, and sure enough, when Becki emerged from the house with his papers, his breeding closely resembled that of my old horse that I grew up showing in dressage and owned for 19 years until his death at 27 years of age in 2006. Jett of course is much younger! Becki’s farm was a gorgeous backdrop for our early morning shoot, and Jett was a trouper, giving us his attention FAR longer than most equine subjects do!
