Armstrong's Sassy Savior Faire
Grulla tovero Arapinto filly customized from the Breyer Classic Arabian Foal and owned by Sarah Minkiewicz

This is my favorite Armstrong baby! Her creation came about while I was "scrapping" through my Arab magazines for foal positions, expressions, and colors to put into one of my many reference binders. I found a photo of a foal doing this exact strut and just about died laughing! Then I found another photo of a baby with with her exact snooty expression...and I just had to make her! I had recently finished Armstrong's Affairah and loved the color so much I decided to use it for Sassy, which made it easy for me to assign Affairah as her dam. I presented Sassy to Sarah one day at a show because I wanted to see if I could get her to explode from seeing such a cute little baby...and she nearly did! Sarah has shown Sassy to a Championship at Northwest Congress as well as a National Top Ten at this year's North American Nationals! I'm very proud of this foal, but I'm hoping that my next foals are even better!

Sassy and Affairah
Grulla tovero Arapinto filly and tovero Anglo-Arab/ Arapinto mare customized from the Breyer Classic Arabian Foal and Breyer Classic Kelso; Sassy's owned by Sarah Minkiewicz, Affairah is owned by me

Here's another view of these two together, aren't they a pretty pair?!

Armstrong's Snake Dance
Apricot dun overo Mustang mare customized from the Breyer Classic Mustang mare by Chris Lapp; white markings added by Janet Piercy

I bought this mare back in 1988 as a solid dun, but I thought she'd look fabulous if I added spots. I think Snake Dance has one of the nicest patterns I've done so far and her super show record reflects this too!

Armstrong's Winter Winds
Black Arapinto mare customized from the Breyer Traditional Black Stallion

This was one of my earliest horses but she had a very successful show career while I owned her; she was created in about 1984 with a new mane and tail in 1988.

Armstrong's Vangellis Se Shiek
Bay tobiano Arapinto stallion customized from the Breyer Traditional Proud Arabian Stallion and owned by Ivy Olensky

Vangellis was my first really successful show horse, bringing in scores of Grands and Championships; he was created about 1988.

Armstrong's Hyfad
Dapple buckskin tobiano Arapinto stallion customized from the Breyer Traditional Proud Arabian Stallion and owned by Denise Apra

My friend Denise commissioned this piece from me as a portrait horse for an Arapinto she photographed at a show she went to. As the successor to Vangellis, Hyfad fairly raked in the Grands and Championships! Hyfad was done in about 1989 and is one of the two buckskins I've done so far. (In other words, I need to get back to customizing!!)

Armstrong's Abu Se Sheik
Bay tobiano Arapinto/Tennessee Walking Horse gelding customized from the Breyer Traditional Midnight Sun and owned by Ivy Olensky

Who ever thought of crossing a big-lick TWH to an Arapinto (Vangellis) and then showing the offspring as a big-lick Walker cross? At the time I created Abu, I knew of zero customized spotted Midnight Suns, so it was really fun to be different. Also, unlike now, it wasn't common knowledge that pure TWH's actually occur with spots so Abu always got lots of attention! Created about 1989, Abu was an excellent show horse and was shown to many Championships in both the U.S. and Canada!

Armstrong's Sierra Gold
Palomino Azteca colt customized from the Breyer Classic Andalusian Foal

I created Sierra and Crimson together as twin babies and were originally owned as a pair but were later separated I believe.

Armstrong's Crimson Cutie
Buckskin Azteca colt customized from the Breyer Classic Andalusian Foal

Crimson is my favorite of the two babies; it was always fun to compare their show results to see how the judges placed them; their averaged results placed them about the same.

Armstrong's D'Elegance
Chestnut overo Arapinto filly customized from the Breyer Classic Arabian Foal and owned by Jennifer Elsner

Until I created Sassy Savoir Faire, D'Elegance was my most successful baby, winning countless Championships and many Grands. I did her as a commision for Jennifer, using a pattern she picked out for her spots. I enjoyed all the attention she got from admirers!

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