On 28th August 1986 a very special filly was born. She belonged to our neighbours, and being a horse mad child without a horse of my own, this was the next best thing. I would sneak out and go next door to spend hours playing with this, then 2yo Filly. One day the neighbours announced  they were selling Abby and a string of begging and promises to always feed and brush her followed. Needless to say my parents made me the happiest and luckiest girl on Earth when they bought her for me. After 4 years of waiting to have her broken in I decided to take matters into my own hands and do it myself. We already had an amazing bond and I cant explain how it happened, it just did. I put the saddle on, then the bridle, mounted and we were off and never looked back. We joined the local Orange Grove Pony Club. Showjumping and games were our speciality. Eventually we were jumping the clubs maximum height of 3'6" and were unbeatable. The highest we jumped in a Presaunce was 4'9". We competed in the PCAWA state championships in Dressage, Novelties, PPMG and Showjumping. With too many wins to mention our highlight was our team winning the Aust Stockhorse event Showjumping at the State championships. With a cabinet full of trophies Abby is now retired and enjoying the rest of her days with her family and friends. Unfortunately Abbey never gave us a foal, after many years of trying. If I won lotto, I would do everything I possibly could to get a foal from her, not only because of her now very old and hard to come by pedigree but also because she was such a great performance horse.