KATHERINE PURCHASED ROCK STAR aka ROCKY, AS A SCHOOL HORSE IN 2003. HE DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH HIS 18 YEAR OLD RIDER AND WAS REFUSING TO BE JUMPED ANY MORE. HE HAD BEEN A 4' JUMPER FOR 7 YEARS.  

BEING A SEASONED HUNTER JUMPER, KATHERINE THOUGHT HE'D BE A GREAT LEASE/SCHOOL HORSE, BUT ROCKY TOOK TO DRESSAGE TRAINING AND ACCELLED  IMMEDIATELY. HE CAME OUT FRESH EVERY DAY AND THOROUGHLY LOVED LEARNING, AND WITH THE HEART OF A THOROUGHBRED, WENT FROM SCHOOL HORSE TO GRAND PRIX DRESSAGE HORSE IN 5 YEARS.  HE WAS A REMARKABLE HORSE, NOT LETTING HIS AVERAGE GAITS STOP HIS WILLINGNESS TO PERFORM TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY.

IN 2009 HE EARNED THE ROBERT WALKER MEMORIAL TROPHY FOR THE HIGHEST SCORING THOROUGHBRED AT THE CALIFORNIA DRESSAGE SOCIETY CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND REGION 7 FINALS, EARNING THE HIGH SCORE OF THE SHOW WHILE COMPETING INTERMEDIARE 2!!

HE MOVED TO THE EAST COAST WITH KATHERINE IN 2010, TO RETIRE AND LIVE OUT HIS LIFE WITH SPACE AND PASTURE, SOMETHING UNAVAILABLE IN CALIFORNIA..

HE BECAME ILL AT 18 AND NEVER RECOVERED FULLY. HE WAS EUTHANIZED HUMANLY AND HE  WAS AS HAPPY THE LAST DAY OF HIS LIFE AS HE WAS THE DAY KATHERINE TRIED HIM OUT 8 YEARS PRIOR.

HE WILL BE MISSED ALWAYS, AND HIS SPIRIT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER..    

RIP ROCK STAR, YOU FABULOUS HORSE...