REMEMBER VT
2007 Grey ISR Filly (born April 16)

SIRE: ROYAL APPEARANCE is one of Virginia Tech's current breeding stallions. At his ISR/Oldenburg NA licensing, Royal Appearance received a score of 153.5 points (at that time, second only to his sire!) with a 9 for jumping. At his performance test, he was named a Class I stallion, earning a dressage index of 120.29 and a jumping index of 118.44 and finishing fourth overall. As a 6-year-old, he was the Reserve Champion Young Horse Jumper for the East Coast, under the guidance of Margie Goldstein-Engle. From his first crop of just two foals, he sired Royal Raconteur, ISR/Oldenburg NA East Coast Reserve Champion Colt and now competing at the Advanced/CIC*** level in eventing as a 8-year-old in 2008. He has also sired Premium foals Rivendell (8.5), BW Royal Princess (8.4), BW Regal Reception (8.3), etc. Daughter Royal Robin was named the USDF #2 Oldenburg NA Yearling Filly in 2003.Daughter BW Royal Princess was named Champion Oldenburg and Best US-Bred Filly at Fair Hill and is now a Materiale winner and outstanding dressage prospect.

DAM: NAKISKA is a lovely older-style mare who came to Virginia Tech after her dressage career. She is an exceptionally good mover and has produced several outstanding foals for us, including the Premium Filly Odessa VT (Winner, 3yo Fillies at Dressage at Lexington; 2nd at Dressage at Lexington, Fillies of 2004) and R Malachi VT (shown successfully at Dressage at Devon in the FEI 4yo Test).

April 16th, 2007 is forever marked in the lives of anyone associated with Virginia Tech. We lost 32 members of the Hokie community in an unbelievable day of shock, horror, confusion and grief. Here at the Smithfield Horse Center, while under lockdown for most of the day, we were also looking after a mare in the first stages of labor. She delivered a beautiful filly a few minutes before midnight - a small bright spot in an otherwise horrific series of events that struck our campus. Because naming conventions dicate that her name needed to start with the same letter as that of her sire, it seemed only fitting to name her Remember VT to honor the memories of those we lost, including two students associated with our Equine Science program.