Gamblers Zipsation – Circle M Farm

2005 – 2018

GAMBLERS ZIPSATION, (Dharma), APHA 839,739 Sorrel Overo,

Standing 155 cm.

Born January 19th, 2005, at Circle M Farm

Sorrel Overo Mare by ZIPPOS SENSATION & PAINT ME FLASHY

**Last picture of “Dharma”.**
Due to a heavy colic, she passed away in 2019, a few days after giving birth to her 3rd. baby.
**She will newer be forgotten.**

Here’s some of our many fine memories of “Dharma”

2012, MASTERS AMATEUR CHAMPION, ZONE 12

2011, MASTERS AMATEUR CHAMPION, ZONE 12

2010, MASTERS AMATEUR CHAMPION, ZONE 12

2009, MASTERS AMATEUR CHAMPION, ZONE 12

NSBA AWARDS:

2010:

Winner: NSBA Non-Pro Western Pleasure, Hedensted

Winner: NSBA Open Western Pleasure, Hedensted

Winner: NSBA Non-Pro Western Pleasure, Hedensted

Winner: NSBA Open Western Pleasure, Hedensted

2009:

Winner: NSBA Non-Pro Western Pleasure, Vejle

Winner: NSBA Open Western Pleasure, Vejle

Winner: All Breed Western Pleasure, Vejle

Placings, APHA Shows:

Season 2012:

BEST IN EUROPE 4 YEARS IN A ROW.

Annette and “Dharma” (GAMBLERS ZIPSATION) took the title again as:

MASTERS AMATEUR CHAMPION 2012, in APHA zone 12 (That’s all Europe)!

She won this great title in each of her “riding years”.

Champion Certificat and Trophy Jacket just arrived from Fort Worth

DANISH CHAMPIONSHIP 2012

Igen i 2012 blev Annette og Gamblers Zipsation Danmarksmester, endda i hele to discipliner:

Danmarksmester Amateur Hunter Under Saddle

Showresultater fra PHCDK Springtime show 2012, Haderslev

Annette og GAMBLERS ZIPSATION høstede følgende placeringer:
Winner, Amateur Halter Mares All Ages, Show 1
Winner, Amateur Halter Mares All Ages, Show 3
Amateur Grand Champion Mares, Show 1
Amateur Grand Champion Mares, Show 2
Amateur Reserve Champion Mares, Show 3
Open Reserve Champion Mare, Show 1
Open Reserve Champion Mare, Show 2
Open Senior Western Pleasure, Show 2

Årets første showresultater fra Paint-O-Rama i påsken 2012 i Eltze, Tyskland!

Annette og GAMBLERS ZIPSATION høstede følgende placeringer:
Winner, Amateur Western Pleasure, All Ages, Show 1.
Winner, Amateur Western Pleasure, All Ages, Show 2.
Winner, Open Western Pleasure, All Ages, Show 1.
Winner, Open Western Pleasure, All Ages, Show 2.
Winner, Amateur Hunter Under Saddle, All Ages, Show 1.
Winner, Amateur Hunter Under Saddle, All Ages, Show 2.
Winner, Amateur Senior Mares 3 & older, Show 1.
Winner, Amateur Open Aged mares, Show 1.
Grand Champion, Open mares, Show 1.

Season 2011

YES! – TREDJE ÅR I TRÆK!
For tredje år i træk blev Annette og GAMBLERS ZIPSATION i 2011 placeret helt på toppen af Europas APHA Amateur Masters Zone TOP FIVE liste.
Og det på trods af at Dharma startede sæsonen med at skade sit ben og måtte holde 12 ugers pause i begyndelsen af årets showsæson.
Annette sluttede alligevel året som en klar vinder med 60 point, – hele 30 point foran nummer to på listen.

European Championship 2011, Kreuth, Germany

Foto: Irene Stamatelakys
6th. place in TOP Ten, Open Hunter under Saddle,
8th. place in TOP Ten, Amateur Hunter under Saddle,

Danish Championship & 15 Years Anniversary 2011

Open Hunter under Saddle, Annette Mortensen Gamblers Zipsation

Season 2010

Annette og Dharma afsluttede 2010 showsæsonen i Zone 12 (Hele Europa), med både et flot APHA Number Four i OPEN, – samt et APHA Masters Amateur CHAMPION-Certifikat for anden gang:

7 x Highpoint Certifikater fra PHCDK i 2010

Annette og Dharma afsluttede showsæsonen med flot trofæ.

**Gamblers Zipsation sluttede som NSBA Scandinavia HORSE OF THE YEAR 2010 i Western Pleasure, som eneste danske hest blandt alle trofævinderne.**
Dharma har desværre her i vinter pådraget sig en alvorlig skade på det ene bagben og er derfor idømt “Boks-ro” i mindst 8 uger. Så hun måtte kun få lov at snuse til sit nyeste trofæ ud gennem boksvinduet. Men vi håber selvfølgelig på at det voldsomme snit i benet når at hele op inden den kommende sæson, så hun kan vende tilbage igen, uden mén af oplevelsen.
Annette og Dharma havde jo en fuldstændig forrygende sæson i 2010, hvor de stort set vandt alt hvad de startede i. Så det vil være temmeligt surt for dem at skulle blive hjemme fra showene i år. Men naturligvis kommer helbredet i første række, så vi kæmper nu en sej kamp for at pleje Dharma på alle tænkelige måder,

YEAR END Results from NPHC Germany: Master Award Gewinner 2010

**Amateur: Annette Mortensen Gamblers Zipsation**
**Open: Annette Mortensen Gamblers Zipsation**

European Paint Horse Championship, 2010, Kreuth Germany

Annette og Gamblers Zipsation:
*BRONZE MEDAL WINNER, Amateur Western Pleasure, junior*

German Paint Horse Championship 2010 Damme

Trophys and Ribbons for both Hes Just Lucky and gamblers Zipsation!

Annette og Gamblers Zipsation:
Amateur Junior Western Pleasure: 4 x Winner ( #1 på Top 10 af alle 4 dommere)
Junior Western Pleasure, Open: 3 x Winner + 1 x 2nd ( #1 på Top 10 af alle 4 dommere)
1 x Grand Champion, Amateur Halter Mares
Amateur Halter mares All Ages: 1 x Winner + 1 x 3rd. ( #4 på Top 10 af alle 4 dommere)
1 x Grand Champion, Open Halter Mares
Halter Mares Open: 1 x Winner + 2 x 4rd. ( #4 på Top 10 af alle 4 dommere)
Overo Colour Class: 1 x Winner + 1 x 3rd. + 1 x 4th. ( #3 på Top 10 af alle 4 dommere)
Amateur Showmanship At Halter: 1 x 2nd. ( #4 på Top 10 af alle 4 dommere)
Amateur Western Horsemanship All Ages: 2 x 2nd + 1 x 3rd + 1 x 4th ( #2 på Top 10 af alle 4 dommere)
Amateur Hunter Under Saddle All Ages: 2 x 4th ( #5 på Top 10 af alle 4 dommere)

Resultater fra Northern Color Show, Elmenhorst 3 – 4. juli, 2010

Annette og Gamblers Zipsation:
Amateur Western Pleasure All Ages: 2 x Winner
Western Pleasure Open All Ages: 2 x Winner
1 x Grand Champion + 1 x Reserve Champion. Amateur Halter Mares
Amateur Halter mares All Ages: 1 x Winner + 1 x 2nd.
1 x Grand Champion + 1 x Reserve Champion. Open Halter Mares
Halter Mares Open: 1 x Winner + 1 x 3rd.
Amateur Showmanship At Halter: 2 x 2nd.

Resultater fra Soltau Supreme Show, 29. maj, 2010

Photo: www.skinfaxa.de

Annette og Gamblers Zipsation:
Amateur Western Pleasure All Ages: 2 x Winner
Western Pleasure Open All Ages: 2 x Winner
Amateur Halter mares All Ages: 1 x 2nd.
Halter Mares Open: 1 x 2nd + 1 x 3rd.
Showmanship At Halter: 2 x 2nd

**Grandma´did it again!**
She won all 9 western pleasure classes offered at **the “PHCDK 2010 Pinse-Show” i Hedensted.**
GOOD JOB Grandma!
Kisses from Zofia.

Season 2009

Annette og Dharma afsluttede 2009 showsæsonen i Zone 12 (Hele Europa), med både et flot APHA Reserve CHAMPION OPEN, – samt et APHA Masters Amateur CHAMPION Certifikat

Photo: John Randeris, Jyske Vestkysten.
**YES! – Annette gjorde det igen!**
Denne gang blev det HELT øverst i toppen af Europas bedste Paint Horse ryttere!
Opgørelse af showsæson 2009 er nu officielt meldt ud fra APHA i USA. Og i den forbindelse er Annette igen blevet inviteret til USA, for at hente hele 2 top trofæer, i forbindelse med 2010 Fall World Championship Show i Fort Worth, Texas.
Annette blev bedst placerede Amateur Masters i hele Europa, med titlen:
“MASTERS AMATEUR CHAMPION, ZONE 12, 2009”.
Men ikke nok med det. I Open divisionen blev hendes hest, GAMBLERS ZIPSATION samtidig hele Europas næstbedste Paint Horse, idet den sluttede året med titlen:
“OPEN RESERVE CHAMPION, ZONE 12, 2009”
Så for trejde år i træk ligger Annette på APHA’s Top Five liste for Europa. I 2007 blev det nemlig til en trejde plads med Somemore Good Toys, i 2008 blev det til en fjerde plads med samme hest.
Alle Top Five vindere fra hele verden bliver som bekendt inviteret til Texas for at afhente deres flotte trofæer. Så nu glæder vi os igen til at komme derover og hilse på de andre glade vindere som vi plejer at hygge os med omkring vores oplevelser.

European Paint Horse Championship 2009 Kreuth, Germany

7 – 11. September 2009:

*GOLD MEDAL WINNER with Annette and:*
EUROPEAN CHAMPION med 4xWinner & 1x2nd.: Amateur Junior Western Pleasure
Placed # 9 in TOP TEN Halter, Amateur Senior Mares

*One of our good old friends in Germany,* – *Peer Kraack, wanted soo badly to try a good Pleasure horse. aso Dharma made him a SILVER MEDAL WINNER and:*
EUROPEAN RESERVE CHAMPION med 1xWinner, 3x2nd. & 1x 3rd.: Open Junior Western Pleasure

En af vores gamle bekendte i Tyskland, Hardy Oelke, dækkede i år European Championship, for APHA og han insisterede på at bringe et interview med os, da Annette om tirsdagen netop havde vundet sin guldmedalje. Dette blev samtidig til en snak om hvor mange år vi rent faktisk har deltaget i de tyske mesterskaber og europamesterskaber. Hardy har skrevet adskillige bøger om Paint Horses og Western Ridning, gennem sit liv. Her er hvad Hardy skrev under “News” ved dette års mesterskaber:

Of the many fine accomplishments we were able to watch today, one feat stood out to those who have been following the Paint show circuit in Europe for a longer period of time, and that was Annette Mortensen’s well-deserved win in the amateur junior western pleasure. Annette and her husband Viggo operate their Circle M Farm in Denmark and have been coming to Paint shows in Germany since before there was a German Championship show, let alone a European Championship show.

They first came in 1988, and have been hooked ever since. What made this a very special win for Annette was the fact that her champion mare, Gamblers Zipsation, was bred by the Mortensens. They had bought a Quarter Horse mare in Texas that had a belly spot and had left her at Simons Show Horses to be bred to Zippos Sensation. Then they kept their fingers crossed hoping for a filly – which is what they got! The rather fine-boned mare had some leg problems as a three-year-old, but came out in good form this year and won the Danish Championship before coming to Kreuth. It’s been a great day for the Mortensens, who were enthusiastically applauded by their fellow countrymen!

Og den tyske version:

Unter den vielen tollen Leistungen, die es heute zu sehen gab, sticht eine insofern hervor, als dass die Gewinnerin der Goldmedaille, Annette Mortensen, zu den „alten Hasen“ im deutschen und europäischen Paint Circuit gehört. Sie und ihr Mann Viggo sind aus Dänemark und waren schon 1988 auf das Paint Roundup gekommen, das damals in Niederzeuzheim stattfand. Damals hatten sie einen Hengstjährling geshowt, der sich als homozygot herausstellte und viele bunte Nachkommen gezeugt hat. Annette wurde heute Europameister in Junior Amateur Western Pleasure – und zwar auf einem Pferd, das sie und Viggo selbst gezogen haben. Die Mutter, eine Quarter- Stute mit weißem Fleck auf dem Bauch, hatten sie in Texas gekauft und bei den Simons‘ von Zippos Sensation decken lassen. Das Resultat war Gamblers Zipsation, die Annette heute zum Gewinn der Goldmedaille ritt! Schön, wenn so treue Besucher auch der deutschen Shows und der Europameisterschaft Erfolg haben!

2010 PHCDK’s Danish Championship, Hedensted

2010 PHCDK’s Danish Championship, Hedensted
Winner: NSBA Non-Pro Western Pleasure
Winner: NSBA Open Western Pleasure
Winner: All Breed Western Pleasure
DANISH CHAMPION, og: 3x2nd.: APHA Amateur Western Pleasure All-Ages
1 x Winner + 2x2nd.: APHA Open Junior Western Pleasure
2x3rd. + 1x4th: APHA Amateur Showmanship at Halter
DANISH CHAMPION, og: 2x Grand Champion + 2xWinner + 1x3th.: APHA Amateur Halter Mares All-Ages
DANISH CHAMPION, og: 2x Grand Champion + 2xWinner + 1x2nd.: APHA Open Halter Mares
(Ialt 29 APHA point på et show)

Season 2009

Annette og “Dharma´s” resultater fra showet i Schneverdingen, Tyskland,
18 – 19. Juli 2009:

2xWinner + 1x2nd.: APHA Amateur Junior Western Pleasure
1xWinner + 1x3rd.: APHA Open Junior Western Pleasure
2x2nd. + 1x3rd.: APHA Amateur Showmanship at Halter
1x GRAND CHAMPION + 1xRESERVE CHAMPION: APHA Amateur Halter Mares All-Ages
1xWinner + 2x2nd.: APHA Amateur Halter Mares All-Ages
2x GRAND CHAMPION + 1xRESERVE CHAMPION: APHA Open Halter Mares
2xWinner + 1x2nd.: APHA 4Year-Old and Older, Open Halter Mares

Annette og “Dharma´s” resultater fra showet i Soltau, Tyskland,
6 – 7. Juni 2009:

2xWinner: APHA Amateur Junior Western Pleasure
2x3rd.: APHA Open Junior Western Pleasure
1xWinner + 1x2nd.: APHA Amateur Showmanship at Halter
1x2nd. + 1x3rd.: APHA Amateur Halter Mares All-Ages
2x3rd.: APHA Open Halter Mares

2x2nd. + 1x3rd.: APHA Amateur Western Pleasure
3x3rd.: APHA Open Western Pleasure
2xWinner + 1x4th.: APHA Amateur Halter Mares All-Ages
2xWinner + 1x2nd.: APHA Open Halter Mares

Pinseshow, Vejle, May, 30, 2009 (A-Show)