Case/All Good, Gooding/All Me Score Top Two Spots in APHA World 2-Year-Old HUS

By: Brittany Bevis

If you notice a similarity between the two names at the top of the results sheet for 2-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle today at the APHA World Show that’s no mistake. Both the World Champion, All Good, ridden by Beth Case, and the Reserve World Champion, All Me, ridden by Sonnesa Gooding, are by the same stallion, All Time Fancy. They both definitely take after their father with big white blazes, high white socks, sweepy trot, and powerful canter.

All Good, aka “Jameson,” is owned by Stacey Carleton, and he spends most of his time at her home. “I’ve actually only had him at the barn for two weeks,” Case says. “Every time we have an empty stall, she will bring him over and I’ll ride him. Then, she takes him home, and she does exactly what I tell her. He got broke that way.”

Carleton purchased Jameson last year as a weanling from Allie Littelfield after he won Longe Line at the 2017 Pinto World Show. “When I first saw him, I really liked his legs. We just looked at him on a longe line, so it was a gamble.”

It was gamble that has paid off in a big way with Case and Jameson being named the unanimous choice of the judges during their first ride as a team. Just yesterday, Carleton rode her gelding to a Reserve Championship finish in Amateur Junior Hunter Under Saddle, her first buckle earned at the APHA World Show. Coming up next, Jameson will compete in Green Hunter Under Saddle, 2-Year-Old Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle, and the Gold 2-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle Breeders Futurity.

“He’s beautiful,” Case says. “He’s a great trotter and a great loper. He’s got great expression. It’s really easy for him. He’s got a great topline. He’s great at all three gears.”

Jameson’s half-sibling, All Me, is owned by Michelle and Sheila Bauer. “Drake” is the last baby by Michelle Bauer’s old youth mare, Reddy For Josie, who has since passed away. “He has all of the best parts of her,” Bauer says. “We’d always wanted one colored just like him, and we never got a gelding. Finally, we got a minimal bay!”

Jameson certainly had some big shoes to fill considering that he has three full siblings that are World Champions, including All Of It and All That And More.

One thing they’ve had to be careful about is the rate at which Jameson has grown. “We’ve had to be a little careful, because he’s gotten so big,” Bauer says. “His mother kept growing until she was four or five, but we’re kind of hoping he will quit where he is!”

“He’s 17 hands now, but one good thing about him is that he’s sturdy built,” Gooding says.

Gooding remembers getting a text message when she was at an APHA Judges Seminar in February the year Drake was born. “The ladies at BSB Quarter Horses foal out all our mares, and they sent me a picture of him. I thought, ‘Oh, my gosh, he’s perfect!’ He’s so free when he trots and that’s something we noticed when he was a baby out in the field. ”

Something else that was evident right off the bat was Jameson’s quiet personality. “He was really quiet right from the beginning, and we hoped he would stay that way. He really has. He’s super low energy.” Gooding concurs, given that this was only his second time in the show pen. “I don’t think he could’ve been any better.”

Placing third was Keith Miller with Woo Hoo. Fourth was Mason Lyon with Call My Name. Fifth was Alyse Roberts with The Perfect Peace.