Mountain Pearl making his name as performance sire

Double Pearl owner and good friend Marcia passed on some good news that she ran across. She and good friend Mary Jo always find things like this. I relay on them and other owners to keep me up on various competitions. Looking through placings and following competitions put me to sleep -- I don't have much interest in them. Free and Clear is an Irish Draught sport horse by Mountain Pearl out of a lovely thoroughbred mare and was bred by the Douglases of Pairadox Farm of Canada. He has been doing very well in the eventing world and was ridden by Philip Dutton for one year. 2010 appears to have been a real stellar one for him and his owner Colleen Hofstetter. Free and Clear was awarded the 2010 Silver Stirrup award for eventing. :) Congratulations to Keith and Elizabeth and Colleen and enjoy the accolades. While I was there I thought I'd check on the list of leading eventing sires for 2010. Success! Mountain Pearl placed 28th in the USEF Leading Eventing Sires of 2010. I saw 3 purebred Irish Draughts on the list. Mountain Pearl was 28th, Clover Hill was 34th and Banks Fee Daniel was 200th. Does one proud -- Mountain Pearl is making his name as a performance sire. Not surprisingly, I hear from Ireland about the good jumpers that he is producing as well.