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WAPS APPLAUSE

1993 Stallion 16.1 1/2 hands

Sire : Wap's Spot 2 Dam : 17.1 hand TB mare

AHSA Zone Champion MHSA Champion

AHSA Horse of the Year - 7th in the nation

(the only appaloosa in the standings)

2006 Fees: Live Cover $1,100.00

Reserve Champion Green Hunter - Rowe Winter Circuit!!

Waps Applause

We are especially proud of Waps Applause, also known as "Botulism Bob". Bob was very sick as a foal; see the article, "Appaloosa Survives Botulism". No one expected him to live much less recover to the extent that he has. We can only imagine how well he would have turned out if he had a normal start.

As a 2 year old he certainly proved himself in conformation against some of the toughest TB and warm blood 2 year olds in the country, winning the 2 year old Championship in AHSA Zone III. He finished 7th in the nation, the only Appaloosa in the standing, after attending only 18 shows.

Applause's dam, Rod's Candy, is a 17.1 hand TB mare with a lot of bone, substance and a warmblood attitude. She was never shown as she was injured early on. Several of her full brothers have been very successful. Leisurely Leroy is a 17.3 and won quite a bit in Virginia. We were very fortunate to have the opportunity to get a colt out of this mare by our stallion, Wap's Spot 2. A daughter of Rod's Candy, Wap's Can You Spot Me. by Wap's Reflection, was high point weanling and yearling for MHSA and won the broodmare class at the very prestigious Upperville Horse Show in 1996. The first foal out of Wap's Can You Spot Me, placed third at Upperville out of over 20 entries.

Waps Applause is tremendously talented over fences, making 3'9" oxers look like child's play, but his movement, balance, and submissive nature screams dressage. With very busy breeding seasons, it's difficult to send him off on the show circuit. Since ApHC Doesn't approve frozen semen, he must be here for breeding and collecting. We hope to get him back to the shows in the future.

Applause is now almost 16.2. Color wise, he started out as a light bay and has gotten much darker over time. He now has a liver base with black points. Applause has several foal crops on the ground now and we are tickled with them. They are superb movers, inherit tremendous size, bone, substance, and have a submissive, friendly nature.

APPLAUSE GIVES PONY RIDES!

Bob, as we call him, is by nature a friendly, laid back, honest fellow... his young rider is Alex Fong, a non-rider, but frequent visitor to the farm. Alex was able to get Bob to move around a little, but we believe Bob wasn't quite sure what to think of his tiny load!

APPALOOSA SURVIVED BOTULISM - By Martha Barbone

BIGLERVILLE, PA.- An appaloosa foal almost given up for dead not only survived a normally fatal disease, but he has since gone on to compete and win on the line against the best thoroughbreds and warmbloods in the country. Virginia and Jerry Hood's Wap's Applause, by Wap's Spot 2, was in every way a chip off the old block, healthy, growing and with a promising future. But when he was just 7 weeks old, Applause came down with the dreaded equine disease, botulism. His youth and the severity of the attack left little hope for survival.

Not wanting to give up on their youngster, the Hoods transported him to the Marion DuPont Scott Veterinary clinic at Morven Park in Leesburg, Va. He arrived there in a coma and paralyzed. "He was on a respirator for two weeks, on a water bed and not expected to live," said Virginia. Grimly hanging on to life, Applause, who was nick-named Botulism Bob by the staff at Morven Park, had not yet reached bottom. He contracted pneumonia and then peritonitis, which required surgery. "He woke up, after the surgery, on the gurney on the way back to his stall," said Hood. "It was amazing." Bob then had a nasty bout of colic, which was treated by inserting a needle into his flank to release gas. By this time, his G.I. tract had pretty much shut down and he was unable to take any nourishment. "Dr. Mike Davis called the World Health Organization to ask them what went into the formula they used to feed starving children," said Hood.

As a last insult, Bob developed an abscess in his flank requiring more surgery. No matter how many assaults on his young body, Bob had the will to survive. After two and a half months, he had recovered enough to be released from Morven Park. The staff threw him a great party to celebrate and sent him home to Biglerville, Pa.

At home, weighing only 250 pounds at 11 hands, the young horse faced enormous challenges. Too weak to stand normally, Bob locked his hocks together to provide stability for at least one of his ends and used anything and everything, including his owner, to lean against, to help prop the other end. "We couldn't turn him out with other foals, they would have killed him, so I became his playmate," said Hood. "Even I could outrun him then." He couldn't eat any grain or hay when he came home but was able to eat grass, the trick was getting it into the weakened foal. "I went along on my hands and knees clipping grass in front of him since he couldn't bend over to eat," said Hood. "He hasn't got a mean bone in his body but it's no surprise to anyone the he's spoiled rotten," said Hood. "

After all the time he spent in the clinic and his general weakness, Bob didn't know how to twitch his skin to get rid of flies, so he would hobble over to me to swish them off for him," said Hood. Some incredible spark must glow somewhere in Bob to have survived all that trauma, but not only did he survive, he thrived.

Bob has more than earned his right to life. As a 2 year old, Bob is 16 hands with perfectly straight legs and the conformation and movement to win at the top levels of competition in the United States. Wap's Applause was Champion in the 2 year old division in AHSA Zone 3 and 7th. in the National AHSA 2 year old standings and, not surprisingly, is the only appaloosa in the group. He was also named Champion MHSA 2 year old. "We test bred him to two mares because we didn't know if he'd be sterile after the botulism, but both mares took," said Hood. Short term plans for Bob include starting him under saddle in the near future and breeding him in 1996 and maybe sending him to the 100 day stallion test when he is ready. "When all this happened, I didn't know that a vaccine was available to prevent botulism," said Hood. "Now all the horses get it, and even though I'm told Bob is immune, he still gets the shot."

Please take time to browse some of Waps Applauses offspring.

For more information contact:

JG Appaloosa Sport Horses
Jerry and Virginia Hood
2945 Table Rock Road
Biglerville, Pa. 17307
(717) 752 - 5781
(717) 677 - 4252

info@jgappaloosas.com