Jeanne Davida Barry
July 14, 1951 - February 6, 1997
This page is dedicated to our good friend and horsewoman Jeanne D. Barry,
who passed away February 6, 1997
after a long battle with cancer at the
age of 45.
Jeannie meant many things to many people, but to most of us she
meant friendship and fun!! She was a very active member of the Pennsylvania Arabian
Horse Association and the Eastern Amateur Arabian Horse Show Circuit. She
was a familiar face at both Arabian breed and open shows in the tri-state area
and she will be greatly missed. She was always willing to help
out a fellow competitor and gave unselfishly of her time and
talent to help others.
Jeannie and I groomed for each other at our shows, and even though we owned and exhibited two completely different type of horses, we always seemed to have a great time! Jeannie exhibited my Paint gelding in Hunter Under Saddle at APHA shows and loved to drive him at driving shows, as shown above!
We shared a love for our horses and horse showing, and agreed that we both hated those ugly white fourth place ribbons!!! To this day, when I win one, I think fondly of Jeannie!
Jeannie with her Country Pleasure mare, Oran Berry Ina
Jeannie's accomplishments in the show ring are much too long to even
begin to list. She owned three horses during her lifetime:
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SMF Silver Zatar, a 1978 Arabian gelding
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Country Razzmatazz, a 1987 chestnut Arabian mare, whom she lost in 1992
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Oran Berry Ina, a 1990 Arabian mare
Each of these horses earned numerous championships with Jeannie both
riding and training them, in every event from halter to Western to
English to Trail.
Jeannie with her champion Arabian gelding, SMF Silver Zatar
Jeannie was especially important in my life as she showed Hank in
Hunter Under Saddle for me for a whole year in 1987, as I did not
have the clothes or equipment. she then loaned me all of her tack
and took me to the tack shop to shop for a hunt seat outfit. She
also loved to drive Hank and was our partner in driving shows in the
Double Jeopardy class, in which we were undefeated! She was a great groom
for us and many other friends at shows at which she was not competing -
we called her our "equine assistant!"
Jeannie with her mare Country Razzmatazz
in 1991
Jeannie leaves behind her father David Barry and her fiance Daniel
Kelly, and scores of friends who loved her. Each year at their annual awards banquet, the Eastern Amateur Arabian Horse Show Circuit presents the Jeanne Barry Award in her honor.
My horse be swift in flight
Even like a bird:
My horse be swift in flight
Bear me now in safety
Far from the enemy's arrows
And you shall be rewarded
With streamers and ribbons red.
....Sioux warrior
created March 4, 1997