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Ready About, who completed nine international three-day events at the two-star level or higher, died of a ruptured uterus while foaling on May 12. She was 15.

The gray, 15.2-hand, Thoroughbred mare was Sharon White’s first advanced horse, and she completed the Rolex Kentucky CCI**** in 2002, her second start there. White retired “Pippy” from international competition in early 2003 and began breeding her, but in 2003 she competed from novice to preliminary level with Christy Marion, White’s stable manager.

White bought Pippy from Julia Bennett at age 6. “She had a spark that was just fun,” recalled White.

Pippy always despised the dressage ring, but she also always excelled on the cross-country course. “She had the biggest heart of any horse I’ve ever sat on,” said White. “She taught me how to jump the big jumps, and she just loved it. She loved the sport, and she gave me so much confidence because she was so many ‘firsts’ for me.”

Pippy produced two foals–Inspiration, called Bounce, is 2 and by Aaron’s Gold; Will Power, or Skip, is a yearling by Reputed Testamony. The foal she was carrying was by High Scope.   Staff

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Susan Dorsey’s champion show hunter Fashionable died on April 13 at Fogbound Farm in Woodside, Calif. She was 31.

Affectionately known as “Bambi,” the black Thoroughbred mare enjoyed a long and successful competitive career in both the working hunter and amateur-owner divisions. Her phenomenal jumping style accounted for blue ribbons in more than 20 hunter classics at such prestigious West Coast shows as Del Mar and Santa Anita. The fall indoor circuit of 1984 was a particular highlight, crowned by a victory at the National Horse Show in Madison Square Garden (N.Y.) and a triumphant tour of Spruce Meadows (Alta.).

After retiring from the hunter ring, Bambi began dressage training and showed through second level.

Later, she became a broodmare, producing three Thoroughbred foals. She lived out her days in a pasture with an ocean view.
Dorsey will remember Bambi as “the nicest horse I’ve had in my life.”   Staff

Malcolm Stack
Midwestern amateur event rider Malcolm Stack died on April 16 after a brief battle with cancer at his Ridge Run Farm in Madison, Wis. He was 70.

Mr. Stack, who immigrated to the United States from his native England after serving in the Canadian Navy as a teenager, was a “beloved eventer in Area IV who’ll be tremendously missed–a real class act,” said friend Katie Lindsay.

Mr. Stack was a successful businessman, starting Bell Laboratories in 1974 and growing it into a leader in the pest-control industry, employing more than 300 people. He was inducted into the Pest Control Hall of Fame in 2004.

He was also a dedicated conservationist and philanthropist. He created the Malcolm Stack Foundation in 2000 to preserve Wisconsin’s Driftless Area.
Mr. Stack is survived by his wife, Debra; daughters Linda Hughes, Cathy Thompson and Anne Connor; brother Roy; and seven grandchildren.
Mr. Stack’s family asked that friends plant a flower, bush or tree in his memory this spring.   Staff