TRIP OF A LIFETIME

           Trip Of A Lifetime, a beautiful, Palomino stallion owned by Janice and Evan Plyler of Matthews, N.C., passed away during the night of Feb. 23.

            This 16.3-hand Palomino turned heads everywhere he went.  With a great disposition, he also caught many hearts as well.  By the great Trip My Trigger and out of a Merry Go Boy mare, the Plylers purchased Trip in the spring of 2004. 

He was placed immediately with Jeff Givens to show in the Park Pleasure classes.  Trip and Jeff graced many shows that year, earning top honors.  Among those are the Mid American Spring Charity Show, Jackson, Miss.; The Park Pleasure Championship at the East Tennessee Classic, White Pine, Tenn.; The Southern Championship at Perry, Ga.; and other shows.  Jeff and Trip really turned heads anywhere they went, quite a striking pair!  After the Celebration in 2005, the Plylers took Trip home to the Carolinas to breed mares.

Sam McLaughlin at Wildwood Farms of Florence, S.C. handled Trip, showing him only a couple of times.  In 2006, they won the South Carolina State Championship at Clemson, S.C.  Meredith Plyler, their granddaughter, was planning to show him this summer.

At the time of his untimely death, Trip was at Stan Tindal Stables in Manning, S.C.  He was planning to use Trip to breed some mares this spring.