The Triple Twist Story, and Melissa Jefferson
"As a child I always dreamed of having a Gem Twist of my own. Then a trainer moved to the area and started giving lessons to our Pony Club.
It just so happened that she was breeding the Twist lines and I hoped that maybe one day I could get my hands on one. She then disappeared without
any warning and nobody knew what had happened to her. A few years later my mom send me an article out of the Hoofprints about the lady's horses and
how she had starved them and some local people were trying to get them rescued. Again, I thought just maybe they would need homes at some point and I
could finally have one.
Well, 3 years went by and nothing was ever mentioned again about the horses, until I came home from college for Christmas break my graduate year and a
friend e-mailed me saying the horses were being auctioned off by the sheriff. I was in no shape to take on another horse. I was teaching lessons every
night to help support the 2 I had but I talked my mom into going just in case there was one special mare that really needed to come home with us. One week
later in the middle of nowhere, during a huge snowstorm...we went to the auction.
There was one mare that I was interested in but someone told me she had a bidder that was going to pay whatever it took to buy her. She was Triple Twist's
dam. So on a whim I walked down the stallion aisle with my mom on my heels saying, "under NO circumstances are we taking a STALLION home!" I fell in love
when I saw him and after outbidding the meat market and one other person he was mine! My mom still telling me that we were stopping on the way home to
geld him... :) It took a lot of convincing but I finally won out. He was the only one registered, other than him dam, and these bloodlines just don't
exist any more.
Trey was 6 years old when I bought him and had never been ridden. He weighed about 600 lbs at 3 yrs old when he was rescued and he lived in foster care
for 3 years. You wouldn't believe he is still alive if you saw the pictures of him when he was rescued. He is a lucky boy to have such wonderful people
to rescue these horses and to fight for their welfare.
He was started under saddle in the Spring of 2003 after I graduated from college. I didn't want to make a decision about gelding him until I could see
what he was capable of. He is so talented I feel that he could be much further along if a professional had him. We just plug along and do what we can
but he is a dream come true for me and his show record with a complete amateur proves his talent."
In 2007, Melissa Jefferson found out she was expecting a baby. Now she has a young child and has had some other life changes as well--including not
having access to a facility suitable for a stallion. She reluctantly has offered Trey up for sale. Melissa and I are hoping to be able to own him in a
joint partnership, where he can realize his maximum potential in competition, as well as where he can remain a stallion so these valuable bloodlines won't
be lost.
Lisa Dunckley
1105 W. Jack London Blvd.
Livermore CA 94551
925-550-8410
flashykatt@yahoo.com
