The 14-2 hand gray gelding (1981, Gilnocky Carousel by Chiltern Copa) was well put together and quite the solid citizen.

“Topper” won the weanling Connemara conformation class at the St. Louis National Charity Horse Show in 1981 and the yearling class in 1982.

He was sold to the East Coast, where he went on to fox hunt, among other things.