Aalin Ranch Miniature Stud and Exotics
GOD's A.R.M.S.
Member AMHA-AMHR
On June 30th, 2009, the world lost one of the brightest smiles there ever was.
A beloved daughter, wife, sister, grand-daughter, niece, friend and new mother.
She left a wonderful legacy behind, a new-born baby boy named Jack Mathew Sheldon.
This page is dedicated to her, her husband Eric, and their baby boy Jack, in hopes that all
will remember her, whether they knew her personally or not.
Jaime grew up on one of the premier Miniature horse ranches of the early days..
Winners Circle Ranch in Petaluma California. She rode and showed large horses as well
as Miniatures, she even showed in France, where she showed a Winners Circle mare for
the new owner and won BEST OF SHOW at their annual show in Deauville. She went on
to work in the film industry where she was a producer and coordinator for visual effects.
Her first film was Space Jam and her last was The Spirit. In all that she did in the film
industry, her best production was baby Jack.
Jaime and Eric met in 2001, Eric being the love of her life, they married in September of
2007 and were expecting their first baby, due in September 2009, when Jaime became ill
with what was finally found to be the swine flu.
Jaime isn't with us any more, at least not on this earthly plane, but baby Jack and Eric still
are.
So with that I will announce a FUND RAISER in memory of Jaime and for the benefit of
her wonderful husband and son.
We at Aalin Ranch are donating one of our best show quality colts, a double registered
Chestnut pinto born 6/2/2009 that is AMHR Futurity nominated, to be given to the person
with the winning ticket, at the 2009 AMHA WORLD Championships.
Tickets will be $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00. ALL FUNDS WILL GO TO ERIC and JACK
SHELDON for medical expenses and to hire a nanny when baby Jack gets out of NICU
and for Jacks education, etc..
You don't have to buy a ticket(s) to donate to this fund raiser, and no donation is too small
or too large.
You DON"T have to be present at the drawing to win the colt if your ticket is drawn.
Transportation of colt will be the responsibility of the winner. Aalin Ranch can transport if
needed, at winners expense.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF VIDEO CLIPS, one collage of Jaime pics and another of the
news7 interview with Eric.
News 7 clip
PLEASE, if you or someone you know is pregnant, be sure to WASH YOUR HANDS
frequently and do your best to stay away from large crowds. Swine flu is VERY
devastating, especially to pregnant women and their unborn child.
UPDATE: "AWESIE"
AMHR NATIONALS
THIRD out of 20 in 30" and under weanling colts.
EIGHTH out of 41 in Multi-Colored stallions and geldings 34" & under.
AMHA WORLD
FIFTH out of 15 in 26" and under weanling colts.
CONGRATULATIONS to KAREN RUDOLPH of New Hampshire,
on having the winning ticket drawn at AMHA World show.
Look for AWESIE in the show ring next year with Lee Crutchfield.
We would like to THANK EVERYONE who purchased raffle tickets or
donated to the Memorial Fund. We are SO GRATEFULL!
And a special THANK YOU to Tuffy and Tina Acton for all their help at
the WORLD show. I wouldn't have made it through without you guys.
Make sure to check back here often for updates and new pictures on
baby Jack and also on AWESIE, as they grow.
We will also let everyone know about another fundraiser for baby
Jack, that we are in the works of putting together. Probably on a
Shetland colt this time.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BEAUTIFUL SISTER
JAIME JANINE NORMAN-SHELDON
January 29, 1976 -- June 30, 2009
Aalin Awesome Legacy Of Love
AMHA-AMHR (pending)
6-2-2009
Sire: Double Troubles Curtain Call (AMHA-AMHR)
Dam: Aalin Ace Hidden In Fantsy Pants (AMHA-AMHR)
MORE PICTURES OF "AWESIE"
COMING SOON.
SEPTEMBER 2009
THE WINNING RAFFLE TICKET
UPDATE 2010
AALIN AWESOME LEGACY OF LOVE
New owner Karen Rudolph and her trainer Lee Crutchfield
showed AWESOME in NC on 4-18-2010, where he won first
under all 3 judges in the 28" and under yearling stallions,
open division, and first and second in Amateur with Karen
.
showing him
He then won CHAMPION under all 3 judges as well as
CHAMPION in Amateur with Karen showing him
Congratulations Karen, Lee and Awesome
We're very proud of this beautiful colt and we're in the
.process of making a full sibling