"We at BMG Show Horses would like to give a special thanks to the Hanes family for giving us the opportunity to train and show such a talented horse, Arts Self Portrait. It was truly a pleasure working with such an incredible animal. We are both very excited while awaiting his gets debut in the show arena. Best of luck Stretch! Matt and Beth Gouthro."

"I was pretty much out of the broodmare business other than the mother of "A Walk In The Sky" who was three generations family to me. Her mother "Frankly I'm Hot" was at Karen Berk's breeding facility in Ocala, Fl. I got to see "Stretch" quite frequently. I was extremely impressed by his overall beautiful personal and his puppy dog personality. He is truly a kind horse and even though he nearly had his leg cut off as a baby, a good mover for as much as they could train him due to his injury. Long story short I bought a TB mare strictly to breed to him. Enough said. Nancy Swarm, AQHA Judge, Trainer, and Equine Appraiser"