The Marauder Family History
Chapter III: The Marauder's Sweep
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While Meteor impacted on the Midwest show circuit . . .
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. . . Mercury raked up his first "Best of Winners" on the West Coast.
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Georgia Peaches (center) and Star Voyager (left) joined Meteor (right) to sweep the '96 Premier, where Meteor completed his Grand Championship at 9 mos, Star Voyager won Terrier III Puppy, and Georgia Peaches won Terrier III Adult.
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Throughout summer we competed . . . (Mercury)
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. . . up and down the West Coast (Star Voyager)
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Before we headed to Florida for the '96 National Show . . . (from left to right) Georgia Peaches, Sweetest Peach, Mercury, Star Voyager, & Stormin' Norman. |
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. . . we had 2 Grands & 3 Champions from this litter. (Sweetest Peach)
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Liberty (left) meets her sire Stormin' Norman (right).
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At Orlando the Marauders stole the show when Meteor became the youngest APBT National Grand Champion, . . .
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. . . Star Voyager became the third Grand Champion in this breeding and . . .
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. . . Sire Stormin' Norman and Dam Georgia Peaches became National Stud Dog and National Brood Bitch, with their handsome offspring at their side.
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At the end on the show season, Meteor, Mercury, Star Voyager, their dam Georgia Peaches, and their sire Stormin' Norman were in the nation-wide Top Ten APBT standings.
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It provided the occasion for a Marauder Family reunion (sans Spirit) from left to right: GRCH Marquise, NATL GRCH Meteor, CH Liberty, GR CH Georgia Peaches, GRCH Mercury, GRCH Star Voyager, Darth "Hank" Vader & CH Sweetest Peach.
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Marauder puppies praying to the "Cookie God" |
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