The win was obviously appreciated by Janice Kirkpatrick who the film follows on her efforts to find black Clydesdales. “Ross (her husband), and I are thrilled that the documentary has won such a prestigious award. We’ve celebrated sharing a bag of carrots with the horses,” she told Yorkton This Week via email. “We were thrilled to receive the award for Documentary POV at the oldest film festival in North America. Everyone loves to win at Yorkton and we’re no exception,” added co-producer Dugald Maudsley. The win is likely to have something of a ripple effect for those involved.
Kirkpatrick ended up purchasing a pregnant mare, called Amber, from Cey’s farm.
“They documented the journey of that horse going all the way over to Scotland,” Cey said. “I think it is great what Janice is doing there.”
Cey recalls it was actually in the summer of 2017 when Kirkpatrick visited his family’s farm with the film crew, to see the horses and purchase a Clydesdale.
He still keeps in touch with her.
“The mare is doing great and of course the filly foal, they call her Snowy, she is doing fine, growing. She is a nice big filly, which I had expected, genetically. She should have some great qualities coming out,” Cey said.