Beautiful Day

 Hanosa NPF (Johnson / Tango) just over 3 weeks old

Horatio NPF (Sandreo / Jet Set D) is 3 days old

It is a beautiful day here at NPF, we put the 2 mares and foals out together for the first time

Calypso , 5 year old test

Sandreo/Jet Set Colt last night

North Carolina show

Great photo from Dressage in the Sandhills. On the left is Bagatelle , now owned by Laurie Marston, Calypso and Wiseman.

Results at http://www.foxvillage.com/FVDShowResults/(qok150bkc1cz4ve4dms3ae45)/Rider.aspx?sh=640&rd=7136

More on breeding intentions.  The mare Florentenia by  Floristan  will not have a foal this year.  We try to have the mares foal every year as seem to get back in foal better when they are producing regular. Our mares tend to get over fat when they do not milk off their weight each year. However, after five in a row Flo  decided to take a break and we hope to get her back in foal this year. She had two  foals by Sandreo, two by Sir Oldenburg and one Johnson. We were happy with all the foals and it shows us what a powerful sire Floristan was in passing on good genetics. With Floristan there needs to be no compromise in that you can breed amateur ridable horses that still can go on to do the high levels of dressage. They also do well in both the young horse classes and at the top of FEI.
None of Flo's foals are preforming at a high level yet due to there age but they appear easy to start and look like they have the movement to move up. From the group we think Demarko by Johnson was the "flashiest" to look at. He was a super mover as a foal and is now with Andrea Taylor in BC. Johnson is producing some super offspring and we have been very pleased with our other Johnson foals. We also were very pleased with the Sir Oldenburg foals. The two year old , Forte, with Anne Aloi in Virginia is developing into a very nice horse. With that in mind we are going to try again with Johnson frozen but if it is not sucessful we plan to use fresh from Ruth Hanselpacker's stallion Schwarzennger. He has the same sire as Sir Oldenburg and shares bloodlines on the mare side. This is a very good natured   stallion and has some super jumping talent which should help keep a strong hind leg.

Flowers and horses

HANOSA

New Filly Hanosa johnson/Tango/Purioso

First day out!

The new filly Johnson/Tango went outside for the first time today. She is a lovely filly who is very uphill and expressive

Zinosa's new filly Johnson/Tango

Martha riding 5 year old Calypso in a lesson with Anne Aloi

breeding plans for 2012

We have gone from the “wish list” in the winter to the reality that we must make some decisions. We use a lot of Team Nijhof semen. http://www.team-nijhof.nl/ We do this for several reasons which include that we have a good working relationship with them having bought foals and frozen from them over the years. They have a good selection of stallions. Nijhof produces good quality frozen semen and if they have a stallion that does not freeze well they will alert you to the possible problems. Also, breeding come with a live foal guarantee. We are not limited to their stallions and have used Brentanna II, Contango etc. We plan to breed seven mares this year. Last year was not a great breeding year so we have only four mares foaling this year and three open mares to breed. We like to breed to foal late April at the earliest to avoid foaling in our our notorious mud season. We now have the frozen semen in the tank we plan to use this year. We will do a series of blogs starting with this one which will outline our plans at this time. Again this is only firm when we have seen an embryo in the mare. We will start with Veganieta . a ten year old Jazz/Zeoliet mare. Her photos and offspring are at http://www.newperthfarms.ca/BROODMARES.html . The objective of a breeding program is to improve on your mares and produce a better generation. However, with this mare we would be happy to produce a foal which is as good as the dam. She was in the final class in Holland at the national foal championships. That is rising to the top from thousands of foals. At her Keuring as a three year old she had the best conformation for three year olds in North America and was third for movement. Those who are familiar with Dutch pedigrees may have a question about temperament. Jazz, Zeoliet and Amor were all know for being “hot”. I have heard the comment that this mare’s pedigree is not a pedigree but a “death wish”. However, all the offspring from this mare have been super to work with and the older ones have done very well in the show ring. I discussed this pedigree with a successful breeder in Holland and he said “three right turns make a left”. Veganieta’s five year old Sandro is with Martha and is doing well. http://youtu.be/KFD1I0g5NZQ When we talk to breeders in Holland they all talk about breeding Jazz to Contango from Iron Spring Farms. Contango is the sire of Ravel. We have two offspring from this mating. A 2010 colt and 2011 filly. We are pleased with both of them. http://youtu.be/5hsKRIEZUl4 http://youtu.be/wJL599gHVp0 http://youtu.be/pF8Yia7UhNo So our plan is to breed Veganieta to Contango this year. Many breeders think that Contango is a good choice to improve the action of the hind leg and canter. These two traits would come from the jumping breeding in Contago's pedigree. We have seen this in our two Jazz/Contango from this mare. Also, Veganieta can use a bit more bone size. Again both of these have more bone size than their dam. We will continue with the other mare plans later.

Expected Foalings

It is that time of year again when we look forward to new foals. Only four foals expected this year.

Expected Foalings 2012
Waltzalina(Jet Set/Haarlem) Sandreo Due May 10

Zinosa (Tango/Purioso) Johnson Due April 30

Virtual Rose (Idocus/Quattro) Sandreo Due June 15

Virginia(Welt Hit II/Zeoliet) Sandreo Due June 20

We are now on facebook

New Perth Farms has a new face book page www.facebook.com/newperthfarms

Calypso at North Carolina show

Martha rode Calypso at the North Craolina spring dressage show.
Calypso NPF scored in the 70's at First Level with a high of 78.

More Snow Fun

Gemma out exploring in the fresh snow


Fanfare having some fun in the snow


Fantango


Gabrinita enjoying the sun and snow


A beautiful morning with a fresh coat of snow

Johnson at the Stallion Keuring

We saw the stallion Johnson (Jazz/Flemmingh) at the stallion keuring.We have used Johnson to produce several foals and Zinosa is bred to Johnson for 2011.

Snow Fun

It looks like a winter wonderland here at NPF, all the horses seem to enjoy the fluffy snow

The weanlings are growing well!


Megan took Zijde Roos out for a bareback snow ride

Calypso NPF

Five year old Calypso is in training with Martha.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

NPF Logo

New Perth Farms would like to introduce our new logo!

The Next Morning

All of the horses were outside and checking out the fresh snow


2 year old Exault (Sir Oldenburg x Idocus) enjoying a Trot


Weanling Gabrinita (Contango x Jazz)


The three yearlings


The weanlings make a run out into their pasture


2 year olds engaged in "horseplay"

First Snow!

The first big snow event of the year has occured and the weanlings were very curious and playful


Gemma (Sandreo x Jet Set D) getting her snow blanket on


Galaxy (Sandreo x Welt Hit II) playing around


Weanling group


Very curious about the snow

Virginia Visit

Megan is recently back from visiting Martha in Virginia. The weather was wonderful and they got to enjoy riding in a hunter pace through the hills. Megan also was able to school on the 4 year old Calypso (Sandreo/Jazz)

G-Man Sold

G-Man (Eldorado vd Zeshoek/Hamlet) has been sold to Dreamcrest Equestrian , www.dreamcrest.com/ ,owned by Ian Roberts and Kelly Pitz. We are very pleased with this sale and we expect that G-Man will be developed to his full potential at this prestigious stable.

Calypso NPF

Martha showed four year old Calypso NPF (Sandreo/Jazz) at the Lexington Va show. He won all four training level classes and had the High Score AA at the show

Calypso NPF at Lexington

Wiseman Victory Lap

Wiseman Third Level Champion

Enieta NPF

The 2 year old Enieta NPF (Brentanno II x Jazz) is doing very well in her training

Two year olds

Three yearlings

Gemma NPF

Gemma NPF

Great Gatsby NPF

Great Gatsby NPF

Gabrinieta NPF

Contango/Jazz

G-Man

Eldorado vd Zeshoek / Hamlet colt.

Gypse Rose video

Video at

http://youtu.be/6l87KOKQLPQ

Sunny August Day

Gabrinita (Contango x Jazz) enjoying the sun
Gypsy Rose (Sandreo x Idocus) has almost completely shed her foal fur into a beautiful new coat
Great Gatsby, Gypsy Rose, Gemma, Gabrinita
Virgina with her shiney dappled coat
Yearling Fantango (Contango x Jazz) having a trot in the field
Forte (Sir Oldenburg x Floristan) also having a trot on a nice day
The four yearlings - Fantango, Fiero, Fanfare, Forte

Summer

Finally some warm, sunny weather,

Meet the Foals 2011

G-Man NPF (Eldorado v d Zechoek x Hamlet)


Galaxy NPF (Sandreo x Welt Hit II)


Gabranita NPF (Contango x Jazz)


Gemma NPF (Sandreo x Jet Set D)


Gypsy Rose NPF (Sandreo x Idocus)


Great Gatsby NPF (Johnson x Tango)

Summer Grazing

The 2 year olds are all doing well and enjoying the summer grass