Zijde Roos Jumping

Megan and the 4 year old Zijde Roos(Burggraaf/Hofnar) went to Gingerwood Stables for a few jumping lessons. The mare shows nice form over fences, and has a lot of fun doing it!

Crispin in the snow

Crispin , a Sandreo/ Jet Set colt was out enjoying a romp in the fresh snow. Crispin will be two next year and shows the typical attractive Sandreo head and neck.

Weanlings at play

It was a sunny day but the snow provided good footing for the three weanlings to get involved in some horse play.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM NEW PERTH FARMS

Snow day !

It was snowing and the horses were out in the thick of it. The weanlings took the opportunity to play in the snow.

PEI Horse Council Awards

New Perth Farms was pleased to present the Awards for high score in dresage in the past season. The winner for the junior award was Tia Victoria Tawil who showed her horse Pure Elegance at the July shows. Her average was 69%. Harma Germs got the adult award for her rides on Whiscalina at both the June and July shows. Her average score was 71%. The awards are sponsored by New Perth Farms and we were very pleased that Whiscalina was purchased by Harma from New Perth Farms.

Mares on Pasture

It is fall and the foals are weaned and the seven pregnant mares are enjoying the last of the pasture season. From left to right they are Vuzarma (Hamlet/Purioso) in foal to Concorde , Virgina (Welt Hit II/Zeoliet) in foal to Donnatelli, Vaganieta (Jazz/Zeoliet) bred to Brentanno II, Florentina (Floristan/Phonix) in foal to Sir Oldenburg, Virtual Rose (Idocus/Quattro B) in foal to Sir Oldenburg, Waltzlina (Jet Set/Haarlem) in foal to Johnson and Zenosa (Tango/Purioso) in foal to Lord Sinclair. We will be busy next spring as five of these mares and due to foal in a two week peroid.

Two Colts

Two of the yearling colts were enjoying the fall weather yesterday. No flies and still lots of grazing !

In front is Charlton (Concorde/Hamlet) and behind him is Crispin (sandreo/Jet Set)

Dezarma sold !

Dezarma, Verdi/Hamlet has been sold to Isabelle Plasse in Nova Scotia. New Perth farms is very pleased to have Dezarma with Isabelle where she will be developed as a jumper.

Zanientha at Gingerwood.

Zanientha (Timeless/Jet Set) is in training at Gingerwood stables.

Three mares and a rainbow !

The look of Fall !!

It is starting to look like Fall with the foals nearly ready to wean !

Zandman Trains in Virginia

Zandman (Quattro B/Cavalier/Le Mexico) is currently in training with Martha in Charlottesville Virginia. The four year old gelding, like his sire Quattro B, shows great ability as both a jumper and a dressage horse. At this stage of training we are working on his fitness and introducing him to a variety of experiences including flat work, some small jumps and some cross country work

Wiseman wins the IBOP and DG Bar cup classes at Iron Spring Farm.

Wiseman, a five year old Lord Sinclair/Lancet/Rubenstine gelding won the IBOP and the DG Bar cup classes at the KWPN keuring at Iron Spring Farms. These two classes are designed to test the suitability of young horses for dressage. Martha rode Wiseman to scores of 77 and 77.5 in these classes. Wiseman recieved 8 for walk, 7.5 for trot and 8 for canter. The classes were very competitive with horses such as Iron Spring’s Watch Me and Sporting Chance Farm’s Wildcard in the classes. A win at the legendary Iron Spring Farm’s beautiful setting was particularly satisfying.

These classes are offered at all ten KWPN keurings and the scores are ranked for all North American keurings . We will see how these scores rank at the end of September.

Our Vuzarma has the same sire, Hamlet, as Eric Lemaze's Hickstead.

Congratulations to Eric Lemaze on his individual Olympic Gold medal and being part of Canada's Silver medal show jumping team !!

New Perth Farm's Vuzarma is sired by Hamlet, a Nimmerdor son, the same sire as Eric Lemaze's Hickstead.

Charlton (Concorde/Hamlet) is a yearling son of Vuzarma and is showing a lot of promise as a jumper.

Foal photos

As the summer goes on the foals become more independant and will spend more time away from their dams and with the other foals. Here Dezarma (Verdi/Hamlet) and Demarko (Johnston/Floristan) graze together.

Daniosa (Lord Sinclair/Tango) is looking elegant as she loses her foal coat.

Diva Rose (Viva Voltare/Idocus), although younger, is shedding out to her bright bay color. She has now joined the other three foals in the big pasture.

Breeding Update

We have finished breeding mares for this season. We normally ultrasound at 14 days post breeding and again about 24 days. After 24 days we can see a heart beat and this is a good indication that the pregnancy will go on to produce a foal.

We ultra sounded the two later bred mares for the second time this week. Everything is progressing normal on both these pregnancies. This gives us seven pregnant mares to foal next year. We are very pleased with our success breeding this year as we have seven pregnant to first service with frozen semen. Some good management and a lot of good luck !

Pregnancies for next year are:
Florentina is in foal to Sir Oldenburg
Veganieta is in foal to Brentano II
Waltzalina is in foal to Johnson
Zinosa is in foal to Lord Sinclair
Vuzarma is in foal to Concorde.
Virtual Rose is in foal to Sir Oldenburg
Virgina is in foal to Donnatelli.

The first five will foal in late April and the last two will be June foals. These should give us some interesting foals. Bretano II and sir Oldenburg are new sires for us and we have had foals from the other four sires. We have sold two of this years foals, Verdi/Hamlet and the Lord Sinclair/Tango.

Wingar at Gingerwood

It always is a great thrill to see a horse which we have sold do well at a show. This week we saw five year old Wingar (Orame/Flemmingh) at his first big jumper show, held at Gingerwood Stables in PEI. Wingar is now owned by Carolyn Dohoo and she has done a great job of developing him. He placed well in the one meter classes and won the pre green hunter class. I am also adding a photo of Wingar in front of one of the great Maritime landmarks, Cape Blomidon.

The Foals are Growing !

These three foals, Danieosa NPF (Lord Sinclair/Tango), Demarko NPF (Johnson/Florestan NPF) and Dezarma NPF (Verdi/Hamlet) are growing and they are all shedding their foal coat. It is exciting to see their mature colors. Diva Rose NPF (Viva Voltare/Idocus) is younger and has not yet joined the older foals in the big pasture.

Two year old Bagatelle NPF

We have started "backing" the three two year olds. Before we work with them we sometimes free loung to burn off some energy. We wanted to share this photo of Bagatelle NPF where she was showing good form.

Horses Doing Well!

New Perth Farms horses are out and doing many different shows! Here is a bit of an update on some of the horses and what they are up to:



Megan showed the 4 year old Zijde Roos(Burggraaf/Hofnar) in training level at the June 7 th show.


Three horses sold by New Perth Farms were shown sucessfully at the July 19 and 20 th Dressage PEI show at Crapaud , PEI.
They were :


Congratulations goes to Harma Germs and her 5 year old Whiscalina(Redford/Gribaldi) who have been doing extremely well in all shows they enter! They just came back from a very successful trip to Blainville, Quebec where they were champion in open second level and champion 5 year old!





Congratulations also to Carolyn Dohoo riding her 5 year old Wingar(Orame/Flemmingh). They showed this past weekend at training level, and won their class. Carolyn and Wingar are also doing very well in the jumper ring!





Congratulations also to Paulette Jones, and her 4 year old Zo Diane(Sandreo/Baltzflug) who were in their first dressage show this weekend! They showed in training level.

Wiseman at Lexington

There is a video of Wiseman (Lord Sinclair/Lancet/Rubenstine) at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYQExbQZxXs

Wiseman wins at Lexington Virginia !!

Martha rode the five year old Wiseman (Lord sinclair/Lancet) gelding to a win at training level and a second at first Level at the dressage show in Lexington, Virginia. The humedex on show day was 41C !

Daniosa and Calypso

We took Zinosa(Tango/Purioso) and her filly Daniosa(Lord Sinclair/Tango) out into the sand arena for some pictures. Daniosa was her usual bouncy self!!

We also took the yearling Calypso(Sandreo/Jazz) out and he showed us some of his very nice movement!