Our first two foals are out on fine days and are both growing well.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wiseman and Zandman to Virginia
We took Wiseman , five year old Lord Sinclair/Lancet, and Zandman , four year old Quattro/Cavalier, to Charlottesville, Virginia where Martha will train and show them for the summer and fall. The weather and trees were spring like. Martha and Ken took the opportunity to have a hack, first through the pasture and then up into the hills.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
First foal of the season !
Florentina presented us with a new colt by Johnson. He is tall with four white sox.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
KWPN/NA Annual Meeting
We are back from the KWPN/NA annual meeting in Wellington Florida. Not only was this a brief escape from the winter it was a great opportunity to learn more about breeding KWPN horses. The meeting consisted of only a brief business meetings a few short seminars and then the balance of the time with some of the great trainers and riders who winter in Wellington.
We had the privilege of spending a morning with John and Beezie Madden. We watched Beezie ride in the Olympic Qualifier and then had John give us comments on a five year old jumping class. We spent the afternoon with hunter great Goeff Teall showing us what he looks for in a hunter. That night we went to a Nations Cup which included Eric Lemaze on Hickstead doing a double clear !
The next day we were the guests of Scott Hassler who gave a clinic using eight different young dressage horses. It is easy to see why he is considered among the best for developing young horses. This was followed by a visit to Tuney Pages’ barn. The facility is breath taking, new and everything for the comfort of horse and rider. We say Ling there also where he in winter training.
From this weekend we are thinking back to the “Lessons Learned”. Some of these lessons are :
1. Trainers are looking for a five to six year old horse to develop. Jumper trainers don’t want these to be highly schooled but must be to fit enough for to be evaluated. They need to be well presented with trimmed feet and conditioned.
2. Young horses should get their show experience in smaller shows where there is less pressure to perform and mistakes are not as important.
3. It is very important the develop each young horse according to its rate of development. Too advanced work can cause serious problems later. A good horse should not be overlooked.
4. Hunter trainers want a horse that is “pretty”, has a flat trot and is very smooth over jumps. If it has a natural lead change with this they will pay well for the right horse.
5. Trainers do not care a lot about breeding lines but the individual horse is most important. This is a bit of a surprise to us breeders who will sit up all night discussing who is the best Jazz son, why Johnson can throw belly spots and what stallion will make an definite Olympic winner when crossed with our favorite mare.
6. Trainers want a sport horse with some “blood” which means there should be some thoroughbred breeding in the pedigree. Trainers like the size and power of the warmblood but want the “go” which comes from the thoroughbred breed. The problem is that less that half thoroughbred is desirable meaning that the first generation cross only serves to give the desirable one quarter “blood”. Also, most of the North American TB breeding is bred for sprinters. This means they are small and have a low neck set. There are Thoroughbred stallions which are available , like Coconut Grove which have the TB genetics but are a good size and have proven jumping ability.
7. The horse industry is huge and the amount of money spent at the top end is impressive.
We had the privilege of spending a morning with John and Beezie Madden. We watched Beezie ride in the Olympic Qualifier and then had John give us comments on a five year old jumping class. We spent the afternoon with hunter great Goeff Teall showing us what he looks for in a hunter. That night we went to a Nations Cup which included Eric Lemaze on Hickstead doing a double clear !
The next day we were the guests of Scott Hassler who gave a clinic using eight different young dressage horses. It is easy to see why he is considered among the best for developing young horses. This was followed by a visit to Tuney Pages’ barn. The facility is breath taking, new and everything for the comfort of horse and rider. We say Ling there also where he in winter training.
From this weekend we are thinking back to the “Lessons Learned”. Some of these lessons are :
1. Trainers are looking for a five to six year old horse to develop. Jumper trainers don’t want these to be highly schooled but must be to fit enough for to be evaluated. They need to be well presented with trimmed feet and conditioned.
2. Young horses should get their show experience in smaller shows where there is less pressure to perform and mistakes are not as important.
3. It is very important the develop each young horse according to its rate of development. Too advanced work can cause serious problems later. A good horse should not be overlooked.
4. Hunter trainers want a horse that is “pretty”, has a flat trot and is very smooth over jumps. If it has a natural lead change with this they will pay well for the right horse.
5. Trainers do not care a lot about breeding lines but the individual horse is most important. This is a bit of a surprise to us breeders who will sit up all night discussing who is the best Jazz son, why Johnson can throw belly spots and what stallion will make an definite Olympic winner when crossed with our favorite mare.
6. Trainers want a sport horse with some “blood” which means there should be some thoroughbred breeding in the pedigree. Trainers like the size and power of the warmblood but want the “go” which comes from the thoroughbred breed. The problem is that less that half thoroughbred is desirable meaning that the first generation cross only serves to give the desirable one quarter “blood”. Also, most of the North American TB breeding is bred for sprinters. This means they are small and have a low neck set. There are Thoroughbred stallions which are available , like Coconut Grove which have the TB genetics but are a good size and have proven jumping ability.
7. The horse industry is huge and the amount of money spent at the top end is impressive.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Breeding for 2008
After returning from the stallion show it is time to get serious about a list of stallions for breeding in 2008. Like most breeders we started with a “wish list” which we now will refine to some serious choices.
Veganieta ,Jazz/Zeolete, has had two foals one Donnatelli and a Sandreo. Both are great foals but we want to try something new on this mare until we see what works the best. We now have had four Sandreo foals and we want to see these develop before we have more. At this time Brentana II is on the list. Brentana II has made some great horses and we have a dose of frozen semen in the tank. The other real possibility is Sir Oldenburg. He was impressive at the stallion show and was very easy to handle when I saw him at Reesink horses. Photos and video are at http://www.reesinkhorses.nl/stallions_details.php?tar=paard&Paardid=58
Vuzarma ,Hamlet/Purioso, is an easy choice. She is in foal to Verdi and I saw Verdi jump at the stallion show but he looked wonderful, careful with lots of go. But with her last year colt, Charlton by Concorde, it will be Concorde again this year. Concorde sons are doing very well in sport and this colt shows movement that could make him a dressage prospect. Hamlet now is very desirable blood now that Hickstead is doing so well.
Florentina is in foal to Johnson. Johnson won his class at Den Bosch and the Pavo cup. His foals are causing a lot of excitement in Holland. We have two foals from Sandreo by this mare. Johnson is a Jazz son and a bit of Jazz “go” could be used on this mare by Florestan. Unless the foal tells us differently we will breed her back to Johnston.
Verginia .Welt Hit II/Zeolete Had a wonderful filly by Donatelli and lost a pregnancy by Londonderry this year. We are planning on Sir Oldenburg for her to give some refinement and his good mind. Also, Sir Oldenburg has a lot of jumping blood and this usually improves the canter on the Weltmyre line
Zinosa , Tango/Purioso, is bred to Lord Sinclair and we will decide when we see the foal but going back to Lord Sinclair is a possibility. Also, another choice is Sir Oldenburg. A real possibility is that we would put this mare back in work after weaning this fall.
Wiscalina , Jet Set/Haarlem, has had two colts one by Donnatelli and one by Sandreo. We may continue to train her or breed her back. From the appearance of this years colt Sandreo looks like a good cross with this mare.
Virtual Rose, Idocus/Quattro is in foal to Viva Voltaire. She did not settle with frozen semen and this is a stallion which has made some great offspring. IF the foal looks good then she will be bred back to Viva Voltaire this year.
This is our thinking at this time but there still lots of considerations. We would like to have a Quattro like our Zandman and many of the Quattro offspring we have seen. However, Quattro semen is not the best frozen. We could try on breeding and hope to get lucky.
Veganieta ,Jazz/Zeolete, has had two foals one Donnatelli and a Sandreo. Both are great foals but we want to try something new on this mare until we see what works the best. We now have had four Sandreo foals and we want to see these develop before we have more. At this time Brentana II is on the list. Brentana II has made some great horses and we have a dose of frozen semen in the tank. The other real possibility is Sir Oldenburg. He was impressive at the stallion show and was very easy to handle when I saw him at Reesink horses. Photos and video are at http://www.reesinkhorses.nl/stallions_details.php?tar=paard&Paardid=58
Vuzarma ,Hamlet/Purioso, is an easy choice. She is in foal to Verdi and I saw Verdi jump at the stallion show but he looked wonderful, careful with lots of go. But with her last year colt, Charlton by Concorde, it will be Concorde again this year. Concorde sons are doing very well in sport and this colt shows movement that could make him a dressage prospect. Hamlet now is very desirable blood now that Hickstead is doing so well.
Florentina is in foal to Johnson. Johnson won his class at Den Bosch and the Pavo cup. His foals are causing a lot of excitement in Holland. We have two foals from Sandreo by this mare. Johnson is a Jazz son and a bit of Jazz “go” could be used on this mare by Florestan. Unless the foal tells us differently we will breed her back to Johnston.
Verginia .Welt Hit II/Zeolete Had a wonderful filly by Donatelli and lost a pregnancy by Londonderry this year. We are planning on Sir Oldenburg for her to give some refinement and his good mind. Also, Sir Oldenburg has a lot of jumping blood and this usually improves the canter on the Weltmyre line
Zinosa , Tango/Purioso, is bred to Lord Sinclair and we will decide when we see the foal but going back to Lord Sinclair is a possibility. Also, another choice is Sir Oldenburg. A real possibility is that we would put this mare back in work after weaning this fall.
Wiscalina , Jet Set/Haarlem, has had two colts one by Donnatelli and one by Sandreo. We may continue to train her or breed her back. From the appearance of this years colt Sandreo looks like a good cross with this mare.
Virtual Rose, Idocus/Quattro is in foal to Viva Voltaire. She did not settle with frozen semen and this is a stallion which has made some great offspring. IF the foal looks good then she will be bred back to Viva Voltaire this year.
This is our thinking at this time but there still lots of considerations. We would like to have a Quattro like our Zandman and many of the Quattro offspring we have seen. However, Quattro semen is not the best frozen. We could try on breeding and hope to get lucky.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Stallion Show
We are just back from the Stallion Show in Den Bosch in Holland. Stallion selection is done on a formula which selects the best of three year old stallions to go into breeding. The first round is held in the fall with breeders bringing approximately 750 three year old stallions to the committee. From these about 125 are selected for second round. The selection of these is done as a public event over four days where about forty dressage and jumping stallions are selected to go to the final test where they are trained and ridden. From these approximately 15 will we given tempory approval and then finally approved when they have several foal crops on the ground.
It was a great opportunity to see groups of offspring from each stallion. Stallions such as Jazz, Rousseau and Krack C were well represented. In this second round there was a full brother of our Zandman , Quattro/Cavalier. Also, there was a half brother of Wiseman by Sandreo and a very nice Florestan from Vaganieta’s mare line.
The stallions from previous years approvals were also brought back. Generally four or five from each year up to eight year olds and then another group of stallions doing FEI level. From these we were able to see last years champion, Westpoint. Florencio and Johnson were presented and won top scores for their group.
We got to see Krack C ‘s last ride as he was retired from showing at the event. We also saw Welt Hit II receive his Keur designate. It was easy to see how our Verginia got her build from her sire Welt hit II.
We were able to visit breeders and see stallions for two days following the show. We visited Team Nijhof and VDL studs. Of all the stallions we saw the most exciting was Sir Oldenburg and he will be definitely in our breeding plans.
It was a great opportunity to see groups of offspring from each stallion. Stallions such as Jazz, Rousseau and Krack C were well represented. In this second round there was a full brother of our Zandman , Quattro/Cavalier. Also, there was a half brother of Wiseman by Sandreo and a very nice Florestan from Vaganieta’s mare line.
The stallions from previous years approvals were also brought back. Generally four or five from each year up to eight year olds and then another group of stallions doing FEI level. From these we were able to see last years champion, Westpoint. Florencio and Johnson were presented and won top scores for their group.
We got to see Krack C ‘s last ride as he was retired from showing at the event. We also saw Welt Hit II receive his Keur designate. It was easy to see how our Verginia got her build from her sire Welt hit II.
We were able to visit breeders and see stallions for two days following the show. We visited Team Nijhof and VDL studs. Of all the stallions we saw the most exciting was Sir Oldenburg and he will be definitely in our breeding plans.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Winter training.
It is winter here as you can see from our pictures of horses in the snow. During the winter we scale back on training but still keep going to be ready for the spring. We vary activities depending on the weather. When it is -20 C it is not plesant to ride,even indoors, and there is always problems getting sweaty horses cooled out with them getting a chill. The young stock and brood mares enjoy the cold weather. They roll in the snow and stand in the sun on clear days.
This week we free jumped Zanientha , "ZOE" is her stable name. She had been free jumped last summer in the outdoor arena. Now is the time to introduce her to the fun of jumping indoors. Young horses are always puzzeled by new things in the arena but the "jumping blood" soon comes through and they realize they can jump indoors. This takes several rounds with an introduction and then some smaller fences to give them the feel of the jumps. At this stage they learn that the jumps can be changed and they must watch and change their jumping pattern. Again the horses that are bred to jump quickly pick up the details. We have done a second round with Zoe and the viseo of it is posted at http://www.mydeo.com/videorequest.asp?XID=1344&CID=159485 The jumps are small yet but her technique looks like a pro. Next week we will have another round and raise the jumps to give more of a challange. It is very important to never over face young horses and discourage them.
In the winter we miss being able to hack out the young horses. This is an important part of their training an development. It is critical for both their young mind and bodies to learn to travel out on the trails.
Wiseman is in full training with Cindy Matheson. He is coming five and will be ready to compete in the five year old tests next summer. He is getting more developed and is looking like a real dressage horse.
Soon it will be spring and training will be back in full swing.
This week we free jumped Zanientha , "ZOE" is her stable name. She had been free jumped last summer in the outdoor arena. Now is the time to introduce her to the fun of jumping indoors. Young horses are always puzzeled by new things in the arena but the "jumping blood" soon comes through and they realize they can jump indoors. This takes several rounds with an introduction and then some smaller fences to give them the feel of the jumps. At this stage they learn that the jumps can be changed and they must watch and change their jumping pattern. Again the horses that are bred to jump quickly pick up the details. We have done a second round with Zoe and the viseo of it is posted at http://www.mydeo.com/videorequest.asp?XID=1344&CID=159485 The jumps are small yet but her technique looks like a pro. Next week we will have another round and raise the jumps to give more of a challange. It is very important to never over face young horses and discourage them.
In the winter we miss being able to hack out the young horses. This is an important part of their training an development. It is critical for both their young mind and bodies to learn to travel out on the trails.
Wiseman is in full training with Cindy Matheson. He is coming five and will be ready to compete in the five year old tests next summer. He is getting more developed and is looking like a real dressage horse.
Soon it will be spring and training will be back in full swing.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Fence Talk
These two geldings looked like they were having an argument over the fence. Could it be"My Dad, Quattro, jumped in more Grand Prix than your dad , Concorde."
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Zanientha for Sale
We are offering Zanientha for sale. She is coming four and has been free jumped, started under saddle, and hacked. "Zoe" is 16.2, very confident and is eager and shows good form over fences. She is ready to to go to work and with her pedigree we expect she should go on to jump at the highest levels.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
First Snow
We had our first real snow and the foals were out for a run. The five of them have been weaned and are setteled with out the mares. We wean gradually with the foals being seperated from the mares to eat pellets for longer peroids of time. Finally they are seperated for the last time. There is two or three days of complaining but it is over soon. Weaning a group is much easier than a single foal as there is a group to keep each other company.Friday, October 19, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Wiseman Photo Shoot
Here are some new pictures of Wiseman (Lord Sinclair/Lancet) that were taken the other day.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Foals for next year
The breeding seasom is over at New Perth Farms and these are the foal we will be expecting for next year if all goes well:
Florentina (Florestan/Pilot) in Foal to Johnson (Jazz/Flemingh)
Verginia (Welt Hit II/Zeolet) in foal to Londonderry
Zinosa (Tango/Purioso) in foal to Lord Sinclair
Vuzarma (Hamlet/Purioso) in foal Verdi (Quidam de Revel /Landgraf)
Virtual Rose (Idocus/Quattro) in foal to Viva Voltair
Veganieta (Jazz/Zeoliet) an ET pregnancy to Sandraeo (Sandro Hit/ Flemmingh)
pregnancy to be carried by Kelsey.
Florentina (Florestan/Pilot) in Foal to Johnson (Jazz/Flemingh)
Verginia (Welt Hit II/Zeolet) in foal to Londonderry
Zinosa (Tango/Purioso) in foal to Lord Sinclair
Vuzarma (Hamlet/Purioso) in foal Verdi (Quidam de Revel /Landgraf)
Virtual Rose (Idocus/Quattro) in foal to Viva Voltair
Veganieta (Jazz/Zeoliet) an ET pregnancy to Sandraeo (Sandro Hit/ Flemmingh)
pregnancy to be carried by Kelsey.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Open House Pictures
The Open House was a huge success!! There were quite a few people out to see the horses. The horses were all dressed up and were presented themselves very well! Here are some of the pictures we took during the open house.
In order from top to bottem the pictures are of: The crowd, Zidje Roos freejumping, Waltzelina and Crispin, Vuzarma and Charlton, Virginia and Celeste, Martha Mellish riding Wiseman, and Ken, Teresa, and Martha Mellish of team New Perth Farms.
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