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!

More Foal Pictures

The foals are growing very fast these days and seem to get bigger every time you look at them! They are all very friendly and love to visit.

Sometimes the best place to ride is in the field!

It is nice to get out of the arena and do some field work a few times a week. The horses love it and it is also a lot of fun! Here are some pictures of Megan and 4 year old Zijde Roos(Burggraaf/Hofnar), enjoying the big field!

Breeding Update

Breeding Update.

It is nearing the end of June and the time when the mares having “early foals” must be already in foal. Here in Prince Edward Island spring does not come early ! Because of this we do not want foals in March or earlier. There can still be snow and most definitely be red mud in the turnouts. We have some large pens which were previously used for cattle but we still like to have fields for the foals to run in soon after they are born.

We checked Vuzarma pregnant yesterday. This gives us five pregnancies to date.

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.

To follow, we have two more mares not yet bred. The later foaling Virtual Rose and Verginia who has not shown us regular cycles. We have put both of these mares on P&E and expect them to be ready to breed in about two weeks. This will be good timing if they get in foal then as the five earlier mares will be all our foaling facilities will handle.

The five mares all are in foal to first service with frozen semen. Although there is an element of luck involved in breeding mares we think it is an area which requires very careful management and that good management is rewarded.

Here are some of the things that we do to get our mares pregnant. Most of it is common knowledge but here goes!

1. Buy good semen. We purchase from reputable stallion owners and rely on their advice plus check out other breeders results.

2. Have healthy mares. We are fortunately working with younger mares who are on pasture in a group.

3. Check for signs of heat carefully. We do not use a teaser stallion but any “strange” horse will do for a few days then use a different gelding or mare.

4. We are very fortunate to have a very well informed repro vet who lives near by and gives us excellent service. Dr Ed McAulay from Montague Vet clinic does all our repro work and is a large part of our breeding success.

5. Scan/palpate early in the cycle to avoid surprises.

6. When there is a 38+mm follicle we give HCG. Theoretically ovulation should take place 32hrs after the injection. If the mare is already planning to ovulate she will go on her own so if the follicle is larger we will start checking every six hours.

7. Check the mares for ovulation every six hours. This is essential as the frozen semen is viable for only six hours.

8. We breed post ovulation. In spite of our best efforts we do not do well predicting ovulation. Large, soft follicles can be large soft follicles six hours later.

9. We inseminate using deep horn technique with “Mini Tube” catheters.

10. We are meticulous about thaw times and avoid cold shock past thaw.

11. We use full doses.

With all this there are some mares that do not conform but that is what keeps life interesting.

More foal pictures.

The most recent filly Viva Voltaire/Idocus/Quattro was out for a walk with her dam Virtual Rose today. She does not have an official name yet but the current top of the list is Diva Rose.

Virtual Rose has a filly!

Virtual Rose had a filly(Viva Voltaire/Idocus) early this morning. She is bay with a small star, two small socks on both front legs, and two tall socks on both back legs.

Breeding Update

Breeding News

We are in the midst of breeding season. Almost all of our mares are bred using frozen semen. and the breeding protocol requires that insemination with frozen semen must be within six hours of ovulation. This can mean ultrasounds in the middle of the night !
However, with good semen, good heat detection and rigorous adherence to the ultra sound schedule by a good vet we are very pleased with our conception rate. Mares are always unpredictable compared with other livestock we have worked with so breeding is a challenge. We usually breed post ovulation because even with ultrasound predicting ovulation is very difficult.

Last week Veganieta (Jazz/Zeoliet) checked pregnant to Brentano II. We are excited about this breeding as this mare needed a bit more bone and Brentano II should bring more bone, rideability and great movement. We expect this cross will give us a big horse but we like big horses!

We also have bred and ready to preg check next Monday Florentina (Florestan/Phonix ) to Sir Oldenburg, Waltzlina (Jet Set/Haarem) to Johnson and Vuzarma (Hamlet/Purioso) to Concorde. Bred this week is Zenosa (Tango/Purioso) to Lord Sinclair in an attempt to get another foal like this years Lord Sinclair filly.

To come is Virgina (Welt hit II/ Zeoliet) which we plan to breed back to Donnatelli and Virtual Rose (Idocus/Quattro) who has not foaled yet. We will make the final descision on what to breed her to when we see the foal.

Up date June 9th. Florentina checked pregnant to Sir Oldenburg and Waltzlina checked pregnant to Johnson.