In a nut shell for 2009...
Sandor joined our herd in the Spring time, he hails from Shelly White's Curly Standard Place, he is sired by none other than the sensational *Sandman's Magic and is out of the lovely, fluid, forward moving Dutch Warmblood/Arab mare, Vanity (aka Legacy). We are still in joyous disbelief at having such a quality incredible stud colt here. We have very high hopes for Sandor's future in the dressage and eventing rings as well as for being our future herd sire. Thus far he has proven himself to be incredibly intelligent, have an expansive and giving heart, movement to die for, and is perfect in every way; we are smitten with him to put it mildly and couldn't be more thrilled to have him here. Thank You Shelly!!!
In July and August we had four foals, all sired by our lovely Curly stallion, *Rhys.
Lyra gave us a lovely gray filly, Rogue (Rogue Sky Warrior).
Epona gave us a gorgeous miracle, a pinto palomino filly named Rora (Rain Dancer Aurora).
Tiska (our Hungarian Warmblood) gave us a stunning bright bay filly, Ravyn.
Star gave us our only colt this year, not sure if he's true black or a very, very dark bay, he sure is snazzy with a lot of chrome though! Riot (Riot Storm Chaser).
All of the foals are extremely intelligent, very social, easy to train and work with, filled with character and spunky personalities, just an absolute wonder to interact with each of them every day.
None of our mares are bred back for 2010, although we do plan to breed back a couple of them for 2011 foals. We shall see how all of that plays out when it happens!
We also have a wholly unexpected addition, hailing from the south, our little Georgian Peach, "Memri" (aka Enjolique Remember Me) from Lisa Wytiaz's Bash Curl Farm II. Memri is a rich bay filly, born Memorial Day of 2008. Memri is sired by the Dutch Warmblood, Dressage Horse producing phenomenon, Ruben O, and out of the exceptional Curly mare, BCF Exantheus Keoke. We have very high hopes for her following in her siblings' hoof falls, competing at the highest levels of dressage at the least, possibly eventing, depends where her heart lies, we can not thank Lisa and Bash Curl Farm II enough for making Memri's entrance into our lives such a smooth and uncomplicated transition, not to mention having the foresight to put her parents together in the first place to create such an exceptional being!! Thank You Lisa!!; we are eagerly awaiting her cross country traverse and subsequent arrival, pics to follow upon her arrival!
Since I've no pics, here's a link to her most current Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp-4EHpcbjY
This year we will be focusing on continuing Rhys, Lyra, Epona, and Star's under saddle training. Ground work with all of the youngsters, and lightly starting Xandra under saddle.
We will be getting out to as many in-hand competitions with the youngsters as possible and hope to have a re-appearance at this year's Puyallup Fair.
I will try to be more diligent at keeping this blog updated this year!
Best to You all in this New Year!!
~Heather
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