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Welcome to Century Ranch
Breeders of quality KWPN horses
~ Great Expectations of 2010 ~
It's a Colt!!!
Free Spirit CR
Born July 15, 2010
*Freestyle x Flemmingh*
 
*Prestige x OO Seven*
 
*Flemmingh x Olympic Ahorn*
 
Give yourself the Winning Edge
Start with the BEST!
~ 2009 Successes ~
It's a Colt!!!
Extraordinaire CR - SOLD
Born May 19, 2009
*Flemmingh x Olivi (Jazz)*
It's a Filly!!!
Elicha CR - SOLD
Born July 6, 2009
*Freestyle x Flemmingh *
It's a Filly!!!
Eliena CR - SOLD
Born August 2, 2009
*Sagnol x OO Seven*
It's a Colt!!!
Eurhythmic CR - SOLD
Born July 31, 2009
*Olympic Ferro x Olympic Ahorn*
~ 2008 Successes ~
It's a Filly!!!
Datacha CR - SOLD
Born July 28, 2008
*Balou du Rouet x Olympic Ahorn (Sacha Prok)*
It's a Colt!!!
Deven C- SOLD
Born June 7, 2008
*OO Seven x Flemmingh (Weltina Ster)*
~ 2007 Successes ~
*Prestige x Wellington (Laura Keur Elite Sport Dressage)*
It's a Filly!!!
Cintaura CR - SOLD!
Born Mother's Day - May 13, 2007
*Olympic Silvano N x Olympic Ahorn (Sacha Prok)*
It's a Colt!!!
Classico CR - SOLD!
Born July 26, 2007
*Balou du Rouet x Orame (Visa)*
It's a Filly!!!
Coco Chanel CR - SOLD!
Born May 29, 2007
 
~ In-utero sales are available ~
~ Some of the 2006 Successes ~
 
Atacha and her dam Sacha
Atacha was the Pineland Farms Breed Show winner of Yearling Class, Filly Championship,
Young Horse Championship, and THEN Reserve Grand Champion of the Entire Show!
  
Weltina Ster and her dam Sacha
Weltina Ster ~ Best Mover of the Keuring Award ~ Top Ten 2006
KWPN-NA Keuring Tour
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News
July 23
Well lots of news again!
The foaling has begun and we have a breathtaking colt from Weltina. The
cross is just so fantastic and this colt is just as talented as his sister last year. We
are so pleased!!! He was born in the afternoon in a shelter during a terrible rain and
hail storm...mares will surprise you every time. Luckily the shelter was full of soft new
straw and all went well. Once Jason got reception on his cell phone he came home and
carried the fancy new colt 500 feet to the barn in the pouring rain. I still don't know
how he did it...this is a big colt! Weltina adores him as she does all her foals and
everyone is doing very well. We are still debating a name but think it may be Free Spirit
... it just suits him so well...look at him and his mom go at only 2 days old!
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Congratulations to Susanne Kavalec of British Columbia on the purchase of Eliena who has
happily joined Classico, the fabulous colt Susanne bought from us in 2007. Susanne reports
that Eliena trailered the entire way (12 hours) like an angel and has settled in
perfectly. She sent us some photos of her just before she left and in her new home. Such a
beautiful filly ... another great partnership about to begin!
 
June 18
It seems no matter how much I try to get updates done it never happens...sorry!
Summer has come and there is just so much to do!
We have lots of news with the horses. First Notorious was sold to Angela and Jody
Kostiuk. Tori was in foal to OO Seven and had a stunning filly for her new owners!
We can't wait to visit and see them both soon.
Avelina has moved to beautiful New York and has lots of new plans in her future with her
new owner Jessica Eagles. She will go into training with Angela Sasso and be bred to
magnificant Rousseau. We can't wait to hear the updates from this fabulous mare and
her wonderful new owner!
There is a sale pending on Eliena. She is such a sweet filly! The only horses we will have
for sale then are the upcoming foals and the mares are finally getting closer to foaling.
We are very excited to see some fabulous new and proven repeated crosses. With the mares
later this year we are considering not breeding a few and catching them up. There may be
only 1 or 2 foals for next year.
April 19
Wow how time flies! I am so behind on updates again but with a good reason ... we
are having another baby!!! Soon it will be 3 under 3...wonderful (and busy) times ahead!
On the horse front Eurhythmic left for sunny warm Florida to join his 1/2 brother Bronson
and arrived happy and healthy! The Callahan's say he is definitely a 'keeper'.
Simply a gorgeous colt in every way from Sacha yet again. Always a winner!
Nancy Steger has kept us up to date that Elicha is doing very well in her new home and is
as sweet as ever. Gosh I loved that filly! Kristin Thielsen also updated us on
Extraordinaire and from the 'green' pictures she sent he is developing into one amazing
young man...watch out for those 2 in a few years!
We have finally posted the mares we are possibly selling on the sales page. We are looking
for some great homes for these special girls!
January 28
Elicha has left for her new WARM home in California and we just got news that she
has arrived safe and sound! Nancy said she handled the trip very well and is super
sweet. I bet Elicha thinks she is in heaven in WARM California after the winter we've had
here in Canada!
So with Elicha now in California and Eurhythmic leaving soon for Florida poor Eliena is
going to be all alone and we don't want that! She is for sale now and is the most gorgeous
filly with the top bloodlines of Sandro Hit and Rubinestein. I took a couple new pictures
of her in the snow the other day I will post on her page but here is one...she shedded out
so black.
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We are also doing some reorganizing around here trying to keep things manageable and
may have some mares for sale. We rarely sell any of our mares as we absolutely cherish
them so this is a rare offer that may yet disappear (I really LOVE our mares). I will post
more soon or email us for details.
January 1st!
Happy New Year Everyone! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Best Wishes
to All!
We had a really fun Christmas with 2 very excited little boys and lots of new toys! They
took turns riding their pony Rocket bareback. Ponies like Rocket are worth a million...the
kids just LOVE him!
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(Check out that riding form already at 2)
It has been a fantastic year for us with some really SUPER foals. One of our best foal
crops yet. I really can't wait for next year with a BIG surprise...our jewel producing
mare Sacha is going to have another WELTINA!
Our 2010 foal lineup is as follows:
007 X Noteworthy (Notorious)
Freestyle x Flemmingh (Weltina)
Prestige x 007 (Wyliena)
Flemmingh x Olympic Ahorn (Sacha)
November 28
I am VERY behind in updates AGAIN! Sorry. It's just so hard to get updates done
with the help of a 2 an 1 year old pressing keys :) I must wait till the wee hours
of the night and hope what I write makes sense! But we have some BIG NEWS!
HUGE Congratulations to Nancy Steger of California on the purchase of Elicha CR! I am so
proud of each of the foals this year, one of our best foal crops. So it is not surprising
that this very special filly also has quite a fan club which is VERY much deserved! Elicha
is the best...simple as that! Can you tell I really love this filly? Nancy has big plans
for Elicha and we can't wait to hear about their many successes in the future!
Each of our horses are part of the family and it means so much when they go to such
incredible, incredible, incredible homes! Thank-you again to all the great new
owners for being just so GREAT!!!
We have one more incredible filly for sale, Eliena CR.
She was the last to be born and it took me forever to even post she was born let alone get
pictures/video...very sorry. She has blossomed so much this past month and is such a
beautiful filly!!! Combining Sandro Hit blood with Rubinstein and double
Doruto...who can go wrong?
(She has since shedded out almost black..WOW!)
September 24
Where to begin? I am VERY behind in updates.
HUGE Congratulations to Kristin Thielsen of Washington on the purchase of Extraordinaire!
Extraordinaire has quite a fan club across the country (if he only knew)
but Kristin is the lucky new owner. She has been in love with Extrodinare 'aka' Jazzy
from the time he was born. Jazzy has tons of charisma and charm in an amazing
dressage powerhouse package. When Kristin came to visit him and he laid down in the field
right beside her ... partners for life! We know we will be hearing about their successes
in the dressage ring in the future.
 
HUGE Congratulations to the Callahan family of Florida on the purchase of Eurhythmic!
Eurhythmic also has a big fan club across the country already. The Callahan's
already own Sacha's colt Bronson and were looking for another. They were waiting patiently
for Sacha's special day and were happy to hear she had yet another jewel of a foal to add
to her treasure chest...Eurhythmic CR. By the 3rd foal E names were getting harder to
think of but thanks to the Callahan family for coming up with such a fantastic name for
their new very special colt! Eurhythmic will be joining his big brother Bronson in
Florida in the new year once he is old enough to make the big trip.
We just took some new video of Elicha CR and I posted it on the sales
page and Elicha. I am so in love with this
filly...the same I feeling I felt for her dam from day 1. No wonder Freestyle has a German
dressage index of 151 and the highest in NA standing for 2 seasons in Europe. We are so
limited on time with our own babies or this filly would not be for sale...she is destined
for great things!
Eliena is ... well ... drop dead gorgeous! Yup that sums it up! She is developing
very nicely and just loves life. Her little hooves rarely touch the ground. Check out
her new page Eliena. It is easy to see why
Sagnol is producing foal champions every where at the inspections this year.
This 2009 foal crop is really amazing and we are very proud of each foal!
I also want to make a BIG note of one of the best stallion owners we have met ... Jennifer
Arnoldt of Dreamscape Farms! She goes above and beyond to not only bring some
absolute top stallions to NA breeders but also to do everything in her power to get the
mares in foal. Kudos to Jennifer!!! Before we were primarily frozen semen
breeders but are incredibly happy with our Freestyle and Sagnol foals. So much Weltina is
in foal to Freestyle again!
We also have had lots of incredible updates on the horses we've sold. I will be updating
the 'updates page' very soon!
Not to be undone ... the BIGGEST NEWS is Ryley and Ethan have a new pony Rocket.
 
(and yes that is Weltina in the background wishing she had shorter legs so she could
be Ryley and Ethan's new pony. She just loves kids!)
August 13
Once before, 6 years ago, we saw a filly move with such extravagence as Elicha
and that was her dam Weltina. We knew as soon as Weltina was born she was very
special and we can see the same in her daughter. Weltina went on to earn her Ster
predicate, win Best Mover of the Keuring and make the top ten in all of North America for
her movement during the KWPN Keuring. If your looking for that 'special one' then
Elicha could be the one for you. More pictures on Elicha's page and a video coming soon...
 
July 31
They're ALL finally HERE!
It's a boy! Oh lala...he is magnificent. Sacha delivered another jewel for her
treasure chest of the most precious gems! He is so BIG with the longest perfect
legs, incredible topline with a huge shoulder and lots of power in the hind. He is a bay
with black points, 2 hind socks and a small bit of white on a front leg and a bit of white
for a star. He just oozes charisma and presence...you know your standing in the presence
of something VERY SPECIAL when you're with him...oh what incredible foals Sacha has.
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It's a girl! So elegant with a china doll head! Wylie delivered
an exquisite bright eyed beauty on August 2nd. The filly is a really dark mahogany
brown with black points, dorsal stripe and only a little white on the back of one
hoof. Leggy, uphill and ready to GO! Quite some legendary bloodlines in this
one...Sandro Hit, Rubinstein, double Doruto and an awesome dose Landadel to boot!
 
July 18
Our new filly, Elicha CR, is just glorious!!! Her legs are just too long to
accomplish much grazing :) More photos on her page Elicha
CR. She has the same naturally talented movement as her dam and oh so
beautiful!!
July 6
It's a girl! And...one of the fanciest and prettiest you have ever seen!
Dark bay with blaze and 4 white socks. Weltina is in love and so are we! This dynamite
filly combines some of the most sought after dressage bloodlines and after one look at her
you know why. She has the type, build and temperament all a perfect package. She is
incredibly friendly and is already following us everywhere. We had a hunch this was 'the
cross' and boy oh boy it sure is!!! More pictures and name soon...right now I am
calling her sweetheart because she is just such a 'sweet' filly.
We've posted a few videos of Extraordinaire on youtube. Check out the
sales page for the videos.
June 8
Extraordinaire! I am
definitely slow at getting this posted but we do have a name for our gorgeous new boy
"Extraordinaire"! This is the first word we thought of when we saw him. He is
just so perfect. Long legs, strong topline, powerhouse hind and beautiful head...and
then when you watch him move WOW! His uphill gaits show a great front with plenty of
suspension and power. He is true to his 'extraordinary' pedigree.
Here are a few pictures of our magical new boy...can you see the sparkle in his eye!
  
May 20
It's a boy! Avelina delivered an absolutely gorgeous Flemmingh colt May
19th at 10:30pm. She has been in for a couple days with this unbelievable spring snowstorm
and we let her out for a while tonight. Well we brought her back in, she nickered to us
and then laid down and had her beautiful new boy! She's such a sweet personable
mare. He is really big and she had a bit of a time getting him out. She's a little tired
but did super job and oh how she LOVES him. She licked him from head to toe and nuzzles
and knickers to him constantly. No time to wait...he was up and visiting right away. He is such a friendly boy and follows
everyone around already. Dark red bay, gorgeous dishy head with a big star and one sock,
very uphill with a well muscled build and long gorgeous legs. He's perfect...just
perfect! We're so excited to get such a fabulous colt especially with Flemmingh's
passing and no semen available now!!! Name and pictures coming soon.
May 4
Congratulations to Dr. Shannon Lemons of Colorado on the wonderful purchase of
Deven CR. Deven has a heart of gold and was born wanting to be your best friend. Not to
mention being a fabulous mover with an exciting dressage future. He's been 'dancing' since
he was first born...so light on his hooves just like his dam.
Shannon reports he has arrived in Colorado safe and sound and what a well mannered boy he
is. Shannon is an incredible home and we can't wait to see them in the dressage ring
together in the next few years!
Only a few more weeks to go and we will have our first foal of the year:
* Flemmingh x Olivi (Jazz) x Olympic Lancet x Doruto x Amor*
Avelina is huge and is definitely looking like she is ready to have a foal prancing beside
her! What a dressage sensation this will be. The Flemmingh x Jazz combination has
proven VERY successful time and time again with such champion KWPN stallions as Johnson
and Vivaldi. Avelina comes from a very strong dressage damline and we correspond with the
owner of her Doruto granddam in Holland often. Her grand dam passed away last year and
ironically her last colt was by Jazz and is being kept a stallion. Great expections for this foal!!!
February 9
Congratulations to Alissa Cue of Rohan Wood Stables on the exciting purchase of
Datacha CR. There was quite a lineup of wonderful new homes for Datacha but Alissa was the
lucky one to take her home to Nova Scotia. Datacha arrived safe and sound after a week
long trip across Canada and Alissa reports she is settling well into her new home. Datacha
is to be Alissa's future Grand Prix mount and we can't wait to see them in the competition
ring!
All the mares are enjoying the sunny warm weather we have been having. Spring is in the
air and we can't wait for some new foals to start arriving. Avelina will be the
first to foal the middle of May! This foal will probably come out with all the top level
dressage movements preprogrammed already J
Also there is a new video of Deven posted on the sales page. An
excellent deal right now as we will be increasing his price soon. His is a top quality
colt!
December 24
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! We wish everyone the best in the
coming New Year!
We will be expecting 4 new exciting foals in 2009:
* Flemmingh x Olivi (Jazz) x Olympic Lancet x Doruto x Amor
* Freestyle (Florestan) x Flemmingh x Olympic Ahorn x Farrington
* Sagnol (Sandro Hit) x OO Seven (Rubinstein) x Farrington
* Olympic Ferro x Olympic Ahorn
~In utero sales available~
November 18
Sorry for any delays in emails and website updates lately. We are happy to
announce the arrival of our beautiful new son, Ethan Joseph Miller, on October 9, 2008. We
feel so blessed to have 2 wonderful boys! Ryley thinks his new brother is great fun
already...here's a picture of the 3 boys and a proud new dad!
 
October 3
WOW NEWS AGAIN! Atacha Ster made the TOP 5 of the entire 2008 KWPN-NA
Keuring Tour! In total she earned her Ster predicate, Top Dressage mare of the
Keuring and Top 5 of the entire Keuring! This is the same awards her sister Weltina
earned in 2006. Pretty impressive results! Way to go Sacha for producing such
absolute treasures.
Not sure if everyone knows but we are expecting our second baby any day now and with our
14 month old son Ryley we are going to be super busy this winter. Thus we are offering the
foals at reduced prices for a limited time. Both foals are super special and deserve
more time then we will be able to give this winter. The best homes are most important to
us! We have new pictures of both foals posted on their pages - Datacha and Deven.
Datacha has now shedded out into a dark liver chestnut - take a look!!!
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Datacha and Deven
September 30
MORE WOW NEWS!!! The 5 year old KWPN mare we bred, Top Secret (Western
Lady), is continuing her winning streak at Spruce Meadows earning 1st in the $750
Friends of the Meadows Amateur Barrage, 1st in the $500 Friends of the Meadows Amateur
Welcome and 3rd in the $500 Friends of the Meadows Jr/Am Welcome as published in the Horse
Sport Magazine.
September 15
MORE WOW NEWS!!! Debbie just gave us some fantastic news! Atacha by Metall
out of our prized mare Sacha just earned her STER predicate and TOP Dressage mare of the
New England Keuring! BIG Congratulations to both Debbie and Atacha. Atacha has always been
such a beautiful ballerina from the moment she was born. Debbie sent this picture of
Atacha's extravagant movement that earned her fabulous scores with the judges.
September 10
WOW great news about, Cheval 'aka' Hershey, a gelding we bred a few years ago. He
is a SUPER JUMPER with lots of talent in the jumper ring. His owner, Alexis, just
emailed a fabulous update of the 2008 show season that can be found on the Updates page. To quickly summarize he was very successful
in California at the thermal show grounds, Spruce Meadows and both Rocky Mountain
Classics.
September 3
NEW PICTURES of the foals Datacha and
Deven!!! Video coming soon too!
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Datacha and Deven
August 3
SPECTACULAR!!! One word sums up this filly. Sacha, as always, has done it
again! Datacha is only a few days old and she has amazed us in all areas...she's
gorgeous, she moves effortlessly, and she LOVES people!
Eyes closed making a Wish!!!
July 28
Sacha delivered a sparkling beauty to add to her treasure chest of jewels at 3:55
am this morning. I don't know how to describe this unique filly other then strawberry
blonde (lots of gold) with loads of chrome, perfect legs that go on forever and the
prettiest head. She is exquisite! She came running up to us as soon as she could
stand. We just love her!!! Jason has nicknamed her "Freckles" because she
has dark dots in her huge white blaze...just like her DAD!!! Official name and
pictures coming soon...
Datacha CR
Balou du Rouet x Olympic Ahorn
July 22
Each year when the foals arrive we fall in love with each one of them which makes
selling them hard. Deven is NO exception! His temperament is right up their in the
record books and his movement is exceptional. But we simply do not have time especially
with our own 2nd baby due in October. Thus we have put Devan for sale and you can find
more information about this fabulous colt on the sales page.
July 2
With our own little man, Ryley, time is harder to come by for giving
updates...sorry! We're trying to keep up!!!
Everyone is doing really well and we are finally having some sunny weather! There
has so much rain we've had to mow the pastures or we wouldn't be able to see the horses :)
Deven CR is growing like crazy. He has definitely
inherited his sire and dam's movement...WOW!!! So much impulsion, reach and power!
 
June 7
Weltina delivered a big handsome bay colt by OOSeven at 3:30am. He has an
incredible zest for life and was up and about in no time checking out his new
world. Mom and foal are doing wonderful! Weltina LOVES being a mom!
May 20
Weltina is sizing up gorgeously and we expect her to give us a new treasure soon.
She is so relaxed and motherly as the big day grows closer. We took this
picture of her and Ryley:
Sacha is looking utterly fabulous in her pregnancy bloom with the Balou foal on it's
way in July. This foal should be nothing short of spectacular with the blending of so
many Olympic bloodlines.
April 9
Sorry if we haven't replied to your email. We have had some email issues this
past while. Everything should be working now!
Great new update about one of the horses we have bred. Western Lady,
show name Top Secret, has been winning at Spruce Meadows these
past few weekends. She has developed into a very talented jumper!!! Read the updates page about Western Lady's successes and some of
her Spruce Meadows results!
The KWPN breeding indexes have been published and we were super excited
to see the results! The most successful young stallion, with offspring between 7 and
9 years old competing, is Olivi (by Jazz x Aktion). He scored 158 points
and has a breeding reliability of 83%. Our new mare, Avelina, is by Olivi
out of a Lancet x Doruto x Amor mare. There is an exciting future ahead for Avelina!
January 26
Congratulations to Irene and Ron of Ironhill Equestrian
Centre on the EXCITING new purchase of our imported KWPN mare Laura Keur
Elite Sport Dressage in foal to Olympic Silvano N!!! They have big plans for Laura
and we couldn't more happy. She will return to the competiton ring and still have
fantastic babies through embryo transfer. Irene and Ron have just built a dream new
facility which we know Laura is going to love. Irene wrote us a wonderful update we
added to the updates page...Laura is "already the darling
in the barn"!
January 1
Happy New Year! We would like to thank everyone who has supported our
breeding program this past year. Wish you all the best in 2008! We are very
excited about the new foals coming this year.
December 25
~Merry Christmas from our family to yours~
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Ryley on his little horse Skippy!
December 15
We have had so many wonderful updates from the new owners we thought we'd make an
Updates page!
December 6
Classico has left for his new wonderful home with Susanne Kavalec! The
Kavalec's made the trip from Abbotsford BC to pick up their new treasure. We had a
wonderful supper together and we couldn't be more happy that Classico is going to such an
incredible home with tons of love. Archie, our cute little mini, was weaned with
Classico and Susanne decided to take them both. They are 2 red heads and make quite
a team. We hope they can both help bring a bright new future with lots of smiles for
you Susanne!
November 15
We have a new addition! The stunning KWPN mare Avelina *Olivi (Jazz) x
Olympic Lancet x Doruto x Amor* has joined our program. Avelina descends from very
famous and internationally successful bloodlines. Her movement illustrates what this type
of breeding can create...a dressage powerhouse!
November 6
It has only taken us over a year :) but I finally got some pictures from the 2006
Keuring of Weltina where she showed off her talents gaining her Ster predicate, winning
Best Mover of the Keuring and making the Top Ten for all North America. She also
jumped very well and would have gained her Ster predicate from that as well. Just an
amazing mare and in foal to the black dutch dressage king 'OOSeven' for 2008.
November 1
Coco Chanel has left for her new home in California. She is such an fun
athletic filly. She was so stunning from the minute she was born black as night and all
that chrome! With the snow on the ground here I bet California is sounding a lot
better! We know Laura and Coco will have a great partnership!
October 21
Cintaura has left for her new home. She is such an exquiste filly who has a
temperment worth gold and movement to match! We look forward to hearing about the future
successes of Kathy and Cintaura in the dressage ring!
We also have news about Sacha's Concorde filly Zacorcha. She LOVES to jump and moves very
well (but then what foal of Sacha's doesn't move). They have taken her to some shows this
year and she was very successful. Great promise on the horizion!
October 15
More fantastic news from the
young rider, Alexis, whom bought Chevel aka 'Hershey' a 5 year old Oldenburg gelding we
bred. What a team they are! We are so proud of both of them!!! Below are the
highlights of their show season:
"The show season is now over and as my older horse went lame and never came sound
again, Hershey ended up being the replacement despite his age. I could not ask for a
better horse. He has not once stopped or hesitated at anything. He tries so hard to do
what you are asking him to do. I thought this show season was going to be a serious train
wreck but thanks to how brave that little horse is it ended up being amazing. We took him
to the 3 Spruce Meadows summer tournaments (Skyliner, Canada One, North American) and
although we weren't winning, we were placing often enough against much older, much more
experienced horses. He consistantly went clear in the 1.10m division during those three
weeks. After that we took him to the two Rocky Mountain Classic shows at Anderson Ranch
where we competed in the 1.10m again for the first week and then bumped up to the 1.15m
for the second week. The fence height doesn't really seem to matter too much to him
because he seems to feel the need to jump 1.30m over everything. He was the youngest horse
in his divisions over the course of all of these shows as he just turned five at the
beginning of this summer. He is a joy to ride and a joy to have around. My trainer Marilyn
Dixon who used to compete on the Irish Olympic Team is incredibly impressed by him. If not
this year coming up, then the next year she thinks that we will be able to enter him in
some of the smaller FEI classes like the BP cup which is held in the International Ring at
Spruce Meadows. He shows amazing potential and tremendous scope and he is as brave as
anything I've ever ridden. Last weekend we took him to the Cochrane Pony Club out on the
cross country course and he jumped everything without even blinking.
His flatwork needs alot of work so for the next couple of months we are just going to
focus on some dressage in order to strengthen his topline muscles and get him turning
better of the leg. We couldn't be happier with him.
Thanks again for breeding such a great horse!"
Here are 2 links to some pictures taken of him at the Anderson Ranch shows. Amazing
Pictures..Take a Look!!!
1)http://web.mac.com/cansportphoto/Site/07RockyMtn2FriGranPrix.html#2
2)http://web.mac.com/cansportphoto/Site/07RockyMtn1SunGranPrix.html#40
October 9
We are very saddened to hear the news that Flemmingh has passed away. He
was an incredible stallion that we very much valued in our breeding program with the
offspring Weltina Ster, Witaura and Bravo whom we kept as a stallion prospect despite his unfortunate
injury. Bravo's resemblence is remarkable! Quality always Wins!
RIP Flemmingh - You are a legend!
September 28
Congratulations to Susanne Kavalec on the purchase of Classico!
We didn't even get a chance to put him on our sales page and I can tell you why!!!
Classico is one of the most captivating foals we have had. He has such charisma with
his love of life! Not to mention he is stunning to look at and shows unlimited
talent. We look forward to hearing of Susanne and Classico's future successes in the
dressage ring!
August 5
We received some great news about Bronson (Navarone x Sacha) from his
new owners in Florida. We cannot tell you how wonderful it is to receive emails like these
about the horses we have bred that have gone on to such great owners! Sacha's foals
are such treasures.
"I wanted to give you an update on Bronson. He is doing well with training. We
are spending a lot of time on day to day stuff. His mind has been exceptional. He learns
quickly and I might add energetically. There is no drag in his step. His growth has been
good and he finally grew a Florida coat. We could not have asked for a better horse. All
is well."
July 29
Sorry for any delay in emails or phone calls but after 14 years we decided to
make it official and were married this past weekend. It was a beautiful intimate wedding
with our immediate families in a gazebo on the shore of Buck Lake with a perfect summer
sunset. Who could ask for more?
BIG NEWS worth the wait...Sacha delivered another
jewel on July 26th to add to her treasure chest of the rarest gems. Classico,
Olympic Silvano N x Olympic Ahorn, is a VERY BIG sabino chestnut colt with a huge
blaze and 4 white socks. He is the tallest foal we have had to date and is perfect in
everyway. He was up and standing on his first try and hasn't laid down since! VERY FANCY
colt with an unlimited future! Olympic Silvano N was a grand prix jumper before turning to
the Grand Prix dressage ring with Conrad Schumacher and Ellen Bontje which turned into
years of winning on the Dutch team and Olympic medals.
 
Classico
Olympic Silvano N x Olympic Ahorn
July 23
Congratulations to Laura Frantzen on the purchase of Coco Chanel!
Coco is a gorgeous jet black filly that loves doing acrobats in the field. She is so
athletic and her jumping talent shines through with some very good movement as well.
We look forward to seeing Laura and Coco in the California jumper ring in a few
years!
We finally have some new pictures and video of Devino!
This big boy is quite stunning to look at with strong fluid movement and has an absolute
wonderful temperament. He is going to make some lucky person very happy!
July 8
Rare Opportunity!
This year there are big changes that are happening in our home life with the coming
addition to our own family and we are making some very difficult decisions with the horses
and are offering Laura Keur Elite Sport Dressage
for sale in foal for 2008 to the legendary Olympic Silvano N.
This decision has taken a long time and we aren't guaranteeing we won't change our mind
yet...she truly is a VERY special mare.
Laura is a once in a lifetime horse!
June 18
All the mares and foals are
doing super even with all this wet weather we have been having lately. I hope the summer
sunshine returns soon! We are anxiously waiting for Sacha's special foal to come at
the end of July.
We have decided to put Coco Chanel CR for sale. We have our own 'special surprise' coming
at the beginning of August and know there won't be a lot of time this year for these
incredible foals! Check out the sales page for
more information on Coco. It is a great
opportunity to own a fabulously bred black beauty!
June 7
Congratulations to Kathy Davey on the
purchase CINTAURA! Kathy has been wanting a foal from
Laura and when Laura foaled such a stunning filly this year Kathy came to see Cintaura as
soon as she could and it was at match! There has been quite a demand for this dressage
powerhouse filly. Everything about Cintaura is so perfect. She has breathtaking movement,
elegance and power, beauty and above all a wonderful personality. We can't wait to see
Kathy and Cintaura in the dressage ring in a few years!
We feel so blessed this year with such beautiful fillies! After seeing Cintaura
we're really excited to see Sacha's foal by Olympic Silvano N (Prestige's sire) coming in
July. Coco Chanel is getting more beautiful each day!
We also received a WONDERFUL update from the young rider whom bought Chevel aka 'Hershey'
an Oldenburg gelding we bred a few years ago. It is truly wonderful to get such
updates about the horses we have breed and sold to such great people that
have done such a fabulous job developing the horse's potential and talent. Thank-you to
all!
"I thought I should update you on how he's coming along. We've
recently shown him at the Bow Valley Classic at Anderson Ranch and at the recent show in
Northlands. He has been competing in the 1.00 meter and 1.10 classes posting consistent
clear rounds. He loves to jump! We have a few pictures of him and he always puts in a
tremendous effort over the fence clearing it by at least 6 inches every time. He has the
potential to jump much higher than he his now and is very brave. He doesn't ever stop at
fences. I enjoy riding him alot and will be competing him in the Spruce Meadows Skyliner,
Canada One and North American competitions in the 1.10m division and depending on how that
goes (because of his greeness) maybe bump up a division. If you've got some time you
should come watch him because he really is worth seeing. Thanks for breeding such a great
horse. He is really going to be something. - Alexis"
May 30
We have another filly! Coco Chanel is a beautiful midnight BLACK filly
with 4 whites and a blaze by Balou du Rouet. Very fancy girl! She is so black she almost
shines blue. Visa delivered textbook perfect at 12:10am May 29. Mother and daugher
are doing really well!
May 24
Sorry things are taking so long
lately but I finally have some pictures of our new beauty queen Cintaura! She is such a dynamic mover to watch...
if you have seen Prestige move then you already know how she moves right along side her
incredible dam.
Practicing the Pirouette!
May 15
We had the most wonderful Mother's
Day Surprise!!! At 12:20am Sunday morning Laura delivered a stunning Prestige
filly with a dainty china doll head, huge shoulder and very uphill build. This girl knows
how to make an entrance! She is a dark bay with a big star and cute snip. We are very
impressed by this gorgeous girl - she has so much presence already! More pictures and name
coming soon...
April 30
Witaura and Allianda have arrived safe and sound at their new home in New Mexico.
They are settling in really well. Jane has already been riding Witaura and she is entered
in her first show in a couple weeks time. Very exciting! Allianda will be having another
year to finish growing in big open pastures before starting her career.
Bronson has arrived in sunny Florida! Quite a change of pace from our terribly cold
spring here in Alberta. Reports are that he is doing really well and he is shedding
his winter furries like crazy!
April 22
Congratulations to Jane and John Bagwell of New Mexico
on the purchase of both mares Witaura and Allianda. Jane has a Flemmingh/Wellington
gelding she bought from Edward Gal in Holland that she competes 4th/PSG. She loves the
cross so much she bought both our mares with the same bloodlines as her gelding. Witaura's
breeding almost identical and Allianda's the inverse.
It was wonderful to meet Jane and John when they flew up to spend a couple days with the
girls. After watching Jane ride Witaura we knew it was a great match. Jane brought so much
out of Witaura in such a short time and Witaura was so happy. Allianda gave us a few
laughs as she showed off 'her stuff' around the arena.
Witaura and Allianda left for their new home with Jane and John in New Mexico today. They
both have very comfortable box stalls for the entire trip! We know they will be
excited to have some drier ground after the weeks of snow/rain we have had that has left
us with some very muddy pens and pastures. We look forward to hearing about both mares
successes in the future!
Bronson also left for his new home in Florida on Saturday. We were so impressed by this
boy for loading onto the huge semi-truck and trailer! He just walked up the big ramp and
into boxstall and was ready for his new adventure!
It was pretty sad around here this weekend with Witaura, Allianda and Bronson leaving but
we look forward to Laura's Prestige foal due in the next couple of weeks to add some new
joy!!!
April 15
Awesome 2 for 1 deal on our sales page!
Visa in foal to Balou du Rouet is available for sale. We are leasing Visa for the
season but her owner is looking to sell her and with our own baby on the way we are going
to be limited in time and have agreed. This foal, Balou du Rouet x Orame, should be
able to jump the moon with such a loaded pedigree of the best in jumping breeding –
Baloubet du Rouet, Indoctro, Capitol, Ramiro, Alme Z, Cor de la Bryere, Contender and
more!
March 30
Congratulations to the Callahan's of Florida on the purchase of the
exceptional colt Bronson. Bronson is by Navarone out of our
treasure producer Sacha. Bronson is a wonderful mover and
has the Olympic bloodlines to be very talented jumper. His future will be full of
successes. I am sure he will definitely enjoy the 'big change' of weather in sunny Florida
compared to the very cold spring we are having this year!!!
February 20
We finally have some new footage of Witaura completed and uploaded to Witaura's page. The weather has not been cooperating for videos -
we received almost 3 feet of snow. We attempted to clear some of the snow to make an area
for her but the footing was still not the best. Witaura still loves to strut her
stuff!!!
We also completed some footage of Allianda and uploaded it to Allianda's page. She is turning into one spectacular filly!
January 21
Flemmingh receives the award for being the Best Dressage Horse
Producer in the USA by the USEF - United States Equestrian Federation!
Flemmingh leads the pack by far - way to go Flemmingh!!!
We have decided with all the new foals coming in the spring and our own recent news that
we will also be expecting a baby next summer that we will reduce the sale price for Bronson. He is a real treasure with much sought after
bloodlines. It is a wonderful opportunity to own an offspring from Sacha whom is one of
our top producing mares. He has loads of talent for sport and a wonderful and kind
temperament to truly enjoy!
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