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Welcome to Century Ranch

Breeders of quality KWPN horses

~ Great Expectations of 2011 ~

It's a Colt!!!
Galaxy CR - SOLD
Born June 1, 2011
*Olympic Silvano x Juventus x Rubinstein*


It's a Filly!!! - SOLD
Glorhianna CR
Born July 31, 2011
*Sir Gregory x Wellington*


It's a Filly!!!
Godiva CR - SOLD
Born July 15, 2011
*Jazz x Flemmingh* 

It's a Colt!!!
Game On CR - SOLD
Born JuLY 31, 2011
*Balou du Rouet x Olympic Ahorn*


It's a Filly!!!
Gizaliena CR - SOLD
Born July 31, 2011
*Weltmeyer x OO Seven x Farrington* 
 

Give yourself the Winning Edge

Start with the BEST!

~ 2010 Successes ~

It's a Colt!!!
Free Spirit CR - SOLD
Born July 15, 2010
*Freestyle x Flemmingh*



It's a Filly!!!
Fantacha CR - SOLD
Born July 28, 2010
*Flemmingh  x Olympic Ahorn*

~ 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

News

April 16
We have had a tragic event in our lives that has changed us forever and for awhile we were not sure how we would go on or if we would continue with the horses but it has been the wonderful horse friends we have made over the years that have given us the most support with their kind words and friendship. THANK-YOU, you all know who you are! Even when I don't have the strength to reply each email means so much.

For now we will continue on with the horses and are expecting an amazing foal crop this year:

* Jazz x Flemmingh (Weltina) * repeat of last year's beauty
* Sandro Hit x Olympic Ahorn (Sacha) * a cross I have been wanting for years
* Sir Gregory x Wellington (Laura) * repeat of last year's beauty

August 22
I am super slow with updates but all our FABULOUS FOALS have arrived and we are so impressed with each of them!  A really super foal crop from so many new stallions for us!  Pictures posted soon...

June 15
Galaxy CR has arrived!!!  This Olympic Silvano colt is incredibly talented with amazing gaits showing through from the start. So athletic with a canter that floats on air!  His conformation is near perfect with long legs, amazing topline, and power in the hind with all the right angles!  He has a beautiful head with big expressive eyes that beg for scratchess every time he sees someone coming. Super friendly, I always leave him with a BIG smile on my face. More pictures and video as soon as it stops raining!!!!

Laura is next up any day now and we are really excited about this cross. I always thought the Sir Donnerhall line would be perfect for her and Sir Gregory is even better!  The Sir Gregory foals I have seen so far are really impressive and he is most definitely stamping them!  Can't wait!!!s

May 26
We're still here!!!  Sorry I have been so slow with the updates. It has been a long cold winter and now a SUPER busy spring.  We are very anxiously waiting for Poska to have her very rare and special Olympic Silvano foal any day. Then not too many weeks later Laura is due to foal a spectacular Sir Gregory! Oh I am so EXCITED!!!

Then less then a month later in July Weltina, Sacha and Wyaliena will present us with a VERY talented line up!  All 3 of these foals are under contract in-utero so there will be some very excited people when they start arriving!

We also got some AMAZING news of Classico CR aka 'CR' (Olympic Silvano x Olympic Ahorn) winning Reserve Champion at his first ever dressage show with scores over 70% with an international judge after only a couple months under saddle. This is a very special boy and his owner adores him!

We have been busy trying to get our farm back in order after a large herd of elk and deer came for a visit this winter to eat our prime horse hay and tear down a lot of fences. More bayco and electrical on order for us! Then more shelters and water lines so we can utilize more of this lush green 160 acres!

January 1
We hope everyone had a happy holiday and rang in the New Year with some cheer! We are super excited about all the foals coming this year. Especially with Jazz being the #1 Dressage sire on the WBFSH Sire rankings for the third year in a row and legendary Weltmeyer still in the top ten at #7. Olympic Silvano N has also often been the highest ranked FEI Dressage stallion in the world, in a long and brilliant career

We've had incredible reports from the new owners of Free Spirit and Fantacha. We miss them so much when they leave and always love to hear how they are doing!

Things have been super hectic with our new baby Noah's birth and the holidays and if we have missed your phone call or email PLEASE call or email again. Now that things are back settled down we hope to get back on track. We had a wonderful call from a lady before Christmas but we weren't sure on the number in the message so we were unable to call back...please try again if you read this!

December 8
Free Spirit and Fantacha left together very early Sunday morning and we couldn't be more proud of them. It was a cold morning, pitch black and they loaded like pros into a horse trailer they had never seen before. Horses are such AMAZING animals with the trust they give us!  Both arrived safe and sound in their new fabulous homes. We are so excited for both of the new owners of these very special foals...what a wonderful Christmas it will be!

We have finally had time to list all the foals we are expecting in 2011! It is quite a line up and the most foals we have had to date in one year. We are offering in-utero sales.

*Olympic Silvano x Juventus x Rubinstein* (Poska)
*Sir Gregory x Wellington* (Laura)
*Jazz x Flemmingh* (Weltina) - Under Contract
*Balou du Rouet x Olympic Ahorn* (Sacha) - Under Contract
*Weltmeyer x OO Seven x Farrington* (Wyaliena) - Under Contract

December 1
Big Congratulations to Mindy Kutzner of Washington on the purchase of Free Spirit! Mindy has had her eye on this fabulous boy as her next up and coming star and we know they are going to make an incredible team. We can't wait to hear about their successes in the future!

October 17
We finally got some new footage of Free Spirit and what a joy to watch! He has so much suspension and elasticity it's like he has springs on his hooves! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rFqmIzgnkQ

October 10
Avelina has done it again! She earned Reserve Champion Dressage Mare in the KWPN NA Keuring Tour this year. We are so excited for her and her new owner Jessica Eagles!!! From the time she was born with a full moon shining over our barn she had such a sparkle in her eye! I am sure there will be many more posts yet about Jessica and Avelina's future successes!

We finally had a nice fall evening and got some new photos of Free Spirit and Fantacha! We feel so blessed to have such incredible foals ... both my back pockets are filled!!!

September 24
Avelina earned her STER predicate and was 2nd of all the dressage mares at the Iron Spring Farm Keuring!!! FANTASTIC NEWS! We sold Avelina to Jessica this spring and she now lives in beautiful New York. I still remember the night Avelina ...was born ? she was so special from the start. Way to go Jessica and Avelina!!!

August 17
A HUGE congratulations to Susanne Kavalec of British Columbia on the purchase of Fantacha. Susanne had been anxiously waiting for a filly from either Sacha or Weltina and was super excited to hear Sacha delivered her another dream filly. Fantacha will join her 1/2 brother Classico and Eliena later this year to complete an amazing trio of horses for Susanne. We are so excited for them to have such a SUPER home!!!  We can't wait to see what the future holds for these talented horses and Susanne...lots of updates coming soon I'm sure!

August 17
Good news! I love good news!!!  This spring Angela and Jody Kostiuk purchased Notorious in foal to OO Seven from us. Tori delivered a stunning filly for them. Just recently Angela gave us the fantastic news that their gorgeous new filly was 1st PREMIUM at the German Oldenburg Inspections!  We are super excited for them to have such a top filly! Way to go!!!

To ease some of the pain from last week I spent some special time with the new foals. What a perfect way to bring a smile to my face...they are just so sweet and love attention! Free Spirit was posing up a storm and I got some great new photos of him. He is just so fantastic...LOVE this cross!!! His temperament is BEST!

Free Spirit - Freestyle x Flemmingh

August 14
All the foals have arrived but there is good news and bad news.

I'll start with the good news first...
Another jewel of a jewel was born (Flemmingh x Olympic Ahorn) from our treasure chest of a mare Sacha. Sacha is is truly a once in a lifetime mare and this new filly IMO has already been crowned 'Queen of the Pageant'! Exact same as her full sister Weltina except she has a big blaze to go along with her fancy 4 white socks! She moves like there isn?t any ground beneath her. Very happy, happy, happy...can you tell I am HAPPY!!!

Fantacha - Flemmingh x Olympic Ahorn

Now the bad news...
We had the greatest joy early Monday morning, August 9, when Wyliena foaled an absolute stunning Prestige colt and the darkest hour when he passed in our arms Tuesday night after a battle too strong for his young soul. Fresco was a fabulous clear bay with a lightening strip down his dished face, 4 socks and a unique stripe on his right hock. He had the sweetest temperament. You just never know what's around the corner in life.

Rest in Peace Baby Fresco - Prestige x OO Seven

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!

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.

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!

(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.

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!!!

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!

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~

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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