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Iron Spring Farm -
More Than
35 Years
of Making
History
UB40 is becoming a sire of note with an Approved son
Apache, as well as many breed show and keuring champions
like El Paso ISF (pictured), the Young Horse Champion at
Dressage at Devon, 2010
Photo by Terri Miller
By Christine DeHerrera
Totilas. Exquis Nadine. Ravel. Judgement ISF. These
are just a few of the international superstars carrying the
blood of Iron Spring Farm stallions. For more than 35
years, the farm has made some of the best European
bloodlines available to North American breeders and
developed horse management protocols designed to bring
equine talent to fruition. At the heart of the farm is owner
Mary Alice Malone’s passion for horses.
Champion Bloodlines
Back in the mid-1970s, before importing warmbloods
became commonplace, Mary Alice was determined to
find the best breeding stock available and she began
to investigate the bloodlines in Europe. The first Iron
Spring Farm stallion was the Trakehner, Jadegeist, who
was purchased as a three month old in the U.S. Shortly
thereafter, a trip to Poland was arranged to visit Trakehner
breeders to find new bloodlines that produced athletes with
great temperaments.
“Regardless of whether a breeder has a single mare or
a whole herd, selecting the best breeding stock you can is
essential,” Mary Alice says. As the ISF program developed,
the focus turned to KWPN (Dutch Warmbloods) bloodlines.
Roemer preferent (Pilatus x Cyrano) was a successful
grand prix jumper before his importation. Once in the
USA, Roemer advanced to grand prix dressage and was
eventually inducted into the USDF Hall of Fame. He also
became one of the breed’s most influential sires, producing
four approved stallions and more than 100 Star mares. His
son Mistral competed in the 1992 Olympic Games in show
jumping.
“Roemer was exactly the kind of horse that I wanted in my
breeding program,” Mary Alice said. “He had wonderful athletic
ability, but he was also fun to be around because of his excellent
temperament.”
Roemer’s legacy continues today; he’s also recognized as
an influential dam-sire, counting Rousseau and Exquis Nadine
among his grandchildren.
Other prominent stallions that have called Iron Spring Farm their
home have included Glendale, the dam-sire of Totilas; Juventus,
sire of numerous grand prix horses; Rampal Crown, sire of many
champions, including Ovation ISF, who was exported to Europe,
where he won at CSIO Rome with Markus Fuchs and Consul,
sire of Approved stallion Judgement ISF and Critical Decision, an
international event horse with Missy Ransehousen.
Details, Details
Breeders need more than just quality bloodlines to succeed. At Iron Spring Farm, nutrition and young horse management
programs have been designed to bring equine athletes to their
potential. This information has been made available to breeders
via DVD, the ISF website and in various articles throughout the
years.
“Breeders must pay attention to all of the details—shoeing, feed,
training and health care,” Mary Alice explained. “North American
breeders have made big strides in the quality of horses that are
being produced; but it takes a thoughtful program to help these
horses develop properly.”
One homebred that is the result of careful training and
management is the famous Judgement ISF. This son of Consul
won at the biggest CSIOs around the world, including the
prestigious $1,000,000 CN International Grand Prix at Spruce
Meadows. Judgement represented the United States on 10
Nations’ Cup teams, including the 2002 World Equestrian Games.
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Mary Alice continued, “Judgement is a horse of a lifetime. To
watch him progress from a big, impressive youngster through the
ranks to the international shows was something I will never forget.”
Judgement, retired sound at 18 years old and is establishing
himself as a sire of top sport horses. His offspring have won at
competitions as diverse as the International Jumper Futurity and
Dressage at Devon. Olympic eventer Leslie Law owns and ride
Judgement’s son Zenith ISF. The pair placed second in their first
CCI** Chattahoochee Hills Horse Trials in October, 2011.
The Legacy Continues
A decade before Friesians became popular in the dressage ring,
Mary Alice’s love of beautiful, athletic horses led her to explore
this baroque breed. “Friesians have wonderful temperaments,”
she says. “They truly partner with their people and become part
of the family.”
Careful selection of Friesian breeding stock for movement and
temperament has resulted in an impressive roster of Approved
stallions and exceptional mares at ISF. International Grand Prix
horse Goffert 369 Sport, whose likeness was represented by
a Breyer model, and Heinse 354 Sport, sire of three Approved
stallions, were two of the stars introduced to the North American
market.
Never content to rest on her laurels, Mary Alice has continued to
strive for making the best bloodlines available to North American
breeders. UB40, a Jazz grandson, is the epitome of the modern
dressage horse. His offspring include the Approved stallion
Apache, who stands in the Netherlands, and in the USA, El Paso
ISF, who was named the Young Horse Champion at Dressage at
Devon in 2010.
Another recent addition to the ISF stallion roster is the
internationally successful Grand Prix horse Florianus II. This son
of Florestan I won the Get of Sire class at Dressage at Devon in
2011.
Equal emphasis on quality mares is another reason that Iron
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Roemer preferent was inducted into the USDF Hall of Fame. Not
only was he a successful grand prix jumper and dressage horse,
but he has left a legacy as a sire and grandsire of international
horses
Photo by Susan Sexton
Zenith ISF, by Judgement ISF, is Olympian
Leslie Law’s rising star in eventing
Photo by Emily Daily and Leslie Mintz of the USEA
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Glendale, by Nimmerdor preferent
out of a mare by Marco Polo
preferent, was a successful show
horse and sire. Now, he’s famous
as the dam-sire of horse of the
century Totilas
Photo by Terri Miller
Spring Farm is among the leading breeders each year. Superstar ladies like the keur, preferent KWPN mare
Rabiola and the model, preferent Friesian mare Toltsje
Fan’t Boekehof, have not only won at breed shows like
Dressage at Devon, but have also produced numerous
champion offspring. While some of the horses become
part of the breeding program, many are developed for
competitive careers and sold to riders around the world.
This complete program—superb bloodlines, excellent
health care and careful training—has resulted in more
than 35 years of making history at Iron Spring Farm. As the young stallions’ foal crops mature, the legacy
continues.
Contango won 33 Grand Prix,
including six championships.
He’s the sire of nearly 20 Grand
Prix show jumping and dressage
horses. His son Ravel is the
winner of the 2009 Rolex/FEI
World Cup Dressage Finals
Photo by Terri Miller
Heinse 354 Sport and Mary Alice
Malone were invited back to the
Netherlands to perform at the 125th
Anniversary Celebration of the KFPS
(the Royal Friesian Studbook)
Photo by Terri Miller
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Win-Win “Twinning”
By Lauren R. Giannini
Who, in their right minds, would turn down the opportunity to have another Gem Twist in their string of jumpers? Certainly not Frank Chapot. The Show Jumping Hall
of Famer and Olympic medalist partnered with the stallion
Good Twist to win 21 international classes in the 60s. Gem
Twist, by Good Twist out of Coldly Noble, carried on the
tradition of the Bonne Nuit line by jumping into the international spotlight from 1985-1997.
Sold to Michael Golden, the young gray proved to be
a handful for his owner; but turned out to be just right for
Greg Best, Frank’s student and the duo romped to team
and individual silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, earning
two AGA Horse of the Year titles, ’87 & ‘89. In 1990, Gem
was named “World’s Best Horse” at WEG in Stockholm. He competed successfully with Leslie Howard (AGA HOTY
’92) and with Laura Chapot, racking up an impressive trio
of American Grand Prix Association Horse Championships, one for each of his three riders. It’s all a matter of
equestrian record: you can read about it at the Chapot’s
Chado Farm website, named for their farm in New Jersey.
Thinking Ahead
Gem Twist had been gelded because he was a handful;
but as he got older, Frank, aware of reproductive technol-
Gemini, 2008 foal, cloned from the great Gem Twist
Photo by Candace Dobson
Laura Chapot and Gemini after he was started under saddle
Photo by Candace Dobson
ogy, thought ahead and banked his genetic material with Cryozootech. After Gem Twist passed away in 2006, Frank proceeded
with his plan. Gem’s clone was born in late summer 2008 and
Gemini, sign of the twin, is literally a chip off the old block. Last
summer he spent time at a quarantine facility so that semen could
be collected for shipping to Europe. Once he was back at Chado,
Gemini returned to light work under saddle. A select small group
of test mares will foal later this year, and his first official season
includes several mares booked to him by a prominent horseman.
“It’s amazing how much Gemini looks like Gem at the same
age – his markings, etc, and it’s been a pleasure for my dad
to work with him,” says Laura Chapot. “Gemini has so many
characteristics that are the same as Gem Twist, and it’s really nice
to have that bloodline back – Bonne Nuit was so prominent when
my parents were jumping. The focus was on the carefulness of
the horse. I think the horses are going back to being quite careful. I see eventing going that way also.”
As for the future of Gemini, here’s what Frank Chapot, who took
that Bonne Nuit line and turned it into a jumper dynasty, has to
say: “Why wouldn’t you want to breed to a stallion who’s bred to
be the best stallion in the world?”
Apples don’t fall far from the tree: even though not all foals are
destined for Olympic glory, there is merit to breeding the best to
the best. It has worked for centuries, and now there’s a new Twist
on the scene.
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By Lauren R. Giannini
Put the best mare to the best stallion and hope for the best sums up
the gamble of breeding. The hopes
and dreams that arise during 11
months of gestation escalate when
that spindly, splay-legged foal enters
the world. To fulfill his or her destiny
as a superstar, that foal needs to be
genetically loaded. The high tech of
reproductive science and genomics
isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but suppose you have a chance to resuscitate a great bloodline, one that has
pretty much disappeared: would you
consider cloning?
A number of horsemen have already answered yes. There are
clones of cutting and reining horses,
jumpers, and pony hunters: Rainbow
Connection, Sapphire (the gelding
owned and ridden to 2003 Pan Am
Sapphire, the gelding, Mark Watring who loves the jumper and his honest athleticism,
individual gold by Mark Watring) and
and the clone, Saphir
Gem Twist, to name just three. Also,
Photo Courtesy of Mark & Jenny Watring
some people of means have cloned
a beloved equine for personal enjoyment. From the moment these “twins” are born they dis- of equine clones for commercial purposes. Until 2006 all clonplay familiar characteristics and behaviors, many without ing took place as experiments by scientists: that year, however,
ever meeting their “original.” Clones are opening doors to ViaGen, with then partner Encore Genetics, produced the first
commercially cloned foal: Royal Blue Boon Too, the genetic twin
new knowledge about learned and inherited behaviors.
Yet, for all that clones are replicas, they are unique. of Royal Blue Boon (1980-2011), registered Quarter Horse and
Some people are thrilled, others are offended or apprehen- cutting horse mare with career earnings of more than $380,000.
sive, but one thing is certain: it won’t be long before cloned
sport horses and ponies enter competitive arenas.
The Science
The SCNT process begins with a single mature unfertilized egg
whose nucleus has been removed and discarded; it is replaced
The Birth of Equine Cloning
For hundreds of years, horticulture has utilized clon- by an adult somatic cell from the donor animal. [A somatic cell,
ing or asexual propagation, but reproductive cloning, aka which contains both sets of genes from the donor’s original sire
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) is relatively new. and dam, is any body cell, but not an egg or sperm cell.] The
SCNT celebrated its first success in July 1996 when the resulting embryos are cultured and monitored for normal cell diviFinn-Dorset ewe called Dolly was born in Scotland. In sion and growth. When ready, they are transferred to carefully
early 2003 scientists in Idaho cloned a mule. Later that chosen host mares who, under veterinary supervision, carry the
year Cesare Galli, Director of the Laboratory of Reproduc- developing fetuses to term.
The process involves intense trial-and-error. Hundreds of cells
tive Technology and his team of colleagues in Cremona,
Italy made history when they created an embryo from the might be cultured to create embryos, yet many won’t make it past
combination of an empty equine egg with a skin cell from a the first week and those that make it to the transfer stage don’t aldonor mare and implanted it. The resulting Haflinger foal, ways survive in utero. The science of cloning continues to evolve
named Prometea, was the first successful horse clone: by leaps and bounds, but the jury is still out. Cloning has its enshe was also the first to be cloned from and then carried by thusiasts but also its neigh-sayers. A cloned gelding, of course, is
the genetic donor. DNA testing verified that the foal was born as a colt with full reproductive capabilities and fillies can grow
the exact genetic twin of the donor mare. In 2008, after be- up to be broodmares, so it is a means to perpetuate bloodlines
ing artificially inseminated by a Haflinger stallion, Prometea that otherwise might be lost.
gave birth naturally to a healthy colt.
The first cloned horse in North America and only the third Clones In Competition
in the world, produced by Texas A&M University College
Breeding sport horses boils down to producing equine athletes
of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2005, with the scope, range, movement, talent and brain for their disproduced findings that contributed greatly to the success
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cipline or sport: brilliance is a bonus. The cost of a
clone is about $165,000 (with discounts for any additional live foals born as a result of the SCNT process): that’s a ballpark going price for a horse capable of
high performance level competition. The variables –
nutrition, nurturing, environment, trainer, rider and the
element of luck – make each foal a gamble.
Right now, there are laws in place to prohibit the
registration of clones with the Jockey Club and with
the Quarter Horse Association – no matter what the
originals might have accomplished or how fancily
they are bred. In fact, a 2007 ruling by the FEI (International Equestrian Federation) bans all clones and
their offspring from international competition. A number of old-fashioned horsemen think that’s a bad rule,
including Frank Chapot, who pointed out: “It probably
could not hold up and how could anybody enforce it
unless they take DNA samples? The horses may
have papers, but who knows how a horse is bred? Those papers might be good – or not.”
The live cover stipulation for Thoroughbreds registered with the Jockey Club makes sense in many Rainbow Connection didn’t have time for babies during her 20 year show caways. However, no one can predict what the future reer. Dr. Betsee Parker decided to clone and got Rainbow Reflection, but the
will bring, especially when the classic distance blood- trial and error of SCNT resulted in a “litter” of three more Rainbows, shown
lines of 20 and 30 years ago seem to be headed the here with Oliver Brown, their trainer and handler
Photo by Janet Hitchen
way of the Dodo bird. versely on the so-called level playing field is a specious argument,
For the American Quarter Horse Association, FEI
and other governing organizations banning the registration of at best. Not every great horse is an easy ride. Not every trainer
clones and their progeny: that seems a bit rigid. Who can deny will have the tact to find the right human partner for a sensitive
that the reining world would benefit from foals out of that great and quirky equine athlete. You can put a mediocre rider on a good
broodmare, Royal Blue Boon? As for the jumper world, you’d horse and have some success, but it takes a great rider to allow
have to be a daggone fool to turn down the opportunity to cam- any horse to blossom and fulfill its destiny.
One thing’s certain: time and performance records will tell the
paign the get of a proven performer like Gem Twist via Gemini.
That a bunch of clones in competition arenas would impact ad- tale of the clones: that and the demand for their get.
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Kinesio Taping Human
and Equine Athletes!
By Dr. Beverly Gordon
You might have seen professional and Olympic athletes
wearing what appears to be colored tape on their bodies,
and probably wondered what it was.
Cyclist Lance Armstrong ran the 2006 NY City Marathon
wearing the tape; Olympian volleyball player Kerri Walsh
wore the tape during the 2008 Beijing Olympics; tennis
player Serena Williams, soccer player David Beckham and
Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics are just a few of the
many professional athletes using the tape. Of course, it
is only a matter of time before what is sometimes called
“magic tape” makes its way to the equestrian community.
And not just for the riders, but for their horses as well.
Taping Human Athletes
The tape is known as Kinesio Tape, and was
developed in the late 1970s by the brilliant Japanese
Chiropractor Dr. Kenzo Kase.
Currently, Kinesio
Tape is used worldwide by professional athletes
and health care professionals to decrease pain,
heal injuries and improve athletic performance.
As a Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner (CKTP), I have
personally witnessed the amazing effects this tape has
had on human athletes. Depending upon its application,
this “magic tape” can be used to relax tight muscles,
increase circulation, decrease swelling, increase muscle
work capacity and improve overall performance and
training. Additionally, using Kinesio tape to aid posture,
balance and core strength during training has proven to
be another very successful application for human athletes.
And then there are horses…The growing success
Kinesio taping has had on humans brings an interesting
thought to mind, “If Kinesio Tape works this well on
humans, why not on horses?”
In conjunction with Kinesio Taping Association
International, I have been involved in research centering
on the use of Kinesio Taping Method for horses. The
Little Buddy, a four year old mini who was taped to
increase circulation over a bruised hip
Tyler Amed on 10 year old Belgian Warmblood, Briezer, with
tape applied to decrease muscle tension
science behind the applications of the tape is similar for both
equine and human athletes, however, different taping methods
for specific equine issues and conditions exist. One thing which
remains the same is the winning impact the tape has on healing
and athletic performance.
Applying Kinesio Tape to Horses
Kinesio taping horses includes a huge variety of applications. I
often use the tape in conjunction with other treatment modalities,
such as chiropractic. One benefit of the tape is that it can be used
along with many veterinary protocols such as medications, shockwave therapy, injections, etc. An important quality of the tape is
that it is effectively functioning the entire time it is applied to the
skin, during active training and at rest, and this is a key ingredient
to its success.
Here are two examples of Equine Kinesio Taping applications.
Case No.1: I recently worked with a talented dressage horse
that seemed to chronically have a “weak back”. Understandably,
the trainer was frustrated because she was having difficulty
training the horse. The horse periodically seemed to struggle with
movements which the trainer believed should have been easy for
him and he showed evidence of recurring back soreness. After a
discussion with the trainer and assessing the horse, I determined
the best treatment for the horse would include a chiropractic
adjustment, after which I applied Kinesio Tape. I taped the horse
several times over a period of a few weeks, with slightly different
tapings each time as indicated by my assessment. The horse
trained with Kinesio Tape applied, and improved greatly. I also
taped the trainer for a chronic knee issue which interfered with
her riding. Both the horse and the trainer were taped, and both
performed better as a result.
Case No.2: Application of Kinesio tape for purposes of
improving training and not just treating injured or sore tissues
has shown great success. One of the jumper horses I worked
on recently had been back to work after a long lay off. When I
saw him for his regular chiropractic assessment, an examination
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE “Kinesio tape reduces
swelling, pain and
inflammation, and increases
circulation.”
Justin Thompson, Director
of Golf Wanderer’s Club,
Wellington, FL demonstrates
shoulder taping to aid in stability
throughout golf swing
revealed a bit of myofascitis along with trigger points in the gluteal
muscles, not uncommon in working horses. He began training
with the tape applied and after a re-examination he was greatly
improved and the trainer said he noticed the horse would fatigue
less quickly and train better.
Specific Kinesio taping applications applied during exercise
improves overall training potential and this use of the tape has
proven to be of great value for performance horses!
Some equine conditions (I am only listing a few here) which
have responded well to Kinesio taping are: swelling/filling and
inflammation, sacroiliac, back and hip issues and muscle tension
and pain. I have found that lymphatic and support tapings for
issues resulting from suspensory and other damaged lower leg
structures also work very well.
So, now you know the source
of that mysterious tape seen on
professional and non-professional
athletes. Kinesio Taping Method is
used by human athletes all over the
world and because of its success,
it is becoming increasingly popular. And now we can use it to help our
equine athletes as well!
For more information you can
contact me by visiting
www.TheHorseInMotion.com.
Until next time,
Dr. Bev Gordon
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STALLION DIRECTORY
Claire de LuneSE
Caballos de los
Cristiani Presents
Toltec TCV 4 yr. old Pure Spanish Stallion 16:2 H
Watch our entire stallion video collection at
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Rashka
Oldenburg approved stallion, 16.3 hands
Highest stallion-testing score in history!
Twice USDF highest median score ever!
2010 USDF HOY Training & 1st levels
Often scores perfect 10s for walk & canter
All foals have been Premium ISR/Oldenburg
And Grade I SWANA
Little Bit Farm, Inc., 815-476-2911
Stud fee $900 LFG select mares
www.littlebitfarminc.com
Legacy’s Conquistador
Del Sol
Sire/Dam: (Don Juan x Lolita)
16.2 hand Black PRE Andalusian
Cria Caballar Revised
Conquistador is a true gentleman and has a
great disposition for the lateral and collected
work. Showing 4th, Debut PSG in Wellington
2012.
www.legacyfarmsofjupiter.com
CLAIRE DE LUNE SE
7y Holsteiner Contendor/Largo/Alme
A Superstar producing champs
‘09 YEH finals CHAMPION
‘09 BWP Bronze medal for Eventing.
2010 BWP Silver medal for Eventing.
Offspring: 2010 #2, #3, colts
BWP national standings.
#1 in FEH year end finals 2010, 2011
Sefarm.com 805-551-6336
Chaleon
Calido/Caletto/Rossini
Chaleon is one of the country’s best hunter sires
producing correct, attractive offspring
with great movement and spectacular jump
winning at the top of the sport.
Contact: Matt Davis
Farm Name: Crooked Willow Farms
Tel: 303.681.2209
Web: www.crookedwillowfarms.com
ALOTA GATOR BAIT
17.2 TB, Bay
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kline, DVM
Maplewood, Ohio 45340
937-492-2451
For more info: www.woodlandviewequine.com
Tempranillo
2000 17 hh imported KWPN by Calvados Keur
Out of Ilobria Keur Pref (Damiro x Transvaal)
Approved CWB Bronze Premium CSH
Competed 3rd level dressage 1.20m jumpers
Sires elegant, athletic offspring who move with a
lot of suspension and jump in phenomenal form
Standing at Klondike Victory Farm Alberta
See our whole line-up of 5 imported stallions at
www.kvf.ca 403-748-3070 stud fee $1,250 cad
Photo Kim Houghton
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IDEAL
Inschallah/Zeus/Furioso II 16.2
1985 Approved Imported Oldenburg
The most successful producer of Premium Foals
in the entire ISR/Oldenburg history. Sire of
Dressage Eventing and Jumper Champions
For amateurs and professionals producing
consistent quality for 20 years
Stud Fee $1,100 LFG carol@ultimatepiaffe.com
www.ultimatepiaffe.com 503-638-7716 ph
FLEXIBLE
Cruising/Flex/Safari 16 H
1996 Imported ISH Stallion
Pictured at 2010 Rolex FEI World Cup Final
Highest ranked Irish Sport Horse on the
World Ranking list for Show Jumpers
Breed to one of the few U.S. based Stallions
currently competing both Nationally and
Internationally. Stud Fee: $2,500
www.FlexibleGrandPrixJumper.com 503-638-7716
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STALLION DIRECTORY
NORTH FORKS CARDI
Welsh Cob FEI & CDI Ch. Sport Pony, 14.3
1/2 hh Championships Training - Intermediaire
1, scores to 73%. At Devon he won Born
in the USA Stallion Ch., East Coast Series
Final Breeder’s Ch. Stallion, and RPSI Ch.
Stallion. Cardi is an ideal cross to produce
kind, trainable sportponies and sport-horses
with extreme suspended gaits. Approved
Weser Ems, RPSI, & NASPR. winterlakewelsh.
com & eqequestrian.com for video & foals.
541-746-4760
Bugatti Hilltop
Bergamon-Rubinstein-Donnerhall
1998 Hanoverian, 16.3H, Stud Fee: $2000
Received 9’s on character, temperament, gaits &
rideability at 70-day test. FEI winner, proven
sire with approved sons, Elite/Premium mares,
& show champions in-hand & undersaddle.
Contact: Hilltop Farm www.hilltopfarminc.com
breeding@hilltopfarminc.com or 410-658-9898
Valoubet
1998 BWP Belgian Warmblood Stallion
Galoubet A (Alme) x Feo x Ferdinand
16.1 h
Impressive pedigree. Successful jumper.
Extensive show record. Easy temperament.
Stud fee $1,000.00 www.elseyhorses.com
Contact Carolyn at 281-734-9764
or elseyhorses@gmail.com
Flamenco 9050
Flyinge Flamingo 481 x Lankella by Lansiar
1991, Chestnut, 16.1h, Approved
Swedish Warmblood Stallion.
FEI Dressage with scores in the 70s thru GP
Standing at Stud in Wellington
Fresh $1,500 Frozen $1,200
Contact Leif 561-762-9020
For more info and to see video, visit
www.freespiritfriesians.com
UB40
Olivi x Michelangelo
2001 16.2 hand chestnut KWPN stallion
Winner Get of Sire Dressage at Devon, 2010
Sire of: Apache—KWPN Approved Stallion,
5 2010 KWPN-NA Top Five award winners,
and El Paso ISF, Champion Young Horse
Dressage at Devon
Prix St. Georges winner
www.IronSpringFarm.com
610-383-4717
Malachi
Malachi, 16.2-hand Approved Trakehner Stallion
Sire: Advocate *Ps* (Graditz *E*/Abdullah *E*)
Dam: Imported German Mare - best bloodlines
Competed successfully in jumpers, eventing,
dressage & hunters.
CH/RES at many breed shows.
Sire was successful open jumper.
Stud Fee: $1,100. EVA Negative. Shipped
Semen.
Ph: 260-468-2392
kim@looncreekenterprises.com
DACAPRIO
(Davignon I/Caprimond/Laterit)
Elite Hanoverian Stallion, 16.2h
Internationally known as a sire of the
highest quality sporthorses. Also standing successful Elite Stallions Fabuleux (Fabriano/Augustinus xx) and
Liberty (Lauries Crusador xx/Gimpel)
AHS, GOV, ISR/Old, CSHA
Bridlewood Farm - 859-485-6000 www.bridlewoodhanoverians.com
Bayron 885
Premium A imported Swedish Warmblood
1990 16.3 h Bernstein - Utrillo - Gaspari
1st place gaits - 1994 stallion test in Sweden
walk-8, trot-10, canter-9, temperament-10
Competed PSG/I1 by Susanne Gielen of Flyinge
Proven sire of champions in Sweden & USA
Stud fee: $750 + $250 booking, LFG
Contact: Margo Brady/Brady Equestrian Center
218 789-7704 mturkish@msn.com website:
www.starwestonline.net/pages/pages/bayron.
html
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