Nov. 5, 2011: At the MAHB Hanoverian inspection and MPT, Hhot Tamale was presented for stud book inspection where she received an overall 7.0. She then did the MPT where she outperformed all the other mares, winning the MPT with an overall score of 7.83. She received 8's for rideability, walk, trot, canter and jumping technique and a 7 for jumping ability. I received the MAHB trophy for high score MPT owned by a MAHB member. This is the third time for me to receive this award!   Read More...

2011 Stallion Test at Silver Creek Farms in Oklahoma, Final testing days November 10-12: Sir James was the only three old entered in the test and the staff said he was the best three year old they have tested so far. He finished the test in 4th place overall with a score of 112.24, 3rd in the dressage and 7th in the jumping. Highlights include 9.5 character and temperament, 9.0 trainability, 10 constitution, 8.6 trot, canter, rideability, walk and 8.25 cross country. His jumping scores ranged from 7.0 to 8.25.   Read More...

FOR SALE: New Video- 12-19-11, 10 days after the one taken and shown below. She was a Premium Foal at her GOV inspection in 2008 and now in 2011 she is entered into the main mare book with excellent scores. At the same time, she completed the Mare Performance Test with a final score of 6.83. She will be perfect for the smaller lady rider for dressage or perhaps hunter????   Read More...

FOR SALE: New video taken just 10 days after the following one.   Read More...

FOR SALE: New Video 12-17-11. Showdown and Sharpshooter are making me proud as a breeder. I bred their sire, Shakespeare RSF, and if all of Shakespeare's offspring are like these two, my gut feeling about Shakespeare's qualities have been confirmed. Showdown's dam EM Amulet was just named reserve champion mare in the USDF/GAIG Mare Championshipo at 2011 Dressage at Devon at age 15. We will continue to update all of the riding horse videos as their training progresses. They are on a very steep learning curve at this point of their training! Here is his video taken 12-17-11:   Read More...

FOR SALE: The young horses make such rapid progress at this stage, I can hardly keep up with new videos. Here's a session on 12-19-11, taken just 9 days after the first video posted below this one:   Read More...

FOR SALE: New Vodeo 12-17-11 One of two that are the first Shakespeare RSF offspring to go under saddle- Showdown is the other one (so far!). If they are all like these two, I will be a very happy person! Sharpshooter is world class, in my opinion. Since they are just 2 1/2, they are ridden just a few days a week, and it is all I can do to keep John and Cara from riding them every day.   Read More...

FOR SALE: New video taken 12-20-11, only 10 days after the one below (they make such rapid progree in this stage of training, I can hardly keep up with new videos): Look at this really super dressage prospect under saddle for only one month:   Read More...

FOR SALE- Whalter's training was put on hold a bit while we spent the spring and summer preparing Sir James for the Hanoverian stallion licensing and 70 day test, and preparing 10 (!!!!) mares for the Oldenburg Mare Performance Test. Here he is in a video taken Dec. 11, 2011:   Read More...

FOR SALE: Ghoody- one week later- getting better! There are horses that are naturally born on the bit and those that need to learn how to move over their backs to the contact. Ghoody is in the latter group. You won't recognize him in a few months. He was sent off to be broke, and the woman I use doesn't teach them to lunge in side reins, so all of this going on contact is new to Ghoody. This is the third time he is ridden on our farm and there are already glimpses of what he'll look like in the future. He has only progressed to having loose side reins on the lunge and is just starting to seek the contact. Meantime, get yourself a bargain before his price goes up reflecting further training.   Read More...