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Scroll down to see O' Million  Dollar Baby (Ovation/Briar), O'Boy (Opus x Brava Cor Ray), R Corde  (R Cor Ray/Rashka), Razzmatazz(Rashka/Olympic Ferro), Rashanga Z II (Rashka/Contango), and Mya (Masterpiece/Opus).



O' Million Dollar Baby
(Ovation x Brilotta)

O' Million Dollar Baby
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This January 2017, ISR/Oldenburg filly was premature, but she is one of the best dressage foals we have had. 

Sire: Ovation is a 2009, ISR/Oldenburg stallion, standing 16.3 hands.  A huge, elastic mover with a sweet personality, he had the highest dressage score at his stallion inspection.  He scores in the 70s and 80s, with 9 on gaits and lateral movements.  Among his annual HOY awards for USDF and ISR/Oldenburg, is USDF HOY 3rd Level Freestyle with a score of 76.000%. His sire, Opus, is Dutch registered and ISR/Oldenburg approved. He was 2006 USDF #1 Dressage Breeding Sire (2nd in 2005 and 2004), # 1 NA/WPN Dressage Breeding Sire for both USDF and USEF since 2004, and # 1 Producer of ISR/Oldenburg Premium Mares and Horse of the Year winners since 2005. Opus received a dressage score of 140.59 at his stallion testing, one of the highest ever. He received the only 9 given in the gaits category (by all 4 judges), and one of only two 10's given in ridability! Opus has won 2nd place four times at Dressage at Devon and qualified to 3rd level by 5 years old. Ovation’s dam, EM Windspiel (Weltmeyer x St Pr Argronomia/Argentan/Pik Koenig) is an elite Hanoverian mare with a world-class pedigree. She is by the legendary Weltmeyer and out of a state premium mare by Argentan. Windspiel was USDF HOY with her amateur owner at levels 1 and 2.

Dam: Brilotta is by Briar.  At 16.2+ hands, she is a beautiful type with correct legs and huge bones - a freer mover than her sire, by far.  She was a Class I filly, and the year of her inspection she was the only foal given a 9 on her trot by SWANA. Briar is a 17 hand stallion who, for 7 years, was the highest ranked dressage stallion in the world. In 2008, he was Champion of Aachen, the world's most prestigious competition.  He has been to the Olympics twice. (In 2000 at Sydney, he was the youngest horse to compete.)  He has won silver and bronze medals in 4 European Championships, competed in 7 World Cup finals, 2 World Equestrian Games, and is winner of 6 Swedish Championships and has 16 International wins at Grand Prix in several different countries.  Briar has produced 8 approved sons (2 being winners of Sweden's stallion test) receiving 10s for rideability and gaits.  Brilotta’s dam, Carlotta II, is an incredible moving Trakehner mare, imported from Germany with a top performance pedigree that can't be found anywhere.  She is an OSB mare, to whom the Trakehner Verband gave a score of 54 (77%).  She is the only daughter in North America of the outstanding jumper Elite Kasparow, who won his 100 day test in Neustadt Dosse with all licensing scores at least 9, and a 10 on his walk.  Carlotta's dam Coquette is by the Premium and Elite stallion, Tivano.

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O' Million Dollar Baby, June 2017



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USDF DSHB 2017 Colt/Gelding Horse of the Year

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Personality Plus Pedigree!  Born 3/18/2017, O’Boy is a premium ISR/Oldenburg colt, reserve champion colt of his inspection site.  He is elegant yet substantial like his dam, with incredible movement and freedom in the front end like his sire, Opus.  O’ Boy is very friendly and confident, a beautiful type, bred for both dressage and jumping.  Undefeated in the show ring and winning championships at every show, O' Boy was high score of the USDF breed show at Circle E Equestrian in Green Bay, WI., with an 80+%. At Fields & Fences on August 6, he was in the 80s again and high score of the entire show.  He has very substantial body muscling for such a young colt, yet still is a very pretty type, suitable for a dressage or jumper prospect, and his huge, elastic movement makes him a definite stallion prospect.  He is going to be the one to watch for in the young horse under saddle and over fences.

Sire: Opus is Dutch registered and ISR/Oldenburg approved. He was 2006 USDF #1 Dressage Breeding Sire (2nd in 2005 and 2004), # 1 NA/WPN Dressage Breeding Sire for both USDF and USEF since 2004, and # 1 Producer of ISR/Oldenburg Premium Mares and Horse of the Year winners since 2005. Opus* received a dressage score of 140.59 at his stallion testing, one of the highest ever. He received the only 9 given in the gaits category (by all 4 judges), and one of only two 10's given in ridability! Opus has won 2nd place four times at Dressage at Devon and qualified to 3rd level by 5 years old.

Dam: Brava Cor Ray is 16.3 hands and has breathtaking movement. As a 2 year old, with limited showing, she placed both at Dressage at Devon and in USDF HOY standings. Her sire, R Cor Ray, has wonderful bloodlines, type, and movement. Although he was injured as a yearling and has a slight irregularity, you can still see his jumping and movement ability. His sire Raymeister is the most winning horse in USDF history, the highest scoring stallion at the 2002 Stallion Performance Test, a three time winner at DAD, consistently scoring 9 gaits, 2005 USDF Leading Dressage Holsteiner with an average score of 78+%, 2006 USDF Horse of the Year, and sire of approved ISR/Oldenburg stallion Rashka, who has the highest score in the history of all US stallion testing, 164.86. R Cor Ray's dam Condina is by the legendary Cor de la Bryere and is a full sibling to the approved Holsteiner stallion, Condino. Brava Cor Ray’s dam is Paloma, an International Grand Prix Jumper and imported Westfalen mare who has won over $118,000 in her career. She was Gold Medal Winner of the mare show (mare approvals) in Germany at 3 yrs. old, and was shown as a Grand Prix Jumper all over Europe, where one of her most successful partnerships was with Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum.  She was never out of the ribbons, even with 19 different riders (including several children), and was a wild card for the United States World Cup. Her pedigree includes the wonderful jumper lines of her sire, Pit I by the legendary Pilot. Pit I is a premier sire of show jumpers including Paloma, Perina (Meredith Michaels), and Picadilly (Debbie Winkler). Paloma's dam is by Ramiroff, a Ramiro son.

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O'Boy and Brava Cor Ray
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O' Boy - April 2017

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Brava Cor Ray and O' Boy


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R Corde
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June 2019

Born 4/11/17, he is 16.1 hands as a two-year-old. Now a gelding, he is elegant and a free mover with an awesome brain. Sweet, but timid. he's a perfect amateur future mount for FEI dressage. He is stalled every night and handled daily.


Sire: R Cor Ray has wonderful bloodlines, type, and movement.  He is approved ISR/Oldenburg, and although he was injured as a yearling and has a slight irregularity, you can still see his jumping and movement ability. His sire Raymeister is the most winning horse in USDF history, was the highest scoring stallion at the 2002 Stallion Performance Test, a three time winner at DAD, consistently scoring 9 gaits, 2005 USDF Leading Dressage Holsteiner with an average score of 78+%, 2006 USDF Horse of the Year, and sire of approved ISR/Oldenburg stallion Rashka, who has the highest score in the history of all US stallion testing, 164.86. R Cor Ray's dam Condina is by the legendary Cor de la Bryere and is a full sibling to the approved Holsteiner stallion, Condino. She has produced an I.J.F. winner, all premium foals, and an approved stallion, Creighton.

 

Dam: Royal Highness is by Rashka and out of Her Highness by Hohenstein.  She was high score of her foal inspection site with 8.6 for type & conformation, 8.4 on movement, 8.5 on overall impression, for an overall score of 8.5!  She is very easy to ride, extremely soft in the bridle, covers the ground like any of the best Grand Prix Olympic dressage mounts, and can do everything with ease due to her elastic back end and free-moving, floaty front end.  Besides being very pretty, 16.1 hands, anyone will fall in love with her brave soul and friendly personality.  Her sire, Rashka, won his 30-day test with the highest score in all US testing history,164.86, receiving a perfect 10 on his canter from all judges. With under saddle scores as high as 91+%, he is from four generations of USDF Horse of the Year winners. Rashka's sire Raymeister is the most winning horse in USDF history.  Her Highness is registered and EMC Hanoverian, and premium Oldenburg NA, one of the few by Hohenstein (2002 Trakehner of the Year). The mare's dam, EM Dulany, was American Hanoverian Society HOY, and her grand dam, Diva, is a full sibling to 2002 100 Day Test winner, Di Vinci.


R Corde  June 2019

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Born 5/10/17, a colt by Rashka out of Zabella by Olympic Ferro. He is premium for ISR/Oldenburg and high-score foal of his inspection site.  Large, balanced, and expressive, he is also incredibly flashy with a lot of chrome.  Razzmatazz shows very uphill carriage and great elastic movement. His gaits are always commented on by all judges.  “Mr. Mellow,” he is very friendly, confident, and easy to handle in all situations, yet fancy enough in the ring to always be winning.  He won Reserve Regional Championships and is now leading USDF HOY for yearling colts and geldings.  He is destined for the dressage ring yet has potential enough to be a Grand Prix jumper prospect as well.  He may be our best stallion candidate in the last few years.

SireRashka is an ISR/Oldenburg stallion who won the 30-day test with the highest score in all US testing history,164.86, receiving a perfect 10 on his canter from all judges. In 2008, he won 41 classes straight including the Midwest Training Level Championship, with under saddle scores as high as 91+%. He is from four generations of USDF Horse of the Year winners. Rashka's sire Raymeister was the highest scoring stallion at the 2002 Stallion Performance Test, is a three-time winner at Dressage at Devon, and has won firsts at Regional USDF in-hand and dressage championships. Ray was the 2005 USDF Leading Dressage Holsteiner, 2006 USDF Dressage HOY (T-4) and is consistently scoring 9 gaits. His foals are winning USDF/Cosequin Championships, inspection sites, and HOY awards. Rashka's dam Tashka is a premium ISR/Oldenburg and AHHA approved mare by Opus. She is an 8-time Horse of the Year winner (4 USDF & 4 ISR/Oldenburg), a multiple regional championship winner, and a DAD Suitability winner.

 

Dam:  "Bella" is a very beautiful,16.1+ hand, true black, sweet natured KWPN mare, with incredible elastic gaits (especially in her trot and canter work). She is also approved premium ISR/Oldenburg. Very clean, expressive, uphill flying changes with good lateral work. She is not only suitable for the upper levels of dressage, she also displays a rare honesty to fences with good hunter form and rhythm. Her sire, Olympic Ferro, competed at the 2000 Olympics and assisted his team in achieving a team silver medal, with an individual score of 74.92%. Ferro produces beautiful, typey, talented offspring of the highest quality, with fantastic toplines and an elegant look. In addition to their excellent dressage ability, Olympic Ferro's offspring also make good jumpers. Zabella's dam, Nirvana, is by Fleming, and her dam sire is Calypso I by Cor de la Bryere. She is a well-balanced, modern type Dutch mare, standing 16.2 h. At her 2004 kuering, Nirvana received a First Premium and her "Ster Predicate" ranking.

Razzmatazz September 2017
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Razzmatazz September 2017
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Razzmatazz, July 2017

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July 9, 2017


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Rashanga Z II

Born 5/11/17 this filly is a full sibling to Rashanga  Z.  She was premium and  filly champion of her ISR/Oldenburg inspection.

 

Sire: Rashka is an ISR/Oldenburg stallion who won the 30-day test with the highest score in all US testing history,164.86, receiving a perfect 10 on his canter from all judges. In 2008, he won 41 classes straight including the Midwest Training Level Championship, with under saddle scores as high as 91+%. He is from four generations of USDF Horse of the Year winners. Rashka's sire Raymeister was the highest scoring stallion at the 2002 Stallion Performance Test, is a three-time winner at Dressage at Devon, and has won firsts at Regional USDF in-hand and dressage championships. Ray was the 2005 USDF Leading Dressage Holsteiner, 2006 USDF Dressage HOY (T-4) and is consistently scoring 9 gaits. His foals are winning USDF/Cosequin Championships, inspection sites, and HOY awards. Rashka's dam Tashka is a premium ISR/Oldenburg and AHHA approved mare by Opus. She is an 8-time Horse of the Year winner (4 USDF & 4 ISR/Oldenburg), a multiple regional championship winner, and a DAD Suitability winner.

 

Dam: Rotanga Z is a Class 1 Swedish mare by Contango out of a Robin Z/Spartan mare. Her pedigree contains international Grand Prix winners in both dressage and jumping for at least four generations. Her sire Contango was Champion of his 100-Day Test in Medingen, Germany, in 1991. In 1997 he achieved 7 1st Place wins at Grand Prix. He earned 9s on temperament and trainability and won top honors in both jumping and dressage. Rotanga Z's dam is by Robin Z, one of the best jumping sires in the world. His get have won medals in the European Championships, World Equestrian Games, and the Olympics. Robin Z was classed as the number-one stallion in the world in 1999, with 12 winning products in CSI, and he was one of the few stallions in the world to have two progeny in the showjumping finals at the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000. Robin Z's sire Ramiro was ranked as the #1 stallion in the world on the basis international winners from 1990-95, and his dam’s sire, Almé is the #1sire of showjumping broodmares from 1990-96. Robin Z jumped Grand Prix at an international level with the Swedish team, and is also a winner in Grand Prix Dressage.

 

Mya September 2017
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Born 7/23/17 a super friendly filly.  By Masterpiece, Mya is a full sibling to Master Gauguin, a provisionally approved ISR/Oldenburg stallion.

 

Sire: Masterpiece (SWANA & ISR/Oldenburg approved) was Reserve Champion of the 2002 30-day stallion test. He is the 2009 USDF Champion Mature Stallion and holds the highest median score ever given in USDF Dressage Sporthorse Breeding: 87.250%.  He has scored as high as 84% under saddle, 88% in hand, 9 gaits, and a perfect 10 walk! A winner at DAD, he qualified FEI and open 3rd level at 5 years old.  All but one of his foals we have presented have been premium/class I.

 

Dam: O' She's Gauguin by Opus, was 2008 & 2009 USDF DSHB Mature Mare Horse of the Year. She is a Premium ISR/Oldenburg mare, also approved Premium (AB) for SWANA and Premium (MMP) for AHHA. Opus is 2006 USDF #1 Dressage Breeding Sire (2nd in 2005 and 2004),   #1 NA/WPN Dressage Breeding Sire in USEF rankings for 2005 and 2004, #1 Producer of Premium Mares and HOY Winners since 2005.  O' She's Gauguin's dam, Gauliana de Gauguin, is one of the top scoring Gauguin De Lully mares ever She and her dam, Elite Goliad (by almost all State Premium mares), both won DAD, the largest breed show in the US (including winning under saddle classes!). Elite Goliad is the niece to the ’76 US Olympic Dressage Bronze medalist, Monacco

Mya September 2017
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Mya September 2017
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