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Congratulations to Tina Zehnder and JZ'x Sassy Princess, her 9-year-old Opus mare, on their USDF Silver Medal and
successful show season! We love to hear how everyone's doing. She wrote:
"I
bred her. Her dam, a maiden mare, rejected her at birth. So I hand raised her. That was nine years ago. This past weekend,
we earned our last score for our Silver Medal and was Reserve SWDC Champion in Region 9. This winter we will be working on
one tempis (she already has her two tempis). She has her piaffe and passage. We are hoping a. Gold Medal will be in our future.
She
has been a talented expressive partner who has made me a much better rider."
USDF Region 2 Championships: Congratulations to Ella Fruchterman on her
First Level Championship with Recess (by Rashka), and her 6th place on Foxy (My Second Fling by Masterpiece)! And
more congrats to Susan Sontag who took 8th place at First Level Open with Opus Dei (aka Oops).
"Super proud of Ella!! Started off yesterday with her pre-regional rides. Placing 1st on Recess out of
a class of 28 (jr riders, open, adult amateur) with an amazing score of 75!! And took 4th on Foxy overall with a 70.588! In
her 1st 3 championship class, she was first rider in on Recess out of 21, scoring a 71.397! They held it and ended up champion
of the class!! Waiting for all the scores to come in was torture  ��. She had a great
ride on Foxy, scoring a 66.836, placing 6th. What an awesome finish for her 1st level season. #gogetemboo #lovedseeinghardworkpayoff"
So proud of our horses and riders this past weekend at the Fields & Fences Dressage Show!
Belated Congratulations!
A very belated
congratulations to Paige Schlicksup, breeder of the highest scoring foal ever in the U.S. for the ISR/Oldenburg registry (9
movement, 8.8 overall), a 2015 colt by Champion’s Devito and out of the mare Opal, leased from Martin Kuhn and Kate
Flemingh-Kuhn of Starwest Farm in New Berlin, IL. Opal is by our stallion Opus and has always produced premium foals. She
is out of the TB mare Miss Nickel Annie, who is also dam to two approved stallions, one of which is Masterpiece, Ken’s
favorite horse ever!
Congratulations to Twin Oaks Farm on their Rashka colt out of Anastazia. Premium ISR/Oldenburg
and site champion of his inspection!
Newest licensed Stallion at Little Bit Farm!
Joining his half brother, O'Pierre (Opus/Del
Piero), our stallion Rayco (R Cor Ray/Del Piero) has been awarded a breeding license by ISR/Oldenburg NA.
Congratulations to Robin Birk of Timber Ridge Farm on the licensing of
her stallion O'Pierre by the ISR/Oldenburg!
O'Pierre is by Opus and out of a Del Piero mare. We wish them great success in their partnership
for the future.
We love hearing from those who've bought LBF horses. This is from Tina Zehnder
of Fairy Tail Farm:
"Princess
is a [2009] Opus filly out of my mare, Chantilly. Ziva (as we call Tiamo's Furioso), I bought from Ken in December of 2010
as a weanling. I have really enjoyed showing them both. Princess ended this year 14th nationally for mature mare in hand with
very limited showing. Ziva ended the year 10th for the three year old sport horse fillies and third (just .1 of a point off
of reserve champion) in three year old material fillies. If I would have had my paper work completed correctly Ziva would
have been Oldenburg horse of the year for both in hand and material. Needless to say I won't make that mistake again….
[I] love working with both of them."
| Ziva in her 3 YO Materiale |
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| photo by Lisa Tannehill Photography |
| Princess |
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| Rashka |
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| photo by Louise Beil |
Happy Owner, Happy Us
Dianne
Brown Pulles shared with us her journey with partner Secret Agent (00 Seven x Master’s Gift/Master). She purchased “Spy” from us in 2011 as a 4-year old, and is rightfully proud of the team. “He is the love of my life and soul mate! I am an amateur rider and his trainer
and we received the following this year: In the preliminary standings 43rd at First Level AA First Level, 1st in Swedish Warmblood
Assn AA First Level, Waterloo Series End Reserve Champion First Level and I am sure that I will win an MDA year end award.
Our national median was a 66.03% with me as the trainer.”
| Spy and Dianne |
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| Waterloo Series End Reserve Champion First Level |
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Another Happy Owner of a Rashka Foal
We love to hear from folks about their horses.
Jennifer Grant bought Rajah, a Rashka/Ferro colt, born March 2012, from breeder. Jennifer writes,
"Spectacular does not even describe my Rashka baby! Brilliant, balanced, gorgeous &
loving. Very hard not to spoil him. He is now 15 months and a jaw dropper. He truly "has it all"!! And from what I have been
told has his daddies desire to please & work for you. Rajah loves all his toys, is very brave and curious. He enjoys his
pool & barrel too. We expect him to top out over 17 hands. I placed boots,
cavesson & surcingle on him this past weekend with no fuss at all, he is all about pleasing me & doing his job. He can be a handful but is the sweetest baby ever."
| Rajah 4 months |
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| Rajah 15 months |
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Another Wonderful Opus Mare!
From Diana Harris who purchased a 2008 Opus mare (out of Syprys by Frohwind
– bred by Lonnie Petersen). “She has a phenomenal disposition and
perfect form on the flat and over fences. She won 5th in the hunter derby at her first show, and swept up the 3'3" hunter
class…. She will be undergoing her ONA mare book trials this September in Houston, and her ISHA Mare Performance test
either this or next year. She is a truly amazing mare and will make it all the way to the top in no time! The first pic is
us jumping 3'6" (or if you measure from her feet instead of the pole 4'5" haha), and the second is her four year old conformation
picture.”
"He thought he had no limits..."
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We are deeply saddened to report the sudden and unexpected
death of Grand Prix stallion Reuters Tiamo Trocadero on Friday, February 11, 2011. The
24-year-old Hanoverian stallion was found within an hour of being turned out for the second time that day. He appeared to have gone quickly and quietly, dying of natural causes.
Tiamo touched many lives in his long and successful career. He
has been winning at Grand Prix since he was eight years old, competing in Europe’s
top CDIs and scoring over 70% at Aachen, Hichstead, Arnheim, and Munich.
He qualified for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was an alternate for the British team, and subsequently took his American amateur
owner, Karin Offield, to multiple USDF year-end awards at FEI levels. In 2010,
at age 23, Tiamo continued to be sound and successful in the show ring with Ken. His
Grand Prix Freestyle median score was over 70%.
Tiamo was
playful and showed great joy for life; and when it was time to groom and tack up, he was happy to get to work. “He loved to work. He thought he had no limits,”
said Borden of his stallion.
Although his career as a stud has been relatively short (with
one exception, his first foal crop arrived in 2008), it is clear that Tiamo passes on his elastic movement, his flashy chrome,
and his brave, confident temperament. His legacy will live on in his sons and
daughters, including Borden’s “next stallion prospect,” Tiamo’s Royal Reid, who was bred by Karin
Offield. Frozen semen will ensure that Tiamo Trocadero will continue to enrich
the world of high-performance partners for years to come.
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