Ben, bred in Holland, born in the USA, arrived on April 21, 2006 at 11pm. At birth, he stood at 11 hands. He is by the very successful Dutch KWPN Keur stallion Tangelo van de Zuuthoeve out of our imported KWPN Ster mare, Marja. Marja is by Burggraaf (Keur Preferent) (Landgraf I) who passed in 2006. Both of Ben's parents are from extremely successful jumping lines, however both Ben and Marja show the paces and attitude suitable for dressage.
Ben's character is wonderful. He's friendly, inquisitive, very happy, and playful. A big horse, he was started slowly and carefully to accomodate his growth spurts and size.
Ben will be making his show debut in 2014.
March 27, 2014
Cardigan is a registered 2008 Connemara Pony gelding. He was imprint trained at birth and started professionally by Joe Forest of Horton's Farm. Cardigan has competition experience showing in hand and under saddle, can be ridden indoors and outside on the trails.
Due to no fault of his own, Cardigan has had a year off. He is now coming back into work and is in training at Kearsarge Meadows. Videos will be updated as his work progresses.
We expect Cardigan to be priced between between $7,500 and $9,000.
Piper Warrior - KWPN Reg. 97.08879 Ster SOLD !
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Piper was born in Holland and is by the famous Olympic Ferro
out of a Candyboy mare. After years of successful dressage
competition up through 2nd Level in the UK and USA, he has been sold
to a wonderful family in Maine. Piper and his new rider are
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Marja - KWPN Reg. #94.6500 Ster SOLD !
Marja is a branded KWPN Ster mare born on May 5, 1994 in Holland. She is by Burggraaf (Keur Preferent) out of a Pericles mare, an Amor granddaughter, named Reintje.
Marja produced several foals in Holland before we purchased her from De Radstake Stud and imported her into the USA, with Big Ben in utero!
Marja is a super sweet and wonderful broodmare who does her job beautifully. She is well behaved for all veterinary procedures and was happy to have several people handling her newborn foal for imprint training. She is a joy to have in the barn and in the pasture with geldings and other mares.
Capriol, or "Pocket" as he is called at home, is a very sweet 16'3 hh Hanoverian gelding who was born in 1999. He has extensive dressage training and has an excellent competition record.
At the 2011 USDF Region 8 Regional Championships, he and his rider Jutta Lee were the Reserve Champions at 2nd Level Freestyles. They also came 4th in the Open 2nd Level Championships.
Pocket is a beloved barn favorite and will only be sold to a wonderful home. He can be viewed at Jutta's Appledore Farm in Vermont.