WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW ADDITION TO OUR BROODMARE BAND!!

Millie is a 97' 16.3 HH Dk. Bay Holsteiner mare  by  Linaro, Landgraf/Calypso ll/Ladykiller  who is 16.3HH, 1989, Stamm 18 A2.  He was champion stallion of his 100 Day test in 1991. Of all Holsteiner stallions presented to the Hanoverian Verband for approval as improvement sires the Hanoverian Verband chose only Contender and Linaro!!

    Millie is out of the imported dam Zaria by Calletto 11/Calypso 11/Cromwell  There were only 5 Caletto II daughters in the world left alive since Caletto II died in an accident at 7 yrs old and he only bred 70 horses but many of the horses he bred have been on Olympic medal winning teams, especially Classic Touch, 1992, 15.3H mare Individual Gold Medal Jumping Champion, Barcelona Spain.

  Millie was lightly started in the past but her value would be in her breeding genetics.  Registered and Branded AHHA 44 points in MMB, also registered GOV (Oldenburg), had one foal in 2005, a Saluut II who was 7/7 merit at AHHA approvals, kind , sweet, awesome trot, comfortable canter. We are eagerly looking forward to breeding her this spring.

 She will be presented to the German Hanoverian Verband 2009 summer with her foal for her acceptance into the Main mare studbook.

           "Medallist" at the German Hanoverian Verband Inspection in Pemberton Sept. 2009

"Medallist" showing off her wonderful movement

Millie scored 8's for her head and neck, 8's for her         Here is her lovely filly "Gemini" 8's for her legs, legs and 8's for movement and temperament.                they loved her head, neck and movement !

Millie has been left  open for 2010 to be bred to Quaterback:This foal has been pre-sold in-Utero

Millie had a beautiful filly on May 5th we have named her Gemini or Gem for short.

This foal is offered for sale  for $15,000 canadian

Photos by Glen McBride, Bridge Lake BC. 250-593-6800

NEW-EZPRESSO 2004  VHW HANOVERIAN FILLY This fancy black filly with her matching hind socks will be one to watch for in the Jumping ring!!! Her young sire El Bundy won his stallion licencing with an overall score of 145.01and had an incredible score of 143.17 pts. for his jumping index, he ranked 2nd in dressage with a score of 134.61 !!!. His sire Escudo also won his stallion licencing and was 1st in the jumping as well and in 2009 was stallion of the yr.   With his packed pedigree and her dams lines Ezpresso  can't go wrong. She will be used in the broodmare band and then do her mare performance test.

2010 Breeding plans:

 'QUATERBACK' Big Beautiful chestnut colt born june 27th /10  15,000.00 

Ezzie had a beautiful chestnut filly Quidamza  (QT) on Monday May 5th!!! 2008 Pictures to follow.

    2008 Hanoverian Keuring in Pemberton BC.

                               Ezpresso with her filly Quidamza by Quidam's Rubin...WOW look at the movement and this 

                                   filly is  jumper bred!!!  Love to see what she will do in the  dressage ring!                                                                                                                                                                             

Zeus (who is sometimes called ‘Nurzeus’ but actually started life as Gordios) is a balanced mix of Selle Français and Anglo Arab blood. His sire, the Anglo Arab, Arlequin is a distinguished sire of international showjumpers and eventers, Zeus’ full brother, Figaro (ridden for Zangersheide by Harry Wouters Van Den Oudenweyer) and sister, Diablesse (ridden by J. P. Bonneau), won at international level, as did Enc’ Or, Elysée II, Fidelité, Filou Charriére, Fourni Rouge and Izmir - all by Arlequin.
Arlequin was out of Nuit Bleue, by Le Pot aux Roses who was the sire of the showjumping superstar of the 70’s, Quo Vadis.
Arlequin is still an influence in France through his eleven approved sons, most notably Mister Charrier and grandson, Kapoc. His dam, Urielle is by Matador, a stallion represented in Germany through his Oldenburg son, Veritas. Matador is the sire of Unicol’Or whose son, Pivoine du Taillan, is an international Grand Prix winner with Michel Robert. Unicol’Or is the dam sire of Krawaat, an international Grand Prix winner with Ludo Phillipaerts. Another Matador international winner is Phosph’Or, ridden by Stéphanie Delaveau. The dam sire, Talisman xx, is also the dam sire of the legendary full-brothers, Furioso II and Mexico. It was this matrilineal line that really impressed the stallion’s future owner George Vorwerk, as Dirk Zaggers in his article ‘Zeus: Last of the Great Oldenburger Frenchmen’ (Breeding News, October 1998) points out: ‘For George Vorwerk the dam line was a very important item in breeding, and he discovered that Evelyne the dam of Urielle was the by the Selle Français stallion, Talisman, who was also the sire of the dam of his star stallion Furioso II. George Vorwerk proved himself ahead of his time when he found out that a little inbreeding had a positive effect on sport performance, especially with Furioso II.’

Zeus was sold as a two year old at the annual auction at Poitiers for 26,000 francs. Soon after he was presented at the 1975 KWPN stallion grading where he failed! It was in Holland that the famous Oldenburg breeder George Vorwerk spotted him and brought him to Germany. Dirk Zaggers was on the spot: ‘A few years later, when I worked for George Vorwerk at his stud farm, I was curious why he was so interested in a non-licensed French stallion at a Dutch grading show. First of all George was impressed by his breeding. Although Gordios was a Selle Français, he had 82% Anglo-Arab blood in his veins and at that time Oldenburg was in great need of performance stallions with this blood to ennoble the breeding stock in that region of Germany.’
Zaggers records his impressions of the young stallion: ‘In conformation the young chestnut looked more like the modern sporting type horses than the German breeding stallions of those days. His trotting movements betrayed his Arab background, as he moved a bit flat and not from out of his shoulder. Nowadays we know that trot, although being important in breeding, has nothing to do with jumping performances or inheritance. On the other hand the Frenchman had a good walk, and could canter and jump like the very best. At the Oldenburg grading show, Gordios was approved as Zeus and sent to Adelheidsdorf for the performance test where he came second of the Oldenburg licesned stallions. At the test Zeus proved himself an excellent jumper but he had difficulties in adapting himself to the Germany way of riding. We are talking 1976, the year that Alwin Schockemöhle became Olympic champion and, in those days, horses had to adapt themselves to the stronger and more dominant way of riding that everybody copied from Schockemöhle.’
which was Midnight Madness, bred by that well-known breeder, Henk Nijhof.
Zeus was a consistent sire of top jumping horses over a long career in both Germany and Holland. Playback with Rodney Jenkins won the 1987 AHSA Jumper of the Year and was sixth at the World Cup Final in 1989. Canadian rider Ian Millar had success with both Lonesome Dove and Czar – both by Zeus. Midnight Madness with Michael Whitaker, Hauser’s Zypria and Dirk Hauser, and Virtual Village Zalza with Nick Skelton, all contributed to Zeus’ fame.
Zeus’ German registered progeny had won a total of DM4.3 million by the year 2001, and in that year, the grand old man still managed to finish in 10th place on the WBFSH rankings for the year, with his most successful progeny in that year being Zandor Z. Zandor Z has had a very successful competition career with Jos Lansink, placing second in the Hachenburg In 1981, the Dutch breeder, Hans Rehbergen leased Zeus from Vorwerk. This time the KWPN commission licensed the horse, under the name, Nurzeus (it was a year in which all stallions were given names beginning with the letter 'n', hence Nurzeus). Zeus sired 361 foals in The Netherlands, the most famous of and Geesteren Grand Prix, and third in the Grand Prix of Europe at Aach.
Zandor Z is the only stallion son of Zeus still in competition. His two most influential stallion sons have been Zyklotron and Beach Boy (who has recently moved from Sweden to the United States). Zyklotron - out of a mare by Admiral I - has sired two international jumpers, Zuckerpuppe and Zarzuela. Beach Boy, out of a Lucky Boy dam, is the sire of Beach Game, and more recently the stallion, Brandenburger who has been ridden internationally by Rob Ehrens.
As a sire of broodmares, Zeus has been very important, with the international competitors: Cat Ballou, Ermis, Lysias, Prim Zaro, Riccarda, and most importantly, Tinka’s Boy, all out of mares by Zeus.
Zeus is ranked 6th in the standings for 1990 to 2000 with 34 representatives!

TOP HANOVERIAN FILLY IN WESTERN CANADA 2007

CASSANDRA'S DREAM ' with her filly 'ELLE CONTESSA' by El Bundy Sold to

Victoria Row of Calgary, Alta.

At Spruce Meadows on Sept.6th 2007 we presented 'Cassandra's Dream'  by Contendro with her filly 'Elle Contessa' by El Bundy in the foal show. To our delight she was awarded Top Filly in western Canada!! Contendro and El Bundy both won their 100 day test with 1st in jumping and top scores in dressage as well!  This filly will definitely be one to watch for in the show ring.

CASANDRAS' DREAM 2002 IMPORTED VHW    HANOVERIAN FILLY  This  refined bay filly is my dream come true, she is by the Hot young Contendro out of a St. Pr. mare by White Magic a son  of the legendary Weltmeyer. Cassie's dam  Worcester received an overall 8 at her Inspection, including 9's for Swing and Elasticity and for her Head.  In addition, she earned an astounding 8.39 at her Mare Performance Test, including 9's for trot and canter, and a 9 and 10 for rideability.  At the breeding shows, she was the winner of her Class at 2, winner of her Class at 3, and also Mare Show Champion. This qualified her for invitation to the prestigious 5th Ratje-Niebuhr Mare Show in 2000 in Verden.  This show is only held every several years and brings the Regional Champions together.  She again won her 3-year-old Class at Ratje-Niebuhr as well.   An official of the Hanoverian Verband rated her as one of the top three mares in her age group in all of Germany in 2000.
    Worcester's sire is WHITE MAGIC by Weltmeyer out of SPS Biene by Bolero.  This young stallion died in 2000 at the age of eight.  In his short career, he was ranked with the other Champion sons of Weltmeyer.  He dominated his Stallion Performance Test at Adelheidsdorf in 1995, with an overall score of 140.69, with 152.19 for rideability and placed 1st of 50.  In addition, he placed in three consecutive annual German national Bundeschampionships and was ridden by Holga Finken.  White Magic scored exceptionally well in the newly revised and integrated German Breed Value data system of the National Federation (FN Breed Values, the so-called integrated breed value estimation) in Dressage for 2001.  White Magic was third overall and second for Hanoverians in dressage for this National ranking of all German Dressage Sires.  He was first overall in the Suitability component, second overall (to Don Schufro (Old.)) and first Hanoverian in the Stallion Performance Test component and third overall (to Wolkentanz and Don Primero) in the Mare Performance Test component.  White Magic, who unfortunately died at 8 years of age in 2000, is proving to be as superb a sire as he was a performer in the Bundeschampionships for many years.                                                    

        Worcester’s dam is LIMONE by Lemon xx.  Limone received a 7.05 on her Mare Performance Test and her first foal in 1994 was Ritano by Ravallo, who was licensed as a stallion in Verden in 1996. Ritano became infected during his Performance Test in 1997, was gelded, and sold for 120,000 DM as a dressage horse.   Limone is by Lemon xx, who is a thoroughbred who stood at the Celle Stud until the age of 26.  Lemon sired horses for dressage, show jumping and several world-class event horses, including the Sydney Olympics horse Little MacMuffin, and Literat who was German National Champion of young event horses.  Lemon xx also sired Lemon Park and Lemon Tree, who was the Champion of the 1987 Stallion Licensing and winner in his Stallion Performance Test the next year.

 JUNE 4TH 2007 FOALED A FANCY LITTLE FILLY ONE SOCK AND STAR!!!  'ELLE CONTESSA'  by El Bundy

2009 Cassie bred to "QUIDAMS RUBIN"   had a  beautiful filly "QUIDAMS PACIFIC"sold to Kelly Hall, DVM California

 Breeding plans for2010- Quaterback, Stalypso, or Quidams Rubin

    REFERENCE MARES

ZUMATRA-16.3 hh BLK/BAY IMPORTED VHW HANOVERIAN MARE  by the legendary sire Zeus. This mare was imported from Germany at the age of 3 yrs. Since then she has produced many foals from imported frozen semen. Graf Granus, Quidam De Revel and in 2003 she had a lovely bay filly Rozweihta by Rabino, and she is now in foal to El Bundy!  This foal will be a top contender for the jumper ring. SOLD  Reference bloodlines only

"NEW" WINDSTAR Athletic 1996 16.1HH Hanoverian Verband. Presently in professional training. Going very well under saddle schooling lateral movements flying changes and 3' fences with potential to go higher. Free jumped to 5'.  Has had some show experience and will be shown this spring/summer in the Dressage and Jumper ring. This mare will take you into any discipline and catch the judges eye with her presence and expressive movements. Three very good gaits with a canter that floats. Very well bred, bloodlines include  Wendekreis/Ferdinand/Gothard/Lugano 11  and is a proven broodmare, hauls, clips, bathes.  Possible  CET medal candidate!!!   Sold

2008 BREEDING- Not in foal for 2008

July 14th 2007Foaled a beautiful dark colt by Contendro with 3 socks and a star!!! ' Cpyderman'

                              ROZWEITA 2003 VHW  HANOVERIAN FILLY. This big dark bay filly is out of our breeding program and we are looking forward to seeing what she produces. With her fabulous bloodlines we have no doubt that her offspring will be in the grand prix ring. We will be presenting her for the mare performance test when she is 4. SOLD

2007 Breeding plans:  Quidams Rubin - Bloodlines include Quidam De Revel / Calletto 1 and Landgraf 1

-CONFIRMED IN FOAL TO QUIDAMS RUBINFOR 2008

NOTE: Roz had a beautiful chestnut filly  on May 2nd.