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Our
Story Nestled
At the Foot of Elephant Rock in Monument Colorado 20
Years ago and after 6 years as a professional Ferrier, I acquired two
beautiful Polish/Egyptian mares and as the Ferrier for a well known and
accomplished Dressage rider and Instructor I became the Ferrier for the
elegant young Trakehner Stallion IBSEN. I
was in awe of his nature, talent and beauty and bred my Arabian Mares to
him for the first time. The offspring was exceptional and I
was hooked. Although I also bred these first mares to Arabian
Stallions, the quality and consistency did not compare to the cross breds
as Performance Sport Horses, which was my interest. 10
Years passed quickly and 3 horses turned into a small herd, I became
interested in Endurance Competition, and was introduced thru my ride
partner to a love of the ASIL (pure desert bred) Arabian. The classic
horses had it all, beauty, intelligence and stamina and consistency in the
breeding barn. In the course of finding that exceptional Asil
breeding stallion for my mares, I found an entire herd of exquisite
horses without club feet, with excellent conformation, and years of a
breeding program that produced consistently without the major
conformational faults that we were seeing in the Arabian Halter Show Ring. I
bought young stock, stallions and mares and waited for them to grow
up. With guidance from the original breeders and careful
consideration of my own goals I selected the crosses, bred and watched
the offspring develop. The Asil mares are bred only to Asil
Stallions. The stallions, and one in particular (Serenity
Ibcar), when bred to Warm blood mares, has proven to produce that same
excellence in cross breds that we found with IBSEN on Domestic Arabian
mares. These offspring are now showing. The
horse industry is a tough teacher and not always profitable if your goals
do not match the current fashion. I have had many lessons along the
way, but have been able to be true to my original goals to produce exceptional
Sport Horses and preserve the Asil blood lines. By
reducing the herd and concentrating on particular blood lines I hope to
return to the enjoyment of Endurance competition. Ibsen
passed away the spring of 2007and we miss him but he had a great life and will
continue to provide us with beautiful offspring through his frozen semen to select mares only.
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