Looking for a future star? Check out the following broodmares and their expected 2008 foals...Click on a mare's name to see her page, complete with pedigree, more information and photos!

New Broodmares in Foal for 2008:

2008 Leda x Der Graf Leda is a 16.1 hand RPSI mare, by Le Mode, and out of our grand older mare, Galoubet daughter Summit Peak. Leda was RPSI All Breeds Champion Mature Mare in hand, 2007. She is a beautifully conformed mare with big, free gaits, a powerful and catty free jump, and a lovely temperament as well. We are really excited to keep her for our broodmare herd. Leda is bred to Der Graf for her first foal, due May, 2008 -- we are REALLY excited about this cross!





2008 Damsel x Le Mode July 5th, 2004 red bay Rheinland Pfalz-Saar mare by Der Graf out of Moonbeam Lady (MMB TB mare). Damsel is one of our prettiest Der Graf daughters -- and an exquisite mover. She was ranked #2 in the nation on the 2004 RPSI tour! We have decided to retain this superb Der Graf daughter for our broodmare herd. She's bred to Le Mode for a June, 2008 foal. We are so excited to see the first Le Mode foals from our fabulous Der Graf daughters!




2008 Daydream Believer x Le Mode July 31st, 2004 mahogany bay Rheinland Pfalz-Saar mare by Der Graf out of our Galoubet daughter Summit Peak. We are excited to buy back this tall, powerful moving and ultimately athletic Der Graf daughter for our broodmare herd... She stands 16.3 hands at three years of age, and is a huge, lofty mover. Daydream is bred to Le Mode for a June, 2008 foal. We can't wait!




2008 LeLady x Smoke Tree Gold Fever LeLady is elegance in motion ... We've decided to breed her once before she begins her performance career. For her first foal we've bred her to Smoke Tree Gold Fever, an exquisite young Welsh Section B palomino stallion standing at Wye Valley Farm, with hopes of producing an A show quality large pony hunter prospect. LeLady is due in March, 2008!

New Broodmares, to be bred in 2008:

2008 Die Finesse July 31st, 2004 mahogany bay Rheinland Pfalz-Saar mare by Der Graf out of Chateau Queen (PREMIUM RPSI TB mare). We are excited to add this elegant Der Graf daughter to our broodmare herd... She stands 16+ hands at two years of age, and is a lovely, substantial filly. She had an injury as a foal that will probably preclude a show career, but we look forward to seeing what she'll produce. Watch this page in the spring of 2008 to see who the lucky guy will be...!

Hall of Fame Broodmares:

Comtesse Comtesse is a 16.1 h. PREMIUM Oldenburg mare, just also inspected into the PREMIUM MARE book of the RPSI in the fall of 2005. Comtesse is by the foundation Trakehner sire Falke, and out of the Oldenburg approved TB mare C'Est Chic. Comtesse has beautiful type and an expressive head and neck. She passes on her rideability and floating movement to her foals as well, and has one approved stallion son. She has produced one premium, and two first premium foals. Her May, 2005 foal by Der Graf -- Duke -- looks like a very special dressage prospect from a proven producer mare! He scored Gold Premium at his keuring in the fall of 2005. Her 2006 filly, Liaison, by the legendary Holsteiner stallion Le Santo looks superb -- she's big and substantial, yet has the most gorgeous, dished face, and light, floating movement! We'll miss Tess, but she lives on for us in her beautiful daughters LeLady and Leah, who will be joining our broodmare herd.


Mega Howey -- Meg is no longer with us, but she keeps influencing our breeding program through her daughter, Lumina. Meg was one of those rare TB mare who produced a star every time she was bred, to a variety of stallions.

And now a little bit about the farm and my breeding policies. I believe that quality foals become successful performers. It starts with choosing the right stallion for each mare, and providing the best in love, care and training for the resulting foals. All of our young horses are handled from birth and started in ground work using the principles of classical dressage. But they are also allowed the chance to be horses - to run and play and graze out in the hilly pastures of western South Dakota. Here they grow up strong and sound, both in body and mind.

Our hay and grain are all grown locally, and are of the highest quality, so that our young horses receive a balanced diet, with adequate protein and carbohydrates for optimal growth, and the correct proportions of vitamins and minerals necessary to grow strong, sound bones and feet. If you are interested, we can arrange reasonable boarding and training packages as well. Your new young horse can grow up the way horses were meant to, with room to run and graze, as well as time spent in the barn, learning to cooperate and to enjoy the training process.

My mares are sound and performance proven, most with show records in dressage, jumpers or eventing. I have chosen my brood mares based on their conformation, temperament, movement and soundness. I examine pedigrees, performance records and phenotypes in selecting stallions for these mares. Our stallions were chosen carefully as ideal sires for North America, and for our mare herd. Our resulting foals have been quite outstanding, combining many of the best attributes of mare and stallion. My young horses are fully approved and branded by the Rheinland Pfalz-Saar registry and sell with German papers. The best in Zweibrucken, Trakehner, Thoroughbred, Holsteiner, Hannoverian, Oldenburg and Selle Francais lines are represented in my young stock. I welcome you to browse through some photos of my young stock, brood mares and the stallions I've chosen for them in the past few years. See if you agree!