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Birth Announcement!

Welcome into the world, BUSHIDO LNF, a beautiful black 2009 colt by Bugatti Hilltop out of Fantasy Creek by Walk On Top. He's a real stunner that wowed them at his Hanoverian foal inspection. The AHS Inspection was held at Woodridge Farm in Claremore, Oklahoma mid-October. Comments included: "Very elegant dressage type, already showing correct uphill movement. When we look at this colt, everything about him is elegant. Beautiful, long neck, attractive head, good hip and shoulder."

Lyn & Gladstone Earn Lyn's First Score Towards her USDF Silver Medal!

At the Lazy E Dressage Classic and Great Plains Championships (Guthrie, Oklahoma) in October, we earned our first PSG score toward our silver medal (one down, one to go!) Our score was 61.579% from Elizabeth Lewis. Maturing at an amazingly tall 17-3 3/4 hands, Gladstone is an elegant and impressive FEI horse. With his willing attitude toward work, there is no reason to believe that they won't continue to improve and move up the levels. Gladstone and Lyn are schooling piaffe and passage well. Lyn says, "I have had many good horses, but Gladstone is very special. He is also one of the most popular horses in our area; it never fails to amaze me how many people are in his fan club."

Gaia's 2008 Foal!

Gaia safely delivered her 2008 foal, a colt by Contucci June 3. He's a
handsome boy, already showing an impressive trot.

Big wins for Ghypsy and Gholfer!

Last November Farm youngsters are successful at the USDF/GAIG Mid-States Regional Final

We loaded Ghypsy and Gholfer in the trailer and headed up the turnpike to Silver Creek Farms the weekend of September 8th - 9th. It was an inauspicious beginning: Lyn’s garment bag was left behind, we drove through torrential rains (which produced a record-breaking 7” in the Tulsa area) and then had to deal with the MUD! However, horses and humans took it in stride, and managed to make it to the arena tired, but on time. At Silver Creek I under judge Janine Malone, Gholfer won the 2-year old colts/geldings class (74.6%), and Ghypsy placed a respectable 3rd in her filly class (75.3%.)

The following morning, the “kids” had settled in and were ready to show their stuff at Silver Creek II. With handler Shane Pinney, Ghypsy put in her best run of the year, and General Burton showed his approval with a score of 84.4%, which put her in the winner’s circle. Ghypsy then went on to win the show’s filly championship, which qualified her for the Mid-States Regional Final. She also finished the show as Reserve High-point (a mature stallion was higher) and earned the AHS award for the show’s highest scoring Hanoverian.

Not to willing to let his “little” half-sister claim all the spotlight, Gholfer had a great run, too. He won his class with 83.4%, and went on to become reserve champion colt/gelding, which qualified him for the Mid-States finals. We then had to make a decision about which USDF/GAIG Final to enter, since Gholfer was also qualified for the Southern Region. After a short debate, we decided to enter Gholfer in the Mid-States.

At the Finals, we found ourselves stacked up against some stiff competition. Offspring of many famous stallions were represented: Londonderry, Contucci, Riverman, Royal Prince, Argentinus, Flemmingh, Rousseau and Fuerst Gotthard, to name a few.

Gholfer strode into the ring with confidence, willing to prove the merit of his breeding. Since he had shown and done well under both judges at previous shows, we hoped he’d have a shot at a good placing, and he didn’t let us down. Head held high, he turned in a round that earned a combined score of 81.1%, which was good enough to win the USDF/GAIG Mid-States Reserve Grand Champion Colt/Gelding. We were thrilled!

Ghypsy has grown in awkward spurts, and her conformation scores haven’t been as high as her gait scores, so we didn’t have high expectations for the championships. We hoped Ghypsy’s great gaits would earn her a respectable placing, though. When the announcer called out the 6th - 3rd places and we didn’t hear our number, we figured it was over. I was disappointed, but proud, nonetheless. Our filly showed what she was made of, and that really was good enough for me. So, as the reserve champion placing was announced, we turned and were heading out of the ring when we heard our number called. With a final combined score of 80.2%, Ghypsy was the USDF/GAIG Mid-States Region Grand Champion Filly! Our butt-high princess had shown the world that she could move on springs and win judges’ hearts!

What a weekend! It’s unlikely that we’ll ever again have an experience to equal it, so we’re savoring the moment. Once again, we owe a debt of gratitude to the wonderful stallion, Gold Luck and his owner, Mo Swanson.

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