Tessa PJ
Tessa PJ is a beautiful 3 and a half year old full papered mare.  She's in full training and doing very well!  She is now being 
bred to Meinse 439!
$24,000
Click on her photo for more info

Or click here to see our entire sales selection.

Click here to go to our extremely helpful page "About Friesians"
Here you can find a wealth of info for your farrier, on training, on keurings and more!
 

Legacy Friesians' Gooitzen and Pedro
on a fine October day in Oregon

Delilah LF playing
with a clod of dirt

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Click on the photo to see more funny photos and animations.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Legacy Friesians recent news...
July 4-   Do you plan on taking your foal / horse to a keuring this year?  FHANA is encouraging all people to enter now, to avoid a late fee.  The Washington state keuring will be on September 15 in Monroe.  The Oregon keuring will be in Canby, at the fairgrounds on September 16.  You can download the FHANA form here, and make sure to send it to FHANA as soon as possible!   The word is the Oregon keuring needs more entries, so don't hesitate if you plan to bring a horse!

July 3-   Do you live in the Portland Oregon area and are having trouble selling your horse?  We may be able to help.  For $100 per horse, you may bring your horse here to our farm, and we will take good photos and produce a video for you.  All photos will be taken in our arena.  We'll also list your horse on our Other Horses for sale page with the new photos and video.   You'll get a CD with all the photos and the video on it and unlimited use of the photos.  To set up an appointment, you can either email me, or call me at 503-349-5761.  If we find the buyer through our webpage, we do charge a 5% commission after you get paid for the horse.  You can see sample photos by clicking here

June 21-   A report from Monique on her 2 Legacy Friesians, Mohair and Welmoed regarding the Baroque Soltice Performance show:  We came home with 7 firsts, 6 seconds, and a handful of thrids and fourths and one fifth.  My girls were riding, and they entered mostly open classes too.   Welmoed won liberty with 11 mares in the class.     They did great in their performance classes.  My trainer is  training Mohair, and  my 11 year old is competing and winning on her!  She rides hunt and even won western.  Mohair is such a good girl.   Welmoed we ride saddleseat.  She did well.    Nice to see you.  I enjoyed watching you ride your gelding.   ;)  M 

June 19-  I just did the Baroque Soltice Dressage show with my gelding Hindrik- my first ever recognized USEF/USDF dressage show.  He was so wonderful and we got a 68.4 in training level test 3, and placed 2nd.   This would never had been possible if it was not for my riding instructor and Hindrik's trainer Kathy Casey, as she had such a tremendous impact on our progress!   I am so excited to do more dressage shows now with Hindrik.  The next will be Dressage at Devonwood, mid July. 

Kathy Casey Dressage
click thumbnail for more info

May 28-  Delilah LF was born  at 8 pm today!  She is a very cute and strong Sibald x Rypke filly!   We have a new video of her now!

Delilah LF

May 22-   From Iron Spring Farm:  Heinse 354, Rest in Peace 
It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Heinse 354. He was a beloved member of the Iron Spring Farm family for many years and dressage partner for Mary Alice. He coliced and died on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.   Heinse has 3 approved sons, including Meinse 439, who was recently imported and is standing at Iron Spring Farm. We have been asked if there is frozen semen for Heinse available and, unfortunately, there is not. Thank you for your concern and sympathy. If you'd like to write a message, please visit our Facebook wall. 

May 15-   Check out this Youtube video of approved stallion Meinse 439 (click here).  He's only 5 years old and he got 78.9% and 79.47%  at First level 4, in 2009 Ocala Spring Dressage!  He was also First level High Point Champion there too. 

April 24-  Pam Goodrich is in town!  I rode Hindrik in today's clinic and it was so much fun, that I also signed up to ride tomorrow and Sunday.  Auditors are welcome, for $5 per day.  It is at Sherwood Forest Equestrian Center ( 28303 SW Baker Rd, Sherwood OR 97140 ).  If anyone wants to see a Pam Goodrich lesson with 2 Friesians at the same time, my friend Wendy is riding Hearke while I ride Hindrik on Sunday at 2pm.

March 12-    I have been riding with Kathy Casey Dressage since September and highly recommend her services to any Friesian owners in the Portland/Salem area 
(she also trains other breeds)
Click on her  photo for more information
2 of Kathy's students just showed at Spring into Dressage at Devonwood, click on the thumbnail above to see how they did!

March 11-    The tentative schedule for this year's keurings has been announced by FHANA via their newsletter for members:

On behalf of the 2009 Keuring Committee it is a pleasure to anounce the Keuring schedule.  The committee worked very hard to get these dates to everyone in a timely manner.  We will be posting an upddated registration form on the website oin the days to come.  This year we took a lot of things into consideration when putting this schedule together. 

February 27-    Congratulations to Klaas and Mares van der Ploeg, on the approval of their stallion Sylvester P. (Teade 392 Sport x Ulke 338 Sport)- which happened just today at DG Bar ranch in California!  Sylvester P. will now be known as Sipke 450.  He will be standing at The Friesian Connection in Michigan, and his stud fee is $1250.

Sipke 450

As many of you know, I just returned from visiting the van der Ploeg's farm in February 2009.  I was very impressed by the quality of their horses.  Contact me if you'd like to find out how you can buy one of their quality sale horses and I can tell you about which are available.  No other breeder in the USA has been even close to how successful they have been-the approved stallion Tonis 393 was the first foal born on their farm, Doaitsen 420 was also bred by them and he is one of the top performing Friesian stallions in the world today, and now they have done it again with Sipke 450.

February 20-   Congratulations to the Dancers, as their Legacy Friesians imported mare, Sjoukje, just had her colt, only minutes ago.  It seems half the world was watching on marestare.  If you'd like to see them, (live streaming video),
you can go to the marestare website and go to Rein Dancer Farms.  I had to follow the directions on "Cam Help" to really get mine to work.  It's worth it to see that healthy little guy and proud Sjoukje.

February 18-    If you get the Phryso magazine (it's all in Dutch), you will have just received the 2009 edition of all the approved stallions breeding values.  The new data tells you the breeding values of younger stallions for the very first time such as Andries 415, Wierd 409, Wikke 404, Rindert 406, Beart 411, Bente 412, Brend 413, Aan 416, Doaitsen 420, and Feike 395.  The younger the stallions are, the fewer the offspring that have been evaluated, and the lower the confidence is in the predicted breeding values. The stallions that were approved less than 3 years ago  are not even in this edition because they don't have 3 year old offspring yet.  Breeding values are so important - they predict how good the offspring are going to be.  If your goal is to have quality foals, you really should learn about and research breeding values.  We have a lot of information on our Stallions page to help you compare between stallions.  If you need help, you can always email me.  Doaitsen 420, Jasper 366, Beart 411, Onne 376, and Olrik 383 are all at the top of the list for predicted breeding values (the prediction of the quality of their foals).

January 20-    Click here to see an article about the status of the CEM investigation that unfortunately involves on of our own beloved Friesian stallions, Nanning 374.

January 19-    Click here to see an article where our website is featured, because of a very informative article that we posted about Friesian breed's suitability for dressage, written by Syliva Lindstrom of Sweden.

January 12-    Click here to see a video from the 2009 Hengstenkeuring. 
Click here to see another video

January 10-   The young stallion Maurus 441 became this year's WORLD CHAMPION today at the KFPS Hengsten Keuring! Doaitsen 420 was the Reserve Champion (congratulations to Klaas and Mares vanderPloeg!).  Last year at the stallion show was the first debut of Maurus 441, and this year he wins World Champion- what an amazing stallion.

January 6-    Did you know the KFPS has analyzed the results of inspections and ABFP tests of the offspring of all the KFPS approved stallions as of December 2008?  I rank ordered the stallions based on the KFPS new offspring data.  Click on my graph below to see the top KFPS stallions based on their offspring's scores.  #1 is Beart 411 when it comes to how his offspring are performing!  #2 is his sire, Jasper 366!

Dec 20-    All week the snow and ice has persisted and today we got an even bigger storm.  I let the girls out to have some fun in the 6 inch deep snow this morning and made a Holiday video.  Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays from Legacy Friesians!!!  Click here to see our holiday video of Legacy Friesians in the snow. 

Dec 14-    A rare snowstorm hit our area today and the snow should stick around for at least a week.  Click Maaike's photo below to see photos of Legacy Friesians in the snow

Nov 30-    FPS NEWSFLASH:  The FPS board just accepted the new system (where approved stallions earn points for different predicates of his offspring.  They need to have at least 1000 points to become preferent) so the following stallions will become preferent: Tsjalling 235 (v. Hotse), Jochem 259 (v. Mark), Lammert 260 (v. Bjinse), Naen 264 (v. Ferdinand) and Tsjerk 328 (Feitse x Nanne). 

Nov 30-    I want to let people know about a wonderful product line that I have been using on my mare Maaike for the last month.  The results have been amazing.  Her scratches are completely gone and her energy level has gone up and she is more focused on her work.  She's performing better than ever before.  I highly reccomend these products, made specifically for the Friesian breed.  You can get to the website by clicking the following link:  Friesian Formula

Nov 27-  Happy Thanksgiving from Legacy Friesians!!!  I am most thankful to each and every customer who has given our Friesians excellent homes.  It is very hard to sell these brilliant horses- each and every one of them are such special individuals and I get very attached to all of them.   But knowing they are going to wonderful homes where they are loved, makes it bearable to say goodbye to them, as hard as it is.  So if you have a Legacy Friesian at home, please give them an extra hug from me today!  Please send updates, I  love getting new photos for our References Page!

Nov 24-  Congratulations to Kathy and our past sale gelding,  Pedro,for winning  End of Year Reserve Champion at Training Level, and also won Third High Score for Training Level as well as Grand Champion All Breed Award for Friesian!  Way to go!

Nov 22-  I have decided to bring our schoolmaster, star gelding Hindrik Lauwers, back to Oregon to be my own competition horse for the 2009 season.  I am now riding with Team Kathy Casey Dressage.  During the 2009 show season, Kathy will also show him at higher levels.   I am so excited to have Hindrik home soon, and I want to thank Ron Steur for doing such an EXCELLENT job training him over the last 5 months.  Hindrik will be coming home Decenber 1, and I'll be removing him from the sales page at that time.

Nov 18-  We now can offer, Feikje, a 1st premie star mare (Feitse 293 Pref x Brandus) who is in foal to Harmen 424, reserve World Champion in 2007.  Click on her photo below for more info:

   Breeding values (EXTREMELY HIGH)
rastype 108 (Racial Type)
bouw 107  (Conformation)
beenwerk 106 (Leg Quality)
stap 104 (Walk)
draf 108 (Trot)
Total 107
About breeding values: The breeding values are calculated based on of all the scores that are given to this mare and her mother, father, sister and brothers. The breeding values say something about the expected scores of her offspring. In his case the reliability is 44%, so when you would breed with her there is a 44% change that the offspring will receive that scores. For mares, these scores can tell you a lot about the expected scores of the offspring and you can use these scores to choose a studbook stallion.  Most mares, even star mares, have Total's of 98-102.  Finding one with a Total of 107 is very rare and usually only happens when the mare is a model with a great pedigree.  If you are curious about your mare's breeding values scores, you can email me with her reg # and I will be glad to provide these to you free of charge.

Nov 8-  Today Anjo, a full papered star mare earned her SPORT predicate by getting her 5th point in Z level dressage!  Congratulations to Anjo Star-Sport's new owner, Kate, of Oregon!!!  Anjo will be flying to NY this Wednesday, and will begin her CEM at Blue Diamond Stables in Ohio on Saturday.  We are import specialists, so if you'd like us to find you the right Friesian in Holland email Sue today!

Oct 31-  Congratulations to the following Legacy Friesians at the IFSHA World Championships!  All of these Legacy Friesians are in training with Cheryl Baird, of South Carolina congratulations, Cheryl!!!!  :

Inne, ridden by junior rider Kelsey Baird got World CHAMPION in 
WC Friesian Country English Pleasure Saddle Seat Junior Exhibitor
  Click here to see the results of Inne's class
Inne also got Reserve National Champion!
Click here to see the results of Inne's class

Rixt,  got Reserve World Champion Junior Mare 3-5 years & Reserve WC for  at Liberty mares
Click here to see the results of Rixt's class

Today, a very pregnant Sjoukje won WORLD Champion Friesian Walk/Trot Pleasure Amateur, ridden by Meredith Dancer- her second time in the show ring! 
Click here to see the results from Sjoukje's class where she earned WORLD CHAMPION with her amateur rider.  Sjoukje's movement was so incredible despite being very pregnant, that she beat out a beautiful stallion.

Tne day before, Sjoukje and Meredith also won Reserve National Champion Friesian Walk/Trot Pleasure Amateur, it was Meredith's first show ever!  The crowd came alive for Sjoukje every time she showed- Sjoukje truly loves the excitement - she was born to be in the spotlight.
 
 

Oct 25-  Today's Euro exchange rate is only 1.2987!!! This means GREAT deals on imported horses, that will come direct from our trusted business partner in Holland.   One of the best deals ever is Janstje a 5 year old full papered star mare (EXCELLENT pedigree).  Wtih this rate her price is only $21,481 imported to Ohio including CEM quarantine.    We also have several geldings whose prices are all dropped below $19,000.

Oct 23- Congratulations to Klaas and Mares Vanderploeg - their 2 stallions Shamus P. and Sylvester P. tested good on semen today, and were already pronounced good on xrays, so they will be going to the 70 day test.  Pilgrim ISF is also for sure invited, although I am not sure if he was tested on xrays or semen yet.  I heard today from Jason Tice that Ids Hellinga of the KFPS said that the judges struggled on their decision on whether or not to invite Oene R.V. to the 70 day test, but in the end they decided he is not quite ready this year.  They encouraged him to try again next year.   I heard also that Othello and Hotse were not invited.

Oct 12- Tonis 393 passed away during the night in the Netherlands. He was found in the stall Sunday morning Oct 12th, 2008.  Tonis 393 (Tamme 276 x Oege 267 Pref) was only 10 years old.  He was approved on offspring in 2007 and had a 48% star mare percentage.  He is a huge loss to our breed.   Our sincere condolences to Mares & Klaas Vanderploeg.  Tonis was the very first foal born at their farm in the USA.

Tonis 393

Oct 10- I have compiled as many keuring results as I could find. Click here to go to my unofficial FHANA keuring results page.  I was  trying to get a feel for how many stallions were to be considered for to the 70 day test, like our Oene R.V.  so I emailed every keuring organizer.  The list included was 5 stallions from this year and 1 from last year.

Oct 8-Click here to see Oene's video from the keuring.  Oene was one of 5 stallions in the USA where the judges wanted to consider him for the 70 day testing.  They said they would get back to us in 2 weeks.   Oene will be offered for sale, so if you know of anyone looking for a magnificent  stallion, one of the best Friesian stallions in the USA and Holland, please have them contact me. I still have not heard anything "official" from FHANA or the FPS regarding Oene.  I did check with FHANA today and they will contact me when they hear something.

Sept 29- Congratulations to Dr. Rosanne Palermo as her Legacy Friesians imported mare,  Sanneke van het Oosterland, was declared MODEL at her keuring!  Sanneke has the same mother as the approved stallion Tjesse 400.
Oene R.V. is now in California, in training for the 70 day test. We are still awaiting the final decision from the judges-( less than 2 weeks to go) but we think he's going to be accepted so that's what we are planning for.

Sept 26- Our gelding Hindrik Lauwers, was awarded Star in Leesburg, Virginia today.  Hindrik is in dressage training with Ron Steur.  What's next for Hindrik?  Ron plans to take Hindrik to the Florida Show Circuit this winter!

Sept 25- Today our horse, Oene R.V., WAS chosen to come back for the central proving class at the end of the keuring.  After waiting all day, we brought him back in at the very end of the keuring.  After I walked him around the whole arena-, the runners took turns running him.  After some deliberation, the judges said he is good enough to go to the central proving- the walk was good enough, trot was very powerful,  but they want to talk to the FPS in holland first, and they will give their definite answer in 2 weeks.  Oene did GREAT- thanks to all the people that came up to me today afterwards to congratulate me- he made us very proud.  It's going to be a VERY long 2 weeks for us!  The central proving, or 70 day test will start in December at DG Bar ranch.

Click here to see a video clip of Oene being run into the arena for an encore round

On Sept 20 and 21, Hindrik Lauwers will be shown 2nd level by Ron Steur in a USDF rated show in Leesburg, VA.  On Sept 23rd Hindrik Lauwers and Ron Steur will be doing a feature dressage demonstration at the South Carolina keuring- they will be doing a musical freestyle!  On Sept 26, Ron will run both Hindrik Lauwers and Naen for STAR at the Leesburg VA keuring.  What a busy week for Ron and Hindrik!  Rixt gets released from CEM today- congratulations April and family!!! She will be presented for Crown at the south carolina keuring.

Sept 22- Product warning.  There is a product out that is supposed to make hair grow and clear up scratches.  I tried it on my own Friesians on a small patch of hair in early summer and they all had allergic reactions to it so I stopped using it.   Now I just got a call from a woman in Vancouver, BC who said that she put it on her Friesian's mane and he rubbed his whole mane out by the next day.  He was in great discomfort.  So beware of this product.  If you want to try it, make sure you test for Allergic reaction on a small patch first.  It is called MTG.

August 29 -  Check out our updated page, "About Friesians" - it contains a wealth of information about the breed, and how to pick the best Friesian to match your goals. 

August 9 and 10 -  Our stallion, Oene R.V. wins Reserve Champion Stallion at the ODS Breed Show I and II today and yesterday,  at Devonwood Equestrian Centre.  In doing so, he qualified for Regionals, which is near Tacoma, Sept 5-6.  Oene R.V. beat out hundreds of stallions and made it to the 70 day test in Holland when he was only 3!  Now we will try him for approval in the USA.

Oene and his Qualifier ribbon

July 28 - Our 6 year old gelding,  Hindrik Lauwers, just competed at Dressage at Devonwood, ridden by Ron Steur, of Virginia.  Ron flew in 2 days before the show and had never ridden Hindrik before, and they still were breathtaking to watch (see video)!   Ron wants to take Hindrik to Devon and the Florida show circuit this winter, so we decided to send Hindrik to Ron for training.  Hindrik will be showing 3rd level this fall.  His price is available on request and he'll be in Virginia by August 1.  If you would like to see  him there, you can email me for details.  Ron is a Friesian and Warmblood specialist- he grew up in Holland, showing up to Grand Prix level, and has been living in Virginia for 2 years now.  He is so excited about Hindrik's potential and so are we! 

 

July 24 - We are proud to announce that Rixt (Onne 376 x Feitse 293 Pref), became overall champion at the largest keuring in the Netherlands.   Rixt, (motherline Star-Stb-Model+PrefStar+Pref), was shown at the largest keuring at Garijp against 85 other 3-year old mares.  She was the best of all of them and became Champion of the 3 year old mares and of course earned a 1st premie.
Then on the final day of the keuring,  she had to compete against all the first premie mares from every group. (yearlings, 2 year olds, model mares, etc.) The judges decided she was also the best of all of them and became overall champion mare of the entire 3 day keuring, beating 400 mares!  She is pregnant to Tjalf 443, a stallion approved this year who has been a winning driving horse in Holland. Rixt  is now sold!  Congratulations Steve, April, Kellett, and Addison of South Carolina, AND to saddleseat trainer Cheryl Baird who will now have 3 Legacy Friesians in her barn!

Rixt wins champion mare in Garijp, beating out 400 others
Photo: Bart van der Hoek
 

July 13 - Today our Friesians, Hindrik Lauwers and Lars , who were choesn to represent the Friesian breed at the Country Classic, did an amazing job, among all the crowds, jumps, and excitement!  Click here to see a video of the presentation.

Hindrik (left) and Lars (right)
Clickon the photo above to see more

June 14 - Our mare Arabella, placed 1st in training level test 3 today (66.8 percent!), and 2nd in training level test 4 (63.3 percent)  in a schooling show at Summerfield Farm in Hillsboro (Roos ter Heijne riding).  We are so proud of Arabella- that she could go to a totally unfamiliar place and enjoy herself today!

Arabella and Roos, at the Summerfield Farm Dressage Schooling show

May 23 - We would like to share some great news!  Blue Diamond Stables, where we have sent ALL our mares for quarantine,  has now opened a CEM quarantine for Stallions as well!  The cost for Stallion quarantine will be $4850.00 and includes:  all ODA, USDA, Veterinary fees, 2  test mares, 2 mares cem testing and blood work, any tranquilization needed, daily exercise (lunging or free lunging, grass or dry lot turnout attached to their stalls) depending what owners request.  The facility has an attached 72' indoor lunging arena and full size outdoor arena.  Vaccinations and worming are additional if requested.  We fully trust Blue Diamond Stables- we have used them for every single imported mare and we wish we could have used them for our stallion, Oene R.V., but they were not taking stallions then.

May 18 - We are proud to announce that our sale horse, Hindrik Lauwers, was chosen to represent the Friesian breed in the All Breed Demo at the
Country Classic on Sunday July 13.  This will take place at about noon on July 13- after the Parade of Champions and before the $30,000 Grand Prix event.

May 16 - We would like to congratulate Mary Piovesan on the birth of her new Jasper filly from our past sale horse Tetje!!! Mary wrote today to say: She foaled last night around 9:45, it was a filly and he's soooo adorable.  I love the little jeri-curls and she's very black with no white marks.  She's very friendly and walks right up to you when you enter the stall.  We are still working on her name and we will let you know what we decide, and will send more pics soon!  Tetje did great, it went really fast.  Both mom and baby are doing good.
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May 10 -  Fryso , our past Legacy Friesians imported sale horse,  ridden by his trainer, Shaun McLaughlin Myers of SKM Dressage showed   2nd level for the first time ever and they took 2nd place in the class!!!   I am so excited to continue to follow the dressage career of Fryso!!! Way to go Shaun and Fryso!!!  More photos from today's Heart of the Valley show at Devonwood Equestrian Centre are on his page.

Fryso

May 7- Sjoukje flies from AMS to JFK and will go to Blue Diamond Stables for her CEM quarantine.  Flying on the same plane as Sjoukje, our trainer from last summer/fall, Roos, is coming back to our farm!

May 2-  Today Maaike, a Legacy Friesians imported 1st premie star mare had a healthy Onne 376 x Rypke 321 filly!  We have named her Amerens LF and will be keeping her for our future breeding program.   Ameren's dam Maaike is almost a Preferent mare.  We will be bringing Amerens to the Oregon keuring, September 25th.

M Amerens LF (Onne 376 x Rypke 321), 1 day old
shown here stretching her long legs!
 

April 26-  Sylvia Lindstrom was here, all the way from Sweden! 
We had an Open House on April 26

At our Open House, Sylvia will demonstrated ground driving with Ynske
and she rode both Hindrik Lauwers and Arabella
Sylvia explained how the Friesian horse is different in anatomy &
for training in dressage compared to warmbloods.  And there was a  live 
demonstration of her starting a 2 year old filly with ground driving (who 
has never been driven before).  Thanks to all that came, it was a fun day !
 

April 14-  Hilbrant and Hindrik Lauwers have arrived!  June called me after receiving Hilbrant and she was overjoyed to finally meet him.  She said he was so much more regal than the photos and she was so happy with him.    She will be sending photos soon.  And we have received Hindrik Lauwers at our farm!!!  He is amazing looking and so sweet.  Click on his photo below to see some photos after his arrival.

March 21-  We are pleased to announce that we are about to break ground for our new indoor arena and attached barn.  It will be a full court dressage arena so our customers can try our our sale horses in comfort during the winter months.  There will be a view of the coastal mountain range from the arena, which will be open on 2 sides.

March 18- Our previous sale horse Iris just had a healthy Onne 376 filly! Congratulations to her new owner Lynn, of Candor NY!! "Marissa (tht's Iris' new name) had a baby filly tonight while our vet was in the barn looking at another mare. She's gorgeous and incredibly precocious, the fastest up, fastest learner, most persistent thing I've ever seen."  Here is a photo of her at 15 minutes old!

March 16- Check out this month's Horses Inc. magazine!  On page 12 you will see a great photo of Sylvia Lindstrom riding our previous sale horse Pedro, during last year's Northwest Fair and Expo.  You can order this magazine at www.horsesinc.net.  Pedro is now owned by Kathy Dodson, of California.
 

March 1- Well the weather around here has been great so we are going to be importing Hindrik Lauwers in April!!!  Sylvia Lindstrom will be coming to our place with Hindrik in April, so if you are looking for a serious dressage horse, please consider making an appointment to come to our farm, to  try out Hindrik while she is here!

February 23rd- The 2007 offspring statistics are out and I have analyzed the data to show the results of  how each sire's offspring did at the 2007 keurings.  Click here to see a graphical representation of the 2007 keuring results showing the stallions with the most keured offspring to least, and breaking down the # of 1st premie, 2nd premie, 3rd premie, and no premie offspring they had.
 

January 30th- I have changed my main email address to  sue@legacyfriesians.com
I will still be able to receive emails from my old address, but I am hoping the new email will be more reliable, as I was missing some emails before.  If you email me, and don't get a response within 2 days, assume something is wrong as I always return emails as long as I receive them!  Please update your address books with my new address! 

January 23rd- I have now created a special webpage (complete with breeding values) for World Champion, Haitse 425, and also have video from him that I filmed after he won the championship.  See our stallion page for more info.
 

January 16th- I am back in the USA- I decided while in Holland to purchase Oene R.V. with my friend Kathleen- so now we are 50/50 partners on this gorgeous stallion candidate!  We intend to import him and enter him in the Oregon keuring, to hopefully get him entry to the 70 day test.  He was recently in the 70 day test in Holland among this year's newly approved stallions and did well on points there, and made it to one of the last 8 left (5 were approved).  His owners decided he was a bit young and pulled him out- so he was never eliminated- and we think (and hope) the time will be right for him in Sept 2008!

January 13th- At the stallion show yesterday, Haitse 425 won the World Championship and Beart 411 was Reserve Champion.  It was tough for the judges to pick the top 2 as there were so many that showed well this year.  Interestingly enough, Haitse and Beart also were top performers  according to the number of 1st premie foals that they sired in 2007.  They each sired 33 first premie foals in 2007!
Also- the newly approved stallions (approved in 2007) all got a 1st premie (what a quality group!) and finished in the following order:  Maurus 441, Mewes 438, Lutger 436, Meinse 439, Maeije 440, Maurits 437, and Jesse 435.  Maurus 441 and Mewes 438 were invited to the Championship but were eliminated... they will surely be top contenders in future years.  One of the best reasons for going to the stallion show is to get a look at the newly approved stallions.  I took video of all of the participating approved stallions this year and plan to post them on my Stallions page so everyone can soon see them.

January 9th- I am writing this from Holland! The weather is great, not too cold and not raining like in Oregon.   Yesterday I rode Oene the incredible stallion they have who went to the 70 day test.  He was very easy to ride. This was the first stallion I ever rode!   I also rode Oebele and played Friesian Football with him.  Click here to watch a video that I filmed yesterday, of Oebele scoring a goal.  He LOVES the football- even when turned out loose in the arena, he will go play football by himself!   I now have a new video of Oene- what an INCREDIBLE mover.    Email me if you are interested in Oene or Oeblele- I expect them to sell by the Open day this Sunday.  We will be importing a 9 year old mare soon, named Wieneke.  She looks more like a gelding/stallion with her long forelock and mane and what a sweet girl and great riding horse she is.

LF owner, Sue Zoltner, rides Oebele, headed for the goal!
 

January 3rd- Happy New Year!  I am getting ready to go to Friesland for the Stallion Show!  I will be gone from January 7-15.  I can check email and update the website from there, so the best way to contact me is by email.  If you'd like more photos/videos of the horses in Holland, I will be able to provide that and ride them as well.  There are also many more that are not on my site yet.  I do expect many of the horses in Holland to sell at the Open house we are having on Sunday January 13.   If you'd like to go to our Dutch business partner's open day, the day after the stallion show (Sunday, January 13), please email me and I will give you the directions and contact info.

December 21 - I just got this update from Pedro's owner, Kathy of California.  Pedro made his debut in jumping recently!  We love to hear updates from our customers!!!

 

December 20 - By day I work at Xerox as an image scientist, on color printers- Xerox has made a website from which you can send a free color postcard to a soldier serving in Iraq!  Click here, or go to  http://www.letssaythanks.com 

November 26 - We are now accepting orders for our 2008 Calendars!  This year's is better than ever with 12 months of Fantastic Friesian Action!  Click on the calendar for more details!

October 28th - Congratulations to Kathleen of Beavercreek for riding her Legacy Friesian, Dolce in her first show EVER, winning first place in her Intro A and B classes (a Blue Ribbon Show at Devonwood Equestrian Centre).

 

October 21st -We had a Fryso saddle for sale, but it has now sold:

October 7th - Congratulations to Kim Davidson and her Legacy Friesian Import- Inne!  It was Kim's first horse show, EVER, and she and Inne won Reserve Champion in the IFSHA World Championship Horse show in the Country Pleasure class!  Inne also took Reserve Champion in the In-Hand class... he was a past Stallion candidate in Holland, so he knew exactly what to do to show off for the judges!

October 6th - We are listing some really special deals right on on our 'Other horses for Sale' Page.  Xandra is a 2008 Anton filly for $8500 (in Michigan).  Maverick is a 3 year old stallion- ready to start, for $15,000 (in Washington state). Lisabeth is a 4 year old mare in Maryland, started under saddle, for $13,000.  Check the huge selection we have, by clicking on the following link: Other horses for Sale.
 

September 27th - Oregon keuring news.  Legacy Friesians import, Lars was pronounced Grand Champion Gelding (congratulations Kathleen!)  and our own Ziebrand LF got Reserve Champion colt! 

Ziebrand LF

September - 2007 Monroe, Washington keuring news
Congratulations to Monique Stevens and Elsa Salzbrun! Their Legacy Friesians mare, Welmoed, who won the Grand Champion mare last year in Oregon, turned out to also be the mother of the Grand Champion Colt of the Washington Keuring (which was today!)  Welmoed was a stunning star mare who we imported last year, and later sold to Elsa and Monique.  We chose to breed Welmoed to Jasper 366 before importing her.  Grand Champ, 1st premie Yatzee was the result of that breeding!! The judges said it was the nicest colt they had seen in a long time and they suggested that Yatzee be kept a stallion as he is just so nice, he would make a great stallion candidate. Yatzee  is most likely still for sale but his price will go up...his owners are going to think about what they will ask.  Congratulations again, Monique and Elsa!!!!

Yatzee - Jasper 366 x Heinse 354
and his dam Welmoed

Sept 24th- Around October 1, we will be getting in our new Legacy Friesians Bumper stickers in!  I will be mailing them out to all of our customers.  If you are a customer of ours (or you have listed your horse on our 'Other Horses for Sale page' ), please email me and let me know your current address.

 
 
 

September 23rd  We took Arabella, Haijs, and Dolce on a trail ride today

Arabella and Sue
 

September 10th- We took 2 sale horses, Haijs and Ynske to the beach today...  We are just having too much fun riding these beautiful boys on the beach!  Click on Ynske's name to see the incredible photos we were able to capture of him in action.

 
 

September 1st- We took 2 sale horses, Haijsand Tetje to the beach today...  We went to Pacific City and although it was crowded, both horses did great. 

 
 
 

August 25th-Ynske and Lars just arrived at our farm after being imported!!  Click on the photo of Ynske below to watch the video of them enjoying a fine Oregon evening.   If you like to see Friesians playing, this is a "must-see".

 
 

August 23rd-  Click the photo below to see photos from the Walnut Hill Driving Comp and our trip to NY

 
 

August 17th- Did you know that Legacy Friesians owner, Sue Zoltner, was published in the recent August 2007 issue of FHANA's The Friesian magazine? Click on the photo below to read the article and see our advertisement.

 

August 15th- I will be away for several days at the Walnut Hill driving competition in Pittsford, NY.  Pittsford NY is my home town, and the Walnut Hill show is the world's largest gathering of carriages and coach horses in the Classical Driving Sports!  Ex-Oregonian Clay Maier and Lea McFarland-Bushnell will be the featured exhibition, so it will be great to see them again, and their Friesian Spectacular act.  I am also meeting Christer, from Sweden, and we will finalize the arrangements for our new REDLINEtack/carriage line made especially for Friesians that you will be able to order through this website.  Stay tuned for more details.  When I arrive back in Oregon, our new trainer will also arrive, Rose.  She has trained horses in Holland and Spain and will be staying with us in Newberg for the next few months!  She will be helping us get our horses in shape for the keuring at Devonwood on Sept 27 and also riding our sale horses every day.
 

July 31-Today we would like to express our sincere condolences to the Ackerberg family of Montrose Minnesota, whose barn burned down yesterday, most likely due to a recent hay delivery that ended up spontaneously combusting.  Luckily, there were no human lives lost,  and our past sale horse, Majoor, is okay, but they lost 7 other horses in the fire (103 horses were saved).  Ton and I recently visited their beautiful barn, and we met many of their wonderful Saddlebred horses,  and the Ackerberg family's loss is just unthinkable to me.  There was a huge outpouring of support to help:

There were over 300 plus friends, helpers, neighbors, rescue workers, etc. here in a matter of minutes but, everything was gone. The barn was completely engulfed in flames in a matter of 10 minutes. Our barn crew are "hero's", they risked their lives going in to save as many horses as they possibly could.  Both of my daughters horses were lost in the flames... one mare and her foal... one pleasure horse... a two year old and a three year old gelding By "Trust Fund". 

If you would like to send a card, their address is
Indigo Acres
3750 Meridian Ave South
Montrose, MN 55363

July 25-Mark and his new family at the beach!  We took Mark and Wybrand to the beach today.  Mark's new owners, the Bentz family of Oregon, went with us.  Mark will go to his new home tomorrow!  We will miss you, Mark!!!

 

July 20-Ton riding Arabella at Devonwood Equestrian Centre.  We took 4 horses to Devonwood July 20th and Ton will be riding them there again today July 21.  We will bring them home for our OPEN HOUSE tomorrow from 11-2pm at our farm.   Directions are on our CONTACT page. 

 
 

Wybrand is now HERE!  He is gorgeous!!! We will be having another open house in honor of his arrival on Sunday July 22nd!  Directions are on our CONTACT page.  The hours will again be from 11 am to 2 pm.

Click here to see photos from our July 8th open House

July 15-Ton riding Majoor in Minnesota... Majoor was one of our past sale horses, now owned by Ro & Me LLC, Romy and Stuart Ackerberg.  Thanks to Romy and Stuart for hosting us and sharing their beautiful stallion with us for a few days!

June 29- Our business partner in Holland has sent us an accomplished Dutch trainer to work with our sale horses!!  His name is Ton, and is now here, and will stay until August!   Ton has about 15 years training and showing Friesians and Warmbloods in the Netherlands. If you are in the Portland area, and you would like to bring your Friesian in for a lesson or training ride with Ton, we can now accomodate you. 

Ton, riding our past sale horse- star gelding, Mark
 

June 26- Congratulations to Romy and Stu for finally getting their Legacy Friesians stallion, Majoor home, after finishing up his CEM quarantine!  They will bring Majoor to their keuring in persuit of getting him admitted to the 70 day test.  Majoor says he is ready!  Click on his photo to go to his webpage

Majoor- Bring it on!

May 10- Legacy Friesians would like to thank Bryan Quinsey for the tremendous difference he has made for the FHANA organization during the short time he was the Executive Director.  We encourage you to tell the board of directors how you feel about the loss of Bryan Quinsey.

April 25- Planning to take your Friesian to a keuring this year?  Click here to see the list of keuring locations and tentative dates.  Our local keuring is planned for September 27, at Devonwood Equestrian Centre!!!  It will be organized by the Cascade Friesian club.  Not sure what a keuring is all about?  Click here to read about keurings, and also about Friesians in general.  Also new, I am very proud to announce, I finally have put together a page that describes the difference between the Dutch levels in dressage (L,M, Z, ZZ) and the USDF levels.  Click here to see that page.