Wonderful is the grandpa of 2 foals and great grandpa of one filly at Verden Elite Foal Auction

I hope my bank account balance is not so close to $0, so I can get at least one of them, unfortunately it is. :-( Let me check what the jackpot for the lotto is now.

(Edited to add: This beautiful filly was sold for ~$22,000 US, not including auction commission, tax or shipping!)

Rosetta and Rubi Tuesday

Rosetta (was Rossellini, but her owner doesnt' feel it was good fit) and Rubi Tuesday are ~3 weeks old now. They are playing together a lot.

Rosetta's dam is Archipel X Diamont X Wenzel I

Rubi Tuesday's dam is a States Premium mare by Lauries Cruisador. The two fillies look like twins.

A lot of pictures

Rubi Tuesday and Rossellini's breeder commissioned Terri Miller to take a lot of pictures of her foals. Take a peek! The foals by Rubino Bellissimo are the two red head fillies. Rossellini is the one with a big star and a think blaze, and and she was just shy of one week old. Rubi Tuesday has a star, and she was 3 days old in the pictures. This ranch also breeds Clydesdales and some ponies, too. http://www.terrimiller.com/gallery/gallery.php?galleryid=969&tnpage=1

Enjoy!

Two new red heads born

Both have red eyelashes!

Rossellini by Rubino Bellissimo out of Aktiva (Archipel), 4 socks, star and strip - Born July 6th.
Rubi Tuesday by Rubino Bellissimo out of SPS Laura Bella (Lauries Crusador) 3 socks and star - Born 7/10 Tuesday. You can see Rubi Tuesday and Mom are still in the stall today. See them in the LiveCam: http://www.wefoal.com/ Double click on LiveCam --> Scroll down to Williams Ranch and double click on the mare's picture. Enjoy.

Pictures coming ...

Winwood and Heather Bender wins again

Gold Coast May Dressage May 26-27, 2007

Intermediate I, First 70.75% - 6% higher than the 2nd place

FEI Test of Choice 68% - 9% higher than the 2nd place

Ritz Poshe by Rubino Bellissimo

This is an elegant filly by Rubino Bellissimo out of Winala by Wolkenstein II. She is bred by Suzanne Hutton of Dream Hill Farm. Her full sister competed at Devon Breed show when she was 3 and was 4th in the mare class.

This is no doubt another great show as well as breedingn prospect. This filly is for sale.

Roosevelt by Rubino Bellissimo

Roosevelt (Teddy), colt out of Wiesentanz by Wolkentanz, at 3 monhts old. He is bred by Jackie Nixon-Fulton of Wild Oaks Ranch, and is already sold to a new owner who used to stand a Dutch stallion.

More new foals are here...

This time we have foals by Montserrat...

Colt by Montserrat out of Luci by Landkoenig: Dark bay, star, strip, whites on all four feet. This colt was unfortunately rejected by his mom because he rolled out of the mare's paddock right after birth. Breeder Laura Bierley reported that this is the strongest foal she has ever seen. After being reunited, his mom wouldn't let him drink milk from her, so he walked up to the waterer and started drinking water. He immediately learned drinking milk from a bucket at UC Davis vet school where he received an infusion for his initial immunity. Breeder Laura also just gave birth to a new baby, so she couldn't take care of the colt. Fortunately, we found him a nurse mare and a nursery ranch that can help take care of him. Hopefully it has all worked out.



Filly by Montserrat out of EM WeltFoxPaw by Weltmeyer. Breeder Mary Pawlak reported that she is oh so correct and sweet as can be! Here is the picture of the filly at 24 hours of age and first time out of the stall.

Ruduc von Foxpaw bred by Mary Pawlak won every class at every show

Ruduc von FoxPaw by Rubino out of SPS Pricess is now owned and shown by Diane Pulles. Mary reported that Diane reported that they have won every class at at every show. Ruduc looks great and Diane is having a great time with him. Here is a picture of them at their very first show.

More competition news....

I am again behind to send out congratulations...

Wunderland, aka Hatter, bred by Nanni Baker and his new owner Erika James are doing really great. Erika started showing Hatter since last year when he was 3 and half. They won training classes with over 70%. last year. In March, 2007, they won his first 4-year-old class in Houston with a 79.5, and also scored 74% at Training 4. They planned on showing him at Devon. I wish they can make the trip and have great success there. Again, congratulations to Wunderland's owner and breeder!

Belated congratulations to Bee Faith

Bee is the breeder of Wonder World Pita. Pita made me a liar. :-) Wonderful usually produces offspring that are of medium frame, but Pita just turned 5 and he is 17.3 hands and wears a 87 blanket! Here are some photos of Pita where he won at a dressage show last year when he was 4. The rider in the picture is over 6 ft. tall, so Pita doesn't seem to be as big. :-) According to Bee, Pita is in training with Jennifer Schrader now.

Congratulations to Sharon Reynolds

4-year-old colt by Wonderful and Sharon's Elite mare Faralyssa just won high point Training and First Level dressage with scores from 65 to 74% and also won FEI 4-year-old class with a score of 79!

It's HOT here...

Greetings from Formosa, the beautiful island of Taiwan. It's not even summer, and it's already hot and humid here. The weather of Hong Kong, the equestrian competition venue for the 2008 Olympic Games is similar, and the games will be held right in the middle of the summer. It will be uncomfortable for the spectators, riders and horses. The stable area will be air-conditioned, so that is nice, but the competition ring will still be out in the open. Hopefully, the athletes are strong and tough enough to adjust quickly.

We actually just came back from a tour to Japan, where we visited Disneyland Tokyo, Hello Kitty Puroland, and the hot spring areas around Mt. Fuji. The weather was much more like California in Japan right now, and very comfortable. However, I didn't see even one horse there... sigh!

Well, I'm still contemplating whether I should venture out in the hot steaming weather to visit some equestrian centers in Taipei, where actually a lot of European warmbloods reside.

Weltwunder ***/ - Legion of Supreme Honor/Supreme Merit

Weltwunder's owner Alexis Katz emailed me the complete records AHA mailed to her this week. She also pointed out that I had messed up Weltwunder's title in my last post. The following impressive list of achievements earned by Weltwunder is cut and pasted from Alexis' email. Thanks to Alexis for developing this young dressage genius.

Achievement Awards Earned:

Legion of Honor +

Legion of Supreme Honor +/

Legion of Merit ++

Legion of Supreme Honor/Merit ++/

Legion of Supreme Merit +++

Legion of Supreme Honor/Supreme Merit +++/

Points were earned in:

Recognized Classes USDF USEF

Sport Horse Geldings in Hand Open
Sport Horse Geldings in Hand Open Championship
Sport Horse Geldings in Hand AT
Sport Horse Geldings in Hand AT Championship
Sport Horse Under saddle open
Sport Horse Under saddle open Championship
Dressage Training level open
Dressage Training level ATDressage First level

Regional Titles:

2007 Region 7 Dressage First Level Champion

2007 Region 7 Dressage Second Level Champion

2007 Region 7 Sport Horse in Hand Geldings AT Champion

2007 Region 7 Sport Horse in Hand Geldings open Champion

2006 Region 7 Dressage First Level Championship Champion

2006 Region 7 Dressage Training Level AO Championship TOP FIVE

2006 Region 7 Dressage Training Level open Champion

2006 Region 7 Sport Horse in Hand Championship TOP FIVE

2006 Region 7 Sport Horse Under Saddle Reserve Champion

2006 Region 7 Sport Horse in Hand AT Championship TOP FIVE

2005 Region 7 Dressage Training Level Championship TOP FIVE

Nation Titles:

2006 U.S. Sport Horse National Championships Sport Horse in Hand Geldings AT TOP TEN

2006 U.S. Sport Horse National Championships Sport Horse in Hand Geldings open TOP TEN

2006 U.S. Sport Horse National Championships Sport Horse Under Saddle Junior Horse TOP TEN

He also won two Highpoint Dressage Championships one at age 3 1/2 yrs. old under Judge Hilda Gurney also in Hand Champion judge Hilda Gurney. The second Dressage Highpoint and highest score of the show award with amateur owner rider when he was 4 yrs.old. He has been scoring in the 70's at training and first level and has only shown once at second level and won Region Champion. He will show again in Second level in the fall.

Weltwunder +++/ Legion of SUPREME Merit before age 6

Congratulations to Alexis Katz, Owner of:

Weltwunder +++/ Wonderfull X Bunny Bey

A winner of multiple championships since he was a baby. In 2007, he reached Legion of Supreme Merit before age 6 at the Regional Championships in Scottsdale, Arizona.

He achieed champions of

First Level Open
Second Leve Open (very first time showing Secon level)
Sport Horse in hand amateur
Sport Horse in han open with his amateur owner (husban of his owner/breeder)

New foal Rubino Bellissimo X Hideaway's dream Girl

Check out the cutest mare and her filly by Rubino Bellissimo. Dream Girl is a Connemara sport pony with the cutest face!

Take a look at their photo album.

Congratulations to Nicole of Granbury, Texas, for her new acquisition - A colt by Wonderful

Take a look at this sensational yearling.

Dressage Master Hebertus Schmidt

Stallion collection calendar added

Check it out at he bottom of the post.

Breeding Season

After a big long lag, I decided I've will start using the blog instead of updating my website news. You will see my news page with posts up to March, and then switch over to the blogger.

However, on my website, I just updated my website: http://www.1derful.com with a calendar on the stallion availability and any planned events. We have all 3 stallions standing with Dr. Mary Scott this year. http://www.fertilityvet.com.

Visit our website often to check on the calendar! I'll embed it in my blogger too. As soon as I figure out how to do it.