Foal Announcement: A Filly for KATAVI!

This year Katavi blessed us with yet another beautiful filly by Cassini II. Charlotte has incredibly long legs and looks like she is going to go grey like her father. Thankfully Katavi took to her mama duties this time around and is in love with her little girl.

Sire: Cassini II 

Dam: Katavi

Charlotte is an incredible hunter prospect that will be for sale.

Photo Credit: Shoot Photo

Foal Announcement: A filly for KATAVI!

We have been dying to breed one of our mares to Cassini II for years now, and this dream became reality this year when Katavi gave us a gorgeous filly on April 1st. She unfortunately didn't take to her duties as a mama however, and we had to enlist the use of a nurse mare.

The incredible people at Manning Equine found us Taffy, who took the filly on as her own right away. 

Willow and Taffy are now home at Braeburn and are doing incredibly well!

Willow B (Cassini II x Cabardino)

Cassini II 

Katavi

In Memorium: LA SOPHIE

A few weeks ago we lost our incredible foundation mare La Sophie (Registered name Leda, barn name Sophie).

Sophie was an absolutely incredible broodmare, producing 6 lovely foals for us:

Sera (2004)

Aurelius (2006)

Katavi (2008)

  

Tenzin B (2009)

India B (2011)

Belmont B (2012)

The amazing La Sophie: 

Sophie

Royal Results

The Royal Winter Fair went incredibly well for Braeburn Farms! Katavi our 3 year old homebred mare by Cabardino and out of Leda by Lacros was 7th in the Governor's General Cup (on the line) and 2nd in the Lieutenant Governor's Cup (under saddle).

Ava by Voltaire was also Champion in the 18 - 35 Adult Amateur division! Ava will be retired in 2012 and will be bred for a 2013 baby :) 

Royal Bound

Katavi, our 3 year old homebred mare by Cabardino out of Leda by Lacros, has qualified for the Lieutenant General Cup and the Governors General Cup at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Ontario.

Check out some photos of Kat and her amazing handler/ rider Shawn Ferguson from the qualifiers:

Ava (by Voltaire) will also be joining Katavi at the Royal Winter Fair competing in the Adult Amateur 18-35 division with Raewyn. 

We are looking forward to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair held this November 4th - 13th 2011 in Toronto, Ontario. 

KATAVI January 2011

Check out this recent video of Katavi taken January, 2011. Katavi was born in 2008 so she is turning three this spring. She is out of Sophie and by Cabardino.

She is now w/t/c on the lunge and has started learning about side reins.  She was backed lightly this past fall and will start real work with a rider this summer. Kat was recently measured and she has hit the 16.0 h. mark!