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.
At two years old our babies begin light work with tack, and are introduced to the jumping chute. Our 2009 gelding Tenzin B (Westporte X Lacros) came into his own this summer and really seemed to enjoy the break from the ordinary. Check out this video of Tenzin free jumping:
I really love the stallion Westporte from Country Lane Warmbloods as he stamps his young with incredible movement as well as expressive, wide faces with large, charismatic eyes. His foals have also been doing exceptionally well on the line this year, winning everywhere from IHF finals to the Devon Horse show. I am thinking about using him for our mare Vienna next year.
Our lovely boy Tenzin was sold the the Manning family this past summer. These are some photos that we took of him before he left:
Canadian summers are fleeting, and as we brace for the cold up here in Canada, we thought that we might reflect on our amazing 2011 show season. It was a great one with many of our young horses making their show debuts here in Canada and the Northeastern United States.
Our homebred Sera (Escudo I X Lacros) had a very consistent year in the 7/8 year old Jumper Development Series. She won a class at Devon, was 2nd in a $10, 000 Modified Grand Prix, and was recently Reserve Champion in the Canadian National 7/8 year old Young Horse Development Series Final. She also finished as the top Canadian horse bred in the series! Read the press release HERE.
PC: Mackenzie Clark
Fergie (Quite Hopeful X Landfriesse) was fantastic in the High Pre Greens this summer, was reserve champion overall in Ontario and was champion one week in Kentucky. While in Kentucky she even completed her first Hunter Derby. Check out the video below!
Our four year old Chaviva (Voltaire X Riverman) had her jumper debut this summer in the 0.8 m. jumper division at Palgrave. She was fantastic, and we are very excited to bring her out to the 5 year old classes next summer!
All in all it was a good year for Braeburn. We are now gearing up for the Royal Winter Fair, and then (finally) the Wellington Equestrian Festival in Florida!
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Vienna foaled a beautiful chestnut filly by Redwine on May 27th. She is Vienna's first baby, and she is just smitten! She is beautiful, very feminine and looks like she is going to be a hunter super star!
Click HERE for video, and check out our Facebook page for more photos!
Sophie gave us the best Easter present we could ask for in the form of a beautiful chestnut filly on Thursday, April 21. We could not be more thrilled with this lovely, tall girl by Couleur Rubin!
WEF has been going really well for everyone at Braeburn. Ava has been consistently getting ribbons in the 18- 35 Adult Hunters with Raewyn and Sera has been working her way towards the 7 year old jumper finals to be held week 12.
Braeburn recently purchased the mare Fergie from Cookie Beck. Fergie has been amazing for us and was Champion in the Pre Green Hunters with Erynn week 8 and 9! Check out a video of Erynn and Fergie HERE.
