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• Shepherd Farm Celebrates the Birth of our First Foal of the Season – Quadrinity.

At 6:50 a.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2011, Quadrinity (barn name Nina) was born.   Quadrinity, named after the integration of emotion, spirit, mind, and body, is a beautiful leggy filly who has that special combination of sweetness and courage.  Nina and Wramona Q were especially well-bonded in those first moments of life.   Nina is by the powerful Canadian Trakehner eventing stallion Tagaelen.  In 2003, at the prestigious Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Tagaelen won the Governor’s General Cup and was the Grand Champion Sport Horse. Tagaelen is owned by Kelley Willemze of Tiered Response Trakehners.

• Early Spring 2011 – Shepherd Farm is expecting three foals.

This spring, Shepherd Farm is expecting three warmblood foals.  Two of the foals are owned by our client, Kim Ryan-Nicholls from Manitoba, Canada.  Kim is participating in our On-Site Broodmare Lease Program and leased Dartmouth, Weltmarlina, and Farethewel for the breeding season.  We are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the following three foals this season:

• Wramona Q  x Tagaelen (Canadian Trakehner stallion).
• Dartmouth x Parabol (Hilltop Farm’s Westfalen stallion, approved AHS).
• Weltmarlina x Royal Prince (Hilltop’s Elite Hanoverian stallion).

This is an exciting and anticipated foal crop indeed.

2010 News and Events:

• Shepherd Farm’s Little Eve LS Performs Beautifully at the Mid-Atlantic Hanoverian Breeder Club, Inc.’s Fall Inspection Tour on November 8, 2010.

• Little Eve LS (“Eve”) is by Some Day Soon Farm’s ES Loerke and is out of Shepherd Farm’s Farethewel.  Eve is a gorgeous young filly who looks and acts just like her grandmother Treveri.  She has lovely conformation, a feminine head, and a courageous and loving temperament.  Eve received strong praise from the Hanoverian judges for “her conformation, powerful movement from behind and her lovely head” at the Mid-Atlantic Hanoverian Breeder Club’s Fall Inspection Tour held at the Morven Park Equestrian Center in Leesburg, Virginia on November 8, 2010.

•  Shepherd Farm hosts an International Sporthorse Registry/Oldenburg North America Inspection on August 26, 2010.

Shepherd Farm was proud to host an ISR/Oldenburg Inspection this summer and we were privileged to have International Judge Christian Schacht adjudicate the event.   We were thrilled with the results of the Inspection.  Shepherd Farm’s Wramona Q was awarded Premium Oldenburg mare status with the high score of 106.  Davignana, out of Shepherd Farm’s Premium Oldenburg approved mare Always Katelyn, was awarded Premium foal status.  Shepherd Farm’s Farethewel and Some Day Soon Farm’s Weltmarlina were entered into the Main Studbook with the high scores of 102 and 103, respectively.  Finally, Judge Schacht commented that Little Eve LS, out of Farethewel and by Some Day Soon Farm’s Loerke was one of the top foals nationally this year.

Please follow this link to the Inspection Page to see more photos of the event.

• Shepherd Farm’s Grand Illusion Horse Rescue encourages you to attend the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Adoption on July 16th and 17th in Harrington, DE.

• This year, the BLM is having their summer adoption  in Harrington, DE which is just a few hours from central Maryland.   We have attended several BLM adoptions and encourage you to consider attending.  These adoption events give you an excellent opportunity to learn about the care and feeding of wild horses and burros, see adopted mustangs who are now performing as hunters or barrel racers, and maybe to bring home a new mustang or burro of your own.  The adoption fee for horses and burros ranges from $25 to $125 (this is not a typo!).  Now more than ever mustangs and burros need adoptive homes.  The BLM has changed its policy on providing for the wild horses and burros and the economy has made it more difficult for people to take on an additional horse.   The Grand Illusion Horse Rescue adopted our mustang Winne in 2005 and our sweet burro Dapple in 2008.   They are both wonderful additions to Shepherd Farm.  The BLM brochure provides all the contact information for the July event.  Help save a life!

• Shepherd Farm is thrilled to welcome Some Day Soon Farm’s Hanoverian Broodmare Weltmarlina into our Breeding Program in June 2010.

Weltmarlina, a 1998 Hanoverian broodmare came to Shepherd Farm in June 2010.  Weltmarlina was imported from Germany as a yearling by Suzanne Quarles of Some Day Soon Farm.  Weltmarlina is an impeccably bred Hanoverian mare by Weltmeyer and out of Bodega by Brentano II.  Brentano II was a champion stallion at Verden in 1985 as a 2 year old.  He is by the famous sire Bolero who was a foundation Hanoverian sire who passed on to his progeny nobility, lovely gaits, and a talent for dressage.  One of Brentano’s successful dressage offspring is the mare Brentina who won the individual and team gold at the Panamerican Games in 1999, and who in 2001 achieved the highest grand prix score ever by an American horse.  We will be breeding Weltmarlina to Hilltop Farm’s Royal Prince this season.

• Memorial Day 2010 welcomes Shepherd Farm’s third foal of the season.

Congratulations to Rachel Rosenfeld of Doc’s Haven Farm, LLC in Poolesville, Maryland on the birth of this stunning leggy Hanoverian filly by ES Welcome and out of Shepherd Farm’s Dartmouth.  Dartmouth gave birth to this precious filly at 3:05 a.m. on Monday, May 31, 2010.  Rachel has appropriately named her filly “Wonderful Holiday” – as her wonderful filly was born on Memorial Day. Dartmouth was very gentle and patient in sharing her new filly with all the holiday visitors of the day.

• Shepherd Farm hosts “Foal Watch” on Memorial Day Weekend.

This Holiday weekend, many friends came to the Farm to visit with our two lovely fillies: Davignana (Always Katelyn 2010) and Eve (Farethewel 2010).  The foals loved the extra attention.  Little did everyone know that when they left the Farm on Sunday, that a third filly would join the “filly band” in the wee hours of Monday morning.  We are thrilled and grateful to have three healthy fillies prancing in the paddocks this Spring.

• Shepherd Farm celebrates the birth of Treveri’s granddaughter Little Eve.

We are thrilled to report that at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 15th, Farethewel gave birth to a beautiful bay Hanoverian filly by ES Loerke who we named Little Eve after our beloved foundation mare Tr”eve”ri.  Remarkably, Eve looks just like her grandmother Treveri.  She is a black bay filly with a gorgeous feminine head and lovely conformation.  This was a very challenging delivery for us.  Farethewel had developed significant edema in the 48 hours before delivery and had such discomfort in her hind legs that she opted for a standing delivery.  We obliged and cradled Eve until she was fully born and ready to be smothered in kisses by her very good mom.  Treveri is surely smiling on us now.

• Shepherd Farm has our first foal of 2010 on Mother’s Day.

Congratulations to Claudia Mucklow of Charlotte, Vermont on the birth of this beautiful DaCaprio filly.   She is a stunning blood bay filly with a white star and two hind socks.  She was born on Mother’s Day, May 9, 2010 at 10:25 p.m. to our lovely Premium Oldenburg mare Always Katelyn.  The little filly was nursing and scampering about in her stall in the first hour of life.  It helped I am sure that sweet Katie had bathed her in kisses as soon as Katie could reach around and nuzzle her.  A great Mother’s Day gift for all.

• Early Spring 2010 – Shepherd Farm is expecting three foals.

This Spring, Shepherd Farm is expecting three foals.

Two of the foals are owned by clients who have participated in Shepherd Farm’s on-site Broodmare Lease Program.

We are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the following three Hanoverian and Oldenburg foals in April and May:

• Always Katelyn x ES DaCaprio – owned by Claudia Mucklow
• Dartmouth x ES Welcome – owned by Rachel Rosenfeld
• Farethewel x ES Loerke – our baby and future broodmare (we hope).

Stay tuned this spring for foal pictures and video.  We are gunning for that Equiery Foal Contest Winning Cover.

• Sunday, April 4, 2010 – Shepherd Farm celebrates Easter.

Easter was a glorious day at Shepherd Farm.  The flowers were in full bloom and the trees were covered in buds, promising to open up this week in the warm spring days ahead.  The Easter egg hunt was a success and Dapple, the burro, was interested to see that Susan’s ears looked alot like hers — today.

• Saturday, March 20, 2010 – The Youth Ranch celebrates the First Day of Spring.

The first day of spring could not have been more beautiful at Shepherd Farm.  It was 75 degrees and sunny with a gentle, warm breeze.  Many children and teens came to Shepherd Farm on the first day of spring to learn about horses, train the yearling to lead, and of course to ride sweet Peggie.

• Saturday, February 20, 2010 – Shepherd Farm digs out and Youth Ranch Activities resume at 10:00 a.m.

For two straight weeks, we were deluged with snow.  We had 26 inches of snow covering our paddocks, rings, and barns.

Finally, we have dug out from the Blizzard of 2010 and Peggy no longer has to canter in shoulder deep powder.

Youth Ranch activities will resume at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday and Peggy looks forward to getting back under saddle.

2009 News and Events:

• Sunday, October 11, 2009 – Leeandra wins the American Hanoverian Society Mare Performance Test.

Leeandra was awarded Site Champion at the Mid-Atlantic Hanoverian Breeders Fall Inspection and Mare Performance Test in Waterville, Virginia.  Leeandra ranked 5th in the Nation as a Top American Hanoverian Society Inspection Mare for 2009.

• Saturday, October 4, 2009 – Shepherd Farm’s Third Annual Blessing of the Animals.

We celebrated the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi,  Patron Saint of the Animals, on October 4, 2009.  Many people came to the Farm with their dogs and cats for a special blessing on a glorious fall day.  All horses and dogs were blessed by our dear friend Father Alexei Michalenko, presider at the Georgetown University Law Center Campus Ministry.   We made sure to offer special blessings for our older equine and dog friends.  The dog pictured is our beloved German Shepherd – Justie.

• Friday, September 18, 2009 – Dartmouth is Awarded Premium Oldenburg Mare Status.

Dartmouth was awarded Premium Oldenburg Mare status at the 2009 Oldenburg Inspection Fall Tour at Silverwood Farm in Lovettsville, Virginia.  Dartmouth achieved a score of 106 points which placed her among the top 10 scoring mares nationally.

This page has the following sub pages.

• ISR/Old Inspection 2010