Hej Johanna!

Your beautiful Darlingh most certainly does have lots of energetic ideas!!!! I absolutely love her and hope that she will continue to blossom for you with each and every day! She has so much spunk and clearly has an excellent opinion of herself! I love that!!!!

Enjoy her and please let us know how she is developing in the days and weeks ahead!!

Lycka til!

Susanne Hassler

Susanne Hassler

Hassler Dressage LLC

Phone: 410-885-3824

Fax:  410-885-3823

Mobile:  443-309-1184

susanne@hasslerdressage.com

www.hasslerdressage.com

Here comes some pictures of our beautiful filly out of Lingh- Amiral.

She’s a top mover and very good type! A superhorse and so cute and nice to handle, though she has alot of ENERGY and ideas!

Introducing.....

wow

Lingh is proud !

Here is a link to a small video clip   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoVBkKFqmec of the Lingh foal that was born early in the year in the very north of Norway. We already have a photo when she was newborn with a horse rug on. ( Have to find that….)

THE MARE is Arriba is by Starlight DVH (Sandro Hit) and Arram (SWB ). Arriba has not been ridden in 6 months and is only 4 y.old. Rider Iselin doing a good job. Her foal SH Precious Leeloo is from the fantastic stallion Lingh. Lingh: see info at flyinge.se.

P.s.  horrbile ground to ride on; combination snow/ice.

www.stallholtaas.no

We have more information….SH precious Arriba had a foal after Lingh (se www.flyinge.se) 25th march 2010. She is a beautiful foal.

Mothers father is Starlight DVH (Sandro Hit). and grandmother is after Arram (swedish warmblood). this foal will be a Swedish Warmblood. more info at www.stallholtaas.no and we have pages at facebook: stall holtaas, white talisman, sissel holtaas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpHswjbxc6A&feature=related

A former thoroughbred race horse rider, hunter jumper competitor, and all around horse woman has contacted me to help her find a gelding by Lingh, between 2 and 4 years old. She will provide excellent references from clinicians and will be able to stable him on her own 4 acre farm. She lives in the western sector of the United States so travel expenses and a complete vet exam must be considered in the geldings price. Please contact me at info@offieldfarms.com asap.

Here is a message from a Lingh 2 year owner……” She lives outside 24/7 so she looks a bit like a ragamuffin with scrapes and wild mane. However, she is drop dead gorgeous if I do say so myself. I have started to teach her a bit to lunge, although I don’t do much as she is only 2 years old. I must say, however, that she shocked me at how fast she picked up the idea to go in a circle around me! She was lungeing fairly well at the trot on the first day! And with no one to help me by leading her around the circle. Most horses take a bit longer to get the hang of it. I think she will be a “quick study”. Her disposition is very sweet and kind and she is very calm, afraid of nothing. She leads in hand very well and is good for farrier, etc.

Her living situation is very conducive to keeping her confident about life and people. She lives on a pretty farm with two old geldings who are helpful to show her how to enjoy life and not get too worked up about things! lol!

I could go on and on. She has very nice conformation, a TON of suspension, a beautiful face, lovely neck, medium length back with nice saddle position (you might say she is somewhat short coupled, but I think she is mostly “medium” in length), correct straight legs, nice feet. I’m not sure how big she will be. At 2, she is currently about 15.2 to 15.3. Her mother was 16 hands. I would be happy if she made it to 16.1. That would be perfect.”

THANK YOU ALL FOR WRITING TO ME, I HOPE TO GET BACK ONTO THE COMPUTER MORE OFTEN NOW….BUT WE ARE VERY BUSY IN THE STABLE…..HAVING FUN !

Hi

This is one of the best emails I have gotten in years.  This is not only amazing, it will work and the concept could not be much simpler and off the everyday shelf of parts and technology.

For those who do not know how automobile engines actually work, let me try to explain. They are called combustion engines, because gasoline or diesel fuel is exploded in a special chamber, which creates enough pressure to drive a piston down, usually, turning a shaft that results in turning the car’s wheels. The key is the pressure that is required to push that piston down to turn that drive shaft.

Compressed air can provided the required pressure against those pistons. If we could break the hold oil companies have on this entire nation and put everything we have towards this type of science, we will soon be free. Watch the following:

Car Runs On Air

By the way, I heard last week that BP and all of the other companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico leak and destruction of our world down here, are setting up to try all of the court cases here in Texas. For all of you folks living outside of that state, you should know that will be a cake walk for the those guys to get out of paying most of what they should. The Oil Industry owns Texas and every judge and politician in it. Even if the people win in the lower courts, our appellate courts will over turn it.

Good Luck to the students competing at the show. We will be updating the website with photos and stories on their return.

WHERE YOU ARE HAPPY EVERY HOUR ! Parade time for all the students at BreknRidge Farm !

“Both foals were born with these incredible shoulders, and are truly gifted

in their range of motion

Thank you for your help and this opportunity to breed back to

Mr. Amazing!”

I received this note this morning…I have so much to share with you all

about Lingh’s foals…am crazy busy, but will asap !  Thank you all for

staying in touch !

Congratulations to Johanna, the very lucky owner and breeder of a brand new Lingh filly. We think she is very special….

“Here comes some pictures of our beautiful filly out of Lingh- Amiral.

She’s a top mover and very good type! A superhorse and so cute and nice to handle, though she has alot of ENERGY and ideas!
Her name is Darlingh….:) ”

A Gallery of photographs will be added after the weekend.  Stay tuned !

Off to a horse show with 2 great horses, we have been so busy at the stable there is no time to use the computer….I will write up the results as soon as they return…. my advice for the week ?   BREED BACK TO LINGH….the babies are really nice !!!

We are proud to announce a new addition to the LINGH family and to one of America’s most dedicated horseman.  Story and more photos to foloow…

Title of Short Story: A Beautiful New Day

Word Count: 1000

Author: Stefanie LeGrande

Bio: I have been riding horses my whole life. My short story contains true bits and pieces of my actual life. I am a Registered Nurse now but was a Licensed Veterinary Technician in an n Equine practice for 10 years. I just recently received a full scholarship to obtain my Masters in Nursing Education. I do have a new daughter that I was blessed with late in life as well as a 9 year old son and a wonderful supportive husband. My background until the last few years was in reining and working cow-horse. I have been pursuing learning Classical Dressage for the last year and a half. I have fallen in love with Dressage and will continue to ride and learn for the rest of my life! Hopefully moving up the levels as money, time, great instruction and the right horses become available throughout this journey!

It was cold with a north wind as typical of an Oklahoma night. Maryann was exhausted from working overtime through the month of December and now being on foaling watch with her Dutch warmblood mare Sienna. For the past ten days she has been checking her every few hours during the night. Although exhausting work, she could barely contain her excitement at the approaching time of finally seeing her Lingh foal.  As Maryann entered the barn she was greeted by soft snorts of acknowledgement from Sienna. “Hello, sweet girl.” Maryann enters Sienna’s stall and begins a careful check around Sienna’s tail base. She notes definite relaxation of the muscle tone over the past several days. “Easy, girl.” “Just let me check your bag.” Speaking quietly to her, Maryann leans down and notes that Sienna has “waxed-up” quite a bit compared to earlier in the week. Sienna, although quiet seems a little more restless than she normally is in the stall. “Ok big girl, I am going to bed down outside your stall tonight.” “You think tonight is the night you are going to give me my dream baby by Lingh?” She quietly tells the aged mare how important this Lingh baby is that she is carrying. Sienna presses her big head into Maryann as she massages behind her ears. “Ok girl, I will be right here in case you need anything.” Maryann exits the stall and settles into her cot with a blanket wrapped around her. Max the barn cat jumps up to snuggle in for some warmth. Maryann reflects about the past year and how these grand events came about.

Maryann has a great foundation of caring for her equine partner as a Licensed Veterinary Technician. She spent ten years in an equine medicine and surgery center before becoming a registered nurse. She also showed horses her whole life, mostly working-cow and reining horses. During the last three years was drawn to classical dressage. She was fortunate to grow up around true “old-time” horsemen of all disciplines. While riding working-cow horses as an amateur, she was mentored by a world class horsewoman. She was taught the fundamentals of letting a young horse mature, being soft with your hands and that it was ok to “love” your show horse, and that learning never ends when it comes to riding. The high cost of traveling and cattle fees as well as going back to school influenced the difficult decision to sell her cow horse. Another change in life brought the blessing of a daughter late in life. When Maryann was exposed to the art of dressage, she was taken by its beauty. She saw parallels to the fundamentals she was taught early on by older horsemen and women. Some of these were; training in a relaxed environment and encouraging a content horse to develop a harmonious understanding with his rider.

Lying on the cot, she thinks about how just three years ago she was pregnant surfing the internet, dreaming of riding dressage someday. She remembers watching videos of Lingh “dancing” with Edward Gal. The Valentine’s Day video his owner Karen put together actually brought tears to her eyes. Would she ever be able to ride a dressage horse like that? She chuckles as she thinks of the sweat and soreness trying to back in shape after the baby and learning a new riding discipline.  Now she has this incredible “gift”, having the opportunity to breed a mare of Sienna’s background to her dream stallion, Lingh. To imagine so many hopes and dreams are on centered on this foal. Someday her young daughter will need a horse of this caliber to compete as a young rider.

Sienna begins to move around her stall. “Easy, old girl.” Maryann tells her while getting up to check her. “It’s tonight, isn’t it big girl?” Sienna settles a bit and Maryann stretches back out on the cot next to Max, who has no intention of leaving a warm spot.

Her dressage mentor, Lilly has helped bring her along as a rider as well as her equine mentor Sassy.  “Sassy” is a kind Percheron mare that she bought to learn dressage. Sassy and Lilly were patient with her as she got in shape after the pregnancy. They helped get her to her first set of goals of dressage. Maryanne smiled thinking of Sassy; she is truly a good soul but is limited in her athletism. Maryanne has been able to ride a few finished horses of Lilly’s. But, the dream of owning her own had seemed far away until Lilly talked complete retirement of her graceful old mare Sienna. Maryanne thought about it for a long time before bringing up the possibility of her taking care of Sienna in her retirement. She approached Lilly discussing the extra care that Lilly needed to keep her comfortable through carrying a foal and how to keep extra weight on her. “Please, just give me one chance to breed Sienna!”  Lilly appreciated Maryanne’s hard work in learning dressage on her Percheron mare and understood the lack of funding for a top quality horse. Sienna after all had almost two decades of an international show career and she would receive outstanding care for the rest of her life from Maryanne. After, much deliberation she agreed to let Maryanne breed and care for Sienna.

Maryanne has dozed off for a short bit when she heard Sienna grunting. She quietly observes the mare lying flat out. Sienna labors very little more and a foal emerges. It’s a filly! Maryann quietly enters and begins to dry the filly with towels. She is already struggling to her feet. What balance already! Sienna rises and helps lick her filly dry. Maryanne doctors the naval and carefully watches as the filly tries to nurse for several minutes. Finally the satisfying sucking sound! Maryann takes a deep breath and notices the sun rising as a beautiful new day with a bright future begins. She thinks to herself, “Thank you”.

Thinking about breeding to Louisville ?   Here are some pictures from last month….he is growing leaps and bounds…he actually played games yesterday and was not going to be caught.  Gave us a sunburn and blisters.  Merlin lives with Patches, our 27 year old trail horse that came from Sedona when we moved. Patches is probably the best and bravest trail horse i ever sat on.  He now lives in Northern Michigan and is helping to raise Merlin…

Behind, beside, in front, and then behind...yesterday Merlin had all the moves !

Till alla mina svenska vänner:
En vän till mig visade en video som hon hade tagit när hon visade
sin son, som har speciella behoeften, denna video från Lingh. Hon var
överaskad över hans reaktion.
Typiskt för honom är att stanna oreagerad och nu blev han väldigt
livlig och enthousiastisk efter att ha sett “the dancing horse” – den
dansande hästen.

De påminnade mig av allt detta fantastiska arbete som häst terapie
gör för att hjälpa individer med speciella behoeften. Häst terapi får
mera och mera uppmärksamhet som än accepterade form av behandling, som
hjälper med koordination, tal och kommunikation, självkänsla och mycket
annat. För första gången Dr Tricia Wilmoth presenterar häst terapi som
en del av terapautisk lösning för att behandla autism. Hon kommer att
göra det på en konferens för Autism i juli 2010, som hölls för 41.
gång.
För att stöda detta arbete, linkar jag nu till deras websida –

North American riding for the handicapped association www.narha.org.
Finns det likadana organisationer i Europa – låt mig veta!

tack försök ska svara på engelska, men om du kan inte. …please skriver snart, och jag ska arbeta på min svenska

Best regards, Karin from America !!!

I am sharing this amazing letter I received from Oguz from Istanbul, I will translate the best I can.

Hellow,

I found Offield Farms through Internet Explorer. I am your very interested fan from Turkey.

I have enthusiasm for Offield Farms, Trainers,  Riders, and I believe, one day, that all the people will be busy with this nice horse discipline. World Transformation Dressage !  I am not a rider, I haven’t got a horse. In my next life I would like to become an Offield Farm rider.  I also found a Dressage Museum in Texas.

I like to watch your videos, enjoy them,  I hear admiration of the harmony of the horse and rider. I imagine talking with you about an Istanbul Horse Show, a medal Ceremony on the Podium. Do you think you could come to Istanbul ?   Can you let me know ?  I don’t feel enough people show interest in Dressage. I turn on the sports channel and where is Dressage ?……..

Oguz, It’s Karin here. I will write to you in Turkey. We can become friends and maybe your ideas will help us over here in the United States to promote Dressage to a wider audience….I want to thank you for writing to me and I wish I had many riders riding with me for Offield Farms….that would be so much fun…. Sincerely, Karin

Your inquiries from two very separate points of land, people and economies arrived in the mail and mare owners from both areas are interested in breeding to Lingh.  I would love to hear more news from these regions about your breeding programs…. email me at info@offieldfarms.com Thank you !

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HICKSTEAD AND LINGH FIRST STALLIONS TO RECEIVE CANADIAN SPORT HORSE PLATINUM PERFORMANCE PREMIUM

HICKSTEAD AND LINGH FIRST STALLIONS TO RECEIVE

CANADIAN SPORT HORSE PLATINUM PERFORMANCE PREMIUM

Two of the most gifted equine athletes in the world – top-ranked international dressage stallion Lingh, winner of the 2005 FEI World Cup, and Olympic show jumping superstar Hickstead – are the first two Canadian Sport Horse Association breeding approved stallions to be awarded Platinum Performance Premium.

The CSHA National Board of Directors has approved the new Platinum Performance Premium to recognize exceptional achievement in sport at the highest level: a first, second or third placing at the Olympic Games, World Championships or Pan Am Games.

Hickstead, a small stallion (16 hands) with a huge talent, won the hearts of Canadians and equestrian fans worldwide after his electrifying gold medal win at the 2008 Olympics with rider Eric Lamaze. As well as the individual gold, Hickstead and Lamaze helped clinch the Olympic team silver for Canada. The pair has had numerous Grand Prix wins worldwide (including the 2007 $1 million CN International at Spruce Meadows and last year’s the €200,000 Global Champions Tour Final Round in Qatar) and has represented Canada in 10 Nations Cup competitions. Hickstead was ranked the number one show jumping horse in the world for both 2008 and 2009 by the World Breeding Federation of Sport Horses (WBFSH).

Hickstead, a 1996 stallion, is by the International Grand Prix jumper Hamlet out of the star Preferent mare Jomara. Jomara is by the well-known and recently deceased stallion, Ekstein. He combines scope, power, technique, intelligence and temperament.

“The reason that the breeding programs in Europe are so successful is because they use good quality sires and mares, and often they are able to replicate that quality in the foals,” says Eric Lamaze. “I think it will be interesting to see what he can bring to the Canadian breeding program.”

“Being based in Europe now, I have seen a lot of Hickstead babies,” he continues. “ I have first-hand experience watching his offspring, which were products of him being used for breeding before we bought him.  They all look really good, and they are all very big!”

Experienced breeder and horseman Francis Berger, who operates South Shore Farm outside of Montreal, is Hickstead’s exclusive North American agent. Limited doses of frozen semen are available on a first-come, first-serve basis at a cost of $5,500 US per dose. (Contact Francis Berger at 514-24-4035.)

Lingh’s international performance career has placed him at the top of the index established by the World Breeding Federation of Sport Horses, ranking him the number one dressage stallion and third in the world overall. His breathtaking performances at the 2005 FEI World Cup in Las Vegas, where he claimed the Grand Prix and the Silver Medal overall with rider Edward Gal, thrilled the dressage world. He was purchased by American Karin Reid Offield in 2006, who continued to compete with him at the grand prix level.

“I appreciate all of the interest I have had from Canadian Dressage fans in Lingh and my website (www.lingh.nl),” says Karin. “I have many friends from Canada from my show jumping years and I woke up one morning and decided to become involved with Canada’s breeding programs. It’s going to be years until we know how good Lingh’s foals will turn out to be, but I know that Canada loves great sport horses and I believe very strongly in Lingh and his ability to produce great competition and recreational horses. His foals are easy to handle, intelligent and very, very capable.”

Karin says when she read about the Canadian Sport Horse Association and its mission, “I felt as though it would be a perfect match with Lingh.  Every day I receive letters from Lingh breeders and their personal goals are the same as the CSHA. I also have a great interest in Lingh being used as a hunter sire. I rode hunters for many years and I have a feeling he has what it takes to sire a great hunter. His jumping bloodlines are evident and his willingness to work is superior. Put those traits together and since his offspring are so pleasant to work with, I think we have a winner.”

Mares will be selected based on their quality such as the depth of pedigree, quality of conformation and movement, production records to date, and performance history, as well as those who are good frozen semen candidates.

Susanne Hassler and Hassler Dressage are handling breeding queries. For information, click on www.hasslerdressage.com or call 410-885-3824.

Attachments: Olympic gold medal showjumper Hickstead with Eric Lamaze. Photo credit: Cealy Tetley.

*9International Grand Prix dressage stallion Lingh. Photo credit: m-elle@andersson-fotodesign.com

For more information:

Lu Lancaster, National Secretary

Canadian Sport Horse Association

613-686-6161 or 613-686-6170, csha@canadian-sport-horse.org.

www.canadian-sport-horse.org

For Immediate Release                                                        Contact: Karin Reid Offield
info@offieldfarms.com
May 21, 2010

PETOSKEY, MI – “Unbelievable quality of instruction and presentation. Very inspiring;” “Couldn’t have been organized better” were some of the comments given by instructors, riders, and auditors in response to the inaugural Dressage Tool Box Symposium held May 15 and 16 at Bay Harbor Equestrian Club. Sponsored by Karin Offield of Harbor Springs,  www.lingh.nl, and Barnby Notes, the symposium gave attendees a unique opportunity to advance their skills in horsemanship and share openly the “tools” that will advance their skills as dressage teachers and riders.

Dressage is the systematic training of the horse to increase it’s suppleness and athletic ability. As an Olympic level competitive discipline, dressage displays the beauty and grace of the horse and rider in partnership as they perform what appears to be an effortless mounted ballet. On a more fundamental level the foundation of dressage will benefit any rider who desires to communicate fluidly and bring out the best performance of their horse.

This inaugural clinic was open to all dressage instructors. Offield stated “the purpose was to share the diversity and range of ideas from dressage instructors; to show and tell the technical skills. The manner in which we teach and learn as students takes years by experience. As riders we learn in varying amounts every day. As instructors we are constantly examining those “lightbulb moments” to see why a certain “lesson” was suddenly learned. It’s like life – but on a horse.”

Instructors with backgrounds as diverse as equine and human biomechanics,, therapeutic riding (NARHA), Centered Riding, and US Dressage Federation Gold Medalists from national competition participated. Also participating were several USDF certified judges and instructors. Each instructor taught 2 lessons focusing on a specific dressage fundamental or movement to mounted students who indicated they needed an additional perspective in refining their understanding of that particular skill. The riders were asked to list the lessons that they needed to learn.

Karin Offield, as moderator and inventor of the Symposium model was able to craft the lessons program to fit the needs of both the instructors and the riders. The auditors played an active part in the program too by changing their observation vantage point from lesson to lesson. When asked “What is the reason behind hosting a Tool Box Symposium?” Offield replied, “ I am talking about getting a region together to introduce, to discover, and to work together so that all of our instructors skills and tools, our clients horses, and our dressage tests are better. For all of us to meet the instructors in our region is super. What better way than this to make sure that we are all training our horses in a modern, respectful and intelligent manner!”

Special guests from Michgan State University attended. As experts in their fields of teaching and learning, Dr. Hilary Clayton, BVMS, PhD, MRCVS,  professor and McPhail Chair in Equine Sports Medicine; Karen Waite – Equine Extention Specialist; and Narelle Stubbs – research associate and Physiotherapist from Australia and England helped us see the subjects more clearly. “It was fun and very enlightening.”

Local participants in the Harbor Springs area included Nancy Williams riding her rescued Thoroughbred Trakehner cross, Dreamer who won the group’s heart for his wonderful work ethic and athletic ability. Karin Offield also rode William’s little gelding in a session on developing the canter pirouette. Prix St. George competitor and USDF “L” judge, Kim Aikens from Petoskey instructed. Young riders Suzannah Simon from Charlevoix and Miles Hayes also wowed the crowd. Other participants came from around Michigan and as far afield as Connecticut, Illinois, Ohio, and Virginia. There were 55 attendees.

The symposium goals were twofold; one, that all participants go home with new “tools” added to their collection of both teaching and riding skills and two, that the program serve as a model for additional Tool Box Symposiums to be held across the country. Unlike many European countries, the United States does not have a regional national training center program for dressage riders and young horses. Offield hopes that by creating the Tool Boxes this need can be addressed and a 2 year pilot program of National Training Centers can be initiated across the United States. For more information on the selection of a facility as a site for a Dressage Tool Box Symposium in 2010 and 2011 please contact Karin at info@offieldfarms.com. The Tool Box was designated a USDF University accredited program and the organizers and participants were very pleased with their support. For more information on the USDF University please click on this link :http://www.usdf.org/education/university/.

This little foal is listening to the photographer…look at his right ear…more details to follow !

We have great dreams.....

FROM MY FRIEND, SHE WRITES…

“..hey you, just listened to the radio interview…good job, good story, interesting listening…made me think back on
my own impressions inspired by Lingh… not at a world championship,in front of thousands of knowledgeble fans, but in a noisey highway-side indoor ring… One of the finest equestrian atheletes, being his graceful self, under his gracious amatuer rider, on just a regular day, that had nothing regular about it.”

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MARTHA FOR HELPING ME AND LINGH BE STARS AT DEVON A COUPLE YEARS AGO…IT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY AMERICAN SHOWING CAREER.

I am a bit tired, and need to “refresh” ….but until then I must share with you my first letter from a horse. Thank you to a favorite in my auditor crowd. xoxko

Karin,
I wanted to start off with telling you that this symposium was a terrible idea, as a
middle aged dressage horse I have grown quite comfortable in bamboozling my rider
pretty well. It is true I have a huge ass and it is also true that I can use it on
occasion but only to fight for the last crumbs in the pasture or to remove an
un-abiding rider.  I am just fuming over this symposium crap that was used to
"educate" riders and to show them how to use us for a prettier picture.  Frankly I
am tired of getting my good name drug through the mud when in fact I am just as cool
standing in the pasture as under saddle. I am really not interested in to working
any harder I think I do my job quite well standing in the arena with my ears up is
my favorite and I think my most beautiful gate. I think if you polled the general
Equine population in the area they would all give your symposium a hooves down.
After my usually passive and very agreeable rider came back home yesterday she had a
fire in her eyes and decided she wanted to "try something new" I was minding my own
business ready for my daily massage and little jog around the arena to keep my
trophy horse figure she thought it was a great idea to try have me use my rear end.
(*$&#($&#(*$&()@*#&@)(&# I don't think so, that is reserved for tail swishing and
fence rubbing certainly not working under saddle.  I tried to get my union rep on
the phone to remedy the situation but they said that was in my original contract
when I first started this gig and I should feel lucky that I have gotten away with
it this long.  So Miss Offield if you ever try to do one of these absolutely
ridiculous things again, I and others on the proverbial other side of the fence will
not be supporting.

Sincerely,

MOOSEY R

 Moose (Rowan)
12 year old Friesian Mare.

Swedish Colt, 11 days old....He has "the looks" WOW !!

Hallo Karin

Nice that you have  found my treasure! As you see he is “rather goodlooking” and

today (his 11th) when his mother and I tried to teach him how to behave we had

a galloping rocket coming behind us to look at the other horses and then he

turned and ran back to us -”  here i come again – have you missed me? “

We looking forward to meeting  you in Sweden, Karin (Mattias will show you the way)

Thank you Brita – he is amazing….

The Don Schufro-mare Donna S can be found on this website…. www.stenpil.se.  I have a very small photo of the LINGH colt that was just born.  Brita Stenpil is the proud breeder.

Exiting news is that Beau is sold to Sweden : Johan Ifverson has bought him and is planning to show him at the approvals next year. I hope to hear from Johan very soon to get more pictures….until then

LET ME PRESENT BEAU :

PHOTO CREDIT : P. MELISSEN

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL IN HOLLAND ON THIS INCREDIBLE NEWS !  MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW

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Equestrian Clinics

Equestrian Clinics is an educational website that provides members with a

front row seat to clinics with equestrian’s top trainers.

Our goal is to bring the equestrian community together with a continuing

education program of demonstrations, exercises and life experiences. Books and

magazines are a great resource for riders of all levels. But at Equestrian Clinics,

we believe that since humans are visual creatures, we learn more from

demonstrations. Watching other riders make mistakes that we can relate to and

then watching the correction is a powerful learning tool. Having the visual imprint

of correct riding is a tremendous benefit in advancing your skill as a rider.

We are approaching trainers all over the world to allow us to “take a peek”

at their lessons and clinics. In a perfect world with money and time limitless,

many of us would travel to these fantastic clinics and watch in person. Since that

is not always possible, Equestrian Clinics brings the clinics to you. We also

encourage riders to participate in clinics personally and watching these wonderful

trainers will prepare them for their clinic.

These clinics stream on our website, www.EquestrianClinics.com, and are

available to our members (Member fees go towards covering some of the

production costs. There are no profits realized.)  Each month we feature a new

full-length clinic with a top hunter, jumper or dressage trainer as well as

numerous training tips. We have shot with such trainers as George Morris, Anne

Kursinski and Frank Madden. We are thrilled to have our first opportunity to shoot

with such talented members of the dressage community with Karin Offield’s Tool

Box Symposium.

Thank you for sharing your expertise and helping us to create this

tremendous educational opportunity for trainers and riders of all levels.

Kathleen Burns Rohr

Equestrian Clinics

Your Front Row Seat to Clinics

By Equestrian’s Top Trainers

WHY GOD MADE MOMS, send this through Google translator !

Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:

Why did God make mothers?

1.  She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.

2.  Mostly to clean the house..

3.  To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?

1.  He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.

2.  Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.

3.  God made my mom just the same like he made me.  He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of?

1.  God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.

2.  They had to get their start from men’s bones.  Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?

1.  We’re related.

2.  God knew she likes me a lot more than other people’s mom like me.

What kind of a little girl was your mom?

1.  My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.

2.  I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.

3.  They say she used to be nice.

What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?

1.  His last name.

2.  She had to know his background.  Like is he a crook?  Does he get drunk on beer?

3.  Does he make at least $800 a year?  Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your mom marry your dad?

1.  My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world.  And my mom eats a lot.

2.  She got too old to do anything else with him.

3.  My grandma says that mom didn’t have her thinking cap on.

Who’s the boss at your house?

1.  Mom doesn’t want to be boss, but she has to because dad’s such a goof ball.

2.  Mom.  You can tell by room inspection.  She sees the stuff under the bed.

3.  I guess mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad

What’s the difference between moms and dads?

1..  Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.

2.  Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them..

3.  Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause that’s who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friends.

4.  Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.

What does your mom do in her spare time?

1.  Mothers don’t do spare time.

2.  To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What would it take to make your mom perfect?

1.  On the inside she’s already perfect.  Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.

2.  Diet.  You know, her hair.  I’d diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?

1.  She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean.  I’d get rid of that.

2.  I’d make my mom smarter.  Then she would know it was my sister who did it not me.

3.  I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.

Flowers in Michigan before it snowed today !

I HAVE A BUYER FOR 3-4YEAR OLD LINGH PROSPECTS….PLEASE CONTACT ME AT INFO@OFFIELDFARMS.COM…..I RECEIVED THIS EMAIL THIS MORNING….

“I’m looking for another dressage prospect and prefer geldings in the 3-5yr old range.  I like the looks of the stallion “Lingh” and didn’t know if he has any offspring in this age group for sale.”

We have formed a relationship with a young breeder in Canada who wishes to represent Lingh and Louisville. He does the insemination at his own  breeding facility which is very similar to what is common in Europe. There are still many mare owners that are uneasy with using frozen semen because of their regional vet care. By sending your mare to a farm with a breeding horseman such as Francois, the mare owners are relieved of this concern, and their mares return home pregnant. (IN MOST CASES) If you have questions and need more information please contact Susanne at Hassler Dressage or contact Francois Lachance directly.   Susanne Hassler   Hassler Dressage LLC    Phone: 410-885-3824     Fax:  410-885-3823  Mobile:  443-309-1184

Contact infos for Francois Lachance are:
Écurie Nouvelle Dimension
164, Rang Des Mines
St-Augustin-de-Desmaures  QC  G3A 1W8
418-564-4244
info@ecurienouvelledimension.com
www.ecurienouvelledimension.com

“Good morning, Everyone. I am the owner of “Surf”
Well, I think it’s confirmed: Surf is a jumper.  I turned her mother Raven,  and Surf out yesterday afternoon.  It was in an arena they had been in together before.  All was fine.  The baby was curious, as babies always are, and I saw her looking over the lower board in the arena fencing.  That lower board was up against her chest and lower neck.  Then, she and Raven went for a trot down the far end of the arena, and then canter, and as Surf swung around on her way back, she made a beeline for the part of the fence she had been investigating…and without even stopping, she leapt through!  Raven fortunately didn’t lose her mind, but the baby was in no hurry to get back to mom, and it was all I could do to catch her before she decided to go on walkabout by herself!  (Once caught, she became rodeobaby, because she didn’t want to go back.)  She is too much…and that was just on her two week “birthday”…14 days old (she was born the 12th) and she feels she’s a jumper…and a self-confident one at that!

Lingh's foal (2 weeks old) first jump !

The attached picture shows a shot from inside the arena at the spot she jumped out (I obviously didn’t get a chance to capture “the moment” on film!).  Notice that there is a “bank” of soil, so she had to jump UP to get out…and that lower board was already up at her chest and neck.  SHEESH!!!
PS  My farrier, who is notoriously difficult to impress, looked at her last Friday, and there was a long pause, and then he said, almost grudgingly, “She has nice, straight legs.”  I think we have a winner!  :)
At 08:23 04-21-10, Melissa Wortman at Hassler Dressage wrote:

“Oh my gosh, I love gushing!! And honestly, so does Karin.  We think it’s great to hear breeders’ stories and if you don’t mind, Karin will likely share many of them on her lingh.nl website.”

How fun that Surf likes to jump!  I adore the photo of her with Grissom.  Keep ‘em coming!

Lingh does have jumper relatives, indeed!  Check out this link:

http://www.hasslerdressage.com/stallions/lingh/lingh-heritage.html

At 21:21 04-20-10, Anastasia Shupp wrote:

Okay, gotta ask you: Is my gushing going to drive you crazy, or can I share anecdotes periodically?  (I don’t know Karin, so I don’t know about her, either!)  For instance: On their third turn-out on Sunday, Surf made for some ground poles that were in the arena, and took one at a canter as if it was no big deal…while Raven leapt over it (beautifully, but just a “wee” a bit exaggerated for a ground pole!).  I figured it was a fluke…that she was exploring the arena, and so hadn’t seen the ground pole until she was close to it.  …until a few minutes later, when she did the exact same thing.  Doesn’t Lingh have jumpers in his background??    Gotta sign up for GOV now…the inspection’s at the end of July1

Lingh's filly 'Surf" at birth......2 weeks later, already jumping!

BTW: The little boy with Surf in the pictures I sent on the 14th was my younger son, Grissom.  He and Surf seem to get along great.  He has no fear of her, and I think she is fascinated by him because he’s her size.

{check for their photo earlier on New News !}

—A.

PS  I have to figure how to keep her away from Raven’s floor-length tail!!!

“I finally found a suitable candidate for my Lingh semen which I purchased several years go from the original owners. I found the semen to be
of very good quality. It was frozen in 2005 in Holland.”

The mare is a Hanoverian by Rubenstein x Warkant, registered West.

“I had just wanted to report on how the good the semen looked! I bought it several years ago, and didnt have a suitable mare until recently; however, I had heard in the meanwhile that his semen was marginal. After thawing, my vet and I thought it looked really good. It was probably better than 50 % motility and the cells were moving straight , instead of in circles, like so many others I have seen. I like vigorous appearing cells- not only can they get a mare pregnant, but I think the quality of the newborn is also enhanced by vigor.( my humble opinion)  I will know on Monday whether she is pregnant, but the vet inseminated within 3 hrs of ovulation, which is probably not optimal.  It remains to be seen whether the mare is pregnant, but it won’t be for lack of good quality semen.”

The reports of Lingh semen that I took over when I first purchased Lingh were not super and  we discovered that most likely there had been  transportation and storage issues that gave us these results.  We have continued to use the  same semen in various breeding programs and have had super results. The same outcome last winter when Lingh was sick and his semen was lower in motility – it still got almost every single mare pregnant !!!

FANTASTIC NEWS, AND WE ARE SO PLEASED. LINGH HAS MANY FANS IN CANADA AND IS NEWLY REPRESENTED THERE.

AGENT DETAILS FORTHCOMING !!

“By coincidence I just received an email from a breeder in Ontario enquiring about two stallions and if foals by them would be eligible for registration with the CSHA. One is Lingh and I am pleased to be able to tell her that Lingh is now an approved stallion in our stud book.”

Established in 1926, the Canadian Sport Horse is Canada’s oldest indigenous sport horse breed. We are incorporated under the Department of Agriculture, Animal Pedigree Act. Under the APA, a breed must be designated as distinct ( one with specific breed characteristics that breeds true, and with a sustaining population of animals to continue the breed) or evolving ( one that is on a path to reach a distinct status).

Our object is the encouragement, development and regulation of the breeding of Sport Horses in Canada from an evolving breed to a distinct breed. The aim of which is to produce a horse of sport type, free of pony, draft or stock body types with good dispostion and capable of successfully competing at all levels of competition of the Olympic disciplines including show hunters.

We are members of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses, Equine Canada and the USDF – all breeds award prgram. Our members (approx 500) are from coast to coast centered mainly in Ontario, Alberta & BC. Both Ontario & Alberta operate provincial chapters to promote Canadian Sport Horse events/shows in their respective provinces. We also have members in the USA and UK.

Our stallion directory is published annually in January and mailed to all CSHA members. It is also made available at the Spruce Meadows Masters ( Calgary)in Sept and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (Toronto) in November. Stallion owners are contacted in Sept/Oct with relevant updates, deadline for copy is mid November. Inclusion in the directory is free with the payment of the following year’s stallion fee prior to publishing.

The stallions are listed in the directory by their level of performance in sport. Basic for newly inspected stallions just starting their career, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The Board approved this year, the Platinum designation to recognize those stallions that have achieve an exception level of performance in their discipline in the Olympics, World Championships or Pan-Am Games. Lingh will join Hickstead as our first Platinum stallions.

With so many new technical updates and ’social networking’ options now available, our website is undergoing a revamp and upgrade. We hope to have it ready in May. We will utilizing an e-newsletter as well as hard copy printed version in the spring and year end.

PHOTOS SOON !!
Just wanted to let you know that Flyinge now is the proud owner of a Lingh filly born last night at 8 pm.

Chestnut, after her mother Berganza (Bugatti Hilltop – Don Schufro). Very long legs, bit of a curly hair all over her body.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL !!

He Looks FANTASTIC !

Kind, Quiet and Capable

“Yes isn’t he gorgeous!, His current owner is riding him and he is doing very well.

To be honest I’m surprised that he hasn’t been sold yet

You are welcome to buy him We would be honoured!”

An Athlete and A Gentleman to Handle - Just Like Lingh

eFOR AUCTION DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT    INFO@PSPNH.NL OR GO TO WWW.PSPNH.NL

ASK FOR INFORMATION ON “CHAPEAU S”

Great news from a very happy Lingh breeder in CA!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010: The Breeder is Anastasia Dimitriu and mare is the Arabian “Night Moves”. I am thrilled that we are seeing Lingh be used as a sire of mares outside of the warmblood market.  We are confident that the best qualities of this amazing Dutch family from Flemmingh and the particular mare side that created Lingh will produce strong, athletic, intelligent, easy to handle  sport horses for years to come. Join us at Offield Farms and become a member of the Lingh family and breed your mare to Lingh today.