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Rashka impresses at Robert Dover clinic:
Check out www.Doversworld.com, June 29, 2009. Dover reports on his Farewell (Cher) Tour, and calls Rashka "absolutely
fantastic." He is not the first professional to recognize Rashka's "international quality."
Lamplight IDCTA Show, June 19 - 21
Rashka extended his 2009 winning streak to 28 by winning all four of his classes, with three of the highest scores of the
show. He was the only horse to score in the 80's (three times)! His scores were: 1st-2 76.389; 1st-1
80.000; Training - 4 82.400; Training - 2 86.786 ( with 10 for one of his halts and all 9's in the collectives (gaits,
impulsion, submission, and rider). The judge wrote, "Super Quality! A pleasure to officiate. Doesn't get any better than this."
Sorensen DSHB and Dressage Show, June 11 - 13:
Brava Cor Ray won Fillies of '09 with 82.100% and was 3rd in the Filly Championships.
Harmony in the Park, May 22 - 23
Rashka won all 5 of his classes, was high score of sho and Training Level Champion. All his scores
were 70% - 76%
Tiamo won at Grand Prix.
At our first dressage show of the year, Silverwood, May 9 - 10:
Tiamo Trocadero got a qualifying score at Grand Prix, so be looking for Tiamo and Ken in the GP Freestyle.
Rashka won his only two classes, scoring 75.2% at T-4, and 76.6% in the FEI 5yo test; and he came home on Sunday
to greet his first Little Bit Farm foal, a sweet colt out of Contendra (Contendro/Opus).
| Ken and Tiamo at Silverwood |
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All three horses from Little Bit Farm did well
at Ledges Winter Classic - Feb 13-16
Wradel (Wradar x Paradel/Parabol) and her owner Joey Miner placed
in 13 out of 14 hunter and equitation classes.
Elmer (El Bundy x Kuwaiti Gem) at his first show, placed in all his classes including 1st in Baby
Green and 3rd under saddle.
Valiant (Iroko x Condina/Cor de la Bryere) whose first foals arrive in 2009, placed in Baby Green Hunter classes and moved his way
up to numerous placings in three jumper divisions (schooling, training, and modified).
Congratulations to Lee and Michael Kuiphof of Everview Boarding &
Training on the purchase of My Fling by Masterpiece out of Shirly/Flemmingh.
All Masterpeice offpspring have been sold, either in utero or before the age of one, except the two-year-old Premium
Oldenburg, Mona Lisa (Masterpiece / Hohenstein), who is due to foal in June 2009. If
you would like your own "Masterpiece," please contact us before we rebreed Mona Lisa, or put your name on our waiting
list for 2010.
A number of our fine horses received 2008 year-end awards from USDF:
Rashka:
Mature Horse Stallion HOY
4+5 Year Old Stallion Materiale HOY
ISR/Oldenburg Open Training Level HOY
ISR/Oldenburg Open First Level HOY
O'She's Gauguin:
Mature Horse Bred Mare HOY
ISR/Oldenburg All Breeds Bred Mare HOY
Olympic Rubio:
Weanling Colt or Gelding HOY
In addition, Rashka was top 10 at both Training and First Level, and O' So Friendly was 3rd in 3 YO Fillies,
and 4th in 3 YO Materiale.
Little Bit Farm Welcomes Grand Prix Stallion Tiamo Trocadero and his '08 colt, Tiamo's
Royal Reid
| Tiamo Trocadero |
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| Tiamo's Royal Reid |
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| photo by Emily Covington |
Little
Bit Farm is pleased and proud to announce the addition of the Hanoverian stallion Tiamo Trocadero (Trapper x Diana/Darling/Traumgeist
xx) to their herd and breeding program. An international Grand Prix dressage
competitor earning over 70% at top CDIs in Europe, Tiamo was an alternate on the British Dressage team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics
before being purchased byKarin Reid Offield of Offield Farms. As an amateur owner, Karin won multiple USDF year-end awards at the FEI levels
with Tiamo, and then retired him to stand at Hilltop Farm.
Tiamo Trocadero
is licensed by the German Hanoverian Verband and approved by the American Hanoverian Society, ISR/Oldenburg, and GOV. We will continue to make Tiamo’s foundation Hanoverian bloodlines available
with fresh cooled and frozen semen.
Tiamo's 2008 colt, Tiamo’s Royal Reid, out
of a Davignon/Werther mare will also join his sire at Little Bit Farm.
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