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October 2010

We attended the FHANA Keuring at IRON SPRING FARM on October 12, 2010.

TIM WAS AWARDED THE STATUS OF STAR STALLION.

Whisper was given a Stb third premie (no surprise....she's in an awkward growing stage now....rump high) and Beike was awarded a SECOND PREMIE which is REMARKABLE for an 18 year old mare. We were so pleased.

What do these words mean: "keuring", "premie", "ster (star)"?

Each of these terms is Dutch, and relates to the rigorous judging process performed by registry representatives. The judging event is called a "keuring". Judges are typically flown in from the Netherlands and review the candidate horses according to a stringent grading criteria. Each horse is judged carefully, one at a time. The grading centers around the horse’s conformation and movement through the walk and trot. A horse generally attends a keuring as a weanling, and again as a 3 year old. However, a horse may attend at any time.

The best quality horses are "premium" quality, noted as "premie" for short. The very top class are 1^st premie, followed by 2^nd and then 3^rd premie. A horse can be judged less than premie, but still be considered acceptable as breeding quality and thus, like the premies, is placed in the studbook (shown as "stb" and/or "stamboek" on the papers).

When a horse is 3 or more years old, s/he may be judged additionally for a "ster" (pronounced "star") classification. A horse may be a ster regardless of gender (yes, even geldings may be ster). A horse who has been rated ster is considered a superlative example of the breed.

Would you like to see what happens when the Dutch judges examine a horse? Here's a video of Tim's examination at the Keuring:

TIM'S KEURING VIDEO (Small file size)

For LARGE FILE VIDEO (LONG DOWNLOAD) Click on the photo below.....

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May 2008

Tim is nearly two years old, and I decided it was time to start him under saddle. We've been

doing a fair amount of long lining in the last year and a bit of lunging. I've practiced having him

stand at the mounting block, and having him stand still while I laid my body over his back. So he

took to the saddle and me getting on him without incident. The long lining training paid off.

Click on the photo below to see a video of Tim's first ride under saddle.

He did absolutely great. I am so proud of my TIm.

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Our new Friesian Colt,

Timothy,

was born on June 10th, 2006

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January 1, 2007 - Timmy is "officially" ONE YEAR OLD today.

We did some "pony" work with Phelan today.......

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December 2006: Tim is getting so big. In October, when he was four months old, we weaned him from Beike, and turned him out with Heather's Paint gelding, Toby. This has gone along very well.

After reviewing our pasture needs, I decided to put the two "stallions" together, meaning, turning Timothy out with my old AQHA/PHBA stallion, AJ. On December 15th, Timmy was introduced to AJ, and the bond was created instantly.