Client News

2010 Foals

^{April 2010}
Here are the first UB40 foal pictures we've received this year.  Welcome Uphoria!  Please send us photos of your ISF sired foals so we can show them off too!

Zenith ISF and Leslie Law Ride 1st Premlim Events

^{August 2010}
Zenith ISF, by Judgement ISF, and ridden by Olympian Leslie Law, competed in their first Preliminary Event at Stuart Horse Trials, a CIC event.  The pair placed 9th overall with a 34.4 dressage score and clear cross country and stadium jumping. 

Poetic Justice by Consul and Maya Studenmund

Congratulations to the Poetic Justice team for making the Canadian Eventing short list. Poetic Justice is by Consul, out of Miss Markham, and is owned and bred by Polaris Stables, Dixon and Gail Thayer, of Unionville PA.

Trude W by Ulbert 390, Owner: Annette Michele Rose

Owner Annette Michele Rose wrote to tell us about her Ulbert mare.

"Trude W., by Ulbert 390 x Tsjerk328, out of Nynke Fan e` Sjongedyk, is 3 years old and started dressage training in the summer of 2009. She was entered in the Fall Arabian Classic Open Dressage Show held in Lexington, Virginia on September 1, 2009. "

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Commander by Contango Licensed by Anglo European Studbook

The 2004 Oldenburg, North American Stallion Commander, by Contango out of Fancy Ruler, was Licensed by the Anglo European Studbook in November 2009. Commander was bred by Logres Farm and is owned by Cilla Humphreys of Surrey England. Attached is a photo of Commander with John Whitaker.  Read more...

Tennyson by Contango

Suzie Halle wrote to tell us how happy she is with her dressage partner, Tennyson, by Contango, out of a Roemer mare....

"Tennyson is a smart, willing, flexible, sensitive horse with the disposition of a lovable lab. I was pleased as punch with his first attempt at second level this spring (2-4). He scored six 8's on one of the tests, and seeing six of them right down the page was a thrill. "  Read more...

Fauve Limoges by Roemer

Congratulations to Fauve limoges, owned by Cynthia Archer and ridden by Ted Goad. The team had a great season in 2009. Here are their year end rankings:

USEF/PHR 2009 Silver Stirrup National Standings
-First Level Dressage: 9th
-Second Level Dressage: 7th

USDF 2009 HOY First Level: 355th

All-Breed Awards 2009/ ISR/OLDENBURG First Level : 12th

Windy Ridge Farm Breeding Success

Judy Reggio of Windy Ridge Farm has been breeding her TB mare to ISF stallions for years with great success. Dressage Daily writes about the journey.  Read more...

Judgement Sons Are Strong Eventers

^{January 2010}

Two sons of Judgement ISF, are doing very well as eventers and we want to congratulate the owners and share some recent scores.

Artesian is out of Shannondoah by Farmer, bred by Natalie Bryant and Willy Arts, owned and ridden by Robyn Fisher. Zenith ISF.  Zenith ISF is out of Sly Jezzie by Clever Trick, bred by Iron Spring Farm and owned and ridden by Leslie Law. Leslie Law won the individual Gold Medal and Team Silver in Three day Eventing in Athens, Greece in the 2004 Olympics.

Zenith by Judgement, Ridden by Leslie Law

Here's an update on Zenith, by Judgement ISF.

Zenith competed in his first recognized horse trials this past weekend at the Ocala Horse Park. He was a very good boy! He behaved very well in the dressage. He was fabulous and was 3rd out of 26.

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Klaes de Sceppere by Ulbert, Moving Up

Klaes DeSceppere , the only 6 year old stallion by Ulbert 390, has made a great progress in 2009. In January he entered his first Z1 level competitions and earned enough points after 2 competitions to be awarded the Sport predicate.  Read more...

Teake fan S.F. by Teade, 1st Premie, Ster Gelding

Congratulations to Jennifer Devin, owner of Teake fan SF. He was awarded First Premie Ster and Champion Gelding at the Kansas Keuring.

Teake also went to the Reno 25th Anniversary Championships and was Champion 3-year old gelding there.
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Dolce Vita by Sir Sinclair #2 Dressage Yearling

Congratulations to Carousel Farm in Rock Creek Ohio. Their filly, Dolce Vita, was awarded 1st premium yearlings at her Keuring at Claybrook Farms in September.  Read more...

Caravella by Contango Wins NAJRYRC Gold

Caravella, by Contango, ridden by Megan Lane, won the Gold in the Junior Team test placing as the highest rider/ horse combination as well as winning the Silver and the Bronze medal in the Individual and Freestyle tests. Congratulations!  Read more...

Warsteiner by Riverman, Champion at CBLM Finals

Heather Mason and Warsteiner, by Riverman ISF, have done it again. The pair made a remarkable showing at the Colonel Bengt Ljungquist Memorial Championships, NJ Horse Park, Allentown, NJ October 9 - October 11, 2009.  Read more...

Sir Sinclair Mare 8th Place WC Young Horses, Verden

Zolena, a 2004 mare by Sir Sinclair x Cabochon, placed 8th at the World Championships for Young Horses in Verden, Germany with a score of 8.20%. He was ridden by Annarein Kerbert. Congratulations!

Zeus ISF Winning High Score of Show

We love to hear how you're doing with your ISF sired horses. Here's an update about Zeus ISF, by Roemer. "Zeus is off to a terrific show season. Yvonne Barteau is showing him, and they are doing a great job together. They have been to 3 shows together."  Read more...

Worthy Update - Great first show.

Here's the latest news about Worthy, by Neptune, from his new home in Indiana....."Worthy is doing just great! I am so happy with him and absolutely love riding him! I am still training with Lauren and she has had so much fun working with him as well. Our first show was in April in Cincinnati, both judges we're really impressed with him and had great comments. He got an 8 on gaits from both judges.  Read more...

Behind the Scenes with New Tango and Tara Stegen

Tara Stegen found the Contango son New Tango when he was just two and a half years old. Purchased through Sjef Janssen and Diederik Wigmanns, the gelding has always had a lot of personality and presence.  Read more...

Quaker, by Rampal, USEF Zone 1 Champion

Lynn Taylor, or Taylor Farm, wrote to let us know how Peso ISF [now Quaker] has been doing. "Quaker finished his second year showing in the Large Junior Hunters with his rider, Olivia Hendricks..."  Read more...

Zandra, by Contango, Wins with 72%

Zee and I went to our first show of the 2009 season this past weekend. It was cold and windy, all the horses were spooking badly in the ring, and Zee was in heat, but she was fantastic. Everyone was impressed with how well she handled it all! She was stretching over her back and looked like a million bucks!  Read more...

From Yearling to GP Champion: Klassic

Klassic, by Rolls Royce, is my very special horse who I bought from you guys as a yearling. He is the love of my life! He is a successful Grand Prix horse now! We were 4th place for NEDA 2008 open division year end awards Grand Prix, and 2008 Maine Dressage Society Grand Prix Champion!  Read more...

Unika ISF by Contango in USEF Developing Horse Program

Unika, aka Jeffrey, and owner/trainer/rider Jennifer Wilson-Horr, of Springvale Maine, are currently ranked 7th in the USEF National Developing Horse Program. The team will travel to Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne ILL to compete in the 2009 National Developing Horse Championships in August.  Read more...

Ravel Wins GP, New Tango is 4th in GPS

The Equis World Dressage Masters, held Jan, 30-31, 2009 in Wellington FL, attracted world class competition, including Olympic medalists. Ravel, by Contango, with Steffen Peters, won the Grand Prix with a score of 75.57%.  Read more...

Klaes de Sceppere, by Ulbert 390, Earns Sport

We received this good news from the owners of Klaes de Sceppere. The talented young stallion continues to amaze.

We are very proud to let you all know that our Friesian Stallion Klaes de Sceppere ( sire Ulbert 390) has achieved the prestigious Sport predicate in no more than 4 Series ( 2 competitions ) scoring the 5 points required within the Z1 Level. ( scoring 64 % to 70% ) Only this January he was able to start at Z1 Level due to his age, he will turn 6 this Spring.  Read more...

Camorkus, 2nd Approved Son of Contango

Camorkus (Contango preferent x Ritamorka Elite Preferent x Jazz Preferent) was approved for breeding by the NRPS (Dutch Ridinghorse and Pony Studbook). Camorkus is a full brother to the approved KWPN stallion Citango.  Read more...

Chestnut Hollow With Many ISF Champion Offspring

Chestnut Hollow is a small breeding and training facility located near Reading Pa. We have some beautiful ISF horses out of Consul, Teade, Roemer etc. ALL are handled daily and all of our THREE Yr.Olds. and Older are gentle , broke, and in training.
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Klaes de Sceppere by Ulbert 390

We were recently sent photos and information about the 5 yr old KFPS stallion, Klaes de Sceppere by Ulbert . The photo’s where taken at the County Championships this February level L2.
Klaes and his rider Daniëlle de Schepper are now riding M1 Level and have again been selected for the County Championship later this summer.  Read more...

Teade Son, Sylvester P Begins Stallion Test

The second Central Examination to be held in North America will soon be getting under way. Two stallions qualified to participate and have since met the requirements for X-ray and semen testing. The stallions will be tested at the DG Bar Ranch (www.dgbarranch.com) in Hanford, California, under the supervision of Willy Arts.  Read more...

Del Mar by UB40 #1 USDF Dutch Colt in the U.S. 2008

Del Mar by UB40 out of EM Wednesday by Weltmeyer is owned Judy Barrett. Del Mar was GAIG/USDF Breeders' Championship Grand Champion, Colts and Geldings, Mid-States. He was named USDF No. 1 Dutch Colt in the U.S. 2008

Windover Farm Horses On Top in USA and Holland

Two Windover Farm horses are in the spotlight. Owner Margaret Dauber reports that Barishnikov by Contango was sold in November 2008, at the Performance Horse Auction in Holland for the highest price paid at the event. Barishnikov was presented in the 2 Yr. Old Stallion Prospects class.  Read more...

Del Mar by UB40, USDF Breeders Champion

Thought you might like to see a photo and hear about my UB 40 colt. He won 3 of 4 Qualifiers, Reserve in the other, for the Great American Insurance Group/USDF Breeders' Championship Mid-States Series, Colts and Geldings.  Read more...

Able and Ready by Sir Sinclair

I just wanted to drop a note to let you know how unbelievably impressed I am with my Sir Sinclair three year old gelding, Able and Ready. He is the spitting image of his father, but that seems to only be the tip of the iceberg.  Read more...

Consul Makes a Dream Come True

I purchased a Consul son as a 3 year old gelding over a year ago from Branscomb Farms. I just wanted to say what a wonderful guy, Zero G, aka Garvey. is.

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True North by Consul, Owner/Breeder Caroline Gerhardt

“Nora” is an ambassador for “Americana Leathers”- the company that actually makes many of the highest end hunter/jumper and dressage leathergoods (eg Vespucci, Dover, Wylde…) The attached photo is blown up as the full back wall at trade shows and expos, as well as featured in their catalog.  Read more...

Basil by Consul

Rebecca Mouras of Best View Farm wrote to tell us how Basil is doing. "I just wanted to let you know that Basil is listed as first in USEF Zone 2 for Two year olds..."  Read more...

Consul Filly Starting Under Saddle

Here's some feedback from a breeder, starting her Consul filly. This little girl has met every expectation I have dreamed about since the time I visited ISF and discussed breeding my mare. She truly has wonderful characteristics from her mom and Consul.  Read more...

Critical Decision by Consul - 3rd at Rolex

We were fortunate enough to catch Missy Ransehousen and Critical Decision at the Sunken Road jump at Rolex. The 4 star event was a qualifier for the 2008 Olympic team in Hong Kong. The team came in 3rd with a score of 57.3.  Read more...

Wencenza by Contango at Young Horse Symposium

Wencenza, Ster, by Contango, has had a wonderful winter circuit in Florida including winning the Young Horse classes in Wellington. She was also selected to take part in the Young Horse Symposium with other ISF offspring, Wisteria and Ziggarous-Tar.

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Uberstrichen by Consul

I have bred to your stallions many times. I have a 17.2 hunter by Consul, who is doing so well I wanted to share a picture of him. We call him Stretch but his official name is Uberstrichen. Thanks for a GREAT horse!

Tracy Oliver, Pasco, WA  Read more...

Unika by Contango

Unika, aka Jeffery, and his owner Jennifer Wilson-Horr, have been busy showing and winning at dressage shows on the east coast. The team claimed the Championship and High Score honors for 2nd Lvl. at the University of New Hampshire. They scored 72%. Congratulations!

Oslo by Contango on Gold Medal Team

Canada’s Junior Dressage Team won the Gold Medal in Junior Team competition at the CN North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships in Lexington. Canadian team member, Lindsay Seidel-Wassenaar of Bluffton, Alberta, scored 66.750% on Oslo.  Read more...

Zamora ISF by Contango Scores Big at 1st Show

Here's a report from Zamora's new owner. In T4 she'd figured out the judges weren't going to eat her and got a 77% with very flattering comments. She got all 7s and 8s with one 9, and collectives were all 8s.  Read more...

Artesian by Judgement Grand Champion

Willy Arts of DG Bar Ranch took the 2 year old Artesian, by Judgement ISF, to a dressage breeding show for a bit of experience before this fall's NAWPN keuring. The colt had a fabulous 'practice round', winning Grand Champion. Congratulations!

Rumor has it he is also quite a jumper.

Najinska by Consul Win at FEI Levels

Najinska by Consul was Reserve High Percentage FEI Champion all 3 days at Dressage In The Rockies. Najinska is a Star Sport mare bred by Sally Shaffer of Flatbush Farm, and owned and shown by Shannon Dahmer.

Walden ISF Champion Training Lvl.

Walden ISF, by Contango, had a wonderful first show in Mason City, Iowa. He earned a score of 71.30% at Training 1.

Training 4 he received a 69.20%. On Sunday he did the USEF 4 yr old test and received a 70.60%. Comments: elegant modern type with active hind legs, correct according to scale of training. He received Champ. for Training Level. We are very proud of him, he behaved perfectly and now has numerous fans. ..I'll keep you posted of Walden's progress. Thanks for the best horse ever!

Walden's dam, Pandora ISF, is by Consul and is a full sister to Judgement ISF.

Jinjer Bella T Wins Born in the USA Award

Jinjer Bella T., by Juventus, placed First in 2 Yr. Old Fillies with a 77.8%. She was also presented with the "Born In the USA" award at the KDA Breeders Classic II in Lexington, KY, May 2007. Jinjer is owned by Patricia Houchens.

Photo by BobTarr.com

Ovation by Rampal Wins GP with Marcus Fuchs

Ovation by Rampal is owned by #1 Ranked Show Jumping rider Marcus Fuchs. The team tied for 1st Place at the CSIO Puissance of Rome, May 27th. The 2 finalists, Fuchs and John Whitaker [GB] decided to share the title after they each jumped 2.15 meters [7 ft], deciding to spare their mounts the stress of another round.
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Idora by Winston Wins USDF Gold Medal

Owner Leanna Dick and Idora recently earned their USDF Gold Medal. "In 1995 I bought my mare, Idora (Winston/Aphrodite) from Ironspring Farm. She was born in 1990 at Ironspring. Two weekends ago, we earned the USDF Gold Medal in Dressage. I rode my very first dressage test on her and now the Grand Prix. She is as sound as ever. She is a very special horse."

Twan by Juventus

Twan is presently showing Third Level and was named Champion at Touch of Class, Thunderbird (PAG qualifier) Show Park, Langley, B.C. Canada. Scores 67.67% 3/3, 65.11%, 3/3 & 64.884.  Read more...

Tanya by Goffert 369

Tanya by the deceased stallion Goffert 369 was awarded 1st Premie and Grand Champion at the 2006 FHANA keuring at Monroe, Washington. Congratulations to owners Steve and Debbie Polack, Rainier Friesians.

More Basil by Consul News

Basil placed 3rd in the PA Bred Yearling class at Devon and 5th in the Non-TB Yearling Class. These were both big classes. He placed 3rd at the Upperville show in a class with more than 11 entries. Basil is owned by Rebecca Mouras.

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Oslo by Contango

Oslo is being ridden by a JR/YR, Lindsay Seidel-Wassenaar. The team were named Reserve Champion, Junior Freestyle, at the 2006 Canadian Championship. Congratulations to Lindsey and Olso, we look forward to hearing more.

First UB40 Foal In USA

The first UB40 foal born in the USA was met with more than the usual excitement. It turns out that the breeder, Carrie Pfeifer of Champlin MN and the new foal, Corbel, now share a birthday! What a wonderful gift.

Corbel, a filly, is in the process of being registered with the KWPN-NA. Her dam is a thoroughbred mare. There is another photo posted in the 2007 foal gallery.

First Foal of 2007 is by Judgement ISF

The first foal this year arrived on January 19, a filly filly out of Miss Cleopatra Ster/Sport J. The filly was bred /owned by Coagi and Chad Long of Rolling Hills Farm in Ohio. Picutred with Miss Cleopatra.  Read more...

FHANA Grand Champion Theron van Bliss

Theron van Bliss was awarded 1st premie, Grand Champion at the September 2006 keuring held at Cazenovia Equestrian Center, New York. Theron is a Heinse (x Feitse) colt. He was bred and raised by Elizabeth (Lisa) McCormick in Bliss, NY.  Read more...

Contango Colt to be Exported

This is a rare occurrance. A US bred Dutch Warmblood colt has been sold and is being shipped to the Netherlands! The 2006 colt, Barishnikov by Contango out of Joline [Michelangleo x Akteur with grandam Scandic], was sold to Jan Greve. He will join Voltaire and other noteable Dutch horses including Scandic.

The owner/breeder is Margaret Dauber of Alabama.

Zangria HF by Consul Res. Champ. YH and Res. Grand Champ

Zangria HF (Consul x Hilkina Star/Pele) was shown at SESA ( Southeastern Sporthorse Association ) Breed Show on July22, 2006. She qualified for the USDF finals and won both the Dutch IBC class and 2004 fillies, was Reserve Champion Young Horse and Reserve Grand Champion. Owner, Julie Ballard-Haralson .
Bella-Vita Photography
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Champion: Quest by Glendale

Quest, by Glendale and out of She's A Lady (TB), was the
2006 Ladies Sidesaddle Hunter Champion at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, PA. Owned by Devon Zebrovious.

Viviana van Teade Grand Champion

From Sue Rehmann: You asked me to e-mail you some pictures of our filly. She made 1st premium Grand Champion at the Hasting Michigan Keuring. We are very pleased with her and our happy we breed back to Teade.

Missy's Critical Decision, by Consul

Eventing News: " Missy's Critical Decision, by Consul out of a TB mare was 11th overall and 10th in the National segment this weekend, with no jumping errors. Lovely horse. Thanks, Babett"

Sassafras T by Juventus is KWPN-NA Top Ten

Sassafras T by Juventus out of thoroughbred mare, A Toast to Mar, won the free-jumping portion at the Claybrook Farms KWPN-NA keuring in Michigan. "Sassy" was also awarded Star Premium status in the Auxillary Studbook. She was ranked 6th in Top 10 free-jumping for 2006.

Owner, Patricia Houtchens, says that her next task is to breed Sassafras T in 2007.  Read more...

'Rossi' by Rampal Region 8 Champion

Rossi [ Rossignol by Rampal out of Annasette] and Mary Bahniuk Lauritsen were named Champions at 4th Lvl, Jr/YR, and took 4th Place in the FEI Junior Team Championships at Saugerties.  Read more...

Precision by Consul

We're happy to share this message. Laura Voyner says Precision is an amazing animal, and I wanted to say thank you for the opportunity to have such a fine horse.  Read more...

Varsity ISF / Stylin' in the Showing

Varsity, by Contango, won the Young Hunter Championship at the Lexington Spring Encore. We still haven't decided if he will make a jumper, hunter, or a super comfortable equitation horse, but he is definitely a good boy! He takes little or no prep to go to the ring and is the smartest horse I own.

Kim Raheb  Read more...

Bella Donna Wins 2006 Foal Class

Bella Donna, by Sir Sinclair, won the Fillies of Current Year class at Mid Ohio. Congratulations to owner Carolyn Palmer.

2006 Foals Have Arrived

Take a look in our Gallery section for the newest members of the ISF extended family. Send in your photos with sire and dam's name, color, date of birth, and foal's name if you have one selected.

Now I'm Here and Moniek van Dijk

Congratulations to Now I'm Here [Contango], and Moniek van Dijk from the Netherland's. The team won the I-1 and the I-1 Freesytle in Saumur ( France ).  Read more...

Willytango by Contango

Willytango placed #3 in the 2005 USDF Horse of the Year awards. He's started under saddle and is taking to it very easily.

Sydney von Borstel by Goffert 369

Sydney is a stunning Goffert X Jacob filly. The judges said many nice things about her and awarded her a 1st premium and the Grand Champion of her keuring. She was the only horse awarded a 1st premium in Ocala this year. Congratulations to Von Borstel Friesians, Lake City, FL.

Citango Approved by KWPN

Congratulations to Loucky Hagens of Eurohorsefarm, Virginia for her many breeding accomplishments.

Teade Filly Grand Champion

Sytse of Noble was awarded 1st premie and Grand Champion Filly at 2005 Minnesota Keuring. Congratulatons to Noble Friesians.

Peso by Rampal

Peso [show name Quaker] has had a very busy show season. Highlights include Championship wins in the Green Hunter division at The Pines, Westbrook Hunt Club, St. Clements Saratoga I, HITS Saugerties III, Vermont Summer Festival and Vermont Summer Celebration. Peso is owned by Lynn Taylor. See Peso and Lynn on her client web page.

Rukas by Teade

Rukas attended his first show in Conyers, GA last month - USDF/USEF Cosequin Breeders Championship. He was shown in the 2005 Colts class as a sporthorse prospect and received 4th place with a score of 67%. Rukas is owned by Kim Osborne and is currently for sale.

Zandra ISF At Home in Texas

Zandra, by Contango, was sold through this website as an FEI dressage prospect and has made a great impression on her new owner, Sandra. Here's the latest on update on how Zandra and Sandra are getting along...

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Whisper ISF by Consul At Home in California

Whisper was bought as a broodmare and is being bred to Riverman ISF. Here's what her new owner has to say: Whisper is amazing! I have spent time with her everyday and she is such a sweetheart.  Read more...