Meet our foals of 2009!
Phoenix
Bellisima
Bay Pinto Oldenburg/TB filly by Palladio out of Lizzie's
Hero
Born March 28, 2009
Phoenix Promiscuous
Chestnut Hanoverian Colt by Panzyr out of Phaedra
Born April 13, 2009
Phoenix Phinale
Chestnut Hanoverian Filly by Panzyr out of Ballista.
Born August 20, 2009
Reference Broodmares
Lizzie’s
Hero:
2002-2009
16.3 hands
Dark Bay Throughbred Mare by Partner’s Hero out of Lizzie
of Live Oak by Caveat
Our lovely girl Lizzie had the size, substance, bone, and
temperament that are becoming more and more difficult to
find in the modern Thoroughbred. Her classic Thoroughbred
lines are filled with class and stamina, and her
conformation and movement are a cut above the rest. Bred
and hand selected for the broodmare barn by noted breeding
operation Acorn Hill Farm, Lizzie wass an asset to our
breeding program.
Since she was going to be hanging around with nothing to do
in 2008, we decided to get her going under saddle to prove
that she would make a lovely riding horse as well as a
lovely Mom. She is pictured above with 90 days of under
saddle work under her belt.
Phaedra
8-year-old
16.2 hands
Bay Hanoverian mare by Pik Solo
Owned by Hidden Valley Farms
Phaedra is simply the whole package, great mover, superior
athleticism, and the most affectionate "in your pocket"
personality. She nickers at every human who walks by, and
is always looking for a good scratch. Oh, and her sire is
one of the most dominant North American producers of
sporthorses in the past two decades.
Ballista
5-year-old
16.1 hands
Chestnut Hanoverian mare By Batido/Bolero/Atilla/Argus
Owned by Hidden Valley Farms
Pictures Coming Soon!
Ballista is a beautiful girl. Her full sister was LAEC Res.
Champ in 2003. Ballista has beautiful, correct
conformation, with great bone, excellent movement and a
sensitive but loving temperament perfect for the modern
sporthorse.
Calypso
9-year-old
17.1 hand
Black Canadian crossbred mare
Owned by Duck Hollow Farm, Vershire, Vermont
“Cali” is everything that people love about a
crossbred—size, temperament, and kindness. She is the
mother of four of Phoenix Farm's young horses.
Cruiser and Seeker were both by the Anglo Arab advanced
level eventing stallion Quartermaster. Cruiser has gone on
to a wonderful new home with the Stokes family, and Seeker,
who won his first outing at BN with John is now winning
events for his new Mom, Kyana. (See the sold section of our
Horses for Sale page for additional pics and info).
Phoenix Sparrow ("Sparrow"), a bay with chrome filly born
in 2007, and Phoenix Torchwood ("Ianto') and dark bay with
chrome colt born in 2008 are both by Denny Emerson's
Reputed Testamony. Sparrow will be retained as a
competition horse, and for the breeding herd, but Ianto
will be available for sale in the spring of 2009.
Below: Cruiser, Seeker, Phoenix Sparrow, and Phoenix
Torchwood
Gussie
Up
2000-2007
16 hand
Dark bay Irish Thoroughbred mare by Wayne County (IRE) out
of Gussie by Deerhound.
This flashy mare’s pedigree reads like a who’s who of class
and success in both the sport world and the racing world.
In the first three generations she features Sadler’s Wells,
Sir Ivor, Danzig, Riverman, and Northern Dancer. The blood
of these great champions has culminated in Gussie, an
exceptionally balanced, correct, and gorgeous individual.
Gussie has already produced two top-notch foals for eventer
Sharon White, and in 2007 produced an outstanding filly by
Denny Emerson’s Irish Sporthorse Stallion Formula One.
Native
Monarch 1986-2006 (click here for more information)
20-year-old
16.2 hand
Bay Thoroughbred mare by Imperial Native out of Bold Tiara,
by Bold Monarch
"Ariel" is our first broodmare, and though her time in the
breeding shed was shorter and less fruitful than we'd
hoped, there is no denying the special place she holds in
our hearts. John bought Ariel in 1992, as an amateur
steeplechase prospect. She was a 10-time winner on the flat
track, including winning a race with a fractured front leg.
She was successful racing over timber and national fences,
and in 1995 John began eventing her. She competed through
the training level when an accident left her missing much
of her front fetlock and her future terribly in
doubt--Ariel was one of the first horses to undergo the
now-common infusion technique for treating infected joints.
She was given a less than 20% chance for survival, but the
tough old girl fought back to soundness. She was retired
from competition, but continued to enjoy foxhunting. In
1997 she was bred to the Secretariat son Class Secret, and
produced our first homebred, Phoenix Secret. Unfortunately,
a pre-partum uterine infection has proved persistent, even
with cultures sent to many labs to try to work out a
antibiotic protocol. After slipping three foals, Ariel was
retired from breeding, and sent to live at our sister farm,
Duck Hollow, in Vershire, Vermont, where she is still
competing at USEA recognized events at the Novice level at
the ripe old age of 20. This mare has been the epitome of
the great American Thoroughbred--tough, strong, talented,
resilient and brave.
