Prayer is an integral part of our lives and plays a major part of our selection of mares and stallions.
After the homework is done, we pray for guidance.
God has blessed us with some spectacular foals and we give Him all the honor and glory for our successes.
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. II Chron 7:14
Our Mares
& Foals
This is PARVITA, at 5 years old. Holsteiner mare
with her stall buddy, 'Tucker'. Photo by Sherry Smith - on front of Hunter & Sport Horse magazine, May/June 2004 issue
Parvita, Holsteiner by Riverman out of a Carolus daughter (Capitol I / Coriolan).
She is a full sister to Hilltop Farm's Rivita. Parvita has multiple championships as a 3 year old and was the Reserve Grand Champion Cosequin Finals in 2003. She received a score of 85.4 from Judges Janet Brown and D. Riehl-Rodriguez.. Parvita has produced a foal, Chaviva, out of the world-renowned and successful KWPN Voltaire.Chaviva has been sold.
Pathriesja (aka Psalm) is a Ster Dutch by Don Primaire (Donnerhall / Pik Bube) out of dam Etrichta, out of one of the best mare lines in Holland.
Psalm is also the dam of our breeding stallion Freedomhall (Festrausch/FlorestanI). Both of her foals possess temperments that are 10 plus, as well as top qualities for conformation and movement!! Psalm was re-bred to Sure Hit in 2006. Sure Hit's website is www.shannondale.com.
Wolkenshow (aka Willow) Oldenburg by Wolkentanz II (Weltmeyer) out of a Donnerhall (x Pik Bube I) daughter. She is a Premium mare imported from Germany.
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Below is Willow's foal, April 2009 by Rick Rockefeller-Silvia’s Dream Street stallion, Starlight, who won the 2008 Grand Championship at Dressage at Devon. Starlight is approved for breeding by the German Oldenburg Verband; USDF/DSHB Horse Of The Year 85% median.
Serengetti, black filly by Starlight out of "Willow", Wolkentanz II daughter.
Filly at 3 days
Below is Willow's first foal, Stellar Hit, a filly by the famous Sandro Hit.
Stellar Hit out of Wolkenshow (Willow) by Sandro Hit.
Below is Stellar Hit at the SESA Breed Show at the Olympic Horse Park, Conyers, Georgia, July 22, 2006.
Stellar Hit was Reserve Grand Champion of the show with a score of 84.2.
She received the
Young Horse Championship.
Stella in 2008 Stellar Hit has had a 2009 foal by Quaterback called Tebow.
Stellar Hit, aka Stella, is in foal to Rousseau for 2010!
Quaterback x Stellar Hit - colt, Quintessential Hit. His barn name is 'Tebow'.
The sire, Quaterback, is a German National Champion. His dam, Stellar Hit (Stella), is by Sandro Hit (also a German National Champion). Stella's dam is by Wolkentanz II out of
a Donnerhall daughter/PikBube.
Both Quintessential Hit, by Quarterback x Stellar Hit, and Serengetti, by Starlight x Wochenshow, received Premium Foal and Foal of Distinction awards.
In addition, both mares are Premium and received "Mare of Distinction" awards as well. It was unusual for the Oldenburg inspectors to have three generations presented at one inspection: Quintessential Hit out of Stellar Hit out of Wochenshow — son, mother and grandmother all at the same inspection. The inspectors made some very nice comments about the quality of the mares and their foals and appreciated being able to see them all together.
I really had not given this much thought until Chris Hutchings brought it up. My thinking is always to breed in such a way as to "improve upon the improvement" and in this case, it certainly was the result I had hoped for and more!!
Next year we are expecting the two half sisters, Stellar Hit and Royal Elegance (both out of Wochenshow), to present their offspring at the 2010 Oldenburg inspection. Stella (Stellar Hit) is in foal to Rousseau and Elle (Royal Elegance) is in foal to Voltaire. This will be another opportunity to see how Wochenshow breeds on in her two daughters.
**See also this YouTube video of Tebow at three months old from August 2009.
Quaterback x Stellar Hit colt (Tebow) at 6 weeks out.
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More Pictures of Stellar Hit (Stella)
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Stellar Hit by Sandro Hit - #1 Oldenburg Dressage stallion in the world 6 years ago.
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2008 - Pictures below of Elle are for High Point Oldenburg for the entire show. Reserve champion of the
2 year old filly division and Reserve Grand Champion in the mare class.
Royal Elegance was awarded a Premium at the Oldenburg Verband
Fifth Dimension (aka Demi), 5 year old Oldenburg by Feiner Stern/Freiherr/Furioso II out of our
Premium Approved Polish Arabian mare Wuarantee. 'Demi' is being bred in 2006 to the famous Riverman.
Demi is on lease to an event rider who is breeding her to Riverman for 2006.
Kaptiva Bay 16 year old Polish Arabian (Aladdinn, ElPaso, Banat bloodlines), who had a foal in Feb. 2006 - Freedom's Brave Heart - out of our stallion Freedomhall. This foal will be eligible for either the Half Arabian Registry or the Rhineland Phalszar Registry in Germany. Kaptiva's dam is Wuarantee (our premium approved Arabian mare Oldenburg Registry). Kaptiva is a bold, athletic and typey mare with warmblood-like substance.
Freedom's Brave Heart is our first foal by Freedom and he is a wonderful, gorgeous foal.
Dogwood Sport Horses -
Sherry Smith
685 Marks Road
Mansfield, Georgia 30055
678-342-8604, 904-635-5544 dogwoodsporthorses@hughes.net
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