11/17/2025
💫 We took 6 young horses to the Young Horse Show last week and could not be more pleased and impressed with them all!
✨Glendale’s Augustine (for sale)
Breeder: Glendale Farm
Owner: Deb Norman
“Gus” is a 14.3 hand three year old Connemara x gelding by the leading sire Cloud’Poker Tartifume. We are incredibly proud of how far this brilliant gelding has come along in just a few short months of training and how brave he has become! He is a sporty guy who will enjoy an athletic and bold sports career. He has a lovely eye, and very trainable mind, is an attractive mover with great bone and feet. He even scored 8.0s in his trot work in his finals this weekend!
We are just thrilled with this brilliant little guy. This was his first horse show, his first time being ridden off property, his first time stabling for 5 days straight and he remained cool as a cucumber the entire time. We could not be more thrilled for him and his breeder!
✨Glendale’s Easter Bonnet (for sale)
Breeder: Glendale Farm
Owner: Deb Norman
“Bonnie” is a 15.2 hand three year old Connemara x mare by Rattle ’N Snap Laddie Boy. She is a beautiful buckskin color, very attractive type with great bone and feet. Bonnie has one of the best natured brains and is incredibly trainable, willing and fun to work with. She was extremely brave at her first horse show, hacking by herself to the arenas, competing on the flat alone and maintaining focus and attention to the task at hand. She is such a safe girl and so willing to work with her rider and has the correct basics under her belt already. Bonnie is a half sibling to Brooklyn, out of the same dam and we are pleased to see a lot of wonderful personality similarities between the two sisters. Bonnie will develop into a fantastic all around mare that will be incredibly safe and willing for her future rider. Her sire has produced a lot of successful fox hunting horses and we think Bonnie will excel in the hunt field as well.
✨Glendale’s Brooklyn
Breeder: Glendale Farm
Owner: Whistling Ridge Equestrian
“Brooklyn” is a 15.2 hand five year old Connemara x mare out of the same dam (perch x tb) as Bonnie. Brooklyn is by Fernville Matchmaker who is a gorgeous imported Irish stallion who is by acclaimed Danish Stallion Fredericksminde Hazy Match who has sired many eventing and dressage champions. Brooklyn has been with WRE for a year now and has had great experiences fox hunting, teaching beginner riders how to trot, showing in jumpers, hunter pleasures, and even competing in VHSA finals this year. We look forward to her formal eventing debut next spring and could not be more impressed with her willing attitude, trainable mind and how SAFE she is to work with. Brooklyn has been brought along slowly and thoughtfully developed in a way that will allow her to have a happy, successful and long all-around career.
✨Sugarday’s Toblerone
Breeder: Sugarday Farm
Owner: Whistling Ridge Equestrian
“Toby” is a two-year old half welsh gelding, currently standing at approximately 14.3hands (and growing!). He is by Smoke Tree Dragontales, who was USEF zone 4 Hunter Pony Breeding Year-End award winner three years in a row. Toby is out of C’mon Carmen, who was a successful Adult Amateur Hunter in Zone 3. Her Holsteiner sire, Crown Affair, was a very successful hunter stallion. Before beginning his hunter career, he also excelled in eventing and dressage. He had a very successful hunter career with professional rider John French, winning the $10,000 Chronicle Of The Horse/USHJA International Hunter Derby Over All and the $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby (Final Round).
WRE just purchased Toby from his breeder, Sugarday Farm, 7 weeks prior to YHS finals. In that time Toby got to adjust to life in the stables, learn about blankets, get body clipped and have his first trailer rides. We are blown away by how he handled this entire trip, having just learned about bridles two days prior to leaving, let alone being show in hand with a snaffle! Some of the judges notes included that he was an attractive horse with correct angles and clean joints, that he was quick and athletic, shows correct technique and knees are up with lift in shoulders over the jumps. All while being in a major growth spurt and croup high at this time! We are thrilled to have this beautiful young horse and are looking forward to producing him.
✨Dooblydoo GSF
Breeder: Greenstone Farm
Owner: Whistling Ridge Equestrian
“Leroy” is a 16.3+ hand three year old Westfalen gelding by Dubarry and bred by Greenstone Farm. Dubarry is a son of Don Frederico, due to his enormous freedom of shoulder and the power in his hindquarters, Dubarry doesn’t know any limits to his movement. He has demonstrated these abilities during his first public presentations, and has displayed himself as a very rideable and motivated athlete.
WRE purchase Leroy directly from the breeder just 7 weeks prior to YHS. In that time he has adjusted to living life in the busy stables, learning to be handled more, standing to be tied, body clipped, bathed, etc. He even just learned to wear a bridle two days prior to the competition! We are so impressed with this big guys willing attitude and eagerness to work with people. He is a big cuddly love bug at heart! This was Leroy’s first horse show, first trip off the farm and first overnight stabling experience. He had great remarks about his athleticism, good bone and feet and his powerful ground covering canter! He even received 8s for his canter scores! The judge described him as a powerful jumper with scope for big fences and wished us luck with him! He received several 8s in the finals for his top line: neck/back/loin, foundation: legs/joints/feet, his trot, as well as overall impression. His walk and canter work both received 7.8s. We were so pleased with him for being able to go back into the exciting atmosphere after 5 days in the stables and no turnout, he was excited but held it together and performed the task at hand! We are thrilled to have him in the barn and the opportunity to start him under saddle and produce him!
✨Rafiki DCSH
Breeder: Dutch Creek Sport Horses
Owner: Jessica Lee
“Snail” was bred by Dutch Creek Sport Horses and is owned by Jessica Lee. Snail is a former graduate of the c**t starting program who we met and stabled with at the show. We had the pleasure of getting Snail going for Jess and she has done an outstanding job of producing this talented four year old. Snail is a KWPN gelding by Carry on MF who was the 2013 70-day Stallion Test Jumping Champion scoring a huge 128.55 for Jump and 117.25 for Dressage after a 5% age deduction finishing third overall. Snail’s dam sire is Sir Wanabi who was a very modern elite Hanoverian stallion with refinement, elegance and athleticism.
Snail impressed us with his grown up demeanor all week in the barn, his willingness to work and ability to get focused even after distractions. He looked like he grew up tremendously throughout the weekend and both he and his rider gained confidence each day that passed. It was a pleasure to watch them work and it was so much fun to see his scope tested in the jump chute!
💫We are so thankful to everyone involved in these horses and the connections made throughout this experience! We highly recommend the YHS for the kiddos to get out and experience a true show atmosphere, with understanding people and tasks that are truly age appropriate for the horses.
