Canterbury Court
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Warmblood Sporthorses for the Olympic Disciplines |
| Canterbury Court 2399 N. Academy Avenue 559.903.4814 |
| Breeding, Raising, and Importing |
Oldenburg, Hanoverian, and Dutch Warmbloods |
| !!! News Flash !!! 9/12/11 It was a busy weekend in Oregon this past weekend. Prescription (Presidio Bolero) was the PSG Open Champion at the annual Oregon Dressage Society Championships. His score - 70.68%! Prescription's son Playboy was the First Level Amateur Champion. Those great genes keep coming through. 9/11/2011 Please remember all who died and all who tried to save them 10 years ago. 9/4/11 Presidio's First foal is for sale. Prescription, owned by Jane Epperson of Boring, Oregon, is offered for sale. He is currently showing I1 with a score of 65.7% at his debut. For more information check out his video or his ad in Dressage Daily. Jane's heart has not been in showing since she lost her husband. Any one wanting to purchase Prescription will have to be personally approved by her. This is a rare chance to own a beautiful, talented, and sweet horse with a proven record in the ring. 8/31/11 Canterbury Court bred horses are having an extraordinary year this year. Pamona C, owned by Mary Chamberland, is getting dressage scores in the 70's, Schatznorne C. owned by Lissa Dewar, was ranked #4 Four Year Old in April, Pixar C, owned by Tiffany Olson, was Third in the West Coast Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF National Hunter Breeding Championships in Del Mar, Pessoa C, owned by Stephanie Strauss, is showing Baby Green hunters in the Pacific Northwest under the name Flyboy and is currently ranked #5 in his division with limited showing, and Prada C and Polo C are both in the Greg Best Clinic in Solvang in two weeks. I love seeing these owners enjoy their successes with the horses I've bred! 8/7/11 Our inspection was great this year. The weather remained cool (that's Californian for under 90) for the entire show. Holly Simenson and Thomas Rhinow were once again our inspectors. Patina C and Prada C were presented for Mare inspection and both place in the Main Mare Book. Palm Springs was the Champion Foal and just missed being a stallion candidate like his big brother. Two other foals Patrick James C and Perugina C were awarded First Premiums. Congrats to all! 10/10 The 2010 West Coast Future Event Horse Championships were held this weekend at Ram Tap. Prada C (Presidio - Cartier) was the Three Year Old Mare Champion and Querida C (Quaterback - Petruschka) was the Yearling Filly Champion and overall High Point. Congratulations to their respective owners Dee White and Marge Young. 7/31/10 Canterbury Court inspection delivers Hat trick! Our annual Oldenburg Verband inspection was held today. The quality of foals in Central California is amazing. Three "Foal of Distinction' awards were given and two foals were designated as stallion candidates. Jackie Eckhaus's Sir Donnerhall - Flemmingh filly was outstanding. Thomas Rhinow said that she was of the quality they look for in an Elite Auction foal. Holly Reimer's Sandomere - Rubintein colt is almost a carbon copy of his sire with lovely type and movement. Our Presidio - Contender colt Pebble Beach C not only showed a modern type but exceptional movement especially for a jumper prospect. Four other foals, Pixar C (Presidio - Cordalme), Lalique C (Presidio - Wolkenstein II), Sanderson (Sandomere - Day Dream) and Panama C (Presidio - Walt Disney) received premium awards. 87.5% of the foals presented were premium. Only our week old foal, Port Royal C (Presidio - KIngston) that refused to trot missed out. Quite an accomplishment for our little area! No other site has had more Foal of Distinction awards! 6/21/10 The Nurnberger Burgpokal Championship (the German National Dressage Championship) was won by Blind Date, a Breitling - Donnerhall mare. She is descended from the same damline as our foundation stallion Presidio. The success of this mare mirrors our observation that Presidio crosses well with both Bolero and Donnerhall descendants. In doing more research we have found that Presidio's sire side traces back directly to Eclipse and the Darley Arabian as well as the phenomenal mares Selene and Mumtaz Mahal. Truly royal breeding on both sides of the pedigree. 5/1/10 We have had an extraordinary weekend. Querida came in first and Prestige came in third in their respective Future Event Horse classes. Our Quarterback filly Queen of the Night arrived right before we left for the show. She is a show stopper herself - as dark a brown as Quaterbacks get, 4 half stockings, a snip and fabulous movement. Presidio mares are proving to be a great cross for Quaterback. The next day Fresno CDS had a schooling show. Polo received a 71% for his T-2 test, Allure received as 72% for T-4, and Avignon won the entire show with a 75% for 1-1. Congratulations to their rider-trainer Elizabeth Evans. 4/3/10 Our first foal arrived this morning! California had a gorgeous bay colt by Presidio. He's already practicing canter pirouettes in the stall and jumps everything he can. Pebble Beach has great bone and a lovely modern type. Pictures coming soon. 3/14/10 Foaling season will be starting shortly. We have some great new crosses as well as some proven ones coming. Our new trainer Elizabeth Evans is preparing the horses for show season. Prestige will be going out on the Sporthorse breeding circuit along with his niece Querida. We'll keep you posted as the season progresses. 1/10/10 Avignon (Willy) has started showing tremendous FEI potential. His collected trot and canter are awesome. He's offered a few steps of piaffe and is ready to work on his counter-canter. He is very reasonably priced and jumps as well. 12/5/09 Pago Pago went to his first schooling show and receieved a 68% at training level. The best part was that he got off the trailer, needed no lunging and went right to work. No problems in the busy warm-up, only minorly distracted when a boarder decided to wash her horse right next to the dressage arena, and didn't twitch when a loose horse came careening by his trailer. 9/29/09 HATTRICK FOR PRESCRIPTION! It is with very mixed feelings that I announce Presciption's (Presidio-Bolero) recent victories. This year he was Third Level Champion for the Oregon Dressage Society, Northwest Dressage, and USDF Zone 6 all with amateur rider Liz Lawson-Weber. It is almost unknown for a single horse to win two much less all three of these championships. What makes his victories bittersweet is that at the moment he entered the arena for his Oregon Championship ride his co-owner James Canepa died peacefully after a long illness. His wife and Prescription's co-owner Jane Epperson is certain that Jim was in the ring that day cheering their horse on. Congratulations and condolences. |
