around the arena and back to the chute entrance, ready to give it another go with absolutely no encouragement or pushing from us!” It was then that they knew they had something truly
special. “To see a horse’s desire and confidence in the face of a challenge right there from the start, you can’t ask for better from a youngster,” remarks Wendy. Chimi is currently competing at Grand Prix and is still
owned by October Hill Sales. Wendy says that she is very proud of him, adding that his success “proves that we American breeders can fulfill our goals of producing a high achieving athlete.” Wendy reports that he recently finished fourth in the $25,000 Roy A. Edwards Memorial Grand Prix at the American Royal in Kansas City, and he just finished second in the $25,000 Dallas Harvest Grand Prix in November. “Chimi’s a rising star. I look forward to seeing where
he goes from here and what attention success such as his brings to our American breeding programs,” Wendy concludes.
Reina H YANCEY FARMS is nestled in the heart of horse country
in Ocala, Florida. Judy Yancey is a breeder, frozen semen broker, and she owns and manages Yancey Farms. Judy has one of the oldest Warmblood breeding programs in the United States and has been breeding horses since 1975. She estimates she’s produced over 350 foals. With so many foals and so many successes you would think it might take Judy a while to contemplate which horse she considers her favorite of all she’s bred, but instead she doesn’t even falter. “Reina H,” says Judy without hesitation. “Reina H is the horse that holds a special place in my heart.” Reina H was an Oldenburg mare by Rubinstein and out of an elite Trakehner named Helena. Helena was Judy’s foundation mare. She says the
decision to breed her to Rubinstein was easy. “Rubinstein was winning in top competition and was so ‘like’ in type to Helena, and I had already been working successfully with frozen semen since the mid 1980s, so that aspect didn‘t worry me either.” On a stormy morning in 1997, Reina was born. Judy
recalls “the heavens started rumbling with thunder, and Helena decided she would have her foal. I will never forget the rain on the roof and the cozy dry straw bed we‘d prepared for the foaling. Reina was a healthy foal, big and black and immediately showing her special personality.” Judy was so pleased with Reina that she repeated the
breeding. “I did rebreed Helena,” says Judy, “but she lost the foal to EVA acquired from the Rubinstein semen, which also affected my entire breeding herd that year and nearly
cost the life of Reina as well.” Reina was to be her only foal from the pairing of Rubinstein and Helena. “Reina
was the epitome of a lady—elegant, leggy, a wonderful producer and mother, and most of all she was special to everyone who met her,” Judy recollects. “It was no surprise though, as her dam Helena was my all time best and favorite broodmare.” In addition to Reina, Helena produced fourteen other living foals, two licensed breeding sons (Hadrian and Harper), and over $1,000,000 in income from the sales of her offspring, according to Judy. “Helena left a legacy that still marks my breeding
program”, says Judy, “and her daughter Reina had all the interior qualities of her dam and was a fabulous producer.” Reina produced the GOV licensed stallion son Sirringo by Sir Donnerhall. “More importantly, though, she produced several outstanding daughters.” One of Reina’s daughters Dream Rubina is already
proving herself to be a top producer as well having already given Judy two breeding sons: the impressive Qredit by Quaterback and W. Ellington by Wynton in Australia. Another Reina daughter Graciella is winning in hunter competitions, while still another is proving herself as a quality producer like her dam and grand dam before her. Reina’s daughter, Finale by Furst Heinrich, was the SE Regional Champion of the USDF Sporthorse Series as a three-year-old. Reina’s last son, Quetzal by Quaterback, won the three-year-old Dressage Suitability under saddle class at Devon in 2011. “This is what many breeders hope for,” notes Judy, “to have mares that are good producers
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Reina with two different foals at inspections. Photos courtesy Judy Yancey.
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