Stallion News from Around the State, continued...
peted in dressage at First Level and got some of his performance requirements out of the way. He also competed successfully in the four-year-old performance divi- sion of the International Hunter Futurity program. T e next year, just after Legaczy moved to Second Level, he sustained an injury to his foot. We made the hard decision to allow the foot to grow out instead of trying to nurse it along, and as a result we fell behind with the per- formance requirements. Legaczy went back to work in the
spring of his six-year-old year, and after considering the remaining options for achieving permanent licensing, I revisited the possibility of sending him to the test. T e universal North American stallion test format that is now be- ing run at Silver Creek was receiving good reviews, and the stallion owners who had sent their stallions had good things to say. T e fact that Legaczy was a hunter type still weighed heavily on my mind. His movement and jump- ing style are diff erent from the European ideal and I feared that would make the testing even harder for him. But in August 2012, after care- fully weighing all the remaining options, we put Legaczy on a truck headed for Broken Ar- row, Oklahoma.
Karen Severns’ Legaczy at the 70-Day North American Stallion Test
It was the longest 70 days of my life. Giving my horse up to a group of people I didn’t know for an extended period of training was honestly petrifying. But I got regular updates and the feedback was good. Legaczy was trying hard every day. Summer Stoff el, Barbara Sikkink, and the entire Silver Creek team were amazing. T e task of having that many stallions prepared to perform and look their best was huge, and they did it day after day with style. Legaczy had a signifi cant setback when he
reinjured his foot towards the end of the test, and Summer and her crew worked tirelessly to keep him in one piece so that he didn’t have to go home. Although we decided that it was not in his best interest to complete some of the fi nal testing day, he did get enough scores to fi nish. His fi nal scores included nines for his Character and his Willingness to Work, which I think is what I am most proud of. I doubt that I personally will have the opportunity to do this again, but I would not hesitate to send another stallion to this team. I have been so fortunate to be on this journey with him from birth to licensed breeding stal- lion. He has taught me patience and humility. I have had to grow thick skin and learn to let the little stuff go and focus on the positive. He constantly reminds me to have faith in fate, and in my own vision even if it isn’t that of oth- ers. I have also learned that it defi nitely takes
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a village to raise a stallion, or at least it has to raise mine. I am forever indebted to my good friend and barn manager, Lauren Oyarzo, who is Legaczy’s other mother. I have no doubt that she loves him as much as I do. Her husband Kevin Oyarzo is Legaczy’s farrier, and he has gone above and beyond to keep him going. I am also so very grateful to his veterinarians Michael Tanner, Gary Spurlock, and Shauna Spurlock. And then there is my non-horsey husband, who has sacrifi ced right alongside me while I pursued this dream that he doesn’t really even understand. I wonder how many times he has rethought that birthday gift. At this point he probably thinks a nice sweater would have worked out better for him.
Maryland Will Miss Falsterbo
Wood’s Lane Farm’s stallion Falsterbo died this past November. In 2001, Wood’s Lane Farm welcomed the elite Hanoverian stallion Falsterbo to their breeding program. Farm owner and dressage rider/trainer Esther Noiles purchased the stallion because his bloodlines were rare on the East Coast. In the 2012 Stallion Yearbook, Falsterbo was listed in the top 10% for Dressage Stallions.
More Money for Maryland- breds
T e Maryland Horse Breeders Association announced on Decem- ber 20, 2012 that there will be more prize money available for Mary- land-bred T oroughbred racehorses during the 2013 race season. For the Laurel Winter meet, which begins this month, there will be $50,000 purse premiums on 13 open stakes races. Also on the schedule is the restricted $100,000 Conniver Stakes. Due to the recent 10-year agreement between the MHBA, Maryland Jockey Club and other
racing industry groups (see this month’s “News & Views” for details), the Maryland Bred Race Fund will see an increase in revenue from slots over the next several years. T ese funds will than be kicked back to Maryland-bred horses over the next six months as follows: Owner - 17.5%, Loyalty - 12.5%, Breeder - 17.5% and Stallion - 8.75%. For more details, please visit marylandthor-
oughbred.com and click on “Description of the Maryland Fund.”
Select Breeders Service Celebrates 25th Anniversary
For 25 years, Select Breeders Service in Chesapeake City has been a leader in equine reproduction services and technology. With this milestone anniversary, SBS has announced a new partnership to expand their business. SBS has started a partnership with David
Scofi eld, DVM, Board Certifi ed in Equine Re- production, to form SBS-Veterinary Services. T e new group will off er services including management of breeding and foaling mares, advanced diagnostic techniques and therapies, embryo transfer and routine veterinary care. All from their newly renovated facility.
RH Mr Imprint Switches Coasts
T e legendary American Paint Horse Asso- ciation Leading Sire, RH Mr Imprint, has re- cently relocated from California to Maryland. T e stallion was owned by the late Judy Brown and stood his entire breeding career at her JB Shadowbrook Farm in Hemet, CA. Phil and Sue Drawdy of CS Acres in Ft. Pierce, Flor- ida recently purchased the stallion and have placed him here in Maryland to stand at Harris Paints in Federalsburg. RH Mr Im-
RH Mr Imprint now stands on the East Coast.
print has been on the APHA Lead- ing Sire list every year since his fi rst crop of foals hit the show rings. He cur- rently has 196 foals with show records that have earned 32 World and Reserve World Champion- ships, six APHA Championships, three Versatility Awards, 84 Superi-
ors and 255 Registers of Merits. He is also a three-time World and Reserve Champion stal- lion himself.
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