second premium and are eligible for top-ten awards. Te keurin- gen are an excellent way for breeders to receive expert feedback about their breeding programs. “In my opinion, the KWPN has the highest standards of all the Warmblood registries,” said Martha Haley of NeverSayNever Farm in Nova Scotia, Canada. “I like the challenge to meet and exceed these standards. Te KWPN is always striving to be the best at what they do—not so different from my own breeding goals.”
Beginning in early September, a jury comprised of Royal Sandi Lieb • Pennock Point Sport Horses, Reddick, FL •
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wner/breeder Sandi Lieb’s KWPN breeding operation is based outside Ocala, Florida at 80- acre Pennock Point Sport Horses and includes 15 KWPN-NA horses, of which seven are broodmares. Lieb has a PhD in Equine Nutrition from the University of Kentucky and was an associate professor at the Univer- sity of Florida Animal Sciences De- partment for 30 years. Last year, she was presented with the 2011 KWPN- NA Breeder of the Year award. How did you become involved with the KWPN breed? My original breeding experiences in the 1970s and 1980s were with Morgans,
Dutch Sport Horse experts Lana Sneddon (of Indiana), Deborah P. Harrison, DVM (California), and Faith Fessen- den (Nevada) will travel across the continent to 14 different sites for the 2013 KWPN-NA Keuring Tour. Tey will be joined by fellow judges Bart Henstra and Arie Hamoen of the Netherlands. “In striving to meet the same standards as in Holland, North American keurings use a Dutch judge as the chairman of the jury,” Henstra notes. “For me, this tour is really interesting. Te breeders in the U.S. and Canada are really enthusiastic and willing to learn.” Not only will those breeders have the op- portunity to present their best KWPN stock for approval, special designations and coveted awards, they will also receive expert evaluations that support the breed- ers and/or riders as they make decisions about horses’ under-saddle careers and future breeding plans.
Delightful Dame (Sir Sinclair x Promised by Wanroij, bred by Sandi Lieb).
Arabians and American Saddlebreds, but I became interested in Dutch Warmbloods when in 1983 a nice imported Dutch stallion with three good rhythmical gaits by the name of Orpheus arrived in north-central Florida. I started breeding Thoroughbred mares to him and registering the foals in 1985 with KWPN-NA, which had just come into being as a registry. I was a dressage enthusiast at the time and since few Warm- bloods were available or affordable, I started to breed them. What is the primary focus of your breeding program? Dressage has been my sole breeding focus until recently.
I strive to make sure
my horses combine rideablilty and soundness with very rhythmical gaits, excellent topline and rear-quarter use, and conformation so that they can collect for the upper level movements. I am just starting to breed a few jumpers because one of my dres- sage mares decided she wanted to be a jumper and earned her sport predicate in jumping, ending up 2010 HITS Ocala Circuit Champion at Level 6 (1.3m) jumpers and Reserve Champion at Level 5 (1.2m) jumpers. If you had to pick a favorite horse from your program, which would it be and why? Jambalaya Pref 1991 (Argus x Edwina–Orpheus-r); I bred her and she is my most
successful broodmare so far, having produced nine offspring that included three ster, one keur, one elite and two daughters with sport predicates (one dressage and one jumper). She has four points towards her prestatie and only needs one more of her offspring to earn her one more point. She is deceased but I am currently breeding two of her daughters. What breeding lines have been the most influential in your breeding program and why? All of my Warmbloods stem from two Thoroughbred mares of average pedigree
but excellent temperament and rhythmical movement. They were bred to the best dressage type Warmblood stallions available at the time using local stallions (Or- pheus), and once fresh shipped semen was available (1990s) I used Argus, Rolls Royce and Wanroij. Idocus is probably the most used and influential, and he consistently produced attractive offspring for me with excellent rideability, good conformation and three very good gaits. Once good frozen semen became available I used Ferro and some of Ferro’s sons: Rhodium, Métall and Rousseau. More recently I have used Florencio and am trying some Jazz blood through the stallions Wynton and UB40.
Sandi Lieb, 2011 Breeder of the Year. 54 September/October 2013 SPECIAL KWPA-NA SECTION
Jerich Parzival (Jazz x Fidora by Ulft, bred by J.M. Beijer-de Kleijn) 2011 KWPN Horse of the Year.
STARS OF THE SPORT
and last year was no exception. In the 2012 Olympic Games, World Cup Finals and major Grands Prix, KWPN horses often finished on top, resulting once again in their strong position in the most recent WBFSH rankings: in dressage, the KWPN maintained its lead; in show jumping, it finished second; and in eventing, was in the top ten. So far in 2013, KWPN horses continue the winning tradition as they re- cord victory after victory in the competition arena. “Te KWPN is always evolving to match riders’ needs in producing top horses for sport; the bar for breeders is being constantly raised,” explains Martha Haley of NeverSayNever Farm in Canada. “Tis
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he Royal Dutch Sport Horse has a long and impressive record of outstanding athletic performance
Roy Maher
Reg Corkum
KWPN-NA Bill Wertman BREEDER SPOTLIGHT
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