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onship crown with an overall average of 73.408%. “He was there every step of the way and with me 100 percent,” Buffini said of her beloved partner. A month later, fellow Californian and Young Rider Catherine Chamberlain decisively swept the team, individ- ual, and freestyle gold medals at the FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC) in Kentucky with her KWPN gelding Verdicci (Krack C x Jackson), a horse which she developed herself since he was a five-year-old. Te Royal Dutch Sport Horse has also proven to be an ideal mount for adult amateur riders. During the inaugural U.S. Dressage Finals in Lexington, Kentucky last fall, Jennifer Huber


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rode her KWPN gelding Vito (Jazz x Wellington) to earn the Adult Amateur Grand Prix title. At the opposite end of the spec- trum, Maryland’s Lucy Tidd rode her four-year-old mare Ellert HB (Johnson x Sydney) to earn national championships at both Training Level and First Level in the adult amateur division. No matter whether an equestrian’s preference is for a double bridle or jumping saddle, or if their aspirations are to compete on the world stage or simply enjoy a talented, sound and sane partner, the Royal Dutch Sport Horse has proven to be the best choice in equestrian sport. To learn more, visit www.kwpn-na.org. v


Scot & Carol Tolman • Shooting Star Farm, Spofford, NH • www.shootingstarfarm.com


hooting Star Farm is located on 60 acres in Spofford, New Hampshire (adjacent to Pisgah State Park), and is where Scot and Carol Tolman have been breeding KWPN


horses since 1990. They currently own/support 20+ horses in the U.S. and Holland, in- cluding the highest ranked dressage-breeding mare outside of Holland, Orchis (Jazz x Charites x Roemer).


How did you become involved with the KWPN breed? Our beginnings with the KWPN were completely serendipitous. When we were first


looking at Warmblood stallions for our two Thoroughbred mares (in early 1990), the only stallion owner who was really nice to us was Liz Hall from Silverwood Farm, so we bred to Art Deco. Ironically, Johan Knoppert, whose father is a long-time breeder in Holland, transferred with a Dutch insurance company to our town, and showed up at our doorstep wanting to ride. Once we started making connections in Holland and began learning the KWPN system, we were hooked.


Scot’s foundation mare, Orchis by Jazz.


How long have you been breeding KWPN horses? Our first KWPN foals were born in the K year, so this year has marked our completion of the KWPN alphabet, 23 years.


What makes the KWPN breed special for you? We love the history of the Dutch agricultural horse and its roots in the creation of the contemporary Dutch Warmblood but, more


importantly, we respect and count on the KWPN system that has created this horse. No other studbook demands such strict selec- tion, nor provides so much detailed information about its horses. This provides breeders with a huge database of information.


What are the goals of your breeding program? The primary focus of our program is producing FEI-capable dressage horses. We want to produce horses that are both capable of competing at upper level sport and of producing offspring to compete at upper level sport.


What factor is most influential for you in your breeding program? The quality of a breeder’s mare base is the most important factor in producing top horses. No other factor is more significant. We


have the top dressage-producing mare in North America and five of her daughters. This gives us a base from which to produce a horse with as high a potential for upper level sport as any breeder in the world. That’s what’s important to us—the base, our mares.


If you had to pick a favorite horse from your program, which would it be and why? Picking one horse from our program as a favorite is really difficult. Orchis obviously has laid a foundation for which we’re extreme- ly thankful; ZaVita SSF, aka “Princess” (Contango x Elcaro) is my riding mare, so, emotionally, I’m ridiculously attached to her; our two Totilas fillies out of Orchis, Glorites SSF and Honorites SSF, are dreams come true; then, this year, we have two boys that blow us away, JaBam SSF (Everdale x Orchis) and Jubilation SSF (UB-40 x Mistral x Vincent).


What breeding lines have been the most influential in your breeding program and why? The heart of our program is based in Orchis’s dam, Charites (Roemer x Eros). For years, she was the highest-ranked dressage-pro- ducing mare in Holland. She produced multiple top sport horses, including the Dutch team horse, Nadine. We name all of our fillies with the “ites” suffix in her honor. As far as stallions, Jazz is in almost all of our pedigrees. It’s difficult to argue with the success of Jazz offspring, both in sport and production of sport horses. Additionally, we are blessed to have two Totilas fillies in our herd and at least one Totilas grandchild in utero. I’m drawn to Furioso in a pedigree and I like Donnerhall crossed on our lines.


What are some of the major successes of your program or what aspects are you most proud of? We’ve been blessed to have one of the highest percentages of first premiums and top placings


of any KWPN breeding program in North America. Our program has repeatedly produced some of the highest-scoring horses in the keuring system. Additionally, our offspring are beginning to perform at all levels of sport. What makes us most pleased is that we’ve been able to provide some top up-and-coming riders with really talented mounts for the future.


Za Vita, Scot’s riding mare. 48 September/October 2014


Why should equestrians choose a Royal Dutch Sport Horse as their next mount? The KWPN horses’ talent is next to none. They are bred to be the best, and they are the best.


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