Cup events. I don’t know that any other North American regis- try has this caliber of performers. It’s all about performance for us—it’s not a beauty contest. ‘Bred to Perform’ is not just our slogan, it’s the foundation and core of our registry.” v
BWP/NAD Breeder Perspectives T
he BWP/NAD breeders have had tremendous suc- cess lately. Teir foals and young horses don’t just dis- appear after the keurings—they show up in the ring.
A lot of this has to do with getting their youngsters in a proper training program and to the right riders. Sometimes, however, that can be a challenge. “We don’t have enough people to properly start young
horses,” Allyn McCracken of Bannockburn Farm explains. “Young horse development training has been overlooked by our riders. Now that it is quickly becoming cost prohibitive to purchase the good 6-, 7- and 8-year-olds in Europe, it’s going to become imperative to create our own youngsters here. Rid- ers are going to have to learn to properly train young horses— it’s as simple as that. I think the riders that can properly bring a young horse along in the U.S. are going to find themselves in high demand. Te market is saturated with talented top riders and needs to be balanced with enough riders developing young stock.”
SCF owner Lisa Lourie and her BWP stallion Diktator v/d Bo- slandhoeve (Thunder v/d Zuuthoeve x Capital) has been the high score sire for BWP/NAD foals for two consecutive years.
NAD. “Initially, I chose BWP/NAD because their philosophy for breeding was the same as mine: ‘Breed for performance.’ I also had a lot of BWP horses in my string, so I obviously liked their bloodlines. When I started speaking with the different registries, the BWP/NAD had far superior customer service, so for ease of operations, I decided to register and keur all of my foals with them. I have never regretted it.” Lisa’s stallion Dikator v/d Boslandhoeve (Tunder v/d Zuuthoeve x Capital) has been the sire of both the high score colt and filly for the last two years. Lisa is also very involved with developing the brand new
equestrian facility in Tryon, North Carolina. “Te Tryon International Equestrian Center project is coming along beautifully,” Lisa says. “It will be a spectacularly user friendly show venue. It is super convenient and safe for horses and riders, while a fun place to be for the spectators. We are go- ing to place special emphasis on young horse development classes there and we hope to have a young horse training facil- ity as part of our offerings. Tere is a considerable amount of breeding and young horse training going on in that area of the country.” Taylor Flury of AliBoo Farm has been serving on the
One of Bannockburn Farm’s young sale horses “Martini B” (Simsalabim x Riverman). Martini was high score yearling on the 2013 keuring tour.
Allyn has bred some very successful horses including mul-
tiple Grand Prix winner Centurion B (Rebel I Z x Indoctro), owned and ridden by Lisa Goldman; BWP/NAD approved stallion Jett B (Simsalabim x Chin Chin) owned by Iconic Bay Equestrian and ridden by Taylor Flury, who was second in the YJC this September; and Jewel B (Couleur Rubin x Welling- ton), owned by USA Young Jumpers and ridden by Bannock- burn’s rider/trainer Robert Mendoza. Lisa Lourie of Spy Coast Farm is one of the largest breed- ers in the U.S. and registers all of her horses with the BWP/
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BWP/NAD board for several years and touring with the an- nual keuring tour. “I began breeding on a small scale several years ago. In an effort to further my education and give back to the breeding industry I began working with the BWP/NAD and going on the keuring tour. What I most appreciate about the BWP is that it is a performance registry. Meaning that the registry is trying to produce the best sport horses they can and they do this by using mares and stallions that have passed medical requirements, conformation requirements, and they put a lot of emphasis on getting those horses into the ring to perform,” says Taylor. “While touring with Boudewijn to different farms through-
out North America,” she continues, “we have witnessed the quality of horses (mares, foals, stallions) improve tremen- dously. I think a lot of this is in part to Boudewijn’s help, as he
Courtesy Lisa Lourie
Belgian Warmblood Association Courtesy Allyn McCracken
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