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and I am currently in the process of acquiring founda- tion broodmares. I am looking for mares who have the special qualities that anyone would want in a horse, but have been retired from the show ring due to an injury or wear and tear due to age. When it comes to my breeding
program, I focus on a lineage that has proven to be dominant with- in our sport. By combining great mares with a stallion who can add the power, the turbo engine if you will, I feel we can upgrade the off- spring in that way. Starting out with really high-quality bloodlines and really solid heritage is very im- portant. I am a big fan of the stal- lions Diamant de Semilly, Cassall ASK, and our stallions Cazador La Silla, Iceman De Muze and Quilimbo. In my opinion, the United States overall is less focused on breeding top horses than Europe is, and I want to change that. We as a country have a tendency to waste valuable animals with wonderful bloodlines that could enrich
“We are essentially a bunch of wealthy carnies trying to put on a circus, so there has to be a reason we are doing this, and it is for the love of the horses.”
our breeding programs by retiring them to the pas- ture or life as a lesson horse. Unfortunately, we lack the knowledge to respect the heritage of some of these thrown-away horses. In Europe, breeding is in their blood. They know the dam, the sire, the granddam, the breeder, who doctored the horse and who delivered him or her. They just know every detail. It is very important that we take the time to learn the his- tory of our sport in order to ef- fectively and responsibly shape its future. I like to think of the whole process as being a train. With all my businesses com- bined as a whole, we have the
train cars filled, from foals we have bred to young hors- es we have bought to horses that are winning at the CSI5* Grand Prix level. It is all meant to flow together between all of the fronts. Everywhere you look, at every stage of the game, Katherine and I are represented and we are challenging the status quo.
The Buck Stops Here At the end of the day, there is a dream involved here, of course. The business has to be structurally and finan- cially sound, but the reason we are doing this entire thing is for the horses. We are essentially a bunch of wealthy carnies trying to put on a circus, so there has to be a reason we are doing this, and it is for the love of the horses. Our dream is to be well known for owning, training
and showing really nice, high-quality horses who want to do their job. If Peter can go to the Olympics, that would be amazing. But Peter beginning to have a shot at it with our horses, that is even more amazing. Like many equestrians, I’m a workaholic. Day in
and day out I eat, sleep and breathe the businesses of breeding, scouting and training. I am kept abreast by FaceTime and videos from Europe at all hours of the day and night. The buck stops here. At the end of the day, I am the one who is held accountable with my in- vestors, my riders and my grooms. I am very involved, and there is no other option for me. I love it and I live for it; the horses teach me something every day, which makes it all worthwhile.
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