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In-Hand Classes at Dressage by the Bay, Traverse City--June 30-July2, 2011
Hampton Green Farm is pleased to be a sponsor again of the highly successful Dressage by the Bay show series in Traverse City, Michigan. This year's double show runs from June 30 to July 2 and features both USDF National level Dressage and USDF Sport Horse In-Hand breed classes. As in prior years, the United States PRE Association (USPRE) is hosting the PRE breed class, and encourages all Region 2 PRE breeders to participate. Breed classes will be held on Friday and Saturday this year, giving Sport Horse of the Year competitors double chances to gain qualifying points for the championship at Devon. Join us for a week in beautiful Traverse City at the state-of-the-art Flintfields Horse Park. Registration is open now. Seehttp://www.horseshowsbythebay.com/exhibitor-info.php Dressage Sport Horse Prospects Division - Young Horse Classes - Friday [&] Saturday Shown in-hand at the walk and trot on the triangle. Scored 60% movement, 30% conformation and 10% general impression. No fee for Championship classes. 501... Yearling Fillies 502... Two year old Fillies 503... Three year old Fillies 504... USDFBC Qualifier Filly Championship (open to 1st [&] 2nd places from 501/502/503) 505... Fillies of current year, with or without dam, foal only to be judged 506... Colts and Geldings of current year, with or without dam, foal only to be judged 507... USDFBC Qualifier Current Year Foal Championship (open to 1st [&] 2nd placed foals from classes 505/506) 508... Yearling Colts and Geldings 509... Two year old Colts and Geldings 510... Three year old Colts and Geldings 511... USDFBC Qualifier Colt [&] Gelding Championship (open to 1st [&] 2nd places from classes 508/509/510) 512... Young Horse Championship (open to CH [&] RC from classes 504, 507 [&] 511) Dressage Breeding Stock Division - Mature Horse Classes - Friday [&] Saturday Shown in hand at the walk and trot on the triangle. Scored 50% movement, 40% conformation, 10% general impression. No fee for Championship classes. 513... Four year old and older Maiden and Yeld Mares (never/not bred or not nursing) 514... Four year old and older Broodmares in foal or nursing (Mares only to be judged) 515... USDFBC Qualifier Mare Championship (open to 1st [&] 2nd placed Mares) 516... Four year old and older Stallions 517... USDFBC Qualifier Stallion Championship (open to 1st [&] 2nd placed Stallions) 518... Mature Horse Championship (open to CH [&] RC from classes 515 [&] 517) Dressage By The Bay Grand Champion 519... Grand Champion (open to CH [&] RC from classes 512 [&] 518). No class fee. Individual Breed Classes - Friday [&] Saturday Open to horses of any age. A copy of registration papers must be provided with entry. 520... Dutch Warmblood/KWPN-NA [&] KWPN 521... Rheinland Pfalz-Saar/Zweibrucker 522... American Warmblood Registry 523... North American Sport Pony Registry 524... American Warmblood Society 525... ISR/Oldenburg NA 526... US PRE Association/USPREA/ANCCE/LG 527... North American Danish Warmblood 528... IALHA/Andalusian [&] Lusitano 529... Hanoverian/AHS 530... Trakehner/ATA 531... Belgian Warmblood 532... Swedish/SWANA 533... Friesian 534... Performance Horse Registry 535... Holsteiner/AHHA 536... Oldenburg/GOV 537... Irish Draught/ISH
Why Buy a Young Horse from HGF?
Part 1--November 14, 2008 These economic times are difficult, and yet we continue to receive inquiries about purchasing PRE horses. There are some basic realities about the PRE breed that affect its availability and its price. This posting is the first in a short series about the PRE Horse market that answers a lot of the questions that people often ask in their initial consideration of an investment in a PRE Horse from Hampton Green Farm:The Cost of a PRE Horse for Dressage: a. A good PRE is hard to find and is not cheap. PRE horses are still very rare in the dressage world, and a good one with a decent show record is rarely for sale on either side of the Atlantic. The PRE Horse is the world’s newest emerging sport horse, and the most athletic examples of the breed are in high demand. By comparison, a warmblood generally costs less, due to supply and demand as well as another very important factor: the PRE horse’s natural aptitude for Grand Prix movement. (More on this in Part II.) b. For the past two years, the Dollar to Euro exchange has been prohibitive for most people to purchase a PRE from Spain. For this reason, we have not recommended or imported as many trained PREs from Spain as we did in prior years. Also, many prospective buyers thought that a PRE horse from Spain would be a bargain and were surprised to find that the market there was quite healthy following the Athens Olympics when Spain’s dressage team captured the Silver Medal. From that time on, prices for good horses with dressage potential were comparable to the rest of Europe. Today’s market in Spain is somewhat depressed and the Euro has come down a bit relative to the Dollar, but top quality horses continue to bring big prices, as in the States and all of Europe. c. US-bred PREs cost more than other American-bred horses. The PRE horse has been bred and shown in the United States since the 1960s for competition in several national halter circuits, in the same ways that breeders have bred and campaigned Arabian and Quarter horses. For many years, this breeding community of PRE breeders has worked to develop bloodlines to meet the strict and beautiful morphological (conformational) standards held by Spain for their national horse. Functionality—in particular, movement that is conducive to dressage performance-- has only recently become a priority to the American PRE community in general. As in Spain, where breeders began selecting for dressage-type movement about 15 years ago, signs of progress are coming quickly, as the traditional (historical) PRE horse needed to make only slight changes in its gaits to become a suitable dressage horse for most riders. Since PRE horses are in demand as objects of beauty as well as competitive riding horses, their values have remained high. For example, weanlings from top US halter breeding lines (not necessarily dressage competitors) will sell for $20,000.00 or more. In consideration of both price and proven sport horse bloodlines, the majority of HGF clients opt to select young stock from the Michigan breeding facility. HGF continues to have a healthy sales record, in spite of the financial times. Currently, all foals (colts and fillies) from 2006 and older have been sold. In the next part of this series, we describe the young horse program at HGF and the advantages to selecting your next dressage horse from the fields of young horses at HGF Michigan. Check back and discover who buys our horses, and why.
PRE Breed Class at Dressage by the Bay Show in Traverse City
Hampton Green Farm is proud to be a sponsor for Dressage by the Bay in Traverse City, July 29 - August 2. We plan to take both riders and a group of horses for week and are excited to be a part of the double dressage show as well as the Breed Show on Sunday, August 2nd.This year, USPRE will be sponsoring for the second time a PRE Breed Class within the line-up of USDF Sport Horse classes. We would like to encourage all PRE Breeders and Owners in the Michigan and upper Midwest to consider bringing a PRE and participate in these classes, which are qualifiers for the Devon Breed Show in September. Please see the official website or call the HGF office at 231-865-6000 for more information. Closing date extended so please make entries asap!
Why Buy a Young Horse from HGF?
Part 1--November 14, 2008 These economic times are difficult, and yet we continue to receive inquiries about purchasing PRE horses. There are some basic realities about the PRE breed that affect its availability and its price. This posting is the first in a short series about the PRE Horse market that answers a lot of the questions that people often ask in their initial consideration of an investment in a PRE Horse from Hampton Green Farm:The Cost of a PRE Horse for Dressage: a. A good PRE is hard to find and is not cheap. PRE horses are still very rare in the dressage world, and a good one with a decent show record is rarely for sale on either side of the Atlantic. The PRE Horse is the world’s newest emerging sport horse, and the most athletic examples of the breed are in high demand. By comparison, a warmblood generally costs less, due to supply and demand as well as another very important factor: the PRE horse’s natural aptitude for Grand Prix movement. (More on this in Part II.) b. For the past two years, the Dollar to Euro exchange has been prohibitive for most people to purchase a PRE from Spain. For this reason, we have not recommended or imported as many trained PREs from Spain as we did in prior years. Also, many prospective buyers thought that a PRE horse from Spain would be a bargain and were surprised to find that the market there was quite healthy following the Athens Olympics when Spain’s dressage team captured the Silver Medal. From that time on, prices for good horses with dressage potential were comparable to the rest of Europe. Today’s market in Spain is somewhat depressed and the Euro has come down a bit relative to the Dollar, but top quality horses continue to bring big prices, as in the States and all of Europe. c. US-bred PREs cost more than other American-bred horses. The PRE horse has been bred and shown in the United States since the 1960s for competition in several national halter circuits, in the same ways that breeders have bred and campaigned Arabian and Quarter horses. For many years, this breeding community of PRE breeders has worked to develop bloodlines to meet the strict and beautiful morphological (conformational) standards held by Spain for their national horse. Functionality—in particular, movement that is conducive to dressage performance-- has only recently become a priority to the American PRE community in general. As in Spain, where breeders began selecting for dressage-type movement about 15 years ago, signs of progress are coming quickly, as the traditional (historical) PRE horse needed to make only slight changes in its gaits to become a suitable dressage horse for most riders. Since PRE horses are in demand as objects of beauty as well as competitive riding horses, their values have remained high. For example, weanlings from top US halter breeding lines (not necessarily dressage competitors) will sell for $20,000.00 or more. In consideration of both price and proven sport horse bloodlines, the majority of HGF clients opt to select young stock from the Michigan breeding facility. HGF continues to have a healthy sales record, in spite of the financial times. Currently, all foals (colts and fillies) from 2006 and older have been sold. In the next part of this series, we describe the young horse program at HGF and the advantages to selecting your next dressage horse from the fields of young horses at HGF Michigan. Check back and discover who buys our horses, and why.
Update to Accomplishments of HGF Offspring
Champion, Stallions Four and Five Years, USEF Sport Horse Breed Show, Dressage by the Bay 2008 Champion Young Horse, USEF Sport Horse Breed Show, Dressage by the Bay 2008 Reserve Grand Champion, USEF Sport Horse Breed Show, Dressage by the Bay 2008 Champion, PRE Division, USEF Sport Horse Breed Show, Dressage by the Bay 2008 USDF All Breeds Champion Training Level 2009 USDF All Breeds Champion Third Level 2009 USDF All Breeds Champion Prix St. George 2009 USDF All Breeds Champion, Intermediare I 2009 Champion, Stallions Three and Under, USEF Sport Horse Breed Show, Dressage by the Bay 2009 Champion Young Horse, USEF Sport Horse Breed Show, Dressage by the Bay 2009 Reserve Grand Champion, USEF Sport Horse Breed Show, Dressage by the Bay 2009 Champion, PRE Division, USEF Sport Horse Breed Show, Dressage by the Bay 2009 High Point Horse for the Breed Show, Dressage by the Bay 2009 Fourth Place, Three Year Old Colts and Geldings, Dressage at Devon Breed Show 2009 Fifth Place, Three Year Old Colts and Geldings, Dressage at Devon Breed Show First Place, PRE Class, Dressage at Devon Breed Show 2009 Reserve National Developing Horse Champion, (7-9 Years) SPAIN 2009
Upcoming Dates for Lendon Gray Clinics
Upcoming Dates for Lendon Gray Clinics We have two upcoming clinics scheduled with Lendon Gray. June 21-22 July 16-17 Auditors are welcome--fee is $20.00 per day, no lunch included. (We'll order out!) A few riding spots are open and can be reserved by contacting Joan in the HGF office--231-865-6000. Register NOW to Join HGF in Traverse City at the Dressage by the Bay Breed Show--July 11 Its time to register for the USPRE-sponsored PRE Breed Class at the annual Dressage by the Bay Breed Show in gorgeous Traverse City. The Open Classes are growing in popularity--drawing a good number of sport horses of all breeds--and the PRE Class is the only breed class for PREs offered in Michigan. The horses are presented according to USDF Sport Horse rules and are judged by one of the officiating dressage judges for the weekend. Last year, the highest score of the show was given to a PRE horse. Come join us and bring out your best stock. For more information, seehttp://www.horsesportsbythebay.com/dressage.htm or feel free to call us at 231-865-6000 for more information.