• Good in every discipline . Dahlia is baroque - short and very powerful. More of a harness type. Feike is tall and regal and doing very well in dressage. Dahlia definitely passes on her wonderful movement. Feike definitely passes on his height and good rear impulsion. We are looking for a foal that is good in harness AND under saddle.
  
  
• Best bloodlines you can find. Dahlia is a star mare and her lineage is amazing. In the past 4 generations alone she has two model mares and two preferent ancestors on the dam side. Her papers are unbroken all the way back to 1948. Feike's papers are Friesian royalty. His father is one of only two living preferent stallions. His damline is MP-SP-MP-M, holy cow! Feike's damsire is Naen - a very important stallion for the "modern" look. AND his mother comes from the little used Ritske line, which broadens the gene pool. On paper, this is a terrific match.
  
  
• Improved height, longer lines, more mane. Dahlia is a baroque mare, small in size and powerful in build. We are looking to Feike to add height and a to provide even more rear drive.
  
  
• Double Dose of Feitse . The inbreeding coefficient for this pair is about 4.35% That is below 5% (our cutoff) but higher than we usually breed if possible. Why higher? Both Feike and Dahlia have Feitse in their bloodline (Feike's father and Dahlia's great grandfather). But if you are going to have a double dose, you cannot do better than Feitse, the most famous breeding stallion alive today.
  
  

What are we expecting with this foal?

Of course, one never knows exactly how a foal will turn out, but here is what we expect. The foal should be an impressive mover with lots of spirit, intellect, independence and pizazz. From a performance perspective, the foal should grow into a top class show horse in carriage driving or saddleseat. S/he will have a good nature and a fine intellect for dressage. S/he will therefore easy to train, but will probably bloom with an experienced equestrian/trainer (likely someone used to dealing with dressage stallions, for example). If the foal is a female she will have the genes to be one of the best breeding mares in the US and an A+ addition to any breeding stable.

This is what we are breeding for. But of course, ya never know.