Breeding Ranch and History
The Friesian horse
descends from one of Europe's oldest breeds of warmbloods and in the past has suffered
from the ravages of the foreign trade and extensive cross-breeding. Even though with only
three breeding stallions left in 1913, the multi skilled breed is represented with around
1200 horses in North America today. The Friesian breed is equally skilled at multi-level
dressage, trotting, and driving, and its high step and elegant movements are the result of
its long being favored by breeders throughout Northern Europe.
In 1995 we immigrated from Germany to Canada and imported twenty Friesian horses of the
highest quality from Holland. We became proud members of the Friesian Horse Society (FHS)
and started breeding this noble horse in the beautiful Okanogan Valley
in British Colombia.
In 1997 we went to Texas with our keured stallion "LAES" to the 50
day breeding stallion performance test. His outstanding performance
earned him the Championship. Only since the test have we been allowed to
breed with our stallion. Beginning from 1998 his offspring
achieved always excellent scores from the German judges (1. 2. and 3. premiums).
The mission of the Friesian Ranch is to offer our customers in the USA
and Canada Friesians of the highest quality with outstanding advice and
guidance. Only horses registered with the Friesian Horse Society or FPS (the Dutch breeding
organization) will be found at the Friesian Ranch. Registered horses are by Approved
stallions and out of Studbook, Star, or Model mares.
We are able to deliver this value at highly competitive prices compared
to other breeding businesses within Canada and the US. The reason for
this exceptional value proposition is selected import of breeding horses
from Europe, the use of our own natural resources on our ranch and our
passion and dedication to the Friesian horse.
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