This message is from: "Arthur Rivoire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia.
Here is our July Sales List . . . . Prices in U.S. dollars. No duty or quarantine for horses going to the U.S., and transportation is very reasonable. For instance, we can professionally ship a horse from Nova Scotia to Maryland for $600. We use a wonderful horse transporter who has the latest in quality equipment, and is totally reliable to properly care for your horse. All our horses, even the babies, are trained daily. We employ a professional driving trainer and a professional Stable Manager/Trainer. In addition, we have six young riders from all over Europe here this summer to train the horses. Some horses are our own, born and bred at Beaver Dam Farm --- Others are selected horses we've taken on consignment. All are good horses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEANLINGS - Sons of Gjest out of imported mares - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BDF Titian - 2002 COLT (Gjest x Maryke - imported mare) - He's fine & elegant with a beautiful head. Very good movement. Bold, confident, & friendly. Will make a wonderful performance horse. We have a full brother & sister on the farm, 3 & 4 years old. Both ride & drive extremely well with the 4 yr. old doing lovely Training Level dressage. BDF Titian has wonderful markings, and may be a really dark dun like his mother. He's a full brother to BDF Idar, BDF Miss Naveta, BDF Lillehammer, all well-known performance horses. Possible stallion prospect. $6500. BDF Timberline "Timmie" (Gjest x Holly-Solar daughter) - He's wonderfully friendly. Excellent conformation with impressive hindquarters. Great type! Good mover. This weanling comes from a cross that consistently produces super performance horses such as, BDF John Arthur, BDF Magnum owned by Beth Beymer and Sandy North of Starfire Farm. Possible stallion prospect. $6500. BDF Titan - (Gjest x Stine) --- DEFINITE STALLION PROSPECT!!! See separate post re Titan on yesterday's Digest. - No price as yet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YEARLINGS --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ZEUS - Yrl. gld. (Renard x BDF Annelise). A very sweet youngster with a nonchalant and brave temperament. Nice movement. In daily training for manners, submission. Also, starting ground driving in harness. $4,000. HOLLY II - Yrl. filly - German dressage breeding. A gorgeous yearling. Very feminine, tall & lovely mover. A really good opportunity to own a quality filly who'll prove her worth in both performance and breeding. $8500. OORUK - Yearling gelding - German dressage breeding. Half sister to above filly. This youngster is an absolute paragon of good behavior. Anybody, but anybody can easily handle Ooruk. He's just a dream. Quiet, all-around pleasant. Very good looking youngster good movement. $7,000. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ VERY SPECIAL IMPORTED MARES - Handpicked by Carol in Holland. Both can be bred to Gjest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ TIALDA - 4 yr. old imported mare sired by Ohlsen-Junior (Holland's fanciest moving stallion). She's tall, big-bodied with a wonderful temperament & manners. Her movement is the best. Great power from the hindend. 3 years in training at BDF - She's currently in dressage training with our best rider. Driving training with Don Andrews, who's one of the best driving trainers we've ever seen. Trailriding quietly. This is a top quality mare for breeding, performance & pleasure. $14,500. SAAKJE - 5 yr. old imported mare sired by the great ohlsen-Junior. Saakje is one of the most beautiful mares anywhere. We've recently decided to "slide into retirement", and sell some of the great mares we've acquired with an eye to breeding. Saakje is one of the best from any point of view. She has great bloodlines, beauty, conformation, presence, movement, training & athletic ability. She's a very fancy mover. She rides & drives very well, and has had years of very good training. She's also been shown. This summer she's a regular in our Nova Scotia Beginner Driving Vacations. A very sweet, kind, well-mannered mare suitable for just about anybody - adult or child. $17,500. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GELDINGS - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ LOKI - 4 yr. old gelding out of BDF Annelise, sired by Renard. A very nice horse with a whole lot of talent. He's a wonderful mover with good reach, some suspension, and extremely supple and handy. Good prospect for Dressage, Pony Club, or Combined Driving. He's in full training for both dressage and driving. Our driving trainer is excited by Loki. He has a great mouth, is obedient, and wonderfully athletic. Offered for sale at unusually low price as his owners have moved to Hawaii, and want to find him a good home. $6500. AXEL - 12 yr. old gelding sired by Solar out of Astrix mare. This is a very big boy. Not terribly drafty, but tall and big-boned. He's very very quiet, and as close to BOMBPROOF as you'll find. Nothing bothers him. In daily training for riding and driving. --- A true no problem horse. He's very beautiful, and everyone who sees him is attracted. So quiet he'd make a wonderful Therapeutic horse. --- He also has the best canter ever. $7,000. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ MARES - All can be bred to our fabulous imported stallion, GJEST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ TJEEZA - 7 yr. old Solar daughter. Excelent quality, beauty, and type. A superb mare of the best old bloodlines. Quiet, dependable, mannerly. Very dark color & very beautiful ! ! ! In daily training to ride and drive. $12,500. BDF ANNELISE - 18 yr. old mare imported in utero from Holland. Sired by Elite Stallion, Myrstein. She's had lots of good training & experience. She worked for several years in a Handicapped Riding & Driving Program. She's had some good dressage training. She drives really well. ---- I LOVE to drive this mare. She's extremely forward, but very manageable. When I sit behind Annelise, it's almost as good as driving GJEST. Those who've been here know what I mean. Everyone who sees this mare is astounded that she's 18 years old. She looks eight, no more than that. She's had lots of good foals. She's a beautiful looking mare of elegant type, but with plenty of bone. A very easy mare to handle. She gets along well with other horses but prefers being alone. She's in daily professional training to ride and drive. -- Very dependable mare. $7,000. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ******* IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT *******-- Arthur and I have made the difficult decision to stop our breeding program. ----- After 67 foals, we're ready for a less stressful life. Having made this decision, we now have to find good homes for two of our wonderful broodmares. We offer them to select homes, and reserve the right to be extremely selective. -- They're excellent mares! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARYKE - 15 yr. old mare imported from Holland sired by the Danish stallion, Hjerter-Knaeght. She's a perfectly wonderful and extremely beautiful broodmare who produces the best foals. She's very dark in color with great markings. Gorgeous head & eyes. - Really one of the most beautiful mares we've seen. She rides and drives well & is wonderful with chidlren. We've used her a whole lot for lessons and games. A great mare! $10,500 STINE - 16 yr. old mare imported from Norway. Stine is a legendary mare in the Fjord world. She's our top mare, the beautiful horse on the cover of my book, and she's the dam of some of the best breeding stallions in North America. All her foals (fillies & colts) are exquisite!!! Stine is trained to ride. $10,500. ****** IF YOU'RE INTERESTED in Stine or Maryke, please call to tell us about yourself. We've owned these mares forever, and they've been very good to us. We owe them a lot. Both produce wonderful foals, and have them easily. Both are in excellent health and totally sound. Both have many more years ahead of them. ALL THESE MARES CAN BE BRED TO GJEST ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Beaver Dam Farm is famous for QUALITY Fjords, HONESTY, & an ABILITY to match horses to buyers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ Thank you for your interest. Please call or email to learn more. We make long, unedited videos on all our sale horses, and most of our offerings are sold this way. To us, the video is a subsitute for a personal visit. We want the customer to see everything he'd see if he came to the farm. Beaver Dam Farm has been breeding, training, selling & importing for 24 years. We've earned an excellent reputation in the horse world. You can be sure a horse you buy from us is honestly represented, and has received all the good training we're famous for. Best Regards, Carol Rivoire http://www.beaverdamfarm.com Beaver Dam Farm Fjords II R.R. 7 Pomquet, Nova Scotia B2G 2L4 Tel:(902) 386-2304 Fax:(902) 386-2149 Carole Rivoire, author of THE FJORDHORSE HANDBOOK, only book in English on the Fjord breed, available from Beaver Dam Farm, $36.95 US includes P&H http://www.beaverdamfarm.com/book.htm
