Welcome to Our Farm:
Our Third Annual Open House will be July 11th this year! Come out and meet our Mares and the 2010 foals. It is a fun day with formal presentation of the horses at 10am and then we take small groups can go into the fields to meet then...foals love to be scratched. Photos from last years rainy event can be found here and here are directions.
We are holding a "Where's Hof" contest this summer! We will be adding other fun ways to win throughout the summer, so check back regularly.
With the 2010 foals here, we have started re-breeding for 2011:
SPS Pakesa (Prince Thatch xx - Duerkheim) is in foal to Dacaprio (Davignon - Caprimond) for mid-April
EM Day Dream (Don Bosco - Furinos) is in foal to Londonderry (Lauries Crusader xx - Warkant) for late April
SPS Destiny...still to be bred.
Show results for 2010 will be added shortly, until then here are some highlights from 2009.
Sabatini HM - Champion Colt at Ten Broeke I breed show (MA), 80+%, owned by Kerri and Val
Darshan HM - Champion Young Horse at DLT breed show (ME), owned by Laura
Regalia HM - Champion Colt at AHS Inspection and Reserve Champion colt Ten Broeke II breed show (MA), owned by Michelle
Solitaire - Champion at his AHS Inspection at Stargate in TX, bred by us but foaled out with Weltkin's new owners. Congrats to Weltkin's owners, Annette and Stephanie, and Solitaire's new owners, Carsten and Kim.
Also happy to report that Regalia arrived safely and settled quickly into his new home at Hilltop Farms (MD). Michelle boards her young horses there and we are thrilled to have Reggie go to such a top young horse facility.
AHS Inspection News: Regalia HM was named Top Colt! This is the fourth year in a row that our mares have produced the TOP COLT at their foal show or inspection. Shane was 2006 in Germany at the Hoya Foal Show, Legendary HM was 2007 in Germany at the Hoyal Foal Show, Sebastian HM was 2008 at the Rhode Island AHS Inspection and now Regalia at the Rhode Island AHS Inspection. We are very proud of our mares for this accomplishment.
We are thrilled to announce that Saviola (aka Shane) our 2006 Sandro Hit out of SPS Pakesa has been accepted to the Munich Licensing! In late October, Shane was presented at their pre-selections and created a lot of excitement amongst the State Stud riders who were watching. The licensing is at the end of January and will be followed by their stallion auction. Wish us luck!
With the 2008 show season closed we have exciting Year End Results to report. All three of our foals had excellent results. Full details can be found on the 2008 Show Results page.
USDF Reserve Champion Horse of the Year for Weanling Colts/Geldings
Champion Young Colts/Geldings (Weanlings/Yearlings) for the American Hanoverian Society (AHS)
Congrats to his owner Allison who had Legacy particapate in our in-hand show program!
Champion USDF Horse of the Year Weanling Fillies.
Reserve Champion Young Fillies (Weanlings/Yearlings) for the AHS
3rd place in the Young Colts/Geldings Division for the AHS.
2008 marked the third year in a row that our mares have produced the top foal at their inspection or foal show in the US and Germany. Sebastian was named Champion Colt at his inspection at Brookside Equestion in RI. There was a great turn-out of many beautiful foals and the judges continued to comment through out the inspection on the consistent, high-quality of the foals being presented. Hof Mendenhall mares also produced the top foal at the Hoya region foal shows in Germany 2 years in a row!! In 2006, Saviola by Sandro Hit o/o SPS Pakesa won. In 2007, Legendary hm, a colt by Londonderry o/o SPS Destiny was named Champion!
Want to learn more about us at Hof Mendenhall? We recently added some pages to let you know who we are and about our breeding programs philosophy. We feel it is important to know who you are doing business with...when you buy one of our foals you become part of the ever growing Hof Mendenhall family. Check out our Yearly Awards Program to recognize the many wonderful homes that our foals have gone to! Also, stay updated on Hof Mendenhall news by signing up for our Farm Newsletter. These emails go out every 1 to 2 months depending on how much news we have to share.
