Luke September 2010

BF Glueckspiel is our feature horse for October 2011. Luke is blossoming as a now 16.2hh 5 year old. His rock solid disposition and terrific gaits make him an excellent horse for any level of rider. Luke is extremely athletic with 3 fantastic ground covering gaits and lots of jump. He is honest to fences and loves to compete. Luke is now offered for sale at $8000.00 Cnd. For more information or to make an appointment to see Luke contact Karen Linkletter @403-807-1680.

BF Gaerwynn at RMSJ III August 2010

Browning Farms would like to extend its congratulation to Jacinda on her purchase of BF Gaerwynn. We wish Jacinda and Gaerwynn all the best in their adventures together in the eventing world.

BF Glueckspiel our 2006 Hanoverian X son of Gluecskpferd is all grown up and ready to start his show career.

Luke September 2010

Luke has been in training with Rodney Tulloch and Karen Linkletter of Landmark Farms at Creekside since mid August and is responding well to full time training. Luke has been enjoying the month of October off, but will resume his training in November. He is a beautiful large chestnut with three terrific gaits and an amazing temperment. Luke is terrific through the chute showing lots of scope. Luke will begin his show career with the indoor winter circuit at Anderson Ranch in 2011. Look for this handsome son of Glueckspferd on the show circuit in 2011.

Falene in the summer of 2006

Browning Farms is happy to announce the sale of Poplar Symphony. We are happy to see "Falene" return to life as a riding horse. Falene was a terrific broodmare and gave Browning Farms two lovely healthy foals, BF Gavae II by Glueckspferd and BF Baton Rouge by Bonheur. Gavae II is enjoying life at her new home and is training in Dressage, BF Baton Rouge is two years old and is a lovely athletic colt with huge potential for the show ring. We look forward to his development as a competition horse. We wish all the best to Alicia and "Falene" in their adventures together.

Browning Farms would like to congratulate Alicia on her purchase of Dorann and BF Gavae II. We wish Alicia, Dorann, and Gavae all the best. We are really excited that the girls have found a great new home.

BF Gavae II, this lovely daughter of Glueckspferd has resumed full time training and picked up right where she left off in November.

BF Gavae II summer 2009

Unseasonably warm weather allowed us to utilize our outdoor arena, and so we got Gavae back into a work routine in early April. She was a very good girl and got right back into the swing of things. BF Gavae II is now at Creekside Farm where she is beginning her Hunter/Jumper training with Rodney Tulloch. Gavae is currently for sale $6500.00 cdn (negotiable)

BF Gavae II at Walk

BF Glueckspiel is rising 4 and ready to begin his show career!

BF Glueckspiel March 2010

This georgeous and gentle 16hh son of Glueckspferd displays 3 exceptional gaits and loads of jump. Luke is currently in training. Luke is bred for competition; carrying the impressive "G" line of his Hanoverian sire Glueckspferd, and seven generations of Northern Dancer on his dame line. Luke has tremendous character and loves to work. We are eager to see him in the show ring in the 2010 season. BF Glueckspiel is currently offered for sale.

Browning Farms would like to congratulate Zoey and Crystal Hill of Northern Hill Stables in Thunder Bay Ontario on their purchase of BF Galia. Galia arrived at her new home early Saturday morning. We wish Zoey and Crystal many years of enjoyment of this lovely 5 year old daughter of Glueckspferd.

Galia Winter 2010

Galia Winter 2010

BF Galia a rising 5 year old daughter of Glueckspferd is offered for sale. Galia had 90 days of professional training before having her first foal in May of 2009. Galia is now ready to go back to work and begin her life in the show ring. Currently 15hh Galia has a lovely temperment, three good gaits and a nice form over fences. She would make an excellent children's hunter or low jumper. Asking price is $3500.00 cdn. Reasonable offers considered. For further information contact Teresa or Bill at 403-949-7093 or email us at teresa.evans@browningfarms.com

Glimmer in 2008

Browning Farms is pleased to present BF Glimmer and Bf Gaerwynn at their first show this coming weekend. Both horses have been in training with Jim Ifko at Paramount Equestrian Centre and are entered in the upcoming show there August 12th to 16th 2009. Glimmer will be in the hunter ring and Gaerwynn will be showing in the low jumpers. We are really excited to see these youngsters in their first show. They will be joining BF Revellie's First Light, owned by Stephanie Blom, and BF Shakir, owned by Felicia Barbeau. Browning Farms Garamond II will also be competing in the 1.15m jumpers.

Browning Farm's Garamond II and rider Lauren Evans attended the Spruce Meadows February Classic last weekend. The pair had a very successful weekend posting clear rounds in all five of thier classes, with fast times. On sunday, they placed third in a class of around 40 horses with a clear round and an impressive time of 50.2 seconds. Look for pictures from the show to follow in the near future!

An awesome start to the 2009 show season saw one of Browning Farm's first offspring - BF Reveille's First Light- competing in the low jumper divisoin at Anderson Ranch's early February show, placing third. We would like to wish continued success to Rev and Steph. Way to go guys!!

Browning Farms is excited to announce that BF Gaerwynn is now in full time training with Jim Ifko of Paramount Equestrian Centre in Dewinton AB. Look for this beautiful young mare in the show ring in spring of 2010.

Browning Farms was very pleased to see BF Shakir in the ring recently at Spruce Meadows. Kip and rider Felicia competed in the 0.9m and 1.00m divisions, and did very well. Kip had many clear rounds and handled the busy environment of Spruce Meadows like a champion. Browning Farms would like to wish continued success to this exciting young pair.

Garamond II and Rider Lauren attended the 2008 River Valley Horse Show in Edmonton AB. It was a successful show and a great experience for Garamond in just his second season as a show jumper. Garamond competed in 0.9m, 1.0m, and 1.10m classes posting many clear rounds and some fantastic times.PHOTO[

Congratulations to Lia Poirier on her purchase of Ever Essence! Essa left on Tuesday to join Lisa in Vancouver BC where she will begin her new life in the hunter ring. We are really excited about this new pairing and wish Lisa all the best with her wonderful new mare.

Ever Essence F.E.I. 4 Year Old Reserve Champion Alberta Provincial Dressage Championships 2006

Browning Farms is also delighted to announce the arrival of our newest foal - BF Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge arrived on June 24. He is a large, leggy chestnut colt - the first ES Bonheur foal to be born in Canada. Baton Rouge is a fine example of the modern Hanoverian and a tribute to his elegant sire. To learn more about Bonheur you can visit www.garnercreekfarm.com or view Bonheur in action on You Tube. Photos to follow.

Browning Farms is proud to anounce the sale of talented young Jumping prospect BF Shakir. We would like to wish 'Kip' and his new rider the best of luck, and are excited to see them in the show ring in the near future.

BF Shakir June 2007 CSHA Free Jumping Clinic

Congratulations to Brenda and Stephanie of HighRiver, Alberta on their purchase of BF Reveille's First Light. We wish Stephanie and Rev all the best and an exciting future in the Jumper Ring. Browning Farms is pleased to announce the arrival of Garamond's first colt! BF Gestik arrived on May 10, 2008. His dam Rio Lamada is busy keeping track of this active healthy colt. Watch for Ever Essence at the June Invitational Warmblood Sale June 21 - 22 in Red Deer, Alberta at the Westerner Show Grounds. Essa has been in jumper training with Jim Ifko in preparation for the sale and is proving her athleticism and versatility.

June has been a very busy month at Browning Farms. We have been busy with our three year olds - getting them back under saddle and preparing them for the show season ahead. Shakir went to his first show in May at the Albert Junior Young Riders Show - although he wasn't entered in any classes, this was his first trip away from home and he handled the noise and excitement of the show grounds like a true gentleman. Shakir has been under saddle consistently since April and has remembered everything from his start last summer. Shakir is level headed and hard working, he learns quickly and is eager to please his rider. Shakir went to the CSHA sponsored Free Jumping Clinice with Bob Henselwood on June 18th and impressed the audience with his fluid movement, style and form over the jumps. Bob commented that this was a horse worth developing as a jumper. We were delighted with Shakir's performance and the calm with which he faced this unique situation. Shakir currently stands 15.1hh, (we expect him to mature to 16hh) and he displays a lot of heart for a small horse. Shakir would excell in Jumping and Dressage and is truly a versatile, good-natured young horse.

Our young stallion, Garamond II, has had a very successfull start to his jumping career under the skilled guidance of Jim Ifko. Garamond finished in the ribbons at the Anderson Ranch February Schooling Show. Although he did not receive any ribbons at Spruce Meadows, he consistently finished in the top third at the February Classic.

Garamond at the February Classic

Garamond just completed a full week at the Spruce Meadows Spring Welcome. We are very pleased with his performance and his ability to handle a big and busy venue like Spruce Meadows. His jumping skill is becoming much more developed and he approaches the jumps willingly, and displays an excellent attitude in the ring. We are looking forward to the outdoor jumping season, where Garamond will again begin at Spruce Meadows in May.

Garamond II at CSHA Inspection

Garamond is approved Canadian Sport Horse and is standing at stud for 2007 at the Introductory Fee of $1000.00 cdn including his $350.00 booking fee. We offer a live foal guarantee on A.I.Fresh and Transported semen. Frozen semen is available on request at a fee if $350.00 with no live foal guarantee.

Alberta Provincial Championships 2006

Garamond is a versatile young stallion with outstanding bloodlines in both Dressage and Jumping. As a 3 and 4 year old he competed very successfully in the Dressage Ring claiming 9 out of 10 Championships including the High Point Champion of the Alberta Summer Games in 2005. In 2005, as a three year old, Garamond was awarded a Bronze Medal from Dressage Canada with an overall score of 72%, and the Alberta Juniour Young Rider High Point Award for Training Level Dressage. He also won two high point Canadian Warmblood breed awards in Dressage in 2005. In 2006 Garamond won the F.E.I. Five year old Championship at both the Western Canadian Dressage Championships and the Alberta Provincial Dressage Championship.

This talented and versatile young stallion is also proving to be an excellent sire - passing on his lovely conformation, athletic ability and calm disposition to his offspring.

Browning Farms is pleased to congratulate Bar Cross Performance Horses on their purchase of Jettin in First Light

Jet in 2001

Jet was our first broodmare and produce three exceptional offspring for Browning Farms. BF Reveille's First light

Free Trot Summer 2006

, now rising three; BF Galia,

Galia at 3 days

now rising two; and BF Glueckspeil,

Seven days old

now rising one. All three youngsters are remarkabley athletic, beautiful and easy to work with. We know that Jet will go on producing her incredible progeny and know that she will be a great addition to Rhonda and Jim's Breeding program.

Rev at 1 hour old

I think the saying "times flies when you're having fun" really applies to raising horses - at least that has been our experience to date! BF Reveille's First Light, the first foal born at Browning Farms, is nearly 3 years old and it is hard to imagine where the time has gone.

BF Reveille's First Light

The transition from the dreams you have when you breed your mare, to the reality of a fresh new baby, and on to a robust three year old is truly awe inspiring. We are delighted with how this youngster is developing and look forward to seeing where his potential will take him. Rev was started lightly in the summer of 2006 and even made it to the dress rehersal ring at Amberlea Meadows Summer Dressage Show in August of 2006, coming home happy and relaxed and with a 4th place ribbon for his efforts.

Free Trot Summer 2006

Rev tried a little free jumping in the fall and has been out in the pasture growing up over the last few months. We plan to bring him back under saddle in the spring and have him ready for the Alberta Junior Young Riders Show in Red Deer in the spring of 2007. BF Reveille's First Light is for currently for sale - contact us at info@browningfarms.com for information on Rev and our other young sale horses.

Reveille's First Light 30 months

Ever Essence F.E.I. 4 Year Old Reserve Champion Alberta Provincial Dressage Championships 2006

Essa had a wonderful experience at the Provincial Dressage Championships in the fall of 2006 finishing with a Reserve Champion title in her division after only 5 weeks of training with Janet Hambly- Adams of Carousel Stables. Essa is now in full time training with Lauren Evans under Crystal Kroetch and is hoping to compete in the F.E.I. 5 Year Old Division in 2007. Browning Farms purchased Essa in the fall of 2002 and are very pleased with the young horse she has grown into. Essa is willing and hard working with elastic movement and 3 beautiful gaits. We believe she has a strong future ahead of her in Dressage.

Garamond II Fall 2006

Meanwhile our newly approved CSHA Stallion, Garamond II is showing promise in the jumper ring under Jim Ifko of Paramount Stables, Dewinton, Alberta. Garamond had a very successful start to his riding career, winning a Dressage Canada Bronze Meadal for Dressage as a three year old with an overall score for 2005 of 72%. He was shown in Dressage in the F.E.I. 4 Year Old Division under Crystal Kroetch, earning the Championship in both the Western Regional Finals and the Provincial Finals.

At his STallion Inspection in October of this year Garamond was very impressive in the free jump - earning a score of 85% on that portion of his evaluation. Garamond is a powerful young stallion and shows an extreme natural talent for jumping. He is following in the foot steps of his very successful Great Grandsire Rio Negro, and carrying on the Hanoverian "G" line reputation for potential in the jumper ring. Garamond is scheduled to attend his first jumper show in February of 2007 at Spruce Meadows. We are confident that this will be the beginning of a long and successful jumping career. Garamond II sired 2 incredible foals in 2006 and will be standing to a limited book for 2007.

Garamond II at CSHA Inspection

We had a lovely day for the Stallion Inspection and our thanks go out to Lori Jameson of Klondike Victory Farm for hosting the 2006 CSHA Inspection. We were delighted to have Garamond approved for breeding. He passed with an 85% for jumping ability and impressed Bob Henslewood and the other inspectors with his natural ability for jumping. Garamond received scores in the 80% range for conformation. His overall score of just over 73% shows that he didn't impress the inspectors with his movement on that day; however his repeatedly high scores ( 70% and higher) in the Dressage ring are a testimony to his ability to move and the quality of his gaits. At the Provincial Championships in Red Deer last month the FEI judges gave him an 80% for quality of movement in dressage. We look forward to Garamond's future as a competition horse and sire.PHOTO[Garamond October 7, 2006]

Garamond II Spring of 2006

September 15 - 17, 2006 was the weekend for the Western Canadian and Provincial Championships for Dressage in Alberta. Browning Farms entered two of our young horses into the FEI 4 Year Old competition. Our Stallion, Garamond, impressed the panel of International Judges winning the Western Canadian Championship for FEI 4 Year Old with an overall score of 71% and then taking the Provincial Championship with a combined score of 74%. Garamond is in full time training with Pan Am Games nominated trainer Crystal Kroetch of Carousel Stables in Cochrane, Alberta.

Sequila, our 4 year old CSHA mare, in training with Janet Hambly Adams, also of Carousel Stables, was equally successfull in the 4 year old classes. Sequila took Reserve Champion in the Western Canadian Championships with an overall score of 64% and third place in the Alberta Provincial Championship with a combined score of 67%, all of this with only 5 weeks of training.

We look forward to continued success for these two youngsters and are looking forward to Garamond's CSHA Stallion Inspection on October 7, 2006 at Klondike Victory Farm in Central Alberta. Our thanks go out to Crystal and Janet for all their hard work and professionalism in the training and handling of these two horses.

PHOTO[BF Gaetana, Garamond's 1st foal 3 months] I can't believe we are at the end of August already - the summer just flew by! Things have been very busy around the farm, this year's foals are already halter broken, and have been through their first baths and a visit from the farrier.

Dorann, Jet, Jeannie and Gretle are taking a year off from foaling and have been started back to work. The foals are very surprised when mommy gets saddled up, and they are having quite a bit of fun galloping around while mom is busy working. PHOTO[Dorann and Wynn].

July 3rd 2006 was a very emotional day at Browning Farms, we lost our Hannoverian broodmare, Agave, to a severe colic that proved inoperable. We said good-bye to Agave at 4 am in the morning and returned home to find that Poplar Symphony had foaled a beautiful filly. Our saddness at losing Agave was softened by our joy at our new filly Gavae II named after her aunite Agave. Sometimes life just works out that way.

BF Gavae II at 2 hrs old

Anyway foaling season is now over for us with all its highs and lows, and we are delighted with our four healthy babies, and their attentive, healthy moms. We have bred Gladly II to a young Londonderry/Brentano II son Lord Albert, and Rio Lamada, and Poplar Symphony to Garamond for 2007, we are anxiously awaiting to see if these pairings have been successful. Our other broodmares, Dorann and Jet are going to enjoy a year off and under saddle. We look forward to raising our babies, training our youngsters and keeping busy in the show ring.

We have had a busy couple of weeks, and lots of sleepless nights - typical for foaling season. BF Gaetana now has some buddies to play with. PHOTO[Two days old] BF Glueckspiel joined the herd on June 9, 2006, and was joined just 3 days later by BF Gaerwyn. PHOTO[out for a run] We are almost done now and are just waiting on Poplar Symphony to deliver her Glueckspferd foal near the end of June.

Just me!

May 29, 2006 was an exciting day at Browning Farms - it marked the birth of BF Gaetana the first foal of our young stallion HORSE[Garamond]. It looks like Garamond will be as successful in the breeding barn as he has been in the showring.

So much for all those late night check-ups - Jeannie, HORSE[Rio Lamada], prefers to have her babies in daylight! This was a much anticipated foal and Garamond and Jeannie have not disappointed. BF Gaetana is a very gentle, beautifully proportioned, large boned filly. She displays lovely movement and has the perfect conformation for the Jumper Ring. We look forward to an exciting future for this little girl.

Garamond's second foal is due in mid June and we are also anticipating the arrival of 2 more HORSE[Glueckspferd] babies.

The 2006 Dressage Season was off to a beautiful start with the Alberta Junior/Young Riders Show in Red Deer, Alberta. The show was well attended and the weather held for a truly lovely event. Lauren and Garamond had a successful first show at First Level , with scores in the 60% range. We are looking forward to a successful 2006 Dressage season with Lauren's new coach Crystal Kroetch. Lauren and Garamond would like to extend their thanks to past trainer, Michelle McWilliam of Bri-mel Farm in Okotoks, for the excellent start she gave to this young pair.

Browning Farms BM Garamond and Lauren Evans topped off a very successful 2005 show season by winning a Bronze Medal from Dressage Canada for both Horse and Rider. The pair achieved an overall score for the year of 72% at Training Level in Dressage.

This was only the second Dressage Season for 15 year old Lauren, and the first for 3 year old BM Garamond. This impressive young Stallion won two Canadian Warmblood High Point Breed Awards at Amberlea Meadows last year. Lauren and Garamond also won overall High Point at the Alberta Summer Games as well as coming in first in their division. They also won High Point Junior at the Kestrel Ridge Summer Dressage Festival with a score of 75%.

The pair are looking forward to an exciting 2006 Dressage Season. Browning Farms is eagerly anticipating the arrival of BM Garamond's first foal crop in the spring of 2006. BM Garamond will be standing to a limited book for 2006 contact Browning Farms for details.

Browing Farms is pleased to announce the acquisition of Gladly 2 to our broodband. Gladly 2 is an imported hannoverian mare by Gotha(Gotthard). We are excited to ad her proven jumping and dressage bloodlines to our farm.

Gladly 2 was shown successfully in Germany to the equivalent of our Intermediare 1 and 2. She is now retired to broodmare and will be bred to Brentano II for the 2007 foaling season. Brentano II (Bolero) is the Sire of the internationally successful Brentina and her full brother Barclay.

With reasonable weather forecast for the first time for several years, halloween promises to be a stunning holiday.

Costumes are being readied; for example Garamond (pictured here) plans a truly scary mask and a dark cape.

Garamond

How frightening will this be? Completely spooky!.

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