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Ripley 1998 Thoroughbred mare by Ascendant out of Larhaven Silk 16.2H bay  
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We are pleased to welcome the Throughbred hunter mare Ripley to our farm. Ripley was bred by my friend Sarah. This mare is by Sheen Farm's Thoroughbred stallion Ascendant..
Some Photos by Shorthorse Studios
Used with permission.
Ripley's sire, Ascendant, stood for a number of years at the famous show-jumping farm, Hidden Creek, in Wisconsin, where he produced a number of very famous show hunters including AHSA HOY winners. He has several daughters in the area who are used as hunter broodmares.
Click here for Ripley's 5-generation pedigree
Ascendant is a great-grandson of Bold Ruler. His breeding also includes Nasrullah (2x), My Babu. and Alibhai, stallions known for producing excellent sport-type Throughbreds.
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Ripley's dam, Larhaven Silk, descends directly from Prince John, Princequillo, Double Jay, Count Fleet, Alibhai, Blue Larkspur, Teddy, also excellent sport type producers.
Ripley is a lovely Thoroughbred, a product of very
good breeding. She is beautifully conformed with a pretty and feminine
head, good neck, lovely strong topline, and a very nice shoulder position.
She also has very good bone and good legs and feet for a Thoroughbred.
Ripley was called a 'perfect hunter type' at her inspection. She
has a '10' trot for the hunters, and a wonderful canter!
Ripley was inspected by the Rheinland Pfalz-Saar
International, the International branch of the Pferdezuchterverband
Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar e.V. (PRPS). Ripley was inspected by
two members of the PRPS inspection team. Her scores are as follows:
Breed & Sex Type: 7
Conformation: 6
Correctness: 6
Walk: 6
Trot: 6
Canter: 6
Overall Impression: 6
Total: 43 points, Main Mare book.
We are pleased with her results, as we realize that
as a hunter mover, she does not move with quality of gaits equivalent
to a big dressage type mare.
The first stallion we have chosen for Ripley is Olivier (or Owillie),
a Dutch Warmblood stallion by Idocus - Rowillie v. Porter. Olivier stands
at Imajica. Olivier is
by Idocus, who is now standing in the Netherlands and showing Internationally
in Grand Prix Dressage, and is on the 2004 Dutch Olympic Dressage Team.
Olivier's dam is Rowillie. She was imported to the United States in 1985.
She was already a keur mare, and has since earned the predicates preferent
(TWICE) and prestastie thus making her the most highly predicated KWPN
mare in the United States today. Rowillie is of mostly Gelderlander breeding, which is the basis
of the KWPN sporthorse. To date, she has produced two Grand Prix Dressage
horses, three Preliminary or above jumpers, three up and coming FEI horses,
as well as successful broodmares and one stallion son, Olivier.
Ripley's first foal, by Owillie, is a big colt we
named Outrageous HF. He is a big
colt with a beautiful face and superb conformation. We expect him
to be a super show hunter or a lovely dressage horse. "Bruiser" has
his mother's sweet disposition.
Outrageous was sold to Glenda M from Illinois. Congratulations!
Owillie/Olivier
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Bruiser at his RPSI - he tied for top colt.
Photo courtesy Karen Lietz
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Outrageous, Ripley's first foal, a colt by Owillie/Olivier. Born May 26, 2004 |
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