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 Titleist ('00 KWPN gelding, Idocus x Engendre/Wieberoodnoot) completed another successful year in dressage in 2007 at the national level. He was named the Grand Champion USDF Dressage Horse of the Year, First Level/AA for the KWPN. He was also the #12 USDF Dressage Horse of the Year overall, all breeds included, for First Level/AA. There are estimated to be over 5,000 horses competing at First Level at the USDF shows in 2007. So we are quite proud of this young horse that we bred, raised and trained here at Top Flight Farms! | ||||||||
For the Performance Horse Registry  After a successful return to the show world in 2006 at Fourth Level dressage, Hot Shot (‘91 Thoroughbred gelding) continued developing his dressage skills, and competed at FEI, Prix St. Georges, in 2007. He ended the year as the Reserve National Champion USDF Dressage Horse of the Year at PSG/AA for the Performance Horse Registry. What a way to cap a long successful dressage career that started at Training level, and came up through each of the levels to FEI, for this special gelding! | ||||||||
 The last set of USDF competitions of the 2007 season were held Sept 29 & 30 in Magnolia, TX at Windy Knoll Farms. As always, Titleist (by Idocus) was a joy to ride and compete, and was his usual steady, good natured self. He won all 4 of his First Level classes over the 2 days of competition with scores in the range of 66.944% - 69.444%. He was also named First Level Champion of the show. What a nice way to end his year at First Level. Now on to Second Level in 2008! | ||||||||
 The Windy Knoll Farms Fall Dressage show on Sept 29 was a milestone competition for Hot Shot and Cean. On Saturday, they competed at Prix St. Georges and earned a score of 65%. This was the score they needed in order to complete the requirements necessary for them to earn their USDF Silver Medal. It is a proud accomplishment for this pair! | ||||||||
 After such a successful Training Level season last year, Titleist (by Idocus) moved up to First Level in 2007, and had his debut at the Dallas Dressage Club's set of USDF Shows in Athens, TX the weekend of July 28 & 29. After forgetting the test pattern in their first ride (and during a X 2 movement!), Cean got a caller for the rest of the tests that weekend. They then won those 3 classes with scores of 68.333%, 68.667%, and a 70.556%. Needless to say, Titleist was named the First Level Champion both days of these USDF shows. He also led his team, "The Mixers," to the 2007 USDF Region 9 Adult Team Championship.As seen in this photo, other Top Flight Farms' horses also took home more than their fair share of the blue ribbons. At left is Valerie Young and Upon Eagles Wings (by Zeoliet, bred by Top Flight Farms), who won a couple of his Training level classes. Not pictured is Hot Shot, who Cean showed Prix St. Georges, and who was awarded a couple of blue ribbons as well. Cean and Titleist are shown at right in this photo.  On June 9, 2007 Cean competed Wellspring (‘03 KWPN filly, Wellington/Nimmerdor x Ol Lady Express) at her first dressage competition. They competed at the Central Texas Dressage Society’s schooling show in Austin. Wellspring displayed her usual calm confidence and focus, and performed two nice steady Training level tests. She won both of her classes with a 62% and a 66%, both which were 6% points higher than her next closest competitors. Wellspring handled the wild schooling show environment extremely well for a young horse. She is off to a good start on her future dressage career. On the weekend of April 1, 2007 in San Antonio, TX, Cean rode Hot Shot down the centerline for their Prix St. Georges debut. It is not easy to train a Thoroughbred to FEI, and relatively few have achieved this high of level. Being a hot blooded and sensitive breed, it takes a lot of patience, persistence, and finesse to develop them into a horse that can compete at these upper levels. Hot Shot held his own in competition with the warmbloods, and even earned a score of 65% at PSG at this weekend of USDF showing. In his photo afterwards, even Hot Shot looked pleased with himself and is smiling!at the KWPN-NA International Convention  On March 1 - 4, 2007, the KWPN-NA held their “Annual Meeting” in Austin, TX. Members from across the United States, Canada, and of course, the Netherlands, converged on Central Texas for meetings, informative and educational lectures, tours, demonstrations, and social events. Cean was asked to bring Titleist (Idocus x Engendre/Wieberoodnoot) out as a dressage demonstration horse for the KWPN on Saturday afternoon. Together, Titleist and the Dutch Warmblood stallion, Thatcher, ridden by Willy Arts of DG Bar Ranch, demonstrated the new IBOP individual dressage pattern as well as the “called group test.” These will be used for both the IBOP and the DG Bar Dressage Cup competitions at future Dutch Warmblood keuring inspections. Cean was honored to have Titleist be a demonstration horse for this international affair.USDF “L” Judges Training Program
Brigadier is #3   Images by Alice photos
for the Performance Horse Registry
(Images by Alice) 
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Titleist had a very impressive debut year at the USDF shows in 2005. By the end of Sept he had accumulated scores high enough to place him in the Top 20 overall in the nation and #2 for Dutch Warmbloods. With 7 scores already (he needed 8 minimum to qualify for HOY awards, even tho they only used 6 for their calculations), his last show of the season was scheduled to be the Dressage at Silver Hill on Sept 24 & 25 in Austin, TX. That is the weekend that Category 5 Hurricane Rita hit USDF Region 9 and the Texas Gulf Coast. Needless to say, the dressage shows had to be postponed due to this deadly natural disaster. The Hurricane Rita postponed Sept shows were immediately rescheduled for Oct 22 & 23, 2005. But the Region 9 competitors were shocked to be told by USDF that these Hurricane Rita rescheduled shows would now NOT be counted as 2005 shows nor for the 2005 HOY awards. All of these Region 9 competitors who were finalists for HOY awards, including Titleist, would now be completely dropped from the USDF awards system and get absolutely nothing. Category 5 Hurricane Rita was not a good enough reason to allow these rescheduled shows to be counted for 2005. USDF's final date for changes in scores for HOY awards was Oct 15 (it had been the end of Oct in previous years). They said they could not possibly wait a matter of days past this date to calculate HOY awards for the categories affected. Nor would they waive the 8 score minimum requirement for these competitors who's shows were postponed by Hurricane Rita, even tho they only used 6 out of the 8 scores for other competitors. The postponement of the Sept 24 & 25, 2005 Dressage at Silver Hill USDF shows was through no fault, nor was it by any choice of the competitors, show management, or show officials. An Act of God, Category 5 Hurricane Rita, hit Texas and Louisiana on those September show days. The government issued a mandatory evacuation in many areas in the face of this massive natural disaster. This was a life or death situation for many Region 9 competitors. But for USDF, that was not a good enough reason to postpone a show. So Titleist, who was Top 20 in the nation overall, and #2 in the nation for Dutch Warmbloods, was completely dropped from the USDF Horse of the Year awards that he justly deserved. Sad to say, this is actually the second time USDF has left Titleist out of the national Horse of the Year awards. As a baby, he earned scores as high as 90% at the USDF breed shows, which earned him an overall Top 5 Weanling Colt Sporthorse HOY award, as well as a Top 5 Dutch Warmblood Weanling Colt HOY award. But they made an error in not recording about 30+ horses' scores from the final show of the season, and left multiple Region 9 horses out of the 2000 Sporthorse HOY awards, including Titleist and another colt of ours, Top Gun. | ||||||||
| Titleist Wins DG Bar Cup for 5 Yr Olds at Regional KWPN-NA Keuring, and Top Ten in North America! | ||||||||
 One of the regional Dutch Warmblood keuring inspections was held in Austin, TX on Sept. 22, 2005. It was 107 degrees that day which inspired one of the jury members to describe Texas in her event summary as “hot as hell.” Hurricane Rita was also headed to the Texas coast, which made the jury scramble to get out of town as soon as possible afterwards! But the regional keuring was very successful for Titleist, who was named Champion of the DG Bar Cup for 5 yr olds. Altho he was dragging in the record breaking heat, his score was still high enough to be named to the Top Ten in North America list! Just think if it had been a nice cool day and he would have more energy and expression! | ||||||||
| TTitleist is High Scoring Horse at His Debut USDF Show | ||||||||
 Titleist (’00 KWPN gelding, Idocus x Engendre) had his USDF Training level debut at the Topsider Farm Dressage II show on August 27, 2005 in College Station, TX. Titleist won all 3 of his classes, earning scores of 69.545%, 70.385%, and a 73.077%, which was the high score of the entire show! He is off to a good start towards earning a USDF Horse of the Year award. | ||||||||
| Unchained Melody's Successful USDF Debut! | ||||||||
 Unchained Melody ('01 KWPN filly, Taxateur x Rock Bold) had her USDF Training Level debut at the Cedar Trace Dressage With Friends Show on March 19, 2005 in College Station, TX. True to her typical easy to ride and train form, Melody earned a 70.91% on her first Training level USDF competition ride. About 6 inches of rain forced the cancellation of the rest of her rides at the show. But it was enough for Cynthia Werner to recognize Melody's wonderful talent and temperament. She purchased Melody there at the show. Good luck to Cynthia and Melody in their future dressage careers! | ||||||||
 Titleist ('00 KWPN gelding, Idocus x Engendre) is finally being given his time in the spotlight this year. "The cobbler's kids have no shoes" applies to this gelding, who Cean has planned to keep for herself since he was a foal. But Top Flight Farms' other nice young sale horses have always gotten the priority with Cean's time and training, while Titleist happily remained a pasture ornament. Now 5 yrs old, Titleist is finally getting his steady training started. And he came out with a bang. Cean competed him at Training level at 2 CTDS schooling dressage shows this summer, judged by USDF judges. All of Titleist's scores were between 68.462% - 70.909%. He also earned the highest score at both shows of 60 - 70 rides each. Titleist will have his USDF debut this fall. | ||||||||
 Unchained Melody ('01 KWPN filly, Taxateur x Rock Bold) turned 3 yrs old this spring and was a joy to start under saddle. In August she competed at her first dressage show, one of her first times away from home. Melody earned scores of 70.0 % and 71.429 % at Intro. These were the two highest scores of the entire show of approximately 50 rides! And her exceptionally sweet temperament charmed many admirers who came by her stall. Melody promises to be a standout in performance as well as personality! | ||||||||
 Pfirst Class ('97 KWPN filly, Patrick x Ol Lady Express) finished her 2003 debut year of outstanding Dressage performances with a median score of 69.231% at Training Level. This earned her the honor of being the #1 Dutch Warmblood in the nation and her USDF Dressage Horse of the Year award. For overall Training Level (all breeds), PC placed #19 in the nation. She was also Top Five Training Level at the GAIG/USDF Region 9 Dressage Championships. We are very proud of PC, and look forward to a successful year at First Level in 2004! | ||||||||
   Tactical Command ('00 KWPN gelding, Patrick x Hoyte Flower) had his USDF Training Level debut at the Houston Dressage Society Autumn Classic on October 30 - Nov 2, 2003. In this 3 yr old gelding's first class, judged by Charles DeKunffy, Commander earned a 69.545%! He continued his stellar performance by earning scores of 65% - 70% on all four of his Dressage tests! Soon after this show, Commander was sold to Ann Kennedy of Royal Oak, Michigan. Good luck to Ann and "Arlo" in their future dressage careers! | ||||||||
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| On Sept. 15 Cean presented both Wellspring and Wifferdil at the Dutch Warmblood Studbook in North America (KWPN-NA) keuring. The keuring jury consisted of Jacques Verkerk from the KWPN in the Netherlands, as well as Dr. Deborah Harrison and Katherine Kuhn from the U.S. Horses were judged on conformation, movement, and type. The much sought after but rarely given First Premium rating, designated with an orange ribbon, is "an indicator of the highest quality, exceeding the breed standard." Both of our girls received this prestigious rating! | ||||||||
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 Tactical Command ('00 KWPN gelding, Patrick x Hoyte Flower) turned 3 yrs old and was very easily started under saddle this spring. In June he competed at his first dressage show, one of his first times away from home. He was a gentleman. Commander earned scores of 65.5% and 69.047% at Intro. His 69% was the second highest score of the entire show of 70 entries! Commander is definitely off to a good start with his under saddle training! | ||||||||
  Top Flight Farms announces the birth of our two new Dutch Warmblood fillies this spring! Wifferdil (Wellington/Nimmerdor x Rock Bold) (the term wifferdil is "an energy gaining flight maneuver") on April 8, 2003 and Wellspring (Wellington/Nimmerdor x Ol Lady Express) on May 8, 2003. These are our first imported frozen semen foals, thanks to Dr. Nibblet at the Elgin Veterinary Clinic.The fillies' sire, Wellington, stood for many years in Holland at the VDL Stud, but passed away in 2000, so these fillies were conceived 2 years, and born 3 years, after the stallion had died! Both have outstanding conformation and movement, along with sweet temperaments. What more could we want? | ||||||||
 Pfirst Class ('97 KWPN filly, Patrick x Ol Lady Express) had her USDF debut at the Cedar Trace Dressage With Friends I & II shows on May 3 & 4, 2003. Cean competed "PC" at Training Level. At Saturday's show she earned scores of 70% (including a PERFECT 10 on her final movement of the test!) and 69%. At Sunday's show PC earned a 69% and 74% (high score of the entire show!).Cean plans to keep PC for herself, showing her for a few years, and then one day PC will be a broodmare at Top Flight Farms. | ||||||||
 Rolex ('98 KWPN filly, E'Sop's Fable x Hoyte Flower) completed a very successful year in 2002 competing at USDF dressage shows. She earned multiple Training Level Championships at various shows, with scores as high as 70%. These outstanding scores not only earned Rolex a USDF Performance Certificate, but she was also named the 4th place USDF Dressage Horse of the Year at Training Level for Dutch Warmbloods.In July of 2003, Rolex debuted at First Level, earning the First Level Championship of the show, as well as leading her team to the USDF Region 9 Adult Team Championship at First Level. Rolex's median score at First Level for the year was a 64.202%. This should have earned her a USDF HOY award at First Level, but due to errors with scores at one show, Rolex was not awarded the title she deserved. In the fall, Rolex was sold to Young Rider Chelsey Bruner of Bentonville, Arkansas. They seem to be a perfect match, so we look forward to hearing about successes that the two of them achieve in the future! | ||||||||
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Shannon ('99 KWPN filly, Juventus x Ol Lady Express) continued her national ranking success with owner Kelly Davidson of Grayson, KY. In 2002 Shannon was named the #5 USDF Sporthorse Horse of the Year for 3 Yr Old Fillies (all breeds). In 2001 she was the #3 USDF Sporthorse Horse of the Year for 2 Yr Old Fillies (all breeds). In 2000 she should have been in the top five for yearlings, but miscommunication from show staff caused an error that prevented her from being named the USDF HOY that she deserved. Shannon is now being started under saddle and we can't wait to hear of her dressage successes in the future! | ||||||||
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The weekend of Sept 14 Cean showed Wellspring (by Wellington) at the Cedar Trace USDF Sporthorse Festival in College Station, Tx. On Sunday Wellspring
received a score of 79.4% from Hilda Gurney, which was the highest score of all of
the weanling, yearling, 2 yr old, and 3 yr old Fillies, as well as all of the
Colts! In fact, Wellspring's score was the second highest score of the entire
show, including all of the mature mares and stallions! Hilda's comments
included "Beautiful filly, lovely type. Nice condition and muscling. Good legs and
feet. Nice swinging walk with overstep. Nice long strides in trot."
On Aug. 9 & 10, 2003, Wifferdil and Wellspring competed at the Silver Hill
USDF Sport Horse Breeders' Extravaganza I & II in Austin, Tx. Wifferdil came
home the big winner!