The 2012 Horse of the Year was yet again a huge success for Doorndraai.  It was a very exciting show for us as we took Tjalf 443 ‘Sport’ to compete in the single harness for the first time rather than do a lunch time performance in the carriage.  Jolanda Schreuder also took part in the ‘Strictly come Showing’ class with Friso fan S. where her experience and Friso’s lovely character ensured a good position.  They came second in a big class of 30 horses and it was nice to see other friesians such as Geduld, Reinhoud and Klaus also take part. 

Tjalf 443 ‘Sport’ won the FPSSA Champion Single Harness title and went through on the Sunday to compete for the HOY Supreme Championships and we are very proud that he walked away with the title. The other revelation of the show was Wynand van Doorndraai.  It was his first show under saddle ridden by Alida Copeland-De Jager.  The young stallion has caused a lot of excitement as it was his first show under saddle and also because he came in ahead of a number of imported stallions to become the Senior Champion Stallion.  Doorndraai is proud that on more than one occasion our locally bred stallions (Troye van Doorndraai, now owned by Benmar Black and also Bart van Doorndraai) have outperformed imported horses with more experience including our own Friso fan S.  Looking forward to the FPSSA National Show taking place in April we can expect another few good and exciting results. 

Full Results:

Tjalf 443 ‘Sport’

FPSSA Champion Single Harness

HOY Supreme Champion Single Harness

Wynand van Doorndraai:

1st Stallions over 3 but under 5 In-Hand

FPSSA Senior Champion Stallion In-Hand

5th Stallions under Saddle (14 competitors)

Friso fan S.

Champion Stallion with a FPS Breeding Permission In-Hand

Senior Reserve Champion Stallion

Reserve Champion Strictly Come Showing

Our last foal arived earlier this month and it has been a dream season for us.  With twelve fillies and only seven colts we were popping champagne rather often.  We were hoping for a filly from our Voorlopige Kroon mare Pandora van Doorndraai but unfortunately it was a little colt.  With most of our studbook mares giving us fillies we couldn’t really complain.  We allready have allmost twenty foals for next season and hope it will be dominated by fillies again.  Watch this space to see how our foals do at the April 2012 inspections.

A lot has been happening these past few weeks at Doorndraai.  One of our stallions Zorro van Doorndraai is going to his new home with Tracey Parker where I am sure he is going to get spoilt rotten.  Our first foals are ariving and five of our sixteen mares have allready had their foals, but more about that another time.  The most exciting thing is definately the five new mares to be joining our stud.  Two of them are old friends and three are exciting locally bred horses.

Anna Mart van Mooikloof was sold to Anton vd Bout in 2010 but bought back by us this year after she became Star at the 2011 inspections.  Her little colt Jelle van Jabulani will be joining our herd of youngstock and the friendly little Friso fan S. colt promises to grow into a big friendly stallion.

The second old friend is Katryn van Doorndraai that was sold to Raymond vd Westhuizen in 2007.  The versatile mare is coming back to Doorndraai this month to form part of our breeding program. 

The three newcomers is Lenka, Wanika G and Zabrina van Geyerspan.  These three mares come from well known stud Genius Loci, owned by Willie Saayman and will bring a new dimension to our breeding plans.  With Zabrina allready having 2 star offspring, including Voorlopige Kroon mare Kiara G. we have high hopes of her becoming preferent in the future.  Lenka is another fantastic adition and we look forward to seeing what we can achieve with this mare.  All three are in foal, Lenka with Tjalf 443 ‘Sport’, Wanika G also with Tjalf 443 ‘Sport’ and Zabrina with Friso fan S, and their foals will form part of our 24 strong herd to be looked after by our old faithfull gelding Goliath as soon as they have been weaned. 

Check back soon for more Doorndraai News!

2011 FPSSA National Show Results

The FPSSA National Show was held over the weekend of 1 October at the Afridome in Parys.  We achieved good results with old favorites and some new talent and we’re also proud that except for Friso fan S. our Champions came from locally bred Doorndraai stock!  Tjalf 443 ‘Sport’, currently still the only Sport Studbook Stallion in South Africa did a display in show trotting under saddle with Jolanda Schreuder on the Friday and in Single Harness with Sybren Minkema on Saturday. 

* Photo’s by Hennie & Heather from H2 Pics www.h2pics.co.za

Results:

Friso fan S.

Champion Stallion with FPS Breeding Permission Single Harness

Supreme Champion Single Harness

Champion Stallion with FPS Breeding Permission In-Hand

Reserve Supreme Champion In-Hand

Reserve Champion Stallion with FPS Breeding Permission Under Saddle

3rd in the Supreme Champion Under Saddle class

2nd & 4th Novice Dressage

Taryn van Doorndraai Bb1 Stb

3rd Mares 3 but under 5 years old

Wynand van Doorndraai Bb1 Stb

1st in the Stallion over 3 but under 5 years old

3rd in the Senior Champion Stallion In-Hand class

Yster van Doorndraai Bb1 Stb Ster

1st in the Star Stallions over 3 but under 5 years class

Reserve Champion Senior Stallion In-Hand

Ingrid van Doorndraai Bb1 Vb M

2nd in the Fillies over 1 but under 2 years

Alma van Doorndraai Bb1 Vb M

1st in the Fillies over 2 but under 3 years

Reserve Champion Junior Filly In-Hand

Bart van Doorndraai Stb Vb

1st in the Colt over 2 but under 3 years

Junior Champion Colt In-Hand

Junior Supreme Champion In-Hand