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Tack

The Baroque Horse Store

A unique variety of tack, gifts, supplies and reference materials. A great source for those Dutch Friesian books and videos you’ve been trying to find. Also offers translations. Offers many Friesian themed items not seen elsewhere.

Baroque Tack

Exclusive Friesian Show Equipment Designed by S.Jahnke of Germany.

Black Horse Leatherworks

Custom tack designed for Friesian medieval costume and keuring headstalls.

Tweespan

Dutch Friesian Tack supplier – Top quality Fryso saddles, harness, bridles and more designed specifically for Friesians.

 

General

Custom Design Art

Dianne Dakowicz – Book illustrations, farm logos, and horse portraits. Her artwork is available on a large number of items, from notecards to clothing. Also, for younger fans, a new Friesian plush toy.

 

The Baroque Horse Store

A unique variety of tack, gifts, supplies and reference materials. A great source for those Dutch Friesian books and videos you’ve been trying to find. Also offers translations. Offers many Friesian themed items not seen elsewhere.

 

Friesian Horse Souveniers

A Dutch-based business, offering a variety of Friesian themed clothing, Frisian flags, weather vanes, doorplates, posters, wine bottle holders, statues, and more. In Euros.

 

Horses by Marji

Marji Lexton – An array of lovely professional Freisian photographs available on various merchandise through Cafepress. Photography home page: http://www.marjilexton.com.

 

The Feathered Horse

One of the first businesses to specialize exclusively in Friesian merchandise. Currently the only Friesian cataloge in the United States. Artwork, clothing, tack and gifts, including works of many of the artists listed here. An essential for Friesian lovers.

 

The Mailbox Ranch

Martha and Sonny Carter – Custom made Horse mailboxes. Yup, they have a Friesian too.

 

Painted Pooches

Amanda Garland Thomas – hand painted totes, ornaments, mailboxes, apparel and other items (no, it’s not just dogs). One Friesian messenger bag, but I believe they take custom orders.

 

Raven Chocolates

Frieda Koper – top quality handmade chocolates. Offers a gift box including a chocolate Friesian medallion.

 

West Coast Weather Vanes

Ken & LizAnne Jense- Handcrafted copper weathervane of Friesian Horses. Available in up to four sizes. Can be personalized to look like your Friesian. Limited edition of 50.

 

Photography

Atelier Achterhof & Adriaansen

Johan Atelier – dutch photographer of exclusively Friesian horses. Many photos, including some of the stallion inspection and local keurs. His wife does paintings of Friesians. Website in dutch.

Cheval Photography

Gloria Muscarella – equine photography. A very large collection of Friesian photographs. (pictures from the Friesian Extravaganza in Ogden, UT)

Edition Boiselle

Gabriele Boiselle – equine photography. Friesian calendars.

The Forest Boyz

Laura Zugzda –  many prints available of the Forest Boyz, three handsome Friesians living in the California forest.

Lynn R Photo

Lynn R – baroque breed photography. Many Friesian photos, available on merchandise.

Photography by Cally

Cally Matherly – almost exclusively Friesian photography. Show and keur coverage, as well as stallion and horse/owner portraiture. Possible Friesian coffee table book in the works.

windhorseOne Studios

Susan Williams – Editioned fine art photography prints portraying the horse. 3 Friesian prints located under Baroque portfolio.

Zoo Crew Photography

Meghan Noecker – animal photography. A large Friesian gallery.

Books & Publications

Ashley of the House of Friesian

Written By: E.R. Swan
Fantasy storybook about the Friesian horse.
42 pages, 8 x 10, hard back book, with color illustrations by Shane Slayer and cover art by Dianne Dakowicz.

Friesian Blood Horse

A bi-monthy magazine on the Friesian and Friesian-cross. Official publication for the Friesian Blood Horse Registry. 6 issues per year.

Friesian Keuring

Written by: Beth N. Markham
A Basic Guide for Preparing You and Your Horse for the FHANA Inspection/ FHS Judging
8.5 x 5.5 containing 91 pages, 20 of which include a black and white photo gallery.

Torden, Hear the Thunder

Written by: C. Kirkham
“Torden, Hear the Thunder” is a captivating fictional novel about a Friesian stallion and a girl in the Netherlands during the early 1900′s. The spectacular, endearing Friesian breed was almost extinct and this impressive stallion will help re-establish the breed in the second book of the two-part series.
Aproximately 290 pages, published in September 2006.

Artwork

Abby Hall

Abby Hall – a pencil of stallion Tim

ACEO Miniature Art by Delia

Delia – Acrylic and watercolor miniatures. About thirteen pieces featuring Friesians.

The Art of Adam Thomas

Adam Thomas – whimsical nature themed oil paintings. Two Friesian pieces.

Animal Artistry

Model horses – four Friesian models

Ann Jeffree Wildlife & Pet Portraits

Ann Jeffree- a large section of Friesian material including pastels, charcoal, pen and ink, photographs and scratch board works. Art is available on merchandise as well as original prints.

Arteque Studio

Franzi Pfeiffer – painting/collage combinations. One Friesian portrait.

Atelier Achterhof & Adriaansen

Nicole Adriaansen – an exclusively Friesian horse artist, with both paintings and pencil. Painted the logo for the 2004 Friesian Extravaganza. Her husband also specializes in photographs of Friesian horses.

The Art of Kathi Peters

Kathi Peters – watercolor, casein, paper-cuts, mixed media. One Friesian watercolor, one paper-cut, three casein, two mixed media. Two limited edition giclee reproductions. Available for commission.

Black Horse Design

Sherl Gordon – pastel, coloured pencil, graphite and oil paint. A number of Friesian pieces and good-sized gift collection.

Calamuso Enterprises

Angelo Calamuso – Signed Glicée fine art prints of “The Friesian” by veteran equine artist Angelo Calamuso.

Custom Design Art

Dianne Dakowicz – Illustrations, fine art, logos, a huge variety of Friesian themed merchandise.

Dana’s Doodles

Dana Bauer – comic-type horse show illustrations. Friesians in dressage & saddleseat.

Dee Dee Murry

Dee Dee Murray – oil, acrylic, graphite & mixed media. One Friesian piece, “Splash Dance”.

Equine Art by Rebecca J.

Rebecca J. Jeffrey – pencil and pastel. Three Friesian pieces.

Equine Design

Melissa Fischbach – Fine art, custom logos, graphic design and photography. Fine art includes watercolor, pencil, pen & ink, and oils. Many Friesian works, though mostly custom order.

Equine Wine

Diane Schell-Engdahl – Watercolor style, but painted in various vintages of red wine! Also, her Friesian cross Archer paints in wine as well, with 50% of his painting sales going to equine charities.

Equinge – Friesian Gallery

Inge Manders – oil paintings

Bronze Friesian Sculptures

Mike Fields – Large, detailed, and lifelike bronze sculptures of humans, wildlife and horses. Currently one large rearing Friesian piece in production.

Gift From the Master

Sarah Elmassian – graphite, pastel, gouache, ad design. An ongoing Friesian gallery. Offers one or two t-shirt designs.

Happy Horse Studio

Sheri Cook – graphite, pen and colored pencil horse and dog portraits. Also a nice Lord of the Rings fan art gallery. Currently one Friesian piece.

Harrison-Keller

Leslie Harrison & John Keller – fine art & sculpture. About three or four Friesian pieces.

Horses of Art

Painting of a Friesian under saddle, on slate, ceramic Friesian model, ceramic Friesian tile.

In the Rayne Studios

Kristen Wesch – Two Friesian works, acrylic painting and colored pencil, available as prints and on merchandise.

Kelli Swan Pencil Drawings

Kelli Swan – graphite, two friesian prints.

Olva Stewart Pharo

Olva Stewart Pharo – sculpture, pencil. A Friesian bronze and Friesian b&w notecard.

The Sculpted Horse

Lynda Sappington – sculpture, jewelry. A Friesian series. Five sculptures in the series at the moment.

Spirit of Horse Gallery

Kim McElroy – realistic equine paintings often in fantastical/mythical compositions. One or two Friesian pieces.

Tabaskeau Studio

Stacey Tumlinson – resin sculpture. Thor and Pyt sculptures.

Torin Judd Fine Art

Torin Judd- custom portraits from photographs in pastel, charcoal and pencil. “Realism without losing the feel between medium and paper.” At least 3 Friesian pieces so far.

Tumbleweed Paints Metal Art & Decor

Kahlo family – painted metal silhouettes. One Friesian piece.

Twyla Wehnes

Twyla Wehnes – coloured pencil, graphite, watercolor, ink , and acrylic. One Friesian watercolour, three ink portraits.

Wooldridge Equine Art

Pat Wooldrige – primarily realistic graphite pencil portraits, with some colored pencil and watercolor. Two Friesian pieces of the beautiful Star mare, Renee.

Leffert 306 Preferent Deceased

It is with great sadness that we heard this evening, December 5th, 2012, of the passing of approved stallion Leffert 306 Preferent (Tame 276 x Oepke 266).

The 26 year old stallion was renowned for his influence on the Friesian breed, siring 5 approved sons, 12 approved grandsons and 3 approved great-grandsons. He was particularly known for passing on his dressage talent, classic Friesian type, and beautiful front end. Leffert himself was accomplished in dressage and was awarded the Sport predicate, as well as achieving the prestigious Preferent title in 2005 for his considerable genetic contribution to the breed. He was twice crowned champion of the Stallion Show in Leewarden, and was honored last year for his 25th birthday.

Our thoughts and condolences go out to Leffert’s lifetime owner Marcus Doller. He will be greatly missed.

For more information, please visit FHANA or the KFPS.

 

The Friesian Sjees

Perhaps one of the most iconic symbols of the Friesian’s proud driving heritage is the traditional two-wheeled Dutch sjees. The sjees (pronounced “shay-z” as in the French ‘chaise’ – meaning chair), became popular in mid eighteenth century Friesland as a gig wealthy landowners and their wives would drive out on Sundays and special occasions usually with a single or pair of Friesian horses.

In Fryske Sjees
Photo copyright David van Mill

The vehicle itself consists of two large 14-spoked wheels measuring almost 5 feet high and a small, ornate body suspended high above the ground by leather straps or thoroughbraces. The body is often decorated in the rococo style of King Louis XV and may display amazingly fine and detailed paintings on its carved panels.

Driven in a traditional manner, the carriage will seat a lady and gentleman side by side in traditional Dutch costume from the mid 1800’s. The man sits on the left and wears knickerbockers, tall socks, buckled shoes and a top hat, while the woman wears a white lace bonnet, white apron, and a dress complimenting the turnout. The horse typically wears a breastcollar and is driven with white reins.

In the 18th Century, the sjees was used behind the Friesian in trotting races at village festivals, in which drivers competed for the ‘Golden Whip’, before competition moved on to faster and lighter sulkies.

Continue reading The Friesian Sjees

Hinne 427 Sport Deceased

Some sad news today from Stalhouderij Meijer in the Netherlands about the approved KFPS stallion Hinne 427 Sport (Tsjerk 328 x Falke 291).

Photo from Stalhouderij Meijer

“After all the positive news about Hinne 427 in top shape [it] is wrong to put an end to his short life. Monday Hinne had colic and was immediately brought to the clinic in Wolverhampton. Once there, he immediately had surgery. Hinne [was healthy coming] out of surgery and also successfully passed the night. The bad news on Tuesday evening hit [us] like a bomb .. Hinne is deceased .. He is no more … We have been defeated and very sad about losing such a great stallion and will miss him terribly.

Hinne this season [bred] around 100 mares and was also in top form [in competition].  In a short period of time he and Maarten van Stek were selected in the B-team of the adapted dressagsports and [were going to appear again with Ingeborg in dressage.] It was not to be ..

We wish the family Bos from Waaxens, proud breeder and owner a lot of strength with this terrible loss …”

Hinne was a promising young stallion in both breeding and competition.  His mother Anke competed in Z1 dressage and his grandmother Klazina has no fewer than three model daughters. Hinne himself had already achieved the Sport predicate competing in Z2 dressage, and his offspring have shown similar promise in competition. Hinne was only recently approved on offspring earlier in 2012, and already has sired one approved son, Wimer 461 (Hinne 427 x Heinse 354) who scored an impressive 83.5 under saddle and all around high scores in the stallion testing.

According to Stalhouderij Meijer,

“In 2008 Hinne earned a spot in the championship ring on the stallion. The foals of Hinne perform well on the tests, 25% of foals earned a 1st premium and 48% a 2nd premium! The Hinne foals in 2009 with a 7.1 the highest average score of all the stallions trot. The first crop of three year olds also perform well with a star rate of 16%.”

Our condolences to the owners and caretakers of Hinne 427.

Three “Firsts” in the KFPS Sport Predicate

The KFPS recently announced a number of ‘firsts’ in the awarding of the Sport predicate.

Jolmer Sport
Jolmer and one of New Zealand’s top riders, Bill Noble.

In June it was announced that Poland had gained its first Sport predicate, awarded to the Star mare Eefke van de Beeldhoeve (Tsjerk 328P Sport x Jakob 302 Sport), owned by  Joanna Frycze.  Eefke has been competing in dressage with rider Aleksandra Szulc, and “achieved the level of N8 and N9 + 5 x > 60%.”  Congratulations to everyone at farm Z Tartaku and the Polish association Zwiazek Hodowców Koni Fryzyjskich w Polsce!

This July, two more Sport predicate ‘firsts’ were announced:

Glenrose Friesians‘ 9 year old stallion Jolmer fan Twillens (Onne 376 Sport x Oege 267P) has become the first Friesian in New Zealand to be awarded the Sport Predicate! According to the KFPS, “Rider Bill Noble achieved 10 winning points at level 4, Medium.” Jolmer is a Star stallion with KFPS breeding privileges for New Zealand and Australia, owned by Louis and Marianne Weitenberg of Marton, NZ. Congratulations all!

Sjaantje Sport doing the FEI # 9 test in Hughesville, PA.
Photo by: Jessica Gabler

Meanwhile, in the United States, Gail Aumiller’s 7 year old Ster Mare Sjaantje (Tsjerk 328P Sport x Ritse 322) has become the first Sport Predicate to be awarded to a candidate in carriage driving. Driver Suzy Stafford & Sjaante recently gained the last two points needed to achieved the level of FEI#9 + 10 points, and the title of Sjaantje ‘Sport’. Congratulations to the crew at Dreams Come True Farm!

 

The Foxhunting Friesian

Daatje & Sarah Isherwood
Daatje & Sarah Isherwood Photo by: Vivian Earabino Photography.

When people see a Friesian, usually they think driving, dressage, saddleseat, maybe a grand medieval costume or two. But a jumper, or even, fox hunter? No,no… hasn’t everyone always said.. “Friesian’s can’t jump.” They’re too bulky, their joints can’t handle it, they don’t even like to canter!

As it turns out, that is utter nonsense.

Friesians may not break any records for clearing the highest jumps, or having the fastest time, but they and their owners can darn well enjoy themselves on a hunter pace! New Englander Sarah Isherwood has been attending foxhunts and hunter-paces with her eleven year old Friesian mare Daatje and chronicles their adventures, from raising the orphaned filly to galloping the courses at UNH, in her blog The Foxhunting Friesian.

Although Sarah is the only person she knows with a foxhunting Friesian, I know one or two others who have enjoyed taking their baroque beauties to hunter meets. Do you, or anyone you know enjoy an unusual pastime with your Friesian? Let us know.