Notice: Jan.29,2008 "Marshal" went missing in Western Massachusetts. He is the father of two of my litters and his offspring are wonderful companions. If anyone has seen or has heard of someone aquiring a white adult male standard poodle in that time frame, please contact his owner 2010 Breeding Contract now available. Please click here for PDF printable contract. If you need Acrobat Reader, 
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Euro Dressage pays tribute to retiring Don Schufro- Don Schufro - Oldenburger - by Donnerhall out of an Unkenruf mare line. Read the article about Don Schurfro.
Euro Dressage pays tribute to Gribaldi- by Kostolany (Enrico Caruso). Read the tribute to Gribaldi.
Photos of Solis by Sodalis (Symbol) out of Starburst (Unkenruf)
registered Rheinland Pfalz-Saar (RPSI). Solis is being raised as a Rheinland stallion prospect!
Congratulations! Congratulations!
ATA 2009 Champion Prix St. George & Reserve Champion Intermediaire I - "Sir Rico" by Enrico Caruso ridden by Jochen Hippenstiel owned by Molly Fine.
ATA 2009 Reserve Champion First Level Horse - "Lord Locksley" by Unkenruf out of Lida by Enrico Caruso, owned by Meg Stevens and bred by Tylord. Half brother to the newly Approved Pinto Stallion "Lord Cosmo".
ATA 2009 Champion Intermediaire I - "Syncro" by Enrico Caruso ridden and owned by Laura Noyes
ATA 2009 Champion Grand Prix Horse "Emperor" by Unkenruf out of Estelle by Mahon ridden and owned by Tracy Durham, DVM and bred by Tylord
2009 German Trakehner Award presented to "Emperor". Unkenruf received the same award in 1989! Father and Son!
2009 Palmenblute Award, the ATA's highest Honor was awarded to "Syncro" and Laura Noyes!
Sir Rico and Syncro are full brothers bred by George Perlebach. Congratulations Geroge!
Don Primeur (out of Unkenruf Dam line) sold for 505,000 Euros at the 2009 Elite Fall Auction in Vechta, Germany, on October 3, 2009. Click Here for more information.
The Trakehner stallion Kostolany by Enrico Caruso has been named Trakehner Stallion of the Year for 2009. Click Here for more information.
Last weekend in England at the Annual Trakehner Breeders Fraternity show "Keatinge Savannah" by Lord Luciano out of Schwalbenfreude Won the Foal Championship, Supreme Championship and Best British Bred! A big Congratulations to her owner Julie at Keatinge Trakehners! More on Savannah
Congratulations to Simone Bell for her colt "Zauberlord" by Lord Luciano out of St. Pr. u. Pr. St. Zauberlied Winning the Foal Championship for the Rheinland and being selected for the "Elite Foal Auction" coming up at the annual International Trakehner Meeting in Neumunster, Germany October 22-25. More on Zauberlord
2009 European Dressage Championships concluded with the Dutch stallion "Moorelands Totilas" ridden by Edward Gal the undisputed Winner with a new "World Record Score of 90.7%!" This young son of Gribaldi is in fact half Trakehner with our late stallion Enrico Caruso his great Grandfather. Watch his incredible ride at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZhtiCqBAGM
Photo of Teresa out of Tokyo by Timotheus, see Tokyo's Foal Page for more photos of Teresa.
Good news for Elbiskus!
Following the devastating fire in 2005 that took the lives of all of our stallions, Pat Rollins of Skydance Farm donated all of her stallion Elbiskus's frozen semen to us. Elbiskus is by the legendary foundation stallion Ibiskus. He had a very successful Grand Prix Dressage career under Gunnar and Birgit Ostergaard. In 1987 he placed 16th in the USDF Horse of the Year Awards and then again in 1989 he was the Reserve Champion in the USDF All Breed Awards. Our stallion Unkenruf the same year was the Champion. We have two beautiful two year old fillies on the farm by Elbiskus. One that we are keeping for a future broodmare and one we sold the day she was born. In 2010 we are expecting three more of these wonderful foals out of the following mares:
Annabelle by Laiken out of Amberlite by Unkenruf
Lucia by Enrico Caruso, full sister to our stallion "Lord Luciano", out of Lily of the Valley by Unkenruf
At 22, Lily of the Valley by Unkenruf out of Litchen by Tannenberg is also in-foal!
These foals will be carrying the top performance blood from both Unkenruf and Elbiskus! Stayed tune in 2010 for their arrival.
At the International Trakehner show in Hannover today (7/24/09) Terhi and Lord Luciano placed Second in the M class out of a field of 20 with a score of 66.60%—Way to Go!!
7/23/09-Welcome! New filly, Teresa TL by Timotheus out of Tokyo by Graditz. Chestnut, might turn grey. Both Mom and filly are doing well. Photos of new filly.
Tylord is happy to announce the development of The Creamery at Tylord. The Creamery will house delicious BBQ, Willie T's organic cookie bakery, and a spacious banquet hall. More information about The Creamery.
May 2009 Lord Luciano’s Debut with his new rider Terhi Stegars! At the large Hildesheim-Steuerwald horse show Lord Luciano and Terhi started their competitive career together by showing at ‘M’ Level (equivalent to USA 3rd Level). They WON their first class together out of a field of over 20 horses with three Judges!
June 2009 At the annual Webelsgrund horse show Lord Luciano and Terhi showed for the second time moving up to ‘M-A’ (equivalent to USA 4th-1). Out of a field of 16 the three Judges placed them a very close 3rd. The winning horse was also 2nd in the PSG. Terhi wrote that she was “very pleased with Lordi’s error free test” filled with a lot of 8’s for a score of 68%.
July 2009 The third horse show for Terhi and “Lordi” was in Hannover. They again showed at ‘M-A’ (equivalent to USA 4th-1) The three Judges placed them 2nd out of a large class of 26 with a score of 66.5%! Terhi wrote that the winning ride was by the former Canadian Olympic rider Leonie Bramall.
Photos of Lord Luciano under saddle at the Webelsgrund Foal Show via www.trakehners-international.com
2009 Winner of the CDI Grand Prix Freestyle in Wellington, Florida was the registered “Danish Warmblood” named “Success” by the Trakehner stallion “Silvermoon” by “Kostolany by Enrico Caruso” ridden by Lars Petersen.
2009 Champion Stallion at the KWPN stallion grading is “Bordeaux” out of the Star mare “Venna” by the Trakehner stallion “Gribaldi by Kostalony by Enrico Caruso”.
2005 - Don Schufro - Oldenburger - by Donnerhall out of an Unkenruf mare line. Named the most “valuable breeding stallion in the world” by the German Equestrian Federation. In 11th place was his full brother Don Primero. An unbelievable accomplishment to have two full brothers in the top 25 breeding stallions in the world during the same year. More informatino on Don Schufro.
2006 “Songline” was named the Champion Stallion at the Trakehner Licensing in Neumunster. Bred and owned by Gestut Hamelschenburg, former owner of Enrico Caruso, in Emmerthal, Germany. “Songline” is by “Summertime” out of Schwalbenspiel (by Exclusiv by Enrico Caruso). Sold at the auction for the top price of 320,000.00 E to Gustav Schickendanz from Canada. More informatino on Songline.
USET Foundation Awards Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy to Laura Noyes
Tuesday, 03 February 2009 09:38
The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation is pleased to announce that Laura Noyes, 21, of Delaware, Ohio, has been awarded the Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy. The prestigious annual award recognizes a Junior/Young Rider who exemplifies the USET Foundation’s ideals of sportsmanship and horsemanship. Noyes was presented with the trophy in Wellington, Florida, on January 30 at the USET Foundation Cocktail Reception.
Noyes is the 27th recipient of the Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy. Recounting her reaction when she learned she had been selected, Noyes beamed, “I was quite shocked when I got the phone call from Bonnie Jenkins at USET Foundation. This has been such an incredible year for us and I thought it was over! I’m so honored to be presented with this award. It is definitely one of the greatest successes of my career thus far.”
Noyes has been partnered with her own Syncro, a 14-year-old Trakehner gelding, by Enrico Caruso out of Sonset, for nearly six years and they have risen up through the dressage ranks from First Level to the international levels for Young Riders. The duo has accumulated an impressive list of accomplishments along the way. The year 2008 was Noyes’s final year in the Young Rider division and was full of highlights for her and Syncro. They earned the Reserve National Championship at the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions in California; won the Individual Gold Medal and Team Silver Medal at the FEI North American Young Rider Championships (NAYRC) in Colorado; and, as the number-one ranked combination in the Young Riders standings, they represented the U.S. at the FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final for Young Riders in Frankfurt, Germany.
In addition to her Individual Gold, which she won with an impressive score of 74.75%, and Team Silver at NAYRC, Noyes also earned the highest combined score from the Team, Individual, and Freestyle competitions. For that accomplishment, the United States Dressage Federation awarded Noyes the Fiona Baan “Pursuit of Excellence” Memorial Trophy. Topping off the final NAYRC of her career, Noyes was also presented with the “Dressage Style” award, which the judges bestow to the rider who displays style throughout the competition - both mounted and in overall manners and demeanor.
As the recipient of the USET Foundation’s Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy, Noyes was honored for her sportsmanship and horsemanship, and she described the significance of those aspects of her career in detail. “Sportsmanship means a lot of things to me,” Noyes explained. “Foremost, it’s always doing what’s best for your horse, even if it’s not best for your competitive career. If you’re worried about the footing or worried that your horse doesn’t seem 100%, it is your responsibility to make that decision to withdraw from competition, no matter the stakes - if it’s a championship or just a schooling show. Some people would describe this as a difficult situation, but to me it seems so clear that it should be one of the easiest decisions.
“Secondly, sportsmanship is being supportive of your competitors if they’ve had a tough ride and sincerely happy for them when they do well. It’s so much fun to celebrate the successes with friends and so much easier to deal with the downs if you have the support of your friends and competitors.
“Lastly, always trying to be positive is a big component of sportsmanship. It’s very easy to get down on yourself and say, ‘if I had only done this instead or done that instead’. But none of us can travel back in time, so the only thing you can do is embrace your mistakes, learn from them, and look forward. This is something I’ve tried to always do - understand what I did wrong and try not to do it wrong the next time!”
The Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy award also honors horsemanship, and Noyes described what the horsemanship aspect of her career means to her, both in and out of the show ring. “Horsemanship is very simple in my mind. It means knowing every inch of your horse,” Noyes stated. “I do everything with Syncro and have for six years. I know every expression of his, how every inch of each leg should look, the difference between when he wants his withers scratched or his rump scratched, and so on. It is so important to know everything you possibly can about your horse. Because we ask so much of our horses, we have a huge responsibility to make them as happy and comfortable as we possibly can. Not only do we have a responsibility to know our horses, but then to also know what to do when they are acting a certain way. I have been lucky that I have had great resources around me in George Williams and Dr. Mitchell and many other professionals that I have met over the years.”
Noyes added with a smile, “These are the people that you need to be really obnoxious to and hang around them and ask them a million questions, because that is the only way you will learn anything!”
A native of Falmouth, Maine, Noyes has resided in Ohio since 2006. She is a junior at Ohio Wesleyan University majoring in Zoology. Noyes started training with George Williams in Florida in 2005, and now, in addition to her studies, has a job riding horses for Williams at Gypsy Woods Farm in Ohio, owned by Chuck and Joann Smith.
Noyes acknowledged that it is a challenge for her to juggle school, training, competing, and working. “Yes, its not easy,” she affirmed. “There are some days when I say to myself, ‘what the heck are you thinking? There aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done that you have to get done!’ But it’s all worth it. I love school, although I’ll feel relieved when I graduate and am able to really focus on riding and working.”
Noyes’s accomplishments in 2008, are impressive, but even more so considering it was a ‘comeback’ year for Syncro. Noyes recounted that she and Syncro qualified for the 2006 Young Rider World Cup, but had to withdraw when the gelding had an inflammation in his hoof; then he tore a ligament, relegating Noyes to a year of icing and hand-walking. In 2008, Noyes took a semester off from college to bring Syncro back to the show ring in Florida and had a “wild” horse on her hands in the beginning of the season, but clearly, she worked through it.
The presentation of the USET Foundation’s Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy was a gratifying finale to a banner year and an outstanding Young Rider career. Noyes’s devotion to her horse was evident in her summation of 2008. “I never expected the sort of success that we have had this year,” Noyes said. “I knew Syncro could do it because he’s such a talented horse, although I never thought that he could do it with me in the driver’s seat! What really makes all of our success so sweet is that we have done everything together, from First Level on up. This is also part of how we know each other so well. We definitely have a pretty unique partnership and I know I’d be lucky to form a partnership with another horse that’s even half as special as the one Syncro and I share.”
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