We are so excited to welcome our first foal of the season, a beautiful, healthy and sweet filly named Laralei de Pluum WEF!  She was born 6/8/11 at abut 8pm and is just perfect and already trotting and cantering around the pasture with her beautiful dam, Rozalinda!  And I am so grateful to Rozalinda for more »

Hi, All! Please come out to support a great cause this coming Saturday, 10/16 at 10:00am at the Travis County Event Center in Austin, Texas!  I am taking Wyn up to be presented at Liberty and I am sure he would love to see the stands crowded with horse-loving fans!  When his bling goes on, more »

Hi, Everyone! I can’t even express how incredible an experience this was!  Here’s Nicole and Bob flying around the stadium in a full canter (hence the blur!!) in front of 25,000 people going absolutely WILD over them during the Mardi Gras Finale!  :-)  Ron Steur, riding Fridse 423 Sport was doing a fantastic extended trot more »

Saturday, August 21 was a day filled with fun, beautiful Friesians and a bit of education on the Friesian breed!  It was my great pleasure and honor to host the Hill Country Equine Friends first ever Breed Clinic! We began at the arena at about 10am with a dressage presentation made by classical dressage trainer more »

It is with the heaviest of hearts that we have lost one of our dearest friends…Amanda graced this earth for only 19 years, but in that time, she touched so many hearts and minds.  Including Michael and I.  Amanda was one of the most genuine, loving and faithful of God’s children and even though she more »

We are so busy preparing for our trip to Lexington, Kentucky for our participation in the opening ceremonies of the World Equestrian Games!  We can’t believe it’s less than a month away!  Nicole and Bob have been busy rehearsing their portion of the performance.  We were provided a video of what their part would be more »

We have been so busy at the ranch over the last 8-9 months or so!   Between Mike, Eddie, Santiago and myself, we have put in new drainage channels and ditches all around the ranch/barn/paddocks, refurnished & landscaped all around the ranch cottage and then resurfaced all of the roads.  Due to all the rain more »

I had a fantastic time and it was a great honor to have been chosen as an official judge & dignitary for the beautiful 2010 “Battle of the Flowers” Parade in San Antonio, Texas.  It was the 119th year of this incredible event!  The Grand Marshal for this year’s parade was Gordon Hartman, the founder more »

It was one of the most exciting weekends ever!  To be in the audience with my very good friends, Elaine Palance & Shannon Lockwood at the first World Cup ever held on American soil was wonderful, but to then watch US rider Steffen Peters and Ravel win both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle more »

WOW!  WHAT AN HONOR!  We are so very proud and excited to have been chosen as one of 4 USA FPS Friesian Stallions and 4 Dutch FPS Friesian Stallions (from Holland) that will make up the Friesian Stallion team and will represent our magnificent Friesian breed in the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 World Equestrian more »