2021 Inspection Tour Planning
FHS is now planning for 2021!
We are now accepting site hosts for the 2021 Inspection Tour. Please consider hosting an Inspection Site. No experience is necessary, it doesn’t cost the host anything, and the FHS will be there to support you!
We are also accepting entry applications. NO ONE will be charged ANY money until their Inspection site is confirmed. We are hoping that COVID-19 will be manageable and will allow the 2021 Inspection Tour to move forward.
As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or input, please feel free to contact the FHS via email FHSActivities@friesianhorsesociety.com or phone the office Monday – Friday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in the Central Time Zone.
We wish everyone the best of health and encourage you to stay safe.
Sincerely,
FHS Board of Directors
Dreaming of Healthy Foal This Spring?
Your mare’s nutrition is critical to your foal’s development, especially in the last 3 months of gestation. The following article from AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M System contains important, detailed information that will help make your dream a reality.
| Nutrition and Feeding Management of Broodmares |
Stallion Selection
Whether you are breeding for a Friesian or Part-Bred Friesian, the first step in selecting a stallion is to decide what you are looking for in a foal. Do you want a Friesian foal or a Part-Bred? The traits you will want in the foal should be as described for the breed in the Breeding Book Regulations (BBR). These are available on the FHS website: BBR for Friesians and PBBR for Part-Bred Friesians.
Make a Checklist: Before looking at any prospective stallions make sure you have a checklist of the traits that are most important for the stallion to have in order to complement the mare you plan to use for breeding. You want to be sure to choose a stallion that is capable of enhancing your mare’s best qualities so that they are hopefully passed on to the foal.
Rate Your Mare: Evaluate your mare. What are her strengths, what are her weaknesses? Does she have a good hip, topline, and head? Then check out her movement at the walk, trot and canter. To assist in determining her strengths and weaknesses, you can check her linear score sheet from a past Keuring (Inspection). Evaluating your mare using the linear scoresheet from the judges is ideal. However, if they haven’t been inspected then your checklist will be the next best choice. Look at her pedigree and call the FHS office for an Inbreeding Coefficient percentage. All Friesian foals should have no more than a 5% Inbreeding Coefficient.
Have a goal in mind: Have a picture of a foal in mind that you are breeding toward. You can see the qualities you will get from your mare, and while you are selecting a stud that compliments the good qualities of your mare, make sure the stallion is strong in the traits where your mare is weak. For example, if your mare has a short neck, the stallion you select should not have a short neck because no matter how good his other qualities are, you will most likely end up with a foal that has a short neck.
Look at the Stallions Standing at Stud: Next you will want to consider what stallions are available to you that are within your price range. An approved or provisionally approved stallion would be best because the judges have already deemed him to be of excellent quality. Look at a stallion’s past offspring. Are they correct? Do they mature well? How have they done at Inspections? Discuss stud fee, semen shipping fee, and mare care (if the mare stays at the stud farm for breeding). Obtain a live foal guarantee if at all possible, and get all of it in writing.
NEVER breed to a stallion that has not been registered with his parentage verified through DNA. (He may not be a Friesian.) Additionally, make sure there is DNA on file for the stallion or your foal’s parentage will not be able to be verified and therefore not be able to be registered. (You can call the FHS office to see if a stallion has DNA on file.)
Also, as a result of the recent requirements for DNA testing for dwarfism and hydrocephalus, you should be able to obtain the test results of the stallion to determine the compatibility with your mare and avoid these genetic deformities.
Testing for Dwarfism and Hydrocephalus
Attention Stallion Owners
If you have already had this testing done for your stallion, please provide the results to us so that we can get that information into our database. The results for stallions are published in the Friesian Brief each month as well as on the website.
Status of Current Breeding Stallions
* A Stallion who is a carrier may be used for breeding as long as the mare is not a carrier of the same genetic anomaly.
| Stallion | Owner | Results |
| Justice Rules | The Friesians of Freedom Farm | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
| Devon f/t Friesian Connection | Jack Milam | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
| Sjerp 446 | Bernadino Ponce | Dwarfism: N/D 1 copy of the dwarfism mutation. Horse is normal but is a carrier Hydrocephalus: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
| Felix | Inga Thompson | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
| Matisse of Black F. Friesians | Wendy DeSpain | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
| Huracan SOF | Meliton Alvarez | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
| Ulrik van Zwart Woud | D. Gary Young | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
| Douwe fan Oostenburg | D. Gary Young | Dwarfism: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal Hydrocephalus: N/H 1 copy of the hydrocephalus mutation. Horse is normal but is a carrier |
| Lippe M. N. | D. Gary Young | Dwarfism: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal Hydrocephalus: N/H 1 copy of the hydrocephalus mutation. Horse is normal but a carrier |
| Doeke Wv. | Connie Wilson | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
| D.F. Anton Jeltsje | Ramon Juarez | Dwarfism: N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal Hydrocephalus: N/H 1 copy of the hydrocephalus mutation. Horse is normal but a carrier |
| Maxwell von Donius | Charolene Deacon | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
| Lothar van Stal Daimler | Susan Willis | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
| Sil van de Oostwal | Craig & Carey Clausen | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
Dark Waterspoon 015 (Arabo-Friesian) | Camilla Vance | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
Laska Oslo (Arabo-Friesian)
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El Padrino (Part-Bred) | Adalberto Tejeda | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
Titan (Part-Bred) | Gunther Family Farm | N/N No copies of either mutation, the horse is normal |
For any owners not listed above who have stallions used for breeding, please contact the FHS Office to arrange for testing. Any FHS stallion used for breeding will have their testing status published. This is not only applicable lo approved stallions, it includes all stallions!
Members for FHS Board of Directors Still Needed!
We continue to seeking people to join the Board of Directors immediately. There are multiple positions available. There is no better place to learn about Friesians and have an impact on the future of FHS than to be a member of the Board. If you are interested or would like to find out more, please contact the FHS Office at (402) 298-7347 0r e-mail info@friesianhorsesociety.com
Visit our Online Store for Unique Friesian Items
A couple of our favorites:
Unique Friesian design only available through FHS. Display your Friesian passion!
12″ x 18″ Friesian Territory Sign – $20 plus shipping.
Unique Friesian design only available through FHS. Display your Friesian passion with a new t-shirt.
Grey or soft washed blue, sizes S, M, L. $15 plus shipping.
Other items can be found at:
FHS Shop
FHS APPROVED & PROVISIONALLY APPROVED STALLIONS
Justice Rules
The Friesians of Freedom Farm
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