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Farley
was much anticipated and celebrated at AES. Dessia had
really liked Penzhina's foals by Amurath Baikal and was
hoping that Hennessy would add just a little more
"pretty" and bone to her foals by him. As
a yearling Farley was shown at the Tulip Arabian Horse
show and was named Reserve Junior Champion Colt after
winning his class beating out some really nice colts.
He
was left to grow up for the next couple years, hanging
out in the field rough-housing with the other colts and
geldings. Farley
went through all the "ugly" stages you can
imagine and it was with a lot of trepidation that Dessia
took the chance and enrolled him as a Sweepstakes
Nominated Sire before he was 3, as there was a discount
on. He had also tested SCID clear which helped in the
decision. Standing
out in the field, he often looked "not quite"
stallion material, but his sweet temperament and lovely
movement stayed off any gelding. In
October of 2006, Dessia started Farley under saddle and
he was so very easy to work with and started to bloom.
Extremely solid with a 8.5" cannon, an honest 15
hands and still growing, large heart girth and well
sprung ribcage, he is fulfilling his weanling and
yearling promise. He
is offered at stud in 2007 to a limited number of mares,
the first 3 booked will be FREE breedings not including
mare care or collection fees. His
2007 show season will include Zone 9, Eastern Canadian
Breeder's Championships, Tulip Show and the Jubilee,
likely in the Country English Pleasure division. He will
also do a limited number of CTRs and/or Mileage
rides. Long
term plans are for Farley to be Dessia's 100 Mile FEI
Endurance horse. He has two maternal brothers who have
done very well at that level and so far he is showing
all the right stuff to be one too! |
