One Of A Kind Caspians & Oldenburg Sporthorses

08/07/2024

Happy belated 1 year old BIRTHDAY Braveheart !

03/28/2024

We want to give our very first Caspian foal born here, Happy 1st Birthday Twilight ! .
Stay tuned for announcement on our new handsome Stud!

03/07/2024

Check out Madison Moore photography page.
She captured our beautiful Caspian C**t. Braveheart .He going to be stunning Stud when he grows up 😍
Photos credit M-Moore photography

01/12/2024

Azaida Twinkle Ariel Caspians mares.The greys are getting much deserved break and rest after be awesome Mommas .The three will be bred back to Cruz this spring!

04/09/2023

Twinkle and her filly .
Azaida ,the wait begins again .

04/07/2023

Happy Thursday from our Little Star !

04/04/2023

Twinkle filly will be 7 days old after midnight 💜
Photo credit Madison Moore

03/29/2023

Twinkle's filly 3 days old .Strong and full of energy. She been working on her cantering 🤣

03/28/2023

The only action going on with Caspians is Drama and Ariel grooming each other .Twinkle keeps showing signs then nothing .She is tiring her humans.The wait is brutal at this point lol

I meant to post this last night. Got side tracked lol We have beautiful filly!

03/28/2023

Look who showed up after midnight!
Twinkle had a beautiful Caspian filly, adding another of these rare and wonderful horses to the world!

It's been a long few weeks and a very long night, but we are very excited for our first Caspian foal here at Spring Haven Stables!

Now time for a nap...More pictures to come!

02/19/2023

Twinkle is holding on to her foal..! The waiting is getting difficult here at Spring Haven Stables.

01/18/2023

Excuse the dirty orphans look. This winter been wet and extra muddy .Ariel (first pic ) will be the only we breed this year.Drama (second pic) she be only 3 this spring.They gray mares Twinkle and Azaida be busy with foals 🥰

01/08/2023

We are getting excited in counting down the days that we will be on foal watch .Be sure to check in end of February to first of March for Twinkle progress. 🤗🐴

07/01/2022

Debonaire (aka Devo) is finally ready to rock and roll! Excited to see where this awesome Oldenburg will go!
Thank you to Kimberly Wallace and Valerie Ray for their contributions towards getting him to where he is now.

06/27/2022

Our two year old is a messy one at dinner time! Drama had grow spurt and she all legs with rock star hair !
Ariel is still the beauty Queen.

05/23/2022

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05/18/2022

This fellow is finally getting going under saddle. He's going to make an amazing sporthorse! Thank you Kimberly Wallace for your help!

Debonaire, by Don de Marco and out of Donna Dora, living up to his name looking very handsome.

05/14/2022

FUN FACTS:
The Caspian is an ancient breed previously believed to have been extinct for over one thousand years. This breed is probably the most direct ancestor of the Oriental breeds and subsequently of all light horse breeds. The Caspian is extremely rare and barely pulled back from the edge of extinction in 1965.
(Source: Breeds of Livestock; OK State University. Photo Credit - Victoria Tollman, mare in the photo is MEYE.)

05/12/2022

Stella Drama Ariel

05/11/2022

Welcome to One-Of-A-Kind Caspians and Sporthorses!

Founded by Dara Carnes and Tricia Pierce, we are a branch of
One-More-Time Farms and operate out of Spring Haven Stables. It's great to be back in the game and we hope you will join us on this incredible journey!

It's been a series of great highs and rough lows with our breeding program here, as is often the case when working with the animals that are part of our families and lives.

We started out with our Oldenburgers in 2014 with the goal of breeding quality athletes fit for the pros, but had the disposition an amateur and child could enjoy. After 2 great blessings (Debonaire in 2016 and Bohemians Rhapsody in 2018) we were hit hard. In 2019 we suddenly lost Donna Doranthe cornerstone of our small Oldenburg breeding program, along with the much anticipated foal she was carrying. With heavy hearts we took a long hiatus.

Then seemingly out of no where, in 2021 the opportunity to work with an amazing endangered breed, the Caspian, came our way! So in keeping with our motto, here we are One-More-Time, to resume our very small and focused equine breeding program!

We continue to aim to breed excellent athletes that the pros would envy, with kind and steady temperaments appropriate for amateurs and children.

Join us on this incredible journey as we build tomorrow's outstanding Oldenburg athlete and contribute to the growth of the lovable endangered Caspian breed!

05/11/2022

We are excited to announce we have our first successfully bred Caspian, Ms.Twinkle!

Azaida was not bred and has been put out with Cruz without The Alfa mare Twinkle to try again.

Caspians are seriously endangered with a very interesting history.Our breeding program has a world wide fan club! How many can say that?! We can thank Tricia! I am lucky enough to join her in this important journey as we join the few people working to save this awesome breed.

I have gotten to know them in the last 7 months and have fallen in love with the breed.

Stay tuned for more post on our One-Of-A-Kind Caspians!

-Dara Carnes

05/11/2022