Little Bit Farm, Inc.

02/06/2025

We have new videos of Mya, who is extremely versatile and talented for both dressage and hunters. She is very honest and bold to fences yet still has the hunter rhythm and form suitable to win anywhere. In dressage, she is undefeated and more than ready to win Horse of the Year at second level, scoring as high as 73+%. She was open high score at both 1st and 2nd levels and has been in the top three high scores of each show attended. Ready to show at third level, she is forward thinking and schooling very well in the double bridle in anticipation of FEI work soon to begin. She is incredible!
A 2017, ISR Oldenburg mare, 16 hands but wide in the barrel, Mya is extremely beautiful and sweet, a favorite of most lesson riders at our farm. She is a full sibling to Master Gauguin, who was twice USDF Oldenburg HOY in dressage. He was a provisionally licensed stallion till he was gelded and sold to a beginner, amateur dressage rider.
Mya’s sire, Masterpiece, was Reserve Champion of the 2002 30-day stallion test. He is the 2009 USDF Champion Mature Stallion and holds the highest median score ever given in USDF Dressage Sporthorse Breeding: 87.250%. He has scored as high as 84% under saddle, 88% in hand, 9 gaits, and a perfect 10 walk!
Mya’s dam, O’ She’s Gauguin (Opus / Gauguin de Lully) was 2008 & 2009 USDF DSHB Mature Mare Horse of the Year. O' She's Gauguin's dam, Gauliana de Gauguin, is one of the top scoring Gauguin De Lully mares ever. She and her dam, Elite Goliad (by almost all State Premium mares), both won DAD, the largest breed show in the US (including winning under saddle classes!).
Located in Wilmington, IL. For more information, call/text Ken Borden at 815/325-8840. For additional videos and photos, see our website: https://www.littlebitfarminc.net/mares

01/12/2023

Congratulations to Master Gauguin
2011 born c**t by Masterpiece o/o O' She's Gauguin*, owner/breeder: Nancy Van Kalker, IL, Ken Borden, Jr., IL
who received the All Breed Award
- Open, First Level, 1st place, 68.611

09/06/2022

Congratulations to Olivia Keye and Oso Mighty on their WIN at the USEA Novice Junior Championship at the Oso was one of our 2002 foals by our foundation stallion, Opus. https://www.facebook.com/USEventing/photos/pcb.5843583655686185/5843583562352861/

11/16/2021

Thank you to the Van Kalkers for allowing us to train and show their horse, Master Gauguin (Masterpiece/Opus), who is 2021 Open Training Level ISR/Oldenburg Horse of the Year. We are delighted that Nancy is now showing him as well, and we know they will be a good team together next season.

04/07/2020

Little Bit Farm has a new web site! Check it out. The new address is slightly different: it replaces dot com (.com) with dot net (.net). So here is the link for the new site: https://www.littlebitfarminc.net/

03/04/2020

We didn't forget Masterpiece (Master x Miss Nickle Annie)! He is a 2000, 16.2 hand, SWANA registered stallion, approved for SWANA and ISR/Oldenburg. SWANA inspectors gave all scores between 7 and 9 and recommended his semen for shipping to Sweden. He was Reserve Champion of the 2004 Stallion Short Test, and still holds the highest median score ever given in USDF Dressage Sport Horse Breeding: 87.250%. He was USDF Champion Mature Stallion in 2009, and SWANA HOY at both 1st and 2nd level, and 2nd at 3rd level in 2010. Although a stall injury limited his showing, he has won at DAD, earned many high-score-of-show awards through 3rd level, had both in hand and under saddle scores in the high 80s, and received several perfect 10s on his walk. Like his sire, Masterpiece has simple, supple lateral ability. He has a natural piaffe and passage, and his walk is huge yet collectible. He is elastic and comfortable enough for anyone to sit in all gaits. (Like all our Little Bit Farm stallions, he has been used in our lesson program.) He has beautiful type and color, almost black, with a perfect length of back and leg. In addition to his talent for dressage, Masterpiece has won in rated hunters. One of the Olympic riders at his stallion test said he would be a perfect hunter if he continued on that path.
Masterpiece is sire of three stallions certified by ISR/Oldenburg, and of foals we have bred and presented to ISR/Oldenburg and SWANA, all but one have been premium/Class1.
Sire: Master 850, is Kyra Kyrklund’s World Cup Champion mount and winner of the Swedish dressage championships for five- and six-year-olds. Master is also the sire of a number of World Cup qualifiers, and Grand Prix Tip Top 962, the only horse to win the Swedish Triple Crown (dressage championships for four-, five- and six-year-olds)
Dam: Miss Nickle Annie is approved Dutch, Hanoverian, Holsteiner, and ISR/Oldenburg. She has shown very successfully in dressage (a 70% avg.), hunter (Horse of the Year titles, 2nd in the Medal Finals), and eventing (undefeated). Her foals have amassed many awards: GP Raymeister, her approved son, is the most winning horse for USDF, and his approved son, Rashka, is the highest scoring stallion in the history of U.S. testing: 164.86!
See more at http://www.littlebitfarminc.com/id29.html
If you would like your own "Masterpiece," please contact Ken at 815-325-8840.

03/04/2020

Breeding season is upon us, so we want to remind everyone of our two approved stallions: Opus and Masterpiece. Opus (Idocus/Admiraal Ferdinand) is registered Dutch and approved ISR/Oldenburg and SWANA for Swedish mares. He is 16.2 hands, extremely fertile, and for many years has been a leading dressage sire and producer of quality offspring. He is sire of 4 approved stallions and grand sire of two more. His daughters are Premium and many have been HOY for ISR/Oldenburg. Opus stamps his get with consistent type, conformation, awesome uphill gaits, and most importantly, incredible rideability.
Opus's dressage index is one of the highest in all US Stallion Testing,140.59. He received the only 9 given in the gaits category (by all 4 judges), and one of only two 10's given in ridability! Opus won 2nd place four times at Dressage at Devon and qualified to 3rd level by 5 years old.
Opus’s sire, Olympic Idocus, is a KWPN and ISR/Oldenburg approved, international Grand Prix Dressage stallion, who participated in the 2004 Athens Olympics for the Dutch team. He is a three-time World Cup participant, placing 6th in 2007 at Las Vegas. He was Grand Champion of his stallion performance test in 2003, and held the highest jumping score of all the stallions. He holds the highest score given in the North American Dutch Keurings, 99AA. He scored a 9 walk, 8.5 trot, 9.5 canter, 9 for jumping, and a 9 for character. In 1994, he was Grand Champion of Dressage, and returned in 2006 to win the Grand Prix. In 2001, he returned to Holland to be approved by the stallion committee of the KWPN. His offspring are known for their supple movement, excellent temperament, and great rideability.
Opus’s dam, Elite J Adelian, is by Admiraal Ferdinand. She is dam of three approved stallions, Opus, Rubicon Z, and Altimus, and was herself, twice USDF Horse of the Year and a Dressage at Devon winner - three times with perfect 10 scores!
See more at http://www.littlebitfarminc.com/id23.html
Contact Ken at 815-325-8840 (call or text)

03/01/2020

Not to leave the women out: Brilotta (Briar/Kasparow) is a 16.2+, SWANA registered and ISR/Oldenburg approved mare. She was Class I at her SWANA foal inspection. She is now a proven broodmare with a beautiful 2017 filly by Ovation.
Her sire, Briar, is a 17-hands, liver-chestnut stallion, who, under Jan Brink was, for years, the highest ranked dressage stallion in the world. In 2008, he was Champion of Aachen, the world's most prestigious competition. He has been to the Olympics twice. (In 2000 at Sydney, he was the youngest horse to compete.) He has won silver and bronze medals in 4 European Championships, competed in 9 World Cup finals, 2 World Equestrian Games, and is winner of 6 Swedish Championships and has 16 International wins at Grand Prix in several different countries. Briar has produced 8 approved sons (2 being winners of Sweden's stallion test) receiving 10s for rideability and gaits. Jan Brink, has said, “Briar is the most talented and willing horse I have ever sat upon.”
Brilotta’s dam, Carlotta II, is a Trakehner mare imported from Germany with a top performance pedigree that can't be found anywhere. She is an OSB mare, to whom the Trakehner Verband gave a score of 54 (77%). She is the only daughter in North America of the outstanding jumper Elite Kasparow, who won his 100 day test in Neustadt Dosse with all licensing scores at least 9, and a 10 on his walk. Carlotta's dam Coquette is by the Premium and Elite stallion, Tivano.
She is located in Wilmington, IL. Call/text Ken Borden at 815-325-8840.

03/01/2020

Congratulations to Bjorsells Briar, who at the age of 29, has recently been inducted into the Gothenburg Horse Show Hall of Fame! We thought it would be a good time to remind you that we have two Briar offspring at Little Bit Farm: Brioso, a 2009 stallion, and Brilotta, his 2012, daughter, both registered with SWANA.
Brioso (Briar/Inschallah/Furioso II) is a 2009, SWANA-registered stallion with 7/8ths Olympic blood and a certified breeding license from SWANA and ISR/Oldenburg. At 16.2 hands, he is a very striking type with good uphill movement. He has a very quiet temperament, and although very green, he should excel to the Grand Prix level quickly.
Briar, is a 17 hands, liver-chestnut stallion, who, under Jan Brink was, for years, the highest ranked dressage stallion in the world. In 2008, he was Champion of Aachen, the world's most prestigious competition. He has been to the Olympics twice. (In 2000 at Sydney, he was the youngest horse to compete.) He has won silver and bronze medals in 4 European Championships, competed in 9 World Cup finals, 2 World Equestrian Games, and is winner of 6 Swedish Championships and has 16 International wins at Grand Prix in several different countries. Briar has produced 8 approved sons (2 being winners of Sweden's stallion test) receiving 10s for rideability and gaits. Jan Brink, has said, “Briar is the most talented and willing horse I have ever sat upon.”
Brioso’s dam, Friendly Furiosa, is twice line bred, in the first two generations, to the immortal Inschallah and the legendary Furioso II. Both of these sires together have had over 15 on the Olympic team in both jumping and dressage. Friendly, her St. Pr. dam, and her sire are all 3/4 blood siblings to the Olympic stallion Heisman.
Although they are from 2013, you can see videos at https://youtu.be/R9lsBLguzqw and https://youtu.be/AtQerOBlnx0

08/08/2018

We are so proud of how well our horses and riders performed last weekend at the Fields & Fences Dressage Show!

10/29/2017

Meet the USDF DSHB Current Year Foal C**t/Gelding Horse of the Year!
Personality Plus Pedigree! O’ Boy (Opus x Brava Cor Ray) is a premium Oldenburg NA c**t. He is elegant yet substantial like his dam, with incredible movement and freedom in the front end like his sire, Opus. O’ Boy is very friendly and confident, a beautiful type, bred for both dressage and jumping. Undefeated in the show ring and winning championships at every show, O' Boy was high score of the USDF breed show at Circle E Equestrian in Green Bay, WI., with an 80+%. At Fields & Fences on August 6, he was in the 80s again and high score of the entire show. He has very substantial body muscling for such a young c**t, yet still is a very pretty type, suitable for a dressage or jumper prospect, and his huge, elastic movement makes him a definite stallion prospect. He is going to be the one to watch for in the young horse under saddle and over fences. Opus is a leading dressage breeding sire and holds one of the highest dressage scores for U.S. Stallion testing: 140.59. Brava Cor Ray is herself the 2017 USDF DSHB Broodmare Horse of the Year. She has wonderful bloodlines, type, and breathtaking movement. Her pedigree includes GP Raymeiser, the most winning horse in USDF history, Cor de la Bryere, Pit I, Ramiro, and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEZnwmgSgbY&feature=youtu.be

10/20/2017

Finally getting some photos/videos up after our recent ISR/Oldenburg inspection at LBF. Thanks to all who helped and made it run smoothly. Our c**t Razzmatazz was Premium and Site Champion. He is by Rashka and out of an Olympic Ferro mare. Friendly, bold, and confident, he has very uphill carriage, regal neck and head carriage, and great, elastic movement. Rashka won his 30-day test with the highest score in US testing history, receiving a 10 on his canter from all judges. He has multiple USDF HOY and Regional Championships. Razzmatazz’s dam, Zabella, has incredible elastic gaits (especially in her trot and canter work) and very clean, expressive, uphill flying changes with good lateral work. She is not only suitable for the upper levels of dressage, she also displays a rare honesty to fences with good hunter form and rhythm. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pd-bdjQFNg

C**t by Rashka

07/15/2017

C**t by Rashka

04/14/2017

Finally got a video of our newest arrival: O'Boy, born the day after St. Patrick's Day. He is elegant yet substantial like his dam (Brava Cor Ray - R Cor Ray/Paloma), with incredible movement and freedom in the front end like his sire, Opus. O’ Boy is very friendly and confident, a beautiful type, bred for both dressage and jumping. https://youtu.be/eEZnwmgSgbY

2017 C**t by Opus