Figment Morgans

01/07/2024

Battersea Zipper (Zipper) was a superstar at her first HT today! We dipped our toes into the water in Pre-Starter at Full Moon Farm, and Zipper says she likes it a lot! We had an absolute blast, and can't wait for our next outing!

17/06/2024

Sue (Coachman’s Tsunami) and Echo (Figment Pioneer raf, by Declaration) having a blast outside despite the heat!

27/05/2024

Welcome to the world, little one! On May 24th, Coachman’s Tsunami foaled a healthy, strong chestnut c**t by our late stallion Declaration! Our beautiful Sue has knocked it out of the park yet again with this stunning foal. Figment Pioneer (raf), “Echo,” is extra special with his handsome big blaze, just like his sire. Mama and baby are doing very well. 🩵

12/05/2024

As we get ready for Southern States, I wanted to share our spring dressage show adventures! To say I am proud of Zipper (Battersea Zipper) is an understatement. When Jimmy had to take some time off, Zipper stepped right into the role as my main partner, and she has done so beyond expectations. At home, while I was getting fit again in fall and early winter, after a year+ out of the saddle. In Aiken, on our wonderful adventure there - my first jumps in years, on XC no less! And this spring, my first trip down centerline since GAIGs in 2022.

Jimmy is back firing on all cylinders again, and I’m so excited about that, but Zipper has shown me that she deserves to be my partner right along with him! I trust her, and that is worth more than anything. She is bold as brass, and she makes me feel the same way. So many thanks to Jeananne Shultz and Stephanie Bresnan for the support, pics, and laughs. Talia for being the world’s best show buddy (even when our times are off!), moral support, and a decade of friendship with these ridiculous beasts. And thank you Milestone Sport Horses for everything!

Cheers to a wonderful year ahead, my most special girl! I will never forget the moment I turned down centerline again with YOU, when I wasn’t entirely sure I would ever get back there. I think we are about to have a great adventure together.

Photo credit:

Loch Moy Spring Fling - Tara Jelenic Photography
CDCTA Schooling Dressage - SDH Photography

27/04/2024

Many thanks to our friend Linda for getting the photo of our logo on the jumbotron at Citrus Cup Regional Horse Show! Citrus Cup is being held at WEC this year, and we were so pleased to be a sponsor. We especially love seeing VCMHC members showing their carriage horses in this class! 🩵

13/04/2024

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21/03/2024

We are so appreciative to have the EMC so close - they have done so much for our horses over the years! Dr. Zanotto and team have done a wonderful job with both Jimmy and Clara, and what better horses to put the first hoof prints in the beautiful new indoor? 🦄🩵

03/03/2024

After a rather harrowing trip, several of our Morgans have arrived safely in Aiken, SC! We are enjoying our lovely host farm, and the nice weather! Everyone was thrilled for turnout this morning! Looking forward to a fun and productive two weeks!

30/12/2023

The best, “come hither” look in the barn! Battersea Zipper 🤩

27/12/2023

Maybe we will ride outside again…someday…🌧️😬🥶

13/12/2023

It’s hard to maintain a cranky face at the other horses when mom *might* have a mint!

07/12/2023

When your mom insists on a fashion show when you get a new outfit 🙄🙄

03/12/2023

A very well-written article by Bernadette Stang! Size matters only so much. Many thanks to The Morgan Horse magazine for making this accessible!

A topic that often comes up for discussion. Thanks to The Morgan Horse magazine for making it open-access:

https://www.morganhorse.com/upload/photos/page_904_tmh_oct2023_sport_good_enough_big_enough_small.pdf

29/11/2023

We can't wait for Citrus Cup Regional Horse Show!! We will be kicking off our 2024 season in sunny Florida at WEC, and we hope to see many of our friends there as well. Citrus Cup has an extensive sport horse prize list!

15/11/2023

RG Rocket’s Red Glare
RG Denmark's Justa Farmer x RG Skiptamalus Lil Darlin
2020 Bay Gelding
AMHA 199088

Located in Harpers Ferry, WV, “Rocket” is an extremely sweet boy, and an outstanding sport horse prospect. He is a lovely mover with three correct gaits, his walk and canter of particular note.

Rocket turned three in June of this year, and is sizable, currently standing at 15.3hh and still growing. We expect him to mature to at least 16hh, and his family has a history of producing size and substance. Given his size and his age, he has been lightly started under saddle, and is willing and sensible. Rocket is clever - he is quick to learn, and with every new lesson, he shows the wonderful temperament we would expect from this cross. He has gone off property to adventures, and maintains the same kind curiosity he has at home.

Current on all vet and farrier work.

Please PM for more information.

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/rg+rockets+red+glare

Photos by Aster Equine Photography

31/10/2023

Congratulations to Figment Winter's Heart (Declaration x Coachman's Tsunami) on his wonderful new home! We are so proud of you, buddy, and so happy for you. Best wishes for many happy adventures for you and your special people, we can't wait to cheer you on during your journey!

14/10/2023

Happy Friday, everyone!

We’ve had an eventful few weeks, but we wanted to get back to Figment Friday with all of you!

This week, we are so happy to introduce you to Windfield Mariah. Some of you may have noticed this lovely buckskin mare over the past year and a half, and we would love to share her story with you.

Like the vast majority of breeders and people who sell horses, where our horses go means a lot to us. It can be very hard to part with some of them. A good friend of ours recently put it into words better than I can…she sees herself as a stepping stone to their wonderful new lives, which, without her, they never would have found. That really resonated with me, and has made it easier to say goodbye to some very special horses who found their perfect person. It is never *easy* but when I began to think of things that way, it helped a great deal.

In the spring of 2022, I was looking for a project horse. I stumbled upon a buckskin mare on dreamhorse. She was a cute mover, and was carefully, kindly toting a beginner around in lessons. No registered name offered, but I reached out to the seller who had registration papers in hand. When I got the photo of her registration, I offered to buy her on the spot. I remember it vividly - I was standing in the lunging area at the EMC (for our friends who are not local, that is Virginia Tech’s equine medical center, or Moven, as many folks here call it, since it touches Morven Park), waiting for Sheldon to finish up an appointment. When Sheldon was done, I drove him home, went straight to the bank, and wired the money. Full of Triple S lines that I really love, I knew she was special. And just like that, Mariah was loaded on transport, and on her way here from Kentucky.

We had a full house, but a mare like this…well, we found room. She was a nervous little thing when she got here, she hung out at the back of her stall, shy when being groomed, but always so kind and careful. These were traits that had certainly served her well given the fact that she had passed through several hands before she ended up at the Tulsa livestock auction, which is where the dealer we got her from found her. It made sense that she would be shy, her world had changed…and changed…and changed again.

I will note again - project horse. We find our project horses to help them find their wonderful, very own person, to be their stepping stones. But…it didn’t take very long for me to realize that, for Mariah, *I* was that person. Her personality slowly started to come out, some silly sass, and she started to feel comfortable enough to let me see who she is. And I fell in love. This IS a business, and we cannot keep them all. But the idea of parting with her was absolutely crushing, something I couldn’t really even contemplate, so I ignored it like a rock star instead! And in the meantime, Mariah went to Dressage at Devon and did very well - highest scoring Morgan at the show in 2022! She accompanied Jimmy to Region 1 USDF finals. She took everything in stride, and enjoyed being with her people.

And then, on November 7th, Mariah colicked. It was randomly in the 80s, she was working on one heck of a winter coat, and despite the fact that we soak everyone’s feed, that’s just not enough sometimes. Straight to Morven. I went to see her the morning of the 8th, and I’ll never forget the look on her face. I knew if we didn’t go to surgery right now, she was not going to make it. She came through surgery successfully, came home after about a week, and astoundingly did not even need sedatives to make it through almost two months of stall rest. Her many hand walks, grazing, nothing. She remained her calm, sweet self the entire time she went through this. If I couldn’t part with her before, I *really* couldn’t after that.

Sometimes, whether they’re meant to or not, they worm their way into your heart. Mariah has healed well from colic surgery, and has started back to light work! Honestly, she would have sooner, but with my back, there was no rush. She turned eight this past July, and is still green - we can’t wait to see what she wants to be when she grows up! We are very much looking forward to her 2024 show season! I love all of our horses, but Mariah and I somehow became the best of friends over the past year - I think she knew she found her person long before I realized that she was home for good.

Many thanks as always to our friends at Custom Equine Nutrition, LLC and Triple Crown Feed for all they do to help our beautiful Mariah thrive!

26/09/2023

While we are not attending this year, on the eve of Dressage at Devon, we wish all of the competitors a wonderful show. May you all have your best runs in-hand and rides!

And while you enjoy the show, don't forget to thank your horse show photographers, who go above and beyond to make sure you have lasting memories of this special week. We will miss the photos most of all - many thanks to Conklin Photographic LLC for our photos over the years! We have shared a few of our favorites, and we know all of you will enjoy your magical moments this week with the Conklin team!

22/09/2023

Figment Winter’s Heart
Declaration x Coachman’s Tsunami
2023 Bay Dun C**t
AMHA 204907

Located in Harpers Ferry, WV, “Arrow” is an outgoing c**t with a big personality! He knows he is pretty cool, and he also thinks everyone around him probably knows that, too! Arrow’s favorite thing is spending time with his people.

Arrow is by Declaration, a son of Courage of Equinox. As an FEI CDE horse, “Sparky” has proven himself as a sport horse, and he has produced several offspring who are also successful sport horses - from combined driving, to dressage, to eventing. He passes on his excellent movement (his canter in particular), as well as his wonderful temperament.

Coachman’s Tsunami, a lovely mare herself, is a proven producer who also has offspring successfully competing in dressage, as well as young horses competing in-hand. She has an incredible temperament and is a correct, beautiful mover, which she consistently passes on to her foals. While both Sparky and Sue have their dressage/combined driving pony cards, making their foals eligible to compete in pony classes until they are three year olds and require their own measurement card. That said, both of them consistently produce foals much larger than they are, and we expect Arrow to be no exception.

Arrow is brave, very curious, and he is a fantastic mover, making him a lovely sport horse prospect that would be suitable to go in many directions. He has excellent ground manners, loves attention, and is kind and intelligent. Current on all vet work.

Please PM for more information.

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/figment+winters+heart

Photos by Aster Equine Photography.

02/09/2023

Happy Friday, everyone!

Jen here, and it’s time for a Figment Friday! The boys won the coin toss again! This week’s special horse is our Figment Firefly.

The thing about Firefly is…well, where to start? His story begins before he even landed on this earth. A dear friend of ours recently mentioned that odd years for him had not been the greatest. Looking back, I can somewhat agree. In January of 2021, Shawn’s horse, Tiger, colicked. We opted for surgery, and he did very well…recovered, came home, and while it wasn’t the easiest road for any of us, he did well, and we did all we could to keep him mending. Until he colicked again, badly. On April 7, 2021, we said goodbye to one of the coolest horses I have ever known.

When you live on a farm, and have x-number of other horses relying on you, you don’t have as much time as you feel you need to grieve your lost friend, and grief is very different for everyone. Our broodmare, Sue (Coachman’s Tsunami) was due in May, and I so looked forward to her baby…I thought constantly of Tiger, but a new little one always helps remind you that life goes on, in the very best way. Sue has always been a sneaky mama for us, right down to a less-than-imminent udder. The night before she foaled, she definitely looked like she might be vaguely considering having her baby.
In a few days, I thought.

“Vaguely considering.” Shawn and I went out to feed the next morning, and there he was! Sue was calm and standing over her beautiful new baby, a spectacular bay c**t. She fooled us again, but we were of course beyond excited, and the little one, who was dry and napping, lifted his head and nickered. For the second year in a row, Shawn had to carry one of Sue’s babies up the hill and into the perfectly lovely, cushy foaling stall with cameras. He was alert and SO friendly. He loved attention from the moment he met us - his first people. We chose the name “Firefly,” because one of the things we love so much on our farm are the many fireflies in the summer. They are such vibrant, friendly little bugs, and the most cheerful of creatures (It’s also a pretty great show 🙂 ).

The name fit this little c**t, who was so happy to see people, loved toys, had so many bright-eyed adventures about his stall. But there was something wrong. It was hard to see until he stood and toddled around. It was almost as though one foreleg was longer than the other. He was off, though. We thought perhaps contracted tendons, but it was something much, much worse. Fly had a badly fractured elbow.

Firefly was born on May 2nd (right around when the fireflies come out), less than a month after we lost Tiger, and I think a part of us was still very shell shocked. The only way to save this beautiful baby was to try to put hardware in to hold his elbow together. Another terrible diagnosis on the heels of Tiger. But, in an unexpected kindness that still floors me when I think of it today, Virginia Tech’s Equine Medical Center (who had done Tiger’s surgery, and hosted him there for almost three weeks), gave us a helping hand with the surgery, and as we all know about foals, one nice thing is that they are still so malleable. It was worth a shot, and we took it. A plate and several screws later, Firefly had a chance that he would never have had otherwise.

And wow, he took that shot! One of the most vibrant foals I’ve ever known, he was all about life, the universe, and everything! His sweet, kind nature helped with his stall rest, endless meds, and, when we found out he needed a second surgery to assist with the growth plate in his OTHER leg…well, we went for it, because when a soul like Fly is still in the game, you go for it. And he was willing to do it all over again! While the universe gave him an awfully hard time, Fly met it with his tractable, kind nature, and we kept going. Right through a third surgery in January of 2022 to remover the hardware that had begun to irritate the joint grown past it.

Life doesn’t always go the way you expect. Sue’s 2021 foal was sold in utero, but of course things changed with his injury. I also think things happen for a reason with horses, and while I would have done anything to make Fly’s life easier for him, I will always be in awe of a sweet, tiny c**t, who had a pretty awful diagnosis, but has always given it his all, and came out the other side. Fly is two and a half years old now, and I really don’t know where the time has gone, but what I DO know is that I gained an incredibly special friend. No matter how much I wish I could have spared him his difficult beginning, I cannot say I am sorry that he didn’t get sold as a baby, and is our kind, smart, beautiful, and beyond special junior stallion prospect.

From a c**t we weren’t sure would make it, to one of my very best friends, you have grown into such a lovely young stallion, Fly! Believing in you has always been one of the easiest things I've ever done.

Many thanks as always to our friends at Custom Equine Nutrition, LLC and Triple Crown Feed for helping us keep Firefly and all of his friends thriving!

19/08/2023

Skipping Figment Friday this week to share some wonderful news with all of you.

Please join us in congratulating Artemis (Figment Ready Player One) on her amazing new home! She left us today to join her wonderful new family, and we could not be happier for both Artie and her very own people.

Artemis…you are the realization of a dream. From the day that we chose the name of our farm, and ultimately our prefix, to the day we brought Sue home, to the day we got to share in your very first minutes of life. You’re our Player One! You have grown into such a special young lady, and now we have the privilege of watching you make your family’s dreams come true.

We will miss you beyond words, but we are so very happy for you!! We can’t wait for your new adventures with your very special people!

17/08/2023

RG Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Amberfields EmbossedNGold x Kennebec Jan’s Gold
2022 Palomino C**t
AMHA 204055

Located in Harpers Ferry, WV, “Jack” is an extremely friendly, easy-going c**t with a temperament to match his beauty. He is as correct a mover as would be expected with this cross, rich in lines known for producing both sport and working horses. His sire competed in dressage through third level, while his dam is full of fantastic Triple S breeding.

We expect Jack to grow up to be a substantial boy, finishing around 15.1hh. He has excellent ground manners, and stands well for the farrier, grooming, and general handling. He has been turned out in small groups as well as larger herds, and gets along well in either situation. Jack is curious and brave, loves attention, and is always up for new adventures! He would be suitable to go in many different directions, and we would love to see him in a sport career.

Please PM for more information.

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/rg+jumpin+jack+flash

Photos by Aster Equine Photography

11/08/2023

Happy Friday!

The boys have pointed out that all of our Figment Fridays so far have been about our lovely ladies, so it’s only fair that it’s time for one of them this week!

Our special Figment horse this week is Kings Nineth Knight! “Arthur” has been with us since 2017, given to us by our wonderful friend, Kate H. at Hickory Hollow Farm, on the Maryland eastern shore. We met Kate and her family at the Mason Dixon Morgan show, and years later one of the highlights of each year is getting to see them at horse shows! Sometimes even more often! We needed a light riding horse and companion for our aging TB gelding back in the fall of 2017, and Kate had just the boy for us!

Arthur would like for you to know two things. First, yes, he is registered with his name spelled as you see it above. It isn’t a typo (even if it is not the correct spelling). And second, he thinks he has the most important job on the farm, and our long-suffering, kind but firm, beautiful, sweet boy is absolutely correct! There are very few horses that are happy to keep anyone company, geldings, mares, it’s fine. But Arthur’s real talent is in raising babies. While we try to make it easy on our little ones when we wean them, it is still a big change. We typically we do this gradually beginning around 5-6 months. Grumpy Uncle Arthur is also Coach Arthur for life skills. And he’s not SO very grumpy…only a little bit with the babies, enough to put manners on them and make them feel secure at the same time. He will groom his charges all day long, but will also make sure they know which hay pile is his and to go find their own…unless he invites them to share, of course.

We really cannot begin to stress how important this rare skill is, especially for a small breeding farm like ours. When Clara began to get a little pushy with the two fabulous mares who babysat her from the day she came south to us, we struggled to find a solution, and finally thought it was worth giving Arthur a try. They were fast friends, but he also put up with not a smidge of pushiness, and so began Coach Arthur’s School of Manners! Arthur has the distinction of having weaned all but one of our foals. His roster is impressive; Artemis, Firefly, Fiona, and now little Arrow! We think he also earns Clara, because her bossy yearling self was something! Fun fact, Clara’s foal Poppy is the ONLY Figment foal that Coach Arthur didn’t get upon weaning...sorry, Poppy, to Zipper you went!

Arthur is also the sweetest friend you will ever find. He loves attention, spa days are his absolute favorite and he can’t understand why some of the herd completely disagree about that (looking at you, Clara, and your white hair). If you’re having a bit of a bad day, he is the kind of horse that will completely take your mind off of anything, and put a big smile on your face. After all, Arthur himself is pretty much always wearing a smile - or he is until one of his babies is rude! We are very lucky to have this wonderful boy as part of our family!

Many thanks as always to our friends at Custom Equine Nutrition, LLC and Triple Crown Feed for all they do to keep Uncle Arthur and his kiddos thriving!

09/08/2023

Photos of the herd around the farm this past weekend.

04/08/2023

Happy Friday!

We’ve taken a few weeks off due to some people health-related things, but we are happy to be back as things begin to settle down!

Our fabulous Figment horse this week is Blitzen Golden Legacy. And fabulous really IS the best word to describe Miss “Clara!” She is, in every way! Clara officially joined the family in December of 2017, when we purchased her from our friends at Blitzen Morgans in Smith Falls, Ontario. She was the beginning of several things…first of all, Jen wanted to purchase a weanling to raise herself and make sure this whole baby thing was really what we wanted to do, and second, we made some wonderful friends in Caylyn and Kevin.

Clara made the trip south in January of 2018. She arrived with the same side-eye she still gives things she’s vaguely unsure about, an impressive winter coat that would work out well in an especially frigid winter even here, and the otherwise same calm, cool, friendly attitude she’d had when we went to meet her. And she has remained that way through everything - learning to go to new places, moving to our farm in the summer of 2018, going to horse shows, starting under saddle, even having her very own foal when she grew up (Figment Wildflower). Whatever it is, Clara is about as unflappable as they come - everything is fun! She’s so kind, quiet, and sweet, that when she DOES have a temper tantrum, they’ve become legendary stories none of us ever forget, they’re so out of character! But in just about everything Clara does, it’s go big or go home!

Clara began her show career in 2019 with a bang, coming home from Southern States Regional Morgan Horse Show with several blue ribbons from all of her in-hand classes. She never looked back from there, with several good ribbons over the years at Dressage at Devon, multiple open dressage shows, and trips to more Morgan shows. Along the way, she has been a two-time USEF Regional Horse of the Year reserve champion in Morgan Horse Versatility (behind our own HJA Sundust, champion in both of those years).

Time has flown, and Clara is six years old now. She made the move up to training level dressage this year with good scores at Southern States Morgan Horse show, something she will continue to work on through the rest of this season. As we all know, the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and Jen’s grand ideas to partner with Clara to get back to eventing and fox hunting will not be happening this fall (back surgery is the pits!), Clara will wait patiently for next year - because she is always patient! Her job once it’s time will also be as Jen’s number one rehab horse, once she is back in the saddle.

Our beautiful golden girl is happy to join in for any activity we’ve ever dreamed up, as long as it is with her people. We are beyond lucky to have this special mare as our friend and partner.

Many thanks as always to our friends at Custom Equine Nutrition, LLC and Triple Crown Feed for all they do to keep Clara and all of her friends thriving!

08/07/2023

Jimmy (HJA Sundust) and Zipper (Battersea Zipper) had a great outing this past Wednesday at Beaux Rêves Equestrian! Jimmy and Katie Davilli Steele had a nice ride in Training 1 with a 64.615%. Zipper had her second ride in the sandbox in Intro A with a 69.063%. Both horses dealt well with the heat, and we are very proud of their efforts! Many thanks to Aster Equine Photography for the lovely photos!

07/07/2023

Happy Friday!

We took last week off since we were prepping for a Virginia-Carolinas Morgan Horse Club cookout here on the farm, but we’re back this week…time for another Figment Friday!

Battersea Zipper is our horse for this week, the mare who is 1000% in charge of the farm in her own mind (probably in reality too - she’s absolutely the boss mare). “Zipper” came to Figment Farm in fall of 2019, when we were looking for a project horse for the winter with the goal of finding her a nice sport home in the spring. She is a bay 2009 mare by Caduceus Nicholas out of Battersea Katie Scarlett (DJJJ Ebony Gold), and even before Jen put eyes on her, we were excited for her lines. The Battersea program produced some really lovely horses, and they are spread out and difficult to find these days. In fact, Jen has made a few friends specifically because of the Battersea horses - people who stay in touch with each other because they have one!

The Morgan horse is very well known for their big personalities, and Zipper has one of the biggest, boldest temperaments to ever grace a horse. You never have to wonder what she thinks, because she is going to tell you. She’s got a fantastic sense of humor, and it took oh…maybe a week for her to become a, “sale fail.” There was no way she was ever leaving, and so into the first stall on the right she went - a stall traditionally reserved for a farm’s best mare.

Zipper had spent her career as a driving horse. Mostly pleasure driving as a single, but she also went as a pair with her full brother Battersea Augustus, and was a wheel horse in a four-in-hand, often for parades or weddings in the Richmond, VA area. She’s a work horse through and through, and it shows in everything she does. We decided we wanted to get one foal out of her before she went to work as a riding horse, and after a few false starts, we bred her to Ensigns Majestic Heir (Statesmans Sky Hawk). Meanwhile, Jen began driving lessons to learn Zipper’s sport - when you have such a great horse, it’s only fair to meet them halfway!

On May 26, 2021, right around 3:15am (of COURSE when Jen and Katie were out of town at a horse show), Zipper foaled a beautiful bay filly. Figment Fiona is the spitting image of her dam, inheriting her typy look and beautiful movement from both her sire and dam. Zipper was a wonderful mother, but we think she preferred to go back to work - more than anything, she thrives on time with her people. She spent a few months back in training as a driving horse, and now in 2023, she’s loving her first few shows as a ridden dressage horse as well! Her natural quality movement that she passed on to Fiona serves her well in any sport she likes - and she’s pretty game for them all!

Jen credits Zipper for being the horse that turned her into, “a mare person.” She’s always liked mares, but Zipper was the horse that changed that into a preference for them. She is the first horse to vocally greet her people as soon as she sees them, hops right onto the trailer because there’s just got to be an adventure on the other side, and shares her opinion on every decision in her surroundings - whether you want her to or not! She is a complete joy to have in the barn, and a true friend.

Many thanks as always to our friends at Custom Equine Nutrition, LLC and Triple Crown Feed for all they do to keep Zipper and all of our horses thriving!

04/07/2023

Happiest of Birthdays to our most amazing stallion, Declaration! "Sparky" is celebrating his 23rd birthday today, and he enjoyed a spa day, some carrots and peanuts, and made sure his lady friends know how very handsome he is when he was on his way out to his field after dinner! Bred by Jennifer E Sims, we are so proud to stand Sparky at Figment Farm, and spend time with him on his birthday. 🥰🦄

24/06/2023

Happy Friday! Time for another Figment Friday!

After introducing you all to Artemis (Figment Ready Player One) last week, it only makes sense to talk about her wonderful dam, Coachman’s Tsunami, or “Sue.”

We moved to the farm in July of 2018, and we knew we wanted to begin our small breeding program the following spring, so we began to search for our broodmare to give her time to settle. I was chatting one evening with our friend Caylyn Walker at Blitzen Morgans, who mentioned that she would be willing to sell Sue to us. Sue had produced a wonderful 2017 filly for Caylyn (Blitzen Desperate Raine), as well as a 2018 chestnut filly that I liked a great deal. It made perfect sense! In December of 2018, we took a trip up to Ottawa to visit Caylyn and brought home Sue!

We could not have ended up with a more perfect fit. A 2007 grulla by Stormwashed out of UVM Impulse, Sue has a wonderful temperament, she is sweet, and is an incredible mom. I’d had a stallion in mind for quite some time - RG Denmark’s Justa Farmer - and they hit a home run with their 2020 filly, Figment Ready Player One. She has since had two more foals for us, our bay c**t Figment Firefly (Ensigns Majestic Heir) in 2021, and this March, Figment Winter’s Heart, a bay dun c**t by our stallion Declaration.

Sue always stamps her foals with her fantastic temperament and beautiful movement. She is one of those horses who quietly waits her turn for attention, but can’t wait to be the one “chosen.” We took her to Dressage at Devon in 2022, and she was spectacular on the triangle, and took everything in stride, her first time at a show with such an atmosphere. We were also able to have Sue measured last year, and she received her permanent dressage pony card.

Without a doubt, Sue is one of the most special horses I’ve ever been lucky enough to know. We can’t wait to see her future foals! Many thanks as always to our friends at Custom Equine Nutrition, LLC and Triple Crown Feed for all they do to keep our horses happy and healthy year after year!