Chairmans Message

Chairmans Message:

Welcome to the 10th Anniversary of the Fall Classic Breeders' Sale. A dream that began 11 years ago, to create a European style Warmblood Sale, shared by key members of the Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders' Association came to fruition with the first sale in 1995. The event has continued onward and upward for the past 10 years. The breeders and consignors have continually increased the quality and training offered. Horses purchased from this Sale have gone on to perform for their new owners. A few examples include:

Abdula, bred and consigned by Gould Ranching and purchased by Helen Slate won 2003 USDF Horse of the Year honors

MJ Atlanta, bred and consigned by MJ Farms, purchased by Dan French, is winning 1.2m jumpers

Bountiful, bred and consigned by Touchstone Farms, is winning in the hunter ring

Contessa, purchased by Aspelund Ridge Warmbloods, is competing in dressage with Sheri Bresee and winning in the dressage ring

Major Rocks, bred and consigned by Jane Jones, purchase by Carolyn Sinclair, is winning in the amateur 1.1m jumpers.

Gaffer, bred and consigned by Al and Joan Young, won Pre-Green Hunter Champion on the Florida circuit

Paris, bred and consigned by Heather Osterhout, won Baby Green Hunter Champion.

Last year, the 2003 Sale saw a new high when Rolex, a licensed stallion bred and consigned by Rudiger Dupierry, sold for $38,000 to Holly Dietz to stand at stud in New Mexico. This year's consignment has two stallion prospects, age 2 and 3, on offer, and includes many siblings of champions from past Sales that could repeat the successes of the bloodline. There is also an excellent selection of foals with pedigree and qualifications to notice and select as future breeding stallions or mares and performance animals.

This anniversary year consignment has a line-up of potential champions available for you. Come and enjoy the sale, buy with confidence, and get your new horse to love and compete.

Best wishes,
Jennette Coote