My beautiful mares

Enjoying a Sunday afternoon, out eating grass!

More getting ready for the show season

Today was a BEAUTIFUL day - 75 degrees, slight breeze, lots of sun. Although I did make it out for a trail ride, I've been working most of the day on a the show premium for the Gold Rush Classic Show. I have been helping this fabulous show in Las Vegas for three years now as the Publications and Promotions chair. Its a double regional show, which means that there are two judges and two ribbons given in each class. The show is held in the South Point Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Everything is under one roof - the hotel and the barns and arena! Even the horses have air conditioning!

This is one of the best shows for the Peruvian Horse world wide - exhibitors from a dozen plus states and Canada, spectators from literally all over the world - for the Peruvian horse - THIS show is EXCITEMENT! Plus tons of MONEY! The GRC is one of the few shows which awards a ton of cash - over $40,000 in the last two years alone. Its a great way to promote the horse, and such a great place to compete with the best of the best.

See more information about the show here at www.goldrushclassic.com Sponsor a class or take advantage of our awesome cheap hotel rates and come watch!

Preparing for the first show of the season

May 1-3 is the Fiesta of the Spanish Horse show in Burbank, CA. Its one of my favorite shows to go to because there are multi breed shows going on at the same time. They have shows for Andalusian/Lusitanos, PRE, Paso Fino, Peruvian Pasos, and this year Fresians also. Saturday night there is a big extravaganza where they sell tickets to raise money for cancer research. Lots of spectacular acts and entertainment! I think Coronado and I will do the Champagne challenge again this year - we have won the last 2 years.

I have been working on getting KLP Sedona and MCD Coronado+ ready for the show. Spring is here and its so much easier to do with all the extra daylight hours! BUT this crazy wind that we have been having the last few days has made it impossible to ride. I'm hoping is a little calmer tonight. Andres is coming up to the show and is going to ride Sedona in a few classes - hopefully they can repeat their championship performance from last year!

If you want to find out more about the show, see www.fiestaspanishhorse.org

My dad and his gelding!

Just had to share this great pic of my dad on his gelding RDS Tapado. He's a super sweet horse, and really flashy too!

Halter training

Tentacion had her first halter training experience on Sunday. She wasn't too happy...I brought her and Torcasa into the foaling stall so it was nice and safe, caught her up and put the halter with lead on. She kept trying to get away, but wasn't stupid - just basically pushed mom in circles around the stall, then would stop and try to hide. She is quite the little diva - very different from her bro Elegido. She was wonderful with all the handling - doesn't mind her legs, ears, head touched. Tentacion is 5 weeks old today and very big and strong! Elegido is a month today - his halter training is next!

In Arabian Horse World

One of April Visel's fab photos!

Spring Riding!

A friend, Kimerlee came over for a trail ride, and her first ride on a Peruvian. She is riding MCD Coronado+ (not a bad way to test out a Peruvian - on the 5 time national champion of champions!) and you can see the ears of my mount, KLP Sedona. Beautiful afternoon for a ride.

First trims for the little ones!

Master farrier Coco Fernandez was here today to trim some horses. He always starts trimming foals at 2 weeks of age. By trimming them correctly from a young age, you can shape a healthy hoof for the rest of their life. Below are pictures of where he trimmed KLP Elegido's heels for more support:




Here you can see how high the heel is, and how with every step he was rocking back and forth and putting stress on every part of his leg and tendons.



Unfortunately I couldn't get any pictures of how his hoof looked after trimming, but these pictures show how important it is to trim those hooves from an early age. Without this trim, he would have been rocking back and forth on the heel with no support! Coco has lots of case studies and photos on his website at www.cococaballo.com

Finally...some decent pictures of KLP Elegido!

2 weeks old today!


Anyone looking for a future National Laureado Performance horse?? This flashy little guy is a son of **TWO** US National Laureado Performance horses! He is for sale, but not for long!

Website updates

I've been playing with some new things on the website at www.phenomfarms.com
New photo galleries are up, as well as updated sales pages. I've been trying to keep the videos updated also. Trying to use all the wonderful pictures I have is hard - I have so many favorites. Check it out and let me know what you think!

KLP Elegido arrives!

KLP Elegido
(MCD Coronado+ x MCD Elegancia+)
Chestnut colt with 4 white socks and a blaze

KLP Tentacion - 7 days

Enjoying the new filly!

Yesterday afternoon I took Torcasa & Tentacion out of the barn for the first time. It was such a beautiful afternoon, warm and sunny, and I figured Torcasa would like to eat some grass. Tentacion was a little worried at first - she stuck by mom's side and wasn't sure what she could do in all that open space. She gaited around a little and then figured out she could run! Of course mom got a little worried with that, and Tentacion was a good filly and came back to mom's side. I turned them out in a paddock for a few hours so Tentacion could run around - she definitely enjoyed that! Tomorrow they will go out for the day to enjoy a little more space and the sunshine.

2009 Centroamericano National show, San Pedo Sula, Honduras

Last week I was in Honduras for the only international show in the world - the 2009 Centroamericano Nationals. This show rotates around 4 different countries, and breeders from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras & Nicaragua bring horses to compete with each other. Below are some pictures of the Produce of Dam class. I was riding SBA Minerva, owned by Frankie Marcucci, and Andres is riding his mare SBA Venus. They are the offspring of Criadero La Lagunas SBA Oro Pesa and won first place. SBA Venus was also the winners of the mares pisos class!

KLP Tentacion has arrived!

Born Feb 17, 2009
KLP Tentacion (MCD Coronado+ x RDS Torcasa)

Who needs the gym??

When you can unload and stack 44 bales of hay in a day, clean stalls and ride?

Actually - who has time for the gym when you have to unload and stack 44 bales of hay, clean stalls and ride! :-)

2008 Concurso Nacional de Guatemala

I wasn't able to attend this year, but here is a beautiful picture of JAP La Laguena.
Just thought I would share!

Wedding at Criadero la Laguna, Guatemala

I spent the last 10 days in Guatmala for the wedding of Paola Ponciano and Guillermo Hasse. The wedding started out with the father (Julio), brother (Andres) and cousin (Steve) of the bride arriving on Peruvian Horses. The bride, Paola, arrived in a beautiful spanish carreta pulled by a grey Spanish stallion. I'll post video of them preforming their original songs soon! It was a beautiful day, and an incredible wedding.

Phenom Farms does it again!

This past weekend was the SCPPHC Grand Championships & Fall Classic Double show, at the LA Equestrian center in Burbank CA. Sedona, Coronado and I headed down after work on Friday, leaving the great SY Valley weather to a hot 100 in Burbank. Saturday morning, Sedona and I entered the Mares Pleasure class and the AOTR Pisos, taking blues with both judges in both classes!

Coronado placed a respectable 3rd (out of 10) in the stallions pisos class. His little brother, MCD Rubenejo, was 1st. I started thinking about it - Coronado is still out there competing with horses half his age and placing well.

Sedona qualified for 4 championship classes. I decided not to show her in the breeding championship, as it was very hot and I didn't want to push her too much - this is only her 3rd show and she is doing so well! In the Amateur Performance Horse championship, she won Champion with BOTH judges out of 10 horses! That was VERY exciting - her third show and shes already a champion, winning against so seriously stiff competition also! We came back in for the Performance Mares championship, and she was Champion for the Grand Championship, and Reserve Champion for the Fall Classic!!! Since Coronado was last years Champion of Champions Amateur Performance Horse, my friend Charlotte rode Sedona in the Champion of Champions - its nice to have the problem of 2 horses in the Champion of Champions class!

Coronado won Champion of Champions Amateur Performance Horse for the Fall Classic. He also won Champion of Champions Performance Stallion with both judges! Phenom Farms had another amazing show - to sum it up:

KLP Sedona:
- 4 firsts
- 3 Championships
- 1 reserve Champion

MCD Coronado+:
- 3 Champion of Champions

We have had an amazing season. Coronado has been Champion of Champions in every show he attended this year, 10 champion of champion titles in 8 shows in 2008.