RANCHO LA PURISIMA

In 1999, our homebred Gulliver* ridden by Kristen Wasemiller, won the North American Young Rider Individual Gold Medal (Dressage).  He had won the Bronze in 1997.  In 1998 he was the National KWPN (Dutch) Champion at Intermediate I, in both the Open and Young Rider categories.

Gulliver won 1^st Place in the Year End Awards in 2000 (Dutch Young Rider) in both Int. I and Int. II.

Horses we have bred have also won the Open Intermediate Dressage Championship at The Paddock in Los Angeles (Capelle).  Other Young Riders have taken our horses (Jetsetter and Lilly of the Valley) to both the Northern and Southern CDS Year End Championships.

We are proud of the fact that as many as 3 of our horses have finished in the top 5 in their category of the Dutch National
Year End Awards in a single year several times, an achievement not equaled even by most large breeders.

Rose of Tralee (she is for sale) won in her first Dressage outing in Training at a local show.

In Hunters, Starflight won Pre-Green Hunters at Indio in 2000, he was 3^rd in Working Hunters at Indio in 2001, and was successful at the Oaks in the Jumper Futurity.  He has qualified for numerous Medal finals for 2003.

Note: We have a full sister to Starflight (by StarMan out of  Solo Flight) for sale at the Ranch.

In Jumpers Rita’s Reflection was Reserve Champion of the Santa Ynez  Jumper Shows for 2002, Pancho (he is for sale)
won all 3 of his classes and a Reserve Championship at his first local show, and Starfire was sent to Germany for training. 

Rose of Tralee (she is for sale) Won 1^st in Warm Up Jumpers at the Santa Barbara National in Novembesr 2003.

 In Eventing, Pancho (he is for sale) was 2^nd in Open Training at his first 3 day event at Shepard Ranch 2003 in Santa Ynez.

* see picture in the “Chronicle of the Horse”, Aug. 27, 1999, pg. 7, article 6-8.