1/31/02 First Birth of 2002 is a Filly belonging to Karin Hunt of Shady Springs Farm in Portland! The filly by IDEAL is out of Lida a Premium Oldenburg Filly by Linaro, a noted Holsteiner Stallion Standing in Germany. 

2/25/02 A filly was born on February 25, 2002 out of a Hanoverian mare to Dede Moore of Sherwood Oregon.  This is Dede’s 5^th Ideal foal. Dede says this jet black little lady was up on her feet in three minutes. Shown here at 5 weeks.

3/10/02 Another Filly? Yep. Irish Lace, a filly, was born on March 10, 2002, and makes the 3^rd Ideal filly bred by Chris McClure of Dunvegan Farm in Amity, Oregon, out of the TB mare, Morning Lace.  The large bay filly has a  white star and is destined to have her full siblings athletic abilities. Chris says she is for sale. 

3/16/2002 A Chestnut filly was born to Elizabeth Perry on March 16.  The filly is out of the TB mare Court Rose and is the 3^rd Ideal foal out of this mare.  Elizabeth is a veterinarian and lives in Oxford, Georgia.

3/21/02 Kris Belles DVM of  Mead, Washington reports the First Ideal Colt of the year born at 5:00am  March 21, 2002. The mare is "Charlotte," a TB mare owned by Shelly Loucks of  Spokane, WA. The foal is a colt, dark brown or black with no white hairs. It was 16 degrees there that morning with a wind chill of - 5, so that is why he has  a protective shirt on in his debut picture. He was up within 30 minutes and nursing within an  hour, everyone is doing fine.

4/4/02 ImaDeal arrives. Lynn Kolstoe’s mare Barely Lead presented Robin Littlefield with a colt on April 4, 2002.  This is Barely Leads 4^th foal by Ideal.  Talk about coincidence, the first 3 foals have  been presented to the ISR/Oldenburg and have all placed 2^nd out of over 500 foals in the year they were presented.  Robin lives in Eastsound, Washington.

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4/9/02 Robin Littlefield of Eastsound, Washington announced a colt born on April 9, 2002 out of her TB mare, Flexible Miss.  Robin named her chocolate colored colt that was due March 16, Island Tyme. Robin’s 2001 colt by Ideal, out of a leased mare, placed 2^nd in 2001 overall and 1^st in colts.  

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4/10/02 The Ultimate Piaffe’s 3 Star TB mare, Lotta Currency had her 8^th Ideal foal, a chestnut filly with a white star on April 10, 2002.  Rotterdam, as she is called, was the first mare the Ultimate Piaffe bought for the breeding program.  She has had 4 fillies and 4 colts.  The second colt, Iko, is owned and ridden by Sandy Howard and will be shown Prix St. George in 2002.  The filly was named Ikuma. (Inspired by a newspaper story the same day about a famous diamond in Canada.) Available for purchase.

  
4/12/02 Innovator  (Nova) a colt was born April 12, 2002 at 5:40am. Innovator is out of a TB mare named Cool Vicky by Cool Victor. The owner is Kate Greenwood of Perry, Ohio. Kate says, Nova is dark bay who has lots of gray markings on his legs & a few hairs of gray on his back. And that he is the cutest thing! Left above hours old and right above at four days.

4/13/02 Tori McGrath of Thousand Oaks, California  announced a very large colt was born on Saturday, April 13, 2002  after her TB mare, Rambling Patsea,  was induced at 358 days.  The Chestnut colt has 3 white socks and a large white star. For now, the colt is being called Ian. 

4/19/02 Iota, a filly, made her appearance at 6:15 p.m on Friday, April 19, 2002.  Iota is out of the TB mare named Kalem’s Party and is owned by Georgia Smith of El Rito, New Mexico.  

4/19/02 I’m Your Ideal, “a wonderful colt” was born on April 19 out of a TB mare named You’re My Honey by Eleven Stitches.  Darlene Riccione of Bryceville, Florida, is the proud owner.  Darlene says, “I’m pretty sure he is going to be gray and if he does, my dream horse has come true”.

4/30/02 Jarrah, a Trakehner mare by Memphis, produced a “beautiful bay colt” on April 30 for his owner, Michelle Freeman, DVM, of Centralia, Missouri.  This is Michelle’s second Ideal offspring out of Jarrah.

5/1/2002 May 1, was the birth date for a Chestnut colt  out of a TB mare named Sharland.  Elizabeth Perry of Oxford, Georgia owns the colt.  This is Elizabeth’s 2^nd Ideal offspring for 2002.

5/3/02 Just Child’s Play produced her 6^th  Ideal offspring at 10:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3, 2002. The happy owner of the new filly is Kristin Nicolls of Anacortes, Washington.  Kristin tells us the filly was very strong and was up and nursing on her own in an hour.  The filly is dark bay with a blaze and has been named Imagine by Kristin’s mother. Update! Imagine has a full brother, Intrigue (aka Montana) jumping in Mexico who was the 2001 National Champion 5 Year Old Jumper. Up date ... he also won the 2002 National Champion Ship for 6 year olds. Blue Ribbon Roundup

5/4/02 Karen Wiseman of  Ionia, Michigan announced the birth of a black filly born on May 4, out of  the warmblood mare La Moucle by Puritano.  Mother and baby are both doing well.

5/13/2002 Illaggio, a colt, finally decided to make his appearance on May 13.  Jodi Niccum of Cornville, Arizona, says, “This youngster has plenty of white and is potentially going to be a liver chestnut”.  The mare, Camillion, is a Trakehner by Chrysos out of Libella V by Siegbert.

5/18/02 On May 18, the Anglo-Trakehner mare Step Aside by Draegon out of Stefana by Power Ruler gave birth to a lovely chestnut filly.  Cathy Huth, who lives in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, reports her vet checked her out and says, “she seems very correct and I should be very proud”.  Cathy plans to take her filly to an ISR/Oldenburg inspection in Alberta in September.

5/18/02 Jessica Smith of Fairplay, Maryland announced the birth of her first Ideal foal, a chestnut filly with a big star that she has named Imma.   Jessica’s first delivery went off without a hitch and she is planning on breeding back to Ideal this year.  The TB mare named Polar Promise is by North Pole produced Imma on May 18.  

5/20/2002 Fay Kohorst of Arcadia, Iowa, is awaiting the imminent birth of her 3^rd Ideal foal for 2002.  In the meantime, she is announcing the birth of a colt out of her Trakehner mare, Pascha by Abdullah out of Pantomine by Schonfelden.  The large colt was born on May 20 and is very correct and healthy.

5/22/2002 Karen Keen Cheeke of Corvallis announced the birth of her second Ideal foal out of her Morab mare, Tessa.  The liver chestnut foals has two white hind socks, star, blaze and snip.  Karen is going to call her new colt, Izaak (EE-zack).  Karen’s first Ideal foal, Ilizza was a premium foal at her testing. Izaak and his fan club are shown above

5/26/02 A jet black filly (will probably gray) made her arrival on May 26 at 10:00 p.m.  June Reynolds of Cincinnati, Ohio, says that Ideal Angel is very sweet.  The mare, a gray Standardbred named Curraghs Pollyana is by Curragh out of Precious Pollyana

5/29/02 Candace Kilgrow of Wendell, Idaho, let us know that her Oldenburg mare Faith, by First Class out of Cheeta Banker delivered a “big, healthy, dark bay filly” on May 29 at 5:30 a.m.   Ive (Eve) has two white socks and a star, strip on her face. She is shown above at two days old. Already showing a remarkable presence. 

6/1/2002 Elegeant Annie, a Selle Francais mare, gave birth to a Chestnut filly on June 1, at 9:30 a.m.  Emmilly Wells, the proud owner who lives in Greenacres, Washington, said the filly was “big and strong”. 

6/3/2002 Inesite a colt by Ideal out of a TB mare named It’s Krystal by Rumboxx, was born on June 3rd.  The owner is Susan MacInnes, DVM of Half Moon Bay, California.

6/6/2002 On June 6, PC a Trakehner mare by Abdullah out of Pantomine by Schonfelden produced a filly by Ideal for Fay Kohorst of Arcadia, Iowa.  The filly, Fay’s 2^nd Ideal offspring for 2002, is also correct and healthy.

6/11/2002 Melissa Kurtz of Naples, New York, welcomed her second Ideal foal on June 11 out of her TB mare, Carinella.  The filly was named Icenellia and joins her 2001 brother at Melissa’s farm in New York.

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6/12/2002 The Dutch mare Delightful (The Ives call her Westerdam), a Premium mare by Zephyr/Alme Z out of Pandora by Patrick presented with a beautiful bay filly on June 12.  Ibiza has a white star and stripe and is very sweet.  This elegant filly was bred by the Ultimate Piaffe. Available for purchase.

6/18/2002 A colt was born on June 18,  by IDEAL out of a TB mare named Amy’s Beauty by Calendar Stack. The owner is Stephan Barr of Hartland, Michigan.

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6/18/2002 On June 18, Catinka, one of The Ultimate Piaffe's 3 star mares, presented us with a wonderful black/bay colt by Ideal’s son, Inbegriff.  The dark colt does not have any white.  The big colt’s barn name is Guinness. (He's a stout fellow and about the color of a 'pint'. The imported Hanoverian mare Catinka is by the Trakehner Consul and out of Werona by Werther.  Catinka is a full sister to the dam of the stallion Regazzoni standing in Germany and owned by Ingo Pape. Inbegriff is now approved by Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International. SOLD

2/19/2002  Shawna Thomas announced the birth of a colt by Inbegriff (Ideal's full black son) on June 19.  “In Theory” is a dark mocha color with a black stripe down his back and two white diagonal socks.  Theo is out of a buckskin Appendix Quarter horse. Shawna lives in Meridian, Idaho. Inbegriff is now approved by Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International.

6/21/2002 Oldenburg farm in Mequon, WI., announced the birth of a filly by Ideal out of River Girl by Cor Noir out of Cor Amie on June 21.  Leslie Maslowski reports the filly is healthy and happy and that River Girl is an absolutely excellent mother.  River Girl was the highest rated mare in the 2001 ISR/Oldenburg Evaluation tour receiving a score of 113 points.  River Girl’s dam, Cor Amie, is out of the Ultimate Piaffe’s 3 star mare, Catinka who was imported from Ingo Pape’s farm in Germany.

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6/24/2002 A dark liver chestnut colt with two matching white hind socks was born on June 24 out of Proxy, a Hanoverian mare by Palladium/Wenzel I   The striking large colt is Proxy’s 3^rd colt by Ideal.  All of Proxy’s foals (2 colts and 1 filly) have been scored Premium by the ISR/Oldenburg registry at their individual testings.  Proxy’s filly, Immerstar, was tied for lst place in 2000 out of over 500 foals.  Immerwyn (Proxy’s first colt by Ideal) and Immerstar both scored 9 for movement.  Immersonne, Proxy’s second colt and kept by the Ultimate Piaffe as a stallion prospect, scored 8.8 in movement.  Bred by the Ultimate Piaffe. 

6/28/2002 Freisa (the Ives call her Ryndam) a Dutch mare by Benjamin/Purioso/Furioso II out of a Joost  mare foaled on June 28 and produced her lst colt for the Ultimate Piaffe.  The bay colt has a blaze and 3 white socks.  Ryndam’s 2000 filly by Ideal, Ilissa, tied for 2^nd out of over 500 foals tested.   The leggy bay colt was given the barn name Levi.  (Shown at 45 minutes old.) Levi is his barn name because Val Zeek said he "came out doing a Levade". This foal is available for purchase.  

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6/30/2002 I Spy, a colt out of a TB mare named Pop Cee, was born on June 30 at 4:30 a.m.to Janice Wilson of LaGrange, Kentucky.  He is “very large and correct”.  The bay colt’s farm name is Spyder.  I Spy was bred to replace Janice’s show horse who is 17 years old.

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