09/22/2023
I'm finally getting around to sharing the news from the Belgian Warmblood North American District Keuring hosted here at Blue Moon Stables on Sept 3rd.
First of all, I want to thank all the breeders and participants that attended, you are very appreciated and always welcome here. Thank you to all who helped make this event possible, and thank you to Brooke Gosselin for offering up your afternoon to capture these beautiful pictures.
Secondly, I want to give a HUGE shout out to all of the Canadians breeders that presented horses across Canada in the Canadian leg of the tour. The feedback I received upon completion of the North American tour, is that the quality and strength of the Canadian horses and breeders is incredibly high. I want to thank my fellow Canadians for choosing BWP to register with and for continuing to raise the standard of breeding here.
Again this year the offspring of my own homebred BWP Approved stallion Quidam's Pleasure stood out. Allegro (Quidam's Pleasure/Corrado I) bred by Bellamy Brook Stables was awarded an incredibly high score of 85, and their Always Pleasing (Quidam's Pleasure/Lord Pezi) an 83!! Putting them both in the top 5 scoring foals from the entire tour!!
Both my filly Andromeda Moon (Pegase van't Ruytershof/Quabri de l'Isle) and c**t A-Game (Ut Majeur de Brecey/For Pleasure) also had high scores to earn their Elite Predicates.
Interestingly enough, all the foals presented earned their Elite Predicates and all the foals have my great BWP foundation mare Greetings From Quidam (Quidam de Revel/Cassini I) in their pedigrees. This mare has been an absolute gift. While a career broodmare for me, as ET is not in my budget, her offspring are out there and doing very well. Quidam's Pleasure is now schooling the 1.40m level, and son Paradiso (Calido) is producing results at 1.30m, as well as her grandson Otto (Diamant de Semilly/For Pleasure).
True Moon (Quabri de l'Isle/Quidam de Revel) was also inspected and received her E-Label, another nice accomplishment for her mother.
Thank you to our judge from Belgium, Boudewijn Schepers for making the trip over, and Chris Larmee Sallee for all your hard work organizing the tour.
