Little Bit Farm, Inc.

Little Bit Farm, Inc. Sport Horses for Dressage and Hunter/Jumper Little Bit Farm has built a nationally recognized breeding and training program.

Since 2006 we have been leading breeders for both USEF and USDF. We have trained, shown, and sold horses that have made several Olympic teams. Currently we stand three approved stallions: Opus, Masterpiece, and Rashka. This year we have added our two newest stallions licensed for breeding: Sir Flemmingh and Raybol.

03/14/2025

Rindercella (Rashka / Stedinger) is a beautiful, 2012, ISR/Oldenburg mare, a combination of USDF National Champions for generations on both top and bottom! She was Premium and high score filly of her inspection and 2012 USDF Region 4 Champion Filly. Today, she is 16.2 hands and gorgeous, with perfectly clean and straight legs all the way around. She has never been injected or had any health issue or maintenance requirements, though she often needs her teeth floated. She is ready to show second level dressage and has schooled flying changes. She would also be an ideal conformation hunter and hack winner with her type and quiet rhythm. She is soft and round over fences with good knees and needs no rein contact to maintain her hunter pace and perfect stride.
Rindercella’s half sibling Coco Hit is showing 1.2-meter jump classes with a youth rider. Her full sibling, Revlon, also was a Regional Champion for USDF.
Rindercella is located in Wilmington, IL She can be yours for low five figures.
For more information call/text Ken Borden at 815-325-8840 and visit our website: https://www.littlebitfarminc.net/mares

02/15/2025

Brava Cor Ray can do it all: dressage (USDF Horse of the Year), jumper, and proven broodmare having produced a Regional and National USDF Champion! She is a 2009, 17+ hands, approved Premium ISR/Oldenburg mare and AHHA Premium 8/8 foal, with breathtaking movement. She is sensitive and powerful but very safe, with the push, scope, and form much needed in the Grand Prix jumper ring. A very expressive and powerful jumper like her international Grand Prix jumper dam, she can also be a dressage horse with her ground-covering, elastic gaits. She has placed at Dressage at Devon.
Brava is dam to a 2017 c**t by Opus, O' Boy, who was USDF DSHB Horse of the Year Champion both years shown.
Sire: R Cor Ray (GP Raymeister X Cor de la Bryere) was a Premium ISR/Oldenburg c**t and is still the highest scoring Raymeister foal ever inspected! He has wonderful bloodlines, type, and movement. His sire Raymeister is the most winning horse in USDF history, was the highest scoring stallion at the 2002 Stallion Performance Test, a three time winner at DAD, consistently scoring 9 gaits, 2005 USDF Leading Dressage Holsteiner with an average score of 78+%, 2006 USDF Horse of the Year, and sire of approved ISR/Oldenburg stallion Rashka, who has the highest score in the history of all US stallion testing, 164.86. R Cor Ray's dam Condina is by the legendary Cor de la Bryere and is a full sibling to the approved Holsteiner stallion, Condino.
Dam: Paloma is an International Grand Prix Jumper and imported Westfalen mare who won over $118,000 in her career. She was shown by 18 different riders and never out of the ribbons during her successful career. She was Gold Medal Winner of the mare approvals in Germany at 3 yrs. old and was shown as a Grand Prix Jumper all over Europe, where one of her most successful partnerships was with Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum. After coming to the USA in late 1999, Paloma was one of the U.S. wild card entries in the 2002 Nations Cup held in Donaueschinggen, Germany. Her pedigree includes the wonderful jumper lines of her sire, Pit I by the legendary Pilot. Pit I is a premier sire of show jumpers including Paloma, Perina (Meredith Michaels), and Picadilly (Debbie Winkler). Paloma's dam is by Ramiroff, a Ramiro son.
Brava is located in Wilmington, IL For more information call/text Ken Borden at 815-325-8840 and see our website https://www.littlebitfarminc.net/broodmares

01/12/2023

Congratulations to Master Gauguin
2011 born c**t by Masterpiece o/o O' She's Gauguin*, owner/breeder: Nancy Van Kalker, IL, Ken Borden, Jr., IL
who received the All Breed Award
- Open, First Level, 1st place, 68.611

Thank you to the Van Kalkers for allowing us to train and show their horse, Master Gauguin (Masterpiece/Opus), who is 20...
11/16/2021

Thank you to the Van Kalkers for allowing us to train and show their horse, Master Gauguin (Masterpiece/Opus), who is 2021 Open Training Level ISR/Oldenburg Horse of the Year. We are delighted that Nancy is now showing him as well, and we know they will be a good team together next season.

Little Bit Farm has a new web site! Check it out. The new address is slightly different: it replaces dot com (.com) with...
04/07/2020

Little Bit Farm has a new web site! Check it out. The new address is slightly different: it replaces dot com (.com) with dot net (.net). So here is the link for the new site: https://www.littlebitfarminc.net/

We didn't forget Masterpiece (Master x Miss Nickle Annie)! He is a 2000, 16.2 hand, SWANA registered stallion, approved ...
03/04/2020

We didn't forget Masterpiece (Master x Miss Nickle Annie)! He is a 2000, 16.2 hand, SWANA registered stallion, approved for SWANA and ISR/Oldenburg. SWANA inspectors gave all scores between 7 and 9 and recommended his semen for shipping to Sweden. He was Reserve Champion of the 2004 Stallion Short Test, and still holds the highest median score ever given in USDF Dressage Sport Horse Breeding: 87.250%. He was USDF Champion Mature Stallion in 2009, and SWANA HOY at both 1st and 2nd level, and 2nd at 3rd level in 2010. Although a stall injury limited his showing, he has won at DAD, earned many high-score-of-show awards through 3rd level, had both in hand and under saddle scores in the high 80s, and received several perfect 10s on his walk. Like his sire, Masterpiece has simple, supple lateral ability. He has a natural piaffe and passage, and his walk is huge yet collectible. He is elastic and comfortable enough for anyone to sit in all gaits. (Like all our Little Bit Farm stallions, he has been used in our lesson program.) He has beautiful type and color, almost black, with a perfect length of back and leg. In addition to his talent for dressage, Masterpiece has won in rated hunters. One of the Olympic riders at his stallion test said he would be a perfect hunter if he continued on that path.
Masterpiece is sire of three stallions certified by ISR/Oldenburg, and of foals we have bred and presented to ISR/Oldenburg and SWANA, all but one have been premium/Class1.
Sire: Master 850, is Kyra Kyrklund’s World Cup Champion mount and winner of the Swedish dressage championships for five- and six-year-olds. Master is also the sire of a number of World Cup qualifiers, and Grand Prix Tip Top 962, the only horse to win the Swedish Triple Crown (dressage championships for four-, five- and six-year-olds)
Dam: Miss Nickle Annie is approved Dutch, Hanoverian, Holsteiner, and ISR/Oldenburg. She has shown very successfully in dressage (a 70% avg.), hunter (Horse of the Year titles, 2nd in the Medal Finals), and eventing (undefeated). Her foals have amassed many awards: GP Raymeister, her approved son, is the most winning horse for USDF, and his approved son, Rashka, is the highest scoring stallion in the history of U.S. testing: 164.86!
See more at http://www.littlebitfarminc.com/id29.html
If you would like your own "Masterpiece," please contact Ken at 815-325-8840.

Breeding season is upon us, so we want to remind everyone of our two approved stallions: Opus and Masterpiece. Opus (Ido...
03/04/2020

Breeding season is upon us, so we want to remind everyone of our two approved stallions: Opus and Masterpiece. Opus (Idocus/Admiraal Ferdinand) is registered Dutch and approved ISR/Oldenburg and SWANA for Swedish mares. He is 16.2 hands, extremely fertile, and for many years has been a leading dressage sire and producer of quality offspring. He is sire of 4 approved stallions and grand sire of two more. His daughters are Premium and many have been HOY for ISR/Oldenburg. Opus stamps his get with consistent type, conformation, awesome uphill gaits, and most importantly, incredible rideability.
Opus's dressage index is one of the highest in all US Stallion Testing,140.59. He received the only 9 given in the gaits category (by all 4 judges), and one of only two 10's given in ridability! Opus won 2nd place four times at Dressage at Devon and qualified to 3rd level by 5 years old.
Opus’s sire, Olympic Idocus, is a KWPN and ISR/Oldenburg approved, international Grand Prix Dressage stallion, who participated in the 2004 Athens Olympics for the Dutch team. He is a three-time World Cup participant, placing 6th in 2007 at Las Vegas. He was Grand Champion of his stallion performance test in 2003, and held the highest jumping score of all the stallions. He holds the highest score given in the North American Dutch Keurings, 99AA. He scored a 9 walk, 8.5 trot, 9.5 canter, 9 for jumping, and a 9 for character. In 1994, he was Grand Champion of Dressage, and returned in 2006 to win the Grand Prix. In 2001, he returned to Holland to be approved by the stallion committee of the KWPN. His offspring are known for their supple movement, excellent temperament, and great rideability.
Opus’s dam, Elite J Adelian, is by Admiraal Ferdinand. She is dam of three approved stallions, Opus, Rubicon Z, and Altimus, and was herself, twice USDF Horse of the Year and a Dressage at Devon winner - three times with perfect 10 scores!
See more at http://www.littlebitfarminc.com/id23.html
Contact Ken at 815-325-8840 (call or text)

Not to leave the women out: Brilotta (Briar/Kasparow) is a 16.2+, SWANA registered and ISR/Oldenburg approved mare. She...
03/01/2020

Not to leave the women out: Brilotta (Briar/Kasparow) is a 16.2+, SWANA registered and ISR/Oldenburg approved mare. She was Class I at her SWANA foal inspection. She is now a proven broodmare with a beautiful 2017 filly by Ovation.
Her sire, Briar, is a 17-hands, liver-chestnut stallion, who, under Jan Brink was, for years, the highest ranked dressage stallion in the world. In 2008, he was Champion of Aachen, the world's most prestigious competition. He has been to the Olympics twice. (In 2000 at Sydney, he was the youngest horse to compete.) He has won silver and bronze medals in 4 European Championships, competed in 9 World Cup finals, 2 World Equestrian Games, and is winner of 6 Swedish Championships and has 16 International wins at Grand Prix in several different countries. Briar has produced 8 approved sons (2 being winners of Sweden's stallion test) receiving 10s for rideability and gaits. Jan Brink, has said, “Briar is the most talented and willing horse I have ever sat upon.”
Brilotta’s dam, Carlotta II, is a Trakehner mare imported from Germany with a top performance pedigree that can't be found anywhere. She is an OSB mare, to whom the Trakehner Verband gave a score of 54 (77%). She is the only daughter in North America of the outstanding jumper Elite Kasparow, who won his 100 day test in Neustadt Dosse with all licensing scores at least 9, and a 10 on his walk. Carlotta's dam Coquette is by the Premium and Elite stallion, Tivano.
She is located in Wilmington, IL. Call/text Ken Borden at 815-325-8840.

Congratulations to Bjorsells Briar, who at the age of 29, has recently been inducted into the Gothenburg Horse Show Hall...
03/01/2020

Congratulations to Bjorsells Briar, who at the age of 29, has recently been inducted into the Gothenburg Horse Show Hall of Fame! We thought it would be a good time to remind you that we have two Briar offspring at Little Bit Farm: Brioso, a 2009 stallion, and Brilotta, his 2012, daughter, both registered with SWANA.
Brioso (Briar/Inschallah/Furioso II) is a 2009, SWANA-registered stallion with 7/8ths Olympic blood and a certified breeding license from SWANA and ISR/Oldenburg. At 16.2 hands, he is a very striking type with good uphill movement. He has a very quiet temperament, and although very green, he should excel to the Grand Prix level quickly.
Briar, is a 17 hands, liver-chestnut stallion, who, under Jan Brink was, for years, the highest ranked dressage stallion in the world. In 2008, he was Champion of Aachen, the world's most prestigious competition. He has been to the Olympics twice. (In 2000 at Sydney, he was the youngest horse to compete.) He has won silver and bronze medals in 4 European Championships, competed in 9 World Cup finals, 2 World Equestrian Games, and is winner of 6 Swedish Championships and has 16 International wins at Grand Prix in several different countries. Briar has produced 8 approved sons (2 being winners of Sweden's stallion test) receiving 10s for rideability and gaits. Jan Brink, has said, “Briar is the most talented and willing horse I have ever sat upon.”
Brioso’s dam, Friendly Furiosa, is twice line bred, in the first two generations, to the immortal Inschallah and the legendary Furioso II. Both of these sires together have had over 15 on the Olympic team in both jumping and dressage. Friendly, her St. Pr. dam, and her sire are all 3/4 blood siblings to the Olympic stallion Heisman.
Although they are from 2013, you can see videos at https://youtu.be/R9lsBLguzqw and https://youtu.be/AtQerOBlnx0

We are so proud of how well our horses and riders performed last weekend at the Fields & Fences Dressage Show!
08/08/2018

We are so proud of how well our horses and riders performed last weekend at the Fields & Fences Dressage Show!

Meet the USDF DSHB Current Year Foal Colt/Gelding Horse of the Year!Personality Plus Pedigree! O’ Boy (Opus x Brava Cor ...
10/29/2017

Meet the USDF DSHB Current Year Foal Colt/Gelding Horse of the Year!
Personality Plus Pedigree! O’ Boy (Opus x Brava Cor Ray) is a premium Oldenburg NA c**t. He is elegant yet substantial like his dam, with incredible movement and freedom in the front end like his sire, Opus. O’ Boy is very friendly and confident, a beautiful type, bred for both dressage and jumping. Undefeated in the show ring and winning championships at every show, O' Boy was high score of the USDF breed show at Circle E Equestrian in Green Bay, WI., with an 80+%. At Fields & Fences on August 6, he was in the 80s again and high score of the entire show. He has very substantial body muscling for such a young c**t, yet still is a very pretty type, suitable for a dressage or jumper prospect, and his huge, elastic movement makes him a definite stallion prospect. He is going to be the one to watch for in the young horse under saddle and over fences. Opus is a leading dressage breeding sire and holds one of the highest dressage scores for U.S. Stallion testing: 140.59. Brava Cor Ray is herself the 2017 USDF DSHB Broodmare Horse of the Year. She has wonderful bloodlines, type, and breathtaking movement. Her pedigree includes GP Raymeiser, the most winning horse in USDF history, Cor de la Bryere, Pit I, Ramiro, and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEZnwmgSgbY&feature=youtu.be

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Little Bit Farm has built a nationally recognized breeding and training program. Since 2006 we have been leading breeders for both USEF and USDF. We have trained, shown, and sold horses that have made several Olympic teams. Currently we stand five approved stallions: Opus, Masterpiece, and Rashka, Rashka II, and Ovation.