58 SIDELINES JANUARY 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Heinse 354 Sport and Mary Alice
Malone were invited back to the
Netherlands to perform at the 125th
Anniversary Celebration of the KFPS
(the Royal Friesian Studbook)
Photo by Terri Miller
Contango won 33 Grand Prix,
including six championships.
He’s the sire of nearly 20 Grand
Prix show jumping and dressage
horses. His son Ravel is the
winner of the 2009 Rolex/FEI
World Cup Dressage Finals
Photo by Terri Miller
Glendale, by Nimmerdor preferent
out of a mare by Marco Polo
preferent, was a successful show
horse and sire. Now, he’s famous
as the dam-sire of horse of the
century Totilas
Photo by Terri Miller
Spring Farm is among the leading breeders each year.
Superstar ladies like the keur, preferent KWPN mare
Rabiola and the model, preferent Friesian mare Toltsje
Fan’t Boekehof, have not only won at breed shows like
Dressage at Devon, but have also produced numerous
champion offspring. While some of the horses become
part of the breeding program, many are developed for
competitive careers and sold to riders around the world.
This complete program—superb bloodlines, excellent
health care and careful training—has resulted in more
than 35 years of making history at Iron Spring Farm.
As the young stallions’ foal crops mature, the legacy
continues.