We are very excited to announce that horses bred and owned by us took top honors at a very large Michigan Westfalen inspection in August 2024! Our future stallion prospect by Stellar out of Teake, and second generation breeding on the dam’s side, Stellar Artois New Horizons, aka Junior, was awarded Premium and Champion colt and was the top scoring foal/weanling out of nine Warmblood, Thoroughbred, Welsh, German Riding Pony and Haflinger foals and one GRP weanling with an overall score of 8.2, including an 8.5 on type and overall impression, 16.5 for swing and elasticity, and an 8.0 on conformation! “Junior” received great comments on his outstanding movement, including good shoulder and croup with well-set topline, ground-covering trot with swing and push, good canter, and walk is through the body with stride. Our other Stellar filly, Rosl New Horizons, out of our RPSI Premium mare, Ricola DTA, was purchased in utero by Meredith Vanderminden and awarded Premium with an overall score of 8.0, tying the Champion filly, and also received great comments from the inspectors on all gaits with rhythm, swing, and elasticity, with an 8.5 on type and overall impression, a 16.5 on swing and elasticity, and and 8.0 on quality of conformation. Our Brenner IK filly, Ratatouille New Horizons, aka Remy, out of our Stellar daughter, Rivendell New Horizons, was at an awkward growth stage and very butt high, but still received an overall score of 7.8, including 8s on type, quality of conformation, and overall impression, 15.5 for swing and elasticity, and excellent comments, including gaits with swing and push from behind, and all gaits above average with clear rhythm. Our new mare, Regina DTA, a fifteen-year-old maternal sister to our RPSI Premium mare, Ricola DTA, was awarded Premium and Champion mare with an overall score of 8.0 out of eight Warmblood, Thoroughbred, Welsh and Haflinger mares, and wowed everyone with her powerful, uphill gaits and huge trot! Comments from inspectors included balanced, uphill canter, push from behind and good substance. We are incredibly excited to meet Gina’s first Stellar foal in July 2025!!