IRUS Stables News

September 2011

Please feel free to audit the Lou Denizard clinic that will be held at IRUS Sept. 23-25. Lou is an outstanding, charismatic instructor that any one could benefit from. He is an FEI competitor and USDF certified instructor through 4th level.

Good Luck to Golden Dreammaker in his sporthorse Nationals debut and at the Annual IDS Championship ride offs for 1st and 2nd Level. Windy Knight and "Zolo" will also be attending the 2011 Pony Cub down at the Kentucky Horse Park, Zolo in the Open division. Check out Windy's update page!

 

 

 

June 2011

Golden Dreammaker, aka Zolo, performed well again at the Region 13 Arab/Half Arab Show, qualifying for regionals and taking home a Top 5 Regional Award. He is also qualified for Nationals in September of this year. Zolo had several 60% scores at 1st level including the 65.8% that merited a Top 5 placing. We are making progress at 2nd level and hope to be in the mid 60's by the end of the summer. On to Nationals!!

 

 

 

 

 

May 2011

Harmony in the Park was busy but successful again this year. We had 8 boarders/IRUS Horses attend the show this year! Everyone enjoyed their own measure of success! Here are a few pictures! Congratulations SilverDracheFarm with SNF Thorleif, SNF Fjelde, and X (Mufasa), Barb Ectkman with Silver Lining and Come What May, Leslie Waldren with Easter's Chocolate Ornament, Julie Korth with Gidasp and IRUS Stables own Golden Dreammaker.

 

April 2011

Equine Affair 2011 was a terrific success. Silver Drache Farm and GreyStone Eventing & Dressage took up most of an aisle and talked to lots of people about our unique breeds. The demos were all well attended and the horses were fabulous. Click Here for a Gahar's youtube video from the event.

March 2011

Gearing up for a great spring and summer! To kick it of Gahar and Gidasp of GreyStoneEventing&Dressage and Thor, Fjelde, and X of SilverDrache Farm are attending the 2011 Ohio Equine Affair, April 7-10 in Columbus, OH

Also we'd like to announce a new dressage clinician for 2011, Alex Gerding will beat IRUS Stables May 14-15, Click Here for the Application

 

June 2010

 

 

 

 

On June 21th, the Kirov Trakehner Ornamental Jewel bred by IRUS Stables and owned by Silver Drache Farm gave birth to a bay filly by Windy Knight. Windy Solstice, as she is currently named, is the first foal born on Silver Drache Farm and is owned by GreyStone Eventing & Dressage.

 

 

 

 

Here are some pictures from the first 24 Hrs. !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Golden Dreammaker, AKA Zolo, put in an outstanding performance at the Annual Area 13 Arab/Half Arab Regional Show. He was 1st or 2nd in all of his classes Fri. and Sat. with scores of 70.4% at Training Level and 61% in First Level despite very muddy arenas. He finished up Third in Training Level Test. 4 with a score of 71.5% and Reserve Champion in First Level Test 4 with a score of 66.84% at the Region 13 Championships held on Sunday. Many of his classes had 14, 15 seasoned horses to compete against. Zolo was bred and trained here at IRUS Stables and is listed on our For Sale page.

 

 

 

 

May 2010

On May 2nd, Altamir had her third purebred Akhal-Teke colt by Gidasp. Galahad is a healthy, flashy buckskin colt with four white stockings. He is super friendly and hasn't been afraid of people for one second. For more pictures of Galahad go to Gidasp progeny or GreyStone Eventing!

Memorial Day weekend was race weekend here in Indianapolis.

Several of our boarders participated in the Indy parade.

They were well dressed for the occation! Good job Kathy, Susie and Leslie!

 

Golden Dreammaker and Gidasp competed at the Annual Harmony at the Park show in Mid May

Zolo was 2nd in every class and posted some great scores in the 60's at both Training and First Level. Here's a few pics!

 

 

February 2010 All I can say is BuRRRRR and Stop Snowing Already!!!

Nancy Kleiner is here Feb. 13-14, Feb. 27-28, and Mar 13-14 Contact Toni Nelson horsepower@iquest.net

Chris Taylor will be back Mar 20-21 Contact Eron Owens greystoneeventing@comcast.net

 

January 2010 Happy New Year!!

First order of business for the New Year is to recap last year!!

Goklen had another beautiful foal this year, a bay purebred Akhal-teke colt out of Kitka, owned by Julie Manuel

Here are a few pictures from the 2009 show season!

Andrea and Thor

Korin and Beau

Maddie, Leslie and Cayenne

Eron and Goklen

Andrea and X

Andrea and Thor

Paula and Sunny

Eron and Goklen

Korin and Beau

Paula and Sunny

Eron and Zolo

Eron and Zolo

Megan and Reggie winning they're 1st Blue Ribbon!!

Laura and Joe

Eron and Gidasp

Eron and Gidasp

Eron and Windy

 

December 2008

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We would also like to welcome Lisa Keeler along with her 6 year old Arabian mare and 2 year old Shire!

October 2008

New Arrivals!

First, IRUS would like to proudly welcome the Akhal-Teke stallion, Gidasp, to the barn. Gidasp is a 13 year old purebred golden buckskin that has shown through Third Level and is on lease to us for the next couple of years. He has quickly become one of the boys!

Second, we would like to welcome our new boards, Luke and Danny. Luke is a chesnut Quarter Horse and Danny is bay 2008 American Trakehner gelding. More info. and pictures to come!

September 2008

• We started out Sept. with a bang! The Inaugural SANA (Equus Survival Trust Organized) and ATSA Conference was the first weekend at the Kentucky Horse Park.
• Click here for pictures from the event!
• Goklen received two 60+% scores at 1st level from judge, Lendon Grey. (Performed in small dres. arena!!) Plus, a first place in 3'3" jumpers.

Golden Winged Icarus, Goklen's 2008 colt out of Altamir won his Mare/Foal class and was Reserve Champion Young Horse.

Gahar, Goklen's 2007 colt out of Altamir, won the Yearling class, was Champion Young Horse and Reserve Champion Overall for North American Bred Akhal-Tekes!

Congratulations to Goklen on two wonderful boys! Maybe next time Lilly (Arslana) can go, too!

• Special thanks to all the ATSA members who made the show a success, to Toni and Jennifer, and to SANA for hosting the show. It was great to see everyone together to celebrate such a wonderful, talented breed!

The Two Full Brothers, Kye and Gahar

August 2008

• Andrea and X attended their first sanctioned USDF show up at Lamplight, with X showing in-hand on Fri. They one their age division class and went on to win the overall class to qualify for the year end championships. Go X!

• Penny Oaks 08 was the first weekend of the month. Below are the results.

Tracy and O'Reilly finished 6th in Novice with a double clear in x-country and one rail in stadium.
Anna and Tavolga completed there first Beg. Novice, sanctioned event, finishing in 8th with two double clear rounds in jumping!! Congrats!!	Jackie and Maggie were clear on x-country and had one oops in stadium to round out another positive weekend for the pair.
Goklen and Eron had a dissappointing stadium round but were clear of jumping faults in x-country. Two phases down, one to go!

July 2008

• The July Come Again Farms schooling show was also a success. Yogi and Shannon won both of their dressage tests, Tracy and O'Reilly, Alison and Chapel, and Anna and Tavolga all had great rounds and got some good mileage for their horses with everyone placing in the top 4 places. Tracy and Venetian Glass(Nisha) also won their trot poles combined test. Windy Knight amazed all of us by tackling his first 2-2'3ft course with ease and bringing home another blue ribbon at only his third jumping show ever! Goklen got around in his lately unusual manner, but finally got through the triple in a "normal" manner by the end.

• The IEA sponsored one day, Leg Up, opened July. Here are the results!

  	Alison and Chapel finished 4th in the Novice Division with a double clear in x-country and a rail in stadium.
  Tracy and O'Reilly finished 2nd in Beg. Novice with a double clear in both stadium and x-country.
  	Jackie and Maggie were orginally ahead of Tracy but a slight mistake on course and they had to settle with a double "clear" in x-country and 4 faults in stadium. Otherwise, job well done team!
  Windy Knight and Eron finished 1st in their first event together, 2nd after dressage and two double clear rounds to finish on top. Great job Windy!!

   

June 2008

• Congratulations to Vent on becoming a father once again and to the Hardas family on their new addition, Vent's Sonnys Star!

• Golden DreamMaker attended the Regional Arab/1/2 Arab show and racked up some top placings. He scored a 68%, 69% and 70% in Training Level to place 1st or 2nd in all three in large competitive classes! He also qualified for Regional Championships!Great job Zolo
• Lucy, Strawberry Moon, who also attended and placed respectably in every class.

• Congratulations to Shannon on the birth of Yogi's (Timepiece) full dark bay brother. His barn name is Danny and he was born on Father's Day!

• Starting off June was the annual IEA Horse Trials at HHP
  • Alison & Chapel, Scott & Joe, Goklen & his daughter Arslana attended this year's event.
  • While none of us placed, all teams progressed greatly in their training and education.
  • Click here for photos!

May 2008

• Birth Announcement from Debbie Wright and family. May 31st at 2:22AM their TB/Hanoverian mare Jasmine gave birth to a bay filly. Pictues to come of Mina! Congratulations!

• Birth Announcements!! May 25th at 6:35PM, Golden Winged Icarus (Kye) a purebred Akhal-Teke chestnut colt was born, parents Goklen and Altamir. He is owned by Jennifer Ramirez of Indianapolis, IN and was bred by GreyStone Eventing and IRUS Stables.

For more pictures of Kye click here!!

Click here for Pictures!!

• The Third Annual Harmony in the Park show had another good year!
  • Vent gave a respectable showing in 2nd level tackling test 4 well.
  • Barb and Brat(Silver Lining) completed their first sanctioned show in Training Level placing and improving in every class.
  • Golden Dreammaker completed his first sanctioned USDF show scoring 70% in Train. Test 1 and 62.7% in Train. Test 4 to win the High Percentage Open Training Level score on Sun!
  • Windy Knight rocked the weekend with a 64% and 67% in First Level Test 1 on Sat. & Sun. to win High Percentage First Level Twice !! and a 70% in Training Level Test 4 on Sat to win High Percentage Training Level !!
  • Despite tough but fair judging all weekend, the horses and riders came out with great scores and another successful weekend for the crew from IRUS Stables. Good job!!

• Results Indiana Dressage Society schooling show, second weekend in May
  • Congratulations to Shannon and Yogi (Timepiece) for their first dressage show who placed 4th and 5th in big classes!
  • Vent, Windy Knight and Zolo also had a great weekend placing 1st through 6th in 5 different classes.
  • Paula and Sunny where the champs of the weekend winning both large intro classes in just their second show together!

• The annual May Cathy Jones-Forsberg Clinic was a success. Horses and riders both had a educational and positive weekend.
• Clockwise from left, Windy Knight, Goklen and Torrid Joe with Scott Owens.

 

 

 

 

 

April 2008

• The third weekend in April officially started the 2008 show season with the Heartland Combined Test. Windy Knight deputed in his first over fences attempt (away from home) and Nisha (Venetian Glass) entered her first dressage attempt as a 4 year old. Both made us proud, Windy by jumping all his cross poles and bringing home a 2nd place and Nisha by scoring a 67.5% in Intro to bring home the blue! Goklen got some good warm up experiance placing 6th in Novice CT (one silly rail due to a bad spot) and 3rd in Training CT finishing with a 33.5.

• Saturday was followed by some excellent cross country schooling by not only Windy (who did his first ditch), Nisha (who did her first steps) and Goklen (who did his first complete coffin complex) but also by Torrid Joe and Chapel who trailered down to meet us. All horse and rider teams made great strides together ;)!

 

January 2008

• The "Boys" at the barn had another successful show season in 2007 with the stallions and one gelding stealing taking home most of the glory. Vent won Pro Second Level Champion from the Indiana Dressage Association and a beautiful picture and picture frame. Goklen was third over all Pro Training Level from the Indiana Eventing Association with Robuck taking home third in the Novice Division. Handsome O'Reilly and Tracy Thomas-Solomon also came in 3rd over all in the Novice Division. Scott and Torrid Joe were Champion Amateur for Beginner Novice from IEA and won a great new cooler. Finally, Windy Knight won a silver medal from the Connemara Society in Training Level dressage. Way to go boys!

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November 2007

• November began with yet another wonderful Mary Wanless clinic at the stables. This is really a wonderful clinic to help one re-evaluate their position and how much it effects the horse. Anyone who didn't at least audit this year, should make plans for the first weekend in Nov. of 2008. Thank you to Paula, Susan, Toni, and the rest of the IRUS staff that made the weekend a success!

• Congratulations to Tracy and O"Reilly for winning the Novice level Eventing Derby at the Come Again Farm Nov. Schooling show.

October 2007

• The Annual Connemara show went well in 2007. Results are as follows:

• Windy Knight (Connemara Stallion) placed 1st in both Training level 1 and Training Level 4 with scores of 66% and 70% earning him the Erin Casco Bay Award. The award is given to the highest percentage in the highest level at the show. He also looked stunning as ever in his Knight costume.

 

 

 

• Thor (3 year old Fjord) entered his first show with his owner Andrea. They were fifth in their first walk/trot class but more importantly had a wonderful first experience. Thor could not have been better behaved. He also looked smashing in his Viking costume!

 

 

 

• Torrid Joe and Scott placed well in their "hunter under saddle" classes, placing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd to receive a Rev. Champion ribbon in that division.

 

• Arslana (Lilly) and Come What May (Heath, owned by Barb), both yearlings, were in their first shows ever as well. Both kids acted beautifully all weekend including loading in the trailer! Lilly also brought home her first ribbon placing 3rd out of 10 in her sporthorse in-hand class. She was a Princess bride in the costume class.

 

• Tracy and O'Reilly and Allison and Chapel attended the hunter trials at Hunter Oaks in IL mid Oct. Tracy put in a beautiful dressage ride but had a bank snag on cross country. Allison and Chapel finished 6th in Beginner Novice at just their 2nd sanctioned show together. Good job, it was an educational but fun trip!

September 2007

• the IDS Schooling show/Ride "Offs" was a success! There were eight of us all together, six from the stable directly.
  • "Zolo", an IRUS bred gelding in his first full fledged show, placed 2nd with a 68.5% out of 11 horses, and 1st with a 66.087% in his first Training level class ever out of 10 horses! He was so calm!!
  • Vent started out a bit stiff (I'm sure his rider, too!!) to score a 55.676% at Second Level test 2, but recoverd to score a 62.143% at Second Level, Test 4 in our first attempt at this test ever. Hurray!
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  • Paula took her 4 year old "Sunny", an IRUS bred Kirov Trakehner, in their first class ever and had a very positive experience the whole weekend. We look forward to a bright future for these two.
  • Mindy and Mallory Gieringer put in another good effort. The competition was a bit steeper this time, 10 and 11 in both classes! Mallory was fifth and sixth in her two classes.
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  • Barb and Silver Lining put in two solid tests at their second dressage show ever and a couple fifth place ribbons as well in big classes.
  • Congrats as well to Megan and David for all their help and to Megan for guiding her high spirited but beautiful TB mare, Countess, through two solid tests. A little more mileage and they'll be bring lots of blues.

August 2007

• August was so busy I didn't get to the computer much. I'll try to fill in some info. later!

 

July 2007

• Check around the IRUS Website for the new video clips of several of the stallions, boarders and sales horses and also here in the news!
• Slightly belated Congratulations are due to Windy Knight. His first filly, Rain, was born on June 26 and is owned by Megan Behler. Rain is 1/2 Connemara, 1/2 Welsh Pony. His first colt, Cian, was born July 17 and is owned by Mandali Farm. He is a Thoroughbred cross. They are both beautiful, healthy foals and we wish their owners the best of luck!

Rain Mandali Sir Cian

Click Here for more Pictures!

June 2007

• The second IDS schooling show had a big turn out from the horses and riders of IRUS Stables. Lisa and Robbie returned in good form after a leg injury that has now healed. Mindy and Malory took Pasha and Fancy. Both girls showed their horses brilliantly in just their second dressage show ever. Barb and Brat left the hunter/jumper world behind to star in their first dressage show ever. Harley brought home another blue ribbon, now in First Level, to show is father, Vent. Last but not least Paula and Brigadier put in another solid Fourth Level performance. Congratulations to everyone on a great weekend, with lots of ribbons and high scores from everyone. Click Here For Pictures from the Show!!

• The IEA rounded out another good weekend for IRUS horses and boarders. Goklen finished 6th in Open Training. After starting in 2nd place with a 29.5 dressage score and a flawless double clear round on cross country, a spooky fence caused a brief stop in stadium to drop us into 6th. Robuck started and ended in 1st with a 26.5 dressage score in Open Novice. We picked up a couple time penalties due to rider error but were otherwise clear in both jumping phases. Torrid Joe and Scott finished in 6th place with two double clear rounds in their first sanctioned event in Open Beginner Novice. Tracy and Handsome O'Reilly finished the event in their first try in Open Novice with a couple stops but an otherwise super weekend with tons of progress made. Good job everyone! For pictures of Robuck go to www.greyhavenfarm.com
• Short VIDEO clip of Robuck jumping!!

May 2007

• Last but not least... the end of May gave us another gift! Altamir, a purebred Akahl-Teke, gave birth to a healthy purebred colt by Goklen around 2:30PM on Fri., May 25. He is currently black with three white socks and ermine spots but will probably turn buckskin or bay. His name is Gahar, which means Fury in Turkman. The name seems apporpriate to the amount of activity he displaces and the whirlwind pace that he came into the world.

  For More Pictures Click Here!

• Click here for a VIDEO clip of Altamir and Gahar!!

• A special thank you to Nancy Kleiner for her hard work on all of us.

• Harmony in the Park I & II, a USDF sanctioned show, was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who helped in anyway.

  

• Vent, Harley and Windy were superstars with none of them doing worse than 2nd place all weekend! Vent scored 60.526%,63.784% and 63.243% in his second level tests which earned him two, Reserve High Percentage awards. Harley scored a 65.200% at Training Level and 62.333% at First Level, earning a Reserve High Percentage award as well. Windy Knight scored 65.200%, 65.652% and 68.214% in each of his Training Level tests, earning a Champion High Percentage Award! Good Job Boys!! For More Pictures and Video of the show click here!

• The second weekend in May took us back to Hoosier Horse Park for the first IDS Schooling show for the year. This was the first dressage show for Mindy and Malory. Mindy borrowed our school horse, Pasha, a Russian Trakehner and Malory took her horse, Fancy, an Arabrian. Both girls finished great and had a fun weekend. For pictures of Mindy and Malory click here!

  Brigadier, riden by Paula Bruveris, also attended the IDS show successfully showing in Fourth Level, Test 1 for the first time and bringing home a blue ribbon!

  Vent and Harley both performed great. Vent scored a 63.243% at Second Level, Test 2 and Harley scored a 68.333 in his first, First Level, Test 1 attempt ever. Both horses brought home a blue ribbon. For pictures of

• May has been a busy month! Goklen, Robuck, Joe and O'Reilly once again attended the Cathy Jones-Foresberg Clinic held the first weekend in May. Everyone did well and we all got in two cross country schools over the 3 day weekend!

April 2007

• The Heartland Pony Club Combined Test had quite a few IRUS participants this year... Banyan, riden/owned by Jennifer Hudsbeth, had two clear rounds and finished 9th in CT1 and 6th in CT2. O'Reilly, riden by Tracy Thomas-Solomon finished well in CT3, vastly improving and moving up the levels from last years show. Torrid Joe, riden by Scott Owens finished 7th in CT1 and 4th in CT2, definitely having their smoothest 2 ft. class yet. Yeah, go thoroughbreds!! Windy Knight placed 5th in Open Training Level, test 2 with a score of 65.7% at just his second show cantering. Goklen placed 1st in his Second Level, Test 1 class but has room for improvement in the score department. I tired refusal knocked us from 3rd to 9th in CT5. We'll do better next time! Good Job everyone, see you at the next show! For Pictures and Video clips of the show click here!

• The Cathy Jones-Foresberg Clinic went well down at Hoosier Horse Park. Goklen, Robuck, Joe and O'Reilly were willing horses and good learners. Go to www.greyhavenfarm.com to see pictures of Robuck at the clinic. For video clip of Robuck click here!

January 2007

• Unfortunately for the eventing crowd, we are forced to cancel the Mark Combs clinics in both Feb. and Mar. Mark has decided to move back to Ohio and will be unable to give lessons or host clinics until further notice. We have really appreciated the time he spent with us, will miss all the information he didn't yet have time to share and wish him good luck in the future!

December 2006

• We would like to welcome the Connemara stallion, Robuck, owned by Brenda Kiniyalocts of Grey Haven Farm into the barn. Robuck has competed successufully in dressage consistently posting scores of 65% and higher at First Level and winning the 2005 USDF All Breed Award. He has also just started a career in eventing, capping off 2006 with a win at Penny Oaks and Jumpstart in the beginner novice division. We wish him continued success in 2007!
• For more information and pictures of Robuck go to www.greyhavenfarm.com !
• Of course, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, from everyone here at IRUS Stables!!!
• Click for short video clip of Robuck free jumping.

November 2006

• Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
• Thank you to all who helped with jump painting day!!!

October 2006

• Windy Knight attended the annual Connemara show held at Hoosier Horse Park. He took first place in his first Training level test ever with a score of 64.61%! He was a complete gentleman, and won his "senior" working hunter class at the age of 3 against 5 older ponies! He also, once again, a hit in the costume class! Pictures Here.

September 2006

• We attended the Akhal-Teke Conference hosted at the Kentucky Horse Park as well as participated in a sanctioned, USDF show, going on the same weekend. We had a wonderful time, met lots of Akhal-Teke aficionados and got to prance Goklen around in the Parade of Breeds. We jumped and demonstrated a replica of a Tang Dynasty costume for the Breeds Barn. Click here for PICTURES!!
• This was Goklen's first USDF show in 4+ years and it went well despite tough competition. Results:
  • First Level, Test 3 62.857%
  • First Level, Test 4 63.889% and 65.555%
  • One 2nd, one 3rd, and one 4th!

August 2006

• Goklen placed third in the open training division at Penny Oaks. He finished on his dressage score with 2 double clear jumping rounds.

July 2006

• Goklen not only successfully completed his first training level event at Leg Up, but won it as well! Definitely a good start to the season! Congrats!

May 2006

• The inaugural Harmony at the Park (Hoosier Horse Park) USDF show went very well this year. Congratulations to everyone who helped put on the show and to all the competitors for their achievements. Lets hope next year goes even better!

April 2006

• Birth Annoncements! Tavolga gave birth to a beautiful chesnut filly by Goklen on Easter morning. Her registered name will be Arslana (Lioness in Turkmen), nicknamed "Lilly." To see pictures, click HERE.
• Also, Congratulations, to Barb and Jack Ectman, who's TB mare, Candy, gave birth to a bay colt, named Heath, by a trakehner stallion.

              March 2006

• The 4-H Clinic held on the 4th at IRUS was a great success.  Thank you to everyone who participated, watched or cheered!

              February 2006

•  Congratulations to Paula Bruveris for her purchase of Ornamental Sunshine

              December 2005

•  We unfortunately lost a friend and companion in the death of the Kirov Trakehner stallion, Misha.  He was owned by IRUS Stables for 8 years and was not only a beautiful athlete, but a trusted friend and barn favorite.  We will all miss him!

The News is written by Eron Owens, for questions please email greystoneeventing@insightbb.com