NEWS

Cathy River's new colt, Helios!
Amorex/Crystal Wand xx

Mary, I’d like you to meet my little miracle, Helios. In this picture he isn't’t even three days old. He came out big and strapping, with the longest, straightest legs of any of the foals I have bred. He’s got lots of bone, a neck a mile long, with a beautifully refined head. He’s gonna be a heart breaker! He is my FOURTH cross with Amorex to my TB mare, Crystal. When the babes come out so consistently superior, how can I not keep coming back for more!

Annika
Paige Talledo's Amorex mare

Hi Mary,
I am writing to let you know that Armada arrived May 7,2010 at 0015. We had a difficult 2 days with him, but he is doing so well now. He is just wonderful. He is very large, around 11 hands at 2 days old. He is a bay with no signs of greying...
Pam Rubertus

Armada
Amorex/ Silka (holstein mare)

Donnie (gelding by Amorex)

From owner Emily Briggs, DVM:
On a different note (Don't be horrified!), I took my 3 year old Amorex gelding to a friends ranch for riding during their spring branding. One of the cowboys LOVED Donnie and asked if he was for sale (No). Anyway, I let him take Donnie for a little ride and he roped a couple of calves off of him! He did great, though he is much better suited for eventing :) Did you ever think any of Amorex's foals would be used as a cow horse? Picture attached.
Emily

2009 Yakima Inspection News- please click here

Rest in peace, sweet Glamorex

Glamorex

Amorex/Christabel 2008 SWB filly

My beautiful Glammie passed away Thursday March 25, from a very rare condition-guttaral pouch mycosis. (a fungus creates a lesion on the wall of the carotid, in the guttaral pouch). Sort of like an aneurism. One of those weird, rare things that could not be helped. Much more common on the eastern U.S.

Glammie had a very fun week just before she died, with a new horse as a friend and much playing in the big pasture.

to my dear friends-- thank you for your help and good wishes.

Mary

Glamorex movies here

more photos here

Hi Mary,
Here's a picture of Amorella at the Maplewood Breed Show were she earned 82.9%! I'm happy to report that Ella was Reserved Champion for the year-end award in the 2-year old filly class at NEDA! I'm so looking forward to next year to see her continue to develop!

Wishing you all a Happy Holiday season!

Kristina Almqvist

Congratulations to Adrianne Gabris:

Hi,
Today I attended this years North West Sport Horse Breeders Association Award Banquet and Meeting. I am happy to report back to you that Amador was the 2009 Dressage Breeding Reserve Champion 2 year old Colt. Amador is our young stallion by Amorex and out of Cameo. We look forward to a busy show season in-hand for Amador again in 2010 as well as some under saddle classes.
Oh yeah, I was voted onto the NWSHBA Board of members, so we shall see what I have gotten myself into :)
Adrianne

Inspection news: Cathy Rivers showed her Amorex filly Arpeggio. Arpeggio scored a 48 with a 9 for Head, Neck, Body: “Beautiful head, well formed, well set neck, sloping shoulder, well formed, muscled croup and hindquarter.”

Cathy also presented Crystal Wand for the marebook. Crystal Wand is a 19 year-old TB broodmare. She has 11 offspring, 8 of them warmbloods with 5 being Swedish. 3 of her Swedish offspring were presented for inspection, with 2 receiving 48 points as foals and a yearling receiving 46 points. She was awarded a Class 1 rating and the classification for a specific marebook is pending. The overall remarks read, “Good in shape for that age with good quality of the gaits”.

From Robin Ginn:

Amazing Grace GF received a 47 and Class I at the inspection. She received a 9 on Type with comments “light, feminine, well proportioned, tall legged”, a 9 on Head, Neck and Body with comments “beautiful head, well formed set neck, well developed shoulder, sloping croup. She received and 8 on legs and 7’s on her gaits. Her final comments were “Well developed. Modern sport type. Could be more supple in movement.” I am so proud of her!

The Royston, GA inspection bode well for Amorex. Both of his fillies shown were class I fillies.

I have attached a photo from the time frame around the inspection. She is a furball now and pictures are not the most attractive.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and happy holiday season!
Best to you,
Robin Ginn

Lovisa
Amorex/Cameo

New Diploma Mare in Jumping
Lovisa (bred by Magpie Farm) with owner Adrianne Gabris
Lovisa is from Amorex/Cameo/Martini

Lovisa shown by owner Adrianne Gabris. who has a real gift for taking horses to their Diploma test. She has shown three Amorex offspring, and won 5 Diplomas! Thank you Adrianne! Photo is Lovisa and Adrianne, at one of Lovisa's first horse shows,I believe at Devonwood.

News Flash: OK we just can't keep up with Lori Lauver and Ari (Amorex/Kristol)! Lori and Ari won USDF HOY awards, Swedish Warmblood, 1st place for 2nd Level, Musical Freestyle, and 1st place, 3rd Level Open, with scores of 64.103!

And here is Ari with Lori's trainer Nina Winterheimer, debuting Ari at Prix St. George!

News Flash: Lori Lauver and her Amorex gelding Ari won the Dressage Association of Southern california third level amature and 2 nd level open freestyle. Lori says Ari looks good with a rosette of flowers around his neck and blue ribbons on his bridle.A good day!

Ari (Amorex x Kristol)

Lovisa jumping at the Yakima Inspection; video is slowed down.

Longer video with comments here...

New Diploma Mare in Dressage Dona Amouretta with owner/breeder James Milliron

Dona is Amorex/Syrah

James and Etta at the Inspection_ video

Älskling SWSSH - Amorex X Bella Bijoux (Babar)
2009 SWANA Inspection tour
Class I filly
Received a '9' on "Type"
Owner - Karen Miller- Silverwood South Sport Horses, Athens, Georgia

Congratulations Lori! Lori Lauver just emailed us this news: To my dressage friends - I received my bronze medal today from the USDF today!! I am happy. Will start 4th level this year and plan to work towards the silver! Yeah!

Here is an older photo of Lori with her horse Ari; Ari is Amorex/Kristol. Ari and Lori Lauver won the California Regional 3rd level Amateur Championship at LAEC with her Swedish gelding Ari by Amorex. She also wins her other classes, one being her 2nd level freestyle scoring 72%.

Amador

News Flash:

Amador WON his 2 year old Colts/Geldings class, Reserve Champion Colts/Geldings, and WON his Swedish Warmblood class along with a Swedish Warmblood High Point award at Letter Perfect Dressage Show June 28, 2009
Not bad for a first time out:)
Adrianne

Congratulations to owner/breeder Adrianne Gabris! Amador is from that golden cross, Amorex/Cameo/Martini.

Bam's First Show

Hi Mary,

It's safe to say that Bam is going to need to move up a level or 3! The next show or two he'll do the 3'- 3'3'' class and then will most likely move up to 3'6'' by the end of the summer...we're going to have a great time jumping big fences :)
Jacqueline Mains

Hi Mary.
We welcomed filly number two this morning. Gaea delivered a beautiful
big filly. She's as big as Ambrielle - who is now three weeks old.

Both Gaea and filly are doing great. We haven't decided on her name for certain but Phoebe is a leading candidate. Gaea is from ancient mythology and as the story goes she had a daughter named Phoebe.

It is going to be wonderful to watch the two half-sisters grow up together. Ambrielle is quite the ham. She loves attention and likes to be the center of it just like her mom Callie. We can't wait to see the two fillies playing together in the pasture.

Thanks again for helping with our decision to breed. These are beautiful filly's from two very different mares.
Best regards,
Diane McNelis

Neemo
2009 SWB colt
Amorex/Nadiwa

Hello Mary!
Didja get the photos? I picked a name for him today....It's available with all the registries as of today and I found it on a Swedish baby name site as well so seems ok....OK, here goes, "Neemo". (wait, I have a vision of a little striped cartoon fish....) Anyway that's it. My husband says he likes my first impulse of Noodles and is going to keep calling him that. Great. So little Noodles, mmm, I mean Neemo, is doing grand and the mare is doing well also. He is very calm, inquisitive and sturdily built. Lovely. At 3 hours old was cantering quietly around a 12x16 stall!

Jennifer Madden ,D.V.M.

Neemo video here

Neemo

Glamorex on a rainy day

2008 yearling filly, Amorex/Christabel

Lovely photo by Amy Kolzow

Mary,

Yesterday morning I walked out to clean stalls at 10:30 am and found this surprise waiting for me out on one of the paddock shelters! Crystal gave birth to a very feminine chestnut filly with 3 tall socks, a broad blaze and tons of blond highlights. She has an amazingly calm temperament (for a redhead!) and beautiful light rhythmic canter!! When she was standing for her baby shots this morning, she did the perfect piaffe without putting any pressure on my arms!! She is going to be fun to watch develop. Can’t wait to take her to inspection and see what the judges make of her. I am confident that Amorex has given us another Class 1 foal!!

Her name is Arpegio because of her perfect timing and rhythm. Her nicknames…so far….are Peg, Princess Peg and Peglet!!

All is well and she is proving to be a complete sweetie!!! She has Amorex’s calm disposition, bless him!
Cathy                 
Cathy Rivers

(Arpegio's full brother Andrew is below)