SOLOMON FARM AUCTION 2012 Quality American bred sport prospects & breeding stock for your consideration. SELECT SALE - ONLINE BIDDING AND PHONE IN AUCTION OPENING: 11/01/2012 ENDS: 11/17/2012 COPYRIGHT 2012 SOLOMON FARM PHOTO COPYRIGHTS BELONG TO: ANN DAUM KUSTAR, PERRY PHOTOS, FLASHPOINT, JACOB MELISSEN, AND THE OWNERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS OF OUR ALUMNI STARS TABLE OF CONTENTS About Solomon Farm........................p.3 Terms and Conditions of Sale..........p.4 About the RPSI Registry...................p.5 Auction Index....................................p.7 Stallion Reference..............................p.10 Broodmares #1-13..............................p.15 Foals #14-21........................................p.29 Yearlings #22-27.................................p.38 Two Year Olds #28-32........................p.45 Riding Horses #33-42........................p.51 2 ABOUT SOLOMON FARM What makes Solomon Farm special? Not only do we breed, train and sell some of the country's highest quality sporthorses, the kind you'll love to ride, show and keep forever, but we also have what so many breeding farms have lost – natural space! Come visit us and you'll see that this is land made for raising horses. Stand on any hilltop and gaze out upon a rolling sea of prairie grasses, the White River meandering through the shade of cottonwood trees, broodmares grazing beside their foals. Our Rheinland Pfalz-Saar sporthorses are athletes from the start. We breed some of America's finest moving young prospects for dressage, hunters, jumpers and eventing, representing the best bloodlines from Europe and America. Our horses grow up strong and sound, with the freedom to run on thousands of acres – a freedom few horses bred for sport still enjoy or benefit from. 3 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE • Starting bids listed ARE the reserves - as soon as a horse receives a bid, that horse has met its reserve and will sell. • All winning bidders please contact Solomon Farm for payment instructions. • Payment is due within 5 business days of close of auction. • Please call for Buy It Now prices if a Buy It Now price is not already listed. If a Buy It Now bid is made by phone all current bidders on that horse will be notified by phone and email before bid is accepted and horse is sold. • All Solomon Farm auction horses have had a Pre-Sale Vet Exam with flexion tests for riding horses. • All mares listed as In Foal have been confirmed in foal and sell with a Live Foal Guarantee. • Please email or call for more information on vet results, or if you would like to arrange further exams or have x-rays taken. • All individual pre-purchase exams and x-rays must be arranged in advance of closing date of auction, and completed within 5 days of closing date of auction. • All horses will have health and coggins paperwork in order by the closing date of auction. • Equine Transport companies names and contact information will be provided for shipping, and 2 weeks board will be included in the final selling price to allow buyers time to arrange shipping. If more time is needed board will be pro-rated from the current monthly board fees of $275/month. • The Auction will be run through the site www.32auctions.com/solomonfarm • If you wish to bid on a horse please go to that website and make an account. 32Auctions FAQ page can answer many of your questions on how to bid and how the auction works. Please feel free to call or email with any questions about the horses or how the auction works. 4 About the Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International Who’s ever heard of a Zweibrücker? Hugo Simon’s great show jumper Apricot D, Margit Otto-Crepin’s Lucky Lord, and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum’s Le Mans may sound familiar, right? These horses are Zweibrückers, the breed sporting the bridge and crown brand from the Rheinland Pfalz-Saar district in Germany and its daughter organization, the Rheinland Pfalz Saar International (RPSI), here in North America. The RPSI is one of the few registries operating in the USA as a direct extension of its German counterpart. This means that the RPSI follows German rules and regulations, and that mares, foals and stallions inspected in North America are entered into the German VIT, or database of sport horses, and foals born here are issued German life numbers and passports, just like their counterparts born in Germany. RPSI stallions licensed Stud Book I here are also fully licensed for breeding in Germany, for example. Ernie and JoAnn Cohn run the North American headquarters of the RPSI from their office in Alta Loma, CA. Their direct tie with the German PRPS (Pferdezuchtverband Rheinland- Pfalz-Saar) means that breeders here get input and advice from the same German judges and officials who oversee the direction of sporthorse breeding in Germany. Stud Book director Otto Schalter is a familiar face to many Americans – with his trademark handle-bar mustache and cowboy hat, Otto has been inspecting foals on the annual RPSI inspection tour since 1996. Having evaluated many thousands of mares, foals and stallions both in the US and Germany, Otto brings continuity to RPSI breeders, and the opportunity to ask an expert for advice in shaping the future of their breeding program. The RPSI accepts mares and stallions from all of the recognized European warmblood organizations into their mare and stallion books, as well as registered Thoroughbreds, Arabians and Anglo-Arabians. They also have books for sport ponies, and both American and German ponies are branded with a special oak-leaf pony brand. Continues on pg.6 5 About the Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International Cont. On the Road Again… The annual RPSI inspection tour is no gentle road trip, or fly-in-fly-out whirlwind tour. JoAnn, Ernie, Otto and the other judges clock 16,000 highway miles in 65 days, visiting 50 different inspection sites and staying in 55 motel rooms in 27 states and 3 Canadian provinces… Is it any wonder the RPSI tour theme song is On The Road Again, by Willie Nelson? “It’s one thing that really makes us different,” according to JoAnn Cohn. “We see everyone along the way!” “Early on we made the decision to really go out and meet our breeders on their own turf,” Ernie Cohn says. “We have a long-term relationship with Mr. Hertz,” Cohn jokes. “But seriously, the tour is our way of keeping a finger to the pulse of the breeding community. We reconnect with our old-time breeders this way, and meet new people along the way. When we see an exceptional horse – be it mare, foal or stallion – that makes our day!” “The horse world is small in a sense – not by miles, but by community,” Cohn continues. “Everyone and everybody is in contact now due to the internet.” The RPSI is also unique in that they set up a mobile office at each inspection, complete with computer database and printouts. Each horse that is inspected receives a computerized score sheet at the end of the day that is signed and sealed by the German judge. This is an official document, and in the case of foals, includes their official unique life number that will stay with them throughout their lives. This is the same life registration number as on their official passports, which are printed and issued from Germany. One special thing breeders can take away from an RPSI inspection is information – the RPSI is proud to be an educational registry, and the central focus of the day is the oral explanation from the judge of the scores. “It’s important that people should hear not only that the foal receives a 7.5 or 6.8 or 8.2, but what is good or not so good about that animal,” Schalter explains. “By watching and listening, a breeder gets an idea what to look for, and an overall perspective of how she’s doing compared to the rest of the breeding world.” Ernie Cohn agrees, pointing out the great benefit to RPSI breeders in knowing that the same qualified judges who have inspected both German and North American horses since day one will be judging their horses this year, and next year as well.“It’s more than just seeing a friendly face year in and year out, though we strive to be a user-friendly registry,” Cohn explains. “It’s about continuity, and knowing the judge both as an expert for the day, but also as a mentor, as someone who gives guidance and breeding advice.” This passage is an excerpt from Ann Daum-Kustar article in the 2011 Nov- Dec Warmbloods Today Magazine. 6 AUCTION INDEX Quality American bred sport prospects & breeding stock for your consideration. SELECT SALE - ONLINE BIDDING AND PHONE IN AUCTION OPENING: 11/01/2012 ENDS: 11/17/2012 Lot Number Horse Gender Age Sire Dam-Damsire Status Broodmares 1 SF L’Emmanuelle Mare 2009 Le Mode Lumina-Meisterwind Open 2 Daydream Believer Mare 2004 Der Graf Summit Peak-Galoubet Open 3 Frolic Mare 2006 Feuertaenzer Ravaging Ruby xx-Majestic Red xx Pregnant to Snapdragon 4 SF Goodnight Moon Mare 2008 Gleniant Shane Nightshade-Miesterwind Pregnant to Le Mode 5 Hope Floats Mare 1998 Dewan Tyme Traveler BPF-EW Tycoon Pregnant to Snapdragon 6 Jewel Mare 1997 Meisterwind True Reception xx-True Level xx Pregnant to Snapdragon 7 Kelly Mare 1995 Leopard Aquarell-Postillion Open 8 Lilah Mare 2006 Le Mode Silver Lining xx-Kuetch xx Pregnant to Snapdragon 9 Lumina Mare 1995 Impression Mega Howey xx-Mega Turn xx Open 10 Moulin Rouge Mare 1997 Leandro Sacra-Montanus Open 11 Pikture Perfect Mare 1998 Pik Solo Lenz-Lehnsritter Pregnant to Justice 12 Robin Mare 2000 Rainbow Summit Peak-Galoubet Pregnant to Justice 13 Waltzing Matilda Mare 2003 Widmark Hiska-Hill Hawk xx Open Weanlings 14 SF Double Dare Colt 2012 Der Graf Pivot-Galoubet 15 SF Ducati Colt 2012 Der Graf Limerick-Lemode 16 SF Good Morning Sun Filly 2012 Gold of Capri Goodnight Moon-Gleniant Shane 17 SF Lady Marmalade II FIlly 2012 Le Mode Moulin Rouge-Leandro 18 SF Le Monte Carlo Colt 2012 Le Mode Robin-Rainbow 19 SF Leonidas Colt 2012 Le Mode Kelly-Leopard 20 SF Rumor Has It Filly 2012 Rotspon Damsel-Der Graf 21 SF Salsa Filly 2012 S.T.