Counterclaim's BIGGEST foal..08!!

Sherrie Boles of Cheswick, PA just sent us these photos of her new colt by Counterclaim out of her 17.3 grey Percheron mare! Talk about bone!!!!

This gorgeous guy uis shown here at only THREE DAYS OLD. Now this is what you can get when you cross our 75% TB handsome homozygous fellow with a draft type mare............sport horse breeders and foxhunters quit drooling!!!!!!

Congratulations to Sherrie...........what a darling colt!! Thanks for the pictures.

This cute guy has some LONG LEGS!!

Covergirl arrives in Long Island!!

Jenny Guzzi birthed her first foal ever, and didn't miss a thing when Covergirl arrived! With only a 25% chance of getting a solid (because of pinto to pinto)...the odds went against her! However, you can see by the smile on her face that she loves this perfect filly already! Congratulations......

Welcome Sierra, 08 filly by Counterclaim

We are thrilled to see Sierra, a lovely filly by Counterclaim out of Peggasis Passion, a 16.3 TB mare. She was born April 1 2008 in Hastings, FL and is owned by Sandy Stokey.

This photo was taken when she was only hours old...and we look forward to more photos as she grows up. Sandy hopes to be showing Sierra in the Jacksonville Hunter Breeding Circuit next winter......we sure hope so! What a beautiful girl!!

Sparkle, an 08 filly by Claim to Fame

Meet "Sparkle" a filly born March 08 to Aplaud from Above, a lovely TB mare who was the year end Southeastern Zone Hunter Breeding Champion. They are owned by Kernan Hodges of Jacksonville, a longtime NFHJA Board Member and premier sponsor of the Jacksonville A Winter Series.

We're waiting for more photos, but couldn't resist putting this first one ever taken on the web. She's shown at just a few days old at her first time outside! What perfect coloring for a Hunter Breeding Filly.......we look forward to seeing this "sparkling" filly on the line!! Ahhh ----more photos taken at 30 days old. Look at that dishy face!

Meet Eclipse, a CTF filly born in 08!

Meet Eclipse, a 2/08 filly by Claim to Fame. She was born during the lunar eclipse at Flying Colors Farm... Shown here at three days old, she is marked almost identical to her sire........let's hope she follows in his conformation winning footsteps........she has the looks and conformation to do it!!

Leading USEF Hunter Breeding Handler's CTF foal

Oliver Brown, the leading handler in the US for Hunter Breeding bred his favorite TB mare, Trailee, to Claim to Fame. I finally visited them and got this photo....sorry it's just a back yard shot, but Oliver plans to show him on the line next year, so hopefully we'll get some fancier photos with braids......

It would have been better to have a little more dark for the hunter breeding classes (Like Exclaimation has!), but this guy has perfect conformation. We look forward to seeing him in the ring in VA.......and are so thrilled Oliver thinks so much of our guy, CTF to breed his wonderful mare to him!

Disclaimer!

Oops, our first chestnut filly....oh, but what a love she is......and as you can see here, even when Claim to Fame has a solid foal, it has beautiful conformation.

This is the first foal born from our frozen semen. She is by a TB dam owned by Marsha Hartford-Sapp of Southern Oaks Equestrian Center in Tallahassee.

At her Rheinland Pfalz Saar International inspection, the German judge (Otto) commented on her lovely, feminine face and elegance!!

LAST TEST FOAL FOR COUNTERCLAIM ARRIVES 6/26/07!

The last expected test foal for Counterclaim arrived 6/26/07 in Tallahassee! This lovely filly was born to a 16.2 appendex TB dam.......and is she gorgeous! She is shown here at ONE day old!

The Prestage family, mom Jana and her daughter Rayne, got their "dream" girl.....a beautifully marked and correct dark bay filly. We are so happy for them, and SO PROUD of Counterclaim!!

Counterclaim does it again!!

Another lovely colt born in 07 to Counterclaim.....out of a chestnut TB hunter show mare....

This cutie is just a few days old in this photo...but is very correct and has the lovely dished face of his sire and grandsire!!

Claim to Fame foal born to Grand Prix mare!!

Just got this photo of a lovely 07 colt born to a solid bay TB mare who has competed in Amateur Jumpers and even won at Grand Prix!

I'm thrilled for Burrell Davidson! Her special performance mare, Edge, just had this gorgeous colt. He reminds me SO MUCH of Claim to Fame at that age....the same "look at me" friendly attitude!!

This guy is so fancy and darling, Burrel wanted to rebreed on Edge's foal heat.......and she already has another coming for 08!!! It'll have to go some to top this handsome guy!!!

Another Counterclaim foal born in Illinois!

Although we didn't have any foals at Flying Colors Farm this spring, it's fun posting our "grandchildren".

< Here is a new colt by Counterclaim born in Illinois. You can tell by his owner's, Lorri Wallis, smiling face that he is healthy and gorgeous!!

Congratulations to her!!

COUNTERCLAIM'S FIRST FOAL BORN 4/10/07

We are proud to announce the arrival of the first foal ever born to our young stallion, Counterclaim. "Claim your Pik" is a healthy, correct and lovely marked bay pinto colt.

His dam is a bay Hannoverian mare from the Pik line. She is owned by Marsha Hartford-Sapp of Tallahassee, one of the FSU Equestrian coaches.She is also in the photos!

This photo top was taken when he was only five hours old!! He's got the sweetest face, just like grandad (Claim to Fame) and dad with soft brown eyes......(they look different from the flash!)Did you know that a horse will "grow into his blaze?"

Everyone is in love Teddy. He's already cantering with a huge uphill stride.....and has such a friendly attitude!!

EXCLAIMATION wins the GOLD!!!

We are so thrilled that the first pinto colt presented to RPSI for branding and approval was the top foal of his inspection and won a rarely given out "Gold Premium" status!

Exclaimation, a dark bay pinto colt by Claim to Fame, and out of Colormarks, has everything we'd hoped for....movement, muscle and size, gorgeous color and conformation and his sire's beautiful head and neck!

He was Best Young Horse in his first endeavors in Hunter Breeding and now is living in Virginia with his new ownwer, Dr. Susan Funk. She's continuing his Hunter Breeding career up there in the big time!

Anky has arrived at Flying Colors 5/30/06!!

Our lovely Claim to Fame full sister, Flawless (Devon) has just foaled a darling filly by Paparazzo. Both dam and sire are 16.3, lovely movers and jumpers, so we expect the same from this adorable girl... Named Pizzazz (Anky has been her barn name- for her one white (ankle) sock), she was presented to Rheinland Pfalz Saar International at the inspection held at our farm in September. She is offered for sale --- to a good home, of course!! If there is any doubt of a mare's strong influence in a foal, this photo and filly prove it!

This last photo was taken at ten months old. This is once fancy filly!

Voltaire - in living color!!!!!!

IT'S A BOY!! (Actually we were hoping for a pinto filly to keep and breed back to Claim to Fame. However, guess we'll just have to settle for a pinto colt by the legendary Dutch stallion, Voltaire)

Actually we're more than thrilled with our newest addition. Our lovely mare, Colormarks,(recently judged premium by RHSPI). just gave birth 4/27/05 to a perfect pinto colt by Voltaire. The leading sire of the 96 Olympics, the leading Hunter sire in the US for the past three years, as well as sire of 90 approved stallion sons in Europe and over 200 States Premium Mares, Volltaire just passed away in 2004. We are thrilled to have a pinto stallion prospect by this famous sire!!!

Here is Colaire (his name combines color and Voltaire!) at his RPSI inspection at 3 months old.

We are thrilled that Colaire shed to be a black and white pinto and looks like he'll be VERY tall!!