Mabel and George's baby daughter Claudette (better known as Dettie) had her first birthday today! To mark the occasion, I got some lovely family shots of them. Dettie is already looking very much like her mother - perhaps we'll be on the market for a new pony soon?

In other news, I've updated the website to make it look a bit more streamline. I think it turned out okay :)

I've added a new feature being a "potential dial". This basically tells how much potential we have tapped into for that particular horse, and will probably be an indicator on when the horse is to be retired (dark green

Just a quick note to say that I bred a filly from OP Basillico and OP Dicembre and gave her as a Christmas gift to Crimson Reed Stables. I am so happy to know she is going to a great home! Can't wait to see how they go together.

Feeling the Christmas spirit already :D

Just a quick note to say that we have some very special new arrivals! We have a fantastic stud (OP Basillico) and broodmare (OP Dicembre) addition to White Hill Manor from Olive Park, as well as a new performance stallion (RFS Hercule Poirot). Both breeding horses are registered, RFS Hercule Poirot will be registered once the Trakehner registry is open to applications again.

OP Basillico is up for stud immediately, so if you would like to breed your mare to him (registered Trakehners, Thoroughbreds, Arabians, Shagya Arabians or Anglo-Arabians only will be accepted), please read the stud rules and send through the form. I'm sure he will breed some fantastic performance and breeding horses!

Speaking of which, I can't wait to breed my first foal crop now! I will wait for my other breeding horses to be registered first, of course, but it will be hard! I'm contemplating breeding a foal from Dicembre and Basillico, but not sure yet! If you would like a foal from them, feel free to contact me. The only reason I won't be keeping one for myself at the moment is because I've kind of got my hands full with getting everything up and running. Either way, keep an eye out for OP Basillico's

As of today, the website for White Hill Manor is up and running! Different parts of the website may be tweaked or refined over the next couple of days, but as of now everything seems to be working okay!

At the moment, we only have one stud (WHM Denkul, Trakehner stallion). If you would like to breed a foal from him, feel free to contact me after reading the rules.

In the coming weeks, I would like to start to host some shows (beginning with dressage, perhaps moving onto show jumping and/or eventing). I'll be looking into what you have to do to host a show, so if you have experience with this, please feel free to contact me with any information or words of advice!

I also really want a bit of information regarding who we contact to have our Dutch Warmbloods registered, as they make up quite a large portion of both my performance and breeding stock. If you know who is doing the breed registry (the one on the Equus-Sims breed registry site isn't currently available), please contact me!