…….BOOKMARK the new easy to use and easy to navigate edition of www.lingh.nl and www.offieldfarms.com beginning on Friday November 26th.  Viva La Word Press !   Thank you to all Lingh’s fans and family for staying in touch with us as we expand our reach in the world wide web.

This month www.lingh.nl has had visitors from 39 countries…..we will post the list soon, call your friends and lets double it in 2011 !!

Karin Offield’s Toolbox Symposium Available on Equestrian Clinics!! | Equestrian Clinics

Let us know what you think !

This two-part series was first published in the October and November 2010 issues of Dressage Today.

By permission from the editors:  Now posted on the Tool Box Link on the left rail.

Please excuse any omissions, site under construction.

WE WISH JENNY AND ZINGH MUCH LUCK, AND HOPE TO SEE JENNY AT STOCKHOLM !

Hallo!

On the 22th of June a beautiful stallion colt was born. His name is Zingh af Sol and

his mother’s name is Melody M E: Cortez-Maraton.

His mother had the best gaits points at the quality competition for 4 year old horses

in 2005. She is placed in 1,25 jumping and she has won MSV:B in dressage here in

Sweden before she was inseminated with Lingh. Her grandmother has an approved

stallion. Best, Jenny Arenblad/Stall Solglantan Sweden

ZINGH - SON OF LINGH

“We had two Lingh colts in 2008.  The first, Landmark VT, was out of a Jorn/Faram/Flamingo mare (double Nimmerdor). The mare is elegant, compact and although imported as a hunter, is a big mover when sufficiently motivated.  When we showed him as a foal, Landmark was the highest-scoring entry at Dressage at Lexington (85.6% from Lilo Fore) and one of the highest-scoring horses at a USDF Breed Show in the US that year. At Devon he won his IBC  and was 5th in the Regional Colt Championships against older horses. We sold Landmark as a yearling to a GP trainer in Florida who I believe has kept him intact. Obviously the colt was a great looker and a great mover, but I loved his personality and his mind. He had probably the best character of any horse I’ve bred in the last decade. A really really cool horse to be around.

Our second Lingh colt, Last Call VT, was out of a very nice Thoroughbred mare (Jovial Turn/Halo/Forli). Very elegant, long-legged and super gaits. Great motor. Not as strong a foundation as the first colt, but I am sure that was due to the mother. We didn’t show him in-hand, but he was easily Premium at his inspection, and was always the one prospective clients were drawn to. Fun to work with – always gave 120% and never took anything personally. The right combination of sensitive and forgiving. Sold him to a trainer this summer and he is being backed this winter.

We will be breeding several of our mares to Lingh this coming spring and we can’t wait for those foals! ”

Thanks to all the breeders out there that love Lingh…

More details and photos to follow the story about this lovely mare pregnant by JAZZ.  Congratulations to all !

ATTENTION !!  Buyers, breeders and riders !!!

Entries are By Selection Only,

Chigoletta Spec:

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE AT THE AUCTION, WE HOPE SHE PREFORMS BEAUTIFULLY FOR THE CROWDS!

Breeding: Lingh – Welligton – Rigoletto

Stars of the Future November Sale

Show Jumpers, Eventers and Dressage Horses

Addington Manor Equestrian Centre, Buckinghamshire

To include a New Format

A Celebration of Dressage

The Stars of the Future Sale is staged at Addington Manor E.C., Buckinghamshire and is the place to buy your next star prospect. All horses have been selected throughout Europe and under gone x-ray assessments and veterinary examinations.

Contact Diane Kennett on  FROM AMERICA USE THE ENGLAND COUNTRY CODE 01568 619777

diane.kennett@brightwells.com

Every Saturday we start to teach the young riders about horses and horse life….I will create a place for the updates, but until then here are 2 pictures….Serena and Red and Lexie….We offer 7 Saddle Club trained horses and we are starting a Ladies Club on Wednesdays ! Call us for more information.

Details and photos will follow this announcement !   Congratulations everyone !

Every now and then I get moved to tears when I read something so very very cool….I just spotted this…since there is no way to respond here, like in a forum, you will just have to read the following words and imagine how proud I am of Edward.

“It’s almost identical magic with Lingh, same perfect halts, same calm, rhythmic, sympathetic performances, fabulous extensions etc. etc. You could paint Lingh black, add a bit more substance, and you have another Toto!”

Thank you Edward for bringing to our world the magic of Dressage. Love Karin and Lingh  xoxox

SOMETIMES A LITTLE HELP IS NEEDED.

 
Dear Sir or Madam,
 
 I am writing to introduce myself and offer you my services.
 My name is Carlos Muñoz; I am 27 years old, and I am Catalan, Spanish.

 I have been devoted professionally to the horse world for 10 years. I began my
 studies doing a course of riding as a guide, where I discovered my passion for
 horses.

 After that, I moved to the CAVA ( Victor Alvarez's horse training center)
 in Girona, where I got the degree of horse riding instructor and sports
 manager by the ABRS (Association of British Riding Schools) and by the
 RFHE ( Real Federation Spanish Riding), getting the International
 Passport.
 
 The next four years I was working as a classical dressage rider, training
 horses from foals to Saint George/ Intermediate 1. At the same time, I was
 the personal trainer of a group of riders who competed at national level,
 all in the same center (CAVA), where you can ask the manager for
 references. (www.cavahorse.com).
 I had the pleasure to accompany the international classical dressage
 rider, Victor Alvarez, in every sporting displacement as a stableman and
 right hand man.

 I have attended several clinics with famous and experienced riders, such
 as Jack van Hulstein (Holland) and Francisco Cancela (ex-coach from
 Portugal). I was also working for 6 months in Stal Arends, a center of breeding and
 dressage horse sport in Holland, where you can also ask for references.
 (www.stalarends.nl).

 Nowadays and from 2 years ago, I am the sports manager and main rider in
 CFE Sant Miquel, Valencia. (www.cfesantmiquel.com).
 I am competing in Saint George level/ Intermediate I with one of my
 horses, Oh Jazz.  

 I want to get new objectives, to continue doing my work
 in other places. I am ready to travel and stay on for an indefinite time outside
 my country. I want to grow personally and professionally.
 For this reason, I write this letter looking for a place devoted to
 classical dressage, competition, with future perspectives, where I can
 offer my services as a rider and instructor in classical dressage.

 I thank you for the time it took you to read this and I hope you will be interested or you
 know somebody who may be interested in my career and this job placement.
 I look forward to hearing from you.
 
 Yours faithfully
 Carlos Muñoz Cantos
 Mail: carlosmuca83@hotmail.com
 
				

Useful Dog Tricks performed by Jesse

In Route :

I was approaching the escalators to the baggage terminal and aside me were an older couple getting on the escalators steps next to me – the beautiful old woman suddenly crumpled and fell, over and over,  down the stairs landing at the bottom in a heap – watching this, I have run down and scooped her up, then her husband began to fall behind and over her but somehow he valiantly made his way over her and me, the blood from cuts on her nose gushing onto my hands as I kept her head lifted off of the bottom of the escalator stairs still moving. The people behind them, stacking up like cord wood, putting their feet up on the ledge of the escalator scrambling out of the way. The handsome older husband still trying to help his wife. Another saving grace gal kept bringing napkins to me to absorb the blood, until the medics arrived at last. Omg.

I have survivors guilt, as I saw they looked feeble, approaching the stairs and I should have run over to their sides to assist. It seems the rubber on the bottom of her walking cane had come off, just before the descent – making the cane unusable as a crutch or a prop.

Lesson learned ? Follow your gut, help your neighbors, cry when you need to and get enough sleep because God will call on you many times….

As HST said ‘be brave comrades’ .

Love and thank you to everyone that made this amazing trip possible.

All my love, Karin