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Congrats to Karen in Michigan!!!
Dear Janna,
My beautiful boy was delivered this morning. He is FABULOUS!!!! He made the trip from NYC just fine. He seems to be settling in and is being introduced to the other horses one at time. I can't wait to ride him but want to give him some time to get some normal routine back in his life. You made the entire process very easy. Your agent called me Saturday to let me know he was on the way, then called me back late that night to let me know he made it in ok and was going over to quarantine and everything was fine. They even emailed me pictures of him and arranged the van for delivery too, for me. They made me feel very comfortable that he would be well taken care of until I had him home. Thank you for finding this glorious horse for me.
Best regards,
Karen in Michigan
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Sold to Tenn
2 years later.................................
Janna:
He is adorable and has the cutest personality. He has done quite well @ 1st level this year and we are planning on showing him 2nd in the fall.
He is earning his keep for his "Mascot" qualities. Everyone that comes here falls in love with the Beautiful Black horse with the inquisitive personality.
We call him Starbucks.
Elizabeth in Tenn |
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Congrats to Saddlebred trainer, Chuck Court, and his daughter, Chaleen, on this FANTASTIC saddleseat horse!
Congrats to Saddlebred trainer, Chuck Court in Canada, and his daughter, Chaleen, on this FANTASTIC saddleseat horse!
Ferdinand has been winning in Show Pleasure Driving and Saddleseat Pleasure classes throughout the Northwest for Chuck Court Stable for two years!!!
Hi Janna,
Funny we were just talking about you at the barn yesterday. My show season is going alright. Hope all is well with you and your beautiful family. I'm sure your walls are lined with blue ribbons. With the biggest one going for being a great person!!
Take Care
........Chaleen in Canada
2 years later..................................
Janna,
Just a short note letting you know how happy we are with our Friesian boy. D'Artagnon (AKA Ferdinant) was the horse that won the hearts of two important men in my life. The first was my father who has 50 years of horse training under his belt and the second being my husband who had never been around a horse in his 50 years of life. It had been over 30 years since I had been on a horse, so this was almost like starting over again.
A few years ago, while I was visiting my dad at a horse show, I saw a Friesian walk by. I was immediately enamored with this breed. Altho I grew up around horses, my life as an adult led me in a different direction. I moved away from my home and parents, only to see them a few times a year. I made the comment to my father that if I was ever to have a horse that it would be a Friesian.
During the next several months my father started calling me on a regular basis telling about different Friesians for sale. After several of these phone calls, he asked me if I was serious about buying a horse or not. I really had to stop and think. With my father around the corner of retirement and me between grown children and grandchildren, my window of opportunity was small. To actually have a shared interest with my father was a novel idea to me. So I said " Yeh, I guess so", not knowing how I was going to blend my life with my sailor fiance and having a horse at the same time.
Our search ended with Black Sterling Stables, where we felt that we would have the greatest amount of quality horses to choose from all in one stable.
I have never regretted my decision. Through this horse, I have been able to get to know my father and his beautiful wife. Through this horse, my now husband and father were also able to get to know each other. I've been able to grow as an individual, to face my fears and to overcome them a little at a time.
All of these things are great, but nothing is as great as the feeling I get, when after a class, I hear those coveted words from my father, "Well done".
Family Therapy at it's best!
With gratitude,
Chaleen and Gregory in Canada |
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Congrats to Debbie
Janna,
I just want to compliment you on the quality of your website--the great quality of photos/videos - lots of detailed information about each horse--as well as the pricing info right there!! Its a frustrating, waste of time to inquire and have to wait on horse prices! All of these things, as well as you being so attentive and prompt and accessible......makes Black Sterling Friesians stand heads and shoulders above all others. You get an A+++ in the sales and marketing department. But, best of all---you have the widest variety of constantly changing quality inventory. I know there's alot of jealous people out there----scratching their heads wondering how you do it---in this small friesian world. How boring is it to go to a website regularly and see exactly the same horses for sale--with no updating. Thats what most sites have.
Debbie |
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Congrats to Paula and daughters Lauren, Sarah and Carolyn
Janna,
Aiejolt has competed at Woodside Dressage about 3 times and done very well. He also attend Pebble Beach in July and went up against higher level competiton. He came in 6th out of 32 on his last day. He is under training with Heidi McRae at McRae Stables at Portola Valley Training Center. He continues to progress under her care and it is my intent to have him compete as much as possible. Eventually I would love to put him in Fresian shows as well. He is a beautiful boy and draws attention wherever he goes.
I hope all is well.
Paula |
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"Thanks for everything janna!
It was a DELIGHT doing business with you. You honestly represent your horses, and are so informative and helpful, even years after the purchase! i have purchased horses before from another friesian farm, and honesty and integrity were NOT part of that equation:( I am soooo glad i found YOU! This time i got a healthy, gorgeous horse--she is EXACTLY what i was hoping for! thank you!!!!! she is a sweetheart:)"
-eduardo in stockton
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Congrats to Shirley
HI JANNA,
MY NAME IS KRISTEN AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IN CASE YOU DID'NT, THAT I PURCHASED MR. "F" FROM SHIRLEY ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO. "BOLERO", THAT IS WHAT WE NOW CALL HIM, IS THE MOST FANTASTIC HORSE I HAVE EVER OWNED! I WANTED TO BUY HIM A YEAR AGO BUT COULD'NT AFFORD HIM, SO I BOUGHT A WARMBLOOD INSTEAD, AND WELL, HE DID'NT WORK OUT SO WHILE HE WAS FOR SALE I STUMMBLED UPON BOLERO AGAIN AND WE WORKED OUT A GREAT DEAL! ANYWAY, I'M THRILLED AND MY TRAINER IS THRILLED BECAUSE SHE TOO HAS A FRIESIAN AND LOVES THE BREED. I'M PLANNING ON QUALIFYING FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS YEAR....WE WILL GO TO OUR FIRST SHOW HOPEFULLY IN APRIL . HERE IS A PICTURE WHEN I FIRST GOT HIM......
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Congrats to Leagh in Vancouver
Just wanted to let you know that Gerrit is doing wonderfully! He is such a gentleman, and is quite the "Barn Star" here. Thank you so much for everything you've done and just know that it was worth it all to me, as we are the happiest horse and rider team here in Canada!
Many thanks,
Leagh and Gerrit from Vancouver
Update....................
Just wanted to send you an update on Gerrit and I. He is doing wonderfuly! He is definately the "Barn Star" to the point that I think I must put up a "please do not feed my horse" sign. After all is said and done, we are the perfect match, he comes to me when I call him and joins up to my shoulder. At night we ride to the indoor facility that I have joined and he never skips a beat, the perfect gentlemen. The local dressage trainers here can't wait for me to "change my mind" about saddleseat....of course. Thank you so very much for all your help and patience with our purchase, trust me it was worth it!!!
Many thanks,
Leagh and Gerrit Gerrit, sold by BSF, was the 2006 Saddleseat Open Pleasure and Amateur National GRAND CHAMPION, as well as Baroque Gelding In Hand National Champion. Congrats to our Gerrit, and Leagh!!!!! |
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Congrats to Charlene in Rhode Island!!!
I can't begin to tell you how impressed I am with this horse.
The hauler led Wilco off the trailer and all he did was look around. No freaking out, no jumping up and down like we're used to with thoroughbreds, he just checked out the scenery. Charlene walked him to his stall, gave him some hay and it was like he'd been here all along.
He is exquisite. Absolutely beautiful. I'm thinking we should have a suitable companion for him.
And thank you so much for your impeccable taste in horses. Wilco will be with us forever. I just can't begin to tell you how incredibly happy we are with this big boy. We WILL be buying another horse from you
Thanks again,
Dean in Rhode Island |
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Merry Christmas to Lotta in New York, on her 2nd friesian from us!!
Hi Janna,
You were absolutely right. Dingshoff is just about as stunning as a horse can get! I can't get over that John Travolta strut either! What conformation, head, ears, movement, he is just like poetry in motion and we have been doing nothing much but staring at him since he came here Saturday. His coat, tail and mane are just incredibly soft and shiny. Dingshoff is settling in nicely and he is truly the most magnificent animal that we have ever seen!!!
Thanks a million for finding us another dream friesian!
Lotta in New York
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Congrats to Marcos in New Jersey!!!!!!
Hi Janna,
Dirk is AWESOME! I love him also and I'm having a blast training him. When he moves everybody stops and stares. I frequently ride him bare back without a bridle as in the picture. He's just a big clown.
Thanks again, He's the best!
Marcos in New Jersey |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS to Teri in Indiana on this Winning Saddleseat Horse!
Julie from Indiana writes....
"We were out to dinner with some friends and I mentioned a really great web site. She said "Janna-from BSF, right?" I about fell off my chair. Her name is Kim and she said the people she works for had purchased a friesian, Mainse, from you, and that you were great. "
Hi Janna
Just wanted to let you know that Mainse's pics are up on www.robertvavra.com. Click on images and we are the new pics with the colored leaves as a background.
We still love him and he is doing well.
Take care
Kim
3 years later.................................................
Hi Janna
Mainse is doing really well living a life of luxury.
Thanks for keeping in touch
Kim in IN |
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Congrats to Jillian and James
Hello Jana!
I hope all is well with you!
Thank you!!! We LOVE Maike!
Jillian
Update
Hello Janna!
Maike is doing REALLY well! Talk about a SMALL world...Maike's trainer, Janet, just came up to your ranch to look at some of your Friesians. She has just started Maike's training and loves her already. Janet wants me to find out where we start her within the "competition world". She has trained hundreds of warmbloods who have earned "ELITE" titles. Maike (who i purchased two years ago) is 16'2 with a beautiful trot and a gorgeous 3 beat cantor, so she wants her to compete in dressage. Steffen Peters (her husband) just won the Olympic gold medal in dressage etc. By the way, Janet loved your stallion (Ate) she saw on the ranch when she came out. Janet has the Friesian "BUG", and I am sure she will see you again:>
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Congrats to Philip and Debbie!
Janna,
I have finally gotten a picture of Aldert and I to share with you and once again I want to sing your praises! This horse is, like so many of your clients, my dream come true. I have bonded with all of the horses in my life but never like this!
Aldert is majestic... everyone at our barn (including me!) is in love with him! He and I are best buddies and we have so much fun on trail together. I am taking him up the ridge behind our barn to build his strength :). When you assured me (I, having not met him) that he was an incredible animal, I felt secure in the fact that you knew what you were talking about... however, he is even more than I had believed he would be! I can't thank you enough for all that you did. You are truely a dream~weaver!! I will keep in touch to let you know how he is coming along. :)
Ever grateful,
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Congrats to Susan and Marty in Las Vegas!
Hi Janna:
Louis is doing fantastic. He already nickers at me when I come into the barn and when I come to get him out of the pasture. He is such a love and we are thoroughly enjoying him. Marty and I are both riding him now in our lessons. Louis is perfect for Marty. Louis has made me fall in love with the Friesian breed and wish we had found them sooner! I haven't bonded as much with any of my horses as I have with Lou man. He is a treasure.
Susan in Las Vegas |
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