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2008 Wander x Ytsje W. filly

Wander x Ytsje W. 2008 filly

This 2008 filly is by Wander and out of Ytsje (by Tsjerk.)

She is here!! Sister to approved stallions in the Netherlands including the fabulous Doaitsen 420. Simply beautiful, she is finally here.

This filly sired by Wander 352 and out of the Tsjerk daughter, Ytsje W. is for sale to someone who wants a royally bred Friesian mare.

FOR SALE!

Announcing Sans Souci's latest Friesian Edition!
VICTORY van SANS SOUCI was born June 20th and she is SPECIAL!

Out of the Ster mare Viola A. and sired by the spectacular NANNING 374 this beautiful filly is strong, corrrect and upright. Not only is she conformationally exceptional she carries some of the most outstanding Friesian blood in the world. Her dam is sister to the top indexing stallion in the Netherlands in both conformation AND movement and her sire is the sire of an approved stallion and has never been below 1st Premium when shown.

We are excited to have bred her and to be able to offer her for sale at this time.

Congratulations
to Paige Lilly and Reward fan't Sans Souci
shown winning their first time out.

We at Sans Souci are extremely proud of both of them.

Sans Souci's First Friesian Foal

He's here!! Sans Souci's first Friesian foal is here and he is SUPER! Sired by 1st Premium sire AIT 410, who stands at stud in the Netherlands, and out of Sans Souci's recently imported Friesian STER mare VIOLA A . Reward fan't Sans Souci is a very special guy. He is FOR SALE!

Jitske Grytsje Arrives at Sans Souci

The last of Sans Souci's Friesians from the Netherlands is shown being released from quarantine in New York following her importation from Friesland.

Jitske Grytsje is a coming two year old Tsjalke daughter who will be one of the mainstays of the Sans Souci Friesian broodmare band. Plans are to show her for Ster in 2006. The horses were released during what amounted to a small blizzard and after a harrowing trip home are now safe and sound at home in Marion, North Carolina. Grace says there's a little language barrier but the horses are learning English considerably faster than she is learning Dutch!!!

Grace Attends Stallion Show in Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Wibe 402 sire of the 2004 Friesian colt MELLE W. who will soon make Sans Souci his new home.

Grace and the Friesian stallion AIT 410 sire of Sans Souci's new Friesian yearling filly MAAIKE.

Grace has just returned from a trip to the Netherlands where she attended the National Stallion Show and visited various breeding farms of Friesian horses, named for Friesland, the providence where they are bred. Most people associate this breed with the massive black stallion ridden by the character Navarre in the movie "Ladyhawk". The romance of the Friesian horse extends as far back as the Crusades where this warhorse carried knights into battle and to as recent as the modern show ring where the Friesian is a highly competitive participant in high level dressage and show ring competition.

Like many breeds the Friesian carries Arabian blood within its heritage. The cross of the modern day Friesian and Arabian makes an excellent mount, especially for a child or beginner rider who needs a larger sized yet quiet mount, as it combines the refined beauty, intelligence and endurance of the Arabian with the extreme gentleness and quiet attitude of the Friesian producing a large dark impressive but quiet horse with stamina and refined beauty and impressive action, with some lines displaying dressage ( sport horse) movement and others being extreme trotters breaking well over level and making excellent English pleasure and Country English pleasure competitors. Sans Souci is currently pursuing this cross in its Half-Arabian breeding program. ( See the new Friesian page soon to be a part of this web site for further updates on Friesians at Sans Souci).

Grace's trip provided research for further implementation of this wonderful equine cross and also a better understanding of the purebred Frisian horse. While in Friesland she attended the National Stallion Show in Leeuwarden, which is one of the last steps in a long process necessary for approval of a Friesian stallion for breeding. Earlier in the year over 450 three-year-old Friesian stallions began a testing process for conformation, movement and structural and breeding soundness. By the beginning of the show only 67 horses remained after the rigid elimination rounds. On Friday and Saturday Jan 21st and 22nd these 67 were judged both free and in hand and further reduced to 23 which will go forward for 60 days more training at a central training facility and then be further reduced in number, usually by half. The 10-12 remaining three year olds will be allowed to stand as stallions for 4-5 years in a provisional status and will then again be judged on their offspring. At that time, dependant on their offspring quality, they will be either finally approved as breeding stallions or rejected and removed from the approved breeding list. Currently in the U.S. there are less than 20 approved Friesian stallions, there is a larger group in Friesland but the number is still very limited.

Following the show Grace was guest of several of the breeding farms and training centers where she was able to view the results of the Friesian breeders individual programs and observe Friesians being trained both under saddle and for driving. After several days of farm visits she spent a day touring Amsterdam before returning home.

Sans Souci Announces the Arrival of an Exciting Addition


Contessa Bint Vanyel


Sire: Vanyel

Sans Souci's newest addition should be a sport horse supreme, CONTESSA BINT VANYEL is sired by the Friesian stallion VANYEL and out of the Arabian mare Giana DE (Don Ibn Bask x Gariana ) a well bred mare who brings the blood of *Bask (through Don Ibn Bask), Serafix and Al Fahir (through National Champion High Hopes) as well as Garis and Ferzon to the pedigree. Vanyel is a son of the well known Friesian stallion Laes. A champion in his own right, Vanyel was Region 4 Champion Aged Stallion In-hand and was undefeated in his Aged Stallion division with scores to the mid 70's.

This beautiful black/bay filly will represent Sans Souci in the Sport Horse show ring this year in the in-hand classes and should be a top contender in future years in dressage. We would like to thank Blackshire Equestrian Centre of Randolph, Minnesota, owner of Vanyel, for allowing us to acquire this lovely filly. Look for her and our future Arabian/Friesian crosses sired by Blackshire's Friesian stallions Vanyel and Zorro (sire Erik 351) in the winner's circle. Some of these foals will be for sale.

Reference Sire: Zorro (Erik 351)

Friesians of Sans Souci, 250 Grace Greenlee Road, Marion, NC 28752
Grace Greenlee: Owner
Phone: 828.442.6442E-mail: graceggreenlee@gmail.com