About Us

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE

As a child, I had a storybook with a picture of a golden horse with a beautiful white mane and tail.  I loved that horse, but it was only a fairytale, right?  I will never forget the day I saw a real "live" golden horse, with a beautiful white mane and tail.  I had to find out what kind of horse it was.  Of course, it was a Haflinger!!!  The more I learned about Haflingers, the more I wanted one.  They sounded like the perfect horse for me.  So in 1997, I bought my first Haflinger and my "dream horse" became a reality.  Now it is hard to remember a time without Haflingers.  They have consumed our life like nothing else ever did.

My husband, Larry, soon fell as hopelessly in love with Haflingers as I was.  We had recently retired and soon found ourselves becoming bored.  So we decided to sell our "other" horses and start breeding Haflingers.  We went a little overboard, buying and breeding and soon found ourselves with 25 Haflingers, all wanting, needing, and deserving our time and attention.  These horses are such "people lovers", we decided to find good homes for some and reduce our numbers, so we would have less work and more time for fun with our Haflingers.  We now have 7, which makes our daily lives much easier and our remaining Haflingers are much happier with all the extra attention they receive.

We are active members of the Western Haflinger Association (WHA) and the American Haflinger Registry (AHR).  We have met many wonderful Haflinger owners and volunteer a significant amount of time and effort to these organizations.

Haflinger Inspection & Classification (I & C) is one of my favorite subjects.  I have studied Haflinger confirmation and movement for the last 5 years, in both the United States and the Haflinger homeland of Austria.  During my studies, as observer and scribe, I have filled out hundreds of score sheets and been privileged to receive personal instruction from several judges, who are listed on the International Haflinger Judge's list.  My main goal was to improve our own breeding program, and that goal is ongoing.  We have presented 6 of our Haflingers for I & C, plus 3 yearlings colts have had their Informal Evaluations.  Four of our Haflingers have achieved a "Silver" rating, and a couple missed the mark by only one or two points.

We love raising Haflinger babies, but as responsible breeders, we don't want to produce unwanted foals.  In the menu of this web site, "click" on "MARES" to read more about our new program: 

"CREATE THE HAFLINGER OF YOUR DREAMS". 

Our goal is to produce exceptional, high quality Haflingers for discriminating buyers, who are capable of recognizing true quality.  We have seen the results of "selective breeding".  We will only breed our Inspected/Classified mares to Inspected/Classified Haflinger stallions, who have attained a "Silver" rating or better.  We believe this is our best insurance to consistently produce quality Haflingers with better than average confirmation, excellent temperaments, and intelligent minds.  These traits assure a sound active athlete, eager to accept training in almost any equine discipline.

If you are looking for a "better than average Haflinger", give us a call.  If you are a serious breeder, we encourage you to offer a similar program to your customers.

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For more information, please email us at CGHemilyS@yahoo.com or call (541)610-6685. Ask for Emily.

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