Proudly Introducing the Newest Addition to 
Our Family....
Syrrah of Starry Knights 
1st Premium


Velvet & Syrrah getting acquainted

Syrrah is a 6 month old filly Friesian who went 1st Premium at the Keuring. 
 The Judge from the Netherlands stated that she was clearly the Best Horse at the Show.
Syrrah's mother is Mariska who is Ster + Preferant

 

 

 

DDreams Really Do Come True...
Proudly Presenting 
Our 1st Friesian Ster Mare...

Krizia's Velvet

 

 

 

ABIT ABOUT FRIESIANS....

Place of origin: Holland.

Aptitudes: Draft, farm work, riding horse.

Qualities: Excellent trotting horse.

Temperament: Docile, responsive.
Conformation: The Friesian is a horse with a compact build and superb bearing, standing from 15-17 hands at the withers. The coat is exclusively black, very rarely presenting white markings on the head only. The head is long and narrow with a straight profile, full forelock, short, pointed ears, and gentle, expressive eyes. The neck is quite short but well-arched; the withers broad and not very prominent, the back straight and short, the loins broad, the flanks rounded, the croup muscular and sloping, the tail full, the chest broad and deep, the shoulder long and sloping. The legs are muscular with broad joints and some feather below the cannons; the foot is large and strong.
History: The Friesian is one of the oldest breeds in Europe and was much in demand in the Middle Ages as a war horse to carry knights in armour. Although greatly influenced by the addition of Andalusian and Oriental blood, the modern breed still retains the characteristics of its ancestors. An excellent trotter, it was frequently used as an imposing black carriage horse for funerals. Known at one time as the Harddraver, meaning "good trotter" in Dutch, it has, together with the Hackney, which itself derives from the Friesian, contributed to the formation of all competitive trotting breeds. The Friesian was in danger of becoming extinct in the early twentieth century.
    Interesting  Information:
  • Friesians are one of the most ancient European breeds of horse and modern Friesians are direct descendants of the horses that medieval knights used to ride into battle.
  • Friesians are a rare breed. There are fewer than 1000 Friesian Horses in the U.S. and Canada.
  • The Friesian Registry, which is still based in the Netherlands, maintains very strict standards for stallions. To become approved stallions are judged on conformation, way of going and quality of progeny. There are fewer than 50 approved Friesian stallions in the entire world.
  • Friesian horses now only come in black but they originally came in chestnut and grey as well.
  • When the Friesian Registry was founded in 1879 there was only one purebred stallion remaining. All of today's Friesians can trace their ancestry back to that one stallion.