W. Charlot Farms

About US

Augustin Walch has been breeding horses for over 40 (!) years , first in his native Germany and since 1980, for well over 28 years, here in North America. Augustin has carefully selected his stallions over the years (and he was very "lucky" on more than one occasion) and he believes in keeping the best mares for his breeding program. His goal has always been to breed an attractive looking, athletic horse with good gaits,  lots of scope, a great technique over jumps and a wonderful working attitude that allows the owner / rider to develop the horse in more than one discipline.

We always stand behind our horses and if "you and your WCF born horse" are not a perfect fit, we promise we will do our best to work with you and rectify the situation to everyone's satisfaction.  We don't just want to sell a horse, we want to "match" rider and horse and Augustin will tell you openly if he feels a horse is not the right choice for you.

We have been fortunate in that many of our horses have been in very capable hands over the years that made "our horses" develop into exceptional athletes. We can only supply you with a "raw diamond", the "finished product" has to be created by you,  the owner, rider and trainer in a team effort.

The amazing results WCF born horses have achieved over the years speak for themselves.

Several international show jumpers were born here at the farm such as Catwalk, winner of two World Cup Qualifiers or Millcreek Sparky, an international show jumper, initially  competing in Europe and now in South America. Numerous Young Horse Jumper Champions were bred by us such as "Augustine"  who won the Ontario Championships, the Eastern Canada Championships and the Canadian Show Jumping Championships for five year old horses in 2007. Ontario Jumper Champions born in Stratford include Pour Patrice, Pour L'Amour and Rio's Lovestory. 

2009 marks the sixth consecutive year that we are USEF Hunter Breeders of the year. Many of the best Hunters currently showing in the US were raised in Stratford, such as Rio Renoir, Rio Echo, Eye Remember Rio, Vivaldi, Rio Jolicoeur and Rio's Roxanne as well as former Hunter Champion Rio Bravo and 2002 AHSA Horse of the Year Rio Bronco.

Thanks  to our stallion Viva Voltaire we have raised several very promising dressage prospects over the past few years - most notably the Hanoverian stallion "Viva's Salieri" who was  North American breed Champion as a five year old at Dressage at Devon with a score of 81%. Viva's Salieri and Tom Dvorak won two Prix St. George in 2009 (as an eight year old) during Salieri's  first two horse shows competing  at the FEI level.

Having free jumped some of our youngsters by Cabardino, we know that Cabardino is producing exceptional horses for the hunter and jumper ring with a wonderful technique over jumps and excellent movement.

Please review our horses for sale pages and contact us at your convenience - we look forward to hearing from you.