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November 2008
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Congratulations to
Cabardino & Jennifer O'Neill J Elliot Cotrelle Royal Grand Champions - Amateur Champion - Adult Amateur Hunter 36 plus
Cabardino & Erynn Ballard Reserve Champion - Combined Working Hunters
Pictures from the RAWF will be available on our new, redesigned site in late November along with many pictures of Cabrdino's foals
September 2008 St. Louis Charity Show Congratulations to Rio's Figaro W 2004 Canadian Warmblood gelding & Alex Granato
Champion 3'3" Pre Green Hunter Division winning of all five classes in the 3'3" pre green division ! picture to follow shortly
Foal Inspections / Mare Shows
Canadian Warmblood Breed Show at Baden, ON Congratulations to
picture by Penny Nicol Elaine Parkinson of Rockwood Ontario who bred this lovely filly by Cabardino that swept the CW breed show earlier this month: Champion Foal Junior Champion (Foals & Yearlings) Overall Show Champion (all age groups) with a score of 86 %
American Warmblood Inspection Congratulations to
picture by Marshall Davidson Penny Rose of Toronto, Ontario whose beautiful filly "Fleur de Rio" by Rio's Filius and out of the welsh pony mare "Gwenos Welsh Rose" received First Premium with scores of 9 and above in all categories (type, frame, conformation, movement and overall impression) for an amazing overall score of 9.3 ! Judge's comments include" lovely sporthorse filly, athletic with excellent movement in all three gaits"
photo by Michelle C. Dunn Rio's Filius
USEF Rankings Hunter Sire Standings Rio Grande is currently in third place and the top Hanoverian stallion in the hunter rankings; we are thrilled that Viva Voltaire has moved up to 30th place thanks to Viva's Primus and Vivaldi, two beautiful chestnut geldings born at WCF during 2001 following Viva's first year standing at W Charlot Farms.
Viva's Primus
Augustin & WCF are leading the hunter breeder rankings for the fifth consecutive year with 15,258 points compared to 6,327 earned by the second placed breeder; congratulations and a big thank you to the riders and trainers for the excellent results achieved with their WCF born horses !
August 2008
Halton Place Country Classic We had a terrific day at Halton Place where our homebred horses won both the four and five year old jumper development class & Cabardino was Champion in his division for the second week;
Congratulations to
Viva's Don Juan W & Adrienne Iverson winner of the five year old class with the highest score of the day (87)
Viva's Don Juan (Viva Voltaire x Rio's Dolly) with Adrienne Iverson and Audrey Morissette
In the four year old class, WCF bred horse took first, third and fourth place First Place - Julio (Joe Cocker X Diana (Diamant x Rio Grande)) - score of 86 Third Place - Futi's Sunflower (Futurist x Rio Grande) - 84 pts Fourth Place - Viva's Romeo (Viva Voltaire x Eye Remember Rio) - 82.5 pts
incidentally, the sires of these three horses all started their career in the jumper development series as well
Adrienne and Sunflower accepting the ribbons for the four year old class
Thank you to our horse show team Adrienne, Audrey and Maria for all your efforts - we truly appreciate it!
Our stallion Cabardino won all six over fences classes that he competed in during the last two weeks and was Champion in his division both weeks at Halton Place
most of our three year old boys have now been started under saddle - a DVD of the 2005 group free running and free jumping is available
a beautiful August day at the farm
fillies enjoying the Avon river July 2008 all of our 2008 foals have arrived - more pictures to follow shortly
filly by Cabardino x Viva Voltaire
colt by Cabardino x Rio Grande
colt by Cabardino x Esprit D'Amour
May 2008 Palgrave, Ontario Cabardino was Grand Hunter Champion two weeks in a row, winning the Working Hunter Division each week with Erynn Ballard and winning Champion & Reserve Champion ribbons in the Amateur division with Jennifer O'Neill
April 2008 W. Charlot Farm born "Catwalk" by Rio Grande & Darren Dlin will be representing Canada at the World Cup Final held in Gothenborg from April 23 - 27 . 12 Years after Rio Grande and Eric Lamaze competed at the WC Finals in Geneva, Rio's 10 year old daughter will be jumping for Canada. This will be a major challenge for Catwalk who has little experience at this level - we will keep our fingers crossed !
Catwalks & Darren Dlin Winner of two WC - Qualifiers in 2007
March 2008 We would like to introduce our newest stallion
For Sandro Hanoverian stallion by For Pleasure - Sandro born 2005 just released from quarantine - a videoclip will be added shortly
December 2007
For the fourth consecutive year, A. Walch/ W. Charlot Farms has been awarded the USEF Hunter Breeder of the Year Trophy with 16,196 points - almost 9,500 points more that the second placed breeder. We would like to thank the owners, riders and trainers of the WCF born horses that have accumulated points during 2007 for the excellent job they are doing - we know that we could not achieve this distinction without you.
Rio Grande finished the Leading Hunter Sire standings in 6th place this year with a total of 16, 445 points.
November 2007 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair , Toronto Cabardino wins Combined Hunter Championship under Erynn Ballard
What a wonderful end to the 2007 show season. Cabardino and Erynn won two over fences class as well as the hack class at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.
Erynn & Cabardino had an incredible season - winning the Champion or Reserve title at all but one of the shows they competed in.
CSHA Stallion Inspection: our Hanoverian stallion, Vasco Da Gama, was the highest scoring stallion at the 2007 CSHA stallion inspection receiving First Premium status.
Vasco has a first class pedigree combining the proven performance bloodlines of Voltaire, Raphael and Grannus. The performance record of the 2007 Ontario Champion for 6 year old Jumpers has been impeccable and we are pleased to add this beautiful, tall, black Hanoverian stallion with the most incredible temperament to our quality selection of approved breeding stallions for the 2008 breeding season.
In addition, Rio's Filius received full breeding approval from CSHA !
September, 2007 Tournament of Champions, ON Ontario Championships - WCF bred and/or owned horses won the Ontario Championship title in three out of four age divisions: Congratulations to:
photo by Audrey Morissette Rio's Lovestory W & Erynn Ballard 4 year old Ontario Champion
photo by Audrey Morissette "Augustine" & Rob Carey 5 year old Ontario Champion
Vasco da Gama & M.v.d.Hoeven 6 year old Ontario Champion
our other two four year olds did well, too:
photo by Audrey Morissette Viva's Romina & Erynn Ballard
photo by Audrey Morissette Futi's Calypso & Erynn Ballard Thank you, Audrey, for the beautiful action shots! Rio's Lovestory and Erynn Ballard were Reserve Champion in both the Eastern Canadian Championship and the Canadian Championship and "Augustine" (aka Rio's Lucio) managed to win all three Championships and became the 2007 Five Year old Champion for Ontario, Eastern Canada in addition to claiming the national title !
Augustine with breeder Augustin Walch, trainer Di Landgmuir (what an incredible job, Di !), owner Aubrey DeSylva and rider Rob Carey
Halton Place, ON as both Erynn Ballard and Martien van der Hoeven were competing at Lexington during the Halton Place show, Tony Cachia took over the reins and did a fantastic job with our four year olds. Tony and Futi's Calypso came fourth and Rio's Lovestory followed in fifth place with a great style score and some time faults. Thank you Tony for doing this for us - you did an amazing job!
Futi's Calypso W & Tony Cachia Lexington, KY Vasco da Gama was double clear in all four 1.30 m classes that he showed in at Lexington under Martien van der Hoeven. They won two classes and came third and seventh in the other two classes. August 10, 2007 Collingwood, ON we had a one-two finish in the JD series for four year old horses with Rio's Lovestory winning her third class of the season under Erynn Ballard and Futi's Calypso coming a close second. In the six year old class, Vasco da Gama was narrowly beaten in the Jump-off and came second with Martien van der Hoeven.
Rio's Lovestory & Gloria
August 5, 2007 Palgrave, ON
WCF born Catwalk by Rio Grande wins $ 100,0000 WC Qualifier at Palgrave under Darren Dlin following Catwalk's win at Blainville a few weeks ago, D. Dlin & Catwalk have now won both WC qualifiers held in Canada in 2007
Catwalk & Darren Dlin
July 14, 2007 Palgrave, ON - Cornerstone Farm Dressage Show We had a very good time at the 4 year old Dressage Futurity class for Eastern Canada this year. With Tom Dvorak, who showed Viva's Athletico so successfully last year, competing at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro and being instrumental in Team Canada winning a Silver medal over the weekend, it was a wonderful and unique opportunity for our dedicated and hard working staff members to participate at a horse show. Maria, Audrey and Inga all did a wonderful job, preparing their young horses for this event in less than two weeks and achieving very respectable scores - all over 60% !
Congratulations to
Rio's Donatello & Maria Stecher Champion - 4 year old Performance Futurity - achieving over 70% ! Donatello is a hunter prospect in his "real life" and sadly lost one eye last fall. This was his first horse show and he was not at all intimidated by all the activity around him. Thank you, Maria, for doing such a wonderful job with Donatello - it looked like he was an "old pro" in the dressage ring !
Viva's Romina & Audrey Morisette 3rd place Romina has won one of the four year old jumper development class earlier this year and Audrey did a terrific job preparing & guiding this sensitive, beautiful mare through the test.
Rio's Lovestory & Inga Walch - Allard 4th place Lovestory is an amazing young jumper and has won two four year old JD classes earlier this year. Thank you Inga, for doing such a great job with Lovestory.
We know how busy all three of you are at this time of the year with looking after the foals, collecting stallions and breeding the mares - we are very happy how well you presented these three green horses - A big Thank you to all three of you!
WCF born Rio's Showman, who has already done quite well in the hunter ring, came fifth with Stephanie Inglis.
Thank you to the Canadian Warmblood Association for initiating the Futurity classes - hopefully more and more riders and breeders will use this wonderful opportunity to show their horses in future years.
July 8, 2007
We are absolutely thrilled that WCF born "Catwalk"
(aks Rio's Ramona) won the $ 70,000 Woldcup
Qualifier in Blainville, Quebec. This is the first time that a horse
born at our farm has won such a big class and it is very fitting that it
happened shortly after Catwalk's sire, Rio Grande, passed away.
Congratulations to Darrin Dlin and his team.
June 29, 2007 Barrie - Cornerstone Farms Cabardino and Erynn Ballard were Reserve Champion in the working hunter division during week one and Champion once again during week two. Thank you, Erynn, it is just wonderful how you can do so well with Cabardino, never practicing but just meeting him at the horse shows in between Cabardino's breeding duties.
Jumper Development Classes Four year olds class Rio's Lovestory wins her second class of the season - this time with Erynn Ballard achieving once again the highest score of the day - 92 points.
Futi's Calypso had a beautiful round and has been very consistent placing fourth in all three classes to date. Viva's Romina was 9th with one rail.
Five year old class Congratulations to GH Fortune's Son & Carly Campbell Cooper riding for owner and breeder Glenhadden Farm. Fortune's Son is by Futurist and looks very much like his sire. They had an absolutely beautiful round and achieved 91.5 points to win the class. Six year old class Vasco da Gama and Martien van der Hoeven had a clear first round and placed 9th with two rails in the jump off.
Futurist and Erynn Ballard were back in the ring together for the first time since last September and won both classes they entered in! We truly enjoyed seeing Futurist having fun in the ring again.
June 24, 2007 Ottawa Summer Dressage Classic
Tom Dvoark & Viva's Salieri W did it again! Winner - FEI Young Horse Six Year old Finale with a terrific score of 76% !
Thank you, Tom & Ellen, your show record with "Socks" has just been incredible!
Good luck at the Pan American Games - we will keep our fingers crossed for Tom & Beaumarchais and Team Canada
June 17, 2007 Palgrave, ON Cabardino wins Regular Working Hunter Championship again with Wayne McLellan as Erynn Ballard is still at Spruce Meadows
Cabardino has now competed at five horse shows in 2007, bringing home the Regular Working Hunter Championship ribbon from four of the five shows.
Jumper Development Classes ... pictures to follow We had an absolutely amazing day at Palgrave with WCF Bred/owned horses winning all three age groups on Saturday, June 16. Four year old class First - Viva's Romina (Viva Voltaire x Romina by Ritual) with a score of 90 points -this was her very first horse show and we are just thrilled Fourth - Futi's Calypso W (Futurist x Caroline by Capitol) with a score of 85.5 points Eighth - Rio's Lovestory W (Rio Grande x Lavinia by Lavall) with one rail All horses were ridden by Martien van der Hoeven - thank you, to Martien, for doing such an incredible job with these horses despite the fact that he has only ridden them a few times before.
Five year old class First - "Augustine" aka Rio's Lucio W (Rio Grande - Santa Lucia) - bred by WCF and now owned by Aubrie Desylva and ridden by Rob Carey. They had an amazing round with the highest style score of the day - 92 points for Augustine and Rob Carey. Thank you to Di Langmuir and Virginia Tinti for their support and loyalty. Seventh - Futuro W (Futurist x Sunshine) and Heather McDonald with an absolutely beautiful round. Thank you to Mike and Stephanie Grinyer and Heather for the great job they are doing with "Future Star" as they call him. Six year old class First - Vasco Da Gama - our big black Hanoverian stallion by Voltaire - Raphael with a double clear round and the fastest time in the jumpoff. He did not look that fast, but he was very efficient and covered a lot of ground with each stride under the guidance of Martien van der Hoeven. Seventh - Rio's Diorello W (Rio Grande x Diorella) with one rail.
Beginner Children's Hunter Congratulations to Escador & Hilary D'Souza Reserve Champion winning one over fences class and placing second in another; we are happy that Escador, who had a bad injury as a three year old, found such a loving home.
June 7, 2007 Palgrave, ON During a two day break from his very busy breeding schedule Cabardino wins Regular Working Hunter Championship again this time with Wayne McLennan as his regular rider, Erynn Ballard, is competing in the Pam Am trials at Spruce Meadows. Cabardino and Wayne McLellan won all six over fences classes that they competed in - thank you very much Wayne, Erynn and Audrey for doing such an amazing job with Cabardino.
Spruce Meadows, AB WCF born Catwalk (aka "Rio's Ramona") sits in fourth place in the Pan Am trials under Darren Dlin after four of the five qualifiers have taken place. Catwalk (Rio Grande x Landgraf - Furioso) is the only Canadian born horse that is competing in the trials. Good luck in Saturday's final class - we will be watching and keeping our fingers crossed for both Catwalk & Darren Dlin and for Erynn Ballard and her mount Robin.
June 2, 2007 Devon Horse Show Congratulations to Rio Renoir & Brad Wolf Amateur Owner over 35 Champion Grand Amateur Hunter Champion
what a remarkable achievement for Mr. Wolf, a heart surgeon, who meets Renoir only at the horse shows.
May 26, 2007 The first jumper development class of the year was a bitter sweet event for us with
Rio's Lovestory W (Rio Grande x Lavinia) winning the four year olds class under Martien van der Hoeven with 97 points, the highest score of the day. This was the first time that one of our Rios was back in the ring after Rio's death.
Our four year old Futurist offspring did very well, too, with scores of 88 points for Futi's Rosario W (Futurist x Rio Grande) and 85 for Futi's Calypso (Futurist x Capitol).
Five year old "Augustine" (aka Rio's Lucio - Rio Grande x Santa Lucia) did extremely well with Rob Carey. He achieved the score or 92 points and came third for his owner Aubrie DeSylva under the guidance of Di Langmuir.
The six year old class was won by our big black Hanoverian stallion Vasco da Gama (Voltaire x Raphael) who had the only double clear round of the class. Viva's Lightning v(Viva Voltaire x Sandro x Raphael) came third with one rail in the jump off. Thank you to Martien van der Hoeven for doing such an excellent job (this was only his second time riding most of the horses) and to our staff at home, Inge, Audrey and Maria who prepared the horses very well during this extremely busy time at the farm.
May 21, 2007 In memory of Rio Grande, we are offering a breeding special on Rio's Filius, full brother to well known Champion hunter "Eye Remember Rio". A portion of the proceeds will be donated to "Cantra" and mare owners will receive a charitable donation receipt. For further information please go to :
May 21, 2007 Canada Loses International Show Jumper and Sire, Rio Grande Stratford, Ontario – International show jumping competitor and renowned sire, Rio Grande, passed away at the age of 21. Arguably the most influential sport horse sire standing in Canada, Rio Grande died suddenly on May 21 after suffering a heart attack. Owned by Augustin Walch of W. Charlot Farms, Rio Grande was a 1986 bay Hannoverian stallion by Raphael x Windhuk. Purchased by Augustin Walch as a three-year-old at the Verden auction in Germany, Rio Grande won the Stallion Performance Test in 1991 before going on to enjoy an international show jumping career. Partnered with Eric Lamaze, Rio Grande competed at the 1996 World Cup Final in Geneva and qualified for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Rio Grande was also a member of winning Nations' Cup teams at the National Horse Show in New York City and the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto in 1995. Following his retirement from competition in 2001, Rio Grande quickly cemented his reputation as a prolific sire of show jumping, hunter, dressage, and eventing sport horses. For three consecutive years, in 2004, 2005 and 2006, W. Charlot Farms was named the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Hunter Breeder of the Year, due in large part to the points accumulated by Rio Grande offspring. Among his most successful hunter progeny are Rio Renoir, Eye Remember Rio, Rio Bravo, Rio Bronco, Due North, and Rave. In addition, Rio Grande offspring are currently competing at the Grand Prix level in show jumping. Rio's Rhapsody has enjoyed success under Erynn Ballard while Catwalk contested the 2007 Pan American Games Selection Trials with Darren Dlin. "Rio Grande has played such an influential role in our breeding program and, more importantly, he has been a member of our family for the past 18 years," said Walch. "We owe him so much, and he will always have a special place in our hearts." Rio Grande's great legacy will live on in his offspring.
March 2007
Wellington, Florida
WCF born "Catwalk" by Rio Grande (aka Rio's Ramona - second from the left in the picture above) had an amazing performance in the $ 100,000 Grand Prix AT WEF on Sunday, March 4. Catwalk and her rider, Darren Dlin, were working on a clear performance when the bridle began to slip over the horse's ears. By the time they approached the triple combination, the bridle had completely fallen off and was dangling in front of Catwalk's chest. Incredibly, Dlin & Catwalk managed to jump clear through the triple, much to the crowd's delight. Unfortunately Dlin could not steer Catwalk to the very last jump without the bridle and they were eliminated for going off course.
Catwalk is the full sister to our breeding stallion Rio's Ricardo.
Congratulations to
Rio Renoir & Holly Orlando Champion Regular Hunter Division for the second time this season
Rio Renoir & Holly Orlando Photo by Aubrie DeSylva with Cabardino's win in the Regular Hunter Division earlier in the season , WCF associated horses have now won three of these prestigious Championship titles at 2007 WEF
Cabardino & Erynn Ballard photo by Aubrie DeSylva
February 2007
February 15, 2007 at WEF:
a great day for our farm.... Congratulations to Erynn Ballard and
Champions Regular Working Hunter Division
and Holly Orlando and WCF born Champions Pre Green Hunter 3'3" Division
with WCF born Mandela (aka Pour La Vie) and Rio Renoir winning some top ribbons as well
this was Cabardino's first week back in the ring after RAWF and Rio's Echo is only 5 years of age.
January 2007 Wellington, FL A great first day of showing for WCF bred horses on the very first day of the WEF: Pre Green Hunters: 2. Mandella (aka Pour la Vie) & Erynn Ballard 5. Rio's Echo (aka Rio's Shadow) & Holly Orlando
and Rio Renoir and Holly Orlando won a Working Hunter Class on Renoir's first day of showing at that level Congratulations !! St. Louis, MO
Fresno (aka Fidelio) had two very successful weeks of showing in the Baby Green Hunter division at St. Louis winning the Reserve Championship Title during the first week and the Championship Ribbon during the second week. It is wonderful that the only WCF bred offspring by Futurist that has been shown in the hunter ring so far is doing so extremely well. A big thank you to Kevin McNeil and Anne & Skip Thornbury of Equisport for doing such a marvelous job with the now five year old Fresno.
Louisville, KY
For the third time in a row, Augustin Walch has been named USEF Hunter Breeder of the year
Thanks to Rio Grande and his wonderful offspring !
November 2006
Congratulations to Rio's Splash (aka Rio's Magic) and Mark Purcell for winning the Zone Championship in the Pre Green Hunter division
Good luck to Mark at Thermal with his Rio offspring Rio's Jazz, Rio's Splash and Rio Rossini
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Toronto Congratulations to
Winner of two Combined Hunter Classes
thanks Erynn - that was wonderful !
Canadian Sport Horse Breeding at RAWF Congratulations to Rio's Romulus & P. Rose Reserve Junior Champion Colt
Rio Bella Rosa & Linda Barrette 2nd - Filly Foaled in 2004
Washington International Horse Show Congratulations to Eye Remember Rio & Victoria Watters Winner - $ 10,000 Adult Hunter Championship
Pennsylvania National Horse Show
Congratulations to
Rio Renoir & Holly Orlando Champion - Second Year Green Working Hunter
Rave & Jordan Baird Reserve Champion - Small Juniors
September 2006
Tournament of Champions
W. Charlot Farm bred and owned horses won the Eastern Canada Championships of the Inaugural Canadian Performance Futurity in all three disciplines !!
Congratulations to Fabiana W (Futurist x Rio Grande ) & Erynn Ballard Champion - Canadian Performance Jumper Futurity
Viva's Athletico W - (Viva Voltaire x Aldato) & Erynn Ballard Champion - Canadian Performance Hunter Futurity by winning both the over fences class (with a score of 86) and the under saddle class of the competition
& Viva's Athletico W again & Tom Dvorak Champion - Canadian Performance Dressage Futurity (in July at Palgrave)
Athletico under Tom Dvorak with Audrey Morissette and Augustin Walch holding the second cooler Athletico won
A big thank you to Erynn Ballard & Tom Dvorak and to Inge Walch- Allard and Audrey Morissette who started and trained Fabiana and Viva's Atheltico !
It is wonderful that our younger stallions Viva Voltaire & Futurist are continuing the tradition of producing Champions started by our foundation sire Rio Grande
Congratulations to Cabardino & Erynn Ballard
Reserve Champion - 4' Working Hunter Division Tournament of Champions
Congratulations to Rio's Blizzard & Ainsley Vince owner Knightwood Stable & Muffie Guthrie and Trainer Tim Grubb Reserve Champion - Canadian Performance Futurity for Hunters & Winner of a Baby Green Hunter Class with a score of 87 at the Tournament of Champions
We are excited to report that Futurist and Erynn Ballard won the $ 10,000 Gienow Cup at the Spruce Meadows Masters!
Hits on the Hudson, Saugerties, NY Congratulations to
Rio's Jolicoeur & Holly White Reserve Champion - Adult Amateur Hunter
August 2006 Lexington, KY
Blue Grass Festival - August 16-20
Three of the Hunter Champions were born at W. Charlot Farm Congratulations to the riders, owner and trainers of
Rio Renoir - Second year Green Champion Eye Remember Rio - A/A - 36 - 49 Champion Glory Road - A/A - 50 and over Champion
Lexington, KY - last week in August Congratulations to Cabardino & Erynn Ballard
Working Hunter Champion & Grand Hunter Champion !! July 2006 We are excited to report that
Tom Dvorak and Viva's Athletico W are Champions - 4 year olds Eastern Zone - Dressage
during the inaugural year of the Canadian Performance Futurity.
admittedly, there was not too much competition in this class but their score of 68.395% was quite remarkable given than Ellen & Tom Dvorak had only ridden this young stallion for 10 days prior to the show and Viva's Athletico was trained as a hunter before. Halting on the center line seemed to be the hardest part of the test for Athletico...
We are thrilled - another beautiful stallion by Viva Voltaire with the most wonderful attitude and the versatility & movement to do well in more than one discipline.
photos by Actionprix Thank you so much, Ellen & Tom, for doing such a wonderful job in such a short time !!
And a thank you goes to the Canadian Warmblood Association for this new series and for making it available to all Canadian bred horses. We are sure there will be many more horses competing next year and later on this year in the hunter and jumper futurities that will take place at the Tournament of Champions in September.
June 2006 Congratulations to
Tom Dvorak & Viva's Salieri W Winner of both 5 year old FEI Young Horse Dressage Classes at CDI ***Ottawa - June 23 & 24, 2006 with scores of 78.4% and 76.2% respectively !! Thank you, Tom & Ellen for the wonderful job you are doing with "Socks" - we are thrilled !
Joe Guzman & Rio's Echo (aka Rio's Shadow W) Reserve Champion - for second week in a row Baby Green Hunter in Saratoga, NY Congratulations to owners Cindy & Tom Deibert
Erynn Ballard & Cabardino
Lili Weik photo Champion Combined Working Hunter Cornerstone Farm
It continues to amaze us how Erynn can just meet Cabardino at the shows and do so incredibly well with him !! Erynn & Cabardino won all three classes on Thursday, including the hack class !! Thanks so much, Erynn !
Rob Carey & "Augustine" aka Rio's Lucio W"
Rio's Lucio and his nurse mom, Rosie the Clydesdale, enjoying the Avon River - summer of 2002 show picture to follow soon Champion Baby Green Hunter Palgrave Congratulations to trainer Di Langmuir and owner Aubrie DeSilva
Erynn Ballard & Futurist
for serveral excellent ribbons during Futurist's first trip to Spruce Meadows
Kory Lowe & Rio's Daliah W
photo by R. Demmel Reserve Champion Pre Green Hunter Metamora Hunt A in Michigan Rio's Daliah W is the full sister to Rio's Splash (aka Rio's Magic(al) W), Rio's Fame W and Rio's Donatello W
Holly Orlando & Rio's Echo (aka Rio's Shadow W) Reserve Champion Baby Green Hunter at their very first horse show in Saratoga, NY Congratulations to owner Cindy Deibert and trainer Joe Guzman who did such an incredible job with Rio Renoir as well!
Pictures of Tom Dvorak and Viva's Salieri, a 2001 stallion by Viva Voltaire
May 2006 At a show at L.A. Equestrian Centre, offspring by Rio Grande born in 2001 and raised here in Stratford won the top three ribbons in the pre green hunter division:
Congratulations to Rio's Romanus - First place rider C. Merrit and owner C. Cotlove Rio's Splash (aka Rio's Magic) - 2nd place rider M. Purcell Rio Rojo (aka Rio's Jazz) - 3rd place rider M. Purcell and owner L. Scharf
thank you to the owners and riders for keeping us so well informed - we appreciate it!
What an absolutely incredible day we had at Palgrave this past Thursday - despite the horrible weather and all the mud:
Cabardino & Erynn Ballard
Champion - Regular Working Hunter Division Cabardino and Erynn won all five over fences classes that they showed in on Wed and Thu and they won the Model class as well
thank you Erynn for doing such an absolutely amazing job with Cabardino - with very little training !!
Young Horse Classes Four Year old Jumpers 1st - Rio's Lancia W & Erynn Ballard with a picture perfect round - Rio's Lancia is by Rio Grande and out of Gambia by Landgraf - Furioso 2nd - Riolanco W & Martien van der Hoeven Riolanco is a CSHA gelding by Rio Grande - last foal of our herd leading mare "Sri Lanka" 4th - Fabianna & Erynn Ballard Fabianna is a beautiful Hanoverian filly by Futurist out of Rio's Rendezvous
Five Year old Jumpers 2nd - Viva's Lightning W & Erynn Ballard with a beautiful, very scopey round - Viva's Lightning is by Viva Voltaire and out of Skyline by Sandro - Raphael - (Viva's Lightning shares the bloodlines of Grannus, Argentinus and Sandro with the new WC Champion "Sandro Boy" ridden by Marcus Ehning) 3rd - Rio's Diorello W & Erynn Ballard Rio's Diorello is an embryo foal whose sire Rio Grande and dam Diorella were competing against each other in WC qualifiers ! 6th - Vasco da Gama & Martien van der Hoeven with a lazy rail at the first jump - Vasco, a Hanoverian stallion by Voltaire has so much scope that he just does not take jumps at this height seriously More exciting results in the hunter ring....
Rios' Ricardo and the four year old Viva's Athletico W showed for the first time in the hunter ring. We are very pleased that Viva's Athletico got a 4th and 5th placed ribbon with Martien van der Hoeven in Baby Green Hunter over fences classes and Rios Ricardo and Martien placed well in several 3'6" Conformation classes and even won one over fences class.
2005 Four Year old Ontario Jumper Champion "Pour La Vie W" is now showing in the hunter ring as well for his new owner and with his new show name "Mandella" he won several top ribbons in the Pre Green Hunter classes.
Sorry - but nice pictures could not be taken in the mud
We were also happy to hear that Rio's Bradley W and "Augustine" (aka Rio's Lucio W) did well for their owners in the hunter ring
Congratulations to Heidi Snider at Hillcrest Training Centre in Washington state and to
VIVALDI
2001 gelding by Viva Voltaire out of Dunja
3'3"Pre Green Hunter Champion at WSHJA Spring National Inaugural Show
and
3'3" Pre Green Hunter Champion at WSHJA Spring National Hunter Show
We are thrilled that our oldest crop of Viva offspring (born in 2001) is doing so well in the hunter, dressage and jumper ring !
More exciting dressage news from the Paxton Farm CDI in Batavia, Ohio:
Congratulations to Tom Dvorak and Viva's Salieri W !!!
Viva's Salieri W, a five year old Hanoverian stallion by Viva Voltaire, born here at the farm achieved spectacular scores at his very first horse show this weekend at the Paxton Farm CDI in Batavia, Ohio under Tom Dvorak Tom & Salieri started in four classes and had scores over 70% in three of the classes, winning two (one with over 74 % !!) and placing second and third in the other two classes Thank you, Tom and Ellen for the terrific job you are doing with "Socks" and we are extremely happy that we can report some incredible dressage results for a change!!
Viva Voltaire photo by Michelle C Dunn Classic at Palgrave
Congratulations to
Erynn Ballard & Cabardino for winning both Regular Hunter classes that they entered in - what a terrific start to Cabardino's first year as a hunter here in Ontario
photo by Michelle C Dunn
Erynn Ballard and Futurist
photo by Michelle C Dunn for winning a 1,35 m class on Friday with a time in the jump off that was simply unbeatable although Futurist was the first horse in the ring;
pictures of our first Cabardino foal (colt) - mare is "Riana" by Rio Grande - Diamant
April 2006 Pictures of filly by Viva Voltaire out of Rio's Gemstar
Congratulations to Rio' Reveille & Penny Rose
Photo by Pro Shot Event Photography Champion - Four year old Free Jumping Competition in Newmarket, ON Rio's Reveille is out of a Welsh mare !!!
March 2006 March 25, 2006 - Tampa
WCF bred horses win two Hunter Championships in One Week at WEF in Tampa!! Eye Remember Rio & Rio Renoir both won their hunter divisions inTampa this week;
Congratulations to
Rio Renoir & Holly Orlando Champion - 2nd Year Green Hunter Excerpt from Thursday's Press Release: The final
championship awarded on Thursday was in the Second Year Green
Hunters. Walking in for the presentation was a horse that has become
quite accustomed to wearing fluttering ribbons on his bridle. Rio
Renoir and Holly Orlando received three first place ribbons and
a fifth over fences, as well as a sixth place under saddle. Reserve
champion in the division was This week was a
different situation for Orlando and Rio Renoir. “In It was a great
chance for horse and rider to get to know each other better and
bond. “He’s so sweet and funny,”
photo by R. Munster
Eye Remember Rio &Tory Watters Leblond Champion - A/A 36 - 50 Hunter Division
Excerpt from Saturday's Press Release: It will be a fight to the finish in the Adult Amateur 36-50 Hunter division for the circuit championship. Leaping their way up the charts are Eye Remember Rio and Victoria Watters LeBlond. They won all three over fences classes this week for the championship, which puts them near the top of the rankings. Leading the division going into this week was the reserve champion, Romanze, and owner/rider Carolyn Anderson. “We’ve been reserve circuit champion for the past two years, so I decided we weren’t going to go down for the third year,” LeBlond said with a laugh. “It’ll be a fight to the end!” After winning both classes on Friday, LeBlond said the main thing on her mind was, “I was having a really good time and just didn’t want to choke for today.” She added, “For me, it was a great way to end the circuit. This was my last class, but somebody else will show my horse next week for me. I loved ending circuit that way.” LeBlond has
nothing but superlatives for her Canadian Sporthorse, Eye Remember
Rio. “
March 24, 2006 - USEF rankings
Both Augustin Walch and Rio Grande are at the top of the current USEF standings. Augustin has a substantial lead in the hunter breeder category and Rio a 1,000 points lead in the hunter sire rankings.
It is wonderful that several "new horses" are now collecting points on our behalf, such as "American Beauty" aka Rio's Beauty, a 2001 chestnut filly who was showing successfully in Indio. Rio's Splash (aka Rio's Magic aka Rio's Magical), another chestnut filly born in 2001, was also successfully competing in Indio for her new owner. Rio Rojo (aka Rio's Jazz) and Timberlake (aka Vivaldi by Viva Voltaire) competed successfully in the Pre Green Hunter division under Mark Purcell against their former stablemates Rio's Splash and American Beauty.
While visiting in Wellington, we were thrilled to see "Rio's Image", a 2001 colt who has a special place in our hearts. He lost his mother "Sandro's Girl" when he was only four weeks old and we were always trying to help him "steal" milk from Vivaldi's and Rio's Beauty's dams, Dunja and Sonett, as he much preferred that to the "artificial" milk. He got a lot of bite marks when he tried to get some "real" milk when we were not around to hold on to the mares, but he has now grown into a beautiful 17.0 hh horse. He is showing under the name "Rio Redemption" against his older full brother "Eye Remember Rio" in the A/A hunter division and, at only 5 years of age, has won classes at Wellington and beaten his older, very experienced and incredibly successful brother in the process. We are very proud of you, Image!
Augustin & Rio's Image Futurist showed in FEI classes under Erynn Ballard during the last week of showing at Wellington and went clear both times, placing 5th and 6th respectively.
After their incredibly successful first week as hunters in Ocala, Pour La Vie and Cabardino were shipped to the Winter Equestrian Festival in West Palm Beach to compete against some of the best hunters in North America.
"La Vie" and Erynn Ballard earned a 5th and 7th place ribbon in the Green Conformation Hunter division, quite respectable given the extremely short period of training and the tough competition they were facing.
photo by Lily Weik Photography Erynn & Cabardino exceeded our highest expectations by actually winning a class in the 4'Hunter Regular Hunter Division where they were competing against some of the best hunter riders , such as Scott Stewart, Holly Orlando and Tommy Serio, and their top mounts.
Cabardino has certainly proven that he has everything it takes to be a top hunter. He is now returning to Stratford and will be available for collection
Congratulations to Rio Renoir & Holly Orlando Reserve Champion - 2nd Year Hunter
February 2006
Week ending February 27, 2006
Congratulations to Daisy Johnson & Rio Bravo Reserve Champion - Adult Owner 18-35
St. Louis Congratulations to Heather McDonald & Rio's Tuscany Reserve Champion - Pre Green Hunters & Champion the following week, winning four out of 5 classes !! Ocala Congratulations to
Pour La Vie & Erynn Ballard Champion - Adequan Open Hunter
Pour La Vie was the four year old Ontario Jumper Champion in 2005 and had only once before been shown in the hunter ring
Rio's Fame & Scott Hofstetter Champion - Schooling Hunter owned by Inganamort Family
February 16, 2006 Press release from West Palm Beach: The high score of the horse show was given today to one of the top hunters of the nation. Rio Renoir and Holly Orlando had a breathtaking first trip and were rewarded with a 95 in the first over fences class in the Second Year Green Working Hunter division. The successful gelding, owned by Brad Wolf, also won both over fences classes yesterday. With another second place over fences and a third under saddle, Rio Renoir easily won the championship.
Rio Renoir and Holly Orlando have therefore qualified for the Hunter Spectacular on Saturday night. We will keep our fingers crossed for Rio Renoir who was born here in Stratford in 1999.
A second, WCF born entry had a great day...once again at West Palm Beach
Eye Remember Rio & V. Watters Leblond finished first and second in the two A/O Hunter classes (36-50) .. best of luck for the other classes tomorrow.
February 15, 2006 - what an incredible day for "our" horses in the hunter ring both in Wellington and Ocala
in Wellington, Rio Renoir won both second year hunter classes under Holly Orlando for his new owner Brad Wolf; in Ocala:
(c) Lili Weik photography our new stallion Cabardino was shown for the very first time in the hunter ring; with one day preparation only by Erynn Ballard, who had not ridden Cabardino since last fall as she is based in Wellington this winter and is only spending this week in Ocala, Cabardino and Erynn came First and Second in the two over fences classes in the 4' Regular Working Hunter division. We are absolutely thrilled as Cabardino had only been trained and shown as a jumper before;
Several of the four year old horses that were born here at the farm and were sold last fall to the Inganamort Family had a fabulous day under Scott Hofstetter:
Rio's Fame won two Schooling Classes and came second in a Baby Green hunter class
Viva's Sky earned a 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place ribbon in the Schooling hunter and Baby Green hunter classes respectively
Viva's Flashdance won two third and two eighth place ribbons
February 12, 2006 Wellington, Florida
Eye Remember Rio & Victoria Watters Leblond Champion A/O Hunter (36 - 50) - WEF week 2
Wellington, Florida
Erynn Ballard and Futurist have won several good ribbons this week in 1.40 and 1.45 classes in very good company. Futurist and Erynn went clear in three classes in a row ! Lacard and Erynn Ballard had some very good ribbons in the 6 year old class.
Rio Renoir Champion - Second Year Hunter with Holly Orlando - week one of WEF
Ocala, Florida Congratulations to the Inganamort Family - all three horses they purchased at W. Charlot Farms last fall as three year olds won a hunter class and several great ribbons at Ocala during their first two weeks of showing: Viva's Sky - Reserve Champion Viva's Flashdance Rio's Fame
all horses were ridden by Scott Hofstetter. Thank you, Amanda, for your contribution! January 2006 Cincinnatti, Ohio - 2005 USEF Convention
picture by Diana Da Rosa Augustin receives the 2005 USEF Hunter Breeder Award December 2005
2005 USEF Rankings
Leading Hunter Breeder - 1st Augustin Walch/WCF Leading Hunter Sire - 2nd Rio Grande
The National Horse Show, Wellington, FL Congratulations - once again - to
photo by R. Muenster Rio Renoir & Holly Orlando Owner C & T Deibert - Trainer : Joe Guzman Champion - $ 60,000 National Horse Show Open Hunter Championship
Wellington, FL- December 3, 2005-
Consistency was key to be one of the top twelve hunters at the 122nd
National Horse Show and Family Festival, but it also took a
brilliant last round to pull off the win. Luckily, Rio Renoir and
rider Holly Orlando had both. They were smooth throughout five
rounds of competition spread over three days to win the National
Horse Show Open Hunter Championship. The 122nd National
Horse Show and Family Festival finishes competition tomorrow with
the highlight, the Budweiser AGA Championships, presented by
Chesapeake Petroleum, at 2 p.m.
In the second round, horses competed
again over a long, flowing course on the grass field of the
Internationale Arena. Last to show, Rio and
Official Results: NHS Open Hunter
Championship, Internationale Arena
1.
2. Fellini, Scott Stewart, Molly
Ohrstrom: 171.638
3. Truly, Scott Stewart, Alexandra
Stathis: 170.624
4. Up To Date, Scott Stewart, Richard
Prant: 169.916
5.
7. C.C. Bloom, Rob Bielefeld, Samantha
Hallman: 165.721
8. Pharrell, Aaron Vale, Euri
Uchiyama: 164.068
9. Eldridge T, Kelley Farmer, Larry
Glefke: 160.596
10. Dynamic, Scott Stewart, Fashion
Farm: 150.444
11. Espresso, Sandy Ferrell, Alexa
Weisman: 149.485
12. Cool Blue, Scott Stewart,
Alexandra Stathis: 145.930
November 2005
photo by Michelle C. Dunn with a little more than two weeks to go before USEF 2005 standings will be finalized Rio Grande is still the Leading Living Sire of Hunters (behind deceased Voltaire) and Augustin Walch is leading the USEF Hunter Breeder standings for the second consecutive year with over 17,000 points earned to date by our WCF offspring (compared to 5,500 points earned to date by second placed breeder). Thank you to the riders, owners and trainers of Rio Renoir, Due North, Allegiance, Eye Remember Rio, Rio's Tasha, Rave, Rio Bravo, Rio Bronco and Toblerone
picture by C. Tetley Cabardino & Erynn Ballard Tournament of Champions Congratulations to Rio Renoir & Holly Orlando Owner C & T Deibert - Trainer : Joe Guzman
for winning two WCHR (World Championship Hunter Rider) year end awards!! Jeffrey Katz Memorial Award (most points in Green Hunter Division at WCHR shows) Rox Dene Award (high-score horse ridden by a professional) November 5 - 2005 - Royal Winter Fair Congratulations to Erynn Ballard & Rio's Rhapsody
8th - Canadian Show Jumper Championships Rio's Rhapsody by Rio Grande was the only Canadian bred horse to compete in today's Canadian Championships !
Unfortunately, Rio's Rhapsody was off for the second week of the Royal with an abscess. October 2005 Upper Marlboro, MD Congratulations to Rio Renoir & Holly Orlando Owner C & T Deibert - Trainer : Joe Guzman 1st Year Green Hunter Champion Winner - Grand Green Title !
September 2005 Tournament of Champions Ontario Young Horse Championships
4 year olds
photo by Tony Cachia Champion - Pour La Vie W Canadian bred Hanoverian stallion by Pour Gagne - Rio Grande For the third year is as many years, W. Charlot Farms is the breeder of the Four Year old Ontario Jumper Champion. We are thrilled that Pour La Vie W is following in his stable mates Pour Patrice W and Rio's Ricardo's footsteps! Res. Champion - Vasco da Gamma Vasco da Gama is a Hanoverian stallion by Voltaire - Raphael who was purchased as a foal;
5 year olds Res. Champion - Pour Patrice W Canadian bred Hanoverian gelding by Pour Gagne - Rio Grande 6 year olds 7th - Rio's Ricardo fully approved CW stallion by Rio Grande - Landgraf - Furioso the six year old division was incredibly competitive this year and we are pleased with Ricardo's performance given the fact that he just meets his rider, Erynn Ballard, at the horse shows, but is not trained by Erynn on a regular basis. Our new stallion, Cabardino, who had a late start to the season as he was just imported earlier this year, finished a respectable12th.
All our horses were ridden by Erynn Ballard. Thank you, Erynn, for another great season with the young horses !!
Remarkably, Erynn Ballard was the winner of all three age categories on Pour La Vie W, Trocadero and Windus respectively. In addition, she claimed the Reserve Championship in two of the age categories, on Vasco da Gama and Pour Patrice W respectively. This tremendous success has never been achieved by any other rider before ! Congratulations Erynn !
Jumper Development classes at Hendervale, ON Four year olds WCF horses came 1st, 3rd and 5th in the JD class for four year olds in Collingwood; 1st - Pour La Vie W by Pour Gagne - Rio Grande 3rd - Vasco da Gama by Voltaire - Raphael 5th Viva's Lightning W by Viva Voltaire - Sandro - Raphael
all horses were ridden by Erynn Ballard
Vasco continues to lead the Ontario series and Pour La Vie W is in second place; We will not compete at the next JD event at Fox Run as Erynn was invited to compete at Spruce Meadows with Rio's Rhapsody and Robin - we will keep our fingers crossed for you, Erynn!
Five year olds Pour Patrice W (by Pour Gagne - out of Riona by Rio Grande), owned by Charles Ormston and ridden by Erynn Ballard finished second and are currently in second place in the Ontario standings; Six year olds Both Rio's Ricardo and Cabardino advanced to the jumpoff and came 3rd and 4th respectively under Erynn Ballard;
three of the top five horses in the 6 year old division were Canadian bred horses by Rio Grande: Rico, Rio's Ricardo and Robert Montgomery;
August 2005 Some wonderful results were achieved by offspring of "Viva Voltaire"
Congratulations to
Viva Valina & Owner Linda Barrette Summer Breeder Show - Lone Wolf Farm, Ottawa 1st - CSHA Yearling Class CSHA Junior Champion Open Reserve Junior Champion
Vivaldi (aka "J.T.") - Owner Leslie Scharf Rider Marc Purcell The Oaks, CA Champion - Low Hunter
Collingwood, ON
Futurist & Erynn Ballard continued their incredible success in Collingwood, Ontario - in two starts they earned one first and one second place ribbon
First - $ 10,000 Modified Grand Prix Second - 1,35 m class
picture by Susan Robins Erynn & Futurist now had 8 clear rounds in a row and won two first place ribbons and two second place ribbons in four starts during the last two weeks. Jumper Development classes at Collingwood, ON Four year olds Our horses came 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th in the JD class for four year olds in Collingwood; this time it was Viva's Lightning who beat the stallions Pour La Vie and Vasco da Gama who is still leading the Ontario series; all three horses were ridden by Erynn Ballard; Viva's Lightning and two hunter prospects have been consigned to the Canadian Elite Warmblood Sale that is scheduled to take place in London, ON, the first weekend in October; Viva's Cherie had a good round as well, placing 6th under Martien van Hooven Five year olds Pour Patrice W (by Pour Gagne - out of Riona by Rio Grande), owned by Charles Ormston and ridden by Erynn Ballard finished third and are currently in second place in the Ontario standings; Six year olds Our new stallion Cabardino had a beautiful first round and finished 6th in the jump off; he has come a long way over the last few weeks and he is a pleasure to watch in the ring;
Palgrave, ON Futurist & Erynn Ballard had a terrific week 2 starts - two top ribbons First - 1,35 m class on Wednesday Second - $ 10,000 Modified GP on Saturday
photo by The Professionals it is truly amazing how well Erynn does with Futurist given she just meets him at the shows;
July 2005
Our new fully approved Holsteiner stallion CABARDINO is now available for breeding
Cabardino was Reserve Champion at the Oldenburg Stallion Inspection for Show Jumpers Premium Stallion - fully approved his pedigree with Carpaccio, Caletto II, Cor de la Bryere, Lord, Ladykiller xx, Gaspari and Sylvester features most of the best bloodlines Holstein has to offer; he is a very modern, refined type with wonderful movement, what seems like unlimited scope over jumps and the most amazing temperament. His stud fee is $ 2,000 and comes with a LFG for all mares not older than 14 years of age; Orangeville, ON Congratulations to Leahona Rowland & 'R' Kameo by Rio Grande 1st - CIC* Division Stonehill Horse Trials
Congratulations to owners & breeders Lois & Don Brown of Orangeville
this shows once again how versatile Rio Grande's offspring is, a trait they inherited from Rio Grande, who started his career in the dressage ring and competed successfully in hunter classes before becoming an international show jumper.
Bromont, QC Congratulations to Erynn Ballard & Rio's Rhapsody 2nd - World Cup Qualifier !! We are very happy for Erynn & Rhapsody - what an incredibly successful season the two are having!
WCF Team with Viva Voltaire - June 2005 photo by Michelle C. Dunn Blainville, QC
what a great week for Erynn & Rio's Ricardo who won two classes and placed second in his third class;
Cabardino had several clear rounds as well, Erynn is trying to get him fit after his long quarantine, so they are taking it "easy" in the jump off;
Cabardino & Erynn It was an incredible week for six year old "Rios" both at Blainville and at Halton Place. 6 year old JD class at Blainville 2nd - Rio's Ricardo and Erynn Ballard 3rd - Rio's Vicomtesse and Hyde Moffat
6 year old JD class at Halton Place four horses advanced to the Jump Off - three of them were by Rio Grande 1st - Rachel and Tonya Henning 2nd - Robbie and Simon McCarthy 4th - Rico and Tonya Henning
Congratulations to owners Millcreek Stable & Lorna Gauthrie !
Halton Place Winners Tonya Henning and Rachel ribbons and cooler presented by Phil Henning, Megan Krueger and Augustin Walch
June 2005 Barrie, ON
horses born at our farm achieved tremendous success in the young horse classes at Barrie Jumper Development Series 4 Year olds
1st: Vasco Da Gama & Erynn Ballard Vasco is a black Hanov. stallion by Voltaire - Raphael - Grannus who was imported as a foal
2nd: Pour La Vie W & Erynn Ballard with the highest style score but one rail Pour La Vie W is by Pour Gagne out of a mare by Rio Grande 3rd: Viva's Lightning W & J.F. Santerre Viva's Lighting W is by Viva Voltaire out of a mare by Sandro - Raphael
5 Year olds 1st: Pour Patrice W & Erynn Ballard Pour Patrice W is by Pour Gagne out of a mare by Rio Grande
Pour Patrice & Erynn
6 Year olds 2nd: Rio's Vicomtesse & Hyde Moffat Rio's Vicomtesse (aka Rio's Rachel W) is by Rio Grande out of Dauphine by Diamant
our new stallions CABARDINO had a beautiful clear first round with two rails in the jump off where he ran "out of steam" just coming out of quarantine;
Palgrave, ON Jumper Development Series 4 Year olds
1st: Vasco Da Gama & Erynn Ballard Vasco is a black Hanov. stallion by Voltaire - Raphael - Grannus 2nd: Pour La Vie W & Erynn Ballard Pour La Vie W is a very flashy dark bay Hanov. stallion by Pour Gagne out of Rio's Rendezvous by Rio Grande
5 Year olds 2nd: Pour Patrice W & Erynn Ballard
Palgrave, ON Erynn Ballard & Futurist had a great week once again with one First, one Third and one Fourth Place Finish at 1,45 m / Modified level
Ancaster, ON Erynn Ballard & Rio's Jolicoeur First - 4 year old Jumper Developm. Class
Erynn Ballard & Vasco Da Gama Fourth - 4 year old Jumper Developm. Class
Viva's Lightning & Viva's Cherie had very respectable rounds under Jean Francois Santerre at their first horse show
May 2005 Palgrave, ON We would like to congratulate Erynn Ballard & Futurist Winner - 1,35 m class
Erynn Ballard & Rio's Rhapsody
Winner - $ 10,000 Modified GP
we are thrilled how well all the four year old hunters bred here at the farm are doing at their first show - Congratulations to the trainers, riders and owners of Rio's Magical Rio's Tuscany Viva's Bolero Pour La Vie W
April 2005 April 11, 2005 USEF Rankings Leading Sire of Hunter is once again Rio Grande - it is a very narrow race between Rio & the much older Voltaire, Sandro & All the Gold Augustin Walch/W. Charlot Farms is leading the USEF hunter breeder rankings with a very comfortable margin of 6033 pts compared to 1592 pts earned by the second placed breeder; April 10, 2005 Congratulations to Rio Romanus 4 year old gelding by Rio Grande, rider Cyndi Merrit & owner Dr. Candace Cotlove
Champion - Baby Green Hunter at his very first horse show - Los Angeles Equestrian Center
April 2, 2005
Congratulations to
Avery Dimmig & Due North by Rio Grande
Winter Equestrian Festival Champion A/O Hunter 18 - 35
March 2005 March 25, 2005 We now have pictures of our 15 - 2002 colts on the homebred page - the three fillies will follow soon March 15, 2005
Rio Grande is leading the 2005 USEF Hunter sire ranking it is a very close race between the much older Sandro, Voltaire and All the Gold and Rio March 13, 2005 $ 100,000 HITS Grand Prix of Ocala Two daughters of Rio Grande advanced to the jump-off (only six horses were clear out of 42 competitors)
Congratulations to Rio's Rhapsody & Erynn Ballard - Third Place
Catwalk (aka Rio's Ramona) - 6th Place "Catwalk" was born at W. Charlot Farms she is only eight year of age and a full sister to our breeding stallion Rio's Ricardo Catwalk as a two year old -2nd from left - picture at top of the page West Palm Beach ......and "Eye Remember Rio" did it again
Champion - Adult Amateur Working Hunter - 36 - 50 under his visually impaired rider Victoria Watters This is their third Championship in four weeks of competing at the WEF - we are very proud of you, "Rexy"!
March 6, 2005 Congratulations to Rio's Rhapsody by Rio Grande Erynn Ballard & Owner Sterling Honda Winner of the $ 50,000 Grand Prix of Ocala
Rio's Rhapsody is the first offspring by Rio Grande to win a major Grand Prix !
Congratulations to Eye Remember Rio & Victoria Watters
Champion - Ariat National Adult Medal Wellington, Florida
.. it was such a joy to see "Rexy" compete in Wellington and to finally meet his rider Victoria Watters and owner Mrs. Watters
Rio Renoir owners Cynthia & Thomas Deibert rider Holly Orlando, trainer Joe Guzman Res. Champion - 1st Year Green Working Hunter Wellington, Florida
Due North by Rio Grande & Avery Dimming Champion - A/O Working Hunter 18 - 35 Wellington, Florida
As of March 4, 2005 Rio Grande is leading the 2005 USEF Hunter Sire Rankings - he has been in the top three since early January;
February 2005 Wellington, FL - February 20, 2005
Three W. Charlot Farm Bred horses by Rio Grande were Hunter Champions in one week at the prestigious Winter Equestrian Festival. We are very proud of Eye Remember Rio Rio Renoir Rio Bravo and very grateful to their Owners , Riders and Trainers for the wonderful job they are doing with "Rexy", Renoir & Bravo. Congratulations to
Eye Remember Rio (aka Rio's Rex) & Victoria Watters Winner - $ 5,000 Peggy Cone Adult Hunter Classic
Wellington, FL - February 19, 2005
Two W. Charlot Farm Bred Horses by Rio Grande qualified for and competed in the $ 50,000 Hunter Spectacular and we are thrilled that Rio Renoir & Holly Orlando came 5th with two beautiful rounds in the Grand Prix Jumper Ring on Saturday night under the lights. Congratulations to Rio Bravo & Addison Phillips Large Junior Working Hunter 15 & Under
Wellington, FL - February 18, 2005
Congratulations to Eye Remember Rio (aka Rio's Rex) & Victoria Watters A/A Working Hunter 36 -50 Champion
this is their second Championships in two weeks
Wellington, FL - February 17, 2005 Congratulations to
Rio Renoir Rider Holly Orlando, Owners C. & T. Deibert & Trainer Joe Guzman Green Confirmation Hunter Champion in their very first start in that division!! What a wonderful success! Thank you, Joe, for the incredible job you have done with Renoir, we are just thrilled!
Rio Renoir & his dam Dunja - spring 1999
Wellington, FL - February 13, 2005
Three Hunter Championships won by Rio Grande offspring in one week against the best competition there is.... Congratulations to Due North & Avery Dimming Amateur /Owner Hunter Champion 18 - 35
Eye Remember Rio & Victoria Watters
Adult/Amateur Hunter Champion 36 - 50
Due North & Avery Dimming Large Junior Working Hunter Champion 16 - 17
A. Walch is once again leading the USEF Hunter Breeder Rankings thanks to Rio Renoir, Rave (both by Rio Grande) and Allegiance (by Skorpio-Rio Grande)
Rio Grande currently sits in third place in the USEF Hunter Sire rankings thanks to excellent performances by Due North, Rave and Rio Renoir.
Indio, CA Congratulations to Rascel by Rio Grande bred by Dieter & Jennifer Werner Res. Champion - 2nd Year Green Workg. Hunter
Ocala, FL
Congratulations to Toblerone (aka Pablo)
by Pour Gagne out of Synphonie bred by WCF Champion - Pre Green Hunter Res. Champion - Low Hunter rider Keith Alaine - owner Lee Casery
we had a great first day of showing in Ocala, FL: Open Welcome: 1st - E. Ballard & Rio's Rhapsody by Rio Grande 2nd- Erynn Ballard & Futurist
5 Year Old Class: 1st - E. Ballard & Pour Patrice W by Pour Gagne out of Riona by Rio Grande
Thanks Erynn & Congratulations to owners Sterling Honda & Mr. Charles Ormston
We truly enjoyed watching Erynn taking seven of our 2001 horses in the warm up ring for the very first time this past Tuesday
January 2005 California Congratulations to Rio's Jazz (born 2001)& rider Mark Purcell Owner Leslie Scharf Reserve Champion - Pre- Green Hunter January 21, 2005 and to Mark & Leslie for a one - two finish in the under saddle class of the Pre-Greed Hunter Division with their WCF bred horses born in 2001: 1st -Rio's Jazz (Rio Grande - Jazzfeuer) 2nd - Timkerlake aka Vivadi (Viva Voltaire - Dunja)
Thank you, Mark, for keeping us so well informed about "the boy's" fantastic results & Good Luck at Indio ! West Palm Beach, FL: Congratulations to Rio Renoir & rider Holly Orlando trainer Joe Guzman & Owner Cindi Diebert Reserve Champion - First Year Green Hunter Littlewood Farm, West Palm Beach
Louisville, KY
Augustin Walch receiving the 2004 USEF Hunter Breeder of the Year Award at the USEF Silver Stirrup Awards Banquet on January 13, 2005
Ocala, FL Rio's Ricardo & Erynn Ballard 2nd - Level 4 out of 68 competitors
West Palm Beach, FL
Congratulations to
Rio Renoir by Rio Grande out of Dunja by Dimitrij First Year Hunter Champion Littlewood Farm, West Palm Beach, FL owned by Cynthia Deibert, trained by Joe Guzman
We were very happy to "discover" "Rio's Ramona"(showname "Catwalk") by Rio Grande out of Gambia by Landgraf I - Furioso, at a prominent barn in Wellington, FL - she is the second horse from the left in the picture at the very top of this page and has already placed 5th in a $ 75,000 Grand Prix in the US - as a seven year old! She was sold as a two year old, has developed into a very beautiful mare and we hope to be able to follow her jumping career more closely from now on. "Rio's Ramona" is the full sister to "Rio's Ricardo" who is standing here at the farm.
We have brought in all of our 2002 "boys" from the pasture and have started free jumping some of them:
2002 very colourful CSHA chestnut colt by Rio Grande - Dimitrij we will keep him as a stallion prospect Happy New Year! December 2004 We have now moved several of our horses to Post Time Farm, Barn 13, Ocala Show ground in Ocala, Florida. Please come by and visit us. Augustin Walch can be reached on his cell phone at 519-274-2936. United States Equestrian Federation
Augustin Walch & W. Charlot Farms - 2004 Leading Breeder of Hunters Award we are very proud of reaching this major milestone and would like to thank the owners, riders and trainers of Rave, Rio Bravo, Eye Remember Rio, Rio's Tasha, Allegiance, Rio Bronco and Rio Royale for the wonderful job they have done with their WCF bred horses. We are very grateful to have "Rio Grande", sire or grandsire respectively of all of these horses, and of course our wonderful broodmares!
Rio Grande with J. van Buttlar, Augustin Walch & Rave with Ainsley Vince Ottawa - 1996 November 2004
OHJA Awards Banquet
Futurist & Erynn Ballard 2004 Ontario Open Jumper Champions !
California - we just learned that the first offspring by Viva Voltaire every competing at a horse show, the three year old "Vivaldi" aka "Timberlake"& his rider Mark Purcell were Baby Green Hunter Champions at the Los Angeles National Horse Show - Congratulations to Vivaldi, Mark, Leslie Scherf - we are thrilled!
Vivaldi as a foal in 2001 at W. Charlot Farms
Viva Voltaire & Erynn Ballard
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto
Congratulations to ..
Rio's Ricardo & Erynn Ballard Third - Canadian Young Horse Championships for 5 year old Jumpers
Rio's Rhapsody & Erynn Ballard Third - $ 15,000 Canadian Speed Championship Fifth - $ 20,000 Canadian Jumping Challenge
Sapphire B by Futurist CSHA GRAND CHAMPION
Congratulations to Silvia & Richard Dixon !
Sapphire B & Athena B who won the Get of Sire class on behalf of their sire "Futurist"
with "Athena B"(2002 & 2003) and "Sapphire B" (2004) Futurist has sired two RAWF Champion fillies in his first year of breeding! Thank you to Richard & Silvia Dixon for doing such a wonderful job with these two beautiful fillies!
September 2004 Tournament of Champions Congratulations to
Pour Patrice by Pour Gagne - Rio Grande 2004 Ontario Champion - Four Year old Jumpers
Rio's Ricardo by Rio Grande 2004 Res. Champ. - 5 Year old Jumpers
Thank you, Erynn, for another wonderful season!
picture by Time Flies Erynn Ballard & Futurist Winner of two Next Generation Classes in two Days ... you are amazing, Erynn & Futurist!!
Fox Run Show
Congratulations once again to
Pour Patrice W, rider Erynn Ballard & Owner Charlie Ormston for winning the four year old class. Pour Patrice W by Pour Gagne out of Riona by Rio Grande has now won 5 of the 7 events, a record never attained by any other horse in the past & will be crowned Ontario Champion for Four Year Olds at the Tournament of Champion this coming week. We are very happy to have bred a horse of Pour Patrice's quality. Pour Patrice had the highest style score of all horses in all three age categories at five of the 7 events.
Congratulations to
Avery Dimmig and Due North by Rio Grande Amateur Owner Hunter Champion at the very prestigious Hampton Classic in New York
Esprit D'Amour
Rio Grande Jumper Development Classes at Hendervale W. Charlot Farm bred horses excelled once again at the 6th Jumper Development event of the 2004 Ontario Series, winning two of the three age categories. After the first round of the 6 year old class, Sparky by Skorpio and out of Rio's Dolly by Rio Grande and Simon McCarthy were leading with 90 points and we were hoping W. Charlot Farms horses could make it three out of three. Unfortunately the jump off did not go so well for Sparky and Simon and they finished forth.
Congratulations to...
Pour Patrice W, rider Erynn Ballard and owner Charles Ormston - winners of the four year old class with a score of 90 pts.. Pour Patrice by Pour Gagne out of Riona by Rio Grande has now won four of the 6 events and all but one of the classes that he was competing in. Rio's Rascal, who is blind in his left eye, came sixth under Erynn Ballard. Rio's Ricardo and Erynn Ballard - winners of the hotly contested five year old class. Rio's Ramiro W and Erynn Ballard came sixth.
Rio's Ramiro W & Erynn Ballard Collingwood 2004 - photo by Yavuz
After 6 of the 8 events, horses bred at W. Charlot Farms are leading two of the three age categories: Pour Patrice W - currently leading 4 year old Series Rio's Ricardo - currently leading 5 year old Series
Rio's Ricardo will have to miss the next event as he is going to the CWHBA Stallion Performance Test and it may be hard for him to stay in the lead.
August 2004
Isn't she cute...
Viva's Georgina W by Viva Voltaire/Rio Grande
After five of eight Classes of the 2004 Ontario Jumper Development Series have taken place, horses bred at W. Charlot Farms are leading in two of the three age divisions: Pour Patrice W by Pour Gagne out of Riona by Rio Grande is leading the four year old series after winning three of the four events he competed in; Rio's Ricardo by Rio Grande out of Gambia by Landgraf is leading the five year old series;
Topsider Farm Recognized Dressage Show, College Station, Texas Congratulations to Owners & Breeders Christine & Dr. Noah Cohen and Rider/Trainer Donna Meyer : Rio Dulce by Rio Grande High Scoring Horse of the Show winning with scores of 75% and 72% in Training Level I and IV respectively. Mare Inspection at Starr Vaughn Equestrian Center in California Congratulations to Owner & Breeder John Gillien : Reminisce by Rio Grande High Scoring Hanoverian Mare of the Mare Inspection and Champion of the Performance Test at the age of three. Collingwood Horse Show "Our" horses did extremely well at the fifth event of the 2004 Jumper Development Series: Pour Patrice W by Pour Gagne/Rio Grande now owned by Mr. Charles Ormston and ridden by Erynn Ballard once again won the four year old class. "Patrice" has now won three of the four events he competed in and he had the highest score of all age groups at three of the events as well; we are very proud of Patrice and Erynn. Rio's Ricardo & Erynn Ballard came third in the five year old class and are now leading the series after five events; And last but not least - the Oldenburg stallion Louvre and Erynn Ballard were winners of the six year old class and are currently sitting in second place in the Series; What a great result ... Thank you, Erynn.
Futurist & Erynn Ballard - Collingwood Horse Show: Sixth - $ 10,000 Open Welcome (0/4) Second - $ 5,000 Modified Grand Prix (0/0)
two 2004 fillies by Viva Voltaire out of mares by Rio Grande July 2004 CDI -W Blainville - Dressage Show Congratulations to Tom Dvorak, Sue Platz and Susan Holden Intermediaire Freestyle 1. West Side Lady & Tom Dvorak - 74.825% 2. Beaumarchais & Tom Dvoark - 74.075 %
Both West Side Lady & Beaumarchais were imported into Canada by W. Charlot Farms
June 2004
Bromont - June 27, 2004
Congratulations to.. Esprit D'Amour & Erynn Ballard - 6th with one time fault in Esprit's first WC Qualifier
We now have all of our 2004 foals, 31 foals in all, the largest group ever - we just hope they stay healthy and we hope "Rio's Donatella" will get much better very soon
We are very pleased to announce that Augustin Walch is currently the No. 1 Ranked Breeder of Hunters as per USEF Leading Breeder Standings - thanks to Allegiance (aka Scorpio) Rio Bravo Rio Bronco Rio's Tasha Eye Remember Rio (aka Rio's Rex) Rave (aka Rubicon) Rio Royale (aka Rio's Gustel)& Rio Renoir Bromont, Quebec what an incredible start of the "Quebec Tour" for Erynn and our stallions Esprit D'Amour - First - Open Welcome
Futurist - 2nd - Modified Class Futurist - 2nd - Talent Squad
Congratulations to Erynn & Her Team !!
Palgrave, Ontario Congratulations to FUTURIST and ERYNN BALLARD
First in the $ 10,000 Open Class on Sunday!
The second event of the Jumper Development Series was once again very successful for Rio Grande and our farm:
Four Year old Class Pour Patrice and Erynn Ballard did it again...
Pour Patrice & Erynn Ballard with JD Chair Dale Hawerchuk First place - second time in a row and highest score of the day once again for all three age categories - total of 67 horses competed! Pour Patrice W is a Hanoverian colt by Pour Gagne out of Riona by Rio Grande Five Year old Class - 4 out of top 5 are by Rio ! Winner - Rio Salado - by Rio Grande, ridden by Brock Clermont, Owned and bred by Robin & Brian Keeling - Congratulations!
Rio Salado with Presenters Blake Inglis & Tony Cachia Third - Rio's Ricardo - CWHBA approved stallion by Rio Grande & Erynn Ballard for W. Charlot Farms Fourth - Rio's Ramiro W - CSHA gelding by Rio Grande & Erynn Ballard for W. Charlot Farms Fifth - Rockcastle - Oldenburg gelding by Rio Grande & Simon McCarthy for owner Deb Bannon, breeder is Millcreek Stable Eighth - Rio's Rodrigo - CWHBA gelding by Rio Grande & Erynn Ballard for W. Charlot Farms Five offspring by Rio Grande in the top 8 - this was the largest class ever - a total of 35 horses were competing in the five year old division of the jumper development series!
We had great results at the first jumper development class of the 2004 series in Ancaster on June 6, 2004:
Two out of the three winner were bred by W. Charlot Farms and are out of Hanoverian mares by our stallion Rio Grande... Pictures will follow shortly Four Year Olds: Winner - Pour Patrice W, Hanoverian colt by Pour Gagne out of Riona W by Rio Grande with the highest score of all 4, 5 and 6 year old of 95 points under Erynn Ballard; Pour Patrice was bred here at the farm; Eighth - Rio's Rascal W, CSHA colt by Rio Grande, blind in left eye, score of 87 points under his rider Erynn Ballard;
Five Year Olds: Third - Rio's Ramiro W, CSHA gelding by Rio Grande , score of 90 under Erynn Ballard Fourth - Rio's Ricardo, CWHBA approved stallion by Rio Grande, score of 89 under Erynn Ballard Sixth Year Olds: First - Sparky - Hanoverian gelding by Skorpio out of Rio's Dolly by Rio Grande - ridden by Simon Mc Carthy, owned by Millcreek Stables and bred by W. Charlot Farms Second - Louvre - imported Oldenburg stallion by Landfriese II , ridden by Erynn Ballard for W. Charlot Farms Thanks Erynn, Inge, Tara, Melanie, Katie, Anna and Amanda for a great show!!
May 2004
Current Job Opportunities We are looking for good riders who can start our young horses and train our older horses; room and board can be provided - please call us at 519-271-5322
April 2004
2004 CWHBA Annual There are 10 CWHBA approved stallions that have more CWHBA - registered females than Rio Grande (average of 53 registered females compared to Rio's 26 registered females) but Rio Grande is the only stallion who has sired six "first premium" mares.
Out of 12 "home bred" broodmares that have been inspected by CWHBA to date, 11 were awarded "Premium status" with 9 mares or 75% receiving first premium status with scores between 7.5 and 8.8. Viva's Carina (by Viva Voltaire out of Rusalka by Rio Grande ) had by far the highest inspection score of all mares inspected by CWHBA in Canada in 2004 - she received the dream score of 8,83 which may very well be the highest score ever awarded.
Tournament of Champions, Tampa, FL Congratulations to
Hunter Champions Eye Remember Rio (aka Rio's Rex) by Rio Grande - Sandro's Girl bred by W. Charlot Farm .. we just learned that "Rexie's" rider, Victoria Watters, is legally blind and needs horses that can "take her inconsistencies in the ring" (see Chronicle of the Horse - April 2, 2004) we have always known that "Rexie" is a VERY special horse and we are very happy that Mrs. Watters and "Eye Remember Rio" are such a successful team.
Due North by Rio Grande - bred by M. Miller
as one of our clients put it in an e-mail to us: " Wow - two Rio Champions at one major show, that is pretty spectacular!! Can't remember the last time I have seen a stallion accomplish this" Thanks to "Rio Bravo" and "Rio Bronco", Rio Grande has achieved this before, on more than one occasion.
Houston, Texas Level 7 Jumping Class First - Esprit D' Amour and E. Ballard Esprit can now go both clear and fast.. great job, Erynn! March 2004 Winter Equestrian Festival Circuit Res. Champions Congratulations to Rave (aka Rubicon)- Adult Amateur Hunter 3'3" by Rio Grande - Sandra bred by W. Charlot Farm Eye Remember Rio (aka Rio's Rex) - Adult Amateur Hunter 35 - 50 by Rio Grande - Sandro's Girl bred by W. Charlot Farm
We are very proud of "our boys" !!
Free Jumping Competition, York, Ontario Three year old Class: Champion - Rio's Ussuri W by Rio Grande - Ussuri xx - bred by W. Charlot Farms Four year old Class: Third - Pour Patrice W by Pour Gagne - Rio Grande- bred by W. Charlot Farms
Brandon, Manitoba Prelim. Champion - Rio's Roxanne W by Rio Grande - Sonett- bred by W. Charlot Farms owner and rider Michael Grinyer HITS, Ocala Congratulations to.. Grand Circuit Champion- 36 & older A/A Equitation and Grand Circuit Res. Champion - Open Hunter Sheila Slack & Allegiance (aka Scorpio) by Skorpio - Rio Grande - bred by W. Charlot Farms
$ 100,0000 King Shavings Grand Prix
Esprit D' Amour & Erynn Ballard 5 faults - finishing just out of the ribbons with one rail & one time fault we think that's a major accomplishment in such a difficult class !
February 8, 2004 West Palm Beach, FL Congratulations to
Canonboy & Lara Gay High J/A Champion
Contino & Summer Gay Medium J/A Reserve Champion
We are very happy that you are so successful with Canonboy & Contino!
January 25, 2004 Ocala, Florida What an incredible start of the 2004 show season for Erynn & our stallions....
Esprit D'Amour & Erynn Ballard Third - $ 25,000 Grand Prix (0/0) Fifth - $ 15,000 Mini Prix (0/0)
Futurist & Erynn Ballard First - Open Welcome (0/0) Second - $ 15,000 Mini Prix (0/0)
January 21, 2004 Ocala, Florida ....They did it again.....
Congratulations to FUTURIST and Erynn Ballard - Winner of the Open Welcome on January 21, 2004 at HITS, Ocala, FL
December 2003 National Horse Show, Palm Beach Rio Bronco & Amanda Starbuck Champion - A/O Hunter 18 - 35
Rio Bronco - Winner of "Scot To Do" Challenge Trophy
November 2003 New York Horse Show Rio Bravo & Daisy Johnson Champion - Large Junior Hunter 15 and Under
Rio Bronco (left) saying "hello" to Rio Bravo at W. Charlot Farms in 1994 - both were yearlings Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Congratulations to Alcatraz and Mike Grinyer 3rd - Canadian Show Jumping Championships 5th and Best Canadian - $ 60,000 Big Ben Challenge
Rio's Roxanne & Mike Grinyer
3rd - Young Horse Championship - 6 year old horses Sparky by Skorpio - Rio Grande & S. McCarthy 3rd - Young Horse Championsip - 5 year old horses both Rio's Roxanne & Skorpio were bred by W. Charlot Farms Rio Riot by Rio Grande & Erynn Ballard 5th - Young Horse Championship - 6 year old horses
Celebrity by Rio Grande & Hugh Graham 5th Young Horse Championship - 5 year old horses
Joe Cocker & Erynn Ballard 7th - Young Horse Championship - 6 year old horses
Rivalin by Rio Grande & Mike Grinyer 12th - Young Horse Championship - 6 year old horses
Futurist & Erynn Ballard
Reserve Champion - Rising Star Series 3rd - National Talent Squad Finals Athena B by Futurist out of Minerva
Champion Junior Filly and Triple Crown Champion for second year in a row - Congratulations to Susan Robins, Silvia & Richard Dixon Mattawa by Rio Grande out of Minerva Reserve Champion - Combined Working Hunters Vanguard by Viva Voltaire out of Rosa Leigh by Rio Grande Second - Weanling Colts - owned & bred by T.& R. Peacock Pour Rever W by Pour Gagne - Rio Grande Sergey Zayika & Sophie Beaufils
4th - Governor General's Cup October 2003 CSHA Stallion Showcase A big thank you to Tammy Peacock, Jenny Day, Suzanne Hess and all the other volunteers for doing such a wonderful job in organizing the stallion showcase
We would also like to thank our team for all the work and effort they put into our presentation A big thank you to
Sergey Zayika & Esprit D'Amour, Sophie Beaufils & Rio Grande,
Audrey Morissette & Viva Voltaire , Mathieu Savard & Futurist
and to Inge Walch-Allard who helped with the preparation for the showcase.
The chestnut fillies did it again... Congratulations to Athena B by Futurist - Champion Filly breeder: R. & S. Dixon owner: Susan Robins Vesta by Viva Voltaire - Reserve Champion Filly breeder & owner: Suzanne Hess at the second leg of the Ontario Triple Crown - we will keep our fingers crossed for you at the Royal!
September 2003 Fall Finale at York, Sept. 25 -28, 2003 What an incredible week for Futurist and Erynn Ballard - competing in three classes, winning two of them and placing third in the third class!! What a wonderful job, Erynn!! Level 4 - 1st - Erynn & Futurist Rising Star: 1st - Erynn & Futurist 3rd - Erynn & Esprit D'Amour $ 10,000 Fall Finale Grand Prix 3rd - Erynn & Futurist
Tournament of Champions - Next Generation Cup Congratulations to Erynn Ballard and Esprit D'Amour - fourth in the Next Generation Grand Prix Futurist - second in the Next Generation Challenge Final
Tournament of Champions - Final- Ontario Jumper Development Series Four Year Old Division Congratulations to
Ontario Champion - Rio's Ricardo by Rio Grande out of Gambia and Erynn Ballard
there were a total of five four year olds by Rio Grande in the top 10 of the Ontario series: 5th place: Rio's Vicomtesse (formerly Rio's Rachel W) and Scott McKay 6th place: Charlie's Angel and Simon Mc Carthy 9th place: Rio's Rodrigo and Erynn Ballard 10th place: Rockcastle and Simon McCarthy Congratulations to owners Rebecca Steen, Scott Mc Kay, Millcreek Stable, Charlie Ormsten & Deb Bannon Rio's Ricardo, Rio's Vicomtesse, Charlie's Angel and Rio's Rodrigo were all bred by W. Charlot Farms Five Year Old Division Congratulations to Granetta & Erynn Ballard (tied for 3rd place) Sparky by Skorpio out of Rio's Dolly & Simon Mc Carthy (5th place) - owned by Millcreek Stable - bred by W. Charlot Farms Six Year Old Division Congratulations to Reserve Champion - Rio's Roxanne
(by Rio Grande out of Sonett) and owner and rider Mike Grinyer - best Canadian bred 6 year old in the Series Rivalin (by Rio Grande out of Birke) and Mike Grinyer - 5th place (both horses were born at W. Charlot Farms) Rio Riot, rider Erynn Ballard and owner Charlie Ormston for their 8 th place finish Joe Cocker and Erynn Ballard - 9th place
What a wonderful season for Rio Grande !
Canadian Warmblood Mare Inspection at W. Charlot Farms September 15,2003 We are very pleased to report that the first Viva Voltaire offspring that we presented at a mare inspection received the dream score of 8,8
left to right : Viva's Carina, Viva's Paradise and Rio's Showman Viva's Carina W by Viva Voltaire out of Rusalka W by Rio Grande received a 9 for "breed & sex type", "walk" and "general impression and development" and a perfect score of 10 for "swing and elasticity of gaits" Rio's Raida W - 1999 mare by Rio Grande out of Sinaida - score of 8 Etoile W - 2000 filly by Esprit D'Amour out of Racquel - score of 7.8 Escada W - 2000 filly by Esprit D'Amour - Dream of Glory - score of 7.66 Rio's Raphaela W - 1997 mare by Rio Grande - Donkosak - score of 7.66 Rio's Raissa W - 1995 mare by Rio Grande out of Sonja - score of 7.3
First Leg of Triple Crown Congratulations to Athena B by Futurist - Champion Yearling Filly owner Susan Robbins, breeder Silvia & Richard Dixon
Vesta by Viva Voltaire - Reserve Champion Yearling Filly owner and breeder Suzanne Hess
Summer of 2003 at W. Charlot Farms ...
Rio Grande enjoying his paddock and checking on his mares....
The herd is coming home.....
Rio's Showman (2003 colt by Rio Grande out of Sonett) checking out the latest pasture fashion.....
"Mausi" - 2003 filly by Esprit D'Amour out of Racquel
CWHBA - Ontario Stallion Inspection 2003 We are pleased to report that Rio's Ricardo (1999 Stallion by Rio Grande out of Gambia by Landgraf - Furioso) was best Canadian bred stallion at the inspection with a score of 7.6 and second overall behind the very flashy SF stallion "Kaiser de la Cour" - thank you to Mathieu Savard for presenting Ricardo. (Pictures will follow) August 2003 - Collingwood Horse Show Esprit D'Amour has come a long way under Erynn Ballard this year. He is now placing consistently in Level 4, Modified Grand Prixs and Rising Star classes. In the Modified Grand Prix at Collingwood, Erynn and Esprit were double clear placing fifth.
The Modifed Grand Prix was won by Erynn Ballard on "Rio's Rhapsody" an eight year old grey mare by Rio Grande bred at Tophill Farm in Meaford- Congratulations to Erynn and Rio's Rhapsody's owner, the Lecluse family.
We are pleased to report that Viva Voltaire and Erynn Ballard were double clear in two Level 2 classes this week placing third and sixth; this was Viva's first week of showing in several weeks and we are very happy to see him "back in action" and doing so well;
photo of Viva Voltaire by Yavuz 7 & 8 year old Class at Collingwood In the first ever class held in Canada for 7 & 8 year old horses, our two 8-year old Hanoverian Stallions "Futurist" and "Esprit D' Amour" were both clear in the first round under Erynn Ballard and placed third and fifth respectively in a field of 22 horses. It was a tough course and we are thrilled with these excellent results!
Jumper Development Series - Collingwood
Rio's Ricardo & Erynn Ballard did it again... they have now won three out of the four Jumper development classes for four year old horses that they competed in. Congratulations Erynn! Congratulations also to Rio's Vicomtesse and Scott McKay who came fourth and Charlie's Angel by Rio Grande who placed fifth. All three horses were bred by W. Charlot Farms.
Rio's Vicomtesse and Scott McKay
The Mecklenburg mare Granetta under Erynn Ballard placed third in the five year old class and Joe Cocker came tenth in the six year old class with one rail in the first round. July 2003Our horses had most of the month off from showing as Erynn Ballard was competing in Colorado.
At the fourth Jumper Development Show of the season which took place in the beautiful Grand Prix ring of the Hendervale facility, Rio Grande was once again very well represented by his offspring. Congratulations go to 4 year old horses "Charlie's Angel", "Robert Montgomery", " Rio's Desire" and "Rio's Vicomtesse" for placing fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth respectively. In the 5 year old division, "Rio's Tasha" (by Rio Bronco) was ridden to third place by Bernadette Mason. "Rio's Roxanne" and "Rivalin" placed third and fifth respectively in the 6 year old division, ridden by Scot McKay for owner Mike Grinyer. All but two of these horses were bred by W. Charlot Farms and we are very happy that their owners and riders are doing such a wonderful job in brining along these young horses. Back "in action" In Sunday's Rising Star class, generously sponsored by Gary Cooper Chevs Olds, Futurist and Erynn Ballard went double clear and were second, very narrowly beaten by the blink of an eye, or nine one hundreds of a second. Also in the Rising Star class, Esprit D' Amour and Erynn Ballard had the last rail down in the triple combination and placed fourth. We are very happy how incredibly well both stallions have been doing under Erynn Ballard - A big "Thank you" to Erynn and our team at home.
June 2003 Third 2003 Jumper Development Show at Barrie - June 27, 2003
4 year old class
Congratulations to class winners Rio's Ricardo (By Rio Grande out of Gambia by Furioso, bred by W. Charlot Farms ) & ridden by Erynn Ballard; Rio's Ricardo and Erynn have now won two out of three four year old classes and W. Charlot Farm's offspring by Rio Grande has won all three jumper development classes to date for four year old horses!!
Congratulations also to Rio's Vicomtesse (formerly Rio's Rachel W) & Scott Mc Kay - fourth place Charlie's Angel by Rio Grande out of Sandra, bred by W. Charlot Farms - 5th place Rockcastle by Rio Grande - bred by Millcreek Stable - 6th place and finally Rio's Rodrigo by Rio Grande - 8th place with one rail 5 year old class Congratulations to Sparky by Skorpio out of Rio's Dolly by Rio Grande (bred by W. Charlot Farms & owned by Millcreek Stables) for their second place finish Rio's Tasha by Rio Bronco out of Synphonie (bred by W. Charlot Farms, owned by Michael Grinyer) for their sixth place finish
6 year old class Congratulations to Rivalin by Rio Grande out of Birke (bred by W. Charlot Farms & owned & ridden by Michael Grinyer) for their third place finish Rio's Roxanne by Rio Grande out of Sonett (bred by W. Charlot Farms, owned & ridden by Michael Grinyer) for their third place finish Joe Cocker & Erynn Ballard for their fifth place - second highest style score and a very fast time but one rail in the jump-off
Second 2003 Jumper Development Show at Palgrave - June 13, 2003
4 year old class Congratulations to
class winners Rio's Rachel W (By Rio Grande out of Dauphine by Diamant, bred by W. Charlot Farms ) & ridden by Erynn Ballard; Charlie's Angel (by Rio Grande out of Sandra by Kassio) owned by Millcreek Stables and C. Ormston, ridden by Simon McCarthy & bred by Augustin Walch - 5th place and Rio's Rodrigo (By Rio Grande out of Ceres by Lenz) & Erynn Ballard - 9 th place with second highest style score (after Rio's Rachel) but one refusal at the last jump; 5 year old class Congratulations to
Granetta & Erynn Ballard for their second place finish, Celebrity 3E By Rio Grande and Hugh Graham, placing fifth and Sparky (By Skorpio out of Rio's Dolly W) & Simon Mc Carthy, bred by W. Charlot Farms and owned by Millcreek Stable for their 7th place 6 year old class Congratulations to Roxanne (By Rio Grande out of Sonett, bred by W. Charlot Farms) & Rider & Owner Mike Grinyer for their third place finish, Joe Cocker & Erynn Ballard, placing 8th and Rios' Rivalin (By Rio Grande) and Mike Grinyer placing tenth
Another excellent show for Rio Grande offspring & W. Charlot Farms.
Congratulations to Erynn Ballard & Futurist Modified Champion at Palgrave - Phase II winning both modified classes - Futurist & Erynn now won 5 modified classes in 4 weeks !
We had a wonderful start into the 2003 Jumper Development Series, winning the 6 year old class and sharing first place in the four year old class:
Congratulations to Joe Cocker
& Erynn Ballard, winner of the 6 year old class at Ancaster with the only double clear round of the class and the highest style score;
and to Rio's
Ricardo and Erynn
Ballard, winner of the 4 year old class at Ancaster
A big "thank you" to Erynn and our team at home: Inge, Sophie, Sergey, Mathieu & Audrey !! We could not do it without you. Congratulations also to Rio Riot (by Rio Grande) and Erynn Ballard - third in the Six year old division and Rings A Melody (by Rio Grande) and Linda Smith , second in the 5 year old class & to Millcreek Stable who had three Rio Grande offspring place in 4th (Charlie's Angel), 5th (Roman) and 10th place (Rockcastle) respectively in the four year old division. Rio's Rachel W and Rodrigo, both by Rio Grande, shared 8th place in the four year old division.
May 2003 Congratulations to Futurist & Erynn Ballard winner of a modified class at Palgrave & two modified classes at Ancaster!
April 2003 Congratulations to Rio Grande - 2002 Winner of the Brickenden Stallion Trophy, awarded to the top CSHA stallion based on the success of his performing offspring Rio Bronco by Rio Grande (bred at W. Charlot Farms)- 2002 Winner of the National Achievement Award - Hunters - CSHA Rio Bronco by Rio Grande & bred at W. Charlot Farms was named
2002 AHSA Amateur Owner Champion & 2002 Horse of the Year !!
March 2003 - Houston, Texas Congratulations to Esprit D' Amour & Erynn Ballard for their third place finish in a $ 30,000 Grand Prix
March 2003 - Free Jumping Competition, Newmarket, ON Congratulations to
Pour Patrice W by Pour Gagne / Rio Grande 2nd - 3 year old competition & Best Hanoverian Rio's Rachel W by Rio Grande / Diamant 2nd - 4 year old competition Rio's Rexie W by Rio's Rex W 3rd - 4 year old competition February 2003 - HITS Show in Ocala, Florida
Congratulations to Futurist & Erynn Ballard - winner of the Open Welcome two weeks in a row at the Ocala Tournament and the Ocala Masters
Congratulations to Viva Voltaire & Erynn Ballard for several good ribbons in levels 4, 5 and 6
Congratulations to Esprit D'Amour & Erynn Ballard for consistently placing in level 8 during the Ocala Masters
Congratulations to Louvre & Tracey Bartko - winner of five year old class in Ocala, Florida |
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Rio Grande & C. Zerygiewicz 2002 CSHA Stallion Presentation - Oct. 2002
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| Rio Bronco - Grand Amateur Hunter Champion, National Horse Show, Palm Beach, 12/02 | ||||||
| Celebrity 3E - 2002 Ontario Champion - 4 year old Jumper development Series | ||||||
| Riot - Champion Stallion - 2002 Royal Winter Fair | ||||||
| Rio Rosetta - Champion - Senior Fillies - 2002 Royal Winter Fair | ||||||
| Rio Salado - Reserve Champion - Governor's Cup - 2002 Royal Winter Fair | ||||||
| Rio Riot - 5th at National Championships - Jumper Development Series for 5 yr. old horses | ||||||
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Athena B by Futurist Champion Filly - 2002 Royal Winter Fair 2002 Champion Filly - Ontario Chapter - CSHA |
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Friday
at 2006 Dressage at Devon was capped off with the FEI Young
Horse classes for 5 and 6-year olds, which also counted as
the North American Breeders Futurity Championship Finals.
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