Volaré (Clair de Lune x Viva Voltaire) has been sold to Melissa Polier of Pennsylvania.  Melissa plans on showing Volaré in A/A hunter shows in the future.  Melissa sent us the following update on April 7, 2008: 

"Hello, Volaré continues to do well and is really so well behaved and very sweet! He definitely has personality as well. I picked his feet today and put hardener on them, he had to tell me that was not his favorite thing! But again let me do it and was such a good boy. 

His temperature is good and all is healthy! He really appears to have made the trip and new home adjustment very easily.

Friends came to see him Sunday and loved him! My vet, the one on maternity leave, is going to come for lunch and meet him at the end of the month. Again thank you, I really do love him. He continues to follow me around when I go out and seems to not want me to leave him! He is like a big dog just like my other horse Splash.
     

Take care and tell Marty hello, Melissa"

We wish Melissa and Volaré much success in their future show career and look forward to receiving some great updates.

For those that missed out on this super colt, we plan on breeding his dam Clair de Lune to For Play (by 2-time Olympic gold medal recipient for team show jumping, For Pleasure) for another gorgeous foal that may be offered for sale in utero.  Clair de Lune passes on her very laid back disposition to her foals and her lovely hunter movement (and 80% of the time, her dilute color!).

We've also acquired a new mare named Travola.  She is a stunning, solid 16.3hh chestnut sabino mare that was imported from Holland as a yearling.  She had a successful show career with 13 placings in the top ten (including 2 wins, 2 second places, and 2 third places) and was competing in jumping at Level 6 (4'3" in height with spreads 4'3" to 4'9") until she developed an anomaly on her front pastern and the decision was made to retire her sound.  Her pedigree is Baloubet du Rouet x Nimmerdor x Le Mexico.  Baloubet du Rouet was declared the 2004 Best Horse in the World and with his rider Rodrigo Pessoa, won the Individual Gold Medal in show jumping at the 2004 Olympic games in Athens and were recipients of the Team Bronze Medal at the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney.   

Jamaica (imported buckskin Swedish Warmblood) will be bred to Olympic Concorde (Preferent KWPN).  This foal will have a 50% chance of being palomino or buckskin, can be registered with KWPN-NA or SWANA.

Clair de Lune (imported buckskin Swedish Warmblood) will be bred to For Play (Elite Hanov) a newly imported stallion.  This foal will have a 50% chance of being palomino or buckskin, 50% chance of being sabino and can be registered with SWANA.

Travola (imported sabino Dutch Warmblood) will possibly be bred to For Pleasure (Elite Hanov) or Chin Chin.  A For Pleasure foal would have a 75% chance of being sabino and can be registered with AHS.  A Chin Chin foal would have a 50% chance of being sabino and can be registered with KWPN-NA.