Condor, our first foal of 2011, makes his grand arrival.

Joan Wilson, who handles our foaling, calls Condor the ‘most beautiful foal’ she’s ever delivered for Last Laugh Farm.  This exceptional colt is large, correct and has remarkable presence. Condor’s sire, VDL Laroche by Concorde, is owned by Maple Crest Sport Horses and stands at Hilltop Farms.

Last Laugh Farm was excited and surprised when a colt and a filly from our 2010 crop won championships at our ISR/Oldenburg NA inspection last September.  Our foal Corsair, by Coronado WW out of My Pretty Echo was Pennsylvania site champion colt receiving and astonishing score of 8.8 for movement.  Alikah, our filly by Apiro out of Largo Lady, was the champion filly with an overall score of 8.2, including an 8.3 for movement.  Corsair is our first colt to ever win a site championship and we are really enthusiastic and we are expecting great things from him in the future.

Corsair by Coronoad WW

Alikah by Apiro

We are pleased to announce that the Heist Family of York, PA recently purchased our outstanding hunter prospect Cordelanne, by Corlando.  Rachael Heist, 12,  will begin showing her new mount in 2011 as she moves up from pony hunters to juniors.

Rachel has gained tremendous recognition exhibiting in the pony hunter division on the Central Pennsylvania Junior Hunter Show Association circuit.  She  trains with Erin Knepper and Chris Hurlburt-Gemmill at Woodberry Farm near York, PA.

Rachel and her parents, Lisa and Dave, recently visited our farm to learn as much as possible about Rachel’s new partner.  We could not be more pleased with Cordelanne’s placement and anxiously await the 2011 show debut of this outstanding team!

Grand prix rider and trainer Laurie Jakubauskas, of LRJ Enterprises, was responsible for the training and sale of Cordelanne.

This year’s crop, magically, is comprised of four colts and four fillies.  Representing such outstanding bloodlines as  Baloubet du Rouet, Quidam de Revel, Burggraaf and Escudo I.   They will be presented for inspection on September 20, 2010 at the ISR Oldenburg, NA Inspection at Last Laugh Farm.  To see photos of the foals and learn more about their lineage, please click here.

Corsair by Coronado WW X My Pretty Echo xx

Volette by King de Coquerie (Voltaire/Quidam de Revel) X Pudgette xx

For Majesty by Federalist (For Pleasure/Eklatant) X Born to B Southern xx

We are pleased to announce that Rudolph, our three year old chestnut gelding by Valentino, has been purchased by dressage trainer, Angela Sasso for her own training program.

Angela was, for many years, associated with Hilltop Farm.   She is not only a well known dressage trainer and competitor, but she also judges for KWPN Kuerings.

“Rudy” was originally sent to Angela for training and sale, but she was so impressed by our young sport horse that, after just a few weeks, she decided to buy him for herself.

“In addition to his long lines and athletic build, Rudy has a phenomenal attitude for such a young horse,” Angela says.  As well as  her acquisition of Rudy, Angela is also training another of our prospects, Santiago, who is impressing with his personality and versatility.

Our two four-year-old prospects, Cordelanne and Santiago, had their introduction to free jumping at Vicmead Hunt Club near Chadds Ford, PA in early February.  They were evaluated by trainer Laurie Jakubauskas  www.lrj-stables.com and her assistant trainer, Tabitha McAnally.   As you can see from the video clips on their web pages, both youngsters performed extremely well and we expect one or both of them will return to Vicmead Hunt Club after the winter circuit in Florida this spring.

Santiago

Cordelanne

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ISR Oldenburg/N.A. judge Christian Schacht, VMD, attaches the “Premium Foal” ribbon to Last laugh Farm’s Graffin D at the 2008 inspection.

On September 24th, Last Laugh Farm will host a mare and foal inspection for the Oldenburg Registry North America/International Sport Horse. This will be our third year of hosting an inspection and, as far as we know, our event will be the only one held in Pennsylvania in 2009.

Each year we have held this event, it has been somewhat more popular and better attended than the year before and this year will be no exception.

Judge Christian Schacht brands a newly approved foal at the 2008 inspection

To better serve our guests, we have invited well known foal handler Junior Johnson to join us in presenting LLF’s mares and foals and other entrants who are interested in having their young horses presented by a consummate professional. We have also asked Tracy Kelsey www.tracykelseyphotography.com to be available to take candid and official photographs for the event and we will provide video services from Sarah Needham Antietam SportHorse Video www.antietamsporthorsevideo.com.

The inspection is judged by Dr. Christian Schacht. We are looking forward to another successful inspection!

LLF’s Devine Dewanna at LLF’s 2008 inspection.

LLF’s Cote D’Azure at the 2008 inspection

2010 foals enjoy a late summer evening

The foals of the 2009 season have all arrived. We are excited about all of them and hope you will give careful consideration to each one. Thanks for
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