Chestnut Oak Farm Mares
Steege's Beth || Steege's Zena || Foxy Hope || Rosey Grey || Top
 Steege's Beth moves with grace and style. |
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Breed: Shire
Registration: American Shire Horse Association and American Drum Horse Association
Date of Birth: 4/4/97
Height: 17.1hh
Color: Bay
Sire: Davi Quebec Siboulette
Dam: Steege's Pepper
Meet our "Queen of the Herd", Steege's Beth. Having a gentle soul, she reigns with great dignity and respect, only using force when necessary. This fabulous girl boasts some of the best shire bloodlines out there. Her sire is Davi Quebec Siboulette, and grand-sire is Legendary Champion English Shire Stallion, Rhyd-Y-Groes Premier King! One of the best known grey Shire stallions in England, Canada, and North America, he left a wake of show winnings that are still tough to match! He also possessed one of the most magnificent manes ever seen on a horse, which Beth has certainly inherited. Crazy amounts of hair, a beautiful archy neck, excellent conformation, heavy bone, and a beautifully refined, baby-doll head are a few of this beautiful girl's best qualities. Her docile, good-natured disposition adds to her incredible presence. Better yet, she passes on these wonderful traits to her foals!
Beth is trained to both ride and drive, and has been used to train youngsters for single, double, and three abreast driving. She is also trained extensively in halter and went to her first show EVER in Sept. 2006, winning Reserve Grand Champion Halter Horse! She and Brittany also placed 1st in Adult Showmanship that same day. In October 2006, Beth was shown at the Regional Shire Show at K.I.L.E. held at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA. There she placed 3rd in Broodmares 4 years and over, and 4th in the Mare & Foal class against the seasoned competition and did a wonderful job. We look forward to showing this great girl in riding/driving classes, as we know she has unlimited potential.
This fabulous mare will be bred to the homozygous tobiano Gyspy Horse stallion, GSF Keebler, for a spring 09 foal.
Steege's Beth || Steege's Zena || Foxy Hope || Rosey Grey || Top
 Zena struts her stuff. |
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Breed: Shire
Registration: American Shire Horse Association and American Drum Horse Association
Date of Birth: 4/10/96
Height: 17.1hh
Color: Black Sabino
Sire: Four L's Black Calypso
Dam: Steege's Pepper
Steege's Zena is our fancy Black Sabino Shire mare with loud white markings. She has a nice wide blaze, white belly, 4 high whites, and even has a white patch on her right shoulder. Better yet is her fabulous amount of thick, silky feather! The English judge at the 2007 Regional Shire Show at K.I.L.E., PA even commented on how wonderful her feather was! This beautiful mare is very well put together, with long legs, short back, heavy bone, and one of the best set of hocks out there! When in motion, this girl has unbeatable action. She's very heads up with high knee action and makes great use of her hocks, giving her an extremely flashy appearance!
Zena is trained to both ride and drive, but since she is such a wonderful broodmare she has mainly been used for breeding, until recently that is. She had her first show season EVER in 2007 and what a season it was! At her first show in August she won 1st place in Open Halter in a class of 9 entries, all light breeds. Then in September at the Beaver Fair she again won 1st place in Open Halter in a large class of light breeds, going on to win the 2007 Grand Champion Halter Horse! (see photo of her ribbons). Finally, we took her to the Regional Shire Show at K.I.L.E. in Harrisburg, PA where she was entered in the Yeld Mare 4 yrs. and older class. The competition was very tough with 11 entries and the judge traveling from England this year. Zena won 6th place and did an excellent job! We are so proud of her and look forward to showing her in driving/riding classes in the future.
We are expecting our Drum Horse foal in early May out of Zena and by GSF Keebler who is homozygous for tobiano, so this special foal is guaranteed spots! The foal will be offered for sale.
Steege's Beth || Steege's Zena || Foxy Hope || Rosey Grey || Top
 Chestnut Oak's Foxy Hope & Olivia Hunter after winning the 2007 Pennsylvania State 4-H Horse Production Show Championship. |
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Breed: Shire
Registration: American Shire Horse Association
Date of Birth: 5/17/06
Height: Expected to reach 18hh
Color: Red Bay
Sire: Fox Valley Quincy's Zero
Dam: Steege's Beth
We are proud to introduce our beautiful young Shire mare, Chestnut Oak's Foxy Hope, and she is just that, extra foxy with charisma to spare! The first born on our farm, she is one special girl. Her sire is the black Shire stallion, Fox Valley Quincy's Zero, and great grand-sire is the Legendary Champion English Bred Shire Stallion, Rhyd-Y-Groes Premier King! Dam is one of our top Shire mares, Steege's Beth.
This little "princess" is following in her dam's footsteps and has insane amounts of HAIR, a beautiful head, large kind eye, heavy bone, and incredible presence. Her thick double mane is already past her shoulder and never seems to stop growing! This girl has an extremely laid-back, easy-going nature, and is a beautiful red bay color, but almost looks like a chestnut/sorrel.
Hope has been shown successfully since she was a baby. Her winnings include: 2006 - 4th place in the Mare Foal class, and 4th place in Mare & Foal class at the K.I.L.E. Regional Shire Show in Harrisburg, PA, Second place in Weanling Halter, 5th place Youth Showmanship at the Bean Soup Open Horse Show. 2007 - 1st place Yearling Halter and 1st place Lunge Line at Moondust Meadows Open Show against light breeds.
She was also shown by our daughter, Olivia Hunter, in the 2007 4-H Horse Production Show, taking 1st place at the PA Regional 4-H Horse Production Show, then going on to win the 2007 Pennsylvania State 4-H Horse Production Championship!
This gorgeous girl will be bred to our Gypsy Vanner stallion "Sid" in spring of 2009, and is currently being trained to ride and drive.
Steege's Beth || Steege's Zena || Foxy Hope || Rosey Grey || Top
 Rosey and Olivia at their first show ever in April 2005. Rosey Grey was owned by LeAnn Rimes' father, Wilbur, of Texas! |
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Breed: Brabant (European Belgian)
Date of Birth: 7/1/1997
Height: 16hh
Color: Bay Roan
Our Brabant mare, Rosey Grey, is perhaps our most versatile and well rounded horse. Brabants or European Belgians are the foundation horse for the American Belgian and are the gentle giants of yesteryear. They are rare and bred primarily in Europe. To find more out about this breed visit The American Brabant Association Website.
As if being a rare breed and do-it-all show horse weren't enough, this gal is also a CELEBRITY horse! She was owned by WILBUR RIMES of Texas; yes, that's LEANN RIMES' dad! We feel so lucky to be able to own this girl!
Rosey is a unique bay roan color with jet black feathered legs and a small white star. Although she isn't registered (due to lack of parenting information), she is certainly a great example of her breed, with an immensely thick, short neck, broad chest and shoulder and a very strong, stocky build.
Rosey is a great athlete, trained extensively in halter, western pleasure, driving, trail riding, and even gaming! Yes, she competes in barrel racing, keyhole, and pole bending ... against light breeds ... and WINS! She also participates in parades and is our daughter's 4-H horse. This versatile girl has won more ribbons than we can count in her short three year show career. Being the only draft horse at the open shows we attend, she attracts attention wherever she goes and is a crowd favorite. People are simply drawn to her.
This wonderful mare will be bred to our Gypsy Vanner stallion Sid in the spring of 2009 and we can only imagine the color possibilities! The offspring can be registered as part-bred with the Gypsy Cob & Drum Horse Association.
Steege's Beth || Steege's Zena || Foxy Hope || Rosey Grey || Top