What's New
October 2005

Ashanti Merchandise

The Ashanti Farm Tack & Video Shop has added DVD’s to the Kottas Video Collection. Please visit our shop and scroll through the carefully selected highest quality products available for purchase.

In addition we have added under a link to US Animals Nutritionals of Vermont. USAN offers exceptional Vitamins and Supplements for your large and small beloved animals.

New Photos Online!

New photos of Ashanti Farm facilities are now online.

Horses for sale!

In addition we have joint with Gestuet Neumuehle in an effort to offer our clients and customers especially selected horses for sale from Europe and the US. Please visit our For Sale Page to see our hosrses that are currently offered..

Delacroix Delacroix and Gabriele have such fun working together that we are contemplating that Gabriele might show Delacroix later this year in Inter I and GB at local shows. Delacroix is in such good shape and spirit despite his age of 20 years and he misses the lime light.
Prima Ballerina Prima Ballerina has been sold. Her new owner, Veronica is thrilled. Prima Ballerina will remain at AFI for training and will show with her new owner/rider this season.
Exupery Exupery has recovered completely. He and Caroline are fully integrated in the 2005 GP season in Europe. Please find below the latest results from September/October 2005, as follows: Exupery and Caroline competed at the Austrian Championships in Vienna, Austria from September 16 to 18, 2005. In GP de Dressage they scored 68.54& % and placed 2nd. In GPS they scored 67.52% and placed 3rd and in the GP Musical Freestyle they scored 71.58% and placed 3rd. Overall Exupery and Caroline placed 2nd and thus were the Reserve Champions. Exupery and Caroline competed in the CDI-W in Kaposvar /Hungary from October 15 & 16, 2005. In GB the score was 66.25%, which placed them 5th. In GPS the score was 66.20%, which placed them 2nd. Exupery and Caroline received an invitation to compete in Stuttgart / Germany from November 17 to 20, 2005. We wish both a safe trip and all the best for the competition. Congratulations to Caroline, Exupery and of course to Arthur who continues to train this duo in such a successful manner! All of us at Ashanti Farm are very proud to have Arthur and Caroline on our team. New Photo's of Exupery, ridden by Caroline Kottas and trained by Arthur Kottas-Heldenberg are now online!
Carreras Carreras, ridden by our Certified In-House Trainer Bruno Greber has fully recovered. Carreras & Bruno competed on October 22 and 23, 2005 at the Great American/USDF Reg 1 Finals at Lexington, VA. In GP Carreras seemed very hot and Bruno did a good job to finish the Test. The score was rather disappointing with 58.750, which placed them 2nd. In GPS Carreras remembered his duties and the score was already much, much better. They scored 67.800% and placed 1st again. We are very proud to have Bruno on our Team. Congratulations also to Arthur Kottas, who trains our horses and riders so excellently.
Amidala Amidala, our now 6 year old Hanoverian Mare out of A Jungle Prince (Sire) and our States Premium Mare Waleksa M (Dam - out of World Cup 1) has begun her competing career this season. Amidala, in training with our Certified Trainer, Bruno Greber, since two years, is showing great Potential. Bruno is also much exited and has decided to show her himself. At Amidala and Bruno’s 5th competition this season at the VADA-CH Fall competition in  Spotsylvania show, held on September 11, 2005, they where the “Talk of the Town” again. They scored 75.000% in Test 1-4 and 71.429% in Test 1-3. At Amidala and Bruno’s 6th competition this season at the VADA/NOVA Autumn I show, held on September 17 and 18, 2005, they where the “Talk of the Town” again.  They scored on the 17th 75.417% in the Musical Freestyle 1st Level and 73.542% on the 18th in the Musical   Freestyle 1st Level. With Pride and Honor we are happy to announce that Amidala has placed 2nd in First Level with a Median Score of 75.556% in the USDF Horse of the Year Awards. In addition Amidala has placed 1st in the All Breed Awards with the AHS in 1st Level. Congratulations to Amidala and Bruno, who does a terrific job in training Amidala to become a “Dressage Star” of the future.
Derringer Derringer is going very well. We have decided to present Derringer in 2005 as our Top School Horse at AFI for clients to ride (up to Grand Prix). Derringer is also available for breeding in 2005. Look for Derringer on our homepage. News about Derringer is updated on this web site frequently. Fresh Semen will be available in the 2005-breeding season. The 2005 breeding contract for Derringer is available as of February 1, 2005.

 

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Schindelhof

"Schindelhof", Evelyn Haim/Swarovski's breeding farm in Austria (photo to right) was Riviera's, Alfa Romea's and Prima Ballerina's home. Evelyn breeds the finest Austrian Warmblood Horses for Dressage and Jumping. Schindelhof is also the home of the young Stallion "Weinkoenig". Weinkoenig is a son of "Weltmeier", the famous Dressage Stallion. Our filly, Windsong, is a daughter to Weinkoenig.

Should you be interested in dressage and/or jumping horses from Austria, please send inquiries to Ashanti Farm, Inc.

News

The 2005 Breeding contract for Derringer, Carreras & Exupery is now online!

The Arthur Kottas-Heldenberg clinic from September 6 to 8, 2005, was a grand success. We want to take this opportunity to thank all our friends, clients and customers for sharing this event with us.

Together with our local Veterinarian, we are currently testing a new line of Homeopathic remedies, which were created in a seven-year research by our Austrian Friend, who is a very well respected Veterinarian with 20 years of experience. Among his clients in Europe are world famous dressage, jumper, hunter and event riders. We will share more information with you as it becomes available.

New Services

AF Inc. is exited to announce that the following services are available:

• Boarding and training to a limited number of clients
• Dressage riding instructions from basic horsemanship to Grand Prix Level
• Trained Lesson Horses of all levels are now available
• Riding clinic's with Arthur Kottas-Heldenberg (next clinic date will be announced on our Website)
• AF Inc. bred horses for sale as well as horses trained by Arthur Kottas-Heldenberg. In addition, AF Inc. offers selected European bred horses for sale
• Consulting Services for animal nutrition & care; Farm Management;
• Farm design and development
• Arthur Kottas developed and endorsed equipment and videos are now available for purchase through AFI.  Please check out our pricelist and order form

Please contact AF Inc. for details.

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Upcoming Events

Arthur Kottas-Heldenberg, Caroline and Exupery are portrayed on the Cover Page of the October Issue of the Dressage Today Magazine. Please make sure that you pick up this issue.

For additional information about AFI, our facilities, Farm location, information about Arthur Kottas-Heldenberg and his ties to AFI, and other services we offer, please browse our website at www.ashantifarm.com

Please visit our Website often for updates and exiting news!

We've added new photos of Derringer and we've been contacting people who have bred to Derringer in the past so that we might place some more photos of his offspring on the site.

Ashanti Farm is growing day by day and developing into a center dedicated to the well being of the horse and enlightenment of horse people. We hope that we will meet you some day at Ashanti Farm.

Sometimes we have job openings at the farm. See our Help Wanted page for details.

Be sure and check back every month to find out "what's new" at Ashanti Farm!

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