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Welcome to Altamont Sport Horses!
Altamont Sport Horses is a small farm producing quality Trakehner and Irish
Draught Sport Horses as well as the occasional Appaloosa Sport Horse for the Olympic disciplines of dressage, show jumping
and especially eventing. We breed a limited number of mares each year with the intention of producing athletic foals
with exceptional temperments. Our foals are carefully imprinted at birth and handled daily until they are weaned at
approximately 6 months of age.
Temperment is an important consideration in our breeding program. This
is why we have chosen to work with Trakehners, Irish Draughts and Appaloosas. These breeds are kind, intelligent
and willing equine partners. We believe that when communicated with in a fair and consistent manner the intelligent
horse will develop trust and the desire to give you his or her all. At Altamont Sport Horses we begin the process of
developing our foals' trust of humans from the moment they take their first breath.
| Phoenix, 2006 Irish Draught/Trakehner colt |
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| Sire: Western Sun RID Dam: Good Faith |
We are proud members of the following organizations:
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| Kryptic, ATA Inspection, (c) 2007 Deana Fleenor |
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| Sire: Fandango Dam: Karoline's Traum |
We recognize that athletic sport horses come in all sizes and not everyone
truly needs a 16+h horse. The difference between a 15.2h and a 16h horse is only two inches. Two inches
is nothing for an athletic horse to compensate for on the jump field. As eventer Karen O'Connor
has demonstrated, even a 14.1 3/4 hh pony (Theodore O'Connor) can compete and place at upper level competitions such as The Rolex Kentucky 4 Star Three-Day Event
(he placed 3rd in 2007) and the 2007 Pan American Games where he won both team and individual golds. The extra
weight a larger horse carries is hard on the joints and puts the horse at risk for more injuries and arthritis, not to mention effecting
overall endurace. We love our horses and would like to see them stay sound and healthy as long as possible. For
this reason we do not limit our breeding to produce very large horses only over 16h, however, we do have some of
those as well. We will help you find the horse that fits your body and your riding goals. If we don't have the
horse you are looking for, we'll tell you that and recommend other breeding programs or farms you should contact.
Our youngsters are shown in USEF sanctioned events in order to expose them to the show atmosphere
which they will likely be encountering with their new future owners. They have lifetime USEF recordings as well
as USDF and USEA lifetime recordings, as appropriate for each horse.
We take an enormous pride in the horses we produce and hope you'll
find something on our website that makes you smile. If you see a horse that interests you, please contact
us. We look forward to hearing from you.
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