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Chandelle Farm

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What's New At Chandelle?


Chandelle High Noon, aka Cooper was USEF National Champion in Single Horse, Pleasure Driving for 2009
USEF Region 2 Morgan Carriage Champion
USEF Region 2 Morgan Dressage 1st level Champion.
A Great end to a great year!

2009 in Review
After waiting all winter for the spring-summer season, it’s almost over already! Time flies when you’re having fun, and we’ve been having some fun this summer. Trail rides, dressage clinics, horse shows, hunter paces and a new filly!
Congratulations to Connie for the purchase of Chandelle High SkyMaster, he sounds like he's settled into his new home quite nicely.
Check out our sales page with updated pictures and videos. Featuring for sale "Ace" a big chesnut gelding follwing in his father's footsteps with natural impulsion and balance making him a great candidate for dressage

Summer Highlights...

Chandelle High Noon

Acorn Ridge Black Diamond delivered a lovely black filly on July 4th, Chandelle High Light the Sky (Sire: HVK Dragon Beat)


Chandelle High Gail Force and Chandelle High Wildkat

The rest of the story...

Early May started with a dressage clinic with Michelle LeBarre instructing Cooper and rider Kristen Sackett on the finer points of dressage. Excellent information and learning for both horse and rider.

End of May brought the WNY Morgan Show and Cooper competed in both Carriage and Dressage. Coop was High Point Carriage Champion of the Show, for the second year in a row! Blues in working and supereinsmanship helped put him on top.

Next up was the Amateur NY Morgan Show, and Cooper did a repeat, winning the Carriage High Point Championship.

July and our first trip to Penn-Ohio Morgan Show for the carriage classes. A great and fun show with friendly people made it worth the trip. While Meadville had its share of rain and we drove in sloppy mud, Cooper ended up Carriage High Point Champion, in a hotly contested set of classes. Blues in Gamblers Choice and Fault and Out and two reds and two yellows gave us the hat trick! Saturday afternoon, July 4th, just after a lovely (and dry) High Point recognition, I received a call from my horse caretaker saying that my bred mare was showing changes and looking anxious…

So I packed up the horse and trailer and hit the road, arriving at the farm at 9:30 pm, and believe it or not, before the mare foaled! However, as mares will, as I checked on her thru the evening, she decided to wait until she was alone to present us with her lovely black filly! At 11:50 pm, July 4th, on a routine check, I found this sweet filly resting on the straw. We haven’t officially named her yet, but she is a firecracker for sure!

Hunter Paces at the Big Loop have been fun again this year, and I look forward to the monthly trip to the Loop and the great riding. We’ve had super turnouts for each of the paces, including one in driving rain. I’d love to see more people and horses join us, and have enjoyed meeting all of the new riders this year. We continue to expand the trails and build bigger jumps.

Chancellor went out for a month of saddle training early in the summer, and is progressing well at home. This big sweet boy has a great attitude and is learning more everyday and is getting to be a fun ride. His stablemates are all enjoying a pretty easy summer, in spite of seemingly endless rainy days.

Chandelle High Noon was "cover boy" on the NYSMHS Trader newsletter! We were thrilled with this honor. Chandelle High Chancellor (NLF Vigilant x Equinox Magnifikate) is going into training at Sunny Acres, with thoughts of Silver in his pretty head. Chandelle High Wright Pursuit (Chandelle High Noon x Chandelle Victoria) will be making his dressage debut this year. Chandelle High Boeing Summer (Chandelle High Noon x Caja’s Foxy Lady) will be learning about carriage driving. Chandelle High Songbird (JMF Black Flame x Glenmeads Windsong), a bay yearling is growing nicely. She will probably mature at 15+h. Sweet and bold, she is for sale.

Lots of plans for the 2009 year, including shows, trail rides and Hunter paces. Always something going on!

Chandelle High Blue Sky (Chandelle High Noon x UVM Vanna) went to her new owner Sara Werdein at Christmas. We thank Sara and her parents and are excited that Sara and ‘Olivia’ will be making their show ring debut in 2009.

Archive News

"I ride." This was sent to me by a friend, and I wanted to share a wonderful sentiment. I hope you enjoy this. It has helped me thru this long winter, when I couldn’t ride. To all of you, who know what this is about, enjoy! I ride.

What Makes Chandelle Farm Go Around?
Chandelle Farm Chandelle Farm is a small family owned farm in western New York. We have been raising Morgans for over twenty years. The first attraction to Morgans was to their disposition, beauty and versatility; the focus of the breeding program has been to capture and maintain those qualities. Chandelle Farm has concentrated on using "Old" Morgan bloodlines (like Flyhawk, Upwey Ben Don, Chasley Superman, Pecos, and Ulendon), with excellent results. The horses are sweet, good minded and athletic--fully capable of being the cherished versatile Morgan. Chandelle Morgans have successfully competed in all levels of competition in open and breed shows and in many disciplines, including carriage driving, western, hunter, jumping, dressage, english pleasure, and pleasure driving as well as 4-H, pony club, three-day events, and trail riding. Most importantly, these Morgans are all family friends and their owners have loads of stories, pictures, and ribbons to prove it!

Chandelle Farm generally has one or two foals a year and usually has horses for sale. We are always happy to show off these treasures. Please contact JoAnn Squier at jochandell@aol.com or at the address listed for more information. If you are looking for more information on the Morgan Horse check out the New York State Morgan Horse Society or the American Morgan Horse Association. If you are interested in eventing and or carriage a great place to start is the Genesse Valley Riding and Driving Club