Dodon Farm Broodmares

Liz - Gigi - Georgia - Leah - Allie - Pepi - Buttercup - Fox - Gamine - May - Mandy - Peanut - Zelda

Good Queen Liz 1989 Chestnut Thoroughbred by Sir Raleigh, out of Azure Coast Liz is by Sir Raleigh, a 17h son of England's Horse of the Year Sir Ivor, and out of Azure Coast, whose grandsire is the great My Babu. Liz raced a few times but then injured herself sliding under a board fence on ice. She produced our stallion, Salute The Truth, when bred to Salutely. Liz is the source of Salute The Truth's calm temperament. With very little training she became a foxhunter for Steuart Pittman, Sr. when he was 75 years old. It was Liz's powerful build, her athleticism, and her incredible ground-covering walk and trot that made us pursue the purchase of Salute The Truth. Dodon Foals out of Liz:
	* 2000 - Goodkeeper, bay mare by Innkeeper -Sold-
	* 2003 - Inn With The Queen, chestnut gelding by Innkeeper -Sold- Competing in the Jumpers in California with new owner, Mollie Hartung.
	* 2004 - Zara, chestnut mare by Scimitar. -Sold- Competing in Eventing with new owner, Tracey Bienemann.
	* 2006 - Mystic Queen, chestnut filly by Mystic Replica Tragically, we lost Mystie to a pasture accident Summer 2009. * Open 2007 and 2008
	* June 2009 - Uncle Amos, gray colt by Brandenburg's Windstar. Amos is for sale! $8,000 Liz has now earned her retirement!

Gallic Gal 1993 16.2 h Bay Thoroughbred by Mokhieba out of Irish Decree Gigi is our best broodmare so far! Gigi was bred to steeplechase by Don Yovanovich, but suffered a neck injury which kept her from racing. She was acquired by Francie Daugherty who bred her to Salute The Truth. This mare has all of the qualities that have made Mokhieba one of the most popular sires of eventers in recent years, and I just had to have her. After breeding she never left the farm. She produces very correct and fancy foals. Francie sent her 2002 foal, Marina, to Steuart for backing and training and she's turning out great! Marina's full brother from our 2003 crop, Soldier of Truth, was sold to Bruce Davidson for his son Buck in 2007. We also have a 2004 filly and a 2006 gelding from this wonderful mare and we look forward to many more in the future. Foals out of Gigi:
	* 2002 - Marina, bay mare by Salute The Truth Marina is for sale by her owner/breeder. Click here for more information.
	* 2003 - Soldier of Truth, bay gelding by Salute The Truth -Sold- Jason is now owned by Bruce Davidson, ridden by his son, Buck.
	* 2004 - True Spectra , bay mare by Salute The Truth "Spectra" is for sale! Please visit the Sales Page for more information.
	* 2006 - Jiminy Truth, bay gelding by Salute The Truth. "Jimmy" is for sale! Please visit the Sales Page for more information.

Leah Gray 16.1 h Canadian Sporthorse By Cozy's Commander out of OK Jamie (TB) Leah's sire is the Canadian Sport Horse who sired John Williams's Olympic horse, Carrick, Gretchen Butts's Zydeco, and many other wonderful event horses. Leah is a perfectly balanced gray mare who injured her hip, but trots around the field like she's trying to make the US Dressage Team for Hong Kong. Foals out of Leah:
	* 2008 - Cozmic Truth, gray colt by Salute The Truth R.I.P. Cozmo 6/1/08 - 2/11/09
	*2009 - Face The Truth, gray filly by Salute The Truth "Cara" is for sale! $8,000
	* In Foal to Salute The Truth for a June 2010 Foal

Georgian Blues Chestnut Overo 14.2 hand Pinto By Call Me Mr. Blue (Paint) out of Danni Georgia is Steuart's wife, Erin's horse. She is an all-around great little mare that has foxhunted and competed at BN with Erin. Her only foal so far, Rosie, by another Thoroughbred stallion, is a very good jumper and mover and we hope for one just as talented (ok, more talented!) from Willy. Foals out of Georgia:
	* 2002 - Southern Promise, chestnut filly by Capote's Promise (TB) Now owned and competing Training Level as "Gossip Girl" by Lauren T. More photos of Rosie on the Sale Page
	* 2010 - Chestnut Colt by Salute The Truth

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Dodon Farm Past Broodmares

 

Allumeuse 1986, 17.1 h Dark Bay Trakehner by Consul out of Alitalia by Mahagoni Allumeuse was imported from Germany in utero. She's out of some of the best Trakehner bloodlines. Allumeuse's dam was by Mahagoni, who was not only the champion of his performance test but later came to be known as the best dressage Trakehner of his time. Allumeuse's sire is the Elite stallion Consul, Trakehner Stallion of the Year, prized in both the Hanoverian and Trakehner breeds for passing on great mares and horses with excellent rideability. Unfortunately, Allumeuse's uterus was shot after one foal, so she was retired to being a pasture ornament in Virginia. Foals out of Allumeuse:

*2003 - True Muse, 17.3+ h bay gelding by Salute The Truth -Sold-

Auburn Queen 1989 Gray Thoroughbred by Debussy out of Tarnished Angel Peppi came to Dodon Farm as a lease. When her foal was born brown, we decided to name him Plain Brown Truth. Unfortunately for our naming desires, he chose to be a gray, so he was renamed Plain Truth. As a 3 year old, he's already 17 hands. Foals out of Peppi:
	*2006 - Plain Truth, gray gelding by Salute The Truth "Brownie" is for sale! Please visit the Sales Page for more information.

Buttercup 1981, Dark Bay Sweedish Warmblood/Mecklenburg by Big Colt out of Pretty Polly When well-known Swedish Warmblood breeder Ellen Shepherd left Maryland to become a Wyoming rancher she left two mares with us, Buttercup and Gamine. Buttercup is out of Ellen's foundation mare, Pretty Polly, and by a Mecklenberg jumper called Big Colt (who was himself by a Thoroughbred stallion out of a German mare). Buttercup's offspring are competing in dressage and eventing, including Donald Ruth's Grade 2 eventer, Easy Does It. I had a five year old of Ellen's in training, and he was one of the nicest animals I've ever worked with. He made me want his dam. Foals out of Buttercup:
	*2001 - Glenwood Truth, 16.1 h Dark Bay mare by Salue The Truth -Sold-
	*2002 - Truthful Tommy, 17 h chestnut gelding by Salute The Truth Currently in training, watch the Grand Prix Jumping world for this one!

Fox Spring 1984, 16 h Dark Bay Thoroughbred by Pas Seul out of Cottage List Fox is by Pas Seul, sire of Nina Fout's 2000 Fair Hill CCI*** horse, Frosted Chrystal. Her dam's sire is First Landing by Turn-to. Fox evented and won through preliminary with young rider, Gabi Bowser. She was a bit of a legend for her extravagant jumping style, but also was hard to beat on a good day in the dressage arena because of her warmblood-like suspension at the trot. Fox was bred to steeplechase, but spent most of her pre-eventing career as a foxhunter. Her foals have their mother's suspension and flair at the trot. Foals out of Fox:
	*2000 - Runaway Patriot, 15.2 1/2 h bay mare by Patriotically (full brother to Salutely, sire of Salute The Truth) -Sold-
	*2001 - Absolute Truth, 16.1 h dark bay mare by Salute The Truth -Sold- Abby is now owned and ridden by Lindsay Nutall who trains with Stephen Bradley.

Gamine 1995, 17 h Dark Bay Sweedish Warmblood by Galapard out of Karinka Gamine is by Galapard out of Ellen Shepherd's Devon-winning mare Karinka. She was never ridden due to complications from a bad case of contracted tendons as a foal (not an issue with any other of Karinka's offspring), but when I saw her in the field I immediately suspected that she would have been one of the best ever at Glenwood Farm. Foals out of Gamine:
	*2001 - Truth to Power, 16.3 h dark bay gelding by Salute The Truth -Sold-
Game as a foal	*2002 - Game of Truth, 16.2 h flaxen chestnut mare by Salute The Truth -Sold- Game is now a broodmare and will be bred in 2009.

May Testamony 1992, 16 h Chestnut Thoroughbred by Deputed Testamony out of Remnant May Testamony is a full sister to Denny Emerson's stallion Reputed Testamony. This is a bloodline that is built uphill and can move and jump like event horses ought to. May injured her back at the track, we were told, and was therefore never able to prove herself, but we think that crossed with Salute The Truth her foal will be a star. Unfortunately, we were only able to get one foal out of May. Foals out of May:

*2002 - True Testamony, 16.2 h chestnut mare by Salute The Truth Currently in training with Steuart.

Never Mind Mandy 1986 16.1 h Chestnut Thoroughbred by Never Mind out of Betsy Coed Mandy was bred in Canada where she evented preliminary before coming to eventer Josh Walther's barn and then being sold as a show hunter. I bought her out of a dressage barn because I hadn't seen a TB trot like her in a long time. The suspension is there in every step she takes, and it passed through to all three of her sons, everything a breeder could ever want. Foals out of Mandy:
	*1999 - Uprising, gelding by Patriotically, full brother to Salutely (sire of Salute The Truth) -Sold-
	*2003 - Ray of Truth, chestnut Thoroughbred gelding by Salute The Truth
	*2005 - Flame of Truth, chestnut Thoroughbred gelding by Salute The Truth -Sold-

Seville 1985 15.1 h Chestnut Trakehner/Morgan Mare by Pregelstrand out of Saddleback Sorceress (Morgan) OK, so technically, Peanut is not a Dodon mare originally. But she came to us in foal when Erin moved to the farm in 2007. She's by the Elite Trakehner dressage sire, Pregelstrand. Her past life included time spent as a dressage horse in Colorado where she had at least one foal by Hanoverian stallion, Pikabu. Before moving to Dodon, Erin bred her to Sempatico for a 2005 colt named Semper Fi BHF - that colt is destined for a future eventing career with his new owner, Rebecca. Peanut is now retired from breeding and is living the life of luxury as a pasture potato here at Dodon. She passes on her incredibly kind disposition. Dodon Foals out of Peanut:

*2007 - Siesta, chestnut colt by Hadrian - Siesta is for sale! Please visit the Sales Page for more information. -

Detente 1999 16 h Chestnut Oldenburg By Davingport out of Etoille by Bonjour Zelda was here at Dodon Farm on lease, but is now back in training with her owner, Kate Holt of DunPikin Farm. Zelda evented at the lower levels and could certainly have done hunters or FEI dressage. We expect Salute The Truth to add the gallop, scope, and temperament to produce spectacular offspring. Her 2007 filly Truce is living up to our expectations and her 2008 filly is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. Foals out of Detente:
	* 2007 - Salute The Truce, chestnut filly by Salute The Truth "Truce" is for sale! Please visit the Sales Page for more information.
	* 2008 - True Class, chestnut filly by Salute The Truth. This filly is incredibly fancy - we can't wait to see how she matures! "Kate" is for sale! Please visit the Sales Page for more information.