Horse of the Month, Willem S.
Photos loading...Willem is
worth the wait!
Photo copyright Gloria Muscrella
Born in Ontario, California on March 9th 1991 is a FPS registered Friesian
Stallion out of Barteld and Jinke S., owned by Fred
DeBoer. As a baby Willem caught
his foot in a fence and was injured. Fred says Willem has never traveled the same sense. He says Willem does not reach like he
should. Willem was turned down for breeding rights due to his short stride by the Dutch Judges.
Willem was at Fred DeBoer's ranch kind of on a vacation (so to speak). He
was able to go on grass turn out or stay in a nice indoor stall. That's where Michael
Pariseau entered the picture. He saw Willem at various shows and said "I want to train that horse", " I can teach him so much",
Fred DeBoer said "you can't teach that horse". At the age of 7and after
Michael begging and begging, he finally talked Fred into training that horse. Fred told
Michael about his injury as a baby and
Michael replied that the High School Training should lengthen his stride and free him up some in the
shoulder. This fixing the problem that had been holding Willem back for years. Willem
went home with Michael, and
Michael says he has never trained a horse that has such a natural talent to passage or piaffe. Willem loves to
show off!! Willem picked up High School Dressage in a record amount of time
and Michael started showing him at fairs, trade show and other major events around the
world.
Willem has met Sara Ferguson, the Duchess of York and many other
celebrities. He has done many promotional stunts for many different things,
including going thru a little door to stand on a red carpet while doing a television spot and much more... Willem was also the first
Mane N
Tail horse for Straight Arrow Products. Willem is 16'3
weighs about 1400 lbs., his mane comes to his knees and his forelock is past his nose, he is nothing but drop dead
gorgeous.
In 1999, Willem and another stallion of Michael's
were invited to perform at The first Equitana Australia but due to
unforeseen circumstances they were unable to make the trip. This year Equitana Australia has asked
Michael
and his boys back, and Willem is one of the headlining horses!
Michael would also like to thank
Fred De Boer for the opportunity to train
and care for such a magnificent animal, and Michael
knows that Fred is very
proud of his boy. Willem is trained and shown by world renown trainer and
clinician, Michael Pariseau of Hidden Springs Equestrian Center & Stallion
School.
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Photo copyright Gloria Muscrella
From the Web Maven: We would like
to see Willem & Michael at
Equitana USA in Louisville! (so we could see them perform in
person!)
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