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Welcome to Anneke's Friesians. Home of
Tropical Rider's Wieger.
  This website shares a lifelong passion for the purebred Dutch KFPS Friesian horse
with you. Read this
page if you want to learn more about what's behind Anneke's Friesians.
We hope to inspire you and help you with your Friesian dream.
(Pictures left and right: Anneke & her stallion
Tropical Rider's Wieger January
& February 2011,
photos by Anna
Tate.)
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 We
are Dutch nationals with Lone
Star,
U.S.A. & Friesland
Allegiance.
'We weren't born in Texas
but got here as fast as we could.'
Texas
- it's like a whole other country y'all!
'As it net kin
sa 't moat dan moat 't mar sa 't kin'
We are the KFPS interpreters at
the annual KFPS
Stallion Shows.
Celebrating the 8th year in
business.
Dedicated to the
purebred Dutch KFPS Friesian since
1981. |
We
have been blessed with many wonderful Friesian friends from years of
networking back home in The Netherlands and having lived in the United
States for two decades now, and we also work with trusted,
high-quality partners in our native country: The Netherlands. We travel
back for family and Friesian business regularly.
This is not just our
full-time business but also the realization of our 'My-Little-Pony/Breyer-barn'
childhood dream. To preserve and share the peaceful enjoyment of this lifelong
passion we are now a private Friesian farm, fully independent, doing business mostly
online, open to Friesian boarding and training/sales-on-consignment,
quarterly Friesian clinics, and
available by appointment for cooperations, performances, lessons, test rides,
therapeutic-style rides, visits,
photo shoots, translations, consults, on-site sales, and
training advice.
Click on any of the topics in the index below or scroll
down the page.
Page Index:
Anneke
Quick Friesian resume overview:
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Working with/studying KFPS Friesians since 1981, The
NL, USA, worldwide.
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We do all our own training, showing, promo,
and services offered.
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Member KFPS/FHANA 1996-present.
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Initiator/creator of many of today's
chapter concepts.
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Member GLFHA chapter 1996-2009.
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Manager, creator/think tank for 3 years
Great Lakes Friesian Horse Association FHANA chapter (GLFHA) 2002-2004.
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Founder/5-year Manager, creator/think tank
for South Central Friesian Horse Association FHANA chapter (SCFHA)
2005-2009.
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Founder/Owner Anneke's Friesians
2005-present.
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KFPS Interpreter/initiator of this service at annual KFPS Stallion &
Anniversary Shows 2008-present.
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Translator Dutch-English and v.v.
(German also available) specialized in Friesian materials, 1996-present.
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Creator/initiator of the Friesian Fun days concepts, 2009-2011.
Now independently as our Quarterly Friesian
Educational Clinic Series /
Raising, Training & Riding the Friesian (click
for clinic details on the home page).
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Founder/Member Black Magic Friesian
Performance Troupe 2010-present.
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Member Hopkins County Rodeo
Committee 2011-present to further promote the Friesian horse at local
rodeos while making
closer community connections and contributions.
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Find more information below.
 I was born
in a Randstad city and raised in the Achterhoek in The Netherlands;
the only one in the family with a passion for horses.
Through the years I
acquired lots of horse (since 1977) and especially Friesian experience (since
1981) but would
have to wait quite some time and care for other people's horses
until owning my own.
Now I am blessed with a barn full of Friesians at my quiet country
home.
Professional
life took me to several major Dutch and American cities in the
government and corporate world but slowly
I worked my way back to the countryside and equine roots, and live in
rural northeast Texas where I am Anneke's Friesians. I have siblings in
the south of The Netherlands and my wonderful parents continue to live in the Achterhoek
in The Netherlands.
As a teenager I rode a couple of Friesian horses in the neighborhood. They were my world in the
1980s and would become resp. the grand dam
and dam of my first Friesian. Special thanks to the Beerten family! I showed them at and attended Friesian
inspections, trained horses, and have been reading the KFPS Phryso
magazine ever since the early '80s, keeping up with the breed in
detail since. I switched to riding KWPN warmbloods for a few years
but never forgot the Friesians and would quickly switch back.
Early '90s, I moved from The Netherlands to Washington
D.C. The move to America resulted in tremendous
growth as well as tremendous challenges. Over these same years I
obtained a renewed appreciation for my home country The Netherlands and have found a
rich balance between the U.S. and Holland, past and
present.
Subsequently I would move to Chicagoland IL in the mid
'90s and to northeast Texas in 2005. The
move to Texas unexpectedly led to the creation of Anneke's Friesians, with all
the years of Friesian activities coming full circle. Texas took much
getting used to and even a big toll but it also has much to offer so we're here to stay.
The Friesian horses quickly returned full-force after my move to the
U.S. (a Thank You to the Hekstra's and Clark and Lojan of Fryslan Farm) at
which point I joined FHANA mid '90s and shortly after I imported my first
Friesian from my home town in The Netherlands.
The
Friesians have enriched life in countless ways with a myriad of
chapter and promo activities, social events, networking,
business, and translation work for the studbook as well as Friesian headliners.
I introduced the simultaneous translation service in English for
foreign visitors at the annual KFPS stallion show in Leeuwarden in
2008 and have been doing that every year since, including the Mare
Show/KFPS studbook anniversary in 2009. Feel free to say hi in
the sound stage next time you attend!
I
am proud to have broken much ground for FHANA with chapter work,
have taken the Great Lakes Friesian Horse Association GLFHA FHANA chapter from a small group
with a stencil newsletter to much of its current status and professionalism
from 2002 through 2004, after which I initiated and created the
South Central Friesian Horse Association SCFHA FHANA
chapter in 2005, ran it for five years, and removed myself in 2010.
It was time to
move on and 2010 started the private initiative of the Black Magic
Performance Troupe with much in store for the upcoming seasons.
Visit
the Black Magic page for more details. I am glad to have
initiated a new FHANA chapter early 2011 as an alternative for Texas. It was ready to go but denied; I
made chapter history yet again. Now I truly am a free agent.
Today, the
Friesian continues to be a life force. We are pleased to celebrate the
8th year in business.
Of course
there is more to life. The politics in life and the horse world
shocked me profoundly but I found the path back to peace through an
unplanned, extended sabbatical and hope this site
inspires you to find the path as well in your own way as this search is in all
of us and takes much dedication.
I treasure and
am thankful for family, friends, enjoy
gardening, the chicken coop, Sirius satellite radio, singing/kareoke, Guitar Hero, dogs
& cats (any animal), the great outdoors,
swimming, boating/water activities, rollerblading, bicycling, fine dining, solitude with
peace & quiet, a clean house, travel, languages, movie channels
and educational programming,
studying The Bible, gun practice, and a bit of cooking.
Be bold, be strong
(and make sure to rest up),
envision, love, and share, and think about that both morning and
evening, when refreshed and then again when feeling tired. Hard
lesson to learn and stick with but keep practicing! So often life is measured by appearances but
instead love the journey as it is and travel your own path. It will take
you home.
Find more
personal background info on Anneke's Friesians on the
Friesian Love page
and on Meine's Ministry
page.
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We are members in good standing of
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KFPS,
Koninklijke Vereniging Het Friesch Paarden-Stamboek.
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FHANA, Friesian Horse Association of North America.
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Flying Dutchmen, a local
N.E. Texas Dutch-heritage group.
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Hopkins County Rodeo Committee,
committee member.
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NRA, National
Rifle Association.
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NTW, North Texas Whip, driving club.
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Texas Ladies Aside,
side-saddle club.
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We
subscribe to various magazines including (in addition to
Phryso and The Friesian) Equus, Practical Horseman, and
Dressage Today.
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The Horses
Click or
scroll down for our Friesian horses, all privately
owned by Anneke's Friesians. Some are for sale to approved homes;
inquire with us if you have an interest in our Friesians.
We gladly share our
Friesians with you; click
here for lesson / training /
visiting information,
click here for our Friesian clinics,
click
here for Photo Shoots with our
Friesians,
and click here
for all our Friesian Love opportunities.
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A new
arrival coming shortly!
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Jelle
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Margriet
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Meine
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Odessa
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O, baby!
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Remco
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Sanne
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Tropical Rider's Wieger
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Weidebloem
New arrival coming shortly.
Information shared soon.
Remco
Remco Warner van den
IJssel is our 2005, 16 hands KFPS stb gelding, stam 111, Jorrit 363 x Anne 340
sport, out of our mare Sanne, 2005 2nd
premie champion colt. We watched & taped
him being born and trained him. Remco is forward, flexible, super comfy to ride,
easy to sit, trail rides, does parades, goes to events, and has stamina. He is
also kind and people love how smooth he rides. A fun
boy and a real character. Trained by Anneke.
Sanne
Sanne B. is our
first Friesian, imported from our home town in Holland as a weanling
back in 1997, 16.1 hands, stam 111, Anne 340 sport x Lammert 260
pref stb mare with full mare line. We rode her mom
and grandmother as a kid. This mare has been there, done that, from
big-city parades to trail, bareback, bridleless, the works. A great
beginner horse and perfect for children that is voice command. So easy to sit, smooth, and
quiet. Also fully trained by Anneke. She is in foal to our stallion
Tropical Rider's Wieger for March 2012.
Tropical Rider's Wieger
Tropical
Rider's Wieger (Zeade R.S.) is our
stunning 2007, 16.1 hands, stam 2, Teade 392 sport x Rypke 321 foalbook stallion, 2nd
premie reserve champion as a colt, to be represented for ster with
IBOP next year. He is well rounded in training
by Anneke
(trail, traffic, parades, arena, events, and more)
and is easy to work with, HOWEVER, if you bounce on him he will not
take kindly to it so you have to be a more advanced rider. He is loved by many not surprisingly
with his handsome looks.
Click here to
visit the page for Tropical Rider's Wieger.
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Tropical Rider's Wieger.
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Weidebloem
Weidebloem van
den IJssel is
our 2007, 15.3 hands mare out of Sanne B., stam 111, Feike 395 x
Anne 340 sport, 2nd premie as a filly, not yet presented as an adult. Anneke saddle broke her
in the spring. She is forward, smooth gaits, flexible, a quick
study, and
incredibly talented but also sensitive and quite spirited. We enjoy her sport ability,
ride in the arena and large conditioning pasture,
and will soon introduce her to trail riding. She is only available
for advanced riders at this time who have much experience with young horses.
Margriet
Margriet
(Maggie) is a beautiful, breed typical, very kind, easy-going mare,
even keel and mild tempered, but also super talented, soft, and
forward under saddle for dressage, stam 49, Feitse 293 pref x
Bendert 281, 15.2 hands. She is great on
trails with stamina and agility and great on event outings,
including parades. Good with children and therapeutic-style rides.
She is now in training for her first dressage schooling show.
Trained by Anneke.
Click here
for her own Sale page.
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Maggie. Left with Anneke,
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Jelle
Jelle (Jelmer
fan 'e Olde Hoek) is a tall, 16.1 1/2 hands, imported gelding, stam
19, Marten 377 sport x Teunis 332 pref, with a
beautiful gait. He is very handsome and loving.
Click here for his own Sale page.
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Jelmer fan 'e Olde Hoek. |
Odessa
Odessa Regina is
a newer addition. We are excited to have her in the
line-up. She is 16 hands tall, a 2004 ster mare, stam 2, Wander 352 x Leffert 306 pref.
She is already trained under saddle but was not ridden for a while
and will get worked back into the program.
Meine
Meine v.d.
Slothoeve was imported by Anneke's Friesians in 2007 and fall 2011
arrived in Texas. A real fairy tale Friesian. He is a full papered,
BIG ster gelding, 16.3 hands tall,
stam 133, Olof 315 x Nammen 308,
with beautiful hair; thick feathers, heavy tail, and Rock Star looooooong mane &
forelock. A showy sport boy under saddle. He has amazing
presence with thundering power.
O, baby!
We expect a
little bundle of joy in March from our mare Sanne B., sired by our
stallion Tropical Rider's Wieger. He or she (KFPS B-book) is due in March 2012 and
will be for sale. Payment plan and credit card payment available, no credit
fee, once determined you want the foal and we approve of the home.
In-utero price: $8K.
E-mail us for more details.
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Tropical Rider's Wieger (Teade 392
sport x Rypke 321, with Anneke June 2011) x Sanne B. (Anne 340
sport x Lammert 260 pref, with Anneke bareback/bridleless March
2011).
Our 2012 foal will be Wieger's 2nd
foal. In 2010 a filly was born sired by him and out of the TB
mom in the photo (Wieger was out as a youngster with this mare
at his previous home).
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Web Design
We do our own website work as time allows.
Currently we are overhauling the site to fix it up, update, and add on,
all focused on sharing our Friesian/country-life passion with you. If you have questions contact us at frisian@earthlink.net
or
AnnekesFriesians@yahoo.com. Disclaimer applies (click).
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Thank You
A special
thank-you to family, friends, business partners, and customers; your support
and friendship is invaluable and appreciated!
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