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Marquisse BCH

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Registered Name: Marquisse BCH
Nick name: Marz
Sire: Aristocrat TOF
Dam: Marlee M&B

Birth Date: 1999
Gender: Mare
Height: 14.2

Rating: 75
Color: Silver

Type:8
Head: 8
Neck: 7
Forhand: 8
Midsection: 8
Hindquarters: 7
Front Legs: 7
Hind Legs: 7
Correctness of Movement: 7
Overall Movement: 8

Marquisse has a very big show record so only her biggest achivements are here.

Hi point Western Puget Sound 05
Hi point Wildwood Farms twice in 05
Hi point Western Black Raven 06 & 07
Hi point Oregon Gold Youth 06
Hi point Haflinger Horse 06, 07 & 08
Hi point Overall Or Show 2009
Hi point Eagle Mt. Ranch x3 2009










Oregon Gold 2007

Marquisse BCH or Marz as we all like to call her is a 8 year old Haflinger mare. She’s out of Aristocrat TOF, one of the most highly recognized Haflinger stallions in the USA. Her dam Marlee M&B won the Area VII USCTA Beginner Novice Division Championship and was named the 1998 USDF Haflinger All Breeds Winner for First and Second Level Dressage. She was also pregnant with Marquisse when she did this! Marquisse is the one who started this farm and is the one we blame. It’s a good thing though. Marz has grown into an amazing Haflinger mare with TONS of potential. She is able to do anything from English to driving to western anything that comes to mind she could do it and look good too! She has been extensively trail ridden and has even been to the Ocean

We brought Marz to Oregon to get classified at the Cascade Gold Haflinger Classification. She had a blast as she showed off to the crowd of people. Before she went in to be classified several knowledge Haflinger people said she was either a silver or Gold!! She came out with a Silver ribbon.

In 2004 we had brought her to the Haflinger Inspection where Johannes Schweisgut (WHF President) said "she is a world class Haflinger".

Marquisse has been successfully showing western in open, 4-h, zone and breed shows for about 2 years. We have finely taken the plunge into English riding and she made her English debut at Oregon Gold. She did tremendously well getting Haflinger English Pleasure Walk/trot and Haflinger English Pleasure. She also won Grand Champion English horse. What a great start to a prosperous English career!

**April 08 Update**Since Marz has been off for so long and Oregon Gold is coming up we are in a scramble to get her in shape again. She is progressing smoothly with no signs of being lame, which we are all very happy about. She has those weak stifles and when bringing her back into shape she is prone to being off for a few days. After about 2 weeks of solid conditioning she has been sound and we are starting to see those muscles of hers ripple. We will be ready for action soon! See you at Oregon Gold 08!

**April 09 Update** Marquisse has been giving western pleasure lessons to a 10 and 15 year old. She is also being shown by Liz in some loping classes. Everyone wants to show Marquisse! She is being schooled weekly and is staying in shape. We plan to campaign her this show season with several different riders.

For fun we went though our photo albums and found an old photo of Marquisse. It was taken a month before we brought her home as a 2 year old still at Briar Croft. What an amazing mare she has become!