Our goal is simple. 

We breed the best available bloodlines with show records to our rising star stallion, Annapolis, and then in addition to having a winning string of breeding horses, we bring along the next generations of winners and make them available for purchase.   Foals are handled from birth, cautiously and lovingly imprinting them to instill the confidence that makes our horses "show."  Jeff works with these foals on a daily basis so that they are gentle, easy to handle, and "want to."  They learn early on about halters, clippers, baths, trailers, bridges, plastic, loud noises, running dogs, bicycles, ATVs, well, just about anything you can imagine. 

But, Stephanie doesn't begin and end with the foals.  She is the exclusive trainer for Thunder Hill Arabians, starting our young horses under saddle, tuning them to perfection, and showing them to their best advantage.  She handles Annapolis daily.  All show preparation and breeding is handled by Stephanie.  

Janet is self admittedly the instigator of this whole operation. She grew up dreaming of horses, showing several breeds and styles before breeding the mare Simplyirisistible+.  This was a life changing event.  She now breeds Arabian Horses and shows our horses as an amateur owner. 

Sport Horses are our specialty, however, our horses are adaptable to the trail rider, the hunter/jumper rider, English and Western style riding disciplines, and we even have some cow horse qualities thrown into the pot. Janet's partnership with the mare, Simplyirisistible+, a mare who has competed in everything from barrel racing, to team penning and is a 3-time US Arabian Sport Horse Nationals Top Ten mare, has formed the foundation on which Thunder Hill Arabians was built.  With the support and blessing of her late father, the dream continues.    The Thunder Hill Team invites you to join us in your personal pursuit for excellence and reminds you to never set limitations on your dreams.  

SPRING 2009 NEWS!

Greetings from Thunder Hill.  The first foal of the year is here.  He is by Annapolis+, and out of Crystalaffire, the mare that was saved by the skilled surgeons and vet staff at OSU.  Jon E B Ggood, is a bay colt with tons of charisma and TROT!  He was supposed to be the second foal of the year, but Simplyirisistible+/ aborted twin foals in February.

 

Leila IA, mother of the remarkable 2008 colt, Minneannapolis, a.k.a. Pretzel, is due on June 20th.  We don’t think she will last that long.  She looks like a condominium!  Not just one unit, the whole darn complex!

 

We have more news to report.  In September, Jeff was T-boned by a driver making an illegal U-turn, right into his driver’s side door.  Currently, our own automobile personal injury insurance medical coverage has expired, and although it is the other driver’s fault, they have yet to pay one thin dime on any of these medical bills (first the bail outs, then the executive bonuses, and now more good news…. Insurance is B-R-O-K-E-N!!!!!!) 

 

Therefore, we are drastically reducing the asking price on all of our sale horses and our foals, yearling, and two-year-old horses in hopes that they will go to show homes and we can continue Jeff’s medical care.  All foals, as you know, are SHN Payback.  All of our horses are Sweepstakes, and most have USEF Lifetime recordings.  Further, if you should decide that you want a mare, and you would like to have her bred, we will include a 2009 to Annapolis+.

 

It’s not the best economy to buy horses.  We understand that.  It’s not the best economy for much of anything.  But, we hope, and more importantly, PRAY that it will get better.  We believe that there is a reason for everything.  Right now the priority is Jeff’s health. 

 

Good luck to all of you as you continue with your breeding, training and showing through these troubling times and into the better times to follow,

God Bless,

 

Janet

 

Thunder Hill Arabians