2013 ISR Sport Pony Filly

Bay tobiano pinto filly by Popeye (Westfalen Pony Stallion) out of Why Not Me (Approved ISR/Oldenburg NA)

Prima Esperanza has had a very good show season in-hand and is working well undersaddle. She ended the 2016 show season ranked in 4th place for Zone 1 3-Year Old Pony Hunter Breeding. She’s also taken home ribbons in Dressage Sporthorse Breeding at big venues such as Dressage at Devon, where she earned a 5th place finish in a large ISR/Oldenburg IBC class competing against full size warmbloods.

Prima Esperanza scored an 8.1 for overall type at her ISR/Oldenburg NA foal inspection. Prima Esperanza began her show career in the spring of her 2 year old year. She has already earned two USHJA Year End Awards. She is already a pro at clipping, shipping, and overnight shows. She has been well started under saddle, schooling off property over small cross country fences, and at horse shows, including Dressage at Devon. She has the looks, movement, and conformation for any discipline. She has an exceptional temperament, and will make a wonderful child's pony, or she will be perfect for a petite adult.

Prima Esperanza will be a top competitor in a show barn program. Even at her young age, the list of accolades she has earned is growing.

Show Record:
2015
SHALLOWBROOK JUNE
Pony Two Year Olds, 3rd Place
Pony Two Year Olds, 3rd Place
WESTBROOK SHORELINE I
Pony Two Year Olds, 1st Place
Pony Two Year Olds, 2nd Place
Pony Breeding Championship, 1st Place Best Young Pony
WESTBROOK SHORELINE II
Pony Two Year Olds, 1st Place
Pony Two Year Olds, 1st Place
Pony Breeding Championship, 1st Place Best Young Pony
Pony Breeding Championship, 1st Place Best Young Pony
GRAND FALL CLASSIC
Pony Two Year Olds, 2nd Place
Pony Two Year Olds, 2nd Place
Pony Breeding Championship, 2nd Place Best Young Pony
Pony Breeding Championship, 2nd Place Best Young Pony
2015 NEDA FALL DRESSAGE FESTIVAL: GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE GROUP/USDF REGION 8 DRESSAGE, 2 Year Old Dressage Breeding
IBC / ISR/Oldenburg NA, 3rd Place 72.825%
Sport Pony In Hand / Fillies Mares, 2nd Place 71.775%
Fillies / 2 Years, 3rd Place 73.200%
2015 DRESSAGE AT DEVON, 2 Year Old Dressage Breeding
IBC: ISR Oldenburg Reg NA, 6th Place out of 16 horses. 73.775%
Two-year-old Fillies (born 2013) 72.975
*2015 Zone 1 2 Year Old Pony Hunter Breeding Reserve Champion

2016
WESTBROOK Spring Fling
Pony Three Year Olds, 2nd Place
SHALLOWBROOK JUNE
Pony Three Year Olds, 1st Place
Pony Three Year Olds, 1st Place
WESTBROOK SHORELINE II
Pony Three Year Olds, 2nd Place
Pony Three Year Olds, 2nd Place
WESTBROOK SHORELINE III
Pony Three Year Olds, 3rd Place
Pony Three Year Olds, 3rd Place
2016 DRESSAGE AT DEVON
IBC: ISR Oldenburg Reg NA, 5th Place 71.025%
Three-year-old Fillies (born 2013) 73.3%

Prima Esperanza's sire Popeye stands at Hilltop Farm. Popeye is the result of many generations of selective breeding for the ultimate sport pony, Popeye showed his quality early on. He began his competition career in Germany, earning scores as high as 9.0 in materiale classes. At his Stallion Performance Test, Popeye finished fourth overall with an 8.3. His score highlights include a 9 and 9.5 for his walk and a well-deserved 9 for character. Summit Sporthorses presented Popeye to ISR/Oldenburg while he was still in Germany and he received his lifetime approval in 2006. His Stallion Index scores of 227.5 points rank him among the top 20 of all ISR/OldenburgNA stallions (horses & ponies).

Popeye moved to Hilltop Farm in the summer of 2007 for training and was first shown at the Fair Hill Breed Show where he won Stallions 4 & Older class, the Stallion Championship, and the Mature Horse Championship. These wins qualified him for the USDF/GAIG East Coast Stallion Final to be held at Dressage at Devon. Under the lights in the Dixon Oval, Popeye impressed both the spectators and the judges and was the Reserve Champion of the USDF/GAIG East Coast Stallion Final. He returned the next day to in the Westfalen class with a score over 80% – one of the highest of the entire weekend.
In 2008 Popeye had an excellent show season at Second Level, including winning the East Coast Pony Cup at Saugerties, earning a Reserve Championship at the USDF Region 1 Finals, and finishing the season with multiple USDF All-Breeds Awards. 2009 was a training year for Popeye as he stayed at home to polish the Third and Fourth Level work instead of competing heavily as he had done the previous year. In 2010 Popeye showed at Third and Fourth Level with scores into the 70s and was 1st for Westfalen All-Breeds Awards at Third Level. He consistently earns an 8 on gaits and was Reserve Champion at Fourth Level for the 2011 BLM Finals.To showcase his versatility, Popeye began eventing in the fall of 2012. He easily tackled Novice courses and moved to Training Level in the fall of 2013.
Popeye’s pedigree represents some of the finest German sport pony bloodlines. His sire, FS Pour l’Amour was Champion of both his Licensing and his Performance test. He competed in the Bundeschampionat three times and has sired numerous Bundeschampionat qualifying offspring; he also has a number of approved sons, including Piccolo and Panco, and has several highly decorated mares to his credit. FS Pour l’Amour’s grandsire Power Boy is standing at Flyinge, the Swedish National Stud and is the sire of the famous Power and Paint. Power and Paint has been a Bundeschampionat winner, Silver Medal winner at the European Championships, and six-time National Champion in Holland.
Popeye’s dam, Nice Touch, a Westphalian breeding federation show winner, is a States Premium mare by Night Star I. She has produced four St. Premium daughters in addition to Popeye. Night Star I, won his licensing and placed second at the Bundeschampionat for show jumping ponies in 1987. He has sired approved stallions, including North Star and Nanuc, States Premium mares, and Bundeschampionat winners such as Night Dream.

Registries:
ISR/Oldenburg NA, registered ISR Sportpony
USDF, USEF, and USHJA lifetime recording numbers