Good morning Terry and Jayshree Schrubb,

I wanted to thank Page Brook Farms for breeding Garth and giving me the opportunity to partner [purchase] with him.

In our last two rides, I have been utterly amazed by him. Our first ride over a jumping course, he was smart, keen, and honest. He was cognizant of where he was in relation to the fences and distances despite the varying terrain and distracting stimuli outside the jumping field. Yesterday’s ride was even more fun – we did some conditioning sets in an open field. He was eating up the ground with such ease and reacting to cues to balance and adjust his stride as though he had been doing so for years. Though tempted to gallop, I restrained myself given his youth and willing spirit. As a rising four year old, I am impressed with his maturity, kind temperament and intelligence.

He is an absolute blast. You’ve bred not only a wonderful competitor, but a wonderful companion. He enhances my well-being and I am excited for our future together!

Warm regards,
Katie Murphy

The springtime brings images filled with both the anticipation of breeding and the promise of the future. All the time and effort we have put into choosing compatible stallions for breeding our mares and caring for the mares over the months is about to come to fruition. We wait for 11 months!

Eloway getting a Baby rub from Katie Murphy. www.Murpyeventing.com

ELOWAY (Galoubet/Irish Rulerxx/Penaction xx) is in foal to CLAIRE DE LUNE  (Contendor/Largo Z)  She is due the second week in March. So many questions go through your mind. Will it be a colt or filly? What color will he be? Will he have his dam’s blaze and stockings or will he be grey like his sire? What kind of personality will the foal have?  And so the waiting game continues.

EM ARABELLA RGS (Acord II/Wendelin/Marconi) is in foal to CRESPO (Canturo/Candillo/Quidam de Revel)  She is due first week in June 2012.

BREEDING SCHEDULE FOR 2012

Spring time is such a meaningful time of the year. Everything is fresh and the new; the air smells different in ways one cannot define! The sky is bright blue and the grass is beginning to take on that beautiful green glow that only is seen in spring. The pastures are taking shape and the mares  are feeling it in their being too.  Yes with the tail up in the air you see them trotting and cantering in the pastures giving signs of being in heat. All the  research, time, effort and thought that has gone into choosing a stallion is going to be put to test this season.

OUR 2012 PROJECTED BREEDING: