2009 Northern Illinois Horse Fest
Jelle v.d. Heikant owned and ridden by Tiffany Reyenga and Niek P. owned and ridden by Charla Salathe performed at the Northern Illinois Horse Fest this year. What fun we had!  The boys enjoyed showing off and loved all the attention.  We took the opportunity to educate people about the purebred Friesian horses and FPS and FHANA.



2009 Dressage Shows
After a year off for Jelle and I due to the birth of my own baby in late 2008, we went out showing 1st level this spring.  Jelle performed fabulously at every show.  It felt good to be in the saddle again after such a long time off and Jelle was glad to be back to work too.



2008 Keuring was another fun and successful day - Congratulations to Charla Salathe and her beautiful Gelding Niek receiving his Ster rating!  We are so happy that Char and Niek consider Black Pearl Friesians their home!  And our 3 year old Mare Quora also received her studbook rating.



We are happy to host Wolfgang May clinics throughout the year - he is a fabulous Dressage instructor and we always enjoy when he comes around.



The 2007 Keuring was a very exciting day for us.  Jelle is now a Ster gelding and was also the Grand Champion gelding.  Wybrant is now a 1st premium colt and was also the Grand Champion colt.  Some of the kuering pictures on this website were taken by Cally Matherly.



The Great Lakes Friesian Horse Association performed at the Midwest Horse Fair in April 2007, Jelle was there along with 10 other Friesians to promote our Friesian breed.