 Welcome to Dreams Come True Farm's Website Home to the World & National Champion, FHANA Lifetime Achievement recipient KFPS/FHANA Crown Driving Sport Friesian Mare, Sjaantje, now competing at the FEI level in Driven Dressage  |
"Dreams
Come True Farm" 211 W Middlesex Dr. Carlisle, PA, 17013 USA 717-372-2650
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Carriage Pleasure Driving is our thing Driven Dressage is our passion! Our last 2 Isobel foals, Jewelee and Marlee, have been sold. Condolences to Andrea  Isobel Ypkje van het Kasteel Sport has crossed the Rainbow Bridge 2010-2022  In 2022 Gail earned
her last ADS driven dressage medal with Sjaantje. The pair drove their
first training level driven dressage test in 2012, and worked their way
up through the levels to earn all 4 of the ADS medals:
Blue
for training
Bronze for preliminary Silver for intermediate Gold for advanced |
"Dreams
Come True Farm" is a privately owned barn and
residence
purchased in the fall of 2002, and we raised, trained, and sold
FPS/FHANA Dutch registered Friesians for twenty years. Now that
both Thomas and I are in our seventies, we have ended the breeding
program, kept two of our horses (Sjaantje and her son, Hamilton) and
have ecome an exclusive boarding facilit.
Conveniently located a few miles from I-81's Exit 52 and the Carlisle
exit 226 of the PA Turnpike, the property now has a lovely completely
remodeled
modern home, a fabulous barn, an
attached indoor
riding ring with rubber footing, 2 outside grass footing arenas with
one being a 40 X 80m driving arena,
lots of lush pastures with run-in sheds and automatic
waterers, and a hacking/driving path through the woods and around the
property perimeter.
With Thomas' help, my dreams came true!
We started 2022 in Ocala, FL, with Hamilton, myself, and Sjaantje in training with Suzy Stafford, Soltice Farm, Franklinville, NJ. Hamilton learning beginning driven dressage and myself learning to master the FEI Advanced Driven Dressage tests, with a goal of earning scores towards the ADS Gold dressage medal. When we left FL in April, I had secured three of the needed four 70%+ scores for that gold medal! Sjaantje and I trained and competed all summer trying to obtain that 4th score and at the NJ Garden State CDE in October, Sjaantje had her best test, I had my best drive, and we got that last score! It took Sjaantje and myself 10 years from the time we drove our first training level test to work our way up through the levels to earn all 4 of the ADS dressage medals: Blue for training; Bronze for preliminary; Silver for intermediate; and Gold for advanced! Hamilton under Suzy's tutelage, met with success at the driven dressage training level while in FL, which continued up north where he also nailed his first carriage pleasure show. In December we shipped him to Ocala for another year of training with Suzy, planning for him to move up to prelim in 2023.
We started 2021 by putting the 2020 plandemic lockdown behind us by traveling to a SC show in April, our plans to show at Villa Louis finally materialized, where we dominated the single horse division, we traveled to FL for the October inaugural Ocala International Horse Show, where we entered 5 classes and took home 5 blues, and finished up the show year at the Black Prong Equestrian Center, where I drove on the most exquisite driven dressage field imaginable. Sjantje and I certainly had a spectacular show year, proven by Sjaantje's being named a USEF 2021 Horse of Honor, and her being the first horse to be voted to receive FHANA's Lifetime Achievement Award. Proving I was no slacker, I also earned my ADS 1000 hour recreational driving pin.
With the Covid-19 national pandemic shutdowns, all 9 shows we had planned to attend, were canceled for 2020, so we stayed here on the farm, saving a bunch of money! We had finally made plans to attend the September Villa Louis Carriage Driving Show in WI, so that show's being canceled was my biggest disappointment, but being in the high risk 65+ older group, not going to any shows was the sensible thing to do. If Thomas and I became deathly sick, who would take care of the 10 horses here on the farm? Not all was lost, because several organizations offered virtural shows, an entirely new experience for myself, and I was able to add a few appointments to my turnout presentation. I had ample time here on the farm to learn the new ADS Intermediate driven dressage tests, get Sjaantje's canter departs down pat, and learn Achenbach: one handed driving.
In 2019 Sjaantje was back on the driving show circuit and competed in 4 USEF shows and 3 ADS shows with 5 of those shows having driven dressage classes, so we were successful in getting the remainder of my ADS Driven Dressage silver medal scores. Sjaantje started the show year with 8 wins at IFSHA region 2 and ended the show year with 8 wins at IFSHA Worlds! December 5-8, 2019 found us at Grand Oaks, Weirsdale, FL for the ADS Annual meeting and Awards banquet, where I had the honor of awarding their driven dressage medals, and receiving my Silver Driven Dressage Medal and 750 Hour Recreational Driving pin. In January 2020 Thomas and I traveled toWest Palm Beach, FL, to accept Sjaantje's USEF 2019 National Friesian Driving Championship award. The end of February we will fly to Lexington, KY, for FHANA's annual meeting and awards banquet, where Sjaantje and I will be recognized as their National & Regional Driven Dressage Champions, Regional Driving Champion, and Driving Horse of Honor, qualifying Sjaante for and in the running to be voted FHANA Horse of the Year!
We started 2022 in Ocala, FL, with Hamilton, myself, and Sjaantje in training with Suzy Stafford, Soltice Farm, Franklinville, NJ. Hamilton learning beginning driven dressage and myself learning to master the FEI Advanced Driven Dressage tests, with a goal of earning scores towards the ADS Gold dressage medal. When we left FL in April, I had secured three of the needed four 70%+ scores for that gold medal! Sjaantje and I trained and competed all summer trying to obtain that 4th score and at the NJ Garden State CDE in October, Sjaantje had her best test, I had my best drive, and we got that last score! It took Sjaantje and myself 10 years from the time we drove our first training level test to work our way up through the levels to earn all 4 of the ADS dressage medals: Blue for training; Bronze for preliminary; Silver for intermediate; and Gold for advanced! Hamilton under Suzy's tutelage, met with success at the driven dressage training level while in FL, which continued up north where he also nailed his first carriage pleasure show. In December we shipped him to Ocala for another year of training with Suzy, planning for him to move up to prelim in 2023.
We started 2021 by putting the 2020 plandemic lockdown behind us by traveling to a SC show in April, our plans to show at Villa Louis finally materialized, where we dominated the single horse division, we traveled to FL for the October inaugural Ocala International Horse Show, where we entered 5 classes and took home 5 blues, and finished up the show year at the Black Prong Equestrian Center, where I drove on the most exquisite driven dressage field imaginable. Sjantje and I certainly had a spectacular show year, proven by Sjaantje's being named a USEF 2021 Horse of Honor, and her being the first horse to be voted to receive FHANA's Lifetime Achievement Award. Proving I was no slacker, I also earned my ADS 1000 hour recreational driving pin.
With the Covid-19 national pandemic shutdowns, all 9 shows we had planned to attend, were canceled for 2020, so we stayed here on the farm, saving a bunch of money! We had finally made plans to attend the September Villa Louis Carriage Driving Show in WI, so that show's being canceled was my biggest disappointment, but being in the high risk 65+ older group, not going to any shows was the sensible thing to do. If Thomas and I became deathly sick, who would take care of the 10 horses here on the farm? Not all was lost, because several organizations offered virtural shows, an entirely new experience for myself, and I was able to add a few appointments to my turnout presentation. I had ample time here on the farm to learn the new ADS Intermediate driven dressage tests, get Sjaantje's canter departs down pat, and learn Achenbach: one handed driving.
In 2019 Sjaantje was back on the driving show circuit and competed in 4 USEF shows and 3 ADS shows with 5 of those shows having driven dressage classes, so we were successful in getting the remainder of my ADS Driven Dressage silver medal scores. Sjaantje started the show year with 8 wins at IFSHA region 2 and ended the show year with 8 wins at IFSHA Worlds! December 5-8, 2019 found us at Grand Oaks, Weirsdale, FL for the ADS Annual meeting and Awards banquet, where I had the honor of awarding their driven dressage medals, and receiving my Silver Driven Dressage Medal and 750 Hour Recreational Driving pin. In January 2020 Thomas and I traveled toWest Palm Beach, FL, to accept Sjaantje's USEF 2019 National Friesian Driving Championship award. The end of February we will fly to Lexington, KY, for FHANA's annual meeting and awards banquet, where Sjaantje and I will be recognized as their National & Regional Driven Dressage Champions, Regional Driving Champion, and Driving Horse of Honor, qualifying Sjaante for and in the running to be voted FHANA Horse of the Year!
2022
Event Schedule Our 2022 Event Results
 2021 Event Schedule
Our 2021
Event
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DCTF
2019 Show Highlights Sjaantje Sport & Gail, whip IFSHA 8 World Championship Carriage Driving Titles IFSHA 5 World Reserve Championship Titles IFSHA World & Grand National Shakespeare High Point Purebred Award Recipient IFSHA World & Grand National Shakespeare High Point Driving Award Recipient CT Morgan 77.92% Intermediate Driven Dressage Score CT Morgan Single Horse Obstacles Champion Orleton Farm Old Guard & Picnic Class wins |
2019
National Driving Honors 2019 USEF Friesian Driving HOTY 2019 FHANA Driven Dressage National Champion 2019 FHANA Driving Horse of Honor ADS Silver Driven Dressage Medal |
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  Sjaantje's
1910 Moyer Wicker Phaeton Sjaantje's 1890s
Studebaker Phaeton
My favorite 2019 Sjaantje Performance Photos |
 My favorite Sjaantje 2016 Performance Photo |
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2009 brought many new and wonderful Friesian experiences with our entering the Friesian show world, traveling to VA, OH, and MO with some of our young horses, and proud of Sjaantje who earned 3 World and 2 National Champion Titles that year. Our evolving breeding and training operation has expanded to boarding, always having a horse on the market, and now taking a horse or two to a show.
In 2010 Thomas & I ventured onto the show circuit with Sjaantje and sometimes taking yearling, Fancee. What an adventure and learning experience--I looked at each show as being a vacation with horses;-) In 2011 after teaming up with Suzy Stafford, we started to blow the Friesian driving world away--won National Driving Championships and Sjaantje was the 2011 & 2013 USEF high point Friesian driving HOTY. In 2012 Suzy put a FPS/FHANA driving sport predicate title on Sjaantje by earning 10 points from advanced level FEI #9 dressage tests, and in 2013 Suzy put a Crown mare title on Sjaantje by achieving an 81.5 score on the Driving IBOP test. In 2014 Isobel earned her Sport title, had a 78 IBOP score to win the Dream Gait Driving IBOP Cup, and earned her keuring "Ster" and in 2015 earned her driving sport predicate title, and in 2017 became a first premium "1e" Friesian mare.
2016 was a fantasy show year for Sjaantje and myself: we wintered in Ocala, FL, so showed the FL driving circuit and then came north to do the same. Consequently both Sjaantje and myself won USEF Horse and Equestrian of the Year honors; plus Sjaantje was the USEF Grand Champion Carriage Pleasure Driving Horse, the National Friesian Carriage Driving Horse, and the National Carriage Pleasure Driving Training Level Driven Dressage Horse, and National Reserve Pleasure Driving Champion!
2018 we lightly campaigned both Isobel, who was in foal, and Sjaantje, who had foaled. Earlier in the year I had earned both my Blue (Training) and my Bronze (Preliminary) ADS Driven Dressage Medals, so finished the year competing in intermediate tests that earned me 2 of the 4 required scores for my silver medal. Sjaantje's & Isobel's 2018 USEF end of year honors: they tied, so both were the USEF National Intermediate Driven Dressage Champions.
2019's goal was to earn my remaining 2 ADS Silver Medal Intermediate Driven Dressage scores and I did! I couldn't be more proud of Sjaantje, and she didn't disappoint us in any of her 7 shows, ending the show year with 8 IFSHAWorld carriage pleasure driving titles and 5 reserve champion titles to tie for the show's high point Friesian award and to win its high point driving award. She also was IFHSA's end of year high point champion in Friesian Carriage Driving, Open Single Horse Carriage Driving, and Open Single Horse CDE. Sjaantje's outstanding driving performances earned her FHANA's Driven Dressage Regional and National Titles, and her driving nomination for their Horse of the Year.
Having retired from teaching in 2005, I have been able to live my dream 24/7 and give our Friesian horses the time they need and deserve!
Show
results  Sjaantje 2022 |
 Sjaantje & Suzy Stafford winning the 2013 FHANA Dream Gait IBOP Cup and on her way to becoming a Crown mare |
 Sjaantje 2013 on her way to becoming a first premie! |
 Sjaantje as a yearling |
Created by Gail L. Aumiller on January 4, 2004 and last updated on December 26, 2022.