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Century Oaks Farm is a small private breeding and training facility located near Hurdle Mills, NC dedicated to breeding
quality sport horses and offering classical dressage training for the horse and rider. Our mission is to breed a sport horse
with the temperament and athletic ability to excel in Dressage, Eventing,and Jumping for the amateur rider or professional.
We offer some of Germany's best Hanoverian foundation bloodlines, including Werther, Bolero, Grande, and Caprimond(Trakehner).
We strive to produce quality, not quantity. Our breeding and training program speaks for itself. Our horses are already succeeding
in the breed ring and performance classes with limited showing.
We practice a preventative health care program from day one, before conception, providing our horses with exceptional
veterinary care, nutrition, and foot care. The foals are handled daily until weaning and then turned out in large pastures
to grow and develop. At three years of age, they are started under saddle by trained professionals which enhances their
performance potential and trainability. Our management program from foal to riding horse produces a confident,
trusting, and healthy performance prospect.
Our breeding and training program speaks for itself. Our horses are already succeeding in the breed ring and
performance classes with limited showing.
In addition, we offer training for the horse and rider. The owner,
Denise Rowe, has 40 plus years riding experience, and is a USDF Bronze medalists as well as a USDF Learner Judge Graduate.
She has competed successfully for the last 15 years in the USEF open divisions through Fourth level dressage and has trained
other young horses through third level. She has trained with FEI Rider, Judge, and Clinician Cindy Sydnor; Clinician
and Author Walter Zettl; German FEI Rider and Trainer Beatrice Caulier; and "r" Judge Nancy Sharpless. Currently, she is pursuing
USDF instructor certification. She is accepting students for training through second level dressage.
Rising Star
| Guinivere by ES Graf Genius x MSB Federleicht |
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| Photos by Cindy Sydnor, 2006 |
The current rising star at Century Oaks is Guinvere, a 5 year old gray 15.2H MSB Hanoverian Mare by Graf Genius. She
shows great talent in dressage as well as jumping. She is schooling second level and offering beautiful trot half-pass.
News Flash! Guinivere made her first show
debut at Dressage in the Sandhills, May 12-14, in Pinehurst, NC. Her average score in 4 training level classes was >66%,
and she qualified for the Regional Championships in the Open Division with a score > 68%. She was nervous the
first day, but quickly settled and did a great job. More pictures to come soon. We are very proud of her.
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Please contact us for a video of available horses, for a viewing appointment, or questions. We are conveniently
located 20 minutes north of Durham off of Guess Road (Hwy 157), 10 miles east of Hillsborough, and 10 miles south of Roxboro.
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