The timeless
beauty of the Friesian horse is noble and majestic. They'll
capture your heart as they did ours. Just as the Friesian
stole our hearts, the Barock Pinto impressed us with the
qualities of a Friesian, their unique striking black and
white contrasts of color, and the sport abilities of the
Warmblood. We invite you to take a look around our
redesigned TopHatFriesians.com website and to visit our new
interactive blog at
TopHatBarockPintos.com.
You can also interact with us on
Facebook.
Top Hat
Friesians & Barock Pintos is located in South Florida in
Northern Palm Beach County. We began as Top Hat Friesians in
2006 when we purchased our first Friesian filly. Soon
thereafter, we imported several more. Over the next several
years our horses did well at the keurings. In 2009 we
imported three six month old weanlings; a KFPS Friesian stud
colt, Eike van de Terp from the Netherlands, and two Barock
Pintos; Picasso's Masterpiece and Nikita from Denmark. Eike
van de Terp was awarded Ster status in October 2013 at the
KFPS keuring in Lexington, Virginia. Picasso and Nikita were
the beginning of our interest in the Barock Pinto. As our
dreams were coming true of setting up a Barock Pinto
breeding program, the economy took a downturn and we were
affected. Unfortunately, we had to sell some horses that we
never intended to part with in order for our family to
survive, but we still held onto the dream of one day putting
our Barock Pinto breeding program back together.
After two long
years, that day finally arrived and we were able to start
again. We put a great deal of thought and time into the
creation of our KWPN Barock Pinto breeding program. We
selected and imported horses that met our specific needs by
studying their pedigrees and finding mares and fillies that,
when bred to our Barock Pinto stallion Picasso and our
future stud Ids Van Gogh, would produce top quality foals
that would be suitable for equestrian performance sports as
adults. We selected Ids for his confirmation, movement and
temperament. He will be a tall, athletic stallion that will
be a benefit to our program. We also breed for temperament
and looked for horses with a willing attitude, calm demeanor
and desire to work. Picasso and Ids have these desirable
qualities and we know that Picasso passes them to his foals
and expect that Ids will too. We also wanted the same
qualities in our mares so we were very thorough in our
search. With the addition of Ids Van Gogh to our program, we
have ensured (when he is of breeding age) that all future
foals, whether sired by Picasso or Ids, will be KWPN
registered.
When the Barock
Pinto breed was started in Europe it was a cross between a
Friesian and a Warmblood, specifically the Gelderlander and
Groningen, which are the two breeds that were also used as
the foundation for the Dutch Warmblood. Within our KWPN
Barock Pinto breeding program we strive to meet the original
goals of the Barock Pinto breed by only breeding Barock
Pintos to Friesians, Warmbloods or other Barock Pintos. We
also strive to produce horses that meet the breeding goals
of the KWPN which state: that horses have the potential to
be able to perform at Grand Prix level; that they have a
constitution that enables long usefulness; that they have a
character that supports the will to perform as well as being
agreeable and good natured towards people; that they have
functional conformation and a correct movement mechanism
that will enable good performance; and that they have an
attractive exterior that is related to refinement, nobility
and quality.
If you're
looking for your own Barock Pinto or Friesian, please check
out
sale barn
to see what we have available.
