Bred By: Swagerty Stables, Washington

Bidders retired sound from a racing career that included five second-place and one third-place finishes. A Seattle Slew granddaughter, she has beautiful self-carriage, a remarkable silhouette, and shows great elevation in all three of her gaits. Very balanced front and rear, her drive and extension are breath-taking for the power and elegance of movement. She has strong, clean legs and hard feet, that have required no shoeing since her retirement from the track. She has a skunk tail and is roaned at the flanks, indicating her rabicano genes. With her noble head and thick, wavy mane and tail, she looks Baroque and not weedy like some Thorougbreds.

Her sire, La Saboteur never raced, but sired winners of almost $2 million dollars, including Horse of the Year and Washington 3 Year Old Champion. La Saboteur was sired by Triple Crown winner, Seattle Slew, who brought home winnings in excess of $1.2 million dollars. Seattle Slew sired over 90 stakes winners, including five who won more than a million dollars themselves. La Saboteur’s dam, Exclusive Fir, was a race winner herself, and dam of six winners.

Bidder’s dam, Making Her Bid, was the winner of three races, and had six other finishes in the money. Her sire, Hail Bold King, was a stakes winner of over $760,000. His offspring went on to win more than $2.4 million. Making Her Bid’s dam Quietness was a winner herself and the dam of five winners. As you can see, Bidders comes from lines that can perform on the track, and then make their mark in the breeding shed.

Ruben O
(Ulft x Wimona)


Ruben O Photos by Kay Woody

For her first foal, Bidders was bred to Ruben O, a gorgeous 16.1 Hand registered Dutch Warmblood owned by Gina Benson Cook of Centaur Farms. Ruben O is approved by the Rheinland Pfalz Saar and the American Warmblood Society, and we plan to have Bidders and her foal Ravisher's Moon inspected at the RPSI inspection in the fall of 2008. Ruben O was awarded a 1st Premium as a youngster, and every one of his foals has been awarded premium. Some have even been site champions at their inspections!

Ruben O's sire is Ulft, one of the best stallions the Dutch Warmblood studbook has ever had, whose offspring excels internationally both in dressage and in showjumping. Ulft's most well known son is Ruben O's half brother "Olympic Ferro", who was the 2000 Olympic Silver Team Medalist in dressage and is ranked #1 in the World Stallion Rankings. Ruben O is out of Wimona, by Wagner. Wimona was shown in both dressage (4th/ 5th level) and in show jumping.

Ruben O received a 1st premium on his exceptional conformation and gaits as a youngster. He ranked in the top of his class, and got great comments from the 'keuring' judges on his floating and swinging trot. Ruben O has the mind and gaits to make a great Grand Prix horse.

We believe that the good minds, temperments, and genetic heritages of Ruben O and Bid the Moon will make their foal Ravisher's Moon a force to be reckoned with in dressage or jumping.