La Dolce Vita Farms

Our Saddlebreds

Bred from the finest American Saddlebred bloodlines

My husband and I have very carefully selected excellent bloodlines in both our Aussie and Saddlebred breeding programs, knowing that we wanted to concentrate on promoting and improving the quality — not quantity — of these amazing animals. We bought our first American Saddlebred mare, Phinespun, in 2011. We were very new in the American Saddlebred world and literally lucked into Phinespun. We now know that she is one of the few remaining breeding age mares out of the great sire, Phi Slama Jama.

She was the smartest, unexpected impulse buy made by my husband, who was, by nature, a cattle man — not a horse man. He now has a deep love and appreciation for the horses, especially the American Saddlebreds. We had no idea what string of events this first purchase would set in motion toward us becoming breeders of this wonderful and amazing breed.

We knew we wanted our business to be fun as well, so we decided to keep it small and manageable. We have carefully selected our broodmares. Through our connection with Willowbank Farm, we have purchased outstanding broodmares with proven, impeccable show bloodlines to complete our broodmare barn.