Flying W Farms Sonoma

Sire: Koning
Dam: Saddlebred-FWF Cadence

A brown horse stands on a grassy lawn with a house in the background. The horse is facing left.

This is Princess Sonoma at age three-June 26, 2003

Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008
Subject: Sonoma
Hi I have been meaning to contact you for sometime. I have had a Georgian Grande mare in training for a year. Her name is SONOMA. I showed her three times this year, and she won every time! I started her at first and second, and then moved her up to second and third. I am planning on bringing her out PSG. I have been riding warmbloods for the past twenty years. Have done all of the training myself. Won many national awards including PSG at Devon. Sonoma has a wonderful mind!! I have never been so in love with a horse! She was just sitting in my barn doing nothing. I sold my GP horse because of an old suspensory injury. I had no money to buy another horse, so I ask the owner if I could start riding her. She was fine with it. Here we are one year later schooling FEI!
KIM
De Pere, WI

July 14, 2003
Hi, Fredericka;
Here is a picture of Sonoma at three years.
I ride dressage, as you know, and I hope to bring her out in the spring of 2004 at training level. Right now, she really looks like she could go all the way to Grand Prix.
The best thing about her, though, is her temperament. She is the most docile, quiet and thinking horse I have ever met. She has never spooked, took to the saddle like it was old news, and allows my 7 year old daughter to handle her. She is now standing 16 hands and as you cansee, she is growing up GORGEOUS! We will be backing her next month and I can hardly wait to sit on her!

Thank you,Fredericka!
We are so happy with her! Erika

A brown horse walks in a fenced outdoor area with a red metal railing.

A dark-colored horse is galloping inside a fenced enclosure on a sunny day.

This is a letter we received from Ericka soon after she purchased Sonoma from Flying W Farms as a yearling

Dear Fredericka and Robin,
I have to tell you that the video you sent me on my filly was a bit misleading: she is at least TWICE as good in person!!
This yearling is doing just great. She is as smart as a whip and has a kind and patient disposition. Within two days of arriving, she was standing quietly on cross ties, allowing her hooves to be picked, and generally adjusting beautifully.
On top of her fabulous temperament, boy is she ever a MOVER! My dressage trainer, the hauler who picked her up, my farrier, and my vet are all in awe of this spectacular girl. The two phrases everyone has used so far to describe her are "elegant" and "grand prix dressage potential." The hauler, who has been a conformation judge for ten years, called me 20 minutes after leaving Flying W Farms to tell me what a gorgeous and elegant girl I had bought and how fantastic her topline is.
In case you have not figured it out yet, I just love this filly! Thanks so much to both of you. I will keep you updated on her progress and will email you photos as well.
Please do not forget to send me your next video. I will be anxious to see how Tiger Lilly's filly is coming along. Also, if you repeated the breeding that produced my filly, let me know what that foal is like, too. I have a feeling that this will not be my last Flying W Farms baby.
If you are ever in the Chicago area and want to stop by and visit, please do not hesitate to drop me a note or give me a call.
Best wishes to both of you,
- Erika