Holiday in Poland

What a wonderful time we had in Warsaw last week, visiting with the Mroz family. We met them four years ago when the youngest Mroz, Janina, was an exchange student in the USA. She spent a few weeks with us at the ranch during the summer following her high school graduation.

Well, Nina is all grown up now and is a third year veterinary student at the university in Warsaw. She will be returning to the USA this summer to continue her studies by way of externships. She will spend some time here at the ranch, assisting Megan with health, grooming and training responsibilities and learning about the equine export business. She will spend some time with our veterinarian, Dr. John Clader at his clinic, Chapparal Veterinary Center and she will travel to California for a two-week stint at Pacific Crest Equine Clinic. In the meantime, we will make sure she gets a refresher course on Texas culture. We are very excited about having her visit with us again.

Nina's parents, Jagoda and Marcin and their dear friend, Maria, were the most wonderful hosts during our visit to Warsaw. Jagoda treated us to fabulous homemade Polish food - pierogies and saurkraut, Russian salad, wild mushrooms and special regional soups (borscht and zurek, to be specific) that were fantastic. We went to museums, toured a salt mine outside of Krakow and learned a lot about Polish culture and history.

On our last day in Poland, we were invited to the Mroz's country home. What a treasure that is! We made memories that will last for the rest of our lives - and established friendships that have no borders! Thank you, Jagoda, Marcin, Janina and Maria for an extraordinary experience!

Easter Greetings From Amsterdam!

Happy Easter from Amsterdam. Leonie Prins' Mountain Horses and I had a great flight from Houston to Amsterdam, arriving bright and early on Friday morning. They all did really well and things went so smoothly upon arrival that we were finished within just a few hours of arrival. It was so much fun meeting Ann, Marley and Leonie's mom at the airport, as well as seeing Anna and Leonie again.

On Saturday, Robert Veen of Animal Transport Services and I spent the day at Leonie's farm. We were treated to a tour of both of her properties. It was so nice connecting with old equine friends from previous shipments and spending some time with Leonie's wonderful staff and family. The horses are all in great shape and we were very impressed with Leonie's total operation. If you are considering buying a horse from the United States and have any questions or concerns, we highly recommend that you contact Leonie Prins for professional assistance. She is doing an excellent job!

Many thanks to Leonie and family for the delicious lunch and generous hospitality. This is a visit that I shall always remember with fondness.

Today, Easter Sunday, I went to Amsterdam's famous Koekenhoff Gardens. What a beautiful display of nature ... and a great way to spend Easter. People from all over the world gather here once a year to celebrate God's gifts of flowers and natural beauty. Amazing!

Tomorrow morning I fly to Warsaw to reunite with the Mroz family. I'll write more soon! In the meantime, I hope you had a very happy Easter!

Dianne

Horses have arrived in Amsterdam and Luxembourg

We are happy to announce that horses have arrived safely in Amsterdam and Luxembourg. Thank you to Coralie, Yves, Meghan, Davy and Romaric for sharing your lovely horses with us. As always, it has been our pleasure caring for them for you and we look forward to working with each of you on future shipments.

Thank you also to our grooms, Henry and Tanner, for taking such good care of the horses on their flights. Henry is off for a week's adventure, traveling from Luxembourg to Spain ... or Turkey? I'm not sure if he has decided on his final destination, but wherever he goes, I know he'll have fun.

Tanner, one of our live-in ranch hands, is in Europe for the first time in his life ...and he is so excited! Thank you to our dear friends, Trisha and Dennis Kjuipers for your kind hospitality and taking care of Tanner during his visit. We appreciate you so much, and look forward to seeing you in Texas in the fall.

Our next trip is scheduled for April 20th/ 21st - and we are going in all sorts of different directions. Terry will fly horses to Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Henry will deliver a group to Kuwait and Tanner will take a group to Qatar. I will fly some horses to Amsterdam for Leonie Prins and will spend Easter weekend visiting with Dutch friends. Amsterdam is so beautiful this time of year. I can't wait to see the tulips in bloom again!

Terry will join me in Amsterdam on Easter evening and we will travel together to Krakow for Easter Monday festivities. Then it is on to Warsaw to spend a few days catching up with our friends, the Mroz family - Jagoda, Marcin and Nina. We are delighted to announce that Nina is going to work at the ranch this summer, honing her equine skills as she takes a short summer break from her studies in veterinary school.

What a Beautiful Baby!

Congratulations to Susanne Schell of Germany on her beautiful new filly out of Rawhide Ransom. It is always such a joy to see healthy babies and to know that we had the opportunity to play a role in caring for the mares and taking them to their new homes. She is gorgeous. Thank you, Susanne, for sharing the pictures.

We are looking forward to the birth of several new babies from clients' mares to be born here at EZ 2 Spot Ranch this Spring. We also have several minis of our own who are in foal to our outstanding little stallion, Conders Breaking The Waves. Watch for baby pictures as the new foals come into the world.

Visit with Davy Dapsens and Thanks to Clients

What a great time Terry and I had in Luxembourg this past weekend, visiting with Davy Dapsens of Belgium. Davy came to Findel Airport to pick up his new grullo mare, Tru Blackburn Breeze, and we enjoyed sharing coffee and conversation with him on Saturday morning. It is always such a treat to meet our clients in person - and this was no exception. Thank you, Davy, for sharing your lovely horses with us. It is truly a pleasure working with you!

Thank you, also to Victoria Clark for allowing us to share a part in her family's move from the USA to Romania. The "kids" did well (3 Irish Sport Horses, 1 Connemara and 1 Anglo Arabian). We enjoyed the opportunity to work with you and your horses.

Thank you to Andrew Swales of the Hamerton Zoo Park in London for sharing your mammoth donkeys. They were so much fun to have at the ranch and we shall miss them. We hope to come and visit the zoo one of these days!

And finally, thank you to Farah Boodai, Antonio Fernandez, Mohammad Al Marzoud, Abdullal Al Qenaei and Adwan Aladwani of Kuwait for sharing your lovely Arabian horses with us. Terry enjoyed flying with them and meeting some of you at the airport. He is on his way back to the USA today. We look forward to the opportunity to work with each of you in the future.

We are currently gathering horses for our next shipments to Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Beirut and Doha. If you have horses ready to go to any of those destinations, please let us know and we'll be happy to get things underway for you.

Upcoming Shipments - Amsterdam and Beirut

We are getting ready for a busy Spring shipping season and are putting together groups for several different destinations. At the moment, we have space available for two horses to go to Amsterdam and for one horse to go to Beirut. These spaces will be filled on a first-come, first served basis. Just give us a call or send us an email to reserve your spaces in the next quarantine group for either destination.

We are offering "Junior" for sale

As some of you know, we were once in the Appaloosa business. That's where we got our name "EZ 2 Spot". We owned the World Champion Halter stallion, Justice For All, for many years and he produced many beautiful babies for us. Well, we are staying so busy with our international transports that we just don't have time for showing or breeding horses these days. After quite a lot of thought, we have decided to offer "Junior", our last remaining son of Justice For All for sale.

He is a beautiful horse, ready to go to work for you as a breeding stallion and show horse. If you'd like more information about him, give us a call at +210 861 0269 or send us an email at ez2spot@hotmail.com.