Tietse " The King"  & Me  

October 2001

Out of San Francisco and onto The Netherlands, Ashley and I braved the insecure world of travel after the 911 tragedy.  We went to attend the World Friesian Mare show as guests of Arnold--shopping for mares, but in the end found a Stallion --The KING he was to become known as...little did we know that at the time....... 

I didn't like Tietse at first, he just kept cantering and cantering and cantering, never tiring.  I was waiting for him to tire within seconds and go into the normal Friesian trot like all other Friesians we had previously viewed.  I got tired of waiting, he did not.--this was my first indication that Tietse just was NOT a normal Friesian.  Ashley liked him, Arnold and I discussed his movements, couldn't quite define what it was about him. 

After that I didn't give him a second thought, until after returning home. Ashley said mom look at him again on your video, after all, you only saw him thru your camera lens.

Well, I watched that video, frame by frame by frame and over and over again----this picture & the next, did it, he was sleek, but every bit a Friesian

TIETSE was AWESOME!

My birthday was coming, I phone Arnold, " I have just wired you the money.   I want Tietse -A Happy Birthday from ME to ME!"

Arnold said wait a minute, I have also been thinking about him. Shall we try an Adventure together? ........and so it began..............

Tietse's date with Destiny with partners at home & across the seas- Frens Wemmenhove, Arnold Wemmenhove, Netherlands, Susan Slaviero, USA,

& of course, TIETSE, who now also belongs to the WORLD.................

Clic for The Tietse Supertrot video