Team Edison Friesians comprises of Jackie Crockett & Katie Milne, who met in September 2002, and are based in the South West of England. Jackie had purchased her first friesian in May 2002 after attending a Parelli Natural Horsemanship demo in 2001. She thought they were absolutely beautiful, & unlike anything she had seen before with their charisma and undeniable presence.
Because the search to find a friesian in the UK proved to be so difficult, Jackie and Katie decided to start Team Edison Friesians.
The name comes from Jackie’s brothers Company, Edison Ford Independent Financial Advisers (www.edisonfordifa.co.uk) which sponsors us under the ‘Team Edison’ Logo.
We only buy horses through one source, from our partner based in Friesland in Holland. He has bred Friesian horses for over 40 years to an incredible standard. He has bred two approve studbook stallions including the approved FPS Studbook Stallion Tsjerk 328. He has also bred, 36 Ster mares & seven model mares one of which Wijkje, is the mother of Tsjerk 328. Wijkje is not only a model mare, but also preferent and prestatiemerrie, the highest qualification a mare can obtain (see 'the horses' page for explanation) all from the same breed line! This is quite an achievement bearing in mind the FPS only normally chose 5 Stallions a year for the breeding programme & also only 8 mares a year make model. We know he will only find us the best quality horses & the majority of our horses have at least a 3rd premie with most of them having a 2nd. For more information about the gradings see the information under 'The Horses' page on our website.
We endorse the natural horsemanship approach and apply this technique to all our horses. We also have an Equine Touch Practitioner at our yard & Jackie is currently studying this modality & is a Level 2 student.
Katie is a registered instructor with the SM BHSII qualification, she has worked in all aspects of the horse industry, from racing, breeding, eventing, show jumping, hunting & now dressage.
Until Katie met Jackie she had not considered the possibilities of the Friesian as a riding horse, as she had, like most people, thought of them as a carriage horse. However she very quickly changed her mind & is now completely in love with the breed & the potential within them in the Dressage world. She is currently competing Age in various affiliated competitions.
We are members of The FPS & FHAGBI.
