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Welcome to Wendy and Marty Costello's Sporthorse breeding program Kent Island Sporthorses, est. 1995 and focused on the breeding of good minded, talented sporthorses for the Amateur and Professional; offering excellent service to our clients, growing young horses with care and kindness and fair treatment to humans and horses alike!
Kent Island Sporthorses is an elite sport horse breeding farm located in beautiful Stevensville, Maryland on Kent Island across the Bay Bridge from Annapolis, Maryland. Our lovely and tranquil facility is complete with two barns,16 stalls, an outdoor dressage arena, run in sheds , safe fencing and acres of pastures in a very peaceful setting on a waterfront; perfect for nurturing Broodmares, raising healthy foals, and training truly wonderful warmblood horses. Donavan resides here now too, in his stallion condo.
In 1999 Donavan started us on this journey to breed and assist others to breed, the highest quality warmblood horses for FEI level sports and for pleasure that embody Donavan's kind and affectionate temperament, his natural talent and striking beauty. These offspring are suitable for both the amateur and professional rider. Donavan's long, successful dressage career has demonstrated that he represents the best qualities of the Hanoverian breed, and consequently, the characteristics desired by all warmblood breeds. He absolutely fulfills the goals of the American Hanoverian Society and the German Hanoverian Verband. In accordance with his high 100 Day Test scores in jumping and dressage, he is sire to successful offspring in all the Olympic disciplines. Sample Donavan's career as Competitor and Ambassador on You Tube under Wendycos@gmail.com or use Donavan Hanoverian stallion in your youtube search.
Rosall, our wonderful young Oldenburg stallion, has come into our lives to add another dimension to our program, complementing the Donavan mares, and bringing another excellant choice to the American Breeder. After earning top stallion honors at his 30 Day test in Germany, he came to the US to be ridden by JJ Tate. He has hit the ground running with high Performance scores and awards in his first year of US competition. He carries one of the top Dam lines in Germany in his pedigree. He , too, is a stallion with an endearing personality, and gentle nature. His first two foals re due in 2009, and we look forward to some little Rosalls in the pasture. Visit Hassler Dressage for video, as well as youtube for Rosall.
Kent Island Sporthorses is convenient to the Annapolis - Baltimore - Washington D.C. area. Visitors are welcome, please by appointment .
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We hope that you enjoy your visit to our site. There are many pages for you to explore. Please contact us to obtain additional information on our stallions Donavan or Rosall, inquire about breeding, or acquire additional information regarding any of the sale horses offered by KIS. Cute foal photos, click here
If you would like to still take a look at our old web site click here. Wendy will sometimes offer an opinion on some timely topics. see her Soapbox; for topics such as: Leading Sires lists; Frozen Semen vs. Shipped; Showing your Mare at inspection; How Things May not Go Well Sometimes and more.
Donavan Watercolor by Judy Walker © from a photo by Karen Lietz.
