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Tradewinds Farm Promoting and breeding quality Percheron horses as well as a few well broke riding horses suitable f Operated by Tyrel and Amy Frey.

We are a small family farm raising and promoting our homebred Percheron horses at the National and World Levels. We attempt to stay away from the pedigrees more commonly found at sales and show barns around the country, hoping to produce quality outcross horses who are capable of showing and winning at any level and produce the next generation. We must be doing okay, our horses are competing in multiple disciplines and excelling! We are very proud of what we have accomplished and hope to continue to produce attractive, well conformed, well mannered Percheron horses that anyone would be proud to own. We're always happy to show off the residents here at the farm, please feel free to give us a call and set up a visit

Turnout day for the littlest miss! After a busy first day involving an early morning vet appointment and lots of visitor...
10/14/2026

Turnout day for the littlest miss!

After a busy first day involving an early morning vet appointment and lots of visitors to say hello to, Kandy and her filly have made their trip outside to stretch their legs and play.

All is well on the vet front, but if you look close you may notice some swelling of the lower eyelid on the filly- she had a rolled in lower lid that needed some help getting put in the proper position. In a few days the inflammation will dissipate and hopefully no further intervention will be necessary.

Also, she has a name! This darling girl is Tradewinds French Kiss đź’‹, who will likely go by Kisses here at home. We are looking forward to watching her unfold and stretch out a bit more and can't wait to see how she develops!

She's here!!!It's not very often our order gets filled with just what we wanted, but we are certainly thrilled when it h...
10/12/2026

She's here!!!

It's not very often our order gets filled with just what we wanted, but we are certainly thrilled when it happens! This filly is by Liberty Road and out of SanLan First Degree aka Kandy (Raona Commanding Knight x Little Bow Spitzie). Kandy is also the dam of c**ts Flint and Fletcher from past seasons; we have been not-so-patiently waiting for a filly from her and were thrilled to greet this pretty girl at night check last evening.

She is our final foal of 2026; now we can go back to focusing on more traditional fall projects, rather than checking cameras and watching for new foals. At least for a few months and then the 2027 foals will start arriving.

10/10/2026

With the tougher youngsters, it's always so rewarding to look back at how we started.

At nearly a month old, Rhu has finally agreed that the humans who insist on handling her each day might not be so bad.
While she doesn't quite walk up and insist on scratches yet, she does engage with us a bit during the morning routine.

On the original video of her first turnout, there were a lot of questions regarding why we handle the foals from the beginning. At some point, she's going to stand at nearly 6 feet at her shoulder, she already weighs more than her handler... it's critical to do the work early, to avoid possible injuries to humans or foals - at least as much as we can.

10/07/2026

Every morning... without fail- baby Byron protests crawling out of the fresh pile of straw his people have given him to nap in.

Even the prospect of playing with his friend Rider doesn't seem to be enough encouragement. Once he's gotten an appropriate number of scratches, he will grudgingly stand and wait to be haltered, but not until he's good and ready.

10/05/2026

Spa Day!

The humans spoiled Tradewinds Benchmark with his regularly scheduled manicure, followed by a longer than average grooming session to fix some of the hair he has accumulated since breeding season.

At some point this fall, we'll try for a few updated photos and might correct some of the length, but for now he's sporting a fancy long mane that he can toss around while observing the mares in the front field.

We added an empty halter to the wall today. For those that have never been here, this series of halters are hung above t...
10/05/2026

We added an empty halter to the wall today.

For those that have never been here, this series of halters are hung above the front door of the barn. In a fairly quiet spot where they could likely be overlooked by visitors focused on greeting the residents. You have to be pretty special to earn a place on this wall- by progeny or by just being the sweetest horse to ever walk the fields here. The halters in this space are only hung when they are permanently empty.

Today, we want to celebrate a mare who is likely the most deserving resident to ever have graced the wall of fame. Lady D is the dam of our herd sire Lucasia Zodiac, who we lost entirely too soon (who's halter is also hung here). Shortly after his purchase we made our first attempt to bring his dam home. Zodiac was one of her first foals, so we can't blame her family for refusing to sell her at the time. We tried for years to purchase Lady D before ultimately being entrusted with her care at the age of 15. She had slowed down a bit from her heyday on the side of a mountain I'm sure, but until this summer we joked that she behaved more like a two year old than the aged mare she actually was. In her time with us, she produced one c**t and three fillies and raised a fourth filly when her pasture mate succumbed to colic 6 weeks after foaling.

Looking across our program, its hard to argue the impact Lucasia Lady Destine will continue to have for years, and likely generations, to come. She has two direct daughters in our program, 3 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren who reside here and we are certain they won't be the end.

This is certainly not an ending for her influence, even if we won't get to see her greying muzzle and hear the creak and pop of her joints each morning. Her daughter Barb has her face, London is her younger copycat and we are certain at least one of the grandchildren has her attitude.

We are sure for the next 20 years we will be eyeballing residents and saying to each other "Well that came from D, didn't it?" And that's the point of the spot on the wall.

10/03/2026

Well, at least they're friendly?

Minutes before this, all three foals were running and playing as a group. As soon as the human appears? Its all over.

The two youngest faols hurry back to their dams for a snack and reassurances. Joyride? He is this fields official greeter at this stage.

There is no question that you will say hello, and pay the tax in scratches and attention- its how long is the scratching required.

After all - Curious and friendly babies are our favorite sort.

10/01/2026

On this damp and rainy Thursday, young Byron and his dam Lauricia Black Bess made their way back into the front field.
Joyride was thrilled with more potential friends and playmates! He is the main character in this clip of the first few moments of turnout- he is desperate for someone to play with him.

Never fear! In a few days or weeks, both other foals will likely be convinced that he's as much fun as he thinks he is.

These kids sure are enjoying their new turnout situation. Tradewinds Joyride (Liberty Road x Black Prairie W Views Jet, ...
10/01/2026

These kids sure are enjoying their new turnout situation.

Tradewinds Joyride (Liberty Road x Black Prairie W Views Jet, by ERs Jet) has been enjoying investigating all the residents of their field. He is insisting that all the other mares and his half-sister Rhu should be his friends.

Rider isn't wrong and his sunny personality is hard to resist!

Its been nearly 6 months for Tradewinds Dilemma to settle in back at home. This 3yo mare, by Pine Row AllStarr is out of...
09/30/2026

Its been nearly 6 months for Tradewinds Dilemma to settle in back at home.

This 3yo mare, by Pine Row AllStarr is out of farm-favorite Tradewinds Diamante, the dam of current World Junior Champion mare Tradewinds Miss Disco.

While Emmy will likely not make an appearance in the show ring, but she's begun lessons this week to be a good partner for driving around the fields at home. We'll be posting photos and videos of her in the coming weeks as she progresses!

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