Tradewinds Farm

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 mu

ltiple 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

08/27/2025

Breakfast visit with the littlest miss. She hasn't quite gotten brave enough to come say hello, but she's getting more curious about this visitor who brings her momma the good stuff.

We tried out a few names today, too, and think we've decided - meet London! She wasn't nearly as excited as we were to have finally agreed on a name, but was happy to run around us and play while we discussed possibilities.

Her dam has finally begun to relax her vigilance against intruders; we have no doubt that London will soon be coming up to visit with the humans who come to check on them.
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The newest resident has been spending the majority of her time outdoors in the field with her dam and her grandmother, B...
08/26/2025

The newest resident has been spending the majority of her time outdoors in the field with her dam and her grandmother, Bess. Thankfully, the weather has been fantastic this week; giving Lady D the opportunity to stay out in the field with her new daughter- where she is most comfortable.

08/23/2025

There's a secret in that field of green grass!

She's here!! When you've got an old lady like Lady D, you'll take an off-season foal if that's what she wants to gift you. And this time, she was most agreeable in gifting us not only a foal, but a filly! Lady D is 21 this year, and although she's a bit greyer in her eyebrows, she's in excellent condition otherwise. She snuck this filly out 2 weeks early, between checks. And had her up and nursing when we found them.

This pretty girl is by Tradewinds Benchmark and out of Lucasia Lady Destine (Rose Hill Bud x Lucasia Destiny, by Lucasia Colonel). We are currently struggling with finding the perfect name for this little girl, but are so happy to have her here! Hopefully in the next couple days the perfect name will come to us.
In the meantime, enjoy this peek at our newest resident!

When we started out this summer, with a bunch of young horses who'd never been 'off the farm' we were just hoping for a...
08/18/2025

When we started out this summer, with a bunch of young horses who'd never been 'off the farm' we were just hoping for a safe and relatively uneventful show season. Thankfully, they listened and gave us 'safe' while creating a bit of a buzz regarding their young sires potential.

Tradewinds Fletcher (Tradewinds Benchmark x SanLan First Degree, by Raona Commanding Knight) was our entry in the yearling stallion class at both Indiana and the National Show/Iowa State Fair. He was second in the yearling class at both shows and finished his yearling show career as the Reserve Junior Stallion at the National Show as well as assisting us to a 2nd place finish in the Get Of Sire class for Benchmark.

Now to pull shoes and give him a well-deserved fall of turnout!

Home again from the National Percheron Show. We are so pleased with how our Benchmark foals have performed over the last...
08/18/2025

Home again from the National Percheron Show. We are so pleased with how our Benchmark foals have performed over the last couple of weeks! We will be posting some photos from the official photographer over the next few weeks, but wanted to highlight one special filly!

Tradewinds Miss Disco (Tradewinds Benchmark x Tradewinds Diamante, by Blooming Grove Midnight) placed second in a really nice class of yearling mares at the National Percheron Show. She has quickly figured out this horse show game and decided it was a lot of fun. There's the opportunity to be inside during the heat of the day, the extra grooming time and all the additional attention she can generate if she is her personable, friendly self at the shows. And in the ring? There's an entire audience of people that she's confident are there for her.

We are so excited for her next chapter and are pleased to congratulate Enos Yoder, of Yoder Hay Company, on her purchase. With any luck, in a few years, we will have another reason to cheer them on at the Classic Series Finals, with Dizzy in the wheel.

Tradewinds Steve (Tradewinds Benchmark x Tradewinds Shine, by Blooming Grove Midnight) made his showring debut at the In...
08/12/2025

Tradewinds Steve (Tradewinds Benchmark x Tradewinds Shine, by Blooming Grove Midnight) made his showring debut at the Indiana State Fair.

This guy has the best attitude about pretty much everything his people have thrown at him lately, but he really shone in his interactions with all the fair goers who wandered through our alley. He was always up for some scratches.

We were very happy with how he behaved during the entire experience and are pleased with his 2nd place finish in jr c**ts. Steve also helped us to a 2nd place finish in junior get of sire for Benchmark as well.

Now that breeding season has wound down, we have turned our focus to refreshing some neglected skills. Hemi was started ...
07/21/2025

Now that breeding season has wound down, we have turned our focus to refreshing some neglected skills.

Hemi was started lightly in harness last fall, but didn't get a lot of opportunities to show off those skills before we jumped right into breeding season this spring. He is enjoying the added attention that comes with lessons each day and his people are very pleased with his retention of all the new skills we introduced last year! We're eagerly looking forward to building his skills the rest of this year.
It will make the wait until his 2026 foals begin arriving pass quickly, we're sure!

Sometimes the weather cooperates and makes newer skills really attractive to some of the youngsters. Or maybe we're just...
06/27/2025

Sometimes the weather cooperates and makes newer skills really attractive to some of the youngsters. Or maybe we're just making lemonade out of this heatwave we're all enduring?

Boston (Tradewinds Flint x Lauricia Black Bess) has become very professional in his response to bathing. He decided very quickly that having the sweat and dirt rinsed off each day with cool water is wonderful.

When the current real-feel is 95 with 70% humidity a cool bath is a very enticing option!

We've consulted with the residents here and they are in unanimous agreement - the weather today is Too Hot! Baby Steve w...
06/21/2025

We've consulted with the residents here and they are in unanimous agreement - the weather today is Too Hot!

Baby Steve was especially emphatic regarding his opinions of the weather. He was most appreciative when the humans came to the gate and took his field to the barn so they could spend the day with the worst of the heat under fans.

We didn't have the heart to break it to him that this is just the beginning!

Now that breeding season is winding down, we're getting more time to spend with the foals of 2025. The weaned babies are...
06/11/2025

Now that breeding season is winding down, we're getting more time to spend with the foals of 2025.

The weaned babies are taking to their daily lessons very quickly and are a pleasure to spend time with! Pictured is Tradewinds Boston, our January foal by Tradewinds Flint and out of Lauricia Black Bess.

He is available if someone were looking for a future partner for riding and/or driving. He is pssm1 n/n via parentage and is expected to mature in the 17hh range like his parents.

Please pm us for further info.

Took this guy out tonight and took a quick photo in the sunshine and green grass. We are very pleased with how Hemi has ...
05/03/2025

Took this guy out tonight and took a quick photo in the sunshine and green grass.

We are very pleased with how Hemi has continued to grow up and mature! He has settled into his 'career' really well this year and has a few mares confirmed in foal for 2026 here at home and in clients barns, with a nice variety of mares booked to ship to yet this season.

This is Tradewinds Herrick (Eaglesfield Brigadier x Tradewinds Horoscope, by Lucasia Zodiac).

We took a few minutes yesterday to visit with a client and inspect their new foals by one of our junior stallions. It ha...
05/02/2025

We took a few minutes yesterday to visit with a client and inspect their new foals by one of our junior stallions.

It has been incredibly fun to see foals by stallions we bred and raised this season! They're all a bit different from each other, but it's exciting to start cataloging similarities to their siblings and also to aunts and uncles who are still in our program.

The c**t pictured is days old, by Tradewinds Flint (Blooming Grove Midnight x San Lan First Degree, by Raona Commanding Knight) and out of DLF Lucarne (Lucasia Zodiac x DLF Lo**ta, by Cedarfarm Ontario)

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We are a small family farm raising and promoting our homebred Percheron horses at the National and World Levels. We are attempting 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. 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 have recently branched into the occasional Percheron cross, they will be held up to the same standards that we have come to expect.