Pura Vida Farms, LLC

06/19/2026

06/18/2026

We had a short and welcome break from foaling activities for June, but we are ramping up for our last wave! Our final four are in the maternity suites. We are so excited for this last group!

Leading our July group is the gorgeous Amperetta (Ampere/Don Frederico), the stunning black beauty who has given us multiple knock-out foals that have gone to professional development homes.

Amperetta reliably produces dark, modern, athletic offspring with expressive gaits and bold, snuggly personalities. She also produced a licensed stallion Sergio (by Sezuan) prior to her import to the US.

This season we await a full sibling to last year's c**t, Sampras PVF, by the star stallion Sky (Sezuan/Sir Donnerhall I). Sampras sold before weaning to a professional home and we hope to find another super home for the 2026 edition! We feel confident this repeat will be equally impressive. While Amperetta hasn't been color tested, she has only ever produced black foals to date.
If you're looking for a super sport or breeding prospect that will likely come dressed in formal attire, please reach out! We are eager to land this future star in the best hands.

www.puravidanc.com | [email protected] | 919-270-8395

06/15/2026

Trail riding Iceland horses style

06/06/2026

Rounding out May with "Lucky's number 13"! 🤭✨️🦄✨️

Lucky Be A Lady RSH (Lordship/Riverman/Pikor) delivered this totally gorgeous filly by Europa (El Dorado/Clarimo) on May 25th!

We are excited to see this combination -- Lucky reliably stamps a beautiful type, big elastic movement, and ability for any ring on her offspring, and we are loving the huge canter, substance, and exceptionally sweet temperaments that we are seeing from Europa babies so far. This beautiful girl is tall and leggy with a feminine, elegant feel. She is also incredibly friendly and bold.

While we have so far seen only impressive BIG GALLOP 🏎 💨💨💨 and lots of boings 🐬🦘from this jumper-bred foal, we think she will also show us dressage-worthy movement as she unfolds and strengthens. This is likely to be a horse for any ring!

If Baby E catches your eye, please get in touch to chat about her or any of our other youngstock available! We are eager to place these future stars 🌟 in the best hands and may offer creative terms (like payment plans) to the right situation.

www.puravidanc.com | [email protected] | 919-270-8395

06/04/2026

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Isn't number 12 just a peach?! 🍑🦄✨️
Feast your eyes on this adorable gingersnap! Delta Girl (Don Joshi/Upan de Jarthe aa) gifted us a very special little one on May 19th. This c**t is the second, and to our knowledge, the LAST foal of Tackmann's Delicious. He is a full sibling to last year's fantastic bay dun Dahlia PVF. "Dash" bestowed his fancy dun gene on this one as well, this time giving us the most delightfully peach colored boy! Baby "D" has confirmed that we made the right choice to repeat this cross, with beautiful type, lovely harmonious conformation, expressive gaits, and a swoon worthy snuggly personality already.
We are smitten with this perfect sweet guy. We know he will be a stand out on the dressage scene in both looks and quality. If you find him as irresistible as we do and are craving a little exclusivity, baby D is available to the very best of homes. Please reach out to inquire on this gorgeous boy or to learn more about any of our other youngstock. We are eager to get these super babies into the perfect hands!

www.puravidanc.com | [email protected] | 919-270-8395

06/02/2026

We welcomed number 11 on May 9th!
Our Premium mare Dresscode Kaiser's Prinzess (Kaiser Bonaparte/Veenstra's Promise) presented us with this beautiful girl -- the fourth and final Mufasa foal of our season -- a feminine, typey dark bay with huge expressive eyes and the cutest tiny snip on her little nose! She is adorable and fun sized with plenty of movement, including Mufasa's super balanced canter.

Prinzess was awarded her Premium mare title based on her outstanding production record to date, with multiple Premium foals, site champions, and Premium mare daughters to her credit. We have consistently enjoyed beautiful, kind, talented, and trainable offspring from this wonderful mare and are excited to offer her newest daughter to the best of homes. We expect Baby M will follow the pattern we have come to expect from Prinzess: excellent amateur friendly ponies with loads of talent!

Please reach out to inquire on Baby M or any of our other youngstock available. We are eager to place these future stars in good hands. We offer flexible plans and terms for exceptional matches.

www.puravidanc.com | [email protected] | 919-270-8395

05/29/2026

🌟 He’s here.

Volumia — 2021 Hanoverian stallion by Vaderland OLD (Vitalis) — has arrived in the United States and is completing quarantine before continuing his training under Curtis in Middleburg, Virginia.

Lifetime Westfalen approved following his 50-day stallion test — scoring 9.0 for character, temperament, and willingness to perform. Trot 8.0. Weighted final 7.74.

Trained in Holland, he comes from Reesink Horses — one of the world’s most respected dressage breeding operations. Stunning dark bay. Five years old.

His sire Vaderland was Oldenburg Stallion of the Year 2023. His dam Fürstin is an elite state premium mare by Floriscount — and the full sister of Floris, who sired Danciero, World Champion 7-year-olds at Ermelo.

Vaderland OLD x Floriscount x Rascalino

Volumia Group LLC is a proud partnership between Pura Vida Farms, Julie Good, and Curtis.

We’ll have much more to share very soon. 🐎

Volumia Group LLC | Pura Vida Farms | Bahama, NC
[email protected] | 919-270-8395

05/28/2026

May has been a busy one for Pura Vida and we are behind in welcoming several fantastic new babies!

We are thrilled to introduce number 10, a gorgeous chestnut filly by McLaren (Morricone/Sir Donnerhall I) out of our premium mare Fidele (Fursten-Look/Weltmeyer). Baby "M" was born on Derby Day, May 2nd, at a very reasonable hour. This stunning girl stood, unassisted, almost immediately, and met milestones within 45 minutes of making her entrance!
Baby "M" is everything we had hoped for in this cross -- elegant, modern, absolutely beautiful, with amazing balance and expressive movement from the start. She is bold, wonderfully affectionate, intelligent, and thoughtful.. a little professional already!

We have come to expect great things of Fidele offspring:

🦄 2022 Bennett PVF by Benicio finished Champion in the 2025 YHS 3yo U/S Finals
🦄 2023 Farrah PVF by Feinrich showed successfully in hand in 2025 to top awards, including Champion 2yo Filly for Westfalen NA, and sold to a professional home
🦄 2025 Faelina PVF by Feinrich, an AHS Gold Medal foal, also sold to a professional Grand Prix home

We are seeking only the most special match for Baby M. We would love to see her in a development home where she will have the opportunity to shine both in sport and potentially breeding one day. ✨️ Please reach out to discuss this special filly or to inquire on any of our other youngstock currently available (including the final 4 in utero options that are still available at prefoaling rates).

www.puravidanc.com | [email protected] | 919-270-8395

05/25/2026

Lucky be a Lady (Lordship/Riverman) foaled this morning with a beautiful filly by Europa PVF.

Meanwhile, I am delighted to report that Lucky’s 2021 filly by Phenix is progressing beautifully in the capable hands of Lyn Simmilink, my friend and veterinary school classmate (Ohio State University Class of 1981). Lyn is an inspiration for me to keep on striving to progress with my own riding.

From Lyn: Persephone was a very good girl so far this show season. We have already qualified for first level at regionals and for our first level freestyle. She has been so much fun to train with the help of Jannike Gray and I am very grateful for Ellen Ziemer at PVF for matching me with this sweet talented smart mare.