Owner: Samantha Kroese - vnvstables@yahoo.com
Current Location: Southern California
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Current News:
October 29, 2009 - VnV Stables is proud to announce it's brand new website. As of this time web design services are now open again. Unfortunately it looks like breedings may remain closed for the month of November while we relocate, the place I'm currently staying is only temporary so I don't have access to my pedigree assignment records.
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About Us:
Vibrant n Victory Stables (VnV Stables) is a model horse stable established in 1991 and is owned and managed by Samantha Kroese.
We currently have over a thousand 'model' residents, two REAL horses, and various other animals. Our main specialty is purebred Arabians, but you will find horses of all breeds here.
VnV Stables has taken an active interest in all aspects of the model horse hobby including but not limited to: Customizing, Tack Making, Pedigree Assignment, Photo Showing. Samantha Kroese has run several model horse clubs over the years, including (currently) the Model Horse Fun Club, an online photo showing club. Past clubs have included most notably M.H.A.B.C.R. (Model Horse All Breed Club & Registry) which ran for several years.
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Breeding:
The main focus of VnV Stables at this time is Model Horse Pedigree Assignment. We offer a massive online Sire/Dam listing with thousands of sires and dams for you to choose from. We strive to have as many breeds/colors/types as possible. We specialize in Arabian horses of all strains but we currently offer 70 different breeds. Our focus is on realistic and well-researched pedigrees.
VnV Stables' Massive Online Sire/Dam Listing
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Website Design:
Samantha Kroese is a self-taught website designer with over ten years of experience building websites. Previously only doing websites for herself and close friends, she is now offering her services to the public through her new business: Bright Squall Designs
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Model Horse Fun Club
Samantha Kroese is the president and creator/manager of the Model Horse Fun Club. MHFC was created as an online showing club that is FREE of the politics, critics, and strife found in a lot of showing clubs these days. MHFC offers thirteen different online shows that run every month with multiple judges. Our shows are eligible for point keeping for year end awards. We also hold monthly races and performance 'events'. We're the perfect club for people who want to show their horses without being torn down by judges or competitors, or for people who like to judge annonymously.
While our main club website is currently down you may email Samantha Kroese for more information at this time. Please check back.
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Equine Artistry
Samantha Kroese is also a model equine artist with over eighteen years of experience specializing in customizing realistic looking model horses with acrylic paint. VnV Studios has produced quite a few NAN Qualified customs and specializes in doing portrait models for people's enjoyment. As always VnV Studios offers simple repaints on all model horse types at affordable pricing. At this time VnV Studios' site is under construction, please check back or email Samantha Kroese for more information.
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Showing:
VnV Stables has always had an active interest in the art of model horse photography and entering photo shows. Our horses have won countless championships. As of now our showstring currently shows only in MHFC. We strive to have the most realistic and attractive show photos for all our horses.
In the past we have live shown and have had NAN Qualified horses.
For those of you looking for the Online Photo Showing Museum - this is currently closed as I had trouble with the webspace it was hosted on. I will try to get it back online sometime in 2010 when my real life is more stable. I apologize for it's absence during this time.
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Real Animals:
I am the current owner of RAWisper N Black (Wisper) a 1999 Homozygous Black Purebred Arabian Stallion. For more information on Wisper please click here. If interested in using Wisper as a sire for your model horses PLEASE contact me first. If interested in using Wisper for a sire for your real horses please see his webpage.
I also am currently the proud owner of Clyde - a twenty-ish Clydesdale gelding, Cali - a calico short haired domesticated cat, and Aspen - a beautiful chow/retriever/unknown mix dog. Unfortunately due to real life constraints at this time the only pet of mine with a website is Wisper. I will try to get sites for the others up as I get time.
Clyde - June 2010
Aspen - June 2010
Cali - June 2010
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Links:
Samantha Kroese is also a traditional medium and digital medium artist who specializes in fantasy topics. She is also a photography hobbiest. Here are a few links to various online galleries where her work can be seen. At this time she does not do work for the general public.
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Thank you for visiting our website. Please check back often for more features and updates, this site is ALWAYS under construction. For questions or comments on anything on this site please contact Samantha Kroese.
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This website was designed and is maintained by:
Copyright Notice: All content on this webpage is copyrighted. The use of it for anything but display on this specific website is absolutely prohibited without the express written permission of copyright holder Samantha Kroese (copyright 2009). All photos were taken by Samantha Kroese and are copyrighted to her except the last photo (chestnut arabian) that photo was taken by Deb Poole and Samantha Kroese owns the rights to it. Please contact vnvstables@yahoo.com with any questions, comments, or to report copyright violations by other websites using our content.