E2-Boarder & Trainer, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 9, 2003 Mare "Lisa,” a lead horse of the Allebach’s 6-horse hitch, watches over her young son with the help of Abraham. Windermere Farm (Continued from Page El) The family has also purchased and successfully shown numer ous all-American horses. At the World Percheron Con gress in Kansas City in 1995, the Allebachs took home 13 first place honors, a record. The farm’s founding sire, Black Home Duke, was the pre miere sire of North America for 10 years. At the World Percheron Con gress in Lexington, Kentucky, in October 2002, Windermere Farms came away as world champions. The family also checked in with among the top ten breeders in the nation in num bers of Percherons reg istered in 2002. Evidently, the high headed, eye-catching horses of Windermere Farm are quality ani mals. A Dairy Background Actually, horses have been part of the Allebachs’ lives since Gerald was young, however s t a n - dardbreds and a vari ety of other breeds found their homes on the dairy farm long be fore Percherons be came the focus. In 1962 Abraham moved to Cent r e County from Mont gomery County to began a dairy farm. He also bred stan dardbred horses, along with having a wide va riety of horses on the farm “you name it, we had it,” said Ger ald Allebach. When Allebach was seven years old, Abra ham purchased the family’s first pair of Percherons, a pair of black mares. The mares piqued an interest in the Alle bach family. “We went to draft horses because they fit our lifestyle, values, and family farm pic ture better than going off to the racetrack,” he said. “When I was a little kid, I thought we were doing this to make bet ter horses,” said Alle bach, who quickly points out" that the family is very focused on improv ing the breed. However, “to my dad, it was about teaching us kids to reach our full potential. (Gerald has an older brother and younger sister). “It’s a very special way to grow up. We’re raising our chil dren the same way.” Allebach is joined by his wife, Melissa, who also helps on the farm, along with their sons Jared, 13; Jesse, 11; and Abraham, 3. The family began to acquire more animals and breed and show their horses. 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In 1984 Abraham had picked out a young Percheron colt, Black Home Duke, from Ontario that would propel the farms breeding program to a new level, according to Allebach. The stallion “took our breed ing program from good to great,” he said. Last year, Black Home Duke’s son King Cong took over. His reasonable $750 breeding fee, or $5OO for two or more mares, is to allow the stallion to breed a large number of mares “and do a bet ter job for the whole breed,” said Allebach. Another part of the team ef fort, Melissa has helped to move the operation forward, according to Allebach. She persuaded him to get an ultrasound to use on the farm’s mares, he said. 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