Jordan Lake Farms

Jordan Lake Farms is located in Newnan, Georgia, off I-85 about 30 miles south of Atlanta. Our goal is to selectively import and breed purebred Canadian Horses for dressage, eventing, and fox hunting.


Laureat, Our first born at Jordan Lake Farms	Prune, 20 year old Canadian Mare with Legacy, 1 day old filly

The Canadian Horse originally was a cross among the Friesian/Andalusian/Arab breeds. They were shipped to Canada in the 1600’s as riding horses for the elite citizens in Quebec. Today, after breeding for centuries in Quebec with little or no influence from outside breeds, the Canadian Horse is a purebred breed with a 350-year-old history. The Canadian Horse is the National Horse of Canada. It is a most amazing breed with fantastic characteristics.

Canadian Horses are:

v Safe – these are not nervous Thoroughbreds!

v Beautiful – molded heads, wonderful confirmation, great bone

v Energetic without nervousness

v Willing and responsive to aids; therefore very easy to ride and train

v Excellent in combined training, jumping, dressage & driving

v Sound – known in Canada as the “Iron Horse”

v Trusting/Loving – the most human oriented horse ever created

v Purebred - this breed had very royal beginnings in France when the bloodlines of the Friesian, the Andalusian and the Arab were crossed to produce King Louis XIV’s personal horses.

Here, at last, is a beautiful, calm, lovely moving mount for those of us who are tired of being tossed off and jerked around by our dressage and eventing horses when they have one of their “Thoroughbred” moments. Now, instead of cross-breeding and crossing our fingers for the desired traits, we can breed purebreds and always know what the result will be. Canadians are big, beautiful, athletic and have a disposition to relax even the most cautious rider. It is not uncommon in Canada to see a five-year-old child riding a three-year old stallion.

Never will you find a horse more willing and happy to please his owner. They simply adore humans and behave if as if there were some golden retriever in the bloodline! Their most wonderful trait is their courage which allows them to turn and face a new problem before reacting. That trait saves the Canadian’s rider/driver over and over from falls and disasters because that extra time spent assessing the “horror” gives his handler time to prepare and then calmly explain that there is nothing to fear. Once your Canadian trusts you, you will have a pal for life who will protect you every moment you spend with him.

We have searched for and dreamed of such a breed for the past 25 years, but the Canadian Horse remained a secret until we accidentally and fortunately discovered them in January 2001. For centuries, Quebec was developing our dream horse – a Canadian "warmblood". We jealously like to think of the Canadian Horse as the “North American warmblood”!

Like many breeders, we tried to create the "American warmblood". We crossed our thoroughbreds to drafts and bred the offspring to European warmbloods, but our efforts were to little avail. The reason we failed was that we were missing the 350 years required to allow the DNA traits for temperament, conformation, beauty, and athletic movement to develop into a consistent pattern. And far, far too often, the Thoroughbred traits came through dominantly.

In several generations of cross breeding, we learned we had no ability to guarantee the desired result from our breeding program. One foal would become a drafty looking horse with a nervous temperament and choppy gaits. The next foal might give us a refined looking horse with a mellow disposition and elastic movement. Additional breedings could produce horses anywhere in between the above two types. A few decades of expensive experimentation gave us no way to guess or know future results. Time (as in centuries) tells the tale.

Since the mid-1600’s, Quebec breeders have culled the high-strung, timid, poorly conformed horses. The climate in Canada has eliminated the weak and needy animals. By breeding only the best to the best, Quebec has given us a dream come true! For that, we at Jordan Lake Farms are most grateful! We would be delighted to introduce you to the Canadian Horse breed.