Dungård is a Norwegian Fjord Horse breeding and training farm, owned by Dan Watanabe & Denise Vogel. It is currently located in Valley, Washington. Dungård is dedicated to excellence in Norwegian Fjordhorses that exemplify the breed's character and convey their Power, Elegance and irresistible Charm!
As one of only a few progressive Fjord breeding programs in the USA, we are proud to be offering top quality bloodlines that have carefully been selected and developed to promote versatile, highly capable Fjords with excellent conformation, movement and people-oriented personalities. (read more in Breeding program).
From the very beginning we have chosen to focus on individuals that meet most of these criteria, while being genetically diverse, to breed forward to complementary stallions to improve upon the next generation. Applying a strict selection system, our broodmare band is constantly evolving with the help of top quality stallions, who we periodically import from Europe. This helps us enhance overall quality, genetic diversity and, by extension, long term sustainability in the breed.
We are currently standing at stud our gorgeous grey dun German import stallion, Tsjalle and our "oldie but goldie" Danish import stallion Kian Klattrup. Kian is co-owned by us and Jayne Olson.
Our former stallion Siljar is breeding with Dun In farm in Capac, MI and our imported red stallion Gio is breeding with his new owner, Pappy Van Fjords in Fair Grove, MO.
In 2025 we will be welcoming our co-owned (with Aurora Skurtun) junior stallion DD Tjasse back for his initial breeding season. Hatton's Oskar (FSF Ole x Levitah by Fair Acres Sven II) owned by Ashley Ralph will be standing at DDungård for breeding from June - September 2025.
For 2026 we are thrilled to be breeding a small number of mares to our newly imported junior stallions OstFin (Nygåards Gurven x Edelfin by Brijol) and Vetch (Jakobsgardens Junar x Füress by Drafur) and well as the homebred colt DD Merkur (DD Malibu x LVG Faksi by Prydarson), owned by Lisa Otten. In 2027 we are planning on using DD Skål (Siljar x DIF Megan by Mogly), owned by Dr. Miranda Cleveland in addition to our other boys.
Please check with us for availability for each stallion for 2025.
Check back regularly for exciting developments!
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We are over the moon excited to be welcoming THREE new additions from Europe to our program!
OstFin (Nygårds Gurven x Edelfin by Brijol/Trollfin) is coming from Sweden! This handsome grey boy has an excellent motor and hind end and super cute face. His sire produced the "Dagens hest" in Norway this year and is approved in Norway, Sweden and DK!
Huge thank you to Helen Indrebö for making him available!
Vetch van het Vene (Jakobgardens Junar x Füress by Drafur/Sebastian) is coming from the Netherlands! Interestingly bred grey colt with striking movement. Sire was born in Norway and is a yellow dun, so Vetch is recessive for red. Drafur was born and approved in Germany.
Huge thank you to Annabel van den Berg for allowing us to bring this little gem to the US and allowing us to lay our group over at your facility.
Last but not least: Vita!!
Vita (Timor x Raika by Brijol/Hertug) a grey filly with jaw dropping movement and tons of presence! Timor, a "closer than half brother" to Dan's former stallion Tico put his excellent motor and size on his stunning filly. The famous Brijol and Hertug (sire of Fløtren) contributed to this compact powerhouse.
Also a huge thank you to breeder Linda van 't Hoenderdal for letting us bring your first Fjord foal across the big pond!
Huge THANK you to Ashley Ralph and Dreamfield Fjords for entrusting us with her gorgeous grey dun stallion Hatton's Oskar for the 2025 breeding season.
Oskar is sired by FSF Ole and out of Levitah by Fair Acres Sven II. We are excited to be offering actually new genetics in the PNW and can't wait to see how he crosses with our mares!
Please contact if you are interested in breeding your mare to Oskar in 2025! He will be standing from June - September in Valley, WA.
Our lovely red dun mare Havenwood's Jorun is moving to California! Congratulations to USDF Silver medalist Beth Nehse! We are extremely excited for Jorun's new chapter in her life. She came to DDungård in 2018 and really blew our mind with her exceptional movement. We never thought she would become one our top producers as well. With Siljar she produced DD Jorina, who we have retained, with Tsjalle she produced DD Joline (now owned by Jill Kosek/Full Moon Farm), her Gio filly DD Joy moved to Alaska (Sea View Fjords) and DD Josefina was purchased by our veterinarian Dr. Miranda Cleveland (Absolute M Farm). Her only colt, DD Matteo by DD Malibu, is staying locally. All her foals have gotten their share of Jorun's quality of movement and super sweet disposition. While we would have gladly kept Jorun as a broodmare in our program due to her impeccable production record, we are thrilled that she now has the opportunity to show her full potential as a dressage horse and occasional broodmare. Beth is also the owner of DD Gian (Gio x Zelda by Bluebird Lane Griffon)!
Another HUGE THANK YOU to Ashley Ralph and Dreamfield Fjords for making Pebble Creek Fjords Nora (HF North x Effi by PHF Dakota) available to us! Nora is a stunning grey dun 2020 mare with excellent conformation and movement. She is unrelated to our stud lines and also mostly to our other mares. Nora is sweet, easy to handle and is already a real joy to be around. We are hoping that we can convince Nora to become a mom and pass on her wonderful traits. Nora will stay open in 2024 and we are hoping that Tsjalle can do the trick in early 2025.
Our gorgeous red dun import stallion Gio is moving to Missouri! Even though we had never intended on selling Gio this soon, sometimes the universe has it's way of opening doors and presenting opportunities that just work out well for everyone. Congratulations to Kendal Pappas and Pappy Van Fjords on her new extraordinary stallion! Kendal has carefully build up her program including DD Matilda (Siljar x Megan) and a Tsjalle granddaughter by DD Tjalve. We have no doubt that Gio will work exceptionally well with her mares and are excited for future opportunities for him being located more central in the USA! We could have not asked for a better place for Gio and wish him and Kendal all the best!
This is the last Gio filly we will be offering for sale!!
Bristol Bay is a brown dun filly out of Trinity's Bastiana by Bastian vom Oderhaff. She has a lot of presence and is a super nice mover!
Should mature around 14hh and is red and possibly grey recessive.
Our annual August getaway took us this year to an other point on our bucket list: Riding on the Pacific Crest Trail!
The Pacific Crest Trail is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges. The trail is 2,653 miles long and ranges from the Canadian to the Mexican border.
Of course, we only rode the small portion of it along side the Mt. Rainier National Park at Chinook Pass, WA. It was absolutely stunning starting from 5430ft elevation heading 627ft further up. The views were amazing and the vegetation around was breathtaking!
Tsjalle and Megan have proven themselves again as sure footed trail partners and friendly ambassadors for the breed. Parts of the trail were very rocky and narrow with steep drop offs (not places we took pictures lol), but our horses were very smart, careful and good in assessing each situation and the challenge in front of them.
It was an amazing experience and certainly one we are looking forward to repeating!
We are thrilled to have DD Merkur (DD Malibu x LVG Faksi by Prydarson) and DD Skål (Siljar x DIF Megan by Mogly) stay with us and be raised as stud prospects. They will both be standing at stud with us in 2026! DD Skål is owned by Dr. Miranda Cleveland and we have sold his sire Siljar this year to the midwest. DD Merkur, owned by Lisa Otten, is by our homebred boy DD Malibu who is now in Quebec, CAN. Both boys are white duns and are carrying grey (Merkur possibly red too) and have excellent conformation and dispositions to pass along to the next generation. Thanks for Lisa and Miranda to be making it possible for us to continue our bloodlines!
Congratulations to the NorthWest Therapeutic Riding Center on their new addition! We are very excited for his handsome gelding to have found such an excellent home.
While Tryggve was not bred by us, he is a Siljar grandson and his dam is a fullsister to Greta's dam.