Our first foal has arrived 10 days early on 11th March - my lovely eventing mare The Blue Filly (ID/TB), who went to Elementary Dressage level has just produced a foal from the wonderful stallion Benetton Dream - she is Belle du Jour - or Bella and a wonderful chestnut filly. Photos to follow!...
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This is Horatio our 2011 beautiful bay gelding out of the Stedinger mare . The mare is by Stedinger, an increasingly fashionable stallion and the sire is a Hochhadel son who stands at Celle, Heinrich Heine. I think he is the best we have bred and with Rubenstein and Florestan in the grandparents line, he is assured not only of rideability, but a...
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Susie and Derry were both back and ridden away last year. Susie had a most enchanting bay colt foal by the HOCHADEL stallion Heinrich Heine who is based at the Hanoverian State Stud at Celle. Since Susie is by Stedinger I hope there will be renewed interest in her foals. Forest Lodge Horatio (Georgie) was born in April 2011 and he has the mos...
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We have three fabulous two year olds by Showmaker. He is widely regarded at one of the best stallions standing in this country with a fantastic temperament and wonderful movement as you can see. In July 2009, Garry Williams and Showmaker were the Medium Champions at the Hickstead Masters with a score of over 73%. His sire Showstar has produced ma...
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We have three 3 year olds being backed this year by this magnificent stallion. He was the unequivocal winner of the 2002 Oldenburg Stallion Championship and sire of 12 licensed sons. His own sire, Sandro Hit has become one of the most sought after contemporary sires. Stedinger's dam Bold Fantasy did a superb mare test with a loose jumping sc...
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Despite the snow in England and Hannover and my leg being in plaster, we have just had a wonderful trip to Germany. Thanks to Ina and Helmut Arians who drove us around we saw 4 wonderful hours of the best stallions from the state stud Celle which were showcased at Verden. We love the powerful grey stallion, Avagon and I hope to use him this ye...
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Florestan is an outstanding sire. He has already produced over 50 approved stallion sons including the Bundeschampion, Fidermark. He stamps his youngstock with outstanding basic paces, a beautiful head, lovely temperaments and excellent rideability.
Look at my three year old Sans Souci, for a typical beautiful Florestan head!
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Weltmeyer, was a sensation the day he was born. He was champion of his licensing in Verden with a 10 for his trot, a 9.5 for his canter and a 9.5 for his conformation and overall impression. His importance as a sire of mares is his wonderful hock action, instantly forward and under the centre of gravity. He is the sire of 39 licensed sons, and fi...
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This lovely quick thinking ID/TB mare is being put in foal this year. She was successfully competed at BE to Novice and has 96 BD points to Elementary. She has excellent confirmation and has never been lame! She is very hardy and I am putting her to a Hanoverian Jumping stallion in 2010....
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Dinera is owned by Joan Farquharson. She is the mother of Londonpride, by Londontime and also Silouette this year's foal, by Showmaker. She is in foal again to Showmaker for 2009. She has a wonderful bloodline on the dam side to Weltmeyer and Di Caprio on the stallion line. She has three correct paces with masses of suspension and has an ...
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A wonderful 17hh Bay Mare by Florestan out of a Don Primero mare. She has produced three lovely foals all with her easy trainable temperament and wonderful soft swinging action, her beautiful head and active hind leg. She is in foal to Showmaker and due at the beginning of March 2010....
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I have just been in Hannover at Verden for the Stallion Licensing and Sales and watched as 100 stallions were presented for dressage and jumping. It was so fascinating to see how stallions like Sandro Hit, Sir Donnerhall and Valentino stamped their sons. There was an enthusiastic international audience for stallions selling from E300,000+ d...
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