We had a great time photographing all the babies who are for sale on Saturday in the early Autumn sunshine - call me for a new CD and you can see some superb young horses showing their paces. This is Horatio our new little colt foal . 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 also top class paces and a great hind leg. His beauty speaks for itself....
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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 and he has the most wonderful paces. Susie is in foal to Londontime so we hope for great things next year....
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My broodmares are expecting three foals in March 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 many wonderful rideable horses including the lovely 7 year old mare, Streisand who came 2nd at the Hickstead Masters, ridden by Michel Assouline. His grandsire, Sandro Hit is the grandsire of the current three olds by Stedinger who are being broken this spring, Sans Souci, Samant and Stormont....
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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 score of 10, a rider score of 9.0 and an overall score of 8.67, so we hope that one or two of these three year olds will jump as well as having wonderful paces....
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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 year on Fortuna and the smart liver chestnut Floriscount, (pictured here), a stunnning son of Florencio who we hope to use on Fabriana and Dinera. There were some wonderful Lauries Crusador sons and we are tracking them down for The Blue Filly and Sans Souci, so our breeding plan for 2010 is set! We are waiting for the three Showmaker foals, the first of which is due at the end of February!...
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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!
Look at www.sporthorse-data.com for some wonderful photographs of Florestan and Weltmeyer....
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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 fifth in the top 40 Hanoverian Dressage Stalllions. All Weltmeyers want to be riden and they ask for work. People enjoy riding Weltmeyer's sons and daughters and they are very suitable for ambitious riders....
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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 easy and kind temperament....
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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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