British Breeder Magazine November 2019

Feature - ARTICLE
Myspires Revolution
BREEDER
PROFILE MYSPIRES
STUD: LIANNE VERITY
Lianne Verity has enjoyed her most
successful Futurity season to date,
notching up two Elite and a gold score
for progeny of her homebred stallion,
Myspires Fider Hit.
“We have had the most amazing
year. I have been trying for 10 years
to get an ‘Elite’, so it was quite
emotional”, Lianne explains. The first
to achieve the elusive elite was Ginleys
Gunpowder, a lovely colt foal out of
a Johnson mare, owned by first time
breeders, James Boulton and Rachel
Holden of Ginleys Stud.
“I was watching on the livestream and
heard the first score as the judges
started to announce them”, said
Lianne. “Then the screen froze and I
missed the rest, but when it came back
on and I saw the rosette and sash, I was
jumping up and down with excitement!
For me it is just as exciting to see
someone else doing well with one of
our progeny”, said Lianne. James and
Rachel are so pleased with their Fider
Hit foal that they now have three
mares, all in foal to him.
Two days later Lianne’s own Myspires
Fider Victorious, by Fider Hit out of
a Goodtimes mare, scored 9.3 for an
elite premium, closely followed by a
gold score of 8.3 for Myspires. Driven
by her passion and unstinting love for
her horses, this self-confessed
‘horsemad girl from Bexhill’ started
breeding horses 10 years ago. “I just
fell in love with horses and my passion
has become my life”, she says.
“I didn’t really know what I was doing,
but I wanted to breed and just made
it up as we went along. There was
something in me and I just wanted to
do it, so I learned as much as I could”.
Lianne was lucky enough to meet
Lynne Crowden of Woodlander Stud
very early on. “I was impressed with
the professionalism and quality of the
horses, and the depth of knowledge of
breeding. If anyone influenced me in
the early days I would say it was the
Woodlander Stud operation”. Lianne
was inspired and the name of her
stud, ‘Myspires’, evolved from ‘my
inspiration’.
Lianne acquired 2 mares, one of which
is Myspires Revolution’s dam, and put
them both in foal to Stanhopes Didicoy.
From there it escalated and the stud
is now home to 12 broodmares and 3
homebred stallions. “I want to do it
properly, or not at all”, says Lianne,
who no longer rides as she is now
focussed on her breeding programme.
Myspires Fider Hit is now 5 years old
and is showing great promise, based
with Amy Woodhead. “He’s been
under saddle for about a year, did the
British Breeding Stallion Show and was
with Amy until April before going off
to stand at stud with Julia Hodkin at
Future Sport Horses for 7 weeks. He
was back with Amy for just 3 weeks
before the Summer regionals, where
they finished 8th with 68% despite a
wet and windy day. But he could cope
with it. I’ve brought him up out in
the field with other horses. He is not
spooky and atmosphere does not bother
him”, explained Lianne.
As a sire, he is proving himself through
the Futurity. Last year was his first
proper breeding season and three of
his progeny were shown this year,
achieving two elites and one gold with
a late foal. His dam is Veronica, by
Sandro Hit, who Lianne bought from
Damian Derbyshire 6 years ago. “She
is an old fashioned stamp of mare
with a powerful trot and I thought he
would refine her and add elegance.
What I got in Myspires Fider Victorious
is exactly what I had hoped for. He
has masses of shoulder, power and
athleticism, and a quick and loose
movement. He is a better version of
his dad and will go to Amy (Woodhead)
and hopefully have an exciting future
with her. I plan to put the mare back in
foal to Fider Hit next year, in the hope
of getting a full sibling that I can run
on as a stallion, and there are some
exciting mares now in foal to him”.
Myspires Fider Victorious - Photo Kevin Sparrow
Lianne also bred Myspires Revolution,
who sired last year’s Futurity reserve
champion, Myspires Another Star,
and Myspires Perfect Courage, a gold
award winner at Addington this time,
as well as a full sister who is currently
competing successfully at BE novice
level. Myspires Revolution is currently
on loan to Aileen Stormonth where
he will compete and carry out stud
duties. Lianne also stands first timer,
Myspires Wanna B Me, a full brother to
Revolution licenced with the AES and
with Diamond Hit and Rubenstein in his
pedigree. His first foals this year are
doing well, with one achieving a gold
score of 8.75 at Addington and a 9 for
his trot. With plans to develop her yard
facilities and start using more outside
stallions, Lianne’s passion and desire to
succeed burns as strongly as ever, and
with her eye for a horse and the quality
she is producing, the Myspires name
will surely soon be appearing at the top
of competition score boards.
Myspires Stud
www.myspiresstud.com
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