British Breeder Magazine May 2020

NEWS - OBITUARIES
Juswith
Genoa
We were sad to learn of the loss of Julia
Hodkin’s lovely mare, Juswith Genoa,
who was by the thoroughbred stallion,
Bohemond, also sire of the double
olympian, withcote Nellie. Her dam was
Just Gingerbread, by the HOYS
Champion Riding Horse, Carbrooke
Surprise.
Julia wrote in February: It is with the
deepest of sadness that in the sunshine
yesterday we had to let our Elite mare
Juswith Genoa go. At 32 years old she
had lived a long and healthy life until just
a few weeks ago. She was the
backbone of our stud. Her legacy is
immense. Juswith Genoa was only
15.2hh and did not have a competition
record, but as the mother of Olympic
Individual Silver medalist, WEG Gold
medalist and 3 times winner of the Land
Rover Kentucky 5*, Winsome Adante,
and full sister to Juswith Ginny, who is
competing at advanced level, she was
already proven when she arrived at
Future Sport Horses. She was twice
nominated for the Horse & Hound
Outstanding Mare award but was
pipped in the final.
She went on to produce Future
Gravitas, a Life Graded SHBGB stallion,
Life Approved AES stallion, and 2*
International eventer who got to the
National Dressage Championships;
Future Genie, a 3* International eventer;
Future Gravitie, now competing at Intermediate
in eventing; Future Glamour,
BEF Futurity National Champion Event
Foal, and Future Gold Digger, BEF Elite
Event Foal and multiple County Show
Champion. Her grand-children and
great grand-children include AES stallion
licensing Champion and Futurity
Champion Sire, Future Guilty Pleasure;
Double National Futurity Mare
Champion and In Hand Supreme Sport
Horse Champion at the National Hunter
Show, Future Class Act, and National
Futurity Eventing Champion, National
Futurity Overall Foal Champion, and
Elite Foals Registration Tour National
Eventing Champion, Future Classic
Pleasure HH.
Julia said “Her influence will live on
at Future Sport Horses through her
offspring. She was one hell of a mare
and we will be eternally grateful to her
breeder Marian Vaughan for selecting
us to become her owners 19 years ago,
and to her previous owners Chris and
Janet Gooch for allowing us to buy her
from them. We will miss her wonderful
personality and presence, but her
memory and legacy will be dearly
cherished”.
The foal with her in the photo is Future
Glamour who became the National BEF
Futurity Champion Event Foal.
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