British Breeder Magazine Autumn 2021

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Autumn 2021
Futurity Elite Auction
Reports: British Showjumping
and WBFSH Verden
Super Nova II Retires
Vet Insight:
Embryo Transfer
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Preview:
Equine Bridge
Feature:
Sandro Hit
Autumn 2021
Futurity Elite Auction
Reports: British Showjumping
and WBFSH Verden
Super Nova II Retires
Baron Jack, by Baron out of a Union Jack
mare, bred by Hazel Bailey and owned
by Mathew Baker, Elite for dressage and
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Welcome from the editor
Welcome to the Autumn edition of British
Breeder magazine. What a summer it
has been! With most of the season’s
foals now on the ground, it is time to
assess the fruits of our endeavours with
a critical eye and to decide if we have
achieved what we set out to do. Whilst
(almost) every foal is the apple of his or
her breeder’s eye, taking an unbiased
look to identify the desirable traits that
you want to develop, and maybe some
undesirable ones that want to avoid
in future, can greatly influence and
enhance your chances of breeding
success going forward. Independent
view, such as is offered by the BB/
Baileys Horse Feeds Futurity evaluations
provide an independent assessment for
owners and breeders.
It was good to be out on the road again,
seeing so many of your wonderful
youngsters at our Futurity venues. The
quality of some of the animals was
superb and there were many well
deserved high scores earning elite and
gold premiums. We were delighted to
see many excellent silver scores and it
should be remembered that these are
the horses and ponies that will fulfil the
huge demand for riders who want to
compete at a good level and have fun.
The moral here is that if you set out to
Contents
4 News
8-9 News – Obituries
10 News – British Dressage
12-13 News – Equine Bridge
14-15 News – British Showjumping
16-18 News – WBFSH
20-30 Studbook – News
32-33 Features – Sandro Hit
34-35 Features – Veterinary Insight
37-38 Features – Feeding
40-41 Features – Biosecurity
42 Product News
47-57 Futurity Elite Auction 2021
breed something for this purpose, be
proud of your silver score – it shows
you are on the right track.
The virtual option again gave many
breeders who did not wish to travel
the opportunity to have their youngsters
evaluated. We were inundated with
entries in the final week, which was
extended to accommodate all the entries
and the team worked day and night to
assess them. The full Futurity report will
appear in the next issue.
Our thoughts now turn to the auction and
the horses selected are truly stunning.
The auction catalogue is included in this
issue and bidding will be online and on
site at the BS National training Centre,
Hothorpe on 22 and 23 September.
We are also now making plans for the
2021 Equine Bridge, to be held again at
Hothorpe on 25 and 26 October. Open
to 4, 5 and 6 year olds who scored
highly at the Futurity as a 3 year old or
above, this two day ridden performance
test is an excellent opportunity for horses
starting out on their ridden career.
There is much to look forward to this
autumn.
Rachael
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News
At last, the events scene is starting to
resemble something like a return to
normal, with major events opening up to
spectators and tickets going on sale for
some of the usual highlights of the year.
Horse of the Year Show (HOYS)
2021 tickets went on sale with a limited
release for some performances, with
further tickets being released closer
to the event.
Event Director, Emma Williams,
commented: “As one of the most
famous horse shows, staging the
72ndHorse of the Year Show is vital
for the UK equestrian industry, as well
as having a fundamental impact on
inspiring people to ride and compete
in equestrian sport. As an institution
that many of us love dearly; it is part
of the UK’s equestrian heritage and
we cannot let it disappear.”
The 2021 show promises everything,
from showing championships, scurry
driving, displays, showjumping and
the hotly contested Pony Club mounted
games to the shopping village.
Find out more at hoys.co.uk/tickets/
packages or call 02476 858 205
to book.
The 2021 Blenheim Palace
International Horse Trials takes place
between Thursday 16thand Sunday 19th
September.
The four day event, which is organised
for the first time this year by The Jockey
Club, offers the perfect autumn day out
and takes place against the spectacular
backdrop of Blenheim Palace itself,
the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough
and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.
All tickets must be booked in advance
and tickets starting from just £13 can be
booked online at https://bpiht.co.uk/.
Joe Stockdale HOYS 2019 – Credit 1st Class Images
Places to go, people to see
Tom McEwen competing at
Blenheim in the 8yo class in 2016
In line with the admission policy at all
venues operated by The Jockey Club,
those aged 17 years and under will be
admitted free when accompanied by
an adult.
At the end of 2020 The Jockey Club
was awarded a five-year contract as
organisers of the prestigious Blenheim
Palace International Horse Trials from
2021, following a competitive tender
process. The fixture includes FEIaccredited
and internationally-recognised
competitions; a CCI4*-L (four-star Long)
and CCI4*-S for eight and nine year old
horses (four-star Short).
The Blenheim Palace International Horse
Trials is one of the crown jewels of the
eventing calendar and takes place
over four days in September each year.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the
cancellation of the 2020 event and
this year’s competition will be subject
to Government protocols and safety
guidelines in place at the time.
Olympia, The London International
Horse Show’s 2021 edition will
relocate to ExCeL London and take
place from Thursday 16th to Monday
20th December 2021.
The Olympia London venue in West
Kensington which has been the home
to the iconic horse show for the last
49 years, is currently undergoing a
re-development plan. As a result of
COVID-19 the building activity for
the re-development programme has
accelerated and the revised construction
programme will restrict the use of
the venue for events in December
2021. Hence the decision to move the
Christmas horse show from Olympia
London to ExCeL London.
Simon Brooks-Ward, Event Director,
commented; “We are very pleased that
we are able to stage the event at ExCeL
London. Our 90,000 strong audience
can expect to see the best international
competition including three FEI World
Cup Qualifiers in Jumping, Dressage and
Driving, alongside the usual wonderful
mix of international equestrian displays,
The Kennel Club Dog Agility, The
Shetland Pony Grand National and,
of course, the Christmas Finale.”
“ExCeL will offer our horse show
customers excellent facilities,
first class restaurants, fast digital
connection, multiple parking spaces and
a relaxing environment for Christmas
present buying in the Show’s renowned
Shopping Village.”
Tickets are on sale at https://
londonhorseshow.com/ticketsshow-jumping/
Charlotte Dujardin and Mount St
John Freestyle win in 2019
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News
From Tokyo to Paris: a new
strategy to inspire and achieve
The success achieved at London 2012
and Rio 2016 put our sport in the public
spotlight and provided British Dressage
with a unique opportunity to achieve
unprecedented growth. In the years that
have followed, BD’s membership and
participation levels have increased by
over 20%, supported by a rise in standards
across all areas of activity and a drive
towards a more modern, professionally
run organisation and sport.
BD is exceptionally proud to publish our
new road map to take us through the next
cycle from Tokyo to Paris, our 2021 –
2024 Strategy.
Originally scheduled for launch in Spring
2020, the unveiling of our new strategy
had to be delayed due to the COVID-19
pandemic, but the time is now right to look
to the future. The strategy outlines how
we aim to capitalise on the opportunities
ahead and develop our sport into the
accessible, inclusive and successful
organisation we all strive for.
Working collaboratively, the Board
of Directors, staff and volunteers will
set about delivering a strategy that is
ambitious, but still retains the essence of
what dressage encompasses at its heart.
The strategic objectives will not only drive
our business goals, operational plans and
targets, but also create a positive culture
and values that are shared by everyone
involved in the sport, with the welfare of all
participants, both equine and human, as
the foundation for everything we do.
The launch of our new brand identity at
the end of March, to coincide with the
resumption of competition and training
activity, was the start of this new chapter
– and, with the sport already well on the
road to recovery, the launch of this strategy
is our next major initiative. The BD team
certainly haven’t been standing still over
the past fifteen months and many of the
areas highlighted as a priority are already
well on their way to being implemented.
The full strategic plan is included below as
a document for all members to download
and read at their leisure. The strategy
has also been brought to life by British
Dressage Chief Executive Jason Brautigam
and Business Development Director
Suzanne Homewood, with their audio
commentary over an animated version of
the document providing an overview of the
key areas BD will be focusing on over the
next four years.
Jason Brautigam explains; “We were
originally all set to launch this strategy at
the Winter Championships in April last
year, before the pandemic put everything
on hold. Fifteen months later, it’s great to
finally be able share our new vision and
mission with members. Our main strategic
objectives are all still as relevant as they
were pre-COVID, if not more so. This is a
fantastic opportunity for us to have a fresh
start, with a brand new identity too – and
‘build back better’ to ensure that the sport
doesn’t just recover, but emerges stronger
than ever.
To watch the video or download a pdf
of the strategy document, visit https://
www.britishdressage.co.uk/oursport/british-dressage/britishdressage-strategic-plan-2021-2024/
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News
Equine Grass
Sickness
biobank
launched
The BHS reaches milestone in race
against time to save bridleways
The British Horse Society (BHS) is urging
people for even more help to ensure
their local routes are not lost to the public
forever, despite the charity reaching a
landmark 1,500 applications to save
bridleways and byways.
Time is running out to save many
important and historic routes across
England and Wales. Tragically, many
public routes not formally recorded on the
Definitive Map by 1st January 2026 will
vanish forever, due to changes in the law
introduced by The Countryside and Rights
of Way Act 2000.
In the wide-scale project, the BHS
secured generous funding from Sport
England, which the BHS matched, to train
and support volunteers and help cover
their expenses in making applications.
The equine charity are aiming to save
even more routes and hit a target of
2,700 Definitive Map Modification
Order (DMMO) applications before
the end of 2022.
The BHS’s 1500th application seeks
to protect a local bridleway along
the “Bread and Cheese Drove” in
Haddenham, near Ely in Cambridgeshire.
It was researched and submitted by a
volunteer who found evidence of the
route dating back to 1813. Without the
crucial work of volunteers like this, this
historic right of way could have been
wiped off the map – along with many
more across England and Wales. But
there’s still plenty more routes at risk.
For lots of information on how to get
started, gather evidence and submit
an application, visit the 2026 Toolkit
on the BHS website: https://www.
bhs.org.uk/our-work/access/
campaigns/2026/2026-toolkit
A nationwide biobank to gather
vital samples for research into the
devastating disease Equine Grass
Sickness (EGS), which has an 80%
fatality rate in affected horses,
has recently been launched by
The Moredun Foundation and The
Equine Grass Sickness Fund (EGSF),
with support from The British Horse
Society (BHS).
A lack of suitable samples from EGS
cases has hindered research progress
into the causal agents involved, despite
the disease being recognised for over
100 years. But horse owners and vets
can now play a crucial role in this
project by submitting samples from
affected horses and field controls, along
with soil samples, to the new biobank.
In future, scientists researching EGS will
be able to apply to use the anonymised
samples in projects aiming to establish
the causal agents and break new
ground against the disease.
Dr Beth Wells, Principal Scientist and
Knowledge Exchange Specialist at
Moredun, said “We are delighted
to be working in partnership with the
EGSF, with generous funding from the
BHS, to develop this national biobank
of samples relating to EGS cases and
controls. This is essential for research
to progress and the samples will be
available to all researchers. We are
very grateful to all the horse owners
and vets who have already provided
samples, at such a difficult time for
them, and we urge everyone to think
about supporting us to help find the
cause of this devastating disease.”
By donating samples and completing
case questionnaires, horse owners and
vets can provide valuable information
helping researchers understand the risk
factors and protect future generations
of horses and their owners from the
terrible effects of this disease.
Details on how horse owners can
report an EGS case and submit
samples can be found here: https://
grasssickness.org.uk/research/
egs-biobank-horse-ownerinformation
The EGSF have also set up the “Grass
Sickness Biobank” Facebook group,
to help provide further information
for horse owners: https://
www.facebook.com/groups/
egsbiobank
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News – Obituries
Dave Crowden
The breeding world mourned the passing
of one of the most loved men in British
Breeding on 3 June. Not a breeder
himself, Dave Crowden was nevertheless
at its very centre, as the husband and
rock(star) of its grande dame, Lynne
Crowden of Woodlander Stud, a role in
which he has shared many a sleepless
night helping foals being born into this
world and driven countless lorry loads
of mares and foals to Futurity events.
In my earliest memory of Dave, he is
wearing an Ice Hockey helmet and
cheerfully preparing himself to dive
underneath one of the Woodlander
stallions to collect semen, not before
making sure I had been fortified with a
compliment (“Have you lost weight?”)
and a mug of good, very strong coffee.
I left the stud that day not only with a
box of chilled semen on the front seat,
but also with a big bag of (excellent)
sausages from Dave’s own pigs and
a big smile on my face as he had
managed to make the otherwise stressful
experience of trying to breed from a
tricky maiden mare seem like a fun
adventure.
Dave was a great family man and
dedicated grandfather, and at
Woodlander Stud, “family” felt always
like a very extendable term, as breeders,
riders, grooms and young professionals
from all over the world found a warm
welcome and often stayed for rather
longer than originally planned. We
cherish our memories of laughter around
a table laden with good food, interesting
and often surprising conversations, whose
topics were as eclectic as Dave’s range of
projects and interests.
Apart from his family, the other love of
Dave’s life was music, and he succeeded
in combining the two by brightening our
auctions, stallion events and stud open
days with his ingenious and entertaining
song choices. A highly talented musician,
he had eclectic tastes not only as a DJ,
but also in his own performances, which
ranged from playing the Blues with
friends to touring the pubs of England
with his rock band.
In an industry that perhaps takes itself
a little too seriously at times, Dave
always made us smile. Be it by topping
up everyone’s glasses and making the
Woodlander Tent at the BD Nationals the
most cheerful place at the entire show or
be it by remaining the last man standing
at the British Breeders Awards Dinner, we
remember him surrounded by laughter,
joy, and with a glass of good red wine or
whisky in his hand.
Above all, Dave’s great talent was the
spreading of happiness. With endless
charm and humour, he always knew
what to say to raise a smile, lift our spirits,
and make those who were fortunate
enough to know him feel valued and
special. A conversation with Dave would
often be remembered for days, usually
accompanied by a happy giggle.
It is with these memories that we
are raising a glass to a man who
brightened our days. Thank you,
Dave, for everything, and Keep Rocking!
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News – Obituries
Professor William Richard (Twink) Allen
‘Twink’ with Dr Sandra Wilsher during a British Breeding webinar in 2020
Renowned equine reproduction expert
“Twink” Allen died on 6th June at the age
of 80 after a short illness.
New Zealand born Professor William
“Twink” Allen was a well-known figure
in Newmarket for many years and is the
father of Catherine Dettori, wife of jockey
Frankie.
He was particularly known for his work
in assisted reproductive technologies,
carrying out pioneering methods
of embryo recovery and transfer in
mares and studies of hormones and
ultrasonography.
Tessa Clarke, breeding consultant and
former West Kington Stud manager,
told H&H Professor Twink was the “most
extraordinary” man and said she had her
whole career to thank him for.
“Through his help and guidance artificial
insemination in this country, and possibly
around the world, got going. He changed
the face of horse breeding, and many
other species – he did a lot of work with
camels and elephants, but horses were
really his forte,” she said.
“Twink was always kind and helpful
and there to offer advice. He had an
incredible character; he liked to be
controversial and get a debate going.
At a breeding conference over a decade
ago cloning was being discussed, which
then was still a fairly taboo subject, and
Twink said one day a gelding will win
Badminton Horse Trials and you’ll all
want to breed from him. That’s exactly
what happened, Tamarillo won under
William Fox-Pitt, and subsequently they
produced a cloned foal from him.
“That was the kind of controversial yet
wonderful person Twink was, he came out
with sometimes what you thought were
crazy ideas, but he was right.”
Equine Veterinarians Australia (EVA)
group, part of the Australian Veterinary
Association, described Allen as a
“godfather of equine reproduction”.
“So many of our routine procedures in
horse breeding are with thanks to Twink.
He has left a great legacy.”
A graduate of veterinary medicine
from the University of Sydney, he
was a director of the Thoroughbred
Breeders’ Association Equine Fertility
Unit, a professor at the University of
Cambridge and held numerous other
research positions. He was awarded a
CBE in 2002, Fellowship of The Royal
College of Veterinary Surgeons (FRCVS)
by thesis, elected to the Polish Academy
of Sciences, Honorary Doctorates from
the Universities of Krakow, Gent and
Helsinki and was elected to the Hall of
Fame for Equine Research in the US, and
received a Lifetime Achievement Award
from the International Symposia of Equine
Reproduction Committee.
Allen retired from the University of
Cambridge in 2007, and was the
honorary director at the Paul Mellon
Laboratory of Equine Reproduction
in Newmarket from 2008 to 2015,
when he became director of the Equine
Reproduction Laboratory, Sharjah Equine
Hospital, in the UAE.
In a biography on the Society for
Reproduction and Fertility, Allen
described several career highlights,
including carrying out the first embryo
transfers in horses and donkeys, and the
development and practical application of
both surgical and non-surgical methods
of embryo recovery and transfer in the
mare.”.
Allen was also behind the early
development and practical application
of the technique of transrectal
ultrasonography in thoroughbreds for the
accurate visual assessment of follicular
growth, ovulation and corpus luteum
development and for the early accurate
diagnosis of single and twin pregnancy
and early pregnancy failure.
Allen was also among those responsible
for organising and running of the First
International Symposium of Equine
Reproduction in Cambridge in July, 1974.
Alongside his long-time partner,
Dr Sandra Wilsher, Twink provided
insightful and amusing annecdotes during
British Breeding’s webinar in July 2020
featuring British Breeding in East Africa,
with Tessa Clarke and Venetia Philipps.
Our thoughts are with Sandra and his
family and friends.
BRITISH BREEDER| 9

News – British Dressage
Super Nova II Retires
Following Spencer Wilton’s recent
announcement of Super Nova’s retirement
at the age of 18, it’s time to celebrate the
career of this medal-winning team horse
and flag-bearer for British breeding.
Spencer and Super Nova were part of
the British team that won team silver at
the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, they
represented Great Britain at the 2017 FEI
European Championships in Gothenburg
and at the 2018 World Equestrian Games
in Tryon where they helped the British to
team bronze.
The athletic bay gelding was foaled in
2003, bred by the late Mrs Eve Kirby,
a renowned British breeder based near
Cardiff who, along with her husband,
was known especially for her success in
breeding British Hanoverians.
He was bought as a weanling by
Melanie Phillips of Ruxton Horses who
named him Ruxton Dimitri. Melanie
started him under saddle and trained
him through his early formative years and
was always wowed by the talent of this
super-sensitive horse.
On taking Neville to Carl Hester’s for
a lesson, Carl was equally impressed.
The horse was later sold to Carl Hester
and Roly Luard where he was initially
produced and competed by Katie
Bailey, before Charlotte Dujardin and
subsequently Carl himself took over
the reins.
In 2012, Super Nova was acquired by
Spencer Wilton’s long-time supporter Jen
Goodman and Spencer quicky formed a
world class partnership with the sensitive
and sweet-natured gelding known
affectionately as ‘Neville’.
They were crowned Prix St Georges
Champions at the 2013 National
Championships and in addition to their
British team successes, Spencer and
Neville enjoyed numerous CDI big tour
victories including Barcelona, Lier, Doha,
Compiègne, Hickstead and Keysoe.
“After eleven amazing years Super Nova
aka Neville has come to the end of his
competitive career. I was hoping that he
was going to have the chance to shine
one more time representing Team GB in
2021, but it was not to be,” says Spencer.
“At 18 years young he will now enjoy a
quieter life spending the majority of his
time doing what he loves most, hacking
and eating grass!
“His favourite person, groom, Claire
Hinton will continue to be at his beck and
call 24/7 as she has done for so many
years. They have a very special bond
with each other and Claire has been with
us for all the highs and most importantly
she’s been there to pick us both up from
all the lows.
“Neville has been my horse of a lifetime
and has given his owner Jen Goodman
and myself the most amazing journey with
memories that will stay with us forever.
It’s been a blast!”
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News – Equine Bridge
2021 Equine Bridge
The purpose of the Equine Bridge is to support the transition of British bred young
horses into the sport. Centred on the equine athlete’s needs it brings together all
stakeholders, riders, owners, breeders, trainers and the Olympic disciplines to
identify and nurture talent.
Its main activity is an annual two day
“performance test” style event, to be
held this year on 25th and 26th October
at the BS National Training Centre,
Hothorpe, in Leicestershire, a centrally
located equestrian centre offering superb
facilities. British Breeding have expanded
the scope of the project to provide
additional ongoing opportunities for
owners and breeders.
The autumn date is chosen to fit in with the
equestrian calendar and support young
horses in their first competition season.
The Equine Bridge is open to horses and
ponies that aged 4 to 6 years, who have
completed a BB Futurity evaluation as a
3, 4 or 5 year old and achieved a score
of 8 or above and have demonstrated a
level of ridden competence.
The Equine Bridge provides opportunities
and support for the equine athlete as they
transition into the sport.
The Healthy Equine Athlete
With the growing need to maintain a
“social license to operate”, equines in
sport can no longer be taken for granted
and we must respond positively to the
challenges and concerns over equine
welfare in modern competition from
within, and importantly, from outside
the equestrian community.
The British Breeding Futurity and British
Breeding Equine Bridge programmes
support breeding and management
of horses and ponies for longevity
and soundness by collecting data and
resources to improve future breeding
decisions and by providing detailed
professional veterinarian and allied
professional feedback to optimise the
management and production of young
horses and ponies.
As part of the Equine Bridge programme,
every horse or pony undergoes a
detailed soundness and performance
evaluation with our senior veterinarian
and her team of allied professionals,
comprising:
Evaluation under saddle
Evaluation in hand on the soft
Evaluation in hand on the hard
The allied professional team comprises
of an experienced master saddler,
a master farrier and a qualified
nutritionist, providing a holistic
assessment of the horse or pony’s overall
wellness, conformational traits, muscle
development, saddle fit and foot balance.
Identifying Equine Talent
Conceived as a continuation of the
British Breeding Futurity, the aim of the
Bridge is to identify young horses and
ponies who have the potential and talent
to represent Great Britain at FEI level.
Investing in the training and production
of a young horse represents a significant
economic commitment. By identifying
horses and ponies not only with the ability
to reach the highest levels in the sport,
but with the constitution and longevity to
stay successful at that level, the Bridge
provides invaluable information for those
seeking to invest their resources, from
owners, to riders, to other stakeholders
such as the Olympic disciplines.
The basic structure of the Bridge
event is inspired by the German style
“performance test” for young horses, in
that the candidates are observed by a
team of highly experienced evaluators
over several days and challenges to
determine their individual abilities.
Where the Bridge differs significantly
from other performance tests is that it
offers the detailed veterinarian and allied
professional input described above, as
well as an introduction to the benefits of
technological and behavioural advances
to facilitate horse care and management,
aimed at supporting the key objectives
of longevity and the promotion of
equine health.
To determine the talent and potential
of the Bridge candidates, the horses
and ponies are presented in a two
day programme.
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News – Equine Bridge
Programme Overview
Day 1:
45 minute training session with a senior
discipline trainer with proven track record
in training horses to international Grand
Prix and equivalent level. In 2019 we had
Yogi Breisner, Peter Storr and Corinne
Bracken, all of whom provided an
excellent training input and experience.
The trainers also provide verbal feedback
to the evaluators and to the rider/owner/
trainer of the horse, as well as a mark
for trainability which will feed into the
final rideability mark (1/3 of the total
rideability mark).
45 minute veterinarian and allied
professional evaluation session as set
out above.
Ongoing: taster sessions with physio,
sports psychologists, equine physio etc.
Evening Programme:
Presentations & Discussions, Dinner,
Futurity Talent Showcase for 3-year-olds
in hand
Day 2:
Under saddle presentation with own rider
completing a set programme
Under saddle presentation with test rider.
There is a test rider for each discipline
with a proven track record in producing
for and competing in the young horse
classes at national or international level.
The test rider rides the horse on Day 2,
observed by the evaluators who will be
able to form a view of the horse’s ability
and gaits with a different rider, and will
be able to better compare abilities of
different horses if presented under the
same rider.
The test rider provides verbal feedback
to the evaluators, as well as a rideability
mark (1/3 of the total rideability mark).
The test rider’s feedback will be passed
on to the rider/breeder/owner/trainer
of the horse.
Ongoing: taster sessions with physio,
sports psychologists, equine physio etc.
The Pool of Equine Talent
The Bridge candidates have undergone
qualification via the BB Futurity
Programme and will have scored an
overall mark of 8 or above (Gold
Premium) as a 3, 4 or 5yo at one of the
BB Futurity events. At the Futurity, 3-yearolds
are presented in hand, 5-year-olds
are presented under saddle, and 4-yearolds
can be presented either in hand or
under saddle.
New for 2020/21 is the additional
requirement that Bridge horses must
demonstrate sufficient ridden experience.
To facilitate this, they must demonstrate
either:
A Gold Premium at in-hand
presentation at 3 and/or 4 years old
at Futurity + a minimum of two outings
at affiliated competitions in the relevant
discipline
OR: A Gold Premium at ridden
presentation at 4 and/or 5 years old
at Futurity + a minimum of one outing
at affiliated competitions in the relevant
discipline
OR: 70% or above at the NexGen
Young Horse Final at Hickstead +
Futurity Evaluation at Hickstead at
4 or 5 years old
This is to ensure that horses arrive at
the Bridge well prepared and able to
complete the two-day assessment.
The Route into the Sport
The Equine Bridge programme seeks to
provide meaningful support to riders,
breeders and owners to ensure the Bridge
horses fulfil their potential. We recognise
that while the annual Bridge event itself
provides excellent feedback and PR
opportunities, and while the proposed
ongoing activities to support optimised
management and equine health are
worthy, concrete financial support (or its
equivalent) are necessary to facilitate the
ongoing production of talented young
horses. We are therefore offering a
bursary to the top scoring horse in each
discipline of £2,000 to support further
training and career development.
“Ride British” Project
Our vision for the Bridge is to create a
mechanism to fulfil the need to the industry
to source the best horses for the best riders
and to understand and overcome the
impediments that are currently leading to
good horses not fulfilling their potential,
and talented riders being unable to find
good horses in this country.
Riders and investors tell us that they need to
be able to come to one place where they
can see a good range of suitable horses
to choose from for the future. The Equine
Bridge provides an excellent opportunity
by bringing together the best crop of young
horses forward from the Futurity and putting
them through a rigorous 2 day programme
designed to provide reliable information
about ability, soundness and rideability via
its public, livestreamed events, webinars
and public database, which provides
pedigrees, linear profiles, evaluators’
comments, videos and photographs.
All evaluations are carried out by an
independent team of experts.
British Breeding invites all interested riders
and investors to attend the Bridge to take
advantage of the opportunities to meet
the horses and their breeders.
British Breeding will publish a
“catalogue” of equine Bridge candidates
including pedigrees and relevant
background information (such as previous
Futurity scores and linear descriptions).
The Tim Holderness-Roddam
Memorial Fund
Tim Holderness-Roddam was a great
supporter of British Breeding and the
sport of eventing. A fund has been
set up in his memory in order to raise
funds to continue to support the further
development of the top scoring event
horse in the British Breeding Equine
Bridge. 100% of the fund will be used
to provide a bursary towards further
training for the top event horse. To
donate, visit our Just Giving page at
https://www.justgiving.com/
crowdfunding/british-breeding
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News – British Showjumping
British bred talent stood out at
the British Showjumping National
& Academy Championships
on 7 August at the NAEC, Stoneleigh
Jess Botham and Clayton, Credit: 1st Class Images
JESSICA BOTHAM AND CLAYTON
WIN THE NATIONAL 4-YEAR-OLD
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Kicking off in Championship Arena 2,
the National 4-year-old Championship
Final was judged by Laura Stockdale and
Diane Pimblett.
The 29 young horses were initially ridden
on the flat and then over a course of
fences. A total of 20 combinations were
called back for a second inspection and
jumped over a further six obstacles. After
much deliberation the judges decided
on a clear winner: Clayton ridden by
Jessica Botham scoring 271 points, 9
clear of second placed Joe Trunkfield
and Car-a-lago Z.
This is the 4th year in row that Jessica
has taken this title. She said: “We bred
him and have had him since a foal, we
haven’t done that much with him but we
always aimed for this class. He’s very
straight, honest and scopey! The course
flowed with nice distances, I knew I
would be okay, but I wasn’t as prepared
as usual after missing the course walk!”
Clayton gets his namesake after being
born the day of Jessica’s grandmother’s
funeral, who was called Margaret
Clayton.
Clayton, by Cicero Z Van Paemel
(Carthago) out of a Bachus mare,
was bred by Jess and Adam Botham
and has been carefully produced to
start his ridden career.
Joe Trunkfield and Car-a-lago Z took
second place, with Chloe Reynolds
and Domination F Z taking third place.
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News – British Showjumping
ON A ROLL, JESSICA BOTHAM WINS
THE LORD & LADY EQUESTRIAN
SENIOR NEWCOMERS MASTERS
On a winning streak today, Jessica
Botham takes the title in the Lord & Lady
Equestrian Senior Newcomers Masters
riding 7-year-old Manzanita. From 32
starters, 11 combinations progressed through
to the thrilling jump-off on Day 5 of the
British Showjumping National & Academy
Championship, held at NAEC Stoneleigh.
With the top four in the class offering a
qualification for Horse of the Year Show
(HOYS), the pressure was on.
“It was a great first course, technical but
jumpable, and the jump off was smooth
and quick. It was 7 or 8 strides to the
last but we pushed for 7 and it paid off”
explained Jessica.
The combination qualified at Arena UK
before coming to compete today. Their
winning streak started with a victory in
the 7-year-old class last week at Weston
Lawns, and then continued in the Foxhunter
yesterday.
Bred to event, Manzanita is by Kevin Z from
a Gunner B thoroughbred mare, and her
uncle, owned by the same breeder, went
around badminton in recent years.
Completing the jump-off round in 38.22
seconds, the two made it home with a time
that was impossible for any other competitors
to catch Megan James and Jolita L came
in second place, with Abbie Bevan and
Castlelawn Miss Junior close behind in third.
Jess Botham and Manzanita, Credit: 1st Class Images
Monica Ballard and Cartier 666 win
the Nupafeed Supplements Discovery
Championship Final
Some great competition played out for
the Nupafeed Supplements Discovery
Championship Final.
From the field of over fifty combinations
that came forward it was just under half
the field that made it through to the jumpoff.
It was Monica Ballard and Cartier
666, one of only eight double clears,
that managed to achieve the fastest time
to secure the title when she stopped the
clock in 36.80 seconds.
Monica commented on her round:
“I didn’t think she [Cartier 666] would
be quick enough as the one in the lead
was so quick, but she has a big stride
and stepped up really well to win!”.
Cartier 666, known as Vogue at home,
is a 6-year-old home bred by Noble
Warrior out of Monica’s prolifically
successful amateurs mare Miss Cartier.
She is also currently competing her fiveyear-old
half sister, who is by Balou Star.
For the rest of the season the combination
are going to try and step up to foxhunter
and get their double clears.
Less than a second behind the winner,
Abigail Leadbetter and Hearts Cruise
take second place, with Jenna Frances
Good riding KSJ Cordano Z taking third.
Monica Ballard and Cartier 666, credit: 1st Class Images
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News – WBFSH
The FEI – WBFSH World
Breeding Championships
for Young Dressage Horses
The FEI – WBFSH World Breeding
Championships for Young Dressage
Horses are indubitably the highlight of the
year for dressage breeders worldwide.
This year, the event took place a few
weeks later than usual, and back at its old
stomping ground, the Rennbahngelände
in Verden.
These championships are the only FEI
competition specifically dedicated to
the subject of dressage breeding, and
therefore a vital opportunity for breeders
and studbooks to be recognised and
celebrated. It is also the first time to see
up-and-coming stallions competing
on the international stage, and an
opportunity to see which stallions are
currently producing the best offspring for
the future.
It is therefore certainly a wasted
opportunity, that the only British bred UK
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studbook registered horse competing
at Verden this year was representing
Ireland, in the AES mare Newton Tiger
(Blue Hors First Choice x Sandro Hit) who
was bred by Anna Ross of Elite Dressage
and ridden by the Irish rider Alex Baker.
We identified several horses with British
breeding connections and caught up
with their breeders, riders and owners to
hear their stories and discuss what can be
done to encourage better representation
of British breeding at this important event.
A Conversation with Anna Ross about
Newton Tiger
Newton Tiger (Blue Horse First Choice
x Sandro Hit) had an excellent start to
her competition career at home, with
major successes including wins in BD
International Young Horse Classes at
Somerford Park Premier League in May
and the Wellington Riding Premier
League in June. At Verden, she came a
highly respectable 4th in the Small Final
with an 8.7 for her trot, 8.6 for her canter
and 8.5 for submission and perspective.
We caught up with her breeder, Anna
Ross of Elite Dressage.
Tell us a little about Tiger’s mother
I absolutely adore Smash Hit, who was
an extremely talented young horse
under saddle and qualified for the BD
Nationals in 2006. She is the same age
as Valegro and Showmaker, so to say
the competition was stiff is probably an
understatement. The issue with Smash
Hit was that she really hated to travel,
and after the sustained a career limiting
lorry injury, it seemed the right decision
to retire her to stud. She is by Sandro Hit
whose enormous value as a dressage sire
has yet again been proven at this year’s
Tokyo Olympics.

News – WBFSH
What made you choose
Blue Hors First Choice?
The simple answer is, I didn’t. I had
been thinking of a different stallion,
entirely, but Lorna Wilson convinced
me to give First Choice a go. And there
is an important message in this story:
the most important lesson I learned as
a breeder is to listen to advice from
those who are more experienced or
knowledgeable.
What was Tiger like as a foal?
Tiger was born at Catherston Stud
where Jennie Loriston-Clarke noticed her
exceptional movement at only days old.
She was a confident foal. We then took
her home to grow up in Devon on the hills
as part of a herd.
What are Tiger’s most prominent
qualities?
For me, Tiger is 100% a Grand Prix
prospect. She has already started Piaffe
and Passage work, which we like to train
with the young horses in hand, so we can
introduce them to the concept of being
touched with the whip. In out training, we
like to direct the horses to what they are
naturally inclined to do. Tiger’s strongest
gaits are her trot and canter, with her
walk being a little more average. This
does affect her scores in the young horse
classes, but will be less important later on
as she moves up the levels.
What are your future plans for her?
Of course we have great ambitions for
her as a competition horse, and are
producing her with the ultimate aim of
Grand Prix in mind. However, for us, it is
never just about the sport. We strongly
believe in using ET to breed from our
very best, proven competition mares.
We should only ever breed from the very
best. Using mares who are successful in
the sport is a big part of that philosophy.
For me, this is also an important welfare
point, by selecting the strongest, most
able mares to breed from, we can mimic
the process of natural selection, which
favours the healthiest and strongest
horses. Tiger already had two embryos,
one sold to Alice Oppenheimer, the
other to an international investor.
We are looking forward to seeing
what she produces.
What can be done to ensure that
more British bred horses represent
our country at the World Breeding
Championships?
First of all, we need more British bred
horses to be produced and presented
for selection for the International Young
Horse Classes. For that, we need more
clarity about the selection process,
and about what the Championships
entail. It would be great to hear from
people who have judged at Verden and
Ermelo, so breeders, owners and riders
can understand the expectations and
prepare accordingly.
A Conversation with Sarah
Longworth about Waverley Fellini
Sarah Longworth purchased Waverley
Fellini’s (Fürstenball x Sandro Hit) mother
in foal in Germany, but her foal was born
on British soil. We spoke to Sarah about
her breeding philosophy and journey with
this exciting young horse.
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News – WBFSH
Could you tell us a little bit about
Fellini’s mother?
I bought the fabulous Lady Sunshine in
Germany. She was very expensive but I
just fell in love with her. She is full sister to
the Grand Prix stallion Sir Diamond and
comes from one of the most influential
Oldenburg mare families that has
produced countless licensed stallions and
performance horses. She has wonderful
conformation and passages just for
fun. She also has a wonderfully calm
temperament and all her foals are so
easy to handle and ride.
What were your thoughts about
the stallion she was in foal to?
Fürstenball is arguably the best son of the
legendary Fürst Heinrich as a progenitor.
With Fürstenball you need a mare with an
excellent hind leg – correct and strong.
Lady Sunshine has fabulous hind leg
conformation and movement.
Do you have any useful tips for
our breeders?
1. Breed the best you can:
Buy the best mares you possibly can with
the best temperaments – future rideability
and trainability is probably the most
important thing after soundness. Study
your mares well and really understand
their strengths and faults. Be clear about
what you would hope to gain from any
stallion you use. Studying prior years’
progeny is critical, to see if some traits
occur repeatedly.
But there is nothing like the soft
knowledge – the advice that comes
from talking with fellow breeders about
what has worked for them and what
hasn’t. The better you know your mare
and the characteristics they tend to pass
on, the greater the choice you will have.
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The pedigree of the stallion must also
compliment the pedigree of the mare.
2. Nurture them:
We handle our horses a lot. They see
humans as a source of food, shelter
and kindness and they learn to trust.
Management is important, intelligent
worming, excellent safe fencing, paddocks
and stables, thinking about which horse
you put with which, and the best grass and
forage you can procure. So much goes
into it when you think about it.
3. Pick the right rider:
Once you have a nice young horse, the
second key success factor is to pick the
right rider. Greg is incredible for giving
confidence to young horses, and he is
such a kind and brave rider. Leni was
very sharp as a three-year-old and I
don’t know how many riders apart from
him could have worked with him so well
and built up his confidence.
What support would you like to see
for British breeders?
The same kind of support and structure
that goes into the Thoroughbred industry
– or similar systems and practices that go
in to maintaining the German, Dutch and
Danish societies. How is it that the vast
majority of the horses come from those
countries? And as Tokyo has recently
shown us, our riders and horses are
certainly of the required standard!
A Conversation with Luke Baber-
Davies about Vaudeville Carrus
Vaudeville Carrus, Versace to his friends,
is well known to the British Breeding
community as a popular participant in
the 2020 (physical) and 2021 (virtual)
stallion parade. He was bred in Germany
and is produced in the country by Luke
Baber-Davies.
How did you acquire Vaudeville
Carrus and what are your plans
for him?
He is owned by myself and Yulia
Skornyakova. We bought him as a
3-year-old from a video because we
were so wowed by his movement and
power, as well as by his phenomenal
breeding. Our aim is to train him up
to Grand Prix and compete him in the
top sport.
What are your plans for his
breeding career?
This year was his first year for breeding as
we decided not to use him last year and
let him grow and develop. He has a few
foals due next year. And we have also
used him on our own mares. He would
suit any mare that they want to put power
and movement into the breeding as well
as a real trainable brain.

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Studbook – News
AHS expands Premium
Stallion scheme
Anne Brown – Chairman of the AHS Premium Performance Scheme A hugely important
expansion of the Arab Horse Society’s breeding scheme has just been launched to
qualify top ridden stallions for Premium status.
Originally, only stallions passing the
tough multi-discipline National Stallion
Association test earned AHS Premium
Performance Stallion status. To increase
the pool, this was extended to stallions
aged 10 or over with a minimum of
three progeny who qualified with major
results in any affiliated ridden discipline.
These are known as Premium Merit
stallions and do not need to qualify on
any performance record of their own,
only that of their offspring.
So, to replace the fine stallions lost
through old age in recent years and
increase the diversity of Premium stallions
available to breeders, the AHS is now
inviting ridden stallions on to the Scheme.
Their acceptance will be based on their
own high-achieving results in Affiliated
disciplines. They will be known as
Premium Ridden Stallions.
Application is currently free and open to
pure, part and Anglo Arabs registered
with the AHS and owned (or leased)
by a full member of the Society.
In brief, the Scheme stipulates that the
stallion is living, already Entered for
Breeding with the Arab Horse Society,
and available publicly for live covering
or AI in the UK.
The stallion must have a minimum of three
living progeny registered with the AHS
or another breed society. He also has to
have high level of ridden achievement in
at least one Affiliated ridden discipline or
Ridden Showing, including ‘Horse of the
Year Show’ Championship or Reserve.
Qualifying geldings with stored semen
may be accepted.
Acceptance – and for ‘mix and match’
results for multi-discipline stallions. –
will be at the discretion of the Premium
Performance Scheme committee,
Check whether your stallion qualifies at:
www.ahs-premium.org.uk/
Apart from the kudos of standing a
proven superior stallion at stud, there
are benefits to the stallion ownr’s clients.
Owners of AHS Premium mares using
an AHS Premium stallion receive £200
plus free registration of the resulting foal,
and access to future awards in Dressage,
Endurance or Racing. A Premium stallion
owner may also ‘Nominate’ up to three
suitable mares each year to receive the
benefits, but with the Premium reduced
to £100.
Dressage award for Leading Premium
Progeny
The Scheme has introduced an Award this
year, in conjunction with British Dressage,
for the Highest Points Premium progeny
in affiliated Dressage competition. Results
must come from BD tests in 2021 or the
AHS Championship Show dressage
classes.
Entry is free to all AHS members owning
or riding a Premium progeny horse which
is registered with the Society.
The entry form can be down-loaded from
the PPS site: www.ahs-premium.org.
uk/ or from the AHS office: passports@
arabhorsesociety.org and returned by
30 November.
Results will posted on the AHS site and
the PPS site, with personally named
rosettes to the Champion and Reserve.
Futurity Evaluations
Breeders are currently preparing their
Youngsters for the Futurity Evaluations
– have you noticed how well those with
Arab blood do in the Endurance section?
NaStA stallion testing
Owners of performance stallions with
Arabian blood also support the rigid
test organised by the National Stallion
Association which is also open to mares,
– and to geldings if they have previously
been vetted and accepted as breeding
stallions by the AHS.
This year, at least two new stallions and a
mare will be striving to join the prestigious
group of AHS Premium Performance
horses on the afternoon of 24 August
and morning of 25 August at the Solihull
Equestrian Centre near Bentley Heath.
The horses must complete a show jumping
round, a cross country course, perform
a dressage test, be ridden by the judge,
jump loose in the school, pass a vet exam
and show their paces in hand. Three AHS
judges then assess the horses for type and
conformation, using a points system.
If you would like to see young stallions
at the top of their game, do please come
and watch them in action in August – they
would appreciate your encouragement!
For Premium stallion details and
application forms, visit: www.ahspremium.org.uk/
New Premium horses
The AHS welcomes another great stallion
to the ranks of Premium Merit stallions.
Ontario HF (imp) bred in 2000 from
the legendary race horse Monarch
AH and out of HF Orzonna, stands at
Little Arabian in Worcestershire. This
International multi-race champion and
sire of multiple winners is available by
natural cover during 2021; thereafter
by frozen semen.
The Premium Performance Scheme is
delighted to increase the distinguished
list of AHS Premium mares. They include
the 2018 Marathon winner, Huckleberry
Habiba, owned, bred by and ridden by
Elizabeth White; the chestnut Endurance
Arab Tannasg Amber by AHS Premium
stallion Psyches Boy, owned and bred
by the Paterson family in Scotland; and
the elegant part-Arab tobiano Dressage
mare Rhevelation, owned and ridden
by Kit Rolfe. Finally, proving that mares
do not need any Arab blood to qualify
for AHS Premium status, the Scheme has
accepted the bay Dutch Warmblood
mare and Grade A show jumper
Tilana ‘S’.
Details of the Premium scheme are
at: www.ahs-premium.org.uk /
or contact the Committee Chair:
PPS@gadebrookstud.com.
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Studbook – News
Introducing AES Regional
Representatives
Following the launch of our new
AES Select Studbook and Premium
Programme, we are absolutely delighted
that more and more breeders up and
down the country have wanted to
participate in mare and foal gradings
that are a strict entry requirement into the
programme. As a result, we have very
much enjoyed several busy mare and
foal grading days, and we have again
cooperated with the Futurity series to offer
breeders a grading option at the physical
Futurity venues. Cooperation has been
very much at the forefront of our thinking,
as by working together we can offer
more opportunities to more breeders.
As a result, we have enjoyed a successful
cooperation with the SPSS this summer
in sharing venues.
What makes an AES mare and foal
grading special is the fact that we see all
horses and foals that come forward for
inspection on the hard, as well as on the
soft. This means the grading process takes
a little longer, but it also means we can
be a lot more accurate when it comes to
looking at the correctness of limbs and
feet. This gives us better data to work with,
but also enables us to give more detailed
advice to breeders who would like some
more support. All mares and foals are
also seen in the canter, which of course
in an important gait in all three Olympic
disciplines. Above all, we aim to make
our grading day experiences enjoyable,
interesting, helpful and friendly. Breeders
are invited to have a conversation with
our evaluators and ask as many questions
as they like.
To offer our breeders support close to
home and a friendly network of contacts,
we are delighted to welcome to our team
several regional representatives, some
of whom it is our pleasure to introduce
to you here. If you have questions about
breeding or grading, why not give your
regional representative a call, they will
be delighted to hear from you!
Jackie Mathieson, AES Regional
Rep for Cheshire, North Wales
and Shropshire
Telephone Number: 07545 787096
Email Address: wolkenderry@me.com
In her day job, Jackie is a Senior Civil
Servant working within law enforcement.
When there is time, she likes to travel,
and due to the pandemic she is now
discovering lots of beautiful places
in the Uk. She also loves to design and
hand make unique browbands and
matching items using semi-precious stones
and crystals.
Jackie has competed across various
equestrian disciplines over the years
(and in her show jumping days managed
to get to HOYS in the Foxhunter), but now
her focus is mainly on dressage. She has
been lucky enough to share the last 14
years with her horse of a lifetime, the
AES Licensed stallion Wolkenderry, with
whom she achieved her ambition to ride
at Prix St George.
Jackie has been breeding Warmblood
horses and ponies for over 30 years with
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the aim of producing correct, athletic,
rideable horses for sport, albeit only on
a very small scale. She has been a judge
of Sport Ponies since 2014 and is the
Chairman of the Sports Pony Studbook
Society. She is passionate about the
breeding of sport horses and ponies
and looks forward to being part of
the AES team.
Caroline Cooper, AES Regional
Rep for South England
Telephone Number: 07753788125
Email: carolinecooper6@gmail.com
In her day job, Caroline trains dressage
horses and riders and breeds and sells
horses. When she is not riding or with
horses, she enjoys family time, music,
walking her Smooth Fox Terriers, reading
and meditating.
Dressage has been Caroline’s passion
for the last 25 years. She loves training
horses and riders and seeing them
progress up the levels. She has trained
numerous horses over the years, from
breaking through to advanced, always
putting their welfare first so that they
develop into happy and willing athletes
that go on to give their riders a lot of
joy. She gets enormous pleasure from
matching a rider to their dream horse.
She loves spending time in other yards
and at shows in Europe, always learning
something new.
Caroline bought her first broodmare in
2009 and set up Bayfield Stud in 2013 to
try and breed top quality dressage horses
from exceptional damlines. Since then she
has bred 2 licensed stallions and several
Elite and Premium horses. She believes
good mares should always be the
foundation of any breeding programme
and loves following stallions and seeing
what they produce when crossed with
different damlines. As a rider, she is
interested in riding different bloodlines.
Whilst rideability and willingness is a
huge factor, some lines give the rider a
better feel, are more elastic or better in
the mouth etc.
Caroline is very excited to join the AES
team and to support our breeders. AES
is an international sporthorse studbook,
continually growing and with the horse’s
welfare at the forefront of the program.
More people are looking to buy British
bred horses now and she believes with
the support of AES we can meet this
demand with some truly outstanding
horses. Caroline can’t wait to see the
beautiful sport horses that everyone
has bred and get to know all our fellow
breeders better!
Anna Lowndes, UK and International
Evaluator, Regional Rep for South
Wales and South West England
Telephone Number: 07886792578
Email: annalowndes27@gmail.com
In her day job, Anna is a programme
manager for degree courses in Animal
Studies and a lecturer. She is already
known to many breeders for her work
for AES and British Breeding. She
is passionate about breeding and
reproduction of animals in general and
loves spending time with her horses,
taking the dog for long walks, travelling
to exotic places, trying on different
watersports and going for nice meals out
with friends.
Anna used to compete dressage to
Advanced Medium, but has not had
a competition horse for some years
and has focused on breeding, instead.
She now has an exciting 3-yrs old by
Delatio-Walentino that has just been
backed which she hopes will be her
next competition horse.
Anna has been a small-scale breeder of
Welsh Mountain ponies and warmbloods
on and off for over 20 years and aims to
breed horses with correct conformation,
healthy, good temperament and
rideability.
Anna is delighted to be a part of the
AES team, as she is passionate about
responsible breeding of quality horses.
Since moving to the UK she found the
breed societies very disjointed and finds
it very positive that the AES is a modern
thinking studbook that welcomes new
members with open arms. Anna got into
conformation assessment of Warmbloods
and ponies a long time ago in Sweden
and has had the opportunity to be trained
by some very experienced judges and
now am happy to practise these skills
more regularly.
Sasha Whitaker, Regional Rep for
West Midlands and Happy to Travel!
Telephone Number: 07786266073
Email: happy.horse@hotmail.co.uk
Horses form a large part of Sasha’s work
in various ways. She works as a freelance
coach and has her own small yard, taking
in a limited amount of horses for training
each year. This could be for backing,
reschooling, rehabilitation from injury
or to compete. She has a strong welfare
background having worked on Exmoor
National Park with the Exmoor Pony
herds and as training manager for the
Bristol based charity Horse World. When
she not horsing about, she is also a dog
groomer with a home grooming parlour.
Horses are Sasha’s work, life and hobby
and she enjoys learning and developing
her equestrian skills in different areas. She
has a keen interest in dog training and
she has competed in a discipline called
working trials which encompasses scent
work, obedience and agility. She loves
walking, especially mountain hiking in
Austria and Germany with her Austrian
Step Mother who is the best mountain
guide she could ever have.
Sasha feels blessed to have bought a
lovely 2 year old dressage horse from
Lynne Crowden a few years ago. Injuries
and surgeries (her, not the horse) has
meant a slow start, but they have now
started to compete. She also rides a
Friesian at Medium level. As a younger
rider she competed in eventing to
intermediate level and show jumping to
Foxhunter. Sasha believes it’s good for
dressage horses to do a bit of jumping
and enjoys this in a non- competitive
environment. She is also training towards
her BHSI, a huge undertaking, which she
aims to complete in the next 2 years.
Sasha has recently become more
involved in the breeding community and
has been very impressed with the support
offered through the AES, British Breeding
and the Futurity Series. Sasha entered
into breeding with the aim of producing
her next dressage horse and purchased
another horse from the Woodlander
Stud – a Hanoverian mare called
Moulin Rouge, who has taken her on a
fascinating journey. She now has 2 more
mares from the event horse breeder Phillip
Wardle and the Bazaars Stud. They are
the classic Thoroughbred, Irish Draught
mix. The aim for these 2 is to produce well
put together horses for an amateur rider
to enjoy and compete in any discipline.
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The British Hanoverian
Horse Society Annual Show
– 3-4 September 2021
Following the launch of our new
AES Select Studbook and Premium
Programme, we The busy summer show
season for the British Hanoverian Horse
Society (BHHS) was concluded on
the 3th/4th September with the 2021
Annual Championship Show at Hartpury,
Gloucestershire.
The BHHS Committee was joined by Dr
Ludwig Christmann of the Hannoveraner
Verband for what was a very successful
event especially following the difficulties of
the previous year and the cancellation of
the 2020 Show.
The Hanoverian foal Le Chef (Le
Formidable x Zack x Londonderry) bred
by Carsten Sandrock and owned by Lynne
Crowden and Carsten Sandrock, was
named this year’s Supreme Champion
taking home £500 cash prize and £500
ehorses.co.uk voucher.
Reserve Champion Flower Girl RMD
(Floriscount x Don Schufro x Sandro Hit)
– bred and owned by Rosie Moreton-
Deakin, presented by Court Farm Stud was
awarded with £250 cash prize and £300
voucher for ehorses.co.uk.
Katy Holder-Vale Chairman of the British
Hanoverians said “ A great show and very
interesting to have the feedback from Dr
Christmann, proud to show him some of
our best British bred Hanoverian horses.”
The weekend started with the Mare
Performance Test with Flower Girl RMD,
bred and owned by Rosie Moreton-
Deakin, taking 1st place and was
awarded the Premium Candidate status.
The full results of the show, which was
sponsored by ehorses.co.uk are as follows:
Mare Performance Test – Premium
Candidate Status awarded to:
Flower Girl RMD (Floriscount x Don
Schufro x Sandro Hit) – bred and owned
by Rosie Moreton-Deakin and beautifully
presented by Court Farm Stud
Fellini (Flammengold x Elroon x
Donnerschall) bred and owned by Katy
Holder-Vale and ridden by Victoria Gilbey
Fenella (Flammengold x Buddenbrock/T
x Donnerschall) bred by Katy Holder-Vale
owned by Peter Vousden and ridden by
Victoria Gilbey
Flower Girl RMD was Awarded the
Mare Performance Test Overall Champion
BHHS Youngstock Class (Yearling,
2 Year Old, 3 Year Old) – Best Yearling:
Fosshey Bright Hope (Belissimo M x Der
Lord x Woldenstein II) bred and owned by
Sandra Tinker and Lucie Dunkeld
Best Two Year Old: Wild Heart (Wild
Child x For Compliment x Longchamp)
bred and owned by Lynne Crowden
Best Three Year Old: Foundations Gold NS
bred and owned by Sandra Ogden and
presented by RL Dressage
Champion Youngstock – Foundations
Gold NS
Mare 4-5 Year Old – 1st – Flower Girl
RMD (Floriscount x Don Schufro x Sandro
Hit) – bred and owned by Rosie Moreton-
Deakin and presented by Court Farm Stud
2nd – Regatta De Blanc (Revolution
x Zack x Don Schufro) Bred by Lynne
Crowden and owned by Zahra Sadry
Filly Foal Championship – Champion
Filly – Rita (Revolution x Songline/T x
Connery/T) bred and owned by Sylvia
Tainton and presented by Woodlander
Stud
Reserve Filly – Vivacous Gu (Vitalis
x Apache x Rousseau) bred by Ben
Ambrose of Rookery Stud
Colt Foal Champion – Champion Colt
Foal – Le Chef (Le Formidable x Zack x
Londonderry) bred by Carsten Sandrock
and owned by Lynne Crowden and
Carsten Sandrock
Reserve Colt Foal Voce Viva RL (Viva Gold
x Rubin-Royal x Waldsee) bred by Lucinda
Bellis RL Dressage
6 – 9 Year Old Mare – 1st Zsa Zsu
(Zack x Londonderry x Benz/T) Bred by
Sara Lucas and owned and presented by
Carsten Sandrock
2nd – Hawtins Floresta (Follow Me x
Weltmeyer x Bolero) bred by Judith Davis
and presented by Hawtin Stud’s Gijs van
Vooren
10 Year Old Mare – 1st – St Pr For
Your Love (For Compliment x Longchamp
x Davignon) bred and owned by Lynne
Crowden
2nd Magic Megane/T (Songline/T x
Connery/T x Consult/T) bred by Hans-
Wilhelm and owned by Sylvia Tainton
Mare Championship
Champion Flower Girl RMD, Reserve
St Pr For Your Love
Mare Families – 1st – RL Dressage
(Lucinda Bellis) with Royal Fee (Rubin-
Royal x Waldsee x Woermann) – Donner
Fee (Don Nobless x Rubin-Royal x
Waldsee) – Voce Viva RL (Viva Gold x
Rubin-Royal x Waldsee)
2nd – Sandra Tinker with Delta (Der Lord
x Wolkenstein II x Wandersmann xx) –
Fosshey Bright Hope (Belissimo M x Der
Lord x Wolkenstein II) bred and owned
by Sandra Tinker and Lucie Dunkeld –
Fosshey Dreamcatcher (Damaschino x Der
Lord x Wolkenstein II)
Supreme Champion 2021 – Le Chef (Le
Formidable x Zack x Londonderry) bred
by Carsten Sandrock and owned by Lynne
Crowden and Carsten Sandrock awarded
£500 cash plus £500 eHorses voucher
Reserve Champion for 2021 – Flower
Girl RMD (Floriscount x Don Schufro x
Sandro Hit) – bred and owned by Rosie
Moreton-Deakin and beautifully presented
by Court Farm Stud – awarded £250 cash
prize and £300 eHorses voucher
Best Handler of 2021 – Gijs van
Vooren
For more information please contact us
at info@hanoverian-gb.org.uk
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L-R Rotherwood Peeping Tom, R Spring Storm, R Jubilee Diamond and breeder Mrs Mansfield-Parnell
National Pony Society British breeding news August
The pinnacle of the year for British Riding
Pony breeders is the National Pony
Society Summer Championships which
are held at the start of August each year.
The supreme champion British Riding
Pony is awarded the Vincent Taylor
Challenge Cup and this year was won
by Joanna Adam’s Megland Moonglow
(Turberry Top Cat – Rotherwood Mayflower
by Strinesdale Matador, bred by
Mrs Redpath). The 9 year old mare took
the broodmare championship on her way
to the supreme title. This charming mare
has already qualified earlier in the year
for Horse of the Year Show to represent
the breed in the Price Family Supreme
In Hand.
The Summer Championships also has a
Price Family HOYS qualifier which is one
of the most hotly contested in the calendar.
The 3yo British Riding Pony gelding
Roseberry Great Expectations had already
taken the Show Hunter Pony and Sport
Pony championships during the day and
was produced by Ian Boylan to take the
coveted ticket. Bred and owned by Tammy
Heathcote and her mother Mrs Susie
Hinchcliffe, the big moving gelding is from
the first crop of Ian’s own stallion Alonby
Chardonnier out of Roseberry Serendipity
(Botingelle Swansong).
To showcase the breed to a wider
audience, a stallion parade was held on
the first evening of the Championships and
livestreamed on the NPS social media
channels. A bespoke booklet was created
for the audience containing details of
each stallion and there was commentary
to accompany the parade. Studbook
committee member Mrs Liz Mansfield-
Parnell had bred three of the stallions in the
parade under her Rotherwood prefix and
her ponies are in demand worldwide.
Preparations now move on to two new
events in the NPS calendar. On 24th
August we are joining forces with the
Trakehner Breeders Fraternity to bring
British Riding Pony stallions forward
for assessment by Trakehner Verband
accredited judges. The assessment will give
the owners feedback on their suitability for
breeding sport ponies.
On the weekend of 18/19th September
the NPS are hosting the inaugural Great
British In Hand Show. All the native pony
breeds, plus British Riding Ponies, Hacks
and Riding Horses will have sections with
the champions coming forward for the
Supreme In Hand of the Year with over
£1000 in prize money on offer. This event
will be livestreamed through ClipMyHorse
and will offer breeders an excellent
showcase for their breeding stock and
potential ridden ponies.
Owners of British Riding Ponies are still
able to enter the NPS/Derby House
Performance Scheme. There are sections
for ponies who compete in showing,
dressage or jumping in addition to a utility
section for ponies who focus on hunting,
pony racing or driving. Points are accrued
for wins and placings in both affiliated and
unaffiliated competition and the sponsors
provide generous prizes to each section
winner. For full details please visit the NPS
website or contact the office.
Price Family HOYS Qualifier Roseberry Great Expectations. Credit Diane Henning
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Julia Hodkin of Future Sport Horses collects The Sport Horse Championship for the second years
Sport Horse Breeding
of Great Britiain
A new supporter
for our new
grading scheme
A big warm
welcome and
an even bigger
thank you to
VT Vet Services
who has agreed
to provide a generous sponsorship of
our SHB(GB) foal grading series. We
are delighted to have the backing of
this veterinary group that is based in
Kirtlington, Oxfordshire.
“As we share a common interest in
breeding and young horses, we look
forward to working alongside Sport Horse
Breeding (GB) and supporting the new
foal grading series,” said VT founder,
director and vet Dr Helen Van Tuyll.
Foal grading is a new scheme for the stud
book. The assessments will take place
alongside our more established mare
gradings and both mares and foals will
be assessed by experienced SHB(GB)
listed judges. Foals gaining a mark of
8 or more will gain a ‘Premium’ status
and foals gaining a mark from 6.5 to
7.9 will gain a ‘Graded’ status. The foal
is judged on points of conformation as
well as movement, presence and overall
impression and the score sheet has a total
of 10 aspects each marked out of 10
(which can be split by 0.5) and the total
score (out of 100) is then divided by 10
to give the final mark. The grading sheet is
returned to the owner after the office has
checked and recorded the details and the
foal’s status will be added to the passport
once the foal is officially registered with
SHB(GB). The breeder of the highest
scoring registered foal at the end of the
series will receive a £500 stud voucher
sponsored by VT Vet Services while the
breeder of the reserve will receive a stud
voucher to the value of £300. All graded
foals will receive a rosette according to
their status.
The highest scoring foal as yet and
awarded a mark of 8.6, is Rachael
Cowan’s Perfect Alibi by the SHB(GB)
graded stallion Gemini Classic Opera
out of Rachael’s 15-year-old coloured
mare So Sweet. Irish-bred So Sweet
of unknown breeding was successfully
shown in coloured classes being placed
at both Horse of the Year Show and the
Royal International Horse Show.
The next dates and venues for foal and
mare gradings are;
15th August – Fenston Stud, Biggar,
Lanarkshire by kind permission of Emma
and Mark Johnston
18th August – Classictop Stud,
Crowborough, East Sussex
25th August – New Hill Farm, Worsley
Manchester
27th August – Catherston Stud, Nether
Wallop, Hampshire
4th September – Millbry Hill Stud,
Great Ayton, North Yorkshire
7th September – Woodcock Farm,
Old Sodbury, South Gloucestershire
by kind permission of Jason Fergusson.
Venue is 3 miles north of Junction
18 M4 just off the A46
Sport Horse Champions
After missing a year last year due to the
pandemic The SHB(GB) Championship
Hunter Show returned this year albeit with
a change of venue to the David Broome
Event Centre near Chepstow.
Congratulations to all winners and
champions and it was good to see many
familiar faces – human and equine – back
in the ring. The Future Sport Horse Stud
made the journey from East Yorkshire
worthwhile when retaining the Sport Horse
in-hand Championship (last presented in
2019). This year the title was won for the
stud by the 13-year-old broodmare Future
Illicit Opposition who is by the former
SHB(GB) Elite graded stallion Fleetwater
Opposition and is a full sister to the stud’s
stallion Future Illusion.
Ann Bassett of Etheridge farm and stud
in Dorset, won the sport horse foal
championship with an as-yet un-named
foal by SHB(GB) graded eventing stallion
Langaller Starring Role out of her mare
My Lovely Ava (Aveia-Coronea Eagle)
a former champion at this show.
The in-hand supreme championship
qualifying for a place in the Price Family
Supreme in-hand Championship at Horse
of the Year Show in October, was won
by Oxford Don owned and bred by Don
Barton. By Sandy’s Light (RID) out of the
multi-champion mare Chantry Clover Girl
by Power Blade XX, he was produced
and shown by Charles Upham of the
Langaller Stud owner of the sire. Threeyear-old
Oxford Don won his ticket to the
show’s in-hand final as winner of the Irish
Draught In-Hand Championship.
A part-bred Irish Draught also won the
hunter foal championship. Derek Walkers
un-name champion foal is out of his
broodmare Plas Pennant Demelza (Aye
Aye Skipper-RID) by John Chambers
SHB(GB) graded Thoroughbred stallion
Ansiei.
Stallion Grading
For the time being SHB(GB) continues
to grade stallions on demand so if you
have a stallion you would like to grade
with The Society please contact Marian
in the office to assess the requirements
for grading.
Contact:
T: 01732 866277
E: marian@sporthorsegb.co.uk
FB: Sport Horse Breeding (GB)
W: www.sporthorsegb.co.uk
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The Sports Pony Studbook Society
Celebrating Success
Photo Qorum Photos
Photo Kevin Sparrow
Photo Qorum Photos
MISS WINIFRED WILDE
(Up With The Lark x unknown) & Emily
Worsdale
FEI Pony Eventing
This SPSS Passported 7 year old mare
placed 14 th at the 2021 FEI 2* British
Pony Championships (aged 7) which ran
as a traditional long format 3DE at Belsay
International in early June. Homebred
by her mother, Louise Worsdale, Emily
has brought Winifred on from winning
her first BE event in June 2019 to their
first Novice at the end of 2020 and since
the British Pony Championships, they’ve
been 3rd in the Open Novice Under 18s at
Buckminster Park.
DPUK BLUE MOON
(Mooiman x Sydenham Dragon) & Kendal
Bow
Under 21s Elementary Petplan Equine
Winter Champions
Bred by Gill Jolleys & owned by Charlene
Bow, this 12 year old SPSS Passported
pony qualified for the British Dressage
Winter Area Festival Elementary
Championship by placing 2 nd at the Morris
Equestrian Centre Winter Area Festival
and then scored a fantastic 70.34% at
the Championships. Kendal’s hoping to
take Blue Moon up the levels to Advanced
and describes him as “very playful, he is a
drama queen, he loves attention on him”.
PROMETHEUS
(Romulus x unknown) & Melissa
Joannides
Placed 2nd at BE Novice Regional Final
Bred by Annabel Blake & Charles Wise,
Katy Wise’s 8 year old SPSS Passported
& ELITE Graded pony stallion was 2nd in
the BE Novice Regional Final at Keysoe,
finishing on his dressage score and
achieving the same score as the winner
but placed second as a few seconds
further (faster!) from the optimum time
than the winners. Since then, they have
been placed 7th at the Barbury Novice
Masters and 4th at the Little Downham
one – both times he is believed to have
been the only pony in the class.
Photo landscapesandhorses.co.uk
Photo Kevin Sparrow
CHAMPS PALACE
(Grey Palace x Aimbry Chester) & Charley Bevan
FEI Pony Showjumping
This 10 year old SPSS Passported JA pony, bred & owned by
Jonathan Parrott, has been achieving double clears in Junior
1.25m Open classes and is consistently in the top 10 in the
BS Gold National Pony/Rider League. As a result they were
selected to competed internationally, representing GB at the
Wierden (NED) FEI CSIOP NC-Y, jumping in 1.30m classes.
WFS TOP RED
(Top Yellow x Pilgrims Red) & Demi Howard-Cartwright
Under 21s Medium Petplan Equine Winter Champions
Bred by Yvonne Wood & owned by her co-breeder Sarah
Steggall, this 13 year old SPSS Passported pony (whose rider
is also 13) qualified for the British Dressage Winter Area
Festival Medium Championship by placing 3 rd at the Parwood
Equestrian Centre Winter Area Festival and then excelled at the
Championships scoring 68.77%.
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With the 2021 competition season now in full swing, we
are delighted that SPSS ponies are continuing to make an
impression in affiliated competitions across the disciplines
Photo Kevin Sparrow
WADACRE FANCY PANTS
(Fürst Romancier x Golden Dancer) & Elly Darling
2021 BD 6 Year Old Young Dressage Pony Champions
Bred & owned by Jeanette Matthews-Griffiths, this 6 year old
SPSS Passported pony qualified for the BD 6 Year Old Pony
Championships in April then was 3 rd in the Novice Silver Winter
Regional and 8 th at Elementary Silver at Codham Park Equestrian
Winter Regional Championship in May before impressing the
judges at the Finals to win ahead of 2 nd placed SPSS graded
mare Carry Girl San (Corbinian x Constantin) & Naomi Maxted-
Massey and SPSS graded stallion Dypool Miami Reef (Melau
Montana x Ernford Bellboy) & Fran Turner (3 rd ).
GODRICS DIONYSUS
(Danger 36 x Donnerwetter) & Daisy Bullman
Under 21s Preliminary Petplan Equine Winter Reserve
Champions & 2021 BD 5 Year Old Young Dressage Pony
Reserve Champions
Bred by Bev Brown and owned by Andrew Constable, Elly
Darling & Pat Pomp, 5 year old SPSS Graded stallion Dionysus
& Daisy followed on from being the Preliminary Champions at
the Keysoe Area Festival by scoring 72.43 % to be Reserve
Champions in the Preliminary Under 21 class at the Winter
Area Festival Championship at Hartpury on the 1 st July. Then,
10 days later, they were back at Hartpury competing in the
5 Year Old Young Pony Final where they were again Reserve
Champions – a remarkable achievement when 12 year old Daisy
was the youngest rider across all of the 3 Young Pony Finals.
Just behind Daisy & Dionysus in 3rd place was Sharon Wilson’s
Champignon Sauvage (FS Champion de Luxe x Catherston
Goldstorm) & Annabel Hunter Blair. SPSS Registered Sauvage
is British-bred, by Alexandra Phillips.
Photo Kevin Sparrow
Photo Kevin Sparrow
WfD JUST DILLON
(Woodlander Wales x Bernwode Brokat) & Alice Perry
2021 BD 4 Year Old Young Dressage Pony Reserve Champions
Elaine Coleridge Smith’s homebred SPSS passported & graded
stallion qualified for the BD 6 Year Old Pony Championships in
June before achieving his best BD score to date (77%) and the
Reserve Champion title at the Finals. Success in Young Pony
classes runs in this family, with Dillon’s full brother WfD Sweet
William & Grace Wilson placing 6th in the next class, the 5 Year
Old Final, for owner Charlotte Rollinson. Previously, in 2018,
their half sister, WfD Rossini (by Rembrandt DDH) & Alice were
the 4 Year Old Young Pony Champions. Alice also rode their
dam, SPSS passported & graded Delaroche Birthday Girl who
was the top 4 year old dressage pony at the SPSS organised
Young Dressage Pony Championships in 2010. Making it a
very successful show for breeder Elaine, another homebred,
WfD Diangelo (Danger 36 x Caesar 171) placed 5th in the
5 Year Old Final.
We’re also thrilled to hear that, in an awesome double
for breeder Julie Lockey, both SPSS Elite graded ELLA (Caesar
171 x Santano) & Gracie Morgan and her full brother SPSS
Registered GEORGE CLOONEY B.S. & Mette Dahl were
picked to represent GB at the 2021 Pony Dressage European
Championships. As Mette had also been selected for the Junior
Dressage Team and opted for that, sadly, the rules mean that
she can’t also do the Pony Euros. Ella has previously competed
at the Pony Euros for Ireland in 2016 but this is Gracie’s first
competition outside of the UK and we look forward to reporting
on their results in the next issue.
These are just some of the best results that we have spotted
(and where we have been able to get permission to use
photographs!) but we are sure there are many more, so please
do tag us on FaceBook (@SPSS.Sports.Pony.Studbook.Society)
so we can onward share as we love to support all the SPSS
connected ponies.
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Studbook – News
Godington Ultimo at Little Downham ODE
Trakehner Breeders Fraternity
August News
As one of the smallest warmblood
studbooks, the Trakehner certainly made
it’s presence felt at the Tokyo Olympics.
The undisputed star of the dressage
arena was TSF Dalera BB (Easy Game
x Handryk) winning Team and Individual
Gold medals and the hearts of dressage
supporters worldwide.
Double Olympic Gold Medallist TSF Dalera BB
and Jessica Bredow-Werndl. Credit Trakehner
Verband/Sportfotos Lafrentz
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Trakehner breeding was strongly
represented in the eventing with French
bred Trakehner Absolut Gold HDC
(Grafenstolz TSF x Verglas xx) with
Nicolas Touzaint were the best pair
on the French bronze medal team and
10th individually. The American team
was 2/3rd Trakehner with Vandiver
and Tsetserleg TSF both being sons
of the great sire Windfall. In addition
the Trakehner bred Seigneur Medicott
(Seigneur D’Alleray xx x Finley M) and
Fouaad Mirza really impressed on their
first Olympic appearance representing
India with a top 25 finish.
On the home front the Godington Stud
Trakehners battled through the summer
heat with some promising results at Little
Downham, Farley Hall and Offchurch for
Godington Pambula (G.Hannibal x Van
Deyk) and new jockey Lottie Kennedy
and Godington Ultimo (Der Durer x
Roland) with Ruth Burnard.
Godington Odette (G Hannibal x King
Arthur) and owner Lesley Perry have
picked up a number of wins in the
dressage arena at Prelim with qualifying
scores for the regionals. Georgie Guest
and Donaustern (Abendtanz x Hohenstein)
have had two high scoring Medium wins
at Sparsholt qualifying for the Regionals.
Leading Paradressage pair of Wodcroft Garuda K
and Laura Gulliver
Ex Grand prix winner and graded stallion
Woodcroft Garuda K continues a brilliant
run of form in para dressage with Laura
Gulliver. Recent wins have included
the Grade 4 Gold Final at the Para
Winter Championships and international
placings at Hartpury CPEDI3* and they
head to the National in September. Laura
is now heading to the Bishop Burton
CPEDI with another Trakehner – Jo
Alderton-Whitworth’s Farok V.Singing
(Hofrat x Muenchhausen).
Coming up later this month is the annual
Trakehner mare grading which is being
run in conjunction with the Nasta Stallion
Association performance test which we
look forward to reporting on in the next
edition of British Breeder.
Sacha Shaw

Features
Sandro Hit – His influence
on modern breeding
At the age of 28, Sandro Hit has passed away. It seems like only yesterday
that we were chatting with Bart Kools, responsible for stallion care and semen
quality at Paul Schockemöhle’s stallion station, on our British Breeding webinars
about the stallion’s amazing virility for his age.
What was already apparent in the
2016 Rio Olympics, has become even
more apparent at Tokyo, and that
is that the S-Line blood is one of the
most prevalent ingredients that make
successful performance horses. Famously,
the entire US Dressage team were
mounted on horses that were either direct
descendants, or grandsons of Sandro Hit.
On the gold winning German team,
we saw Showtime FRH under the saddle
of Dorothee Schneider, with Salvino,
ridden by Adrienne Lyle, helping to
secure silver for the US team, together
with Suppenkasper with Steffen Peters
and Sanceo with Sabine Schut-Kery,
both grandsons of Sandro Hit. Other
grandsons Sir Donnerhall II with
Morgan Barbancon, Sambuca with Heike
Holstein, Scolari with Shingo Hayashi,
Sebastien with Lindsay Kellock and
Samhitas with Kelly Layne.
It is perhaps as a dam sire, and therefore
less visibly – for the naming conventions
in the majority of German studbooks use
the first letter of the sire – that we see
Sandro Hit’s greatest influence. Perhaps
the most famous horse out of a Sandro
Hit mare is Isabell Werth’s former world
number 1 ranked Weihegold, who is
still winning at Grand Prix today, 5
years after Rio and 7 years after her
international Grand Prix debut.
In British breeding, we also encounter
the Sandro Hit blood in our successful
competition horses and stallions, and very
often on the dam side.
The UK bred and licensed stallion
Myspires Fider Hit, for example, is out of
a Sandro Hit mare, as is Newton Tiger
who represented Ireland at the World
Breeding Championships. The mother of
the young stallion Finale is by the Sandro
Hit son Showstar, as is the mother of
the stallion Debonair. In fact, perhaps
one of the most interesting things about
the S-Line blood is that even now, more
than 20 years after Sandro Hit’s success
at the World Breeding Championships
in Arnheim that launched his career as
a breeding stallion, his influence does
not wane. The up-and-coming stallion
Lestingdale, for example, is out of a
Sorento mare, and Sorento is by, you
guessed it, Sandro Hit.
In the British Breeding Futurity this year,
we saw a half-sister to Myspires Fider Hit,
Myspires Glamour Girl by Glamourdale
gain the highly desirable Elite accolade
at Writtle with an excellent score of 9.25.
What is interesting about Sandro Hit
is that he was not bred for dressage,
which also explains why his success as
a breeding stallion came relatively late,
following his win at the World Breeding
Championships at Arnheim in 1999.
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Features
His sire Sandro Song is by the
thoroughbred Sacramento Song XX and
out of a Gepard mare, who comes from
the famous showjumping G-Line of
Gotthard.
His dam Loretta is by the Ramiro son
Ramino who was champion of his
performance test at Adelheidsdorf in
1983. He stood in Oldenburg from
1983 to 1987, while at the same time
competing in showjumping with Melanie
Kötter. The pair won team gold at the
European Junior Championship in 1987.
Bred in the purple for jumping, Sandro
Hit passed his original stallion licensing
and completed his 100 day performance
test in with very average marks. Without
putting too fine a point in it, the issue
with the stallion was simple, he could not
really jump very well.
It was only when Dr Ulf Möller, who
worked at Schockemöhle in the dressage
section produced him for the dressage
section of the 1999 Bundeschampionat
World Breeding Championship for
Young Horses at Arnheim, the precursor
for the FEI – WBFSH World Breeding
Championships for Young Dressage
Horses, that Sandro Hit found his true
calling and gained international fame.
It might well be that Sandro Hit’s initial
disadvantage of not being classically
bred for dressage is one of the reasons
behind the success of his line, as he
provides a different set of bloodlines
that can create diversity when crossed
with the prevalent Donnerhall and
Weltmeyer lines.
When we look more closely at Sandro
Hit’s pedigree, we discover that he
marks the beginning of an exceptional
motherline. His dam Loretta gave birth to
two more licensed stallions, in Royal Hit,
by Royal Dance, and Diamond Hit, by
Don Schufro, arguably her best son.
A very interesting mare from that line is
the mare Donna Hit, a granddaughter
of Sandro Hit’s full sister La Traviata,
and again by the great Don Schufro.
This mare is the grandmother of several
British Breeding Futurity Elites, including
Woodlander Desoto, by the British bred
stallion Woodlander Double Bubble,
Regatta de Blanc by Revolution who
was the highest scoring two-year-old
participant in the 2019 Futurity series
and Fashion, by the British bred stallion
Freddie M, who was the highest scoring
four-year-old and overall highest scoring
entry that year.
It is therefore without a doubt that the
blood of Sandro Hit lives on, not merely
through his direct sons and paternal
grandsons, but also as a highly influential
damsire and through his own exceptional
mare family. We look forward to
following their success in the future, and
are proud that our own British Breeding
Futurity series has showcased some
outstanding progency from the line.
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Features – Veterinary Insight
Embryo Transfer: why
choose between having an
athlete or a broodmare?
By Caoimhe Connaughton MVB MRCVS
at Chiltern Equine Clinic
Have you ever considered breeding your mare but don’t want to interfere
with her booming athletic career? Are you nervous that by the time your mare
retires she will have past her optimal breeding window? Do you have a mare
that successfully conceives but regularly loses the pregnancy early on? Embryo
transfer might be your answer. Embryo transfer allows you to keep the dam
line of your mare alive without having to give your mare the season off to
have the foal, or having her go through the sometimes stressful process of
pregnancy and foaling.
Other benefits of embryo transfer include:
the ability to produce more than one
foal per mare per year, the ability to
breed from older mares or mares with
reproductive problems that cause them
to lose pregnancies, and shortening the
generation interval by breeding from
young fillies.
Embryo transfer was first successfully
used in equine veterinary in the 1970’s;
however, it didn’t take off commercially
until the 90’s. Since then it has been
successfully used across the world to
breed from valuable mares in many
disciplines. Embryo transfer involves
flushing a 6-8 day embryo from a donor
mare and transferring that embryo into a
recipient mare, who goes on to carry the
foal to term.
The first half of the embryo transfer
process involves breeding your mare in
the regular way. It is firstly important to
ensure your mare’s general and, more
specifically, her reproductive health are
up to scratch; this examination can be
carried out by your own vet. You and
your vet may then begin the process of
following her reproductive cycle in order
to obtain the best chance of a successful
pregnancy. Once ready, your donor
mare can be bred by any of the methods
used nowadays: natural cover, fresh/
chilled semen or frozen semen.
While you follow your donor mare’s
cycle, it is important to try to identify a
suitable recipient mare for the embryo
to be transferred to. Factors to be
considered should include the recipient
mare’s health, reproductive history, and
the size of the mare in relation to your
donor mare – to ensure her ability to
carry the foal to term and minimize risk
of dystocia. The aim is to have the mares
lined up so the ovulation of the recipient
mare occurs shortly after that of the donor
mare, this ensures a suitable environment
1.
The equipment needed to perform
the embryo flush
2.
The process of flushing the embryo out of
the donor mare into the filter
3.
An 8 day old embryo as seen under
a microscope
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Features – Veterinary Insight
for the embryo in the recipient mare’s
uterus, therefore maximizing the chances
of a successful transfer.
Should you have a single recipient
mare available to you, you may need
to synchronise the donor and recipient.
This may be achieved by three different
methods:
1. The administration of two doses of
prostaglandin 14 days apart
2. The administration of progesterone/
synthetic progestin once daily for
10 days, followed by a single dose
of prostaglandin
3. The administration of progesterone/
synthetic progestin once daily for
14-15 days.
Once oestrus of both mares has been
achieved, you may co-ordinate ovulation
of both mares so that the recipient mare
ovulates 1-2 days after the donor. This is
done by administering hCG or Deslorelin.
To achieve this pattern of ovulation, hCG
or Deslorelin is given to the donor mare
first. Once ovulation has been confirmed
in the donor mare, hCG or Deslorelin
should then be administered to the
recipient mare.
The next step in the embryo transfer
process occurs between days 6-8 post
ovulation. This step involves flushing the
embryo out of the donor mare’s uterus.
This is done using a special liquid medium
which is flushed through a sterile line,
into and back out of the mare’s uterus.
This is then filtered, using a specifically
designed filter, which catches the embryo
and holds it in a suitable environment
for its short time outside the uterus. Once
the uterine flush has been completed,
the search for the embryo begins. The
small volume of liquid containing the
embryo from the filter is transferred to a
petri dish which is then examined under a
specialised microscope. Once identified,
the embryo can survive in this petri dish
for a few hours while preparation of the
recipient mare takes place.
The next step involves the actual transfer
of the embryo to the recipient mare.
Once the recipient mare is prepped and
ready, the embryo may be extracted from
its medium and loaded into a specially
manufactured gun. This gun is then used
to transfer the embryo into the uterus of
the recipient mare.
At this stage, the hope is that the
embryo will successfully implant into the
endometrium of the recipient mare. The
recipient mare should be scanned on day
14-15 to identify a successfully transferred
pregnancy. As in all pregnancies, it is
recommended to perform a “heartbeat
scan” to ensure viability of the
pregnancy. This scan may take place
from approximately day 24 and is ideally
done before day 35. The reason for this
being that after day 35, the endometrial
cups have formed and therefore if the
mare was to lose the pregnancy after this
point, the likelihood of her returning to
oestrus (“coming back into season”) that
same breeding season would be low.
Your mare is safe to continue her
normal routine and training program
without any disruptions throughout the
synchronization, insemination, conception
and embryo transfer processes. Once the
embryo transfer has been successfully
completed, your mare may continue to
strive in her athletic career, while the
recipient mare carries the foal to term.
Embryo transfer is a relatively new
technique which has revolutionised the
equine breeding world, eliminating
the need to choose between sport and
reproduction!
About Chiltern Equine Clinic
Chiltern Equine Clinic was established
in 2000 and are now one of the best
equipped UK equine vets of its kind,
having obtained the Royal College
of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)
highest accreditation (Tier 3 Equine
Hospital). Chiltern Equine Clinic is
also an approved British Equine
Veterinary Association (BEVA) Artificial
Insemination Centre.
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Features – Feeding
Feeding Breeding
and Youngstock
Lizzie Drury MSc Registered Nutritionist
/ Saracen Horse Feeds
Good nutrition is the key to successful breeding. Whatever you are breeding, the
aim is to produce a healthy foal that will grow well and is able to carry out the
work required of it in adult life. The development of the foal begins at conception
and so the diet needs to be right from this point onwards.
Pregnant mares:
Stage 1: Early Pregnancy
In order to feed the mare correctly
during pregnancy, it is important to
understand that the foetus does not grow
at a constant rate throughout the entire
eleven months of pregnancy. It is very
small during the first five months, even at
seven months gestation the foetus only
weighs approximately 20% of its birth
weight and equals less than 2% of the
mare’s weight. This means the nutritional
requirements of the foetus are only
miniscule compared to the mare’s own
maintenance requirements, therefore
the mare can be fed as if she were not
pregnant. The mare’s diet should be
balanced for vitamins and minerals with
a feed that can be fed in small amounts
so that energy intake is not exceeded for
the stage of pregnancy. Suitable feeds
include feed balancer pellets, which are
fed at between 1 – 2 lbs per day, for
example Saracen Stamm 30. It should
be ensured that she has free access to
a quality forage if pasture is scarce or
unavailable.
Stage 2: Late pregnancy
After seven months gestation, the foetus
begins to develop rapidly, and its nutrient
requirements become significantly
greater than the mare’s maintenance
requirements. Energy requirements only
increase approximately 15% during
pregnancy, but protein and mineral
requirements significantly increase due to
the formation of foetal tissues during this
time which are high in protein, calcium
and phosphorous (i.e. muscles and
bones).
Besides supplying the demand for fetal
growth, the mare needs additional
protein for other body functions and
for the growth of the placenta and
amniotic tissues surrounding the fetus.
This protein must be of high quality; this
doesn’t just mean of a high percentage
but must contain a range essential amino
acids. A stud feed with a lower protein
percentage content but that contains
high quality protein sources will help to
reduce the effects of heat generation
and increased water demand especially
during the hotter season.
A great deal of attention has been given
to the requirements of broodmares and
young horses for copper and zinc. The
use of copper and zinc supplementation
in modern horse feeds for all classes of
horses stems from the possible role of
these two nutrients in reducing physitis,
osteochondrosis, wobbler syndrome, and
other manifestations of developmental
orthopedic disease.
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Features – Feeding
Diets that are specifically formulated
for brood mares such as Saracen
Mare Care Mix or Cubes or Saracen
Level Grow Mix or Cubes will contain
appropriate levels of these minerals
and a full spectrum of other vitamins,
minerals and protein when fed at the
recommended feeding rates. Generally
daily concentrate feed intakes would be
5.5 – 7.5 lbs for mares over 550Kg.
Mares that require higher energy
intake to maintain optimum body
condition may require additional
concentrate supplementation. Most high
fat supplements, such as Equi Jewel
are fed at between 1-2 lbs per day
and are simply ‘top dressed’ onto the
existing ration.
Lactation:
Lactation places higher nutrient demands
on the mare than any other stage of her
life. During the next three months milk
is produced at a rate equal to 1-4%
of body weight per day. Milk is rich in
protein, energy, calcium, phosphorous
and vitamins.
The aim is to use the highest quality
forage available and keep the
concentrate proportion of the diet as low
as possible to avoid digestive upsets.
Concentrate levels should be gradually
increased in the later stages of pregnancy
so that the mare is consuming nearly the
amount required for milk production by
the time that she foals.
The suckling and growing youngstock:
From birth to approximately three
months the foal is unable to efficiently
digest forage and grain efficiently and
is dependent on a milk based diet. The
foal will consume about 3% of its mum’s
bodyweight as milk!
Further on into lactation at about five
weeks the mare’s milk production will
drop and while it will still facilitate
growth, the lower mineral content will
not encourage optimum development of
strong tissues and bones. Those foals that
do not have access to pasture will require
additional concentrates in the form of a
creep feed.
The age at which a creep feed should be
introduced will depend upon the growth
rate of that individual foal, how well the
mare continues to milk, her own condition
and the amount and quality of the forage
available.
Weaning itself is usually carried out at
about 6 months of age, by which time the
mare is producing very little milk and the
grass has started to decline. This should
be fed with hay until the following spring.
Generally, 1 to 1.5 lbs of concentrate
feed per day per month of age are
recommended for weanlings of most
horse breeds. Lighter breeds, such as the
Arabian horse would receive less, around
0.5 to 0.75 lbs per day per month of age.
A weanling and youngstock ration will
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provide the energy, protein, and minerals
necessary to compensate for those
not present in the forage, for example
Saracen Level Grow Mix.
Like many adult horses, some weanlings
are easy keepers and likely to become
overweight on even minimal amounts of
concentrate. In these cases, weanlings
can be fed a low-calorie, low-intake
source of essential protein, vitamins,
and minerals, without feeding excessive
energy, such as a feed balancer pellet,
like Stamm 30.
The yearling and upwards
Growing youngsters are not always easy
to keep looking at their best as they go
through their different growth stages, but
the aim is still to support steady and even
growth.
Yearlings (12 to 24 months of age)
At 12 months of age, the typical yearling
should have achieved approximately
85 -90% of its mature height, 95% of its
bone length and approximately 65% of
its adult weight. Growth rates may now
be slowing (0.45 – 0.5kg per day) but
it is still an important phase in the young
athlete’s life.
By 18 months, approximately 80% of
adult weight will have been achieved
and, at 24 months of age, 85 – 90% of
adult weight will have been achieved,
with average daily weight gain now as
low as 0.2kg per day.
It is important that diets are formulated
to support continued musculoskeletal
development, whilst avoiding any
exaggerated compensatory growth
periods (which is of particular importance
for youngsters who may have had less
than ideal diets as foals), while also
ensuring that the diet does not allow foals
to get too fat and heavy.
The quality of the forage available (grass,
hay or haylage) will determine the
amount of additional calories required
in the diet. But for many youngsters,
continuing with nutrient dense feeds that
are low in calories, such as the feed
balancers, will help to support their
continued growth while also providing
quality protein sources to help build good
muscle and topline and overall health
and development.
Two and Three-Year-Olds
(24 to 48 months of age)
The normal growing two-year-old will by
now have reached 90% of their mature
bodyweight and, by 36 months, 95%.
Maturity of bone and wither height
may be achieved sooner than mature
bodyweight, therefore, at 2 – 3 years of
age your horse will still be growing but is
doing so very slowly.
As they grow older, youngsters’ nutrient
requirements decline but the aim is still
to provide a diet to support a healthy
musculoskeletal structure as well as
meeting the needs for maintenance and
even the nutritional requirements of any
exercise or training the youngster might
be involved with at this stage.
The quality of the forage available will still
be key with regards to what additional
energy may be required from the diet in
terms of concentrate feed, but for those
holding their weight well on a forage only
diet, they could continue with the feed
balancer.
For those
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of calories,
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Features – Biosecurity
EHV: The Risk Hasn’t
Gone Away
By Dr Wendy Talbot, BVSc DipECEIM CertEM(IntMed) MRCVS
Just because EHV is no longer making equestrian news headlines, the risk hasn’t
gone away. The outbreak In Valencia earlier this year may now be slipping to
the back of everyone’s minds, but now is exactly the time owners should be
making sure their biosecurity protocols are up to date and discussing vaccination
with their vet, says Zoetis vet Wendy Talbot.
Lessons learnt from living
with COVID-19
Living in a world with COVID-19 has
given us a reality check about how
airborne disease can take hold and
wreak havoc in a matter of months.
We have learnt how keeping our
distance and washing our hands can
reduce the risk of the spread of the
virus and how vaccination can provide
protection. COVID-19 has also helped
us to understand why herd immunity is
desirable: when a large portion of a
community (the herd) becomes immune to
a disease, it makes the spread of disease
from person to person less likely. As a
result, the whole community becomes
protected – not just those who are
immune. Who knew that the ‘R number’
would become common parlance too:
as the average number of secondary
infections produced by a single infected
person it’s an important concept to get
to grips with when discussing the spread
of disease.
These safeguards and concepts are also
imperative to understand and implement
to protect our horses from the risks of EHV.
If there could be a small upside for horse
owners from COVID-19 it may be that
it has helped to clarify the importance
of vaccination and biosecurity These
should always remain our watchwords
to minimise infectious disease risks to
our horses.
Understanding EHV
Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) is a
contagious viral infection causing
respiratory disease, abortions and
neurological disease. EHV-1 and EHV-
4 are the most common; the former is
responsible for respiratory disease,
abortion and neurological disease while
the later can cause respiratory disease
and more rarely abortion or neurological
disease. 1
Exposure to the virus occurs in an
estimated 80-90% of horses before they
are two years old and once a horse has
had the virus it can reactivate, particularly
during times of stress or compromised
health. Like the human cold sore virus,
EHV lies dormant in the majority of horses
after they recover from infection and it will
periodically recur. 1
Once the virus is reactivated the horse
will shed virus into the environment
possibly causing new outbreaks. This has
the potential to affect the health of the
whole yard. 2
Unfortunately, there is no cure for
EHV. Once a horse has the virus it is
likely to remain a carrier for the rest
of its life. The best form of control is
prevention of active disease or speedy
implementation of measures to limit virus
spread if disease occurs.
How does a respiratory disease
cause abortion?
The inhaled EHV-1 enters the blood and
travels to the pregnant uterus. The virus
damages the placenta resulting in a lack
of blood supply to the foal, ultimately
causing abortion. 4
EHV-1 abortion occurs predominantly in
mares in the last third of pregnancy but
usually there are no warning signs with
the mare continuing to be bright and well.
Infection on a breeding premises can
result in the rapid loss of large numbers
of foals (‘abortion storms’). Unfortunately,
foals infected before birth usually don’t
survive. 4,5
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Features – Biosecurity
What are the signs of EHV?
Your horse will need to be tested by
a vet to determine whether the virus is
present but signs of respiratory disease
are very similar to equine influenza
and can include: 3,4
• Fever
• Nasal discharge that goes from
clear to thick and yellow
• Weepy eyes
• Swollen glands
• Cough
• Lethargy
• Reduced appetite
• No obvious signs but you may
have noticed a consistent reduced
performance. 5
What is the link between EHV and
neurological disease?
Equine Herpes Virus
Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) is a rare
but serious neurological disease caused
by EHV-1. The virus affects the nervous
system and infected animals can become
paralysed and usually have a poor
prognosis. 3,6
Why we need to vaccinate
Vaccination does not prevent individual
horses from developing neurological
disease but It can reduce the risk of virus
spread and therefore reduce the risk of
disease outbreaks. 7
Horses most at risk of EHV
Breeding studs and yards with pregnant
mares can be particularly vulnerable to
outbreaks. Moving and mixing horses
with others increases the risk of spread of
infectious disease so competition horses
and those attending futurity evaluations,
gradings and shows are likely to be at
increased risk. Vaccination and rigorous
biosecurity measures are ever more
essential in these instances.
EHV is present in infected nasal or ocular
discharges and can be transmitted
by direct horse-to-horse contact such
as nose-to-nose touching. Coughing
can spread the virus through the air
over short distances. It can also be
spread by sharing infected equipment,
including wheelbarrows, brushes and
buckets and via the hands and clothes of
people who have been in contact with
infected horses. 4
How does vaccination help?
Vaccination plays a pivotal role because
it helps tip the balance in favour of
the horse’s immune system. Although
vaccinated horses can still be infected
with EHV, it significantly reduces the
presence of the virus in the environment
(viral shedding), the severity and spread
of the respiratory disease and the
frequency of abortion. 7
Reduction in the incidence of EHV-
1 abortion has been attributed to
widespread vaccination in pregnant
mares. 6,8
When should I vaccinate?
Vaccination and subsequent boosters for
young horses should be timed to provide
the maximal level of immune protection
for the stresses associated with weaning,
transport, relocation, introduction into
new social groups, yearling sales, training
and performance events. 1
Mares should be vaccinated during
pregnancy; together with all other horses
on the premises for the most effective
protection. 9
How can I prevent my horse getting ill
from EHV?
Reducing the risk factors for
EHV involves: 2,4,7
Minimising stress: such as that caused
by overcrowding, heavy parasite
burdens, poor nutrition, climatic
extremes, concurrent disease and
mixing animals from different social
groups
Good biosecurity: avoid contact with
other horses, don’t share equipment,
bowls or stables
Hygiene: humans can spread EHV
indirectly via their hands or clothing
if they have been in contact with an
infected horse
Quarantine of new horses
Isolation of infected horses
Don’t mix unvaccinated horses with
vaccinated ones
Help – I think my horse may
have EHV…
If you think your horse may have any
symptoms of respiratory disease, it’s
sensible to isolate them immediately and
contact your vet to discuss the next course
of action. In most cases horses will make
a good recovery from EHV respiratory
disease, the prognosis is guarded for
those with EHV neurological disease. 1
If you take away just one message from
reading this article let it be this: Choose
to vaccinate and to give your horse the
protection it deserves. Vaccination is easy
and it’s been proven to be effective at
reducing the risks of respiratory EHV and
reduction in abortions. Speak to your vet
to book your horses’ vaccinations now.
The subject of EHV vaccination is raised
each time there is media coverage of
neurologic herpes but unfortunately this is
shutting the stable door after the horse has
bolted,” says David Rendle, who is an RCVS
and European Specialist in Equine Internal
Medicine.“ As with all diseases, vaccination
needs to be used as a preventive measure in
advance of a disease outbreak and not be a
knee-jerk response in the event of disease.”
References
1. Allen GP. Respiratory Infections by Equine
Herpes Virus Types 1 and 4. International
Veterinary Information Service. 2002.
2. Slater J. What is Equine Herpes Virus? Accessed
August 2019. https://www.horsedialog.co.uk/
Health/WhatisEHV.aspx
3. Davis, E., Disorders of the Respiratory System,
Eds Reed SM, Equine Internal Medicine. 2018,
313
4. Allen, GP. Epidemic disease caused by equine
herpesvirus-1: recommendations for prevention
and control. Equine Veterinary Education;
14(3):136-142. 2002.
5. Slater J. Equine Herpesviruses. Eds, Sellon
DC and Long MT. Equine Infectious Diseases,
Chapter 14. 2nd Edition. Saunders Elsevier, St.
Louis, Missouri. 2014, 151-168.
6. Lunn, D. P., Davis-Poynter, N., Flaminio, M. F.,
Horohov, D. W., Osterrieder, K., Pusterla, N., &
Townsend, H. G. Equine herpesvirus-1 consensus
statement. Journal Of Veterinary Internal
Medicine / American College Of Veterinary
Internal Medicine, 23(3). 450-461, 2009.
7. Ivens P, Rendle D, Kydd J, Crabtree J, Moore S,
Neal H, Knapp S, Bryant N, Newton JR. Equine
Herpesviruses: A Roundtable Discussion. UK Vet
Equine, July/Aug. 2019
8. Kydd J, Townsend H, Hannant D. The equine
immune response to equine herpesvirus-1: The
virus and its vaccines. Veterinary Immunology
and Immunopathology 1, 2006;111,15-30.
9. American Association of Equine Practitioners.
Risk-Based Vaccination Guidelines. Available at:
www.aaep.org/-i-166.html. Accessed June18, 20:
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Futurity Elite Auction 2021
BRITISH BREEDING FUTURITY ELITE AUCTION
21-22 SEPTEMBER 2021
BS National Training Centre, Horthorpe, LE17 6QX
2 Days, 3 Disciplines
on site and online
Started last year as an online initiative to promote some of the best of the Futurity entries in Showjumping, Eventing
and Dressage to a global audience, the Futurity Elite Auction has taken a big leap this year and moved to a physical
venue at the British Showjumping National Training Centre at Hothorpe in Leicestershire.
From here, it will be livestreamed to offer the best of both worlds:
a physical auction and Gala Evening enabling interested buyers
to encounter a diverse selection of excellent British bred foals
and young horses live and in the flesh, yet promoted via the
ClipMyHorse website and open to online bidding from all over
the world.
All entries received excellent Futurity scores from our team of
senior veterinarian and nutritionist experts, as well as from our
panel of evaluators of international renown. It is one of the
unique features of this auction that it not only brings together
offspring from a wide range of studbooks available to sport horse
breeders in the UK, thus providing a highly diverse and interesting
range of pedigrees, but also that all selections are carried out
by an impartial, comprehensive and independent assessment
through the Futurity series to offer a transparent selection
procedure, in which buyers can put their confidence and trust.
The first group to go under the hammer are our eventing
and showjumping lots, featuring a diverse range of entries
of outstanding provenance. Interested buyers are welcome
to come to the BS National Training Centre at Hothorpe on
21 September between midday and 4pm to meet the horses
and their breeders, prior to the auction itself, which will open
its doors at 6pm.
On the second day, 22 September, we will focus on our
Dressage foals, with stables opening for viewings from
12pm – 4pm, and the auction itself starting from 6pm.
Both selections offer a compelling cocktail of offspring from
exceptional motherlines by exciting stallions. To showcase
some of the exceptional bloodlines available to breeders
and buyers of British horses today, we have invited some
of the latter to join us on the night!
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Futurity Elite Auction 2021 – Eventing & Showjumping
Tinka’s Serenade Embryo
1
Embryo
Showjumping
A rare chance to buy into one of the
best damlines in showjumping. Here
we have a fully insured embryo from
the breeding of Tinkas Serenade
with Je t’aime Flemeco combining
two of the strongest pedigree lines in
showjumping.
Due 31st May 2022 ~ the full
sibling of this embryo successfully
sold at the Bolesworth Elite Auction
in August 2021. He was described
as ‘a stunning model who will go
far in showjumping with his superb
breeding. ‘
Tinka’s Serenade jumped at the
highest level of top sport and was
placed third in the GP of Paris at the
age of eightteen before retiring. She
won the GP’s of Basel and Zürich
and represented Ireland at EC, WEG
(Kentucky) and at the Olympics of
London. She jumped two WC finals.
Her biggest victory was the Top Ten
final in Paris 2011. Tinka’s Serenade
won more than a million euros in
prize money
Terms:-
The embryo is carried in a recipient mare from Twemlows Stud but currently
resides at Pewitt Stud. The successful purchaser will be required to arrange
collection of the recipient mare and the contract with Twemlows will be
transferred so that the recipient mare can be returned at weaning under their
terms and conditions. No extra payments are required for the recipient contract.
The embryo is fully insured.
Subject to Vat: NO
Je T’aime Flamenco
Tinka’s Serenade
Flamenco de Semilly
Quansie van de Halhoeve
Tinka’s Boy
Serenade
Le Tot de Semilly
Quenotte Du Chemin
Landetto
Koriena van de Halhoeve
Zuidpool
Esprit
African Drum
Vallee D’Or
2
2017 Chestnut Mare
Showjumping
Vallee D’Or’s dam sire is the
legendary Argentinus. As the sire of
all time greats such as Arko, he has
shaped modern sports horse breeding
in all disciplines as a reliable
progenitor of type and ability.
Subject to VAT: YES
Collection: To be collected straight from the auction venue or by arrangement
from the vendor’s after return from the auction.
Viscount was the most expensive
jumping stallion at his Hanoverian
Licensing in 2011 and achieved
excellent performance test marks
for his cross country and jumping
ability, canter, temperament, trot and
rideability, attributes which we can
see in his daughter who has inherited
his At his positive work ethic and
excellent temperament.
Vallee D’Or has an impressive mother
line. Her maternal brother Rubiroso
JX has competed internationally
up to 1.45m. The line goes back to
the Westphalian mare Romy who
produced countless successful show
jumpers, including Evelyn Beyer’s
mare Calimba de Luna, and who
is grandmother to the 5* Eventer
Scuderia 1918 A Best Friend and
Tina Yates’s 1.50m jumper Interactive
Mortgage who is now competing
with Jonas Vervoort.
Viscount 22
Aloof JX
Valentino
Alexi
Argentinus
Patina
Now or Never M
Patricia
Acorado I
Inga
Argentan I
Dorle
Pinocchio
Firegirl
Olistar’s Big Dream
3
2018 Bay Filly
Showjumping
This elegant young mare is by none
other than the Olympic Gold Medalist
and British legend Big Star who, of
course, needs no further introduction.
The dam Viselia was mother to a
top selling foal of the AES Elite Foal
Auction in 2017. She brings the type
and class of Andiamo on a dam line
with an outstanding record of its own
that produced the international Grand
Prix show jumping stallions Ikoon and
Whispering Hope.
Viselia’s dam Giselia is half-sister
to the mother of Vilavie du Bois
Philip who has been competing
successfully internationally at 1.50m
with Diego Perez Bilbao. Also from
this motherline we have Randgraaf
who has multiple placings at 1.60m
with Philippe Rozier, and AES stallion
Gasper, who is, of course, dam sire
of the great Argento!
With such flawless international
performance breeding on both sides,
this strikingly beautiful filly is certainly
destined for stardom.
Subject to Vat: NO
Collection: To be collected straight from the auction venue or by arrangement
from the vendor’s after return from the auction.
Big Star
Viselia
Quick Star
Jolanda
Andiamo
Giselia
Galoubet A
Stella
Nimmerdor
Elysette
Animo
Taj Mahal X
Nocturn
Wulita
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Futurity Elite Auction 2021 – Eventing & Showjumping
Tinka’s Serenade Embryo II
4
Embryo
Showjumping
A rare chance to buy into one of the
best damlines in showjumping. Here
we have a fully insured embryo from
the breeding of Tinkas Serenade with
the exciting Chef of Flanders Fields Z
DUE ~ 21st APRIL 2022
Chef of Flanders Fields Z is a very
exciting new young upcoming
stallion by Cicero Z; he was
Champion at the AES 3yr Loose
Jumping Championships and was
the 4yo Young Horse Champion at
Bolesworth in 2020. He is currently
being ridden by Billy Twomey, and
has a big future ahead of him.
Tinka’s Serenade jumped at the
highest level of top sport and was
placed third in the GP of Paris at the
age of eightteen before retiring. She
won the GP’s of Basel and Zürich
and represented Ireland at EC, WEG
(Kentucky) and at the Olympics of
London. She jumped two WC finals.
Her biggest victory was the Top Ten
final in Paris 2011. Tinka’s Serenade
won more than a million euros in
prize money
Terms:-
The embryo is carried in a recipient mare from Twemlows Stud but currently
resides at Pewitt Stud. The successful purchaser will be required to arrange
collection of the recipient mare and the contract with Twemlows will be
transferred so that the recipient mare can be returned at weaning under their
terms and conditions. No extra payments are required for the recipient contract.
The embryo is fully insured.
Subject to Vat: NO
Chef of Flanders
Fields Z
Tinka’s Serenade
Cicero Z Van Paemel
Rykje
Tinka’s Boy
Serenade
Carthago
Rendez-Vous van Paemel
Indoctro
Lysbert
Zuidpool
Esprit
African Drum
Aberllanerch Pure Legend
5
2021 Chestnut Colt
Eventing
The opening Eventing lot kicks off
the list with this striking colt who has
a pedigree combining the Luidam
jumping sire Ashdale Legend with a
strong dam line that brings together
two eventing stallion legends in
Fleetwater Opposition and Welton
Crackerjack. This colt is absolutely
bred to event and be a good jumper.
A Gold Scoring colt whose comments
from the judges included: ‘a very nice
prospect for eventing, with balanced
gaits and plenty of activity to cover
the ground, showing very nice
articulation of the limbs’ and
‘a nice strong type with a good
shoulder and saddle position’
His Sire, Ashdale Legend, himself
a 1.40m showjumper brings some
of the best European bloodlines –
Luidam x Lux z x Concorde.
His Dam, Miss Purity Pinker, is bred
in the purple for eventing being by
the phenominal competition stallion
Fleetwater Opposition and out of an
Irish Sports Horse mare by Welton
Crackerjack.
Subject to Vat: NO
TB Percentage: 38.28%
Collection: To be collected straight from the auction venue or by arrangement
from the vendor’s after return from the auction.
Ashdale Legend
Miss Purity Pinker
Luidam
Lux Good
Fleetwater Opposition
Molly Blue
Guidam
Eljenohve
Lux Z
Imenta
Muschamp Danube
Opushka
Welton Crackerjack
Blue Oyster
Wellpark Cadenza
6
2021 Dk Brown Filly
Eventing
This stunning filly wowed the
evaluators with her easy movement
and expression.
With a Thoroughbred sire in Ninth
House and out of the beautiful black
mare, Imagine , this foal is sure not to
disappoint.
Ninth House is a relatively young
Racing sire who won over £45,000
himself over 7f-1m2 in distance. He
has more distance in his blood with
both his sire, Chester House and his
dam’s Sire, Alleged, winning over 9f
& 11f respectively.
His dam, Imagine, brings with her the
bravery of her Advanced eventing
sire, Wish Upon A Star, and the
movement of the dressage motherline
of Woodlander Ilena.
So what more could you wish for
than a foal with Advanced Eventing,
winning flat racing and dressage
bloodlines to create a wonderful
event prospect.
Subject to Vat: YES
TB Percentage:
Collection: To be collected straight from the auction venue or by arrangement
from the vendor’s after return from the auction.
Ninth House xx
Imagine
Chester House xx
Ninette xx
Wish Upon A Star
Woodlander Ilena
Mr Prospector xx
Toussaud xx
Alleged xx
Stellaria xx
Gribaldi
Pasmiek
Woodlander Igor
Vienna
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Futurity Elite Auction 2021 – Eventing & Showjumping
SPS Dazzling Diaz Z
7
2021 Brown Filly
Eventing
This stunning filly foal is by the young
Showjumping stallion Codex Diaz Z
out of a Ramiro B 3yo filly.
The maternal dam, Springtime
Distinction was a consistent performer
at Novice and CCI* (Old *) gaining
22BE Pts with her Young Rider jockey
Her Sire, Codex Diaz Z (2017), a
young stallion recently included in
the Zangersheide collection. He is
considered to be one of the greatest
prospects of the 2017 Zangersheide
collection, a complete sport horse
that, no doubt, will only impress more
as he matures. In his pedigree Codex
Diaz Z combines the blood of Codex
One Z with the blood of his maternal
sire Cornet Obolensky. Like his father,
the stallion sports a lot of blood and
his under-saddle jumping displays
great take-off and technique.
This filly has the credentials to make
a top class eventing prospect that
should have strength and jump
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Codex Diaz Z
Springtime B
Codex One
Cameron Diaz
Ramiro B
Spring Distinction
Contendro I
Gipsy
Cornet Obolensky
Geraldine
Calvani
Lilly
Merit
Penny Black
Eros Zeus
8
2021 Chestnut Colt
Showjumping
Eros Zeus is by the very popular upand-coming
son of Emerald, Escape
Z who is out of the dam of the famous
stallion Untouchable. In addition to
his highly valuable bloodlines, he
brings an impressive performance
record, particularly considering
his age. He became UK National
champion for four-year-olds in 2016.
In 2018 he was winner of Grand
Prix in CSI Lanaken, placed 7th in
the Foxhunter Masters 1.40 double
clear, placed 3rd in the jumping
class at Mechelen for six-year-old
stallions. Actively competing with
Harry Smolders in 2019, Escape Z
was second in the Valkenswaard final
for seven-year-old stallions and sixth
in the young horse championships in
Brussels.
The mother of Eros Zeus brings the
influence of Cor De La Bryere through
his son Calvados II. Grandmother
Indra is the half sister of Saint Malo,
who competed successfully at S-Level
in Germany, racking up an impressive
near 27,000 Euros in prize winnings!
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Escape Z
Solea
Emerald Van’t Ruytershof
Promesse
Calvados II
Indra XV
Diamant de Semilly
Carthina Z
Heartbreaker
Chablis
Cor de la Bryere
Biserta
Laurenz
Zenova
Evelita Du Ruisseau Z
9
2021 Bay Filly
Showjumping
Ridden by Billy Twomey, Chat
Botte E.D (as he is also known) has
achieved outstanding successes in the
sport, including second lacing in the
Ascona CSI5* Grandprix, 2nd in the
CSI3* 2020, 3rd in the CSI3* Grand
Prix at Wellington in 2020, and 4th in
the Nations Cup in Spain in 2019.
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Evelita Du Ruisseau Z, a charming
filly who came forward from the
evaluators with consistently high
marks of 8.25 for her canter, and
8.25 for her walk and her frame.
She is by the increasingly popular
chestnut stallion Chat Botte Du
Ruisseau Z who brings the valuable
bloodlines of Casall Ask and Darco.
Evelita’s mother Unbelievable
Heartbreaker brings the influence
of the legendary Heartbreaker via
his son Barrichello, who himself
competed up to 1.40m. Great
grandmother Piperdy competed in
Holland at 1.20m and is half sister
of the 1.45m jumper Ziferdi.
Chat Botte du
Ruisseau Z
Unbelievable
Heartbreaker
Casall
Pupiblue du Ruisseau
Barrichello
Vera
Caretino
Kira XVII
Darco
Pin Up du Ruisseau
Heartbreaker
Odette
Unbelievable Darco
Piperdy
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Futurity Elite Auction 2021 – Eventing & Showjumping
LKF Casablanco
10
2021 Grey Filly
Showjumping
at international level with rider
Thomas Voss and owner Schuyler
Riley. Carolus II won the Grand Prix
of Rostock and Gijon, the American
Goldcup and was also winner of the
Sires of the World.
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This charming filly is by the Baloubet
du Rouet son Balanco from Gestüt
Lewitz who competed internationally
up to 1.40m. He is the half brother
of Frederic Lagrange’s 1.50m horse
Concorde.
Casarina Z competed successfully
up to 1.20m. She brings the proven
performance blood of the famous
Carolus II who jumped successfully
The mother line has been prolific in
producing good sports horses. Halfsister
Pearl is the mother of Zafira, a
1.50m show jumper with Dominique
Lagens, and grandmother of Zoriana,
who is competing at international
Grand Prix with Italian rider Damiano
Sberveglieri. Further from that line
we have Dantura who competed at
1.45m level and whose daughter Isa
is currently competing at 1.45m with
Nicolas Toro.
Balanco
Casarina Z
Baloubet du Rouet
Casablanca
Carolus II
Karina
Galoubet A
Mesange du Rouet
Captain Paul I
Faletta
Capitol I
Lacq
Fedor
Zotenie
SPS Heatwave
11
2021 Bay Filly
Eventing
This very attractive filly foal is by the
exciting young KWPN Stallion Lingo
van de Watermolen out of the full
Thoroughbred mare, Kara Tara whose
sire, Kayf Tara, won over £600,000
from 15 runs over distances from 1m7f
- 2m3f. He was by the great Sadlers
Wells . This attractive breeding
brings together some exciting young
jumping blood onto long established
distance Thoroughbred racing lines.
This is a great combination for
breeding a top class event prospect
with this filly having over 70%
Thoroughbred blood Sire - Lingo
van de Watermolen is a young
(2016) KWPN Stallion whose
performance test report describes an
uncomplicated stallion with a great
character and willingness to work.
Both his trot and his canter are
light-footed and balanced. Lingo
van de Watermolen has a superb
front-and hind technique, shows great
reflexes, is careful and has a lot of
athletic Dam - Kara Tara unraced but
her sire Kayf Tara has sired multiples
of top class National Hunt and
flat racehorses included the great
Thistlecrack.
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Lingo van de
Watermolen
Kara Tara xx
Connect
Happy Wiggy
Kayf Tara xx
Matilda Too xx
Connor
Marcie N
Carambole
Wepekezwiggy
Sadler’s Wells xx
Colorspin xx
Definite Article xx
The Nurse xx
Cornsay Mystical
12
2021 Bay Filly
Eventing
The damline does not disappoint with
this super colt’s dam, Tretinney, being
by the phenomenal eventing stallion
and sire Chilli Morning out of another
Hand in Glove mare. Both the dam
and damline have come from the
famed event stable of Preci Spark for
breeding top eventing bloodlines.
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Modern Eventing breeding with
producers of Elite event horses are
everywhere in this pedigree.
By the up and coming stallion,
Future Prophecy, who combines the
successful thoroughbred eventing
sire, Power Blade, with a damline
steeped in eventing lineage being by
Hand in Glove.
This filly really has it all in her
pedigree and wowed the Futurity
judges. Her destiny is surely for
competing and she also has a future
as a dam herself.
Future Prophecy xx
Mullacrew
Power Blade xx
Future Golden Glove xx
Chilli Morning
Trelissick
Fine Blade xx
First Field xx
Hand in Glove xx
Persephone Heights xx
Phantomic xx
Koralle
Hand in Glove xx
Carosello
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Futurity Elite Auction 2021 – Eventing & Showjumping
Newlyns Flamenco
13
2020 Grey Mare
Eventing
This eye catching steel grey filly with
floating paces and a temperament to
match is sure to have a bright future.
Likely to make around 16.3hh she
is by Hallmark DS of out Flamenco
Billerough. With both strong
jumping lines mixed in with good
Thoroughbred blood she is the perfect
mix for eventing carrying 58.59%
blood.
Sire - Hallmark DS Himself competed
at Novice BE Level with consistent
results, has now proven himself as a
prolific sire. By West Coast Cavalier,
the son of the Eventing grandee
sire Cavalier Royale and out of the
Thoroughbred mare, Betty Lightning,
West Coast Cavalier has produced
numerous eventers including many
competing at International level and
numerous with amateur riders at
lower levels proving his progeny to
be both trainable to top level as well
as rideable.
Dam - Flamenco Billerough is an Irish
Sports Horse by the wonderful sire,
Je t’aime Flamenco out of Ringwood
Poppet. Ringwood Poppet is by the
jumping stallion Ringwood Harley
Carol out of a Stormhill Miller mare.
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Hallmark DS
Flamenco Billerough
West Coast Cavalier
Betty Lightning xx
Je T’aime Flamenco
Ringwood Poppet
Cavalier Royale
Lama 2
Fourstars Allstar xx
Di’s Wag xx
Flamenco De Semilly
Quansie Van De Halhoeve
Ringwood Harley Carol
Ringwood Popsey
Replay Scais
14
2021 Chestnut Colt
Showjumping
Replay SCAIS has showjumping
royalty in his pedigree. His father,
Dakar VDL is a son of Cardento,
winner of the Silver medal at the
European Championship, the World
Championship and the Olympics.
Mother Higeunerin SCAIS is by
Campbell, a product of the golden
combination Cassini I x Caretino. Her
mare family is exceptional.
The direct mother is Maternal sister
to Tempo VDL who has competed up
to 1.50m for Mexico, and Vincenzo
VDL who is successful up to 1.30m.
Grandmother Jigeunerin is full sister
to the important KWPN stallion
Goodtimes and Mercedes who again
competed up to 1.50m.
This beautiful colt foal came forward
for virtual evaluations with the
international panel and achieved
wonderful marks from the judges,
who awarded him a 8.75 for the
frame, 8.25 for her walk and 8.5 for
both trot and canter. The evaluators
particularly commented on his
excellent articulation in all his gaits.
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Dakar VDL
Higeunerin Scais
Cardento
Nisolde
Campbell VDL
Jigeunerin
Capitol I
B-Estelle
Nimmerdor
Isolde
Cassini I
Nele IX
Nimmerdor
Zigeunerin
SPS Hits of Summer
15
2021 Brown Filly
Eventing
This lovely filly is just waiting to go
eventing....
the wonderful Wexford Lady who
many will remember was placed both
at Badminton and Burghley 5* Events
with her long term rider Sarah Cohen.
The breeder has put an exciting
young dressage stallion, Myspires
Fider Hit, onto the established
eventing damlines to produce this
super youngster.
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Her damline comes from the well
known Preci Spark stable of eventing
broodmare lines and this one is from
one of the best.
This filly’s dam, Trevilder, evented
herself at Novice level before going
to stud but her maternal grandam is
Myspires Fider Hit is by Fidertanz out
of a Sandro Hit mare so this filly is
sure to move and be brave.
Myspires Fider Hit
Trevilder
Fidertanz
Veronica
Fleetwater Opposition
The Wexford Lady
Fidermark NRW
Reine Freude
Sandro Hit
Version
Muschamp Danube
Opushka
Fine Blade xx
Forth Diamond
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Futurity Elite Auction 2021 – Eventing & Showjumping
Silver Birch
16
2021 Grey Colt
Eventing
Not only do we have a super colt but
he has Eventing bloodlines through
and through.
By the Futurity Graduate and Equine
Bridge Champion, Catherston Oakley
out of Silver Sovereign.
Catherston Oakley has been
competing at Novice BE this season
as a 7yr old and has won two
Novice classes and been placed 8
times in the top 10 out of his 12 runs
proving that he is reliable, consistent
and able to combine his competition
committments with his stud work.
His bloodlines need little introduction
being by the great Fleetwater
Opposition and out of the Dutch
Gold mare Catherston Deodara
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Catherston Oakley
Silver Sovereign
Opposition Bombshell
Catherston Deodara
Libro
Moonlight Gem
Fleetwater Opposition
Dutch Bombshell
Dutch Gold
Wellingtonia GB
Faust Z
Bidorette
Abergwiffy xx
Kizzy Blue
Ramirendro HSH
17
2021 Bay Colt
Showjumping
Finally, to the end this super auction
we have the exciting colt
Ramirendro HSH.
Our Panel of evaluators praised this
foal’s canter highly awarding an
impressive 8.75, commenting on his
ground covering abilities and his
balance. By the influential eventing
and showjumping sire Contendro
I. Contendro I won a premium at
the 1999 Holstein licensing, and
was champion of his performance
test in 2000. He was placed in the
4yr old National Championships,
and qualified for the 5yr old
Bundeschampionat, but since
then his breeding career has meant
that he performs rarely. His full
brother Contendro II has jumped up
to grand prix and is also a licensed
stallion.
Ramirendro HSH’s dam sire
Powerhouse Eldorado van de
Zeshoek meets all the expectations
in both sport and breeding. Ridden
by Willem Greve, the son of
Clinton is currently among the best
combinations in The Netherlands,
making several Nations Cup
appearances.
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Contendro I
Keldorado
Contender
Bravo
Eldorado van de Zeshoek TN
O-Ditsy
Calypso II
Gofine
Reichsgraf
Ofarim
Clinton
Bijou Orai
Karlstad
H.Ditsy
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Futurity Elite Auction 2021 – Eventing & Showjumping
Living The Dream
1
2021 Bay Filly
Dressage
and Bundeschampionat winner Fürst
Fabio who is out of Duffy Diamond’s
mother Waldrose. She also bred the
Grand Prix horse Sir Eon and has
two grandchildren at international
PSG/Inter I level in San Fabia and
Penhaligon’s Juniper.
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Living The Dream lives up to her name
with expressive, uphill movement,
beauty and a real “look at me”
attitude.
She comes from an outstanding
mare family that has brought us the
legendary World Breeding Champion
Woodlander Farouche and the
famous Florestan, as well as the
international Grand Prix star Favourit
Living The Dream’s sire Lollipop
Dance is by the great Uthopia. On his
mother’s side we find the influential
Jazz. Lollipop comes from a prolific
motherline of successful performance
horses, including the Grand Prix horse
Wonder.
A charming filly who loves to show
off. Equipped with the talent and
genetics to succeed, she will make
a great partner in the sport!
Lollipop Dance
Duffy Diamond
Uthopia
Gallia
Diamond Hit
Waldrose
Metall
Odelia
Amoureux
S.Renida
Blue Hors Don Schufro
Loretta
Worldchamp
Fair Play
Fenella Fielding
2
2021 Dk Brown Filly
Dressage
Franz Ferdinand is known for
producing excellent type and for
passing on his breathtaking beauty,
and this filly is certainly an excellent
example.
He is the full brother of the double
World Breeding Champion
Woodlander Farouche with whom he
shares a natural elegance
and presence, long lines, and
exceptional gaits.
This modern stallion complements the
proven performance lines we find in
the motherline of this beautiful filly.
The dam sire Rubin Star N is a son
of the famous Rubinstein known for
passing on exceptional temperament
and rideability. Behind comes the
legendary Donnerhall who has
shaped dressage breeding perhaps
like no other stallion.
Fenella Fielding impressed the
Futurity evaluators with her very
harmonious type and conformation,
as well as her uphill, expressive and
ground covering movement. A very
beautiful and elegant foal offering a
compelling cocktail of exceptional
dressage breeding lines and the
talent and movement to match.
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Franz Ferdinand
Margaret Thatcher
Fuerst Heinrich
Woodlander Dornroschen
Rubin Star N
H My Rose
Florestan I
Dawina
Dimaggio
Claire
Rubinstein I
Carella
Donnerhall
Miss Tom
Formidable CD
3
2021 Bay Colt
Dressage
This leggy and elegant colt by the
great Franklin offers an excellent
prospect for the future with great
conformation and bred entirely
in the purple.
Franklin requires little introduction.
He was KWPN Champion Stallion,
winner of his stallion performance
test in the Netherlands, and a World
Breeding Championships finalist.
Many of his sons have been licensed.
It is therefore no surprise that his
offspring continue to command
excellent prices at auctions all over
the world.
The motherline of this foal is
exceptional. His dam is the half
sister to the international Grand
Prix stallion Woodlander Rockstar,
the international PSG/Inter I horse
Daltry and the successful eventing
stallion Wesuvio. Half sister Foxy
Lady is mother to two internationally
licensed stallions in Woodlander
Grand Design and Woodlander
Wedgewood. The mare family
brought us legendary stallions such
as Metternich and Blickfang.
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Franklin
Woodlander Wirginia
Plain
Ampere
Warkle M
Wavavoom
Savannah
Rousseau
Larivola
Ferro
Sparkle M
Weltregent H
Louisiana
Sao Paulo
Lollipop
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Futurity Elite Auction 2021 – Eventing & Showjumping
Wild Glory (ET)
4
2021 Bay Filly
Dressage
of 9.79. He is by the British bred
stallion Wavavoom who has been a
consistent progenitor of Futurity elite
foals, and out of the double World
Breeding Champion Woodlander
Farouche whose winning score at
Verden from 2012 of 9.88 remains
unbeaten to this day.
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This powerful and harmonious filly
is a direct daughter of two Futurity
champions. She has a compact frame
with uphill movement and great
impulsion.
Her sire Wild Child holds the all time
Futurity record with a dream score
This filly’s genetic mother, Gloria,
was the highest scoring Futurity entry
in 2017 with another dream mark of
9.55. She brings the genetics of the
Grand Prix stallion Grey Flanell who
is by the great Gribaldi. Behind that
comes the influence of Hotline and
Weltmeyer to round off this world
class pedigree.
Wild Child
Gloria
Wavavoom
Woodlander Farouche
Grey Flanell
Hope of Glory
Weltregent H
Louisiana
Fuerst Heinrich
Woodlander Dornroschen
Gribaldi
Onoeska
Blue Hors Hotline
Wanja G
J’Adore Galore
5
2021 Dk Brown Filly
Dressage
We simply adore the leggy and
elegant filly by the exciting young
stallion Jameson RS2.
Like his sire Zack before him, Jameson
was champion of his stallion licensing
and won his performance test with
a perfect score of 10 for canter.
He won the stallion competitions
at Ermelo and De Peelbergen, and
the 4-year-old Pavo Cup. In 2020
he was the winner of the 5 year old
dressage stallion Competition in Den
Bosch with 94 points.
This wonderful filly is the half sister of
the exciting young WBS-UK licensed
stallion Lollipop, who achieved a
Futurity Elite score as a 3yo. Like
him, J’Adore Galore convinces with
three expressive, naturally uphill and
elastic gaits.
In her Futurity evaluation, J’Adore
Galore was consistent in achieving
gold scores in all elements of the
assessment. She impressed with
ground covering active strides and
good use of her hocks and shoulder.
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Jameson RS2
Gallia
Blue Hors Zack
Atilinda M
Amoureux
S.Renida
Rousseau
Orona
Negro
Tilinda M
Saros Van’t Gestelhof
Ruby
Jazz
Gerida II
Sannabays Love Potion
6
2021 Black Filly
Dressage
It is a pleasure to introduce this
gorgeous and elastic daughter of the
exciting young British based stallion
Lestingdale.
Lestingdale makes a big impression
thanks to his looks and enormous,
uphill and expressive canter
reminiscent of his famous sire, the
World Champion Glamourdale.
He was the 4yo Champion of the
NexGen Final at Hickstead in
2020. He stamps his offspring with
his exceptionally elastic paces and
elegant, uphill conformation.
The mother of this charming filly
brings exceptional provenance. She
is a half sister to the CCI3* gelding
Goldfinger and is by the Breitling son
and Premium stallion Benvenuto. Her
mother is by the great Donnerhall and
full sister to the PSG horse Decantato
and the stallion Donnerklang. She is
also half sister to two further stallions
in Pik Labionics and Decarpentry.
Another half sister is the mother of the
stallion Diaggio.
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Lestingdale VS
Belle Ami
Glamourdale
C’Est Fury
Benvenuto
Documenta
Lord Leatherdale
Thuja
Sorento
Naomi
Breitling W
Weserfee
Donnerhall
Akrobatik
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Futurity Elite Auction 2021 – Eventing & Showjumping
Ginleys Ginarte
7
2021 Bay Filly
Dressage
It is a great pleasure to introduce
the first of two foals from the World
Champion and international Grand
Prix stallion Glamourdale who took
the dressage breeding world by storm
when he won the 7yo FEI - WBFSH
World Breeding Championships
in Ermelo in 2018. He made his
international Grand Prix debut this
spring with a convincing win at Grote
Brogel in Belgium at his second ever
outing at that level. His outstanding
temperament and rideability make
him an excellent sire for those looking
for a serious and reliable competition
prospect.
Ginleys Ginarte’s mother is by the
WBFSH top ranking sire Johnson.
Great grandmother Rebecca is the
half sister of Walpurgis who is the
mother of two international Grand
Prix horses, one of them being none
other than Spencer Wilton’s Olympic
ride Super Nova! Grandmother
Heartbreak is competing successfully
at FEI PSG level with Lauren Noble.
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Glamourdale
Heart of Gold
Lord Leatherdale
Thuja
Johnson
Heartbreak
Lord Loxley I
Fairless P
Negro
Jasmijn
Jazz
Roxane
Herzensdieb
Rebecca
Razr Bankes
8
2021 Bay Colt
Dressage
This elegant, tall colt is another
collection highlight by the exciting
Jameson RS2.
In its official 2018 stallion report, the
KWPN evaluators praised Jameson’s
temperament and work attitude,
as well as his talent and powerful
movement. attributes which we
certainly recognise in his offspring.
On the dam side, Razr Bankes has
outstanding provenance. Ucka is
an ELITE, PROK graded mare who
competed to medium level. Her
mother is full sister to the dam of
Broere Jazz. Jazz competed to the
highest levels in the sport and holds
the record for topping the WBFSH
sire rankings. In 2020, he moved
into second position behind his son,
Johnson.
Ucka’s foals are now competing
at medium and advanced medium
level. The dam line further produced
the PSG horse Irving, the Grand
Prix horse Ferrero, the Inter-1 horse
Cubald, the Grand Prix horse
Loverboy and many more.
Subject to Vat: NO
Collection: Foals at foot will return to the Vendor’s Stud.
Arrangements for collection at weaning will be made between the Purchaser
and the Vendor.
It is advised that foals should be insured but it is at the Purchaser’s discretion
Jameson RS2
Ucka
Blue Hors Zack
Atilinda M
Polansky
Darmante
Rousseau
Orona
Negro
Tilinda M
Kostolany
Lonnevanck
Ulster
Warmante
Zafina
9
2021 Bay Filly
Dressage
We are delighted to welcome to this
auction this expressive filly by the
great Baron who is a powerhouse of
a stallion who brings the rideability
from his sire, the Bellissimo son
Benicio, paired with the influence of
one the greatest German stallions, Sir
Donnerhall I. He is known for passing
on exceptional freedom of movement
and elasticity, and this filly is no
exception!
Mother Zelma brings the important
blood of the all-time great Gribaldi,
sire of Totilas, of the dual purpose
stallion Samber who brings a good
dose of thoroughbred, and then the
famous Cocktail. She has consistently
produced offspring of exceptional
quality, and this is her third Elite
Auction foal, the previous two having
sold to excellent knowledgeably
competition homes.
Subject to Vat: NO
Collection: Foals at foot will return to the Vendor’s Stud.
Arrangements for collection at weaning will be made between the Purchaser
and the Vendor.
It is advised that foals should be insured but it is at the Purchaser’s discretion
Baron
Zamela
Benicio
Snoopje
Gribaldi
Pamela
Belissimo M
Valencia
Sir Donnerhall I
Finja
Kostolany
Gondola II
Samber
Harma
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Futurity Elite Auction 2021 – Eventing & Showjumping
Joviality
10
2021 Black Filly
Dressage
We are delighted to present a
wonderful opportunity to buy a
daughter of the double FEI - WBFSH
World Breeding Champion Jovian.
We recognise in this filly many of
the attributes of her father, including
his long legs, good amount of bone,
presence, and exceptional elasticity.
Joviality’s mother, Happy Days,
combines the important influence
of Blue Hors Hotline, withtype and
refinement from her outstanding
grandmother, the State Premium mare
Limoncello who brings blood from the
Lauries Crusador XX son Londonderry
and beauty from the Trakehner
influence of Benz and Consul.
Limoncello produced a licensed son
in the Oldenburg approved stallion
Clapton. The mare family also
produced Emma Hindle’s exceptional
Grand Prix stallion Wie Weltmeyer.
This charming filly is bred entirely
in the purple in a truly modern
pedigree that provides a compelling
cocktail of type, proven performance
and movement. An exceptional
opportunity for a serious investor.
Subject to Vat: NO
Collection: Foals at foot will return to the Vendor’s Stud.
Arrangements for collection at weaning will be made between the Purchaser
and the Vendor.
It is advised that foals should be insured but it is at the Purchaser’s discretion
Jovian
Happy Days
Apache
Zinith
Blue Hors Hotline
Limoncello
UB 40
Tolanda
Tango
Minou
Hofrat
De Nira
Londonderry
Ballzeit
Romeo Bankes
11
2021 Dk Brown Colt
Dressage
Clementine is the mother of Michael
Whitaker’s famous Handel.
Subject to Vat: NO
This impressive colt convinces with
long, elegant lines reminiscent of his
sire Glamourdale.
Glamourdale offers a compelling
cocktail of bloodlines in Lord
Leatherdale, the maker of champions,
and Negro. His mother has produced
two ‘Elite’ daughters and is a fullsister
to Spencer Wilton’s Grand Prix
horse Numberto. Great grandam
Romeo’s dam is by the Metall son
Ufo, and behind comes the influence
of the WBFSH leading sire Jazz.
She is an Elite, IBOP, Prok mare,
who scored 78 in her performance
test. She is a half sister of the
KWPN reserve licensing champion
Ierland. Her mother is a half sister
of the stallion Bristol, who competes
internationally at PSG/Inter 1 with
Kirsten Beckers and the Grand
Prix horse Raoul who competed
for the USA under the saddle of
Sarah Lindsten. An eye-catching
colt with remarkable presence and
outstanding provenance.
Collection: Foals at foot will return to the Vendor’s Stud.
Arrangements for collection at weaning will be made between the Purchaser
and the Vendor.
It is advised that foals should be insured but it is at the Purchaser’s discretion
Glamourdale
Granada
Lord Leatherdale
Thuja
UFO
Zaragoza
Lord Loxley I
Fairless P
Negro
Jasmijn
Metall
Jufeera
Jazz
Selina
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