I bred a youngster by Legrande and I was very pleased with him, he passed on his lovely temperament and movement but I would say height is a gamble with every breeding. I have seen his offspring vary between 16hh and 17:2hh.
I have a gelding by Legrande and I think he's lovely, take a look at the progeny page on the Lynaire website I think most of his offspring are on there.
I worked for a show jumper and while we were away at a Nations Cup competition we were by the collecting ring and I needed to give my boss a leg up on to his 17hh 2 WB who was normally held by someone else while I legged him up as he got so excited he would start spinning in circles. I am only...
Stallion AI Services (Twemlows) near Whitchurch, Shropshire are having an open day on Sunday 21st April which might be of interest to you. There were some interesting talks last year and demos showing a collection from a stallion & scanning of a mare as well as the stallion show.
Some of these are so funny! A long time ago I was out on my cob mare who normally plodded everywhere. We were on a rough piece of ground which we used to cut through back onto the road. I knew that someone had put some barbed wire across the normal exit and had planned a different route but for...