Anyone own anything by Gold Chain / Gold Hills

oldywoldy said:
If you dont mind me saying she is horribly closely inbred on the dams side if that pedigree is correct.
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Actually that is not quite correct -the dam is a half brother x half sister product with unknown & hopefully unrelated grand dams which with an outstanding common parent could be a rather good mating. This mare has then gone to an unrelated stallion so the OP's horse is not inbred at all.

Cruiseline - veeery nice (& this from someone who doesn't do warmbloods)
 
Mmm like a lot cruise line. What is His temperament like?

Yeh I know that gold hills appears twice close together on the mare side but it is done quite frequently. I'm guessing Gold Hills was a popular sire and must have had good attributes that they wanted to pass on.
 
I remember Goldhills very well. Big, dark chestnut, grade A jumping stallion with a big white blaze. he was a real talent. He was around the showjumping circuit late 80's early 90's with the Dunlops. he was by the late Caroline Bradley's Marius who is also the sire of Milton
 
Little Nell said:
I remember Goldhills very well. Big, dark chestnut, grade A jumping stallion with a big white blaze. he was a real talent. He was around the showjumping circuit late 80's early 90's with the Dunlops. he was by the late Caroline Bradley's Marius who is also the sire of Milton
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Agree with this by the time we met him he'd lost an eye but he was a kind old lad.
 
lyndsayberesford said:
Mmm like a lot cruise line. What is His temperament like?
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He has a fantastic temperament, not spooky, in fact completely the opposite, there is nothing that fazes him, but he can get nervous if he misunderstands or thinks he has upset someone. He takes the pressure of top level dressage in his stride and loves being my partner in the sport.

So all in all a really top horse :D
 
Hope this works, In the group pic he is second along with the fluffy noseband

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Just posting to say this thread brings back memories from my days as a SJ groom :).
Gold Hills was lovely, as was Gold Chain.
I worked for a family who had 2 mares by Gold Hills. The grey had a very sweet temperament but the chestnut was a little bit sensitive. Both were just novices on the SJ circuit, jumping BN, Discovery and Newcomers at the time.

Cruiseline, LOVE your stallion ! :D
Dutch Falco was one of my favourites. I loved watching him jump.
I don't know if this is good or bad.....but your stallion is related to my New Forest filly through his dam. Niggerstep Of Bridgelea is in the 5th generation of my filly's pedigree on her sire's side. :)
 
LittleWildOne said:
Cruiseline, LOVE your stallion ! :D
Dutch Falco was one of my favourites. I loved watching him jump.
I don't know if this is good or bad.....but your stallion is related to my New Forest filly through his dam. Niggerstep Of Bridgelea is in the 5th generation of my filly's pedigree on her sire's side. :)
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It is good :D I love the fact that Tartan Special has a line of pony in his breeding. It comes through too, I think it is the pony in him that makes him such a pocket 'pony' always pleased to see me and he does his best to make riding him a pleasure.

Here is a short video I put together on mother's day in honour of my late, much missed mother! (sorry that the videoing is not so good, one of the kids at the yard did it for me :rolleyes: ) I hope you enjoy :D


http://youtu.be/R4QFqN_sJgc
 
LittleWildOne said:
Just posting to say this thread brings back memories from my days as a SJ groom :).
Gold Hills was lovely, as was Gold Chain.
I worked for a family who had 2 mares by Gold Hills. The grey had a very sweet temperament but the chestnut was a little bit sensitive. Both were just novices on the SJ circuit, jumping BN, Discovery and Newcomers at the time.

Cruiseline, LOVE your stallion ! :D
Dutch Falco was one of my favourites. I loved watching him jump.
I don't know if this is good or bad.....but your stallion is related to my New Forest filly through his dam. Niggerstep Of Bridgelea is in the 5th generation of my filly's pedigree on her sire's side. :)
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What was Gold Chain like? So intrigued now! Wonder if he is still alive and who owns him now hmmmm
 
lyndsayberesford, as far as I remember, Gold Chain was palomino and was taller and finer than Gold Hills although it is a very vague memory so I may be wrong.
On allbreedpedigree, it has him listed as foaled in 1984, which would make him 28 years old now if he is still alive.

cruiseline, thank you for that video link. :D
What a stunning horse he is ! I watched your other 2 videos of him, the dressage to music and the PSG. He certainly does have a lot of "pony character" but in a horses body. He must be a dream to ride and own. I can see the pony in him (but in a good way) if you know what I mean. His head screams out "NEW FOREST" to me. There's just a certain look about his head and facial expression that I see in a lot of NF's.
I like this breeding a lot, and in fact would certainly consider puting my NF filly to a similar type of warmblood stallion to yours in the future. :cool:
 
LittleWildOne said:
lyndsayberesford, as far as I remember, Gold Chain was palomino and was taller and finer than Gold Hills although it is a very vague memory so I may be wrong.
On allbreedpedigree, it has him listed as foaled in 1984, which would make him 28 years old now if he is still alive.
:cool:
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Wow palomino! Thanks for that! I've tried to contact the dunlops to see what else they know of him too :)
 
lyndsayberesford said:
Wow palomino! Thanks for that! I've tried to contact the dunlops to see what else they know of him too :)
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He might have been a chestnut with flaxen mane and tail, but something in my mind is saying palomino.
My memory of him was at a show in fife, where he and Gold Hills were both competing that day.....but that was back in the early 90's. :)
 
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