Breeding from "Silverstone VDL" and "Triomple de Muze"

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I am looking to put my mare (Quite Easy . Quidam de Revel) into foal, and am looking at Silverstone VDL and Triomphe de Muze, I just wondered if anybody has any experience with these stallions, and their progeny and could give me any advice/tips/things to watch out for?
 
The Kwpn have their stallion inspection report on Silverstone up on their online database. All positive from what I remember .

Only thing is that I have heard rumours about silver's site Corland- that the offspring have soundness issues. Not sure what/ how.
 
Silverstone vdl is by champion du lys. I have two foals this year and put my mares straight back in foal to him again, they are the best foals I've had, he has stamped them with his good looks, temperament and movement, can't wait to get them jumping!:)
 
Triomphe de Muze is by chin chin Olympic medallist and was bred by Joris de Brabander in Belgium- breeder of 5 horses in the SJ Olympic start list 2012- three of which were by Nabab de Reve, who actually appears in 7% of the pedigrees of all the 2012 SJ horses. This includes London the silver medalist who is by nabab and used to be called Carembar de Muze.

They have used chin chin quite a few times in there breeding and some world class horses have resulted. Chin chins are good for competitive amateurs.

Triomphe is very successful himself and adds class and quality the damline is French too I think jalisco can't remember- google it.

If you have a quite easy/quidam mare the cross would be nearly entirely Selle Francais blood- a very competitive and athletic prospect. Anything that comes from a De Muze stallion/mare is highly sought after ATM x
 
Filly foal by Silverstone vdl at Brightwells now sold, others going like hot cakes too, not suprised when you see the quality. Check out video of 5 year old advertised in last weeks H & H, VOLOSPORT HORSES. Would love to buy him! Pure selle francais are athletic but renowned for being difficult, ok for top riders but many never reach their full potential and are difficult to sell due to temperement, not a risk I want to take.:)
 
Seriously?! That is grossly unfair you can't tar them all with the same brush!
SF is not really a breed it's simply a French warmblood- therefore a mix of breeds just like any other warmblood stud book out there. It's a bit like saying all Belgian warmbloods are heavy slow cart horses- when they're not.
First time I've heard that about SF horses!
 
I agree seabiscuit lol! All mine are BWP but made up of sf blood- and I wish they were hotter!

It is true that many pro horses are sf- a huge amount have Quidam de Revel, ibrahim, nabab de reve, Jalisco, cor de la bryere (many german horses have him) etc in them. So upon examining most performance pedigrees many will have some French element.

All horses are different but as Paris suggested one must be realistic about ones riding ability!
 
Of course I'm not saying all SF are difficult but they are known to be hot headed. The things any breeder should consider first is what they are breeding from, get an objective, unbiased opinion of your mare, re conformation, ability, temperament, etc then choose a stallion appropriate to improve her according to what you want. For example I have sent 2 mares back to Silverstone this year, both mares are a little hot but have a very good jump and suit his conformation, I normally like to mix it up a bit with sires but wanted to get another two in case his semen price goes up as the eventers are all starting to use him now as he stamps thoroughbred mares with his scope of jump and elasticity of paces. The talk is he will be the next Jaguar Mail in the eventing breeding, already silverstone is used extensively in the US. However my 3rd mare went to Tsjakka as his conformation suited her better than Silverstone. Look at what you have and build on your mare's attributes, counterbalancing any faults. Happy breeding!:)
 
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