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Thinking of using this stallion as understand he is back in the country. Has anyone got any feedback on him? Its the mares first foal, shes 12 Belgiun WB, quite chunky! Want to breed something quite smart (well try!) I've heard he can be quite spooky too?

Thank you!
 
He used to live about 50 yards away from me in England!
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As a young stallion everyone used him locally and they raked in the profits from selling his foals. There are loads of really very nice Dimaggio offspring out there, and they all fetch a good price. If you can afford the stud fee (don't know what he is these days) I'd say go for it. And he is a really nice horse to handle too
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Yes he is definatly back in the UK, he was fabulous under saddle as a young horse, wonderfully light on his feet.
He had a bit of a clean sweep at the BEF awards in 2008 and his stock have been fetching good money in Germany. I would think he'd add length of leg and a good modern stamp
 
umm, my Dimaggio mare (out of very good very well bred tough 3* mare) is absolutely impossible. she's 8 now, has the brain and work ethic of a stroppy 3 yr old (if i'm being generous) and has naturally weak tendons (according to vet who scanned her) which showed up when she was 4 and had done very little work. she is nappy, stroppy, and vile, and i have tried EVERYTHING. i can't safely trot a circle on her, quite seriously. she's nice to handle, that's about all i can say that's good.
another HHOer has a DiMaggio gelding who is also a nappy toad, and told me she can't hack him out unless she has draw reins on him. (she's a very good rider.)
i was desperately disappointed with mine, sincerely wish i'd used any other stallion on the planet.
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a friend used him the same year i did, mare slipped foal in autumn, no refund, no free return, no nothing.
sorry, i know there are some lovely DiMaggios about, but that's just my experience and that of my friends...
 
My friend has a dimaggio mare out of a danish mare that i own { has a full sister which sadly died}, she is currently competing at Medium and is going extremely well, training piaffe and passage and finds it easy, good trainable tempramnet and modern in build, was well handled from a foal and took to BD younghorse classes, she actually won as a 3 year old.
Can be a bit hot headed {chestnut mare though}
Have considered using him on the same mare again.
 
He is one that really does not stamp his stock particularly well- YES he does have some beautifull offspring, but have seen loads of his stock down here in the south am really not impressed
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Ugly, poor confo, no particular great temperment.. And not particularly nice moving either. Also he seems to pass on this particular eye/head that Ive seen in every offspring which am also not keen on. Just my opinion!

On the other hand, have heard that he has been used on every /any type of mare
 
My friend bred a foal by him (think she is 6 this year ) that has a very nasty temperament. She is very experienced and has also sort help, and been incredibly patient, but to no great effect. The mare had a fantastic upbringing nothing bad happened to her, she was just born that way. It's a real shame. The mare bred a super foal the previous year (by a different stallion) that has done very well in young horse dressage classes and couldn't be more different, although he is a gelding. But that's the luck of the draw with breeding I suppose, and every stallion must produce the odd one that's no good. I am not sure where you are based, but if you are down south I would take a look at "Surprise". He is only a young stallion but has a very good pedigree and is working his way through the grades at the moment, I have a fantastic mare by him, she is soooo laid back but moves like a dream. He is a ligher build than some and full of quality.
 
He is a stallion that has been used LOTS, and pretty indiscriminately with regard to the mares in earlier years. Therefore there is quite a lot on the ground by him.

He obviously has produced some very nice offspring, but I have yet to personally meet one. The few I have seen have been pretty rubbish tbh but then you can't always blame that on the stallion, the mare has to take some credit too!
 
One of my Best friends and trainer has a 6 year old by him out a really nice Hanovarian Dressage mare. He has been a superstar to bring on and train and is now competing at medium. He has had his moments but no more or more difficult than any other youngster. He has been a pleasure to deal with at home and away competing - he's just quite large!


Maybe she was lucky...but she has been looking at other Dimaggio offspring.
 
I think if you have a good Dimaggio, you have a superstar. But a bad one can be a nightmare. So yes, I'd be careful about the mare line and only use him on something that was 150% sound, clean limbed and a happy athlete.

Woodlander Dornroschen by Dimaggio is one of the best 6yr olds I've ever seen. Beautiful looking too.
 
Dimaggio won all the age groups at the British Breeding Awards for British Dressage, looked to be 3 different types of horse too.
 
I have two mares by Dimaggio, they are both liver chestnut and will both be 5 this year.

The first is by Dimaggio out of a Regazzoni x Waitiomo x Watzmann mare. She is currently in training and has proven to be very trainable with no problems so far. She has competed in a few shows over in Germany and has taken this in her stride with very good results.

The second is by Dimaggio out of a De Niro x Rosenkavalier x Angelo mare. She had her first foal last year and we are so delighted with him that we have decided to keep her as a
broodmare. Not the best picture but one of her with her foal.
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I think like with any stallion you need to assess your own mare's strengths and weaknesses in order to help you decide if he would be suitable for her or not. Both my mares are fairly fine and neither very tall so it would also depend on whether you wanted to lighten your mare up or breed another chunky one.
 
Thank you everyone for your honest feedback - really in a muddle now!
Re: Surprise - he was my 1st choice, just wanted something a little more known in case I wanted to sell the foal and also loved the way Dimaggio really moved!
Does anyone have any other suggestions??
 
Ive actually never heard anyone who is pleased with their Dimaggio offspring, all the people I know of, have bred out of top class competition mares and the offspring has been less than disapointing. I know Kerrilli on this forum bred out of a top top event mare and has had a disapointing outcome. Also I worked with some one who bred out of a top class dressage mare and what she got was not good it had hind limb suspensory problems before it was 3 years old, 4 years later been told it will never do anything more than hack in a straight line. So Iam afraid ive never heard anything but bad news.
 
well my Demonstrator mare had a Di Maggio filly with her previous owner, and I keep in touch with the filly's new owners. She was a total dream to back and produce, and they cannot sing her praises high enough. And once again he topped all 3 dressage sections at the British breeding awards dinner. Thats better than any other UK stallion managed.

Obviously he has to be bred to the right mare, but he obviously can produce the goods
 
I'm not sure we can blame it all on the stallion guys i know its a big part but the mare has 50% plus nurture so i think need something to complement. i have from reliable sources that Dimaggio himslef is an absolute sweet heart though may have some health problems but not too sure about that
 
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