Legrande - dun stallion

Yes I understand. I was in the same boat with being a member of too many breed societies so I also cut back on which ones to be a member of. Thank you for your reply. He is a very striking looking horse.
 
What a lovely stallion! And what a gorgeous face he has! Will he be competing in the European circuit anytime soon? Would love to see him in the flesh (so to speak).

I have been looking at his pedigree and his sire's side is quite impressive with among others Lombard and Cor de la Bryere ... must be where he gets is jumping genes from. It is however disappointing that My Boy, his dam's sire, was never approved, as he is also a very respectable stallion.
Because of his sire not being approved will limit the number of Warmblood Associations, eg Oldenburg, KWPN, BWP, that will accept Legrande's foals in their Main Books.

With respect to the colour possibilities, breeding buckskin to buckskin can give:
- any of the double dilutes = cremello, perlino, smoky cream
- any of the single dilutes = palomino, buckskin, smoky black
- any of the 'solid' colours = chestnut, bay, black
... which depends on whether or not the mare cares chestnut and what the Agouti status is of both parents.
 
Thank you, Lefevre is indeed an impressive stallion. His breeder had very high hopes for him until an accident ended his ridden career at the age of 5. He is now aged 22 and the last I heard was still covering some mares last season.

The way he is progressing with his jumping, especially when you consider he has been in competition for less than 12 months, there could be a possibility of him doing some shows in the future.

Unfortunately My Boy (Oklan) passed away a few years ago, so there is no possibility of him being graded, which is a shame. I took a video of him aged 18 years and he was very impressive even then. He competed nationally at a decent level, as did Legrande's mother, so I think he get the jump from both sides of the pedigree.
 
My Boy was euthanized in 2009 due to age problems. I met him at several occasions as his owner is a client of mine. My Boy was a very successful jumper here and lots of his kids were also successful in jumping. That buckskin Legrande boy of yours is probably one of his ever best male offspring I have seen, he is truly a very beautiful stallion. I live just round the corner of where Legrande was bred. Its a shame Lothar never took the chance of bringing My Boy for the right approval or having him do a performance test. I had a very nice Palomino colt with stockings by My Boy that a client from USA ordered. My Boy did not only bring very nice competition horses, he also brought a lot of size into the dilute horses.
 
Thank you Flyingcolors, I will have to dig out the video of My Boy and put it on the website. I know that Lothar and Madlen are very proud of Legrande and receive regular updates on his progress.

I had such a wonderful time when I visited, it is a beautiful part of the world and they are such a nice family. I hope that Legrande will continue to do them proud in the coming years.

I love this head shot of him, he was in full canter at the time it was taken by the photographer Stephen Hammond, who also took one of the most beautiful photos of his head I have ever seen, I think it shows just how kind he is.

http://www.stephenhammondphotography.co.uk/?Action=VF&id=862264619&ppwd=fm9298rg

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Hi, yes we did use Legrande :)

Unfortunately my mare's first foal was stillborn which was devastating. However after having my mare thoroughly checked over and some investigative tests done (the stillborn foal was extremely thin despite being delivered past 340 days) we decided to try again - we used the same stud vet for the AI and used Legrande again. His owners were very understanding and accommodating - couldn't fault them!

On June 29th 2012 we had a healthy perlino filly born. She was a little early and very thin but full of beans from the moment she was born! She was foaled at the vets as although the stillborn was no-one's fault, we didn't want to be there should it happen again and wanted my mare to have the best care possible. Jess (named after the stud vet who cared for my mare Tia) is now riding 3, currently living out with another youngster and very scruffy! I will try and upload some pictures later. She is extremely bold and independent and has been from the start (quite happily leaving her mum to canter over to people at the other end of the field when just a few days old and jumping out the field without mum at a few months old), definitely a little bit stubborn (gets that from her mum) and is just generally a nice person. She has been rugged, stabled, wintered out, bitted, had boots and a surcingle on etc and literally nothing fazes her - she makes my 7year old gelding look like a complete wimp! My mare is only 15.1 and Jess is about 15hh currently so I'm hoping she still has plenty of growing left to do - the past 2 years she has tended to have a growth spurt late in the summer August/Sept when the grass has started to die off so I'm not too worried yet although I'm hoping she ends up big enough for my long legs. If you look on the Lynaire sport horse website or facebook page you can see photos of her and his other progeny - all of which are very nice :)
 
Nice to see this thread again. He is a lovely horse, it would be nice to see some pics of his progeny. Is he still standing in the UK?
 
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