Legrande - dun stallion

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just wondered if anyone is planning on using Legrande this year? if so, on what type/breed of mare? he's got foals due soon out of a warmblood, arabs and irish sport horse so will be interesting to see what the foals look like! i think he's stunning
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have got in contact with owners and hoping to view him
 
I think he's actually buckskin not dun - whatever colour he is he's very beautiful
I'd like to use him on my Belgian warmblood mare when I've saved up some pemmies!!
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he is definitely a buckskin, I am using him this year on my full TB mare, who is approximately 15.2/15.3hh - she has had a growth spurt and needs measuring....

she is also a very bright bay, so colour of baby will be interesting

there is a story here, about how Lynn came by Spirit..

http://www.horsebreedersmagazine.com/#/dreams-can-come-true/4537559585

he is a wonderful character and very very gentle to handle...I think his first baby is due in April.
 
Thanks for all the replies! I realised he was bucksin and not dun, it's just habit coz I always call my mare dun, as does everyone else but I think she's actually buckskin. Great to hear that he is even better in the flesh, I've watched all the videos about 100 times, he moves beautifully
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tikino - i've read info about colour on the internet, it's very confusing, but if i put my dun/buckskin mare to a buckskin stallion I think we have a 50% chance of a buckskin, 25%bay 25%cremello. Have you tried using an online colour calculator?
 
Not using him as not what we breed but wanted to say he is absolutely gorgeous and looks to have the most fabulous temperament
 
I like the look of him too. Does anyone know what the stud fee is? (Sorry if I'm just being lazy, but from memory I thought it was POA)
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I love him, he has super conformation and movement and I am sure Lynn will forgive you eventually for calling him a Dun!. His mother is a palomino, lynn posted a picture of her on here a while ago and his father is a super stamp and a black and tan by the look of him. Not sure of his A series but probably bright bay, he is Ee Black base carrying his mothers chestnut so 50/50 chestnut or Bay/brown/Black with that mating plus 50% chance of cream.
 
Thank you all so very much for your kind comments. I love him too, but I suppose I could be considered as being just a little bit biased
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As KarynK has pointed out (thank you) he is in fact a buckskin out of a palomino mare, so he does carry the chestnut gene. He has competed 2 years of dressage, and if I lived in the UK he would probably still be strutting his stuff in between the dressage boards, as he has all the ability to go to the top (although I am sure Claire would have still put up a decent fight). However I don't, so Claire has taken him for jumping (she of course is thrilled), he has also taken to that extremely well and is consistently jumping double clears BSJA.

Here are a few photos of him for you.

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This photo I love, it was taken at a show in the line up. The 3 other horses are all mares and the expression on his face and his body language tells it all. The mare next to him was quite smitten by his looks and wanted to chat. He kept looking away (but made sure he was standing as handsomely as he possibly could), as if to say, I am not allowed to chat, but his right ear tells the true story. He has a super temperament with everything we ask of him.

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We have not rushed him, either in his ridden work or his stud work. I prefer for stallions to get a decent education before they are used for stud duties. It, IMO makes things a lot simpler. He knows when its work and he knows when its 'play' time, there are no grey areas in his life.

A couple of jumping pics for you

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As Holiday mentioned (thank you) I too feel he would complement a variety of mares, we used him last year on a warmblood by Calvados (and if he improves her head, I will be thrilled
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), an ISH by Diamond Rock (I am hoping he lightens her frame a fraction and puts some height in) and two of our Arabian mares, I am hoping one of these foals will be a top dressage prospect. His first foal is due on 1st May, which is quite ironic as it is also Claire's birthday
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and there is no way I am going to miss it, so my ticket is already booked.

As you can probably tell, I am very excited to see how his babies turn out, but not only that, I will this summer get to ride him for the first time. I will be doing some dressage schooling on him in preparation for (hopefully, fingers crossed) his appearance at the Hartpury stallion parade.

There are more photos and videos of him on our website, the address is in my profile.
 
I have never had an interest in breeding but if ever there was a stallion to make me change my mind it would be him, he's stunning.
 
Funnily enough 3 of the mares I have covered him with in 2009 are grey.
He also has a soft spot for that colour as his first love was a grey mare
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2 of the mares are heterozygous, the other one we are not sure about, she is not supposed to be homozygous but she has produced 4 grey foals for me so far.
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i am looking for a dilute stallion for my chestnut mare. i looked on the website for mcjonnas but didn't like him as much as this horse.

can legrande give oldenburg papers to foals, or is it aes papers?
 
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thank you. he looks lovely, i must say!

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Thank you and also everyone else for all the lovely comments.

He really is even more impressive when you meet him in the flesh, but again I could be seen as being biased, so come and see him for yourselves. He has a superb hind leg as well as natural suspension, cadence and elevation in his paces.

And a very pretty head too

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I am interested to know if you will be considering putting him through Oldenburg inspection at some point in the future? I am another fan but for myself to use him he would need to have Oldenburg Verband approval.
 
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I am interested to know if you will be considering putting him through Oldenburg inspection at some point in the future? I am another fan but for myself to use him he would need to have Oldenburg Verband approval.

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To be honest, it is something that I have not considered. My broodmare herd contains mares with a variety of European and British passports. I made the decision 5 years ago, due to the logistics of registering my foals and the expense of having to be a member of this society or that society, that because I was breeding in the UK, I would support a WBFSH recognised UK based studbook and make my life a lot simpler. All my youngsters are passported AES, and all my mares are over stamped (including the Arabians). So licensing him with AES suits my needs and provides me with the passport that I want for my foals.

The way I look at it, and it is only my opinion (I know there are many who will disagree with me and I respect their opinion), if a horse has correct conformation, temperament, movement, ability, a performance record and is free of all and any hereditary problems, then it should only matter what breeding is written on the inside of its passport and it should not be judged by what is printed on the outside.

I find it quite hard to comprehend that if the likes of Sandro Hit or Balou Du Rouet had not been passported and graded Oldenburg, but had been born and passported in the UK and graded there, they would be considered lesser horses than they are today.

I suppose, because of my thinking, I will lose coverings to possibly some very nice mares, but I don't feel I am doing Legrande an injustice with my decision, as a good horse will always be a good horse at the end of the day. I do however hope that eventually the world equestrian community will judge a horse on its merits rather than on its passport. Will that day ever come, I don't know, but I live in hope.
 
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