Stallion show Hartpury College

Going back to the theme of some of the earlier posts temperament is critical for me too. I specifically chose the stallion I used last year because of his behaviour both in the ring and in the stable at a stallion show last year. Being able to spend time with these stallions away from home in the charged environment of a stallion show with all those hormones certainly influenced my choice.
 
Rollin said:
A bit off thread, but found what I wanted on Shagya Arabs in Trakehner Stud Book, I will post tomorrow. I hope you have a safe journey and a lovely day.

My boy won't be there, even though he is currently in the UK. What a shame.
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Hi Rollin, that's great and I have seen your link to the article I will look forward to reading it in detail tonight! Had a fab day thank you, a long journey down from Yorkshire and due to the anticipated floods decided to take the ancient but reliable Range Rover which was great but at filling up time reminded me why it is never normally allowed on anything other than short journeys :-o!

We just arrived in time as the first stallion went into the ring so that was good. It was great to see Future Illusion (who is the sire of my youngest) in person again and also Future Sport Horses' lovely new young stallion Future Gravitas who behaved and presented himself impeccably for such a young stallion having only been backed 7 weeks ago. There were some very nice stallions presented, unfortunately I had to leave mid afternoon and couldn't stay to see most of the dressage stallions. It was lovely to see KL Omar as well who is Trakehner/Shagya Arab.

I'd really love to see your boy if he goes next year :-)
 
I thought it was another good and interesting show at Hartpury. One or two stallions that I have noted that may be of interest to me next season when I think I might be breeding again. I made masses of notes as usual and did enjoy seeing how some of the stallions were maturing and strengthening year on year, and the real diversity.
I felt again that it would be better to have a commentator for the SJ/eventing that knew about breeding, rather than just reading out the program. Lynne Crowden did a great job for the dressage horses and her enthusiasm and knowledge was evident.
I think Hartpury is always going to be a hard venue to create a big atmosphere but as a pedigree geek I found it very useful and anyone thinking of breeding should go, as it is far better to see a stallion in the flesh than rely on fabulous photos or clever video footage.
 
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