Stallion suggestions

J

JC1

Well-Known Member
Joined
19 March 2008
Messages
321
Location
Worcestershire
Visit site
I have a lovely ISH broodmare who I have bred 2 ID foals from. I'm looking for something a little bit lighter in bone this year.
The mare had a very successful SJ career. Se has lovely conformation. She can be a bit on the fizzy side which is why I put the draught on her. The foals she's had for me so far have all been lovely but will finish as good middle weights and I would like something a bit lighter.
She is 16hh and her babies so far are going to be giants!
 
Have you any preference to breeds?
Amoureux is tall, but lighter and leggy, I have a super yearling by him, who did amazingly well at KWPN last year. seeing him in field playing he also looks like he might have an amazing jump. passing on a very easy temprement

Craig smaller eventing trackhner stallion, havent seen his babies

Classic Juan hanoverian, doing well

plenty out there!!
 
Another one to take a look at perhaps is the TB stallion Duke of Hearts available through Future Sport Horses - the Holsteiner Verband have been using him as an improver and refiner, and his progeny have been doing extremely well. Looking at the eventers who have used him on their mares, there's some impressive endorsements there!
 
If you want to go for lighter I would go for one of the closed stud books such as trakehner or TB as the mix of ID and TB makes it unpredictable what will come through in the foal from Mum.

Failing that a WB with a high proportion of TB or trak by blood but even then the hidden heavier genes can come back and bite you in the butt - for example a friend bred her IDSH mare to the trak stallion Silvermoon and got two beautiful colts of the type/size she wanted (but not sex!) and then put her to Upton's Deli Circus who is only 15.3hh to get an eventer and produced one of the biggest foals the vet had ever seen (He reckoned she was over 100kg at birth!) - naturally this one is a filly and more towards the heavy end of middlewight. UDC apparently has some Clydesdale lurking a few generations back and it combined with the ID genes to produce HUGE.

High Tension and May I are known for offspring with good temperament. It is Mays last season at stud before retirement so if this is for next year you would have to write him off your list.

There is Power Blade at Harthill Stud although I am not familiar with the offspring in terms of temperament - they certainly perform.

Revolution is producing some very nice stock - have seen some of the youngsters at the Futurity and they were very smart.
 
elijahasgal said:
Have you any preference to breeds?
Amoureux is tall, but lighter and leggy, I have a super yearling by him, who did amazingly well at KWPN last year. seeing him in field playing he also looks like he might have an amazing jump. passing on a very easy temprement

Craig smaller eventing trackhner stallion, havent seen his babies

Classic Juan hanoverian, doing well

plenty out there!![

Craig babies
http://sporthorse-data.com/d?showpic=10807412&time=1341083491
out of a part clydesdale mare

http://sporthorse-data.com/d?showpic=10803134&time=1338323494
outof a big danish mare.
Click to expand...
 
There are a huge number of stallions out there that would lighten an ID mare. I think a little more information would be needed to narrow it down a little.

In the meantime take a look at Legrande, he will definitely lighten an ID mare as well as compliment your mares fizzy temperament, he has a superb outlook on life.
 
Esteban - fully approved by Holstein, Hanover, SBS, BWP, Selle Francais and Trakehner.,

Grafenstolz - in 2006 he received Trakehner Horse of the Year award

Bollin Terry - Scottish Sports Horse graded, Weatherbys GSB - had a write up recommendation by Lucinda Broad in H&H on 8 March 2012 - known for good temperament and passing on correct conformation.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top