stanhopes diddycoy,coloured stallion

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Im in the process of considering him for my mare.I have been thinking about him for a few years but never bit the bullet and used him..has anyone met him or any youngsters by him id be interested to hear your stories.
 
I met him and rode him when I worked at a stud for work experience. He was lovely, really mannerly, I was only 16 and a pea on a drum but he had a lovely attitude.
My old YO then had two foals by him, both turned into lovely useful horses
 
Wow - is he still breeding, must be in his late 20s now? I think he's fab, and the gelding we had here by him was a really lovely person
 
The only one of his thatvI knew was lovely looking but very difficult. He had been kept entire nail he was about seven and had very little turnout. As he was so difficult he was gelded and became a lot easier.
 
I had a stanhopes diddicoy gelding and he had a bit of a bad attitude when being worked and handled. Wouldn't buy any of his progeny again or breed my mare to him
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always understood a foal inherited more of the mare's attitude than the stallion, which would make sense as she raises it and would also account for some of his foals having mixed attitudes......... I know nothing of breeding but had been told this years ago
 
Apparently SD has the most lovely laid back temperament.

Certainly our Diddicoy boy (who used to live with Auslander in his retirement) was very charming. Very bright, HUGE sense of humour, moved well (in his younger days before arthritis took over) and had a jump we never got to the bottom of. He made friends, both human and horse, wherever he went. I would have another one in a heartbeat. I suspect Jim's mother had been very sharp TB type, and SD had mellowed her temperament.

He isn't homozygous though - so only throws 33% coloured (I stand to be corrected) Most offspring I've seen of his on the market seem to be bay fillies (but they can't all be!)
 
Quite frankly with the breeding he has, he is going to throw quirky, sharp but talented babies. You dont generally get talent without quirkyness so if you want a donkey choose a plainer stallion. OP I think he is gorgeous but I would definitely check on the homozygous though unless your mare is.
 
I put my son's 148 jumping pony to him in the hope of getting something a bit bigger than her but it sadly backfired - however she was a maiden mare. The filly was wonderful, she had a temperament to died for, was a quick learner with a can do attitude. We sold her to a uni friend of my son's and she did very well jumping senior BS up to 1.10m with her owner despite being a pony and was successful in WHP classes.

As a foal:
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As a 3 year old:

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Identityincrisis said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always understood a foal inherited more of the mare's attitude than the stallion, which would make sense as she raises it and would also account for some of his foals having mixed attitudes......... I know nothing of breeding but had been told this years ago
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The foal spends 6 months with the dam, so yes they will take on her outlook. I had a foal out of a known nervous/feral mare and sure enough the foal was a tricky one, however he is now fine but it took a lot of effort and skill to bring him round. Many stallions pass on their temperament and some are rotten, for any of you old enough to remember North Col, most of his youngstock were vile tempered.

I know of one Diddicoy, a plain small horse who jumps well but is nothing special in the conformation department and has a tricky outlook.
 
AdorableAlice said:
The foal spends 6 months with the dam, so yes they will take on her outlook. I had a foal out of a known nervous/feral mare and sure enough the foal was a tricky one, however he is now fine but it took a lot of effort and skill to bring him round. Many stallions pass on their temperament and some are rotten, for any of you old enough to remember North Col, most of his youngstock were vile tempered.

I know of one Diddicoy, a plain small horse who jumps well but is nothing special in the conformation department and has a tricky outlook.
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I worked with a stallion who was renowned for being one of the 'nastiest' of his generation. No vet could get near him and the farrier had to be quick. BUT all his foals had a lovely temperament bar one who was out of a 'difficult' mare. I rather believe in nurture over nature.
 
My experience is a beautiful mare from an equally beautiful, good tempered mare.
However the daughters temperament is evil .
 
Ladyinred said:
I worked with a stallion who was renowned for being one of the 'nastiest' of his generation. No vet could get near him and the farrier had to be quick. BUT all his foals had a lovely temperament bar one who was out of a 'difficult' mare. I rather believe in nurture over nature.
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Just proves how fascinating and perilous breeding horses actually is and no matter how carefully plans are hatched, what will be, will be is the end result.
 
EventingMum said:
I put my son's 148 jumping pony to him in the hope of getting something a bit bigger than her but it sadly backfired - however she was a maiden mare. The filly was wonderful, she had a temperament to died for, was a quick learner with a can do attitude. We sold her to a uni friend of my son's and she did very well jumping senior BS up to 1.10m with her owner despite being a pony and was successful in WHP classes.

As a foal:
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As a 3 year old:

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Wow I like her, is she roan?
 
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