TBs that competed Grand Prix dressage with success

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I just read the thread about Andretti, and thought that it could be nice to have one thread about pure TBs that has been successful at Grand Prix dressage.

First of all - Mago. He competed internationally, I think he was competing EC and WC but I'm not 100% sure. Started his career as a successful racehorse and was a super sire aswell...
http://www.sporthorse-data.com/d?i=574799
(Very good pedigree aswell!)

Arak (Arak Tecrent), I think it was Monica Theodorescu who had him? Competed internationally with success, probably championships etc:
http://www.sporthorse-data.com/d?i=10222134
(A pity he was a gelding...)

Top Flight competed GP in Sweden, I think he was Swedish Champion but I don't really remember...
http://www.sporthorse-data.com/d?i=10426085

Nashville was a very successful racehorse that later competed GP. Not that successful though.
http://www.sporthorse-data.com/d?i=10426075

Any others?
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Cissi
 
I don't know about TBs, but there are several Arabs that have competed successfully at GP dressage - one was called Golden Wings or something like that, ridden by Diana Mason... I'll find out about the others - there's one or two currently competing, I think.
 
Glitter Please definitely competed at PSG in the USA, I don't know if he showed higher but he could certainly do all the GP movements.

He is a palomino TB so extra unusual! Website of his rider Gigi Nutter is www.touchngofarm.com & a lot of the palomino warmblood stallions are descendants of him.

I'm pretty sure that Louis Feraud was a pure bred TB. He was competed at international Grand Prix by Michael Assouline last year before he was sold. He was by Lord David S & British Bred but I can't find any info on the damline.
 
Wowm I love Mago on paper. I have had two cracking TBs from the Petingo sire line (both grandsons) and they were serious athletes. And then to have Hyperion so close up on the dam side is so unusual and doubled up in the 5th generation.
 
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Chris bartles horse, was it wily trout ? I think this was TB

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Oh, I remember him (from TV and video), just loved that horse! I think he was a TBx by a stallion with the same name though, not pure TB...

Best wishes,
Cissi
 
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Stravinsky ( Revlon Boy - Taurow) competed at Inter II, not sure about GP?

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I just love him... But where did he compete Int II? He only competed MA/Prix St Georges (at regional level I think) in Denmark and Sweden... I have not heard that he competed higher levels anywhere else? And when?

Best wishes,
Cissi
 
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I don't know about TBs, but there are several Arabs that have competed successfully at GP dressage - one was called Golden Wings or something like that, ridden by Diana Mason... I'll find out about the others - there's one or two currently competing, I think.

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Pure Arabs are very interesting too! I have heard of two that are competing GP in Germany, if only I could remember their names... They were participating att the EC for Arabians in dressage (a friend of mine got a bronze medal, she was really impressed by those GP-Arabians).

Do you have the pedigrees?
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Best wishes,
Cissi
 
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Glitter Please definitely competed at PSG in the USA, I don't know if he showed higher but he could certainly do all the GP movements.

He is a palomino TB so extra unusual! Website of his rider Gigi Nutter is www.touchngofarm.com & a lot of the palomino warmblood stallions are descendants of him.

I'm pretty sure that Louis Feraud was a pure bred TB. He was competed at international Grand Prix by Michael Assouline last year before he was sold. He was by Lord David S & British Bred but I can't find any info on the damline.

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Well, Glitter Please is indeed wellknown!
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But it is still a big difference between PSG (plus GP movements which many horses can perform at home) and actually competing at GP with good scores...

I am very interested in knowing about Louis Feraud!
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Best wishes,
Cissi
 
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Wowm I love Mago on paper. I have had two cracking TBs from the Petingo sire line (both grandsons) and they were serious athletes. And then to have Hyperion so close up on the dam side is so unusual and doubled up in the 5th generation.

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He was really something extra! And his sire Diligo wasn't bad... Diligo died in 1999 so there is still some progeny. I am quite sure Mago has passed away, but his blood is carried on by a few good stallions and broodmares.

I agree about Hyperion
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Best wishes,
Cissi
 
lol - yes I did!
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Just no-one on this forum has ever mentioned him before so I am all excited
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Grandsire through son, though. But May Sherif in the dam line. I have a yearling too of the same breeding
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Well, my ex-racehorse Owen did not get up to GP but I would have been very excited about his dressage career if I had not sold him ( as he was not brave enough for eventing). He only did Novice level with me ( which he won every time out by miles) but am sure that the sky would have been the limit as regards to his dressage career. He had awesome prescence in the dressage arena and super trainability;

This was his pedigree;
http://www.pedigreequery.com/sea+prince8

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Mayflower, I knew someone had a Radetzky foal but couldnt remember who. Never considered Radetzky before but looking at him now, there is Djebel on the dam side (very nice) although the rest of the dam side I dont recognise.
Does he still stand in the UK.

Or was your youngster by a different sire? For some reason I have Radetzky in my head
 
My old boy is TB and he works to PSG. I am sure he would have gone GP but his arthritis just wont allow piaffe or passage, but weve got everything else.
 
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Well, Keen, of course, for Hilda Gurney. And Christilot Boylen's Bonheur was, if I remember, an ex-race horse. But to be fair that was in another time, competative dressage-wise.

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Keen has been added to the list with pedigree, Bonheur is said to have been a TB too, but I have not found his pedigree...

I definitely agree that that were other times, not sure how good they would have been today...

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Quite a few non-warmbloods mentioned here, although I think in a few cases the claims are a bit, um, optimistic.
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http://behindthebit.blogspot.com/2008/04/non-warmbloods-in-dressage-breath-of.html

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I agree
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. Haven't looked at the videos, but there is a difference between actually competing GP with an ok result and schooling GP at home.

Best wishes,
Cissi
 
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lol - yes I did!
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Just no-one on this forum has ever mentioned him before so I am all excited
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Grandsire through son, though. But May Sherif in the dam line. I have a yearling too of the same breeding
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He does have some great sons! And May Sherif isn't bad either
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. I saw his sire about 20 years ago BTW, he was "made" in Sweden, born in Denmark and came to Sweden after a few years in Denmark.

Best wishes,
Cissi
 
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Well, my ex-racehorse Owen did not get up to GP but I would have been very excited about his dressage career if I had not sold him ( as he was not brave enough for eventing). He only did Novice level with me ( which he won every time out by miles) but am sure that the sky would have been the limit as regards to his dressage career. He had awesome prescence in the dressage arena and super trainability;

This was his pedigree;
http://www.pedigreequery.com/sea+prince8


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He looked lovely!
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Off topic note - I haven't forgot about your pm... Will reply later today
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Best wishes,
Cissi
 
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My old boy is TB and he works to PSG. I am sure he would have gone GP but his arthritis just wont allow piaffe or passage, but weve got everything else.

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Sounds like a lovely guy!
I have had one of these in my life too... Will never forget and he'll always be the horse closest to my heart... I got to know him for 20 years, sadly was put down in Dec 2005.
http://www.sporthorse-data.com/d?d=lord+ever-so-sure
He was a winner on the race track, competed novice dressage and Intermediate carriage driving, started to compete jumping with owner's young daughter at age 20+ and was the lovely schoolmaster. Anyone could do piaffe, passage, flying changes and pirouettes with him, maybe not the quality for competition.
I must upload some more pics of him...

Best wishes,
Cissi
 
To sum it up...

These are TBs that we know have competed GP with at least ok results:
Mago
Arak Tecrent
Top Flight
Nashville
Keen
Bonheur

Many of these competed years ago, might not have been that good today? I think that Mago and Arak certainly had qualities that would make them successful in today's international GP though.

Bonheur - I have not found his pedigree. Anyone?
As for the others, there a links to long pedigrees in this thread.

I don't think it's that common with pure TBs that have competed GP successfully, it's interesting to compare their pedigrees though
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Best wishes,
Cissi
 
I've found one more, Manni:
http://www.sporthorse-data.com/d?i=10505875

Best wishes,
Cissi

Edit:
I have also found an Avila, who was 3rd in the Swedish Championships 1974. No pedigree yet, I'm looking
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Also Hue and Cry, 2nd Swedish Championships 1968 and 3rd 1969. No pedigree yet.
Red Eve was 3rd 1965-68. Jerry Sneak was 2nd 1958 and 3rd 1957. Juli won 1956 and was 2nd 1955. Perfekt was 3rd 1956. All TBs.
 
Its a real shame that there arent any more tb's competing at top level dressage, I have seen some racehorses out there that are the most phenomanal movers, much more so than many well bred warmbloods. But often those amazing movers are also very good racehorses so they never get a chance to get into dressage.
 
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Mayflower, I knew someone had a Radetzky foal but couldnt remember who. Never considered Radetzky before but looking at him now, there is Djebel on the dam side (very nice) although the rest of the dam side I dont recognise.
Does he still stand in the UK.

Or was your youngster by a different sire? For some reason I have Radetzky in my head

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lol - no I have two by Makanaky who is a very under used/under competed stallion and is (not for any fault of his)somewhat hidden away (but he's 18/19 now). I used him because he was very 'bloody' and matched my mare well and I love the Mago line. Mak has May Sherif through his damline which I was also keen on (Blue Hors Matine is by a May Sherif mare I think). EIther way I liked the result and used him twice!
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Time for a change next year - might go for a trakehner!
 
There is also the Russian TB stallion Beg, who is the sire of Holme Grove Prokoviev. He not only won money on the track, he show jumped to equivilent of Grade A AND competed GP dressage!!!!!
 
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