warmblood event stallions

popsdosh

Well-Known Member
Joined
7 November 2008
Messages
6,388
Visit site
What are you trying to breed? to what level? Riders capability? these all need taking into account as there are many answers.
 

charlotte212

New User
Joined
30 May 2016
Messages
9
Visit site
Personally, I'd go with a high-percentage TB or TB/ID, or something similar. What is your mare's breeding?

She is almost full TB, by Away with the Faeries (back to Ben Faerie) out of a Javas Tiger mare. She's quite a solid built tb, looking for something up hill as she is particularly down hill. The mare has evented to novice level, huge potential but due to injury putting her in foal. Looking to breed an eventer with good temperament, hopefully something with 2* potential, 15.3hh +. The mare herself is super brave and keen and a lovely temperament.
 

charlotte212

New User
Joined
30 May 2016
Messages
9
Visit site
What are you trying to breed? to what level? Riders capability? these all need taking into account as there are many answers.

She is almost full TB, by Away with the Faeries (back to Ben Faerie) out of a Javas Tiger mare. She's quite a solid built tb, looking for something up hill as she is particularly down hill. The mare has evented to novice level, huge potential but due to injury putting her in foal. Looking to breed an eventer with good temperament, hopefully something with 2* potential, 15.3hh +. The mare herself is super brave and keen and a lovely temperament.
 

TheMule

Well-Known Member
Joined
14 October 2009
Messages
5,540
Visit site
Cevin Z, RmIro B, something with Opposition blood, Wish Upon A Star, Exclusive, Chilli Morning or anything SJ bred that you like really. The world's your oyster with a good TB mare!
 

sallyf

Well-Known Member
Joined
29 March 2006
Messages
2,012
Visit site
She is almost full TB, by Away with the Faeries (back to Ben Faerie) out of a Javas Tiger mare. She's quite a solid built tb, looking for something up hill as she is particularly down hill. The mare has evented to novice level, huge potential but due to injury putting her in foal. Looking to breed an eventer with good temperament, hopefully something with 2* potential, 15.3hh +. The mare herself is super brave and keen and a lovely temperament.

There is masses of choice out there depending on budget for a pretty much TB mare.
Showjumping stallions that retain a good dollop of TB themselves that we have used on high percentage TB mares are Cordess , Diarado , Check in , Balou du Rouet and Vivant .
The only one we haven't seen offspring by yet out of our mares is Vivant as he is one we are trying for the first time this year.
The others we have been really pleased with the results from and most have sold into professional eventing homes
 

Kathy657

Well-Known Member
Joined
26 June 2015
Messages
98
Visit site
We used Diarado on our advanced mare. He has improved on the mare as the filly is more compact than the mare and has better movement. He is almost 50% blood too, very refined. Thrilled with our foal.
 

Springs

Well-Known Member
Joined
13 August 2008
Messages
627
Location
Shropshire the undiscoverd county
Visit site
Hi you should look at Sprin's Spirit, British Warmblood with the finest KWPN and British NH lines with a small % of ID giving him 75% TB, just perfect for your girl. £450 with a LFG for chilled all through Stallion AI so you can be sure of the best quality of semen shipped to any UK location.

Young stock are looking good adding quality to any mare. He himself has qualified for a British National Competition every year since the age of 4, including British Eventing Young Horse Championships as a 4 and 5 yo
 

Audacity

Well-Known Member
Joined
30 December 2012
Messages
89
Visit site
We used Forinth on our NH TB Mare and liked the foal so much we used him again. Both foals had fantastic temperaments.
Forinth was bred to show jump & jumped up to 1.45m then turned to eventing with James Adams & went from BE90 to winning a CCI* in first season - he has some very exciting youngsters just starting out eventing.
Cant wait for our 2 to be out competing but in the meantime they are doing a bit of showing & last year's has won a few classes.
 

charlotte212

New User
Joined
30 May 2016
Messages
9
Visit site
We used Forinth on our NH TB Mare and liked the foal so much we used him again. Both foals had fantastic temperaments.
Forinth was bred to show jump & jumped up to 1.45m then turned to eventing with James Adams & went from BE90 to winning a CCI* in first season - he has some very exciting youngsters just starting out eventing.
Cant wait for our 2 to be out competing but in the meantime they are doing a bit of showing & last year's has won a few classes.

I actually looked into him a bit but hadn't heard of anything by him. Thanks! I shall look into him further :D
 

ihatework

Well-Known Member
Joined
7 September 2004
Messages
21,517
Visit site
Hi you should look at Sprin's Spirit, British Warmblood with the finest KWPN and British NH lines with a small % of ID giving him 75% TB, just perfect for your girl. £450 with a LFG for chilled all through Stallion AI so you can be sure of the best quality of semen shipped to any UK location.

Young stock are looking good adding quality to any mare. He himself has qualified for a British National Competition every year since the age of 4, including British Eventing Young Horse Championships as a 4 and 5 yo

Meant in the nicest possible way ... Is there a reason you keep suggesting spring spirit as an event sire on multiple threads? I'm sure he is a lovely good tempered chap who might be well used to make a nice showy allrounder, but he himself has shown little ability out eventing (young horse classes excluded) and neither did his sire. He is obviously too young to be proven by progeny either.
It might sound malicious and it's really not meant to be, but why not pitch him as a useful allrounder stallion?
 

Springs

Well-Known Member
Joined
13 August 2008
Messages
627
Location
Shropshire the undiscoverd county
Visit site
Meant in the nicest possible way ... Is there a reason you keep suggesting spring spirit as an event sire on multiple threads? I'm sure he is a lovely good tempered chap who might be well used to make a nice showy allrounder, but he himself has shown little ability out eventing (young horse classes excluded) and neither did his sire. He is obviously too young to be proven by progeny either.
It might sound malicious and it's really not meant to be, but why not pitch him as a useful allrounder stallion?

The stallion industry is quite saturated at this time and I take any and every opportunity to promote him, Why not? Now for his age 7 he has done quite well, last year was a bit of a mess with rider errors (missing fences and a huge absces which knocked him out) but he still did quite well, don't you think? and we will see how he goes this year as we are just about to start running him again.

His sire could have gone to the top (4* riders words not ours) but we got his training completely wrong ;( However his dams sire is a different kettle of fish, don't you think?

see we are not a big stud but we do have a product that people like and want to use and pride ourselves on customer service and supplying best quality semen through StallionAI and he is priced at the target market.

We pitch him an eventer as not many stallions are capable of holding it all together for all 3 phases jumping 8 double clears in in row in eventing quite good I think? would have been 9 but for rider error.

Now we have hijacked this post and so if you like to discuss further please email me on john.chambers191@gmail.com may be we can discuss the stallions recently parading at Badminton or anything else.
 

cundlegreen

Well-Known Member
Joined
5 February 2009
Messages
2,224
Location
Suffolk
Visit site
Meant in the nicest possible way ... Is there a reason you keep suggesting spring spirit as an event sire on multiple threads? I'm sure he is a lovely good tempered chap who might be well used to make a nice showy allrounder, but he himself has shown little ability out eventing (young horse classes excluded) and neither did his sire. He is obviously too young to be proven by progeny either.
It might sound malicious and it's really not meant to be, but why not pitch him as a useful allrounder stallion?

You took the words right out of my mouth! I have my own stallion, with successful progeny, but i wouldn't dream of pushing him on this forum. Advertising springs (pun!) to mind.
 

popsdosh

Well-Known Member
Joined
7 November 2008
Messages
6,388
Visit site
The stallion industry is quite saturated at this time and I take any and every opportunity to promote him, Why not? Now for his age 7 he has done quite well, last year was a bit of a mess with rider errors (missing fences and a huge absces which knocked him out) but he still did quite well, don't you think? and we will see how he goes this year as we are just about to start running him again.

His sire could have gone to the top (4* riders words not ours) but we got his training completely wrong ;( However his dams sire is a different kettle of fish, don't you think?

see we are not a big stud but we do have a product that people like and want to use and pride ourselves on customer service and supplying best quality semen through StallionAI and he is priced at the target market.

We pitch him an eventer as not many stallions are capable of holding it all together for all 3 phases jumping 8 double clears in in row in eventing quite good I think? would have been 9 but for rider error.

Now we have hijacked this post and so if you like to discuss further please email me on john.chambers191@gmail.com may be we can discuss the stallions recently parading at Badminton or anything else.

I am sorry his record as a seven year old is pretty average certainly nothing to get excited about. I expect most of mine to be going double clear round intermediate tracks at seven and I would never even pretend they are stallion material. As for price I think you are well out of where he should be , I am paying a lot less for proven event stallions this year I am surprised team Matson have not pointed that out to you . As for hijacking the thread if you wish to promote your stallion on a thread expect to get people not agreeing with you and pointing out the shortcomings of your argument. In your eyes he seems to suit every mare that needs covering seriously if you wish to market him successfully you ought to be turning some away that dont suit your aims.
I would suggest also you get him approved with another stud book as very soon the young horse classes will be out of reach to his offspring as Breeders Elite registered foals are not eligible to go on to world championship .
 
Last edited:

ihatework

Well-Known Member
Joined
7 September 2004
Messages
21,517
Visit site
I'd certainly look at Ramiro B.

Witches Broom (Bea) full TB, has just had a cracking filly by him. Full of quality; the breeder is delighted.

Lucky lucky person to get a Ramiro B x Bea and a filly!!! One day there will be one of those in my stable, a stallion I like a lot on a blood mare
 

Maesfen

Extremely Old Nag!
Joined
20 June 2005
Messages
16,720
Location
Wynnstay - the Best!
photobucket.com
It was my dream to do that mating with Bea so I am over the moon that they seem to have clicked and fingers crossed, have produced the goods exactly as I expected although we expected a possibly plain-ish bay and got a very correct, pretty ginger! Feel vindicated in a way, the same way as when I used H Tobago which opened the doors for other sports mares to use him. Always happy to be a guinea pig, lol!
 

ihatework

Well-Known Member
Joined
7 September 2004
Messages
21,517
Visit site
He throws quite a bit of chestnut, we have one at the stud. He does need a blood mare though, considered him for P but she is a fraction too top heavy for him I felt.
 

Springs

Well-Known Member
Joined
13 August 2008
Messages
627
Location
Shropshire the undiscoverd county
Visit site
You took the words right out of my mouth! I have my own stallion, with successful progeny, but i wouldn't dream of pushing him on this forum. Advertising springs (pun!) to mind.

Hi Vanessa, Thanks for the comment and I have seen your stallion and you are quite welcome to promote him as you see fit, whether it is on this forum or not as I can.

Now just Spring along. :)
 

Springs

Well-Known Member
Joined
13 August 2008
Messages
627
Location
Shropshire the undiscoverd county
Visit site
I am sorry his record as a seven year old is pretty average certainly nothing to get excited about. I expect most of mine to be going double clear round intermediate tracks at seven and I would never even pretend they are stallion material. As for price I think you are well out of where he should be , I am paying a lot less for proven event stallions this year I am surprised team Matson have not pointed that out to you . As for hijacking the thread if you wish to promote your stallion on a thread expect to get people not agreeing with you and pointing out the shortcomings of your argument. In your eyes he seems to suit every mare that needs covering seriously if you wish to market him successfully you ought to be turning some away that dont suit your aims.
I would suggest also you get him approved with another stud book as very soon the young horse classes will be out of reach to his offspring as Breeders Elite registered foals are not eligible to go on to world championship .
Hi Popsdosh, Thanks for the comments and its only fair that I humour you further as I do like a good discussion.

Your quite welcome to have high expectations for your own stallions, that up to you. I am quite happy with what Spring's Spirit has done todate considering influencing factors. If I look around his age group I can see one that's doing better in eventing, but a large amount that have done ****** all, this can be applied to quite older boys as well. Your views on what is stallion material and what is not are yours you are quite welcome to share them as you have done here as I have with mine.

As for price that's great and good luck to you I hope you have chosen wisely. I am quite happy with our pricing and our customers have not complained with cost or service at any time. Only you have!

I am sure that as you are a regular forum member you will have noticed that I do not promote SPRING'S SPIRIT on every stallion post, only the ones where I believe he will suitable. It should be up to the mare owner to make a decision on which stallion to choose, be it a top level one or a younger boy like SPRING'S SPIRIT. We have also turned away mares that are unsuitable, and by this recommending more suitable stallion.

As to the grading with other stud books. Well we have been invited by one leading UK stud book to have him graded with them as they like him and know he would be a asset with future adding coverings, however we have decided to wait as there is no commercial advantage for us in doing it now.

Lets be clear the WBFSH holds one show per year in each of DR, SJ and BE and it is only the championship for the membership of the WBFSH, nothing else. From my research into the WBFSH a horse was selected by one of the member nations that was registered with none member stud book, oddly enough that stud books membership was rapidly accelerated through the approval process, accepted and the horse competed. The Breeders Elite stud book will do SPRING'S SPIRIT fine for now.

Enjoy :)
 

Asha

Well-Known Member
Joined
25 February 2012
Messages
5,922
Location
Cheshire
Visit site
I have had the pleasure of meeting springs 4 year old. I fully appreciate there is only 1 and I dont know the dam. But what I can say is wow. She has the most amazing attitude. I've seen her go xc for only the 2nd time and she was fab, didn't question a thing and was better behaved than the others she was out with. Then saw her at Bolesworth, again totally foot perfect. What more can you ask for from a young horse. Will she go to the top ? Heaven knows, does anyone know at this age.
I for one will be following her progress and the others as they come through, if he continually throws that, I'm having some.
 

Meowy Catkin

Meow!
Joined
19 July 2010
Messages
22,635
Visit site
I don't like the fact that some brilliant older posters cannot even mention the name of their stallion, for fear of the mods coming down on them like a tonne of bricks, yet Springs seems to be able to advertise their stallion on the forum regularly with no repercussions whatsoever.
 

popsdosh

Well-Known Member
Joined
7 November 2008
Messages
6,388
Visit site
Absolutely FC!

It's one reason why this forum is so empty now.

Yep! Why I tried to add some balance, however it is very difficult to stand back and be objective about your own for some ,others can be over critical of what they produce. To be honest sometimes I hear blah blah blah about a particular stallion when in reality its very ordinary and would most likely be better off two stone lighter and cut the BS
 

cundlegreen

Well-Known Member
Joined
5 February 2009
Messages
2,224
Location
Suffolk
Visit site
Yep! Why I tried to add some balance, however it is very difficult to stand back and be objective about your own for some ,others can be over critical of what they produce. To be honest sometimes I hear blah blah blah about a particular stallion when in reality its very ordinary and would most likely be better off two stone lighter and cut the BS

In a stallion, I'm looking for a decent record in it's discipline/ disciplines, (my boy is a winner in 6) PLUS the ability to improve his mares, and get sound, trainable youngstock. looks don't hurt either!
 

popsdosh

Well-Known Member
Joined
7 November 2008
Messages
6,388
Visit site
In a stallion, I'm looking for a decent record in it's discipline/ disciplines, (my boy is a winner in 6) PLUS the ability to improve his mares, and get sound, trainable youngstock. looks don't hurt either!

Yes thats a given! If they dont perform they shouldnt be kept entire in my view. Breeding means nothing if it doesnt do the job it is always the last thing I look at in a stallion good parentage is just the icing on the cake if its well put together and moves well.
 

tristar

Well-Known Member
Joined
23 August 2010
Messages
6,586
Visit site
i would never use a warmblood stallion anyway.

there was a very interesting thread on here by someone irish about the high incidence of wb bred horses involved in fatal accidents in eventing which never really got going but raised good points.
 

popsdosh

Well-Known Member
Joined
7 November 2008
Messages
6,388
Visit site
i would never use a warmblood stallion anyway.

there was a very interesting thread on here by someone irish about the high incidence of wb bred horses involved in fatal accidents in eventing which never really got going but raised good points.

What do you classify as a warmblood then? It is just a generic term !
 
Top