GFS Whoopsiedaisy & GFS Peekaboo!
25th February 2020
GFS Lord of the Dance x Olympic Lux/Ruille Buille
Buckskin filly and buckskin colt
SOLD
https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/gfs-peekaboo
This foal will be a corker -
Oh good heavens...we have two!!
I cannot actually believe I am making this announcement once again! Despite having been scanned carefully following her 2018 twins, Destiny has once again carried a multiple pregnancy to full term and produced two exquisite buckskin foals, a filly and a colt.
These two are full of fun, brimming with good health and fiesty little characters with all the moves and charm enough to melt any heart.
The filly has the larger blaze!
'Destiny' is a superb ISH broodmare by Olympic Lux, a prolific show jumping stallion by Luz Z who competed at the Sydney 2000 olympics. This is a mare who has proven herself time and again as a mare who produces outstanding offspring. She is the dam of our own Paddy of Liosin, Grandmother to GFS Eskimo Jo and numerous other exceptional young horses including the twins born here in 2018 who despite their dubious survival chances both thrived and have both gone to homes where they will be produced to compete.
The twins sire is of course our sensational cremello homebred stallion GFS Lord of the Dance who is a rare amalgamation of Akhal Teke, Russian Trakehner and Thoroughbred, making him a superb prospect as an eventing sire.
These two huge characters are a joy, they are massive personalities and just such fun young horses to have around. They are both incredibly intelligent and very bold. Quick to learn and exceptionally people orientated, they are also fantastic movers and athletes blessed with both speed and cat like agility. Their balance is exceptional and their bravery in no doubt.
These two love everybody and always want to be involved with whatever is going on. The filly with the bigger blaze and who is currently slightly taller is a calm, relaxed and curious girl who takes everything with an easy good nature and relaxed attitude. She moves beautifully. Her brother is equally charming company but a little more cheeky. He has the heart of a lion and the speed of the wind. Whether playing or competing with his sister for attention, he is all about heart and soul. They both love attention and thoroughly enjoy learning all new lessons as taught with a stoic concentration and quick intelligence.
These two are a unit. They are incredibly close and so in tune with one another. It would be a great shame to part them and if possible I would be very keen to see them go to a lovely home looking for superb allrounders or perhaps a pair for driving!
The twins at the end of June
The twins first week
Twins at one month
GFS Amazing Grace
GFS Lord of the Dance x Whisper
1st March 2020
Palomino filly
To make 16.3hh +
SOLD
https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/gfs-amazing-grace
This will be a tall horse at maturity!
This filly is absolutely sensational and I could not have hoped for better. Tall, perfectly formed, stunningly attractive and what a fabulous brain and attitude! Fair to say, we are all a little but smitten! She has just started to explore and wander out a little with her beautiful mum and I have to say, her movement, bravery and sheer raw athleticism left me astounded. Her flexibility, balance and agility is exceptional and I have seen a lot of foals in their first few days!
The Lord of the Dance/Whisper genetic marriage is one we will be sure to replicate time and again, it is hard to improve on perfect!
'Whisper' as we call her is a very athletic mare with a golden nature. I have owned her from a foal and she has matured into a kind, gentle horse with a phenomenal gallop. a big elegant mver, she throws very tall foals who to date have all moved with huge expression and elasticity. They are friendly and bold characters and have all been exceptionally beautiful.
Whisper is by Crown's Ace of Pearl a very useful allrounder with a great record showjumping, eventing and in the dressage arena. He has a fantastic temperament and his sire jumped to GP SJ. Whisper 50% TB being out of a Hubbly Bubbly sired dam and I would consider her foals bred to event. The pairing with 'Django' will ensure a high % of blood ensuring that there is no loss of the gallop, stamina and speed. Django always throws youngsters with wonderful big paces showing no lack of the type of expression and style that would make anyone look twice!
GFS Amazing Grace - end of June
6th June 2020
GFS Amazing Grace
GFS Fire and Ice x Treliver Delphine
Will be a USA arrival!
GFS Believe in Magick
He has arrived! A huge and remarkably handsome palomino colt! More updates as they arrive but both Delphi and this US arrival are doing well.
Sadly we will not be meeting this exciting foal ourselves as Delphi has been sold to the US in foal to Ice. We are very much looking forward to hearing of it's safe arrival at Top Hat Equestrian next March and have no doubt that her foal will be as sensational as this years exceptional filly who will also be joining her dam in Florida!
Delphi throws huge foals with simply incredible natures and an abundance of energy and athleticism. They would excel as either jumpers or dressage horses and are always heartbreakingly beautiful.
We wish her new owners all the luck in the world with this special GFS baby.
GFS Wishful Thinking
GFS Lord of the Dance x Treloan Tiger Lily
5th March 2020
Palomino filly to make 16.3 -17hh
SOLD
https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/gfs-wishful-thinking
Another absolutely perfect filly.
Tall, incredibly feminine and beautifully put together, this utterly stunning foal is going to be as breathtaking as Lily's previous foals. She has almost duplicate markings as her dam and will be a deep golden palomino as her true coat emerges this summer. She clearly has a superb temperament and is already curious and friendly.
By our own GFS Lord of the Dance, this filly will have speed, style, stamina and a generosity of spirit if she is true to her genetic heritage.
Lily her dam is one of my absolute favourite mares. She is the sweetest natured horse with such intelligence and a willingness to please that is quite humbling. She has exceptionally nice movement and a super jump. Bred to event she is by Ameriggo Vespucci and out of a mare by the incredible Shaab a TB stallion renowned for his amazing temperament and eventing progeny.
Lily's offspring are always tall, and to date have been blessed with her golden nature and exceptionally good looks.
Her last two foals are in professional homes and will be produced as future eventers.
GFS Wishful Thinking
This filly is going to be very tall, despite her paler foal coat she is a deep and dark, golden colour which is starting to become apparent.
She is physically very elegant with lovely lines, excellent legs and feet, a well shaped body and a lovely strong, long shoulder which allows her to really swing and move forward with a loose and easy stride. She has just started to get a better control of body and limb as she was born tall and gangly which made her quite weak and quite flat through her movement. As she matures, she is showing some really lovely trot and canter which improves every time I bring her in to the school to assess her progress. A slower developer but I think she is going to be sensational as she continues to strenghten and muscle up.
This filly is a very friendly foal, full of mischief, good humour and a lovely easy going nature. She is naturally very people oriented and so easy to handle as she enjoys pleasing and tries very hard to do as asked.
I know these bloodlines very well and can say that if she continues to demonstrate the superb temperament and kind, willing attitude she is going to make the most fantastic large riding horse for either amateur or professional.
She will be a joy to keep and a pleasure to ride with the added thrill of having every eye on you wherever you ride her.
This is a rare type and I would like to see her going to a home where her attributes are both appreciated and she is loved. This is a bloodline that forms very strong bonds with their owners and are a delight in every way.
GFS Illuminati
Eskimo Jo x It's Magic
12th March 2020
Buckskin colt to make 16.2hh minimum
RETAINED
What a super colt we have been presented with, I could not be more delighted. This foal is something very special and what a beauty.
He is very tall with beautifully long, strong and correct legs and the most beautiful head.
He is a lovely character and was whinnying as he arrived, heralding his entry into the world.
I could not wait to meet this foal and I have not been disappointed! We did not breed from 'Mojo' last year as he needed to concentrate on working politely with us and having had a couple of trial foals the previous year, I could not decide on the right mares to breed from to achieve what I wanted to breed. I have used two of my proven showjumping mares and a very special dual purpose mare. It's Magic being the first to foal..
'Madge' was retired from an impressive showjumping career and always throws incredibly beautiful offspring who are very fast on their feet, beautifully balanced and big, expressive movers. They have magical temperaments and are very willing and motivated. I have a strong feeling that this pairing is going to prove produced a very useful jumper with power, speed, huge presence and a fantastic work ethic.
GFS Eskimo Jo is a massive 18hh , with exceptional jumping bloodlines, he is only six years old and still very much growing into his huge skeleton and not nearly at full strength. We are taking him slowly but his current aptitude towards work is exemplary and he shows not only a willing intelligence but also enormous balance for one so big. He is the class clown and a handful at times but the moment his tack is on he is all concentration, heart and effort. He is relaxed in his work and a delight under saddle.
This foal is quite likely to be a very exciting jumping prospect!
June 2020
At three months
GFS Kalahari
GFS Eskimo Jo x Treliver Decanter/Accondy
19th March 2020
Mahogany Bay
To make a minimum of 16.3hh
https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/gfs-kalahari
Here is another GFS Eskimo Jo foal and it seems the boy is going to be quite some sire if this yers foals are to be the benchmark!
This really lovely looking bay colt has enormous presence and absolutely super conformation with all the obvious attributes of a real athlete. He has a highly attractive head and moves absolutely beautifully without looking over the top like a hackney pony! I see a really exciting future eventing prospect in this fellow.
With this breeding I have used a very tall, elegant blood type mare who demonstrates a really fantastic trot and a very fast gallop. She is by Treliver Decanter and out of an Elite Graded SH(GB) mare by the Saddlers Wells bred stallion Accondy. Her dam sire is World Cup, the GP dressage stallion and sire of many top dressage horses. Sahara is a lighter type mare who looks very similar in type to her TB ancestry and as I believed, she has benefitted from the infusion of body and power that 'Mojo' has brought to the party. As I had hoped, this is a big bodied foal with the legs, speed and stamina of her TB ancestry with the movement and dressage capability of her sire and G.Sire with the phenomenal jumping ability of 'Mojo's' impressive ancestry.
I always try to breed as ever a horse that would be capable of any job but who would show real talent as an eventer in time. I know this foal will be an amazing horse and I am hoping he will be talented too!
GFS Kalahari July/August 2020
GFS Kalahari
GFS Kalahari at three months - slideshow
GFS Kalahari at three months - video
GFS Arabesque
GFS Lord of the Dance x Wantasia
28th March 2020
RETAINED
https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/gfs-arabesque
This broodmare is worth her weight in gold! She has thrown me foal after foal of such quality regardless of which stallion I have used. Every one has been quite exceptional and I have been heartbroken to part with each one!
'Shadow' is by the incredible jumping stallion Indoctro, her dam lines are also impeccable. She has a wonderful character and is a very special horse indeed.
This was the first time that we have used 'Django' on her and we never used his sire Destello either. I chose GFS Lord of the Dance this time because I believe that they will be a match made in heaven in producing a very talented eventing prospect.
Both of these horses pass on their lovely movement, they are both sensitive horses with immense bravery and a natural predisposition to please. They both show great stamina and enormous athleticism and if their offspring shows even a small percentage of their natural talent and desire to please this will be a very special horse!
This absolutely breathtaking smoky black filly is possibly the tallest foal we have ever welcomed to the world and it took poor 'Shadow' quite some effort!
She is exquisite and actually the smoky black filly I had always secretly hoped for from this mare. She has superb conformation with a lovely compact body on long, strong legs made for galloping. Her head is simply beautiful and her attitude is a dream come true. She was vocal from almost her first breath and a really relaxed, sociable and friendly little lady from the beginning. She is curious, bold and very switched on.
It is always fascinating for me to see the foals turned out in the school for the first time as having done this for so many years and having watched so many, so closely over the years I find it very telling! This little darling did not disappoint, as I expected she has talent by the bucket load in her movement, balance, huge exuberance and big brave attitude.
I just adore her and cannot wait to watch her grow up into the horse I am certain she will become, representing us out eventing in the fullness of time and eventually, hopefully producing the type of foals her mother has blessed us with over the years!
GFS Arabesque June 2020
Shadow's Filly, first three days
GFS RocketMan
GFS Lord of the Dance x Folly's Rock
22nd May 2020
Buckskin colt
https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/gfs-rocketman
SOLD
This foal is incredibly special. A huge silvery buckskin with a huge, athletic frame and the most charming personality. He is simply special.
I had retired Folly following the birth of her 2017 filly and full sister to GFS Fire and Ice. However Folly has missed motherhood and mourned not having her own. She gazes longingly at all of the other mares foals and as she is still so strong, fit and full of beans I decided to put her in foal!
Folly is by the legendary eventing stallion and sire of many more, Rock King and her dam sire Bohemond is a progenitor of exceptional eventing offspring also.
A missed opportunity to prove herself as an eventer due to a misdiagnosed injury as a young up and coming eventing prospect has been very much my gain with this wonderful character joining the family. Folly had already had two premium Graded foals before I bought her and her offspring have remained superb examples of her quality and athletic ability. She is a Weatherby's registered NTR mare with a splash of Connemara preventing her from being all blood. This has given her the beautiful buckskin coat, an abundance of mane and tail as well as a tough, no nonsense attitude of bravery and toughness. She is very much her own person but adores her people and has the biggest, kindest heart.
This foal is a perfect amalgamation of two horses bred very much for power, stamina, bravery and heart. It should almost certainly ensure this special fellow will be a tremendous athlete.
GFS Rocketman is a force of nature! He is built like a desert tank, with almost the same camouflage, he also seems to have the speed and power of a rocket launcher!
His upbringing to date has not been ideal in terms of freedom to socialise and indulge in the type of juvenile hooliganism that seems to bring foals so much joy! He has instead been something of a 'child carer' for dear Folly who de-gloved her knee at the beginning of the year and as such has been struggling and needing special attention and a calm environment to feel safe to potter about at her own speed.
The two of them have had free access to the farm tracks, verges, gardens and unfenced grass so that when she had enough, she could come back to her stable in the barn. This has worked very well and Rocket has had enormous fun turning the tracks huge puddles and steep banks that line them into his own personal playground. Also occasionally poking his nose through the kitchen windows, whilst still having the opportunity to visit the other foals and say Hi over the various paddock fences.
Sadly for him, the decision was made last week to curtail this freedom of movement for the sake of safety! Young Rocketman has created a racetrack around the school where he can expend all of his excess energy, travelling at breakneck speed and indulging his many daredevil tendencies, such as scaling the steep banks (all very similar to the one seen at the Hickstead Derby) with enormous bounds, before launching himself off the top as his mother grazes peacefully and blissfully unaware.
I have allowed this as he is so sure footed and agile and believed it was small compensation for his isolation from the other foals, that is until the game escalated! Lying in wait for unsuspecting people or dogs, Rocket started dropping out of the sky at their feet then racing off at top speed with triumphant whinnies and jubilant farts! This has caused tremendous fright to the numerous victims, myself included and had to be stopped!
Dear Rocket, he is the most charming character and such a bold, friendly soul. He was simply making the best of a bad situation but for benefit of everyone’s health and mental well being things had to change!
GFS Rocketman will be available on weaning, hopefully to a competitive eventing or hunting home where he can utilise his great enthusiasm, endless stamina, bravery and immense love of galloping, leaping and acrobatics!
GFS RocketMan
GFS Rocketman - A week old
GFS Rocketman - End of June 2020
GFS Rocket man at five weeks
GFS Firefly
GFS Fire and Ice x Athena
26th April 2020
Buckskin
To make 16.1hh approx
RETAINED
https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/gfs-firefly
'Pepper's' filly foal is also a granddaughter of our beloved Folly's Rock and as expected this is absolutely sensational and enormously athletic filly looks to be as potentially talented as she is striking to look at. Displaying superb balance, a huge trot and a wonderful nature with plenty of character and a lovely attitude. She is one of those horses that simply appears to float with each and every step, she is incredibly elegant and looks to be a born eventing prospect!
Firefly has her dams friendly character and inquisitive nature that makes her determined to be a part of whatever is going on whether it concerns her or not!
She is calm, bold and every inch a real peoples horse who will bond with her owner and offer a lifetime of friendship and fun under saddle. A true partner who will give as much as she receives and become a true heart horse.
She is by GFS Fire and Ice who is a wonderful amalgamation of the exotic Kinsky warmblood, Danish Knabstrupper and thoroughbred with a pinch of the magical Irish Connemara for the perfect all rounder with both talent and temperament.
Her dam Pepper herself is out of a Graded and very rare pure bred Kinsky warmblood mare. The Kinsky's are renowned for their great natures and ability to turn a hoof to virtually any discipline. Throughout their history this is a breed who has excelled in all sport from Steeplechasing (this was a breed that dominated the famed Grand Pardubice ('the Devils race' in the now Czech Republic. This was a death defying race notorious for its vast obstacles and stamina sapping ploughed fields. The Kinsky horse's versatility has seen them compete with great success in the fields of showjumping, dressage, endurance, carriage driving and eventing. They are the ultimate all rounder. In addition to their famed versatility, huge hearts and talent under saddle, these rare horses have coats that positively shimmer with an ethereal looking 'metallic' sheen to them. This is thought to come from an infusion of the Akhal Teke and Russian Budyonny bloodlines thought to be used developing the breed. Pepper has this incredible sheen and this is the first of her foal that has inherited it. Pepper has a fantastic nature and I have no doubt if we had ever put her under saddle she would have proven equally as impressive in her multitude of talents as her ancestors. However as a very accident prone young horse and one who arrived with us as a foal in a very bad way, she has become a very special member of the family, with her gentle and generous disposition and producing beautiful foals with her glorious nature and instantly adored by all who meet her.
July 2020
From Two days to Two weeks
GFS DragonHeart
GFS Lord of the Dance x Treloan Simply Red
13th May 2020
https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/gfs-dragonheart
FOR SALE
As everyone knows I absolutely adore Treloan Tiger Lily so when I was kindly offered her daughter by Kings Composer a couple of years ago I absolutely could not believe my good fortune. She is so like Lily in her serene and generous nature and utterly stunning looks.
Her foal in 2020 by GFS Fire and Ice has been retained and I see no loss of quality and athletic class in the third generation as the first! This is a damline that you could put a donkey too and still get a fantastic result. Each of these mares have consistently produced superb foals from a variety of stallions, passing on their beauty, impeccable temperaments and natural athleticism.
This will be another foal with a high percentage of blood and eminently suitable for the sport of eventing. It is also a bloodline that guarantees offspring both incredibly attractive and highly trainable with incredible temperaments and an innate willingness to please.
Update....A tribute to my beautiful girl who we tragically lost during foaling.
This is a story of two parts really and like many a tale, there is tragedy, hope and the promise of such a special ending that the heartache and the sorrowful journey almost makes sense.
Please let me introduce you to this little 'phoenix'. From the ashes of despair and terrible loss, this golden colt has risen and reminded us of the wonder of a new day.
On Thursday night as my beautiful Treloan Simply Red lay down to foal, it quickly became apparent that something was terribly wrong. As veterans of so very many foaling scenarios over the years and a lifetimes experience of all type of livestock midwifery at hand, it was rapidly obvious that saving the foal who was presenting upside down was going to be the best case scenario, if highly unlikely.
It is a tribute to the exceptional skills of Brian Smith who against all odds managed to guide him into the world with a steely determination and the angels on side, our incredible vets who arrived at speed, in force and with typical efficiency, that my beautiful lady left this world with dignity. Before the shock and adrenalin of her ordeal wore off, she had a brief opportunity to welcome her little man with clear delight and the unadulterated pride and love that is the gift of a mother.
I count the many blessings that have arisen from this devastation even as it felt that my heart was splintering into a thousand tiny pieces.
I had the opportunity to spend a part of my life with a mare who gave nothing but love. A sweet, special soul with an immense generosity of spirit and genuine kindness. She was the daughter of my beloved Treloan Tiger Lily and was an integral part of our bigger animal family that encompasses so many wonderful characters, past and present who continue to make our lives such a huge adventure each day.
Treloan Simply Red has left a huge legacy as well as a hole in our hearts. Her tall, proud son, gilded in a coat of gleaming gold is simply perfection. He has the spirit of a fighter and the heart of a lion, a special gift left by our departing friend who will forever be missed and always remembered with such deep affection.
Sleep peacefully my beautiful girl. Make sure you are watching from that special place because we will make you proud x
Despite the tragedy that marked this marvellous young man's arrival to the world, his precious life also represents a very special legacy.
This fantastic colt continues the impeccable record of his beautiful dam and his grand dam of producing absolutely superb, conformationally ideal and ahtletically blessed. I am always exceptionally particular about breeding from horses with faultless temperaments a calm intelligence that lends itself to high trainability and strong work ethic. These bloodlines epitomise these qualities and so it can be seen in this foal.
It is early days, but I see massive potential in this colt already. His huge, elastic and gymnastic ability to cover the ground with graceful, bounding leaps on his strong, long legs with grace and balance in abundance.
He is of high percentage blood and will doubtless make a superb potential eventer in the years to come and there is little doubt that this stunning animal will draw every eye he passes!
GFS DragonHeart
GFS DragonHeart June 2020
GFS Appassionato
GFS Lord of the Dance x Neforia ZB
19th May 2020
Palomino Colt to make 16.2hh
RETAINED
https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/gfs-appassionato
This is our third GFS Lord of the Dance and Neforia foal with very good reason! This pairing has produced two exceptional foals to date, one with a professional eventer and the other purchased by a fellow breeder in the US to be professionally produced
These foals all share an exceptional beauty and a natural presence that cannot help but draw admiring glances. They tend to be super intelligent, powerful, fast and fluid through all paces; utter poetry in motion!
For the serious amateur or professional the horses from this breeding are bursting with talent and the type of sensitivity that make them completely in tune with their riders and a keen wish to bond with those they trust.
They are as fast as lightning, a joy to watch float across the arena and without a doubt balanced and brave enough to tackle any cross country course with the right training or indeed any other equestrian disciple where talent, willingness to perform and style are requisite.
As with their dam and to an extent their sire, they tend to be one person horses who thrive on developing a true one on one relationship, however this young man is everybody's friend and a confident little busy body!
Neforia is a Graded Ster KWPN mare by the dressage stallion San Remo, campaigned by Edward Gall and whose female progeny number more than seven Ster Preferent.
Her damline is exceptional, her dam is an an Elite GP dressage mare by Haarlem.
This foal will be a very interesting an exciting prospect for someone interested in excelling in either dressage or eventing and looking for a partner of a lifetime with which to foster an extraordinary relationship.
This colt is an excellent future prospect either as a dressage horse or a really exciting eventer. He is demonstrating a spectacular trot and a lightness of movement over the ground that is a joy to watch. He is a calm, curious character with a bold outlook and sociable nature.
GFS Appassionato June 2020
GFS Zingalina
GFS Eskimo Jo x Zievdent
4th June 2020
Chestnut filly - To make 16.2hh +
https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/gfs-zingalina
It is with great excitement and a degree of relief that I can happily announce both the arrival of this magnificent chestnut filly and the final curtain call for the end of our 2020 foaling season.
This beautiful red head is by GFS Eskimo Jo and of course out of 'Izzy' or Zievident as she is registered with the KWPN. There is some serious jumping talent to be found in this filly's pedigree and Izzy is of course the dam of the eventing 'wonderchild' GFS Moonlight Echo and GFS Rapunzel who are both in a professional eventers yard being aimed for the top end of the sport!
This filly is an absolute showstopper. She is full of confidence, character and delights in her ever expanding repertoire of leaps, bounds and paddock athletics at high speed! She is most definitely going to be a born competitor and already celebrates the limelight as though she was a champion!
She is incredibly pretty, with a beautiful head and a natural carriage that oozes a presence hard to ignore. She is very well built with plenty of bone and the promise of immense power and speed. She moves very well and displays superb balance through her movement in all paces, being naturally uphill. She is full of energy and from her play, it is clear she is a born jumper.
Izzy, her dam is a KWPN mare who only deigns to gift us a foal very occasionally and is a troublesome and frustrating mare to get in foal! However, the two foals she has had to date have been something really quite special indeed!
They have been almost identical palominos from two different stallions and both were staggeringly beautiful with movement you could usually only dream of with a fleetness of foot, incredible balance and feet that barely touch the ground. Her foals are born athletes, extroverts with fantastic characters, super temperaments with a keen intelligence and motivated work ethic. Her first filly, GFS Moonlight Echo was by our own GFS Diamond Echo who we sold as a three year old. As a five year old this year she has already earned 68 Foundation Points British Eventing and blitzed all competition to have qualified for the 2019 Young Horse Championships at Osberton. Her second filly by GFS Lord of the Dance was rapidly snapped up by the same owner confident in the hope hope that she is very much cut from the same cloth!
Both Izzy and Mojo have exceptional jumping pedigrees and I felt that Mojo would suit Izzy beautifully in producing a very exciting showjumping prospect.
Izzy is of course by the super GP showjumping stallion Karandasj, a stallion renowned for both his jumping ability and rideability. A top WBFSH ranked sire of both eventers and showjumpers.
Izzy's dam was an International GP dressage mare with a fascinating amalgamation of both dressage and showjumping bloodlines and by the KWPN stallion Hofnar. This is a very strong motherline and it has shone through in her offspring to date.
This breeding is an experiment but one in which I feel optimistic that something very special may be in the making!
Her sire the young AES Graded stallion GFS Eskimo Jo whose first real crop of foals this year has been very encouraging. His sire whom we also own is currently competing Novice level BE with both the scope and talent to progress once the season recommences! His dam was a Graded Holsteiner by Corrado I out of a Landgraf mare.
Izzy's Filly end of June 2020
GFS Pirouette
GFS Lord of the Dance x Charisma
Perlino Filly
2nd June 2020
RETAINED
https://sporthorse-data.com/pedigree/gfs-pirouette
This filly is absolutely breathtaking to look at with her shimmering pale golden coat adorned with tiny streaks of silver, the only indication that she has inherited her dams minimally coloured genetics.
She is one of those young horses that instantly catches the eye and moves with the kind of poise, confidence and natural spring of the born athlete. She has a hugely appealing character, showing an inherent sense of sociability and bold, friendly confidence.
Her breeding is of solid performance bloodlines capable of attaining high levels in each of the Olympic disciplines.
A perfect amalgamation of inherited movement, scope, great attitude, top temperament and rideability.
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Charisma's first foal GFS Mikado had been retained to stand as a potential future stallion here but due to a change of plan, he has been sold and is heading to the US to represent the GFS breeding program for Top Hat Equestrian in Florida. Her 2019 foal and full sister will be going up to Scotland to be produced as a dressage prospect.
Charisma is a Westphalian registered mare by the advanced eventing Trakehner stallion Camaro. Her dam is a Kinsky warmblood mare and product of a dedicated breeding program initiated by Count Kinsky in developing a horse of enormous versatility and outstanding temperaments.
This breed has excelled over the past century in almost all disciplines with great aplomb but their true purpose and original forte was as steeplechasers extraordinaire. They have as a breed had great success in the 'Devil's Race' the Grand Pardubice in the now Czech Republic.
This foal has been bred will the sole intention of breeding a very exciting eventing prospect. Charisma and 'Django's foals to date are born gallopers, they are fast and love to jump anything in their path, they move with exceptional style and energy and each have demonstrated enormous bravery and calm natures or highly sociable characteristics.
I will almost certainly be retaining this foal to produce as a future eventer.
