Simon will compete both these horses once they start their ridden careers. He continued:
“Sue and her husband Brian are passionate about breeding horses and they have done so much for British breeding. I want to support them and am looking forward to competing these exciting young horses.”
Colt foal On ‘n’ Go headed the eventers at Myerscough for York resident, Alyse Clancy with a higher first premium of 8.96. On ‘n’ Go was bred from Alyse’s prolific mare, On A Dream who has previously bred 3 elite scoring Futurity foals. Alyse said:
“On ‘n’ Go is very smart, he is chestnut with four white stockings so he is pretty flashy. The Futurity evaluator commented on his fantastic walk and canter and the way he covers the ground.”
The three youngsters Alyse has presented at the Futurity this year (she also attended the Richmond Futurity earlier this week) have all received a higher first premium.
Alyse added:
“On ‘n’ Go will have a career eventing, I may sell him though as we have 23 horses at the moment which is way too many!”
Filly foal, Finissima (Finest x Demonstrator) was best of the dressage entries at Myerscough for first-time breeder, Gillian Hinnigan from Billington near Clitheroe. Finissima attained a higher first premium of 8.85.
Gillian said:
“We are really pleased with Finissima. I have competed her dam, Donna Carlotta successfully in dressage. We have been to the Badminton Young Dressage Horse championships and the Pet Plan championships. She also took 11th place in the elementary at the Dressage National championships. We always wanted to breed from Donna Carlotta and as I was pregnant, it seemed a good time to do so before continuing her competition career.”
Finissima will either be sold, or Gillian may keep her and produce her for dressage. She added:
“We may be able to get a syndicate together to own her.”
Yearling colt, Rough Lee So Amour (San Amour x It’s the Business) owned and bred by Steve Barr and Dawn Grundy took home a higher first premium of 8.80 in the dressage section. Steve from Chorley said:
“We are delighted with Rough Lee So Amour. He is out of our mare, High Offley Miss Mosaik who also bred Rough Lee So Schufro. So Schufro is now 9 and he has qualified for the dressage national championships several times. He won the BD national novice freestyle championships two years ago and took 3rd place in the elementary freestyle at last year’s nationals.”
Miss Mosaik is now back out competing with Dawn. Steve added:
“Rough Lee So Amour is definitely a keeper.”
Walter Scott’s jumping filly foal, London’s Diamante (Diamant De Semilly x Carembar de Muze (London)) scored a higher first premium of 8.80 in the jumping section. This is the second foal Walter has bred from his mare, Hayavanta.
He said:
“We are really impressed with both Hayavanta’s offspring. London’s Diamante has now received decent marks from both the KWPN and the Futurity and the yearling, by Big Star has great athleticism and a good jump.”
Walter is from Warrington, he plans to keep London’s Diamante and she will go on to a jumping career. Walter added:
“It is our aim to breed and produce top quality foals in the UK.”
Rebecca Grossmith from Poynton near Stockport scored a higher first premium at Myerscough. Her colt foal, Rio Grande (Grafenstolz x Condios) scored 8.79 in the eventing section. Rebecca bred Rio Grande from her mare, Connie. She said:
“I have owned Connie for the last 8 or 9 years – since she was just four-years-old. We have competed in eventing and dressage, she also qualified for the British Dressage regional finals. Sadly she tore a ligament in her back and so I decided to breed from her.”
Connie was put in foal to Royaldik. Rebecca continued:
“She very unfortunately lost the foal. We had Connie tested and the vets could find nothing wrong, so we put her in foal to Grafenstolz, which has resulted in Rio Grande.”
Rio Grande is the first foal Rebecca has bred and she plans to event him when he is old enough.
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