“Rio’s mum, Tazzmiek has done us proud. He is the eighth foal she has bred us and her ninth is due next year. Two of Tazzmiek’s eldest offspring are Hazelhope Really Bling who has qualified for the dressage national championships at advanced medium this year and Hazelhope Roxxanne who is now competing at prix St George. I am over the moon with the mare. Her offspring are either broodmares or are out competing.
Rio has a lot to live up to, his elder full brother, a two-year-old was named the top dressage foal in the country by the KWPN studbook in 2014. Amanda continued: “Rio is currently leading the foals in the KWPN gradings. He is for sale, hopefully Joe Bright who rides for us will buy him and he will be left entire and also go on to have a competition career.”
Bling (Kannan x Bahamian Bounty), a three-year-old eventing filly owned and bred by Yvonne Ferguson and exhibited by Clare Pointing took a higher first premium of 8.71. Bling scored a higher first premium of 8.83 as a two-year-old last year.
A total of four horses bred by Lianne Verity of the Myspires stud in Bexhill-On-Sea took home higher first premiums. Lianne’s show-jumping colt foal, Myspires Triple Revolver (Myspires Revolution x Caretino Glory) scored 8.70 and her yearling filly, Myspires Triple Generation (Brennus B x Stallone Quainton) scored 8.50. Lianne’s further two elite premiums were won by horses bred by her and that she has sold on to other people. They are Myspires Great Expectation and Myspires Perfect Resolution.
Lianne said:
“Myspires Triple Revolver was in my mind the best of the six foals I have bred this year. It’s great that his score reflected this. He is bred from my mare, Triple Elle and by my stallion, Myspires Revolution who has now had several progeny that have scored a higher first Futurity premium.”
Myspires Triple Revolver has been sold to a friend of Lianne’s. Lianne added:
“He will go for stallion licensing with the Anglo European Studbook as a two-year-old and he will also have a career show-jumping.
“The yearling filly, Myspires Triple Generation will stay with me as she is the first filly we have bred out of a homebred mare, she will be aimed at having an eventing career and may have a foal as a three-year-old. Her dam, Myspires Triple Stallone received a higher first premium at the Futurity as a two-year-old.”
Pippa Drew’s two-year-old dressage filly, Hammerwood Riola (Keystone Rhondeo x Cavan Blue Hors) was the best two-year-old at Brendon, with a higher first premium of 8.70. Pippa said:
“Riola, who we call Kanga at home is such a good mover. The cadence to her trot is just unbelievable. We will keep her and professionally produce her for dressage.”
Pippa bred the overall Futurity highest scorer in 2009, Hammerwood Roulette. She added:
“Roulette is now taking a bit of time out to have a foal, we have put her to the Welsh section B stallion, Lemonshill Falcon. I think there is a gap in the market for small top quality dressage horses of between 15 and 16 hands.”
Virginia Russell-Wood’s eventing colt foal, Stage Law (Mill Law x Chestnut Park All That Jazz) took a higher first premium of 8.67 at Brendon. Stage Law was presented at the Futurity by Simon Luck.
Virginia said:
“This was the first time we have ever been to the Futurity, we found it very encouraging and it was great to get an unbiased opinion of my foal. I took Stage Law to the Futurity as he is one of the last youngstock by the stallion, Mill Law and I am keen to keep my options open as to whether he has potential as a stallion for the future.”
The Futurity is not the only success that Stage Law has enjoyed in the few months since he was born. He won his class at Kent County show and went on to take the championship with his dam, Stage Music. Virginia added:
“He will go to the British Show Horse Association show at Addington in Buckinghamshire at the end of the month and then to the Cherif Championships.”
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