British Breeder - November 2020

BRITISH 

BREEDER 

November 2020 

FUTURITY ELITE 

ONLINE AUCTION 

Full Report 

EQUINE BRIDGE 

Getting Prepared 

Breeder Profile 

Russmond Horses 

Featured Stallion 

Cornets Pleasure WW 

COMFORT 

Caunton Manor Stud 

Nutrition: 

Recharging the 

Batteries 

Brexit: 

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In those early weeks of 2020, we could 

never have known, nor would we have 

believed, that a pandemic could sweep 

the world and we would still be under 

restrictions some 10 months later. It is 

the stuff of sci-fi movies, not real life, 

and yet it has happened and we have 

risen to the challenges is has brought. 

My heart goes out to those who have 

suffered and who have lost friends and 

loved ones. The news of a vaccine, 

albeit one that may not be available for 

everyone for some time, brings 

welcome hope. 

The challenges have made everyone 

think differently about how we do things 

and many positives have come about. 

More people than ever before are 

now accepting digital technology as 

a means of communication and many 

activities have gone ‘virtual’. Our 2020 

Futurity series was a huge success as 

reported in the last issue, and this was 

followed by the first ever Futurity Elite 

Online Auction, reported in this issue. 

Such events were a learning curve, but 

with such good feedback it is certain 

that a ‘virtual’ option will remain in 

some form in the future. Our incredibly 

popular webinar series looks set to 

continue. 

November should have seen our 

second Annual Celebration Ball, but 

instead we will celebrate the 

achievements of our wonderful 

breeders and their horses in a special 

Contents 

Celebration Awards evening to be held 

on 4th December. Please join us with a 

glass of bubbly as we review the 

highlights of this season and hear from 

the award winners. You can pre-register 

to attend the online event as usual on 

our website. 

Looking ahead, it was good to hear 

news that Badminton Horse Trials plan 

to go ahead with a ‘behind closed 

doors’ event if restrictions for spectators 

are not lifted. We are making plans for 

our Stallion Event, which will take place 

on 6th February and will also be 

‘behind closed doors’ with everyone 

being able to watch the action via 

livestream and our interaction on social 

networks. 

So as Christmas approaches, we are 

unlikely to be able to celebrate in quite 

the traditional manner. Family 

gatherings will be reduced, Boxing 

Day meets, if they happen at all, will 

not see the usual crowds, and seeing 

in the New Year will be a whole new 

experience! But perhaps a drink by the 

fireside is not such a bad idea…! 

The team at British Breeding wish you 

all a safe, healthy and happy festive 

season and let’s hope that next year we 

can get out and about and resume our 

equestrian activities. 

Happy Christmas X 

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Discipline and Breeding News 

Studbook News: AES, AHS, BHHS, NPS, SHB-GB, SPSS, Trak. 

British Breeding Futurity Elite Online Auction Report 

British Breeding Equine Bridge 

British Breeding Celebration Awards 

WBFSH Report 

Vet insight: Diseases & Disorders of Foals and Yearlings 

Breeder Profile - Russmond: A Passion for the Future 

Product News - Haygain 

Stallion Profile - Cornets Pleasure WW 

BRITISH BREEDER| 3

News 

ABRS launches 

membership 

services for 

Livery Yards 

The Association of British Riding Schools 

(ABRS) is delighted to announce the 

launch of a new dedicated membership 

pathway which recognises and 

promotes the high standards of livery 

yards. The decision to expand 

membership to include livery yards came 

following a number of focus groups, run 

in conjunction with LiveryList. 

Acting Chair of the ABRS Jane Williams 

said, “The focus groups bought to our 

attention that many livery yards find 

it difficult to fit into other membership 

models which has left them feeling quite 

unsupported, especially during 2020 

which has been testing for all” 

A large number of our existing riding 

centres offer a livery service so the 

expansion is a natural one, fits perfectly 

with the resources and our values of 

promoting the highest standards while 

supporting our members. 

We are looking forward to welcoming 

livery yards of any size from any sector 

to the ABRS and being able to support 

them and their business.” 

Cheryl Johns, Founder of LiveryList said, 

“The new livery yard scheme from the 

ABRS will undoubtedly be a welcome 

addition enabling yard owners to 

understand and promote best practice 

and management of their yards and 

facilities. 

It will also allow education of horse 

owners across the country as to the 

important aspects they should be 

considering when choosing a livery 

yard. The scheme will offer much needed 

support and recognition to yard owners, 

and peace of mind to horse owners that 

all approved and certified yards within 

the ABRS scheme offer a high standard 

of care and welfare.” 

ABRS Livery Yard members will be able 

to display their own unique ABRS plaque 

assuring existing and potential new 

clients that they offer a quality service 

alongside the highest standard of care. 

ABRS members will enjoy benefits 

including representation at national 

level, access to advice and support 

through regular discussions with Trustees 

and Advisors, visits if needed, a helpline, 

a regular newsletter, and of course the 

website for information, updates, and 

tools. 

With affordable membership options 

Livery Yards can chose between being 

certified or approved. 

To find out more about becoming an ABRS Livery Yard member go to: 

https://www.abrs-info.org/about-us/join-the-abrs-livery-yards/ 

#SaveOurSports 

Grassroots sport, fitness and leisure 

facilities are facing collapse due to 

Covid-19. 

Without emergency government 

support, like that given to the arts sector, 

community sport and physical activity 

faces a bleak future that will be difficult 

to recover from, impacting the nation’s 

physical and mental health and 

damaging Britain’s ability to Build Back 

Better. 

Recovery Fund petition which calls on 

government to instigate emergency 

support to ensure sport clubs, fitness and 

leisure facilities - the lifeblood of 

communities across the nation – can 

remain open and survive the coming 

difficult months. 

The data shows that our facilities are 

both safe and essential in leading the 

nation’s recovery from COVID-19. 

We want to keep community facilities 

open so that we can provide the 

opportunities for every single person to 

become fitter and healthier to combat 

the pandemic and lead more fulfilling 

lives. 

Join us and support the campaign by 

sharing why your local facility is so 

important to you via your social 

channels using #SaveOurSports 

That’s why we are supporting the Sports 

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/553619 

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News 

The BGA urges all grooms 

to check that their 

employers have liability 

insurance. 

Following a recent legal case where a 

groom had a life-changing injury and 

had to settle on a reduced amount of 

£75,000, the British Grooms Association 

(BGA) is urging everyone to check that 

their employers have Employer’s Liability 

Insurance. Employer’s Liability Insurance 

is a legal requirement and protects both 

the employer and the employee in case 

of an accident in the workplace. 

Lucy Katan, Executive Director of the 

British Grooms Association said, “if 

the employer doesn’t have Employer’s 

Liability Insurance, and the employee 

has an accident - particularly if it was 

life-changing, the solicitor would be 

reliant on recovering damages directly 

from the employer. As the settlement 

would be taken from the employer’s 

personal funds, the amount could be 

significantly smaller than one resolved 

by an insurance company. 

This creates both a risk to the employee 

of not having a proper recourse to 

recover damages for an injury at work, 

and a risk to the employer as they could 

be sued personally rather than being 

indemnified by an insurer. This is why 

Employers Liability Insurance is a legal 

requirement, and the minimum amount of 

cover is £5million.” The BGA also asks 

grooms to be aware of their employment 

status. False self-employment, which is 

when one is told they are self-employed 

but in fact they are an employee, is often 

a mechanism used to avoid purchasing 

Employer’s Liability Insurance. This is 

illegal and grooms should be aware 

that this means they are vulnerable. It is 

very easy to convince yourself that an 

accident won’t happen, but in a high risk 

industry it is important to know that the 

financial support is there if needed. 

Freelance grooms should also ensure 

that they have their own liability 

insurance to protect themselves in the 

event of an accident occurring when 

clients’ horses are in their care.” 

For further information go to: 

https://britishgrooms.org.uk/Freelance-groom-liability-insurance 

For information for employers go to: 

https://equestrianemployers.org.uk/discounted-insurance 

BRITISH BREEDER| 5

News 

Badminton 

Horse Trials 

to Run Behind 

Closed Doors 

After much deliberation the decision 

has been taken to run Badminton Horse 

Trials 2021 event “Behind Closed 

Doors” but with the potential to include 

a limited number of spectators should, 

come the spring, guidelines/restrictions 

allow this to happen. The organisers will 

maintain constant review of the 

situation in the coming months and have 

pledged to keep supporters and the 

eventing community posted with latest 

news and developments throughout 

the coming months via the Directors 

blog, social media and website. “Our 

overriding priority will continue to 

be the health and safety of all those 

involved in staging the event”, say the 

organisers. 

Event Director Jane Tuckwell said “We 

realise that this is not the scenario 

everyone would wish for but feel by 

announcing our intentions now it will 

give all involved in whatever capacity 

the opportunity to plan accordingly. 

To deliver the “Behind Closed Doors” 

event will not be without its 

challenges, but we look forward to 

bringing you a great competition in 

partnership with Science Supplements 

and Mars Equestrian”. 

William Fox-Pitt MBE, a dual 

Badminton winner, commented “It 

is fantastic news that Badminton is 

planning to run next season in these 

challenging circumstances. To lose this 

prestigious event again would be a 

terrible disappointment and the 

eventing world will get behind Jane and 

her team to make this happen. For sure 

it will be a very different Badminton”. 

With the event running “Behind Closed 

Doors”, there are plans to ensure that 

everyone is still able to enjoy all the live 

competition action via TV/Live Stream 

and further news will be released on 

this in due course. 

www.badminton-horse.co.uk 

Update on the 

work from the 

BE Advisory 

Group 

Earlier this year, the BE Board appointed 

an Advisory Group (BEAG) to look at 

certain aspects of the sport and provide 

their recommendations for actions which 

could be taken. The Group comprised 

Mike Etherington-Smith, Stuart Buntine, 

Captain Mark Phillips and Helen West. 

The Group presented their report to the 

Board in the summer, and the Board 

have since agreed which 

recommendations will be taken forward. 

As ever, the development of some of 

these will require stakeholder 

consultation and involvement, and 

as part of the work to date, we have 

discussed the recommendations we will 

be progressing with the stakeholder 

representatives from the BEOA, EHOA 

and ERA. 

The stakeholders are in broad 

agreement with the recommendations 

we are progressing. 

A high level summary of the recommendations 

and the actions being taken can 

be seen on the British Eventing website: 

https://www.britisheventing.com/news/update-on-the-work-from-the-be-advisory-group 

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News 

UPDATE FROM THE 

BRITISH EVENTING CEO 

From where we are now, it is 

hard to remember how the 

start of this season felt. Whilst a 

wet and wild start to the year, 

there was little expectation of 

what was to come… 

We lost several events in the first few 

weeks of the season to wet weather 

and then, following the difficult decision 

made in Mid-March by the Board in 

response to government directives to 

cancel events, very quickly the entire 

country was put into ‘lockdown’. 

Our sport hit a sudden stop - with no 

sign of when we may be able to get 

going again. Centrally at BE HQ, we 

made use of the Government’s furlough 

scheme, with the majority of staff being 

put onto furlough leave, some 

redundancies, and our COO Wendy 

McGowan and me also taking a pay 

cut during this period to help keep the 

finances viable. An awful lot of work 

continued behind the scenes to get sport 

restarted, with BE receiving permission 

to resume eventing towards the end of 

June. 

Our first organisers to run under the 

COVID-19 Sport resumption protocols 

were Tweseldown, Barbury and Aske on 

the second weekend in July. The 

Organising teams and BE Officials did a 

fantastic job and proved – under 

scrutiny from many – that we could 

safely run sport within the COVID 

landscape. 

Despite concerns about how many 

members would want to compete, the 

entry levels across the first six weeks of 

the restart were high. In response to the 

high demand, the Regional 

Coordinators and Sport Team worked 

hard with our Organisers to put on extra 

days of competition where these were 

possible –which is a great testament to 

the flexibility of both members and our 

Organisers. 

We know that for some the changes in 

competition days have been difficult – 

days’ leave have had to be changed, 

childcare arrangements adjusted, and 

multiple lorry trips to the same venue on 

different days. Inevitably, when there are 

additional days added, some will have 

to move from the advertised days. We 

appreciate the flexibility so many of you 

have shown. 

There have also been events at which 

classes have been removed to enable 

timetabling to work. The levels of 

balloting and additional days were 

unprecedented. We have learnt a lot 

about how to quickly adjust the calendar 

and work in a different way to provide 

as many opportunities as we can to the 

membership. We will ensure these 

learnings are taken forward to 2021 and 

beyond. 

It is heartening that – in light of 

everything this year has thrown at us 

all – we had broadly the same number 

of runs in the second half of the season 

this year compared with the same period 

last year. 

Huge thanks must also go to our 

incredible army of BE volunteers. To 

each and every fence judge, collecting 

ring steward, starter, gate opener, pole 

picker, score collector (and all of the 

myriad of other vital roles without which 

an event could not take place) I give you 

my sincere thanks for making this season 

possible this year, and for continuing to 

serve your eventing community. 

The delay in settlement of the 

abandonment insurance caused concern 

to many. We were delighted to finally 

receive full settlement of the claim and to 

be able to refund those who had entries 

outstanding. The policy again came 

into use towards the end of the season, 

where we lost a handful of events again 

to the elements. 

As we have communicated previously, 

the policy is in place for 2021 but we 

will be undertaking a review of the 

insurance and looking at options for 

2022 onwards. We know that cost of 

this policy is key. 

As we head into winter, the situation 

across the whole country is rapidly 

changing. We hope that we will be 

able to run some of the planned Baileys 

Winter Series competitions following 

the end of the recently announced new 

lockdown measures, and are adapting 

our protocols to ensure that we can run 

in a safe and compliant way once we 

are able to do so. We are also rapidly 

approaching our AGM. You will have 

received an email with details on how to 

use your vote, and we encourage you 

to do so. We will be running a remote 

AGM this year and look forward to 

seeing you there. 

We know that many of you are 

interested in the work done by the BE 

Advisory Group that we advised you 

about earlier in the year. A summary of 

their work will be released shortly, and 

we are grateful to the group for the work 

that they have done for the sport. We 

are also grateful to our Stakeholder 

representatives from BEOA, ERA and 

EHOA – we have been in regular 

dialogue with these groups and will be 

continuing to consult with them over 

areas of change as work progresses. We 

encourage you to use these Stakeholder 

groups and details of the contacts for 

each are included in the weekly emails 

to members. 

The IT Taskforce continues its work, with 

regular updates being available to 

members, and we continue to work 

with our Rider Working Groups on new 

initiatives and collating feedback from 

this season. 

Looking ahead, we are currently working 

on the basis that the current COVID sport 

protocols will be in place for the start 

of next season and will continue to do 

what is necessary to ensure that we can 

run the sport in a safe and compliant 

way. We also have some exciting new 

initiatives which we will be telling you 

about soon. 

Finally, a huge thank you to the BE HQ 

team. It’s been a tough year for many 

people but I am proud of the way the 

team have risen to the challenge and 

continued to do their best to provide the 

sport to the membership during some 

very difficult times. 

I hope that you each keep safe and that 

you get the opportunity to enjoy your 

horses over the off season. 

Jude Matthew 

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News 

Brexit: 

What we know about 

travelling horses to 

Europe after 

1st January 2021 

Just 38 days remain until the end of the 

transition period for leaving the 

European Union, and if you work, ride, 

compete, travel or trade in Europe, a 

number of changes are coming – and 

soon. A number of arrangements are 

dependent on there being a free trade 

agreement in place when we leave and, 

if not, what third country status Britain 

will be given on 31 December. 

Moving equines, whether permanently 

or temporarily and whether registered 

or unregistered, is expected to become 

much more detailed and costly with no 

trade agreement in place. It’s important 

to stress that any information is subject to 

change, but our aim is to give you time 

to become familiar with the requirements. 

Key areas of change are: 

Documentation – horses will now require 

an Export Health Certificate (EHC), 

signed by an Official Vet (OV), and the 

Import of Products, Animals, Food and 

Feed Systems (IPAFFS) service must be 

notified of their movements 

Disease testing – registered equines will 

require a blood test for equine infectious 

anaemia within 90 days of travel for 

temporary exports (such as attending 

a show). Uncastrated males will also 

require equine viral arteritis testing up to 

21 days before travel unless they meet 

vaccination requirements. The rules and 

timings are different for unregistered 

equines. 

Residency/isolation – registered horses 

must be resident in the UK or a country 

with equivalent health status for 40 days 

before departure. 

Transporters and vehicles – UK 

authorisations and certificates will no 

longer be recognised, and new transport 

documentation will need to be arranged 

by one of the 27 EU member states. 

Entry points – all horses must pass 

through a Border Control Post (BCP) in 

the EU with the correct documentation. 

Currently, there are six servicing the short 

channel crossings to France, which are 

authorised to accept registered horses. 

We’ve prepared advice for those 

looking to compete horses with purple 

FEI recognition cards for sporting or 

competition purposes because we know 

the current position on this. For horses 

in general, we’re awaiting news on the 

approval of the UK’s equine stud books, 

which we’re hopeful will happen – this 

would mean that horses with a 

recognised passport would follow a 

similar process to FEI-registered 

horses. If approval is not given, and it’s 

not expected to happen before 1 

January, these horses will require a 

government-issued ID document in 

addition to their passport, and other 

export documentation. We’ll provide 

more information on this in due course. 

There’s a dedicated Brexit page on the 

British Equestrian website, which outlines 

the requirements and process you need 

to follow. We held a webinar a few 

weeks ago with our World Class athletes 

and officials to outline the changes, 

which is available for all to view, plus 

there’s an infographic summary of the 

main points and a useful checklist to help 

you prepare for a journey to Europe. 

Key points of which you should be 

aware 

We advise anyone looking to export a 

horse to Europe to avoid the first few 

weeks of January next year while the 

process beds in. 

Even seasoned competitors/transporters 

would benefit from engaging with an 

approved shipper to help with the travel 

process for their first few visits to the 

continent post-Brexit. 

Allow plenty of time to complete the 

additional paperwork and checks in 

the days and weeks before you set off, 

and plan your journey carefully to allow 

extra time for clearing your BCP where 

all horses will undergo documentary, ID 

and physical checks which means they 

will be unloaded. 

Find an Official Veterinarian in your 

area and make an introduction – having 

a good relationship with them is key 

because they will need to certify your 

documents the day before you depart. 

This information is current, but likely to 

change, so please check the Brexit page 

on the British Equestrian website or with 

your member body before starting any 

travel arrangements. 

https://www.britishequestrian.org.uk/equine/transport/brexit 

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Studbook - News 

Primeros Ultimate Dream 1 

News from The Anglo 

European Studbook 

It has been another great year for the 

AES, although we were sad not to be 

able to catch up with our many breeders, 

stallion owners and horses in the flesh. 

We are delighted, however, that you, 

our breeders, rose to the challenge and 

engaged in virtual opportunities up and 

down the country that saw yet again 

record prices achieved by AES foals in 

the Bolesworth auction, as well as in the 

first ever Futurity Auction, & outstanding 

results for AES offspring in this year’s 

first ever virtual Futurity series. All of 

this amid a background of continued 

improvement of our position in the global 

rankings, demonstrating that British bred 

is becoming a label to be proud of! We 

also have some exciting news in that our 

studbook representative, Dr Eva-Maria 

Broomer, has been elected as a Vice 

President onto the Board of the World 

Breeding Federation of Sport Horses, in 

a collaborative nomination together with 

Ralph van Venrooij from the KWPN who 

has joined the with Board as an 

executive in a move that will foster 

stronger collaboration among the 

studbooks for the benefits of all their 

breeders. 

The Internationally Highest-Ranking 

Sports Horse Studbook. 

We are proud and delighted that our 

international rankings position has 

continued to improve, making the AES 

without doubt the overall highest ranking 

of all UK sport horse studbooks. 

In Showjumping, the AES maintained its 

position as highest ranking UK studbook, 

with rather bitter sweets results, as 

Gordon and Su Hall’s Hearts Destiny, 

who had built a fantastic relationship 

with his rider Holly Smith, very sadly 

died this summer following a short illness. 

The 11yo gelding by Heart Throb out of 

a Rabino mare was bred by Stephanie 

Scott. 

In Eventing, the AES leapt ahead in the 

rankings to occupy the highest 

position out of all UK studbooks also in 

this discipline. One of the horses whose 

outstanding record helped us get there is 

the lovely Contador daughter 

Shanaclough Contadora, who was bred 

by Ann Glynn and is successful under the 

saddle of the Japanese rider Kenki Sato. 

In Dressage, the AES remains the second 

highest ranking UK studbook, but we 

are very proud to say that the highest 

ranking UK studbook individual horse 

in this discipline is also one of ours. Into 

the Blue, bred from showjumping lines 

by Ublesco out of a Calvaro Z mare 

climbed the rankings to 34th individual 

position. The 14yo gelding bred by John 

and Claire Whitaker has been 

competing successfully with Louise Bell. 

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AES Foals and Youngsters Excel at the British Breeding Futurity 

We are always extremely proud of the many wonderful AES 

registered foals and youngsters who represent our studbook at the 

British Breeding Baileys Horse Feeds Futurity, and this year has been 

no exception, with entries excelling in all categories. Among the 4yo, 

we saw a small, but quality group of youngsters, with the top 

endurance score going again to DVS Lekota (Lekanto x Interadel Z), 

bred by Tanya Endres of Divine Sport Horses. This lovely young mare 

was also joint top scorer in endurance last year. The highest scoring 

showjumper in this age group was Mel Gravell-Barnes’s Loki Lavivrus 

GBS (Rasputin x Undercover). In the 3yo section, we had the top 

scoring eventer in Irco Vendi (Lars Irco G x Ars Vivendi), presented by 

Canadian Colours Equestrian. 

We saw many promising 2yos, with AES horses taking top spots in 3 

categories. It was a pleasure to see Bev Lynn’s exceptional youngster 

Crocket (Quantensprung x Jazz) , bred by Nicola Burton, who had 

already been the top scoring dressage foal in 2018 and selected for 

the AES Elite Auction where he caught Bev’s eye. Weston 

Warmbloods who showcased an exceptional group of youngsters 

presented the top showjumping 2yo in Sabrina WW (Tangelo van de 

Zuuthoeve x Last Man Standing). It was great to see some lovely 

offspring from Claire Hester’s wonderful stallion U-Genius, including 

U-Nique L.E. (U-Genius x It’s Vithout Doubt VII), presented by Gaynor 

Jones and bred by Ladykirk Equitation, who took the top eventing spot 

in his age group. Among the yearlings, we had the top showjumper, 

in the lovely Silviva Amour (Silvester x Demonstrator), bred by Sian 

Harman of Hill View Stud. 

Eva Broomer at the WBFSH General Assembly 

To say thank you to our breeders who make such an effort to prepare 

and showcase their foals, we have introduced a new cash prize fund, 

with £500 awarded to the top scoring AES entry in each category of 

this age group. This year, this price goes to Primeros Ultimate Dream 

(Dream Boy x Don Primero), bred by Andrea Nigam for dressage, 

Future Iconic Pleasure (Future Guilty Pleasure x Contendro I) 

presented by Future Sport Horses for Eventing, Fire & Ice (Priestwood 

Jasper x Dayano) bred by Bronte and Anne Pearson-Brown for the 

pony category, Carlangelo SBM (Lothar EL NYHL x Vodofon Kossak 

(NL)) bred by Sarah Howard for endurance, and Cornets Rose 

(Cornets Pleasure WW x Riyalan XX) bred by Tamara Weeks for 

showjumping. Congratulations to them all! 

Outstanding Auction Results for AES Offspring 

Bolesworth’s inaugural Online Elite Yearling Auction saw yet again 

some very strong lots of AES youngsters, with Flamenco’s Serenade 

coming out on top reaching an impressive £32,000. The chestnut colt 

is by Je T’aime Flamenco out of Tinka’s Serenade (Tinkas Boy). Both 

parents had multiple Grand Prix wins around the globe with Tinka’s 

Serenade competing at Olympic and World Championship level. 

Holly Smith, Hearts Destiny 

In the Bolesworth Elite Foal Auction, AES entries dominated, and 

achieved again the highest prices. The two top lots were both bred 

by Di Lampard out of her exceptional Grand Prix mare Ruby VIII in 

Casalljack (by Casall Ask) who sold for £33,000 and Conthargo (by 

Conthargos) who sold for £30,000. 

Later on in the year we saw the first ever Futurity Elite Auction, which 

again had some excellent AES registered lots selling for good money 

to wonderful homes. The top sellers were the above-mentioned 

Primero’s Ultimate Dream who sold for £15,100 and Future Iconic 

Pleasure who sold for £13,000. A particularly great achievement, as 

the sire Future Guilty Pleasure is still very young, but has already made 

his exceptional mark on breeding. Both gone to professional homes 

where they will be produced for international competition careers. 

We would like to congratulate all AES breeders and owners on a 

fantastic season, and look forward to seeing you all next year! 

Into the Blue 

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Endurance Arabs to the fore 

in the 2020 Youngstock 

Evaluations 

The Arab Horse Society is gratified that 

Arabians scored especially well in the 

Endurance section of the British Breeding 

Baileys Horse Feeds Futurity Evaluations 

this year. Because of Covid-19 

restrictions, breeders and owners had 

to send their entries in digital format, 

following very strict guidelines on how to 

present their youngsters. 

The three-year old Crabbet Arabian 

gelding Zobeyni Magnus topped the 

Endurance leader board, achieving 

a Gold score of 8.825. The panel of 

international judges commented that 

“this harmonious, elegant-looking young 

horse convinces with lovely conformation 

and very good gaits. He is a super 

prospect for endurance.” 

Rebecca Gant, of Andover in 

Hampshire, bought Magnus as a 

yearling from Alexia Ross who stands his 

sire, Zobyeni Nurani, at stud. Plans for 

Magnus include an introduction to basic 

dressage before a career in endurance. 

Rebecca explains she chose Magnus 

“because I specifically wanted a 100% 

English Arabian horse and in particular 

one with Crabbet Stud bloodlines as 

they are known to be strong, versatile 

riding horses.” 

Hot on Magnus’ hooves with a Gold 

score of 8.7 came Carlengelo SBM, 

a chestnut colt foal by the Brazilian 

national champion Lothar el Nyhl. 

Breeders Sarah and Peter Howard in 

Devon will keep Carlengelo entire, and 

also train him for endurance. 

14-week old Crabbet Arabian colt Hazar, Gadebrook - Photo Anne Brown 

Gadebrook Arabian Stud put forward 

three progeny from their 15.2hh Crabbet 

Arabian stallion, Hadiya. He had 

himself topped the table as the Leading 

Endurance Three-Year Old at last year’s 

Evaluations. All his foals gained Gold 

in the Endurance section this year. The 

oldest, chestnut filly Bright Moonlight, 

took the highest mark of the three, with 

8.575. The judges commented: “This 

is a lovely well grown filly foal with a 

very strong frame and ground covering 

gaits. She shows great potential for 

endurance.” 

Moonlight is from the 24-years young 

bay Crabbet mare Inshallah Signature 

whom stud owner Anne Brown imported 

from Australia in 2012. 

The stud’s Crabbet bay/grey colt foal, 

Hazar, from the Open Endurance mare 

Azarina, is the fourth generation of this 

bloodline at Gadebrook. He is to be 

retained as a stallion as well as compete 

under saddle. The judges awarded 

Hazar Gold and a score of 8.475, and 

noted: “A lovely young well grown 

colt foal. Good muscle development 

for stage of development. He showed 

effortless strides and very straight 

movement.” 

Leyah, Hadiya’s youngest foal, was 

just two months old at the time of the 

Evaluations. Nevertheless, she earned 

Gold with an impressive overall score 

of 8.35, including a very high vet mark 

of 9.25. It is hoped that Leyah (or 

Kamelliyah, to use her registered name) 

will have as successful a career 



under saddle as her Premium 

Performance dam, Kamillah, the 

versatile winner of the 2013 WAHO 

trophy, a former National Reserve 

Novice Endurance winner and a keen 

eventer. 

These results earn Hadiya the position 

of Leading Endurance Futurity sire for 

2020. His grand-sire, Prince Sadik, was 

an AHS Premium stallion. 

Another very young foal, 

Oakleazefarm Czaride, a bay grey 

colt born on 21 June by Oakleazefarm 

Czaro, earned a Gold for leading 

endurance rider and breeder Sue Rich 

in the West Country. Sue is thrilled at 

his result as she hopes to keep him as a 

future stallion for the stud. 

Two yearling geldings from the 

well-established endurance stud at 

Tannasg in Scotland, where Iain and 

Seonaid Peterson stand the Premium 

Arabian stallion Psyches Boy. Two 

of his sons did particularly well, 

both with Golds. The Anglo Arab 

Tannasg Adonis, who represents three 

generations of Tannasg breeding, 

gained 8.575. The judges commended 

his “effortless movement and nice 

elegant frame.” Adonis will be aimed 

at a future in Endurance, plus dressage 

and eventing. 

Arab filly Bright Moonlight at Gadebrook Stud Gold at BB Evaluations 2020. 

The part Arab palomino Tannasg 

Aurelius gained 8.375 with the judges’ 

assessment: “Aurelius shows great 

potential with nice even paces, a very 

attractive frame and good functionality 

for endurance.” 

The part Arab yearling colt DVS Spell 

Master by Lekanto, an Anglo Arab by 

H Tobago, gained a well-deserved 

Gold and score of 8.527 for breeders 

Divine Sport Horses near Bristol. 

The part-Arab palomino, Tannasg Aurelius. 

The three-year old colt, Heritage 

Valentino, by racing supremo Vadeer, 

also gained Gold for breeder Jane 

Marson at Heritage Coast Stud in 

Suffolk, with a score of 8.475. He will 

shortly go under saddle. 

A very promising start for a new 

generation of Arab endurance horses! 

Producers are very grateful to British 

Breeding for the opportunity to have 

their youngsters assessed by experts for 

a performance career, as too often the 

spotlight shines only on the show ring! 

Anne Brown 

Zobeyni Magnus with Rebecca Gant. 

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Due to the current situation with 

Covid-19 we sadly had to cancel several 

of our events this year, which included 

our Studbook Inspection and Mare 

Performance Tests. Our next Studbook 

Inspection and Mare Performance Test 

will be held on Wednesday 14 April 

2021 and this will be held at Moreton 

Morrell, in Warwickshire. 

Is my mare eligible for the British 

Hanoverian or British Rhineland 

studbook? 

In order to be accepted into one of the 

studbook divisions, a mare must meet 

certain criteria as regards her pedigree, 

her conformation and her basic gaits. 

There are two different divisions of the 

studbook: 

Main studbook (symbol H) 

The mare’s pedigree must include four 

recognized generations, which means 

that her sire as well as the sires of her 

dam, her granddam and her great 

granddam on the dam’s side (four 

generations) must have been registered 

either in the studbook of British 

Hanoverian Verband or in the studbook 

of a recognized breed population. 

Hanoverian, Hessian, Rhineland and 

Westphalian mares must have obtained 

at least a score of 6.0 at their studbook 

inspection. The score traits, which are 

relevant for the acceptance, may not 

be below 5.0. For mares of all other 

breeds/populations the requirements in 

the final score increase to 7.0. 

The breeding philosophy of the 

Hanoverians is to belong to the top 

studbooks of the world for dressage, 

show jumping and eventing. Our horses 

should be suitable for the professional 

and the amateur rider. 

Therefore, a key element of our breeding 

programme is rideability. We are open 

to new bloodlines but want to keep the 

identity of the Hanoverian. 

Breeding Goal for the British 

Hanoverian: 

The British Hanoverian is to be bred as 

a horse which is particularly suitable 

for riding. The aim is to produce horses 

which, on account of their inner qualities, 

rideability, external appearance, 

sequence of movement, natural jumping 

ability and health, are suitable as 

performance as well as leisure horses. 

On this basis it is aimed to breed horses 

with ability for the discipline either of 

dressage, jumping or eventing. 

Images: Kevin Sparrow 

With the qualities mentioned above, it 

is also aimed to breed horses, which 

are suitable for driving sport (addition 

in the American Hanoverian Society: 

and show hunters). The British Rhineland 

studbook aims at the same breeding 

goal but is more open with regard to 

accepted genetics and colours. 

Stud Book (symbol S) 

The pedigree of the mare must include 

three recognized generations. 

Hanoverian, Hessian, Rhineland or 

Westphalian mares will be entered 

into this section if they do not meet the 

quality standard for main studbook or for 

pedigree reasons. 

The British Rhineland studbook has 

the same requirements concerning the 

evaluation traits for main studbook 

and studbook mares but accepts more 

breeds/populations in their breeding 

programme. If you should own a non- 

British Hanoverian or British Rhineland 

mare, make sure to check the eligibility 

of your mare for acceptance into the 

British Hanoverian studbook. 

Schedule of a Studbook Inspection 

A foal can only be registered, if its dam 

is accepted into one of the studbooks in 

the year of birth of her foal at the latest. 

The mares are presented to the judges 

in-hand while standing (conformation), 

on the triangle in the trot (evaluation 

of trot and correctness of gaits) and in 

small groups while walking (evaluation 

of walk). The registration result is 

announced after the walking ring. 

Mare’s Age 

Three-year-old and older mares can be 

presented for studbook inspection. There 

is no upper age limit. 

Mare Performance Test 

Mare Performance tests are a very 

important part of the British Hanoverian 

breeding programme. They not only 

offer information about the suitability of 

a mare as a sport horse, but also hold 

valuable information about the quality of 

inheritable traits of the dam’s sire. 

Mares are tested and assessed on one 

day, starting with the free jumping in the 

indoor arena. Jumping style and scope 

of the mare are evaluated over three 

jumps. After free jumping, the basic 

gaits and rideability are tested under 

saddle with three mares performing in 

the arena at the same time. Relaxed, 

elastic and regular basic gaits as well 

as a nice steady contact are important. 

Riders are requested to wear tournament 

clothes. An experienced test rider will 

finally ride your mare for a short while 

to assess her rideability. The test is open 

for three-year-old and older main 

studbook or studbook mares. A studbook 

inspection may be done during the 

mare performance test if the mare has 

not been inspected before. For more 

information and a copy of our Breeding 

Guide email bhhsuk@gmail.com 

http://hanoverian-gb.org.uk 



British Riding Ponies continue to be 

creating an impact across all spheres 

since the resumption of sport this year. 

The rescheduled British Dressage Winter 

Finals took place behind closed doors at 

Hartpury College. Isabel Platts round her 

beautiful chestnut mare Whalton Glad 

Rags to a podium finish in the Medium 

Under 21 Area Festival Championship. 

Isabel purchased ‘Daisy’ 4 1/2 

years ago after seeing her advert on 

Horsequest and immediately fell in love. 

At the time Isabel was looking for a 

fun pony to do a range of disciplines 

on and the pair enjoyed pony club 

camp, hacking and jumping in their 

first year together. After watching the 

Gala Evening at Hartpury’s Festival of 

Dressage, Isabel fell in love with the 

sport. Since then Isabel and Daisy has 

competed successfully at medium level 

all over Britain and we have also gone 

to an international show together - a 

dream come true! 

Isabel describes Daisy as an amazing 

partner to compete with. “She’s very 

confident and always feels like she 

brings great energy to a test, which is a 

fantastic feeling. She really loves what 

she does. She has fabulous extensions 

- they’re definitely her party piece! I 

love British riding ponies - they are so 

versatile to go into any discipline and be 

successful.” 

Daisy was bred by Mrs Joanna 

MacInnes and is a daughter of the 

leading sire of show horses and ponies 

in modern times - Kilvington Scoundrel. 

The damline has a further connection 

with dressage as Daisy’s dam Groveside 

Dexterity was ridden to success at the 

Royal International Horse Show as show 

hunter pony by future Olympic medallist 

Charlotte Dujardin. 

In eventing it is another mare, Deborah 

Walton-Smith’s Romanno Spotless, 

who has had an excellent start to new 

season. ‘Ness’ and rider Dibby Brown 

moved up to 100 level with a third at 

Ascott under Wychwood Horse Trials 

and were 4th at Calmsden. Ness was 

bred by Jennifer Gilchrist in Scotland 

and is a daughter of Stanley Grange 

Regal Heights (Willowcroft Regal 

Bronze x Stanley Grange Heaven Sent) 

out of the Chiddock Fankino daughter 

Chiddock Spot On. Chiddock Spot On 

was the 2001 Supreme Pony of the Year 

at HOYS. 

Sandboro Sir Henry – NPS Autumn Festival Plaited 

Supreme. Image courtesy 1st Class Images 

Whalton Glad Rags demonstrates her party piece. 

For the second year running, a British 

Riding Pony topped one of the sections 

of the British Breeding Futurity. This year 

it was Andrea Nicholson’s home bred 

yearling Larkhaven Half A Crown who 

was awarded a Gold Award and was 

the overall top scoring Yearling in the 

Pony section. Half a Crown is by Dowhill 

Stud’s Stanley Grange Regal Empire 

(Willowcroft Regal Bronze x Stanley 

Grange Joyride) out of Lanniebob 

(Trenawin Lanikai). The National Pony 

Society has extended it’s bursary scheme 

for 2021 to include a new award for a 

registered British 

Romanno Spotless - Photo Jasmine Punter 

Riding Ponies competing in sport 

(excluding sport). The bursary is open to 

both members and non-members and 

offers £250 to be spent on training in 

2021. Applications must be received by 

Monday 14th December and forms can 

be downloaded from the Latest News 

section of the website. Sadly our 

Summer Championship show had to be 

cancelled but a one day Autumn Festival 

was held at Vale View Equestrian 

Centre in September. The Summer 

Championships see a wide range of 

breeding classes for the British Riding 

Pony, culminating in the awarding of 

the Vincent Taylor trophy to the supreme 

champion. As the Vincent Taylor could 

not awarded in 2020, a supreme plaited 

horse and pony championship was held 

at the Autumn Festival sponsored by The 

Sash Emporium. 

The champion was the 3 year old 

British Riding Pony colt Sandboro Sir 

Henry, who is registered in the Sports 

Category. He is a son of the 14hh 

stallion Rotherwood Peeping Tom 

(Strinesdale Matador x Rotherwood 

Peek-a-boo) out of a daughter of 

Willowcroft Regal Bronze, a stallion who 

has featured prominently in this report. 

Willowcroft Regal Bronze was imported 

from Australian by Jerome Harforth and 

stands at his Stanley Grange Stud in 

Yorkshire. The granddam of Sir Henry is 

a Danish Warmblood x Thoroughbred 

mare. The studbook team remain busy 

processing foal registrations, transfer of 

ownerships and microchip updates. We 

have been pleased to welcome 12 new 

licensed stallions to the studbook this 

year and look forward to seeing their 

offspring in the future. The NPS Council 

are working on a number of new 

initiatives for 2021 for both the British 

Riding Pony studbook and the wider 

society and we look forward to being 

able to meet up with more members and 

breeders in 2021. 

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When we cancelled our AGM, that 

should have been held in April, because 

of Covid 19 restrictions, who would 

have believed we would still be in the 

same position at the end of November. 

Fortunately, the SHB(GB) staff has 

done a great job in keeping the office 

open and running throughout the year. 

Registrations and passports have been 

issued and in between ‘Lockdowns’ and 

adhering to Government guidelines, we 

managed to hold two stallion gradings 

and 11 mare gradings, grading four 

stallions and 49 mares into the Stud 

Book a great positive in what has been 

such a difficult year for everyone. 

It is hoped that the SHB(GB) regional 

shows in the North West, South West 

and Yorkshire will all run as usual 

next year including our own National 

Supreme Championship show (6- 

8th July) at Addington, however all 

shows will be reliant on rules and any 

restrictions in place at the time. 

Stallion Grading - Autumn stallion 

grading took place at Stretcholt 

Equestrian Centre under the eyes of Jane 

Holderness-Roddam and Jennie Loriston- 

Clark. Three stallions were presented 

representing a range of competition 

horse breeding with a Connemara an 

Irish Draught and a near Thoroughbred 

forward. All three successfully graded 

into the Stud Book. The grey six-yearold 

Class 1 Irish Draught stallion 

Castlegar Cool Mist (Castlegar Rebel 

ex Coolagh Mist by All the Diamonds) 

owned by Langaller Farm was the first 

to go through.‘Tom’ completed his 

first full UK stud season following a 

couple of seasons in his Irish homeland, 

attracting an excellent book of mares. 

He hunts regularly and more recently 

began competing in dressage and show 

jumping. He will travel north next year to 

stand at Millbry stud (formerly Stanley 

Grange Stud) in North Yorkshire for the 

next two seasons. 

The mature Class 1 Connemara stallion 

Newtown Pedro (Fredriksminde 

Hazy Match ex Cloonisle Heather by 

Cloonisle Cashel), a long-standing 

stalwart of Langaller also made the 

grade. He belied his 16 years gaining 

excellent conformation and movement 

marks and showed enthusiasm for 

jumping not only down the jumping lane 

but by volunteering to jump the fences in 

the middle of the school. Newtown. 

It was sad to have to report the death 

Chilli Morning in August however it was 

good to have a son of this leading 

competition sire forward for grading. 

Just Chillin, a good looking three-quarter 

bred six-year-old is out of Impy by the 

well-known Irish thoroughbred Master 

Imp and is owned by his Shropshire 

based breeder and rider Fred Powell. 

Just Chillin is so far proving his event 

pedigree having already accumulated 

16 BE points including an impressive 

win in his first intermediate at Pontispool 

in September. Earlier in the month 

Pennineview Bee Spritely was presented 

for assessment at Birstwith in Harrogate, 

impressing judges Mark Fitton and David 

Dixon with his easy, fluid movement 

and natural aptitude over a fence. By 

the SHB(GB) graded stallion Pennine 

View Silver Concorde he is out of The 

Bees Knees (by Fulton Firefly) a maternal 

half-sister to the former British team horse 

Opposition Buzz, both out of the Java 

Tiger sired Jungle Bee. All four stallions 

received an SHB(GB) graded stallion 

plaque for the stable door. 

Mare Grading - Forty seven mares at 

11 different venues were graded into 

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Sport Horse Breeding 

of Great Britiain 

the Stud Book this year with 25 gaining 

Head Stud Book status. Quality was 

evident throughout the gradings with 

25% of the mares scoring more than 

9. The former advanced event mare 

Tretawn is this year’s top scorer. Bred 

and owned by the team at Preci-Spark 

the 12-year-old is by the leading sire 

Jaguar Mail and is one of ten offspring 

for her homebred dam Treswigga (by 

Welton Carckerjack). Tretawn, who as 

a four-year-old was the leading mare 

in the Burghley Young Event Horse 

final, competed at three-star level with 

Samantha Hobbs in the saddle. She 

retired last year and was bred to the 

jumping stallion Fabrice Van Overis Z. 

Although supposedly not in foal after a 

negative test she gave birth in earlier this 

year the day after a jumping lesson! 

The Irish-bred mare Cloonbarry Robin 

also owned by Preci-Spark was second 

to her stablemate. By Ricardo Z out of 

Cloonbarry Lass by the Irish Draught 

King Elvis Robin also has advanced 

eventing points. Others scoring highly 

were the former winning large riding 

horse Bronte VIII (Riverman-Denver) 

owned by David Dixon and Jermone 

Harforth, the Dutch-bred former Grand 

Prix dressage mare Tristel (Havidoff- 

Ramiro Z) owned by Michael Todd, Mr 

C Rankins half-bred Oldhouse Kalamoon 

(Weld xx-Roma Atlantic ID), Ian Darcy’s 

large riding show horse Westerdale 

Queen of Hearts (Chase the Ace 

xx-Goldsmiths Hall xx) and the former 

Badminton eventing mare Lissy Mac 

Wayer (Laomedon xx-Pic Labionics). No 

owned by Nick Gauntlett Lissy Mac was 

formerly owned and ridden by Marcio 

Carvalho Jorge and represented Brazil 

at the 2016 Olympics. 

Tretawn (above) Just Chillin (center) Castlegar 

Cool Mist (bottom) 

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The Sports Pony Studbook Society 

Sugarhouse Targaryen - Photo Kevin Sparrow 

SPSS Successes – 2020 

another year to remember! 

Mares - Stallions – Youngstock 

Meeting the challenge of 2020 SPSS 

gradings and evaluations this year 

were all “virtual” events with our judges 

assessing videos which covered all 

the normal aspects of our gradings, 

except for loose jumping. Stallions 

were presented for a prE-grading virtual 

“eAssessment” which allowed those 

accepted to cover as SPSS stallions in 

2020/2021, before being presented at 

a full SPSS stallion grading in Autumn 

2021. Overall, a total of 9 stallions 

successfully completed the eAssessment 

process and so achieved provisional 

SPSS graded status. 

Bickley (Bernwode Brokat x Don Larino), an SPSS passported 3 year old British 

Sports Pony. 

Britannia’s Bijou (Littledale Bright Star x Mr. Big Cat), an SHB(GB) passported 3 

year old. 

Fenston Bentley (Boss Junior x Noncorde), an SPSS passported 2 year old British 

Sports Pony. 

Godrics Dionysus (Danger 36 x Donnerwetter), a 4 year old Deutsche Riding 

Pony. 

Hill Farm Lir (Templebready Fear Bui x Loobeen Larry), an 11 year old Connemara 

pony. 

Kinsale Firelight (Synod Moses x In The Wings), a Welsh Section C x TB 2 year 

old. 

Laithehill Malvolio (Laithehill Oberon x Abercrychan Spectator), a 6 year old 

Welsh Section B. 

Pitchwood’s Ceasers Palace (Grey Palace x Machno Carwyn), an SPSS 

passported 4 year old British Sports Pony. 

Mares could be presented for SPSS 

“eGrading” in 2020 which gave 

successful mares permanent graded 

status and we are delighted that 12 

mares were accepted into the studbook 

via this route. The mares were split by 

region with the highest scoring mares in 

the North and South awarded regional 

Champion and Reserve Champion. 

The two overall highest scoring mares 

being crowned 2020 SPSS Supreme 

and Reserve Champion Mares. We are 

delighted to announce that the 2020 

Southern Regional Champion and 2020 

overall Supreme Champion Mare is 

Pippa Drew’s homebred 3 year old SPSS 

passported Hammerwood Flamingo 

(Lemonshill Falcon x Rhondeo) 

and she has graded into the SPSS Head 

Studbook. This lovely young mare 

was the SPSS Youngstock Supreme 

Champion as a foal, the highest scoring 

yearling across all disciplines of horses 

and ponies in the 2018 Futurity and the 

2020 Virtual British Breeding Futurity top 

3 year old pony. 



Lead judge, Jacke Mathieson’s 

commented that she is “a super prospect 

for dressage with potential to produce 

sport pony offspring”. Flamingo’s Welsh 

Section B sire is also the sire of the 

2017 SPSS Stallion Grading Supreme 

Champion, Longhalves Renoir. 

The 2020 SPSS Northern Regional 

Champion and Reserve Supreme 

Champion mare is Kiera Billington’s 

AES passported M.E.C Belle (Vivaldi 

(Oldlands Vivaldi IV) x Royal Feu). A 

7 year old former showjumping pony, 

Belle graded into the SPSS Main 

Studbook. British-bred by Emerson 

Tough, Belle is out of Golden du Marai, 

who is also the dam of Callumbus (by 

Cassini II) who won Team Gold at the 

Children On Horses European Jumping 

Championships in 2017. 

Another SPSS passported mare, Lady 

Papaver (Devon Prince x Copybush 

Catchphrase), is the 2020 Southern 

Reserve Champion. This 11 year old, 

British-bred by owner Teresa Hoare, 

graded into the SPSS Main Studbook 

having returned to Teresa following a 

period on loan when she competed at 

local level in dressage and eventing. 

Finally, the Northern Reserve Champion 

Mare title has been awarded to the 3 

year old Part-bred Arab Pioneerstud 

R Marni (Pioneerstud Silver Sheikh x 

Parsons Rasputin). Homebred by owner 

Fiona Davies, as well as grading into 

the SPSS Main Studbook, R Marni was 

awarded a Gold Premium in the 

Endurance category of the 2020 British 

Breeding Virtual Futurity. She has also 

been shown successfully in-hand and 

received an SPSS Gold Premium as a 

yearling and 3 year old. 

Youngstock - Once again SPSS 

passported or overstamped youngstock 

which were evaluated through the British 

Breeding “Virtual Futurity” were also 

eligible for an SPSS Premium, based 

on their Futurity Evaluation score. The 

scores of all eligible youngstock went 

forward to the SPSS end of year awards 

and we are delighted to announce that 

the highest scoring SPSS registered 

equine across all the 2020 Virtual 

Futurity events, and so the 2020 SPSS 

Supreme Youngstock Champion, is the 

SPSS passported pony foal Redhot 

Rupert (Chartstürmer WE x Russel). Bred 

by his owner Lauren Scarratt, Rupert is 

out of her SPSS Head Studbook graded 

mare LVS Russelville. With his sire being 

a proven dressage pony who has much 

success including winning the British 

Dressage 4 year old Dressage Pony 

Championship in 2017; his damsire 

having been on the British Showjumping 

Hammerwood Flamingo (above) 

Foal (right) 

Redhot Rupert 

Team at the 2008 Olympic Games, the 

2006 World Equestrian Games and 

many Nations Cups; and the Futurity 

Judges commenting that he was “a really 

charming foal with lovely conformation 

and a super walk – a great prospect 

as a sports pony”, Rupert is an exciting 

prosect for the future. 

The Reserve Supreme Youngstock 

Champion title goes to Carrie Passmore’s 

homebred filly foal Demi (Woodlander 

Sir Gorgeous x Sir Shutterfly). Again, 

this foal has 2 SPSS graded parents, 

being out of Carrie’s homebred Susie 

Shuttle, who, as another daughter of 

Broomwich Cassandra (Cassander 

x unknown), is half-sister to the Gold 

medal winning Para-dressage mare, 

Midnight (also bred by Carrie). The 

judges said that Demi was “a very 

promising foal with beautiful type 

matched by three very good, active 

gaits”. 

Other 2020 Youngstock title and rosette 

winners include Andrea Nicholson’s 

homebred Larkhaven Half A Crown 

(Stanley Grange Regal Empire x 

Trenawin Lanikai) who is the Top Yearling 

overall; SPSS Supreme Champion mare, 

Hammerwood Flamingo, is also the Top 

3 year old; and Emma-Louise Johnston’s 

homebred and newly SPSS eAssessed 

stallion Fenston Bentley is the Top 2 Year 

Old. Finally, the Top Gelding accolade 

goes to Steve Pullan’s homebred Aredis 

Cooperman (Glencarrig Dolphin x 

Primitive Proposal). 

Young Dressage Pony Success 

The SPSS team are thrilled that, despite 

the difficulties this year, British Dressage 

still managed to hold their regular 

Young Dressage Pony 

Championships. We 

were even more thrilled 

that, like with the 

NexGen Young Pony 

Championships, all 3 

Champions were 

SPSS registered. In the 

4 year old section, 

Godrics Dionysus and 

Elly Darling repeated their NexGen 

result to take the BD Champion’s sash 

too. Also successful in the 2020 SPSS 

stallion eAssessments, Dionysus was 

bred by Bev Brown and is owned by 

Pat Pomp and Elly Darling. This double 

of NexGen & British Dressage wins 

was also achieved by Bryony Goodwin 

riding Roisin Close’s homebred RSC The 

Ogopogo (Ceulan Calon Lan x Feiner 

Stern) in the 6 year old Championship. 

Then in the 5 year old section, Lucy Pye 

and Sugarhouse Targaryen (Langwedh 

Sunny Jim x Nagano) took the win with 

the highest score overall, an impressive 

80.8%. Targaryen, who was bred 

by Ruth Mealey, was an SPSS Gold 

Premium winning yearling, graded and 

was the SPSS Central Reserve Champion 

Stallion as 2 year old then had a Futurity 

Gold Premium when qualifying for the 

Equine Bridge as a 4 year old. 

Central Equine Database 

Along with all the other UK passport 

issuing organisations, the SPSS updates 

Defra’s Central Equine Database (CED) 

with changes to SPSS passported ponies 

and horses – and we can also do this 

for most ponies and small horses (up 

to 158cm) that have passports from 

another country (eg an Irish, German 

or Dutch issued passport). Examples 

of pony breeds that we will overstamp 

for the purpose of recording the equine 

on the CED and change of ownership 

etc include Deutsches Reitponies (DRP), 

NWPCS Sec K, NRPS, Danish Sports 

Ponies, part-bred Connemaras and 

similar (including competition ponies 

without any pedigree). The SPSS also 

notifies the passport issuer of any 

changes. 

Other News... 

The Studbook Office continues to work 

as normal, including during Covid-19 

lockdowns, to support those wanting 

to get ownership and other information 

up to date and are easily meeting 

the DEFRA mandated timeframes for 

processing changes of ownership (10 

working days) and passport issue 

(20 working days from receipt of all 

required information etc). Faster times 

can generally be achieved with prior 

warning. 

Tel: 07703 566066 |Email: sportsponies@gmail.com |www.sportpony.org.uk 

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Rheinglanz – Caption – 2020 Licensing Champion Rheinglanz. Image courtesy Trakehner Verband 

2020 has presented enormous 

challenges to all breed societies this 

year and as a result we have had to 

adopt some new technology to provide 

a service to our members. 

With the covid restrictions in place, the 

TBF joined forces with British Breeding 

to offer Trakehner mare owners an 

opportunity to grade their mares 

virtually. Our National and Verband 

judges assessed the video footage and 

scored the mares, before sharing their 

results with each other to confirm the 

final results. 

Our 2020 Champion was selected 

as Godington Odette by Godington 

Hannibal out of Offerte owned by 

Lesley Perry. Also graded into the Main 

Studbook is Nicola Turner’s Phoenix B 

by Garuda K out of Muschamp Princess. 

Congratulations to both Nicola and 

Lesley for presenting these lovely mares. 

The dam of our grading champion is 

Godington Stud’s Offerte (King Arthur x 

Giorgio Armani) who was been 

awarded Elite status this year for her 

contribution to the breed. All four of 

her daughters who are all by the Elite 

Stallion Godington Hannibal have been 

either Champion or Reserve Champion 

Godington Argento showing great 

style across country 

of their respective UK Mare Gradings. 

She has a 3 year old son that will be 

presented for grading in 2021. 



Godington Stud’s good run of form this Autumn has continued 

with consistent eventing results for the young horses Godington 

Ultimo (Der Durer x Roland) and Godington Argento (Contis 

x Muschamp Korsakof). Older home bred stock Godington 

Pambula (Elite G Hannibal x Van Deyk) and Godinton Utah 

(Contis x Roland) had some encouraging British Eventing outings 

with Pambula earning some good placings in competitive 

company. Godington Trasimeno (Elite G Hannibal x Maestro) 

has also been out and is consolidating the move up to BE ON 

level. 

Licensed stallion and para dressage star Garuda K. 

The stud’s breeding policy also has influence in the dressage 

world. Their late stallion Roland was very influential in their 

breeding programme and through his stallion son Sharolla 

Rainmaker, produced the Area Festival Prix St George Champion 

Sinderella ridden by Shelley Reeve Smith. 

Marion Fuller’s home bred Three Chimneys Graffiti (Holme 

Park Legend II x Holme Grove Prokofiev) has also restarted the 

eventing season building on great results in 2019. Staring with 

a top ten finish at Borde Hill, then moved on to a runner up slot 

at Burnham Market at BE100 and she has since stepped up to 

Novice ended the season with a super clear across country at 

Bovington. 

In dressage Alanna Clarke’s British bred mare Golden Girl III 

(Titelheld x Louidor) has confirmed her regional qualification 

at Medium level with a number of wins at that level since the 

resumption of sport. This lovely mare hails from the direct family 

of Vice-Bundeschampion Goldmond TSF and driving champion 

Gilberto Gold TSF. 

Licensed stallion Woodcroft Garuda K (Munchhausen x Angard) 

continues his stellar para dressage career with Laura Gulliver. 

In October the pair were selected to represent Great Britain at 

the CPEDI 3* at Keysoe placing second in each of the team, 

individual and freestyle tests. These great results followed on from 

victory in the Grade IV at the Festival of Para Dressage with a 

super plus 68% score. 

Internationally Trakehners continue to shine at the highest level. 

The great mare TSF Dalera BB was named Trakehner of the Year 

for the third time. In partnership with rider Jessica von 

Bredow-Werndl they scored a personal best at Donaueshingen 

in the GP Special to score 81.809% and took the German 

Masters GP Special title with 83.549% the following month. 

At the World Young Horse Championships at Lion D’Angers, 

the licensed stallion Sweetwaters Ziethen TSF (Abendtanz x 

Campetot AA) stormed to victory in the 7 year old class to be 

crowned World Champions. Two more Trakehners filled to 

ten positions in what was a very strong performance by the 

studbook. 

2020 Mare Grading Champion Godington Odette. 

The annual Trakehner Hengstmarkt had to limit spectators this 

year but found a lot of support from enthusiasts across the world 

watching the licensing online. The young Millennium son Helium 

sired the licensing Champion for the second year running when 

Rheinglanz (Helium x Couracius) showed excellent mechanics 

and elasticity to take the crown. He sold at the new look hybrid 

auction for 305,000 Euros. The licensed stallion Sinatra (Honoré 

du Soir x Herzruf) sold to a British buyer. 

The committee of the Trakehner Breeders Fraternity wish all 

members, breeders and enthusiasts a safe and happy Christmas 

and we hope to see you all in 2021. 

Three Chimneys Graffiti has had a very successful BE season 

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Auction Report - News 

FUTURITY 

ELITE 

ONLINE 

AUCTION 

IS HAILED A 

SUCCESS 

Quirimus - 3 year old Event Gelding 

The first ever British Breeding Futurity Elite Auction held 

in association with ClipMyHorse was hailed a success, 

attracting a lot of attention from buyers in this country 

and abroad. Selected from the 2020 British Breeding 

Baileys Horse Feeds Futurity Evaluations, the British 

bred foals and youngsters were promoted on the same 

platform that also hosts big international names, such 

as the Paul Schockemöhle auctions. Selected for their 

Futurity evaluation scores and with excellent pedigrees, 

the Futurity graduates achieved some excellent results, 

going to competitive homes where they will be produced 

professionally and be given every chance to succeed. 

From the outset, it was the Futurity team’s intention 

to create an “Online Auction with a Difference”, to 

give buyers as much information about each entry as 

possible, in form of the detailed Futurity report, consisting 

of a linear score and numerical marks given by a senior 

veterinarian, supported by an expert nutritionist from 

Baileys, and a team of senior independent international 

evaluators. These were supported by videos and 

carefully researched reports about pedigrees. Every 

horse was also physically vetted and the older horses 

were presented with x-rays taken just prior to the auction. 

Above all, the team didn’t think that the online format 

necessarily meant that the auction could not be 

engaging and personal. During the lead up days of the 

auction, a series of showcase webinars focusing on the 

entries for each discipline of dressage, showjumping and 

eventing was organised, in which Futurity evaluators, 

the breeders, and invited expert guests were discussing 

each auction lot with the support of videos and pedigree 

information. On the evening of the Auction, this was 

again supported by a live webinar with guests talking 

about the lots as they were coming towards the end of 

their bidding time. These were livestreamed on social 

media, and were watched by tens of thousands of 

facebook and Instagram users all over the world. 

Says Eva Broomer: 

“It has always been our aim to make our Futurity 

welcoming and open, and to encourage everyone to 

participate. We wanted to achieve the same for our auction, 

particularly as buyers would not be able to meet the foals and youngsters, or indeed 

their breeders, in the flesh. The webinar format, which we have been using all summer 

to show Futurity evaluation highlights, gave us an excellent opportunity to have a 

conversation about each entry and invite our breeders to tell their stories.” 

BRITISH BREEDER| 23


The intensive promotion work paid off, with in the 

end nearly 200 registered buyers. While the majority 

came from Britain, there was also strong interest from 

America, Holland and Germany, which showed in 

the bidding, too. 

Penhaligon Santorini 

The auction saw particularly strong interest in the 

Elite scoring foals. Andrea Nigam’s lovely dressage 

colt, Primeros Ultimate Dream, was the top lot 

among them and fell to Essex based Portuguese 

dressage rider, Luis Vilhena for £15,100. Luis, who 

has traditionally ridden Lusitanos, said he now 

much prefers a warmblood type and hopes he has 

found his future star. “I purchased another foal in the 

Hanovarian auction, so they will live together and 

grow up before I start to do anything with them. I 

loved the look of this colt, and like the fact that he 

has been evaluated with an Elite score. I hope he 

will be my future Grand Prix horse”. 

In the eventing section we saw an exciting bidding 

war for Julia Hodkin’s fabulous eventing colt, 

Future Iconic Pleasure, by her own young stallion 

Future Guilty Pleasure. The foal attracted strong 

bids from Holland and America, before in the end 

being won by a British buyer, going for £13,000 to 

Alex Hambro. “I could not be more pleased. He is 

going to a lovely home and I wish them both every 

success”, said Julia. 

One of the lots attracting a huge amount of attention 

was Lucinda Fredericks’ gorgeous young pony 

stallion, Britannia’s Bijou, who received strong bids 

from Canada. However, the pony was retained to 

remain in this country and will therefore be able to 

continue his career for the time being in Lucinda’s 

stable. He is also now standing at stud for 2021 

allowing these wonderful genetics to continue to be 

available. 

Also sold for eventing was Caroline Spurrier’s 3 

year old gelding, Quirimus, for £10,000. “I thought 

the sale was an incredible feat of organisation”, 

said Caroline. “Although buyers largely didn’t get 

to actually touch and see the horses in real life, the 

rigorous vetting, video appraisals by some of the 

greatest experts in their field and carefully monitored 

videos of each horse submitted to the vets and 

other experts is something that would never have 

happened in the normal procedure of buying horses. 

The webinars were brilliant. So often buying horses 

involves miles and miles and many days of travelling 

about only to be followed by a lot of disappointment. 

I hope my next horse will be accepted for next year’s 

sale. I wish the sale the best of luck for the future”. 

Overall, the team were delighted with this first ever 

Futurity auction and look forward developing this 

concept further for 2021. “The auction was extremely 

exciting and enjoyable to organise, with all the 

late nights and long hours paid off by some great 

outcomes for our breeders”, said Jane Marson. 

“It has been a huge learning curve for us, 

and we are already looking forward to 

2021 and to developing our British Breeding 

auctions concept, in cooperation with our 

partners at ClimMyHorse.tv, to 

make it even bigger and better!” 



Cassie Talpa 

Future Iconic Pleasure 

“I could not be more pleased. 

He is going to a lovely home” 

Julia Hodkin - Future Sport Horses 

Primeros Ultimate Dream 

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Equine Bridge 

How to Prepare 

Your Horse or 

Pony for the 

British Breeding 

Equine Bridge 

If your 3, 4 or 5yo was presented at the 

British Breeding Futurity Evaluations, and 

scored a mark of 8.0 or above (a “Gold 

Premium”), then you have qualified for 

the British Breeding Equine Bridge, our 

young horse development programme, 

designed to support the transition of 

British bred young horses into the sport. 

This special programme for talented 

youngsters is developed in close 

collaboration with British Showjumping, 

British Dressage and British Eventing, 

and includes an annual two-day 

“performance test” style event at a 

central equestrian facility. 

The next Bridge event is planned for the 

spring of 2021, with further details to 

be released, as soon as there is more 

clarity regarding the Covid 19 situation. 

Successful young horses that completed 

the Bridge programme have access to 

a number of special benefits, including 

free memberships with the Olympic 

Disciplines and other initiatives designed 

to encourage the transition into the sport. 

The overall top scoring entries from each 

discipline, as well as the top scoring 

pony, will receive a £1000 bursary each 

from a fund put up by British Breeding to 

help nurture the talented young horses 

bred and produced in this country. The 

bursary can be used towards a variety of 

activities aimed at supporting the horse’s 

journey into the sport, such as training 

and competition entries. 

British Breeding are also planning an 

exclusive auction for a small selection 

of Bridge horses to help market them to 

the right professional homes where they 

will have the opportunity to go on and 

succeed in the sport. 

Preparation is Key 

Key to getting the most out of the Bridge 

programme is good preparation, as 

the performance test format can be 

demanding for young horses, and you 

will want to be in a position to make 

the most of the opportunities it presents. 

These include a training session with 

a top-level trainer with international 

experience, which requires your horse or 

pony to be fit and well established under 

saddle, so the session can be used for 

fine tuning to help you on your way to 

competition success. 

You horse will therefore need some 

ridden competition experience before 

you can come forward for the Bridge 

evaluation event. We would like you to 

have completed at least two affiliated 

competitions away from home and in 

your target discipline. A list of suitable 

events will be published at the beginning 

of 2021, so you can make a plan and 

get yourself ready. 

If you qualified under saddle, which in 

2020 would have been at the Hickstead 

Final of the NexGen Series, you do not 

have to complete any further ridden 

evaluation. 

What to Expect 

At the Bridge assessment, your horse 

or pony will be observed by a team of 

evaluators over the two days over a 

number of challenges to determine his 

or her individual abilities. Where the 

Bridge differs significantly from other 

performance tests is that it offers detailed 

veterinarian and allied professional 

input, aimed at supporting longevity and 

equine health. 

Programme Overview 

Your programme will contain the 

following main elements, although 

the exact order of activities may vary 

depending on the number of entries and 

your target discipline: 

Day 1: 

- A 45 minute training session with a 

senior discipline trainer with proven track 

record in training horses to international 

Grand Prix and equivalent level 

- A 45 minute veterinarian and allied 

professional evaluation session 

Evening Programme: 

Presentations & Discussions, Dinner, 

Futurity Talent Showcase for 3-year-olds 

in hand 

Day 2: 

- An under saddle presentation with your 

own rider completing a set programme 

- An under saddle presentation with the 

relevant discipline test rider 

Feedback Session 

We are also looking at offering taster 

sessions with related services, such as 

physios, sports psychologists, equine 

physios etc. to be available over the two 

days for you and/or your horse or pony. 


Equine Bridge 

The Trainers 

The trainers are selected by the Olympic 

Disciplines in partnership with British 

Breeding. They have a proven track 

record in training riders and horses 

to international Grand Prix level, and 

experience in managing and/or training 

the national teams. 

In 2019 we had Yogi Breisner, Peter 

Storr and Corinne Bracken, all of whom 

provided an excellent training input and 

experience. 

Trainers also provide verbal feedback to 

the evaluators and to you and your rider, 

as well as a mark for trainability which 

will feed into the final rideability mark 

(1/3 of the total rideability mark). 

The evaluators observe the training 

session, assisted by the linear scorer 

to form a first impression on gaits, 

conformation and trainability. 

The Test Riders 

The test riders are selected by the 

Olympic Disciplines in partnership with 

British Breeding. There is one specialist 

test rider for each discipline. Ideally, 

this is a rider with a proven track record 

in producing for and competing in 

the young horse classes at national or 

international level. 

The Evaluators and Evaluation 

Methodology 

The evaluators will comprise a team of 

a minimum of 3 discipline experts with 

a proven track record. A minimum of 

one, ideally 2 of the evaluators, will 

be from abroad. A minimum of one 

of the evaluators will have competed 

successfully at international Grand Prix 

Dressage, Show Jumping or Advanced 

level Eventing. A minimum of one of 

the evaluators will have senior level 

studbook evaluations experience 

with one of the top ranking WBFSH 

studbooks in at least one of the Olympic 

disciplines. The evaluators will be 

assisted by an internationally trained 

linear scorer. 

The linear score will provide an accurate 

linear description of: 

1. Limbs and soundness (completed 

with assistance of the head 

veterinarian) 

2. rame and conformation 

3. Gaits 

4. In eventers and showjumpers: 

Jump 

5. Rideability 

The linear descriptors for 1-4 have 

been developed through the WBFSH 

international linear scoring seminars 

to provide data on a comprehensive, 

accurate and meaningful set of criteria. 

5 is a development project through the 

Futurity and Bridge initiative and is a 

new and evolving development in linear 

scoring methodology, using the principle 

of deviations from the average between 

two extremes as a meaningful way of 

describing rideability. 

In addition to the linear score, the 

evaluators will provide a numerical mark 

between 0 and 10 for: 

Frame; Walk; Trot; Canter; (Jump); 

Trainability 

Percentage weightings of jump and 

gaits are adjusted depending on target 

discipline, with walk and trot weighted 

less in show jumpers. 

The vet will provide 2 numerical marks 

between 0 and 10 for: 

Correctness and soundness of the equine 

athlete in his or her current state (10%) 

Long term prognosis for the soundness 

and correctness of the equine athlete at 

full maturity (10%) 

In addition, you will receive a written 

report from your veterinarian evaluation, 

providing further management advice 

and feedback. 

Each horse or pony receives a 

trainability mark making up 20% of the 

total mark with equally weighted marks 

from the trainer, the test rider and the 

evaluators. 

All of these marks are added up to 

calculate your final mark and determine 

the top entries for each discipline. Like 

at the Futurity, you will receive a Bronze 

(6 - 6.99), Silver (7 – 7.99), Gold (8 – 

9.99) or Elite (9+) Premium and linear 

score and verbal feedback report. Top 

entries are eligible of further incentives 

and rewards, including free discipline 

membership and access to our British 

Breeding Training Bursaries. 

We look forward to seeing you at the 

2021 Bridge, and wish you the very best 

of luck with the preparations! 

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News 

WBFSH plans for a bright 

post-pandemic future 

By Celia Clarke 

British Breeding featured large in a 

number of forms at the recent World 

Breeding Federation for Sports Horses 

General Assembly held via Zoom in 

mid-October. Not only was 

Eva-Maria Broomer, Board member of 

British Breeding elected as a 

Vice-President (ie executive 

committee board member) of the 

WBFSH but in doing so she became 

the first ever UK-based Vice-President 

hailing from a UK studbook – in this case 

the AES of course. Furthermore, the entire 

meeting was hosted via Zoom by the 

British Breeding media team, who have 

been so successful with their many 

webinars over the past few months 

and the entire event was preceded the 

evening before by an excellent Zoom 

webinar presentation on the Best of 

British, including the Futurity and related 

subjects, by the same British Breeding 

team. So no-one watching any part of 

the WBFSH meeting could now be 

unaware of the excellent work being 

done by British Breeding and the top 

class sports horses being bred in the UK. 

Even so, the widespread effects of the 

COVID-19 pandemic on the horse world 

continue to surprise even the most 

hardened viewers of equestrian politics. 

In a year when the WBFSH had to 

cancel all of its usual face-to-face 

General Assembly and its related 

seminars, workshops, visits and social 

events and the sports horse breeding 

industry world-wide had suffered 

considerable financial loss due to 

cancellation of many spectator-reliant 

events, the surprisingly upbeat tone of 

President Jan Pedersen’s introductory 

remarks and annual report came as a 

pleasant relief to many of the 110 on-line 

participants representing 50 

studbooks– albeit laced with a 

scepticism of both the ‘new technology’ 

and the ‘new normal’ amongst some of 

the more senior viewers. 

The President set the tone of the 

General Assembly – really a rallying 

cry for ‘onwards and upwards’ -- at the 

very beginning of his introduction when 

he highlighted the fact that neither the 

number of breeders nor the number of 

coverings had decreased and the new 

format of on-line auctions was proving 

very popular. Added to that, he pointed 

out that the increasingly swift 

development and progress of such 

projects as the Strategic Plan for 2021 to 

2025 and the soon to be formally 

announced and launched Studbook 

British Breeding 

Features 

Large In World 

Breeding 

Conference 

Data Services scheme were in many 

ways the result having to adapt to a 

different COVID -driven approach to 

planning and meetings. This had led, in 

turn, to a more efficient –and in many 

cases considerably more innovative 

– approach to a variety of WBFSH 

projects, both managerial and scientific, 

although sadly some prestigious 

face-to-face events, such as the 

presentation of studbook and breeder 

awards had to now take place remotely, 

the Young Horse Championships for 

Showjumpers not happening at all and 

the one for Dressage Horses delayed 

until December. The Young Event Horse 

Championship on the other hand, was 

due to start the day after the General 

Assembly, although obviously not with a 

public audience. 

The major project since the last General 

Assembly had been the development of 

the Five-Year Plan for 2021 to 2025. This 

had taken place under the guidance of 

Jan Paul Steenburgen, who — the 

President pointed out -- had also been 

key in the development of the previous 

very successful one. The new plan had 

now been adopted by the Board and as 

such it requires the WBFSH to: 

1. Position the WBFSH as the overarching 

representative body for sport-horse 

breeding (by developing overarching 

policies, developing incentive 

programmes and advocating, 

representing and lobbying for the sport 

horse breeding industry) 

2. Become a service provider for the 

entire sport-horse breeding value chain 

(by maintaining and aligning its services 

for studbooks, developing additional 

services for the breeding community and 

creating additional and direct revenues) 

3. Advancing sport-horse breeding 

worldwide (by supporting international 

exchange in breeding information for 

sport, developing a public presence and 

delivering strategic projects) and 

4. Developing its collaboration and 

operating model (by developing a 

collaboration platform, enhancing the 

professionalism of the operating model 

and attracting additional resources). 

Sadly, as sharp-eyed British Breeding 

readers will immediately recognise, 

mentions of equine welfare and the 

Social Licence to Operate seem to be 

sadly missing from these plans at present 

but hopefully this will not continue to be 

the case once equestrian sport returns to 

its more usual form post pandemic. 

As far as the objectives themselves are 

concerned, these were referred back to 

in a number of the later GA 

presentations, most directly in the 

priorities of the current and future 

marketing plan, which has identified 

that the WBFSH currently flies below the 

radar of many potential audiences and 

sponsors. In order to improve its 

marketing profile, the WBFSH will 

therefore need to refresh and 

modernise its image and internet 

presence by becoming more mobile 

friendly. The involvement of the WBFSH 

in the development of International 

Breeding Values (IBV) – based chiefly 

on that already used for cattle -- was 

another key opportunity for 

collaboration and increased market 

profile as was its now close formal links 

with the monthly specialist magazine 

Breeding News for Sports Horses. 

The recent developments in the WBFSH 

Data Exchange programme and the 

development of a Digital Passport to 

replace the Tri-Partite Agreement also 

featured in the presentations at this stage 

and Gaspard Dufour of the FEI was able 

to explain the intricacies of these to the 

on-line audience. As such they were also 

included as a major item in the report of 

the Department of External 

Co-Operation, which, like almost all of 

the presentations delivered during the 

Zoom meeting, can be found on the 

www. wbfsh.org web site in the section 

devoted to the 2020 General 

Assembly. There you can also find details 

of the WBFSH’s on-going & increasing 

involvement in the European Horse 

Network, COPA, CIGA and EEAP, all 

of which will be of help in raising the 

organisation’s profile. 

Speeding on through the Financial report 

(good as much lower travel and meeting 

costs due to social isolation rules), the 

acceptance of the annual budget and 

the adoption of the annual plan for 

2021, the next major item on the Agenda 

was the election of Board members. 

There were 4 candidates forward with 2 

places to be filled and each of them (or 

a nominated representative) came online 

in turn to give a short speech explaining 

why they should be elected. The results 

of the votes returned by the 45 voting 

members (using the single transferable 

vote system) were Paul Huber of France 

(86 votes ), Eva-Maria Boomer of the 

UK (83 votes), Jim Flanaghan of Ireland 


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(59 votes) and Sonja Lowenfish of the 

USA (24 votes) so Paul and Eva were 

duly elected. Paul is a long-standing 

member of the Board but Eva is, of 

course, a new one – and with her links 

to the AES the first ever to represent a UK 

studbook. With the UK soon to leave the 

EU (a situation causing great difficulties 

for its studbooks as was made clear at 

the very end of the meeting by a heartfelt 

plea from a UK studbook representative 

for support during these difficult times) 

this is a fascinating result and will 

hopefully lead to some new ventures, not 

least because Eva was one of the key 

British Breeding team that managed the 

Zoom aspects of the GA so successfully. 

The announcement of new members 

Is always an interesting section of the 

GA as it does help to indicate how the 

organisation is expanding and this year 

was no exception with the approval 

of the Het Friesch Paarden Stamboek 

(KTPS) indicating the growing presence 

of the flamboyant Friesian Horse in 

dressage as well as its more traditional 

success in driving. (Interestingly the 

KTPS has a daughter studbook in the 

UK, Friesian Horse Association of Great 

Britain and Northern Ireland so this was 

good for British Breeding was well.). Two 

American studbooks also featured at this 

stage with the North American Studbook 

being approved and the application of 

the North American Trakehner 

Association being ratified following 

its initial approval last year. These two 

additions now make the North American 

continent quite a strong lobby group in 

terms of numbers – if not voting strength 

– and will surely help in balancing the 

geographical bias that the WBFSH 

currently has. 

The GA ended as usual with the 

announcement of the Studbook and 

Breeders Awards. The studbook awards 

for all three disciplines were won – and 

not for the first time – by the KWPN and 

that studbook also won the showjumping 

and eventing breeders awards through 

the success of Denver (by Albfueren’s 

Memphis out of a Chico’s Boy mare) 

bred by M G and AA Woerman and 

Scuderia 1918 Don Quidam (by 

Quidam out of an Amethyst mare) bred 

by J M Schurink respectively. The 

Oldenburg breeder Inge Bastian who 

was responsible for Weihegold (by Blue 

Hors Don Schuffro out of a Sandro Hit 

mare) completed the trio with a win in 

the dressage category. They were all 

congratulated in their absence and a 

personal hand over of the awards will 

take place when conditions allow. 

So, that was the 2020 General 

Assembly of the WBFSH – a 4 hour long 

Zoom marathon so very definitely not 

comparable to the usual 4 -day long 

activity packed event we are all used 

to, and certainly conducted with true 

respect for social distancing. Did it work? 

Well the continuity was a bit clunky 

at times but congratulations to British 

Breeding for pulling it off when all other 

routes to a GA were closed. Should it 

happen again in this format? Well, no 

as we are all surely looking forward to 

renewing old acquaintances in Dresden 

(the original designated host for 2020) 

in 2021, but the ability to attend (if not 

vote) by Webinar is ideal for expanding 

the reach and profile of the WBFSH so 

that, at least, should clearly be retained 

for future years, regardless of the path 

that COVID-19 will run in the future. 

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Article - Vet insight 

Diseases & 

Disorders of Foals 

and Yearlings 

Young horses are like children they have 

quite naive immune systems so it means 

they will pick up viral and bacterial 

infections and show clinical symptoms 

of these infections much easier than an 

adult horse, until their immune system is 

developed enough to respond quickly 

to the challenges of pathogens. Many 

of these infections manifest themselves 

when the antibodies derived from the 

mothers colostrum start to disappear 

from the foal’s blood stream. The most 

common infections would be respiratory 

infections, it is not unusual to see 

paddocks full of weanlings with crusty 

snotty noses on stud farms, they are 

usually caused by viruses. There is little 

treatment for respiratory viruses in horses 

other than supportive care, ideally the 

youngsters affected should have their 

temperature monitored and non-steroidal 

anti-inflammatory drugs such as bute 

can be given to bring the temperature 

down to normal. 

Any foal with a snotty nose and a high 

temperature should be monitored for 

the development of swollen painful 

glands under the jaw and around the 

base of the ear. If such swellings are 

present tests should be performed to rule 

out strangles, the bacterial respiratory 

infection caused by Strptococcus 

equi. Young horses often have slightly 

enlarged glands, this is because their 

immune system is learning to deal 

with all the pathogens that the horse 

is being exposed to on a daily basis. 

The difference is that strangles causes 

abscesses with the glands that are 

very painful to palpate. Any horse, 

and it’s in contact companions, that 

are suspiciously looking as though it 

has strangles should be isolated until 

the results of the appropriate tests are 

through. 

Rhodococcus equi is a bacterial disease 

that causes abscessation in the lungs of 

young foals, it is derived from inhaled 

environmental bugs and can affect 

multiple foals on the same property, 

typically from 2 months of age. Foals will 

be found to be dull and lethargic with 

reasonably high temperatures, severe 

cases will be breathing with difficulty, 

blood samples will show elevation of 

white cell counts and more importantly 

elevation of fibrinogen levels. The 

diagnosis is confirmed by ultrasound 

scanning the chest to find evidence of the 

abscesses. Treatment is with appropriate 

long term antibiotics. 

Young growing horses are more 

susceptible to intestinal parasites than 

adult horses, the immune system is 

responsible for keeping worm burdens 

down in the bowel. It is important 

to monitor worm egg counts and to 

appropriately treat with anthelmintics. 

Young horses are more likely to have 

colic due to the presence of tapeworm 

in the bowel, these cases can require 

surgery to correct because the 

tapeworms cause the bowel to contract 

in an uncoordinated fashion resulting in 

a telescoping of the bowel inside itself, 

called an intersusception, even the tip of 

the caecum can turn itself inside out. 

Small red worms, cyathostomes, can 

cause very bad diarrhoea typically in 

the autumn when the larvae go into 

hibernation in the bowel wall and more 

often in the spring when the encysted 

larvae emerge from hibernation and 

leave the bowel wall causing a lot of 

trauma to the tissue. Diarrhoea caused 

by worms can be very difficult to treat 

and can result in a rapid debilitating loss 

of condition in young horses and in some 

cases death. 

Another cause of diarrhoea in 

youngsters that we are seeing more 

frequently is caused by an intracellular 

pathogen called Lawsonia, this too 

damages the tissue of the bowel wall 

and causes a severe chronic diarrhoea. 

Once detected, using laboratory testing, 

Foal Carpal valves - outward deviation 

the infection can be treated with the 

appropriate antibiotics. 

Diarrhoea in young foals can be caused 

by Rotavirus, this is simple to test for 

and requires specific treatment, usually 

with antibodies to the rotavirus given 

as a drench, in conjunction with other 

supportive therapies such as electrolytes, 

fluids and anti-diarrhoea medication. 

Many people do not think about 

working on young horse’s teeth until 

breaking, however their teeth can 

become very sharp and also they can 

have problems with milk teeth, caps, that 

should be shed as part of the normal 

development of the mouth. 

Poor condition and difficulty chewing 

would indicate that an examination of 

the mouth and a quick rasping session 

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Article - Vet insight 

Caecum full of tapeworms in a yearling 

As young horses are developing it is important to keep a close 

eye on their limbs to make sure they are developing properly. 

Hard ground and rapid growth rate can cause various 

problems. Boxy feet can develop quickly and can easily be 

missed if the animal in turned out in long grass, usually front 

fee and usually due to the foot becoming sore on hard ground 

or due to excessively fast bone lengthening. The deep digital 

flexor tendon is effectively too tight pulling the foal up on to 

the tip of it’s toe, which is then worm away resulting in a boxy 

conformation. Many of these cases can be corrected with 

some remedial work by the farrier, trimming the heel down 

and applying a toe extension. Some require surgery to cut the 

check ligament of the deep digital flexor tendon or in extreme 

cases the deep digital flexor tendon itself can be cut. These 

surgeries are done in conjunction with the farriery, weaning of 

the youngster to slow down growth rate, resting them from the 

hard ground and administering non-steroidal anti-inflammatory 

drugs to reduce the discomfort of the hoof. Even after surgery 

these youngsters will have a normal athletic career. 

Another condition we see frequently associated with hard 

ground and rapid growth rate is physitis, this is where the growth 

plates at the ends of the long bones become inflamed. Most 

often it is the growth plates at the ends of the canon bones that 

are affected, resulting in swollen looking fetlock joints. Often 

the distal radial growth plates can be affected resulting in large 

swellings on the inside of the fore limbs just above the carpus. 

These swellings do generally settle down with a little rest and 

anti-inflammatory medication, however in some cases the 

inflammation of the growth plate can result in disproportionate 

growth on onside of the bone more than the other, resulting in a 

deviation of the bone when viewed from 

the front. 

The most common occurrence is the development of a fetlock 

varus, or in ward bending of the pastern relative to the canon 

bone, giving a pigeon toed stance and a dishing pigeon toed 

gait. 

The most common cause of lameness in young horses is a foot 

abscess, however it is important to look at lame youngsters 

and make sure they do not have swollen joints. Often in the 

months after weaning we see bulging of the stifle joints or the 

hocks and this is due to a condition called osteochondrosis, 

which is where the bone underneath the cartilage inside 

the joints has not formed properly and it collapses under 

stress of loading. This causes chips to form in the joint and an 

inflammatory reaction to occur due to the exposed 

subchondral bone within the joint. Often these cases will 

require surgery at the appropriate time to tidy up the joint 

Foal Fetlock varus front limb 

and settle the inflammation, many of these youngsters will go 

on to have a normal athletic career. 

It is important to keep an eye on young developing horses so 

that problems to do with health and limbs can be picked up 

and dealt with at an early stage, too often we see horses with 

bent legs that could have been correct as a youngster or at 

least prevented from getting to the stage they have. All medical 

conditions, especially diarrhoea, are best treated quickly and 

appropriately to prevent the animal becoming too debilitated. 

A preventative health care program should include regular 

and appropriate worming, vaccination against influenza and 

tetanus, regular assessment of the limbs and feet with the 

farrier and monitoring of weight, body condition and growth 

rate. 

Most of the feed companies have nutritionists to advise 

on feeding of young stock and your vet will assist in the 

assessment of the limbs if you feel there is a problem. 

Dr. Ed Lyall BVetMed, CertEM (StudMed), MRCVS 

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Feature - Feeding Article 

Winter 

Holidays 

Recharging the Batteries 

While we may not have had a 

normal competition year, winter-time 

will still see many horses enjoying 

at least a short break from training 

and competing but this should not 

mean taking a break from a nutritious 

balanced diet. 

“All Inclusive!” 

If your horse deserves a holiday, he 

deserves a fully balanced diet to go 

with it. For any athlete, the process of 

training involves putting the body under 

a certain amount of stress and then 

allowing it to recover. On a daily basis, 

for example, muscle and other cells are 

being damaged and repaired as part 

of the conditioning and strengthening 

programme. This highlights the 

importance of the daily provision of 

the correct nutritional building blocks, 

to allow these microscopic repairs to 

happen quickly and efficiently and with 

sufficient integrity. 

Problems occur when diet and training 

do not adequately support the natural 

repair and rebuild process before 

stressing the body again, leading 

to minor and then, potentially more 

serious, problems or injuries. So, while 

a day off or an “easy day” allow 

recovery during training, a holiday may 

allow more complete recovery from 

either evident or less obvious niggles. 

Repair and Replenish 

Good quality protein is essential in the 

performance horse or pony’s diet and 

this means protein which provides a 

range of amino acids – the building 

blocks of all proteins, including those 

which make up body cells and tissues. 

The body can manufacture some amino 

acids from dietary components whilst 

others, it can’t, and these “essential” 

amino acids must be provided in the 

diet. Good quality feeds contain these 

amino acids in appropriate amounts 

and proportions, provided they are fed 

according to manufacturers’ guidelines. 

Vitamins and minerals are not just 

important in their own right but also 

because of the influence that their 

presence, or absence, can have on the 

body’s ability to utilise other nutrients, 

including energy and protein. Zinc 

and manganese, for example, are vital 

components of enzymes which play 

an important role in the utilisation and 

metabolism of carbohydrates and fats 

so, even though a diet may supply more 

than enough carbohydrates to fuel 

performance, if these minerals are in 

short supply, the horse will not benefit. 

Vitamins A and D plus minerals, like 

iron, are stored in the liver, just like 

energy (calories) is stored as body fat, 

or as glycogen in the muscles. Whilst 

we may not want a horse to carry 

excess levels of body fat, especially 

when competition fit, nutritional 

reserves are important to allow the 

body to recover from exertion and to 

return to work or competition swiftly. 

A fully balanced diet should allow 

this during training, whilst continuing 

to feed correctly through a period of 

down time will allow replenishment of 

depleted reserves. 

Just Chucked Out - Not! 

If a horse isn’t working and is enjoying 

24/7 turnout, it’s tempting to believe 

that, because his calorie requirements 

are reduced, he won’t need feeding, 

especially if the grass looks ok. 


Feature - Feeding Article 

This puts a lot of faith in the nutritional 

quality of the grazing and research has 

shown that modern pasture is likely to be 

lacking in certain minerals, while protein 

levels and quality, as well as calorie 

contribution, are unreliable. 

The nutritional quality and quantity of 

grazing will wane as autumn proceeds 

into winter and it will be a matter of 

careful monitoring of the individual 

to assess whether calorie and fibre 

requirements are being met. Whilst there 

may be plenty of good-doers going into 

the winter with a few kilos of bodyweight 

to spare, most eventers, for example, are 

unlikely to be carrying more than they 

need so weight loss should be avoided, 

wherever possible. 

Nutrients without Caloriess 

For a horse who naturally holds his 

condition pretty well, supplementing 

grazing with the recommended amount 

of a good quality balancer will ensure 

he receives those nutrients likely to 

be lacking in forage but without the 

calories associated with a mix or cube. 

Balancers provide the necessary quality 

protein to support muscle tone and 

tissue repair as well as a full spectrum of 

vitamins and minerals along with a yeast 

culture to support fibre digestion. 

Condition Control 

Horses who are likely to drop condition 

need to be kept warm as soon as 

the temperature drops and given 

supplementary hay or haylage in the 

field when grass quantity diminishes. The 

hindgut fermentation of the fibre content 

of forage produces heat so helps keep 

the horse warm from within and therefore 

conserve valuable energy reserves. A 

specially formulated conditioning feed, 

given at recommended levels, will 

then provide the necessary additional 

digestible calories and supporting 

nutrients to help maintain condition. 

For many, field rest is not an option, for 

a variety of reasons, so winter is often a 

time for training or, at least, ticking over. 

Whilst work itself may not be so 

energy-demanding as mid-season, 

depending on the severity of the 

weather, the “cold factor” may 

mean calorie intake still needs to be 

maintained. When turnout is limited and 

the indoor life makes life more stressful, 

feeds which are high in oil and fibre may 

be preferable as these provide slow 

release energy and keep starch levels 

down. 

The option to “step down” a level from a 

performance feed to a low to 

mid-energy “leisure” feed may suit some 

but, whichever feed is chosen, it must be 

fed at recommended levels to provide 

a balanced diet with the necessary 

vitamins and minerals. 

The alternative is to cut back the amount 

of a higher energy feed and to add a 

balancer to bring the levels of protein, 

vitamins and minerals up without extra 

calories. This allows the control of energy 

intake but not at the expense of other 

essential nutrients as well as avoiding 

the possible upset of changing the diet 

completely during the off-season. 

Winter Feeding Tips 

•If a horse is likely to get upset by 

a change of routine, forage or yards, 

consider feeding a prebiotic to support 

gut bacteria and help maintain digestive 

efficiency. 

•If your forage isn’t good or your 

horse isn’t a great hay eater, try offering 

alternatives like, alfalfa, soaked beet 

pulp or high fibre nuggets, as a “haynet 

in a bucket”. 

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Run Down... 

Avoiding extremes so a horse 

approaches the beginning of their 

new season in good condition means 

the focus can be on training and 

building up strength rather than the 

loss or gain of significant amounts of 

body weight and condition. 

Time off competing should be about 

recovery and replenishment and 

recharging batteries rather than 

running them down. A little care taken 

with the diet during “down time” 

could pay dividends, helping your 

horse maintain optimum performance 

throughout the season. 

•Don’t forget to take rugs off field-kept 

horses to check their condition regularly. 

•Hoof takes 9 to 12 months to grow 

down from the coronet to the toe so what 

you feed today influences the quality of 

what you will be riding on next season. 

•Hindgut bacteria don’t just ferment 

the fibre content of the diet, they also 

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to ensure fibre intake is maintained. Its 

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Feature - Breeder Profile 

Russmond 

A Passion for the Future 

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It is the passion 

and attention to 

detail that really 

epitomises a serious 

sport horse breeder 

....and Denny Russell, owner and 

breeder of Russmond Maybee, this 

year’s top scoring yearling in the BB/ 

Baileys Horse Feeds Futurity evaluations, 

possesses these attributes in spades. 

Her horses are bred and kept with Lizzie 

Richmond at her yard at Gatesbridge 

Farm, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, and 

in a typically self-effacing way, Denny is 

quick to credit Lizzie’s talent and natural 

ability to train young horses. 

“I supply the horses and pick the 

stallions, and Lizzie looks after and 

produces them. We always talk about 

the breeding plans, we don’t always 

agree, but we always talk. Lizzie has 

the most brilliant way with them and her 

natural talent and ability instils politeness 

and good manners’, explains Denny. 

Denny was an event rider but when 

she discovered a breast lump and the 

plan for her treatment was uncertain, 

she contacted Lizzie’s father, Peter 

Richmond, to take her mare, The 

Faerie Fiddler. Peter was very involved 

with showing and at first was not too 

interested in the full thoroughbred 

eventer, but on studying the videos his 

interest was piqued. 

Another of Denny’s lovely babies at Osberton 

The pair qualified for HOYS at only 

their second show and went on to come 

second at HOYS in the large riding horse 

class. Lizzie took the ride and won the 

Under 25 National Championship at 

the Show Hack, Cob and Riding Horse 

Championships. 

After working in Paris for five years, 

Denny was transferred to Aberdeen 

where she ran offshore logistics. There 

she met her future husband, Alan, who 

was also working in the offshore oil 

industry. Together they bought a large 

property in Scotland where Denny 

was able finally to realise her dream of 

breeding event horses. 

Until Alan’s last illness, many of their 

horses remained with them in Scotland. 

After he died, Denny sent her elderly 

horses to Lizzie, before relocating herself 

to Herefordshire. She knew, although 

retired, they would receive all the care 

old horses deserve. 

Russmond MayBee yearling 



Denny’s aim was to breed for eventing. 

“I like showing, it is good fun but it is not 

my aim. It is good for the youngsters to 

get used to bathing, plaiting and seeing 

new sights, but I don’t like them to go 

to too many shows”, she explains. She 

decided to put Fiddler in foal to the TB 

stallion, State Diplomacy, and produced 

a filly, Sunray Shadow, named after 

Denny’s favourite fishing fly, hence the 

stable name, ‘Fly’. She was smaller than 

Fiddler, but no less talented and was 

successfully evented by Henny Cooper 

and Ruth Edge, before being returned 

to Lizzie to breed. Fly was put in foal to 

Royaldik and produced another mare, 

Russmond Beeswing. 

“The dream is to breed an eventer, but if 

you produce quality youngsters then they 

should be good enough to show. It is an 

incredibly good education and puts the 

foundations into them”, explains Lizzie. 

Once they are ready to go eventing, 

Denny sends them to Kirsty Chabert, 

nee Johnson, who currently has 3 of her 

home bred horses. “Kirsty always says 

that everything is so easy to deal with. 

The showing helps to make them a more 

rounded horse and they want to go out 

and do everything”, says Lizzie. 

Sunray Shadow’s second foal, Milord 

II, by Cevin Z, is a 6 year old currently 

with Kirsty and has just competed in 

his first BE2* event. “Kirsty is very 

pleased with him and says he is a serious 

horse. He got a 24 dressage and clear 

showjumping before a minor blip near 

the end of the cross country. We were 

delighted, but he is on the market. I can’t 

keep the geldings”, says Denny. 

Beeswing’s first foal, Russmond Maybee, 

is by Big Star. “He is, of course, a 

big name, but it was a very carefully 

considered choice”, explains Denny. 

“He is very loose through his shoulders 

and I thought his athleticism would be 

an improver. I have always liked Quick 

Star and I could not be happier with the 

result”. 

“Big Star has added substance and 

limb, with very good feet, as well as 

temperament and jump. He has definitely 

passed on all the attributes that we 

wanted with great attitude”, added 

Lizzie. 

Last year Lizzie showed Beeswing 

with Russmond Maybee in the Sport 

Horse Breeding Mare and Foal class at 

Bramham international, and they were 

also awarded the Yorkshire Sport Horse 

Broodmare and YSH Foal points awards. 

Another mare owned by Denny is Stella, 

a Dutch warmblood by Metall who also 

sired GB’s European Team Gold Medal 

winner, Uthopia. “She is quite different to 

Fly, but Denny works on the same theory 

of putting blood into her”, explains 

Lizzie. Her first filly foal – Vega, by 

Grafenstolz – is now a 6 year old and 

with Kirsty Chabert to go eventing. 

“We have a daughter of Stella’s called 

DJamboree, and two youngsters by 

Heritage Arrakis – a yearling colt and 

a filly foal. We are really impressed 

with him – he puts lots of quality into the 

foals”, explains Lizzie. 

“We put all the youngsters through the 

Futurity as it is a really good experience 

for them and it gives us such good 

feedback”, says Lizzie. 

Denny is a great believer in the Futurity 

evaluations. “Any feedback is really 

necessary and valuable”, she says. 

“The linear scoring system is very good, 

interesting and very useful. It totally 

backed up my current assessment of 

Maybee, which was encouraging. I am 

not currently able to visit the horses but 

Lizzie keeps me up to date with photos 

and videos. You have to look at them 

objectively – we all think our geese are 

swans, but there is no such thing as the 

perfect horse. We have to be honest 

and take criticism and other people’s 

opinions. 

Beeswing - 1st Class Images 

I am passionate about breeding and I 

look and read and learn as much as I 

can, so the advice we get through the 

Futurity is really helpful”. 

“I hope that Russmond Maybee will stay 

here for 2021, do a little showing and 

give her an opportunity to grow and 

be a youngster. Then she will probably 

go to Kirsty to produce to event”, says 

Lizzie. “This year has been quieter 

and it has given us a chance to have a 

break and gather our thoughts. Denny 

is keen to put 4 or 5 in foal next year, 

and I am very excited to see the next 

generation. The Russmond prefix is just 

getting established and I have a brilliant 

working relationship with Denny. She 

is so passionate about breeding and 

I absolutely love it. The whole yard is 

heading towards producing the young 

stock and it is a privilege that she trusts 

us with them”. 

“I breed from about 5 mares and I am 

now planning stallions for next year. I 

would like to see one of mine do well 

one day”, adds Denny. 

There is little doubt that this breeding 

philosophy is working, and the 

Russmond prefix is one to look out for in 

eventing in future. 

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respiratory and digestive system. 

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scientifically proven way to purify hay 

by eliminating up to 99% of the dust 

particles, mould, fungi and bacteria. It 

has been proven that steamed hay can 

reduce the incidences of Equine Asthma 

by a substantial 65%. Steamed hay also 

offers digestive health benefits as it’s 

highly palatable and has nearly 3 times 

more moisture than dry hay. 

Dressage breeder, Claire Hester, whose 

foundation mare is Weidyfleur the full 

sister to Valegro, advocates the use of 

providing hay steamed with a Haygain 

steamer for all her youngstock. Claire 

comments: 

“By steaming hay in a Haygain steamer I 

ensure that both mares and foals have a 

constant source of clean, palatable hay. 

I want my foals to have the best start in 

life and by them experiencing clean, dust 

and bacteria free hay I know that their 

developing lungs and digestive system 

are being cared for.” 

A few months down the line, weaning 

is a significant stressor and foals are at 

high risk for developing gastric ulcers. 

It is common for weanlings to often lose 

their appetite temporarily, often for only 

a meal or two. However, prolonged 

inappetence can slow growth and set the 

stage for digestive issues. For this reason, 

prior adaption of Haygain steamed 

forage which, as mentioned above, is 

extremely palatable, will be a great help 

in keeping the weaning process smooth. 

Ideally, foals should grow at a steady 

pace, avoiding spurts and lapses, but as 

many breeders know, weaning can upset 

a foal immensely. 

Sport Horse Breeder Laura Davis of 

Wickwater Stud says “We wouldn’t 

be without our Haygain hay steamer 

at Wickwater Stud. We aim to give 

our foals and youngstock the best 

possible start in life, and protecting their 

respiratory and digestive health from the 

outset is crucial”. 

After years of testing and research, 

Haygain hay steamers remain the only 

steamers on the market that are proven 

to reduce the unwanted and often 

invisible particles in forage. The patented 

spike technology ensures hay is steamed 

thoroughly from the inside out while the 

double insulated thermal chest allows 

temperatures within the hay to reach 

over 100°c in all seasons. Both are 

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To find out more about the health benefits 

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Haygain Hay Steamers start from £789 

Find out more at www.haygain.co.uk 

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Products News 

Charlotte Dujardin 

& Haygain 

Dressage superstar and horse health 

company team up over shared priorities. 

Much has changed for Charlotte 

Dujardin since her dominance with 

Valegro on the international dressage 

stage made her that rare equestrian: a 

household name well beyond it. 

The Olympic, World Equestrian Games, 

World Cup and European Champion 

was awarded the Officer of the Order 

of the British Empire, OBE, in 2013, 

then the Commander of the Order of 

the British Empire, CBE, in 2017. She’s 

published her autobiography, The Girl 

on the Dancing Horse, to rave reviews 

and she’s met another of the world’s most 

famous equestrians: Her Majesty the 

Queen 

What hasn’t changed is the root of 

Charlotte’s success: talent, hard work 

and dedication to her horses’ well-being. 

The latter explains Charlotte’s new 

partnership with Haygain, manufacturers 

of high-temperature hay steaming 

equipment and ComfortStall Sealed 

Orthopedic Flooring. 

“We are always looking for ways to 

keep our horses more comfortable, 

healthier, happier and performing at 

their peak,” says Charlotte. “Partnering 

with Haygain is a perfect fit with our 

horse keeping philosophy.” 

Haygain’s core products will soon be 

staples for the horses in Charlotte’s 

program, located at the yard of her 

longtime coach, mentor and Olympic 

gold medal teammate, Carl Hester. 

“We like to keep things as simple and 

natural as possible,” Charlotte continues. 

“Feeding clean hay and having stables 

that provide cushion and comfort 

while reducing dust are great ways to 

accomplish that.” 

Haygain’s high-temperature steaming 

was introduced commercially in 2009, 

two years after Charlotte showed up 

at Carl’s barn in Newent, Gloucester. It 

was two years before she rode her first 

Grand Prix with Carl and Rudy Luard’s 

Valegro, whom she developed from the 

Novice level. 

A desire to improve equine respiratory 

health was the catalyst for Haygain’s 

development in conjunction with the 

Royal Agricultural University in the U.K. 

Steaming reduces up to 99% of the dust, 

mold, fungi, bacteria and other allergens 

found even in hay of top nutrient quality. 

Along with dust in bedding, these irritants 

are a top cause of respiratory problems 

because they can infiltrate, irritate and 

inflame the lining of the upper airway 

and lungs. 

Haygain steaming is now widely 

recognized for preventing respiratory 

issues that affect over 80% of the active 

sporthorse population, often without 

obvious symptoms. And reducing 

allergens means reducing allergies, 

which are often related to respiratory 

problems. 

ComfortStall’s one-piece top layer of 

durable rubber seals to the stable wall. 

This prevents urine from seeping down 

and amassing unhealthy, unpleasant and 

irritating ammonia, as happens under 

traditional mats or on dirt-based bedded 

stables. 

A layer of orthopedic foam provides 

ample cushion for joint health, comfort 

for deep rest and sleep and a soft, safe 

surface on which horses can easily 

lie down and rise up. Often likened 

to a gymnasium mat, ComfortStall 

has a combination of give, stability 

and traction that prompts therapeutic 

blood flow and tiny, constant muscle 

movements. The built-in cushion reduces 

the need for bedding to only that 

required to absorb urine. 

Charlotte’s long-time groom Alan 

Davies is excited about the Haygain 

partnership, too. “These are next-level 

steps in providing the cleanest, healthiest 

possible environment and nutrition for 

Charlotte’s horses. Along with wanting 

to keep our horses healthy and happy, 

we know that cutting edge care can 

give the extra edge needed to excel 

against the world’s best and we’re 

confident Haygain’s Hay Steaming and 

ComfortStall will help us keep doing 

that.” 

We’re beyond proud and excited to 

be working with Charlotte and her 

team!” says Bee Richardson, Haygain’s 

Vice President of Marketing. “Her 

remarkable accomplishments are rooted 

in exceptional horsemanship. This is why 

she is such a positive and influential 

example to horse owners worldwide.” 

After a career of record shattering scores 

and captivating performances, Valegro 

was retired in 2016 with celebrity status. 

Meanwhile, Charlotte has several 

talented horses to continue her “services 

to equestrianism,” for which she received 

her OBE and CBE distinctions. She 

and the 2019 FEI World Cup Finals 

Champion, Mount St. John Freestyle, 

are currently sixth in the world as 

international competition resumes. They 

are top candidates for a third Olympics 

at the Tokyo 2021 Games. 

With Haygain newly on Charlotte’s 

horse health team, the stage may be 

set for yet more broken records in the 

dressage world. 

https://haygain.co.uk 


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Stallion Profile - Feature Article 


Cornets Pleasure WW 

A British bred stallion with some of the best jumping blood lines in the 

world. His sire is the great Cornet Obolensky who has dominated the 

sport and breeding world for more than a decade, having produced more 

than 60 approved stallions and more than 100 horses jumping at 1.60m 

and above. Among his most famous offspring is Clooney 51, winner of 

individual gold at the 2019 European Championships with Switzerland’s 

Marcus Fuchs, and 7th placed individual, Comme II Faut. 

Cornets For Pleasure’s Dam is the top mare, Jella Ariane vd Bucxtale, 

by another world-famous stallion, For Pleasure. She is full sister to Scott 

Brash’s prolific winner on the Global Champions Tour and top world show 

jumping federation money winner in 2017, Hello Forever, and to the 1.60 

stallion, Eurocommerce Vaillant. 

For Pleasure was labelled the Hanovarian sire of the century and 

combined suppleness, scope and attitude, all reliably passed on to his 

foals. His career was exceptional, having been on four gold medal 

winning teams for Germany. 

The Dutch Judge at his stallion grading complimented Cornets Pleasure 

on his immense scope, and he has an exceptional temperament at home, 

where he is known as Gibbs. 

BRITISH BREEDER| 51


In 2020 Cornets Pleasure WW 

produced two Gold Award winners at 

the British Breeding Futurity in Cornets 

Luxury and Cornets Clear Impression, 

earning him the title of highest scoring 

British based showjumping sire of the 

year, an outstanding result for such a 

young horse. 

Born in 2015, this beautifully put together 

bay stallion stands at 16.3hh and is 

owned by the Gibbs Syndicate. Head 

of the syndicate, Sarah Peacocke, says 

“he boasts a great temperament, huge 

power, great agility and outstanding 

paces and is already producing 

exceptional showjumping and eventing 

foals”. 

Bred by Gerda Weston at Weston 

Warmbloods, ‘Gibbs’ is not only bred in 

the purple but is also a yard favourite. 

“For a young stallion, his temperament 

on the ground is second to none”, says 

Sarah. “He’s a favourite with his grooms 

as he is so easy to do. He has had a 

great start in life and he is a testament 

to Gerda’s breeding and handling - he 

really is the most beautiful horse”. 

Cornets Pleasure WW now stands with 

Andrew Saywell at Saywell Equestrian 

in Nottinghamshire, where he has been 

since last September. “It was time for 

him to take his next step in life, and 

Andrew produces horses to Grand Prix 

and Olympic level”, explains Sarah. 

“Andrew has a great team and Joe 

Trunkfield will take the ride. He has a 

good reputation for producing young 

horses, and it’s important now for Gibbs 

to form the right partnership with a rider 

to take him on. He needs to work with 

him and trust him”, she says. Like his 

sire, Gibbs has a lot of character and he 

can have bad days. Cornet Obolensky 

was known to be difficult in his early 

years, and Clooney 51 had the same 

reputation. 

Godington Argento showing great 

“Gibbs has a bit about him, but most 

of the top horses have. He’s done very 

little this year, but it’s has given him the 

chance to settle into his routine. He’s also 

done a lot of work in the aqua treadmill 

which has strengthened him and he’s 

jumping really well from behind now.” 

There is no doubt about Gibbs’ scope 

and ability. “He jumped over 1.30 

when filming his stud video and he was 

over the wings - his scope will never be 

an issue. He has all the right attributes 

- scope, breeding - he is one of the 

best-bred showjumpers out there. His 

movement is superb - he has a great 

canter and uphill stride. Hewill be able 

to gallop at an oxer or vertical in the 

future, he’s so careful”, enthuses Sarah. 

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Godington Argento showing great


Gibbs already has some good stock on 

the ground. His outstanding temperament 

can already be seen in his youngsters, with 

all combining size, strength, soundness 

and agility with the aim of becoming show 

jumping and eventing superstars of the 

future. 

Sarah formed the Gibbs Syndicate and is 

one of the majority shareholders. 

“My aim is also to prove that syndication 

can work to help to keep good horses 

in the UK. I really want that for British 

showjumping. It’s my passion to make this 

work. I’ve been in the sport for a long time 

and want to give something back. This 

concept has real potential for owners of 

the future”, she says. 

Cornets Pleasure WW (Gibbs) is available 

at stud to approved mares in 2021, for 

fresh or chilled semen at a cost of £550 

plus VAT plus £75 collection fee with a live 

foal guarantee. 

Frozen is available for £450 plus VAT 

and also carries a live foal guarantee. 

Delivery is charged at cost. Alternatively, 

you may arrange to collect the semen in 

person, or your mare can travel to Saywell 

Equestrian to be inseminated. All costs 

carry VAT and must be paid in advance. 

For more information, visit 

www.gibbs19.co.uk 

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Churchill III 

Breeders Elite Graded Stallion 

FROM A TEAM GBR GRAND PRIX SHOW JUMPING SIRE LINE AND OUT OF THE 

DAM OF AN ADVANCED EVENTER. FROM THE DAM OF A FUTURITY 

NATIONAL OVERALL CHAMPION AND A HOYS CUDDY FINALIST 

GeminiStudUK 

www.thegeministud.com 

01664 454 929 

• Grandson of the exceptional show jumper Christian 

25 who was successful at 1.60m internationally and at 

Grand Prix 

• Shares a dam with the advanced eventer The Classic 

Composer ridden by Harry Meade 

• Churchill III’s dam Weltmusik was the highest ranked 

broodmare in the UK by the British Equestrian Federation 

• Churchill III’s half brother on his dam’s side Classic Opera 

was a Horse of The Year Show Cuddy In Hand Finalist 

and a BE event winner as a 5 year old 

• From the same family as the County Level winning show 

horses Classic Opera, Nessum Dorma, Masterclass VIII 

and Gemini’s Classic Dancer 

• Churchill III’s dam has already produced a Futurity 

National Champion scoring a perfect 10 for type 

• Foaled in 2018 

Gemini Stud

Classic Opera 

Graded Stallion 

Ranked in the Top 12 Stallions in Great Britain 

• Full brother to the Advanced 

Eventer The Classic Composer 

• Used on multiple B.E. Advanced 

mares, CCI4* and CCI5* mares 

• Sire of 13 winners at County 

Level in 2019 

• Sire of winning sports horses, 

hunters and hacks 

• Unbeaten at County Level going 

Champion on every outing as a 3 

year old 

• Horse of the Year Show Cuddy 

Finalist 

• By the British Eventing 

Champion Classic Primitive 

• Shares a paternal line with 

Chicco Bella P who was selected 

the 2016 Rio Olympics 

• BE Event winner as a 5 year old 

• BSJA Prize Winner 

• WFFS negative 

Full Brother 

to the 

Advanced Eventer 

The Classic 

Composer 

ridden by 

Harry Meade 

Breeding the very best eventers and show 

horses for three generations 

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Proven performance breeding for over 60 years of horses to suit all capabilities of rider and disciplines 

Timolin 

16.3hh Bay WBS-UK, AES & SHB-GB Graded. WFFS Free 

Stud FEE £1,000 

Winner Intermedaire 1 Dressage – Intermediate Eventer 

– 30%+ TB blood Sire of Champion & Elite youngstock 

Winning Novice Dressage as 4 year olds 

Tiger Attack 

16.1hh Bay SHB-GB Graded 

Stud FEE £800 

Show Horse Champion & Sire of Champions 

Eventing, Dressage, SJ & WH winner 

– Sire of winners under saddle 

Catherston Oakley 

16.2hh Bay SHB-GB Premium Graded. WFFS Free 

Stud FEE £600 (100% Fertility in 2020) 

Winning Eventing and Working Hunters 

Qualified Osberton 5yo BE – over 45% TB blood 

Littledale Bright Star 

12.2hh Bay SPSS Elite 


Sire of CDIP, CSI & CCI stock 

All beautiful movers & jumpers 

Opposition Bombshell 

16hh Black AES Licensed. WFFS Free 


Sire of winning Dressage, Event & Show horses, 

great power & wonderful temperaments 

All of these Dual Purpose Stallions should produce stock for competing in all disciplines. 

Frozen semen available from Dutch Gold, Catherston Dazzler, Catherston Goldstorm, Catherston Springsteen 

Please contact Anne Dicker or Jennie Loriston-Clarke, Catherston Stud, Croft Farm, 

Over Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 8HX Tel. 01264 782716 or 

e-mail enquiries@catherstonstud.com or at www.catherstonstud.com

British Breeder - November 2020

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