12 young stallions that breeders should know about for 2020 *H&H Plus*

[subscriber-content] Dimaggio Black (Dimaggio x Fürst Heinrich) Age: four Studbook: Oldenburg Stud fee: €800+VAT elitestallions.co.uk This stunning young stallion combines bloodlines that have already proved highly significant for British breeding. Dimaggio was the 2000 world champion of five-year-olds and sired countless top dressage horses, both in Britain and beyond. In turn, Fürst Heinrich sired the double world young horse champion Woodlander Farouche, while Dimaggio Black’s dam Feela, has also produced award-winning stallions. Ashdale Legend (Luidam x Lux Z) [caption id="attachment_709069" align="alignnone" width="630"] Credit: ACP Andreas Pantel[/caption] Age: seven Studbook: AES Stud fee: £600 stallionai.co.uk A son of the great Luidam, Billy Twomey’s winning grand prix and Nations Cup horse, Ashdale Legend also boasts the Olympic showjumper Lux Z, winner of over €1m in prize money, as his damsire. This young jumping stallion is already competing internationally himself and proving to be brave and scopey, with super technique. Blue Hors Zackery (Blue Hors Zack x Sandro Hit) Age: six Studbook: Danish warmblood Stud fee: €1,200+ VAT elitestallions.co.uk An impressive, modern stallion, Zackery is following in the footsteps of his famous father, the Danish team horse and Olympic prospect Blue Hors Zack. The young Zackery combines a super temperament and work ethic with talent, rideability and elite sport bloodlines, and has already sired several champion and top-priced foals, including a filly knocked down for €59,000 at the Elite Foal Auction in Vechta in 2018. Jovian (Apache x Tango) Age: six Studbook: KWPN Stud fee: €1,600+VAT elitestallions.co.uk Last year’s five-year-old World champion with scores of 10 for trot, canter, general impression and submission, Jovian is a truly talented young stallion with definite wow-factor. His sire, Apache, was the successful international grand prix ride of the Netherlands’ Emmelie Scholtens, and his dam, elite KWPN mare Zinith, is by the World Cup finalist Tango. With plenty of accolades already to his name, world-class pedigree and some impressive foals already on the ground, Jovian is a hugely exciting prospect. Catherston Oakley (Opposition Bombshell x Dutch Gold) Age: six Studbook: SHB(GB) Stud fee: £300 catherstonstud.com Standing at stud for the first time in 2020, this bold and beautiful eventing stallion has uphill, expressive paces and a scopey jump. His pedigree is littered with international sport horses, including Dutch Courage, Dutch Gold and Fleetwater Opposition, and Oakley is currently competing successfully in age classes and at BE100 level with Charlotte Dicker. Kjento (Negro x Jazz) Age: five Studbook: KWPN Stud fee: €1,200 vanolsthorses.com A young son of Negro, sire of the mighty Valegro, Kjento has already proved himself to be of exceptional quality, and is one of the best-known young breeding stallions in the Netherlands. The highest scoring three-year-old stallion at the 2018 KWPN autumn performance test, he scored 8.5 for his walk, nine for his trot and 9.5 for his canter, and is already showing great talent for the advanced movements under British team rider Lottie Fry. Future Guilty Pleasure (Levisonn x Cantobianco) Age: four Studbook: SHB(GB) Stud fee: £800 futuresporthorses.co.uk This elegant, active four-year-old, currently standing in the UK, was champion of the AES stallion licensing in 2018, with super scores for all three paces. He has already made an impact with his offspring — his very first foal, Future Classic Pleasure, was crowned eventing champion of both the Elite Foals Registration Tour and the Futurity series in 2019. Britannia Royal (Royaldik x Jumbo) Age: seven Studbook: SHB(GB) Stud fee: £550 britanniaroyal.co.uk Britannia Royal is not only a good-looking, modern stallion with 70% thoroughbred blood, but is also a son of the Olympic silver medal-winning mare Headley Britannia, who won Badminton, Burghley and Kentucky during her career with Lucinda Fredericks. He has banked several double clears at novice level and has also proven to have excellent fertility during his first two seasons at stud. King Leatherdale SHS (Lord Leatherdale x Negro) Age: five Studbook: KWPN Stud fee: £600 strettonhallstud.co.uk This is a British-bred son of the famous Dutch dressage sire Lord Leatherdale, whose crosses with Negro mares have produced the likes of Lottie Fry’s 2020 Olympic prospect Everdale and the 2018 world champion seven-year-old Glamourdale. King Leatherdale’s first crop of foals have demonstrated expressive, balanced paces and good temperaments, earning gold premiums in the Futurity series. For Treasure (For Pleasure x Carthago) Age: four Studbook: KWPN Stud fee: €900+VAT elitestallions.co.uk A son of the two-time Olympic gold medallist For Pleasure – still hugely in demand – this striking stallion is both light-footed and athletic as well as powerful and scopey. His damline has also produced grand prix jumpers and For Treasure himself scored 9.3 overall at his performance test, with 10 for talent for jumping, showing he has every chance of living up to his exceptional pedigree. Hammerwod Ritz (Rembrandt x Blue Hors Cavan) Age: five Studbook: SPSS Stud fee: £500 kingtonlangleystud.com The highest-placed pony at the 2019 Equine Bridge, where he scored 9.5 for rideability, 14.2hh Ritz boasts the legendary multi-medal winner Rembrandt as a sire, and Olympic dressage horse Blue Hors Cavan as damsire. This smart, sporty pony has a super canter and good fertility, and finished third at the four-year-old dressage pony final in 2019, his first season under saddle. Comfort (Christian x Last Liberty) Age: seven Studbook: Oldenburg Stud fee: £800 cauntonmanorstud.com This elegant, athletic stallion, by 1.60m showjumper Christian and from a proven damline, already has an international victory under his belt, winning a 1.25m age class on the Sunshine Tour last year. He is now based in the UK, where he will continue his jumping and eventing career with Matthew Wright. [/subscriber-content] Don’t miss this week’s sport horse breeding special issue of Horse & Hound magazine (issue dated 5 March). You may also be interested in... [collection name="small"]

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