‘She has Freestyle’s trot and Glamourdale’s canter’: why MSJ Glamourstyle is a seriously special foal
Emma Blundell with Mount St John Freestyle and her foal MSJ Glamourstyle.
(Image credit: Tanja Davis)
What happens when you cross two of the most talented dressage horses in the world, such Glamourdale and Mount St John Freestyle? You get a seriously special foal.
And that’s just what MSJ Glamourstyle is proving herself to be. Born in April via embryo transfer, the bay filly is by world champion stallion Glamourdale (Lord Leatherdale x Negro) and out of world double bronze medallist Mount St John Freestyle (Fidermark x Donnerhall).
“On paper she is a phenomenal foal – what could you say would be better? And then when you see her she is phenomenal too, in movement, character, type. She has Freestyle’s trot and Glamourdale’s canter.
“She is slightly more girly, and bigger moving than Mount St John Freestyle was as a foal, but she has the same lovely character – very kind and inquisitive and curious.”
Glamourstyle is one of 50 foals born at Mount St John this year, which also marks the stud’s 10-year anniversary.
“Parts of it feel like forever ago and other parts feel like yesterday,” says Emma, who will be hosting an open day at the stud on 1 July, and performing a demo aboard Freestyle. “I know going forward with what I’ve learned in breeding and training that the quality of what’s to come is in a totally different league to what we have had in the past.”
Emma has confirmed that she is expecting another ET foal from Freestyle in 2024, by Jovian.
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