i have found the instance of observing casall’s career very interesting. when younger, there was very much a sense of ‘wait and see’ from many breeders. his sire, caretino, although epic in his own production, was also quite varied and one never was sure what a mare might throw from him. it has taken time for casall’s breeding results to indicate greater consistency than his sire. we were waiting and looking for the good caretino son to come and so far no one else seems to be filling those shoes as well as casall. casall has already produced exponentially well, including siring the reserve champion stallion of holstein last year.
in sport there were some of the usual questions of him as a youngster. certainly he has been in good hands and has made the most of that. i believe we might see him at the weg in ky with rolf up, assumably for the swedish team (?). i watched rolf school him at count rantzau’s castle a couple of years ago… plenty nice enough, but all eyes at the time were on rolf’s other mount in the barn, ninja, who then turned up an individual silver medal in hong kong.
since then casall has made a surge, both in his progression through the ranks of the sport as well as in the breeding shed, as already noted. breeders such as myself who had held back didn’t need to wait any longer and the verband have been inundated with requests such that, as mentioned above, he is now only for verband mares in holstein.
for myself, i am thrilled to have a pregnancy coming from my 3yo casiro x canturo mare who just scored 50 bonits in her test in the spring, and who comes from a grandmother who was a nations cup winning jumper for germany.
i guess the moral of the story may be that wisdom waits to see, but when the real thing shows up, be careful not to take too long to get convinced!
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