This is a bit of a hypothetical at this point…but going to toss it out there anyway.
A client of mine has a really lovely mare, born in Denmark (branded Danish). I’m rolling around in my head the idea of a breeding lease in a year or two with her when it would be financially prudent (well as much as it can be when it comes to horses :lol:), as I feel she is exceptional. I have access to great vets & a great repro center not too far from me.
She was approved with AHS with a score of 7.66 (high score of that inspection), and won her MPT the following year with a score of 7.88. I have a lot of experience with several of her sire’s other offspring, all of whom have been lovely movers and have surprisingly excellent jumping technique as well. She is Windfall CB x Victory x Allegro. I am less familiar with the Danish, bottom side of her pedigree, though I note she is linebred to Absatz & Woermann. She looks very much like a particularly feminine W-line horse.
Her dam has been bred to Blue Hors Don Romantic, Baccarat xx, and Electric (from what I could find).
It seems that the Danish warmblood doesn’t have much of a presence here in the US as far as inspections and such…is that correct? She’s approved hanoverian, though I don’t have her specific scores broken down - any AHS members able to access that info?
Who would you breed this mare to? It seems wise to stick with approved Han stallions, as I wouldn’t want to have to get her approved elsewhere (and there’s an AHS inspection fairly close). She is an incredible mover with tremendous suspension and sit. Super slinky walk and good canter too. I would breed her for dressage, although she is a great jumper (showed some at level 1/2, ch/ad lows and scored a 9 at her inspection) and has even evented a bit with ‘her’ kid. If I had to fault her I would want to shorten up her back and ensure the stallion had a good loin connection/hindquarter overall (more of a square build than rectangular as she is). She is very, very intelligent and a bit of a one person horse (I wouldn’t say she would be the best choice for a novice unless said novice was ‘her’ person, but she isn’t bad minded by any stretch). I just wouldn’t want to breed her to something known for being difficult. She has very little blood (horsetelex says only about 24%), so I certainly wouldn’t want to go with something super tanky with lots of bone or that wasn’t fairly hot off the leg. Here is a short video of her and a conformation shot (though it is old):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMh_68xQumY
F-line stallions, particularly For Compliment, (if I could ever get his frozen!) and Foundation have been suggested to me. Benidetto seems interesting as well. Like I said this is fairly distant in the future and I’m not sure it would even jive with the client’s plan for her, but every time I look at her I think “That is a really exceptional mare!”. Curious to hear what the breeders here think.
) Cassillias is also interesting - like I said, this mare is a lovely jumper too, so it would be great to keep that.
She is pretty sensitive considering. Still wondering though if any AHS members can dig up her scores for me though 