Does anyone know of any hickstead yearlings for sale? I have one and im wondering how many there are out there? Ive heard there are only a few…
Including yours, I know of 4 Hickstead offspring in North America born in 2010.
Three were in Canada and one was in the States.
EDIT NOVEMBER 12, 2013: Due to some inquiries from various interested parties, I would just like to clarify that I do not have nor have I ever had any Hickstead offspring.
Ok, that is also what i heard. Im in ontario. Im thinking of selling mine but its hard! Im not a breeder, just took a chance and my maiden middle aged jumper mare took. Happy to get a colt with good conformation and temperment.
I know BloomingtonFarm had one last year. It was sold as a foal though.
I did talk to her. A syndicate bought the foal. and eric lamaze bought the one in alberta i believe, so its the one in the states i dont know about. Well, they’re rare! Thats for sure.
Mine is really sweet tempered like his dam. He also freely jumps around in the arena. Ive got him doing it on video, its really cute.
The colt born in the States was bred by the Fleishhacker family… Owners of Hickstead and out of one of their retired Grand prix mares.
Thanks for the info! I appreciate it!
Foal video
Would it be possible for you to email me pictures or video of your yearling. I am seriously considering breeding one of my mare to him next spring 
I love Hickstead. I would also be curious to hear what you found out about the value of your yearling. Although I would be planning to keep my foal. Congratulations! Thanks so much!
I think the ones bred in Ontario were all unproven Thoroughbred jumpers - that may make yours stand out if the mare has a great line behind her!
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I think the ones bred in Ontario were all unproven Thoroughbred jumpers - that may make yours stand out if the mare has a great line behind her![/QUOTE]
What?
http://www.bloomingtonfarm.com/hickstead.htm
The one in Alberta had a very nice WB dam and the OP is the third Canadian foal.
So what do you refer to when you say “all unproven TB jumpers”?
In ONTARIO, the two that were bred to my knowledge were to Thoroughbred Mares (no disrespect, LOVE TB’s), but neither had any recognized jumper experience. I did not know about the third one (or the first/second) with the KWPN mare - I LOVE those lines, that baby is going to be a very talented jumper!!
My sources of whispering horse show gossip may have failed me lol.
I did however see a posting in a porta-potty at one of the big horse shows for a Hickstead TB colt. How classy hehe.
I didnt say anything about the one bred in Alberta.
See I understood there where only 4 in NA also. So if you have the OP, Bloom, the Alberta foal and the US one, that is all of them. I bet there will be many advertised in places where people do not know better, or they are un-registered so there is no papers to prove it. But that happens all the time…Buyer beware. There is DNA on file and it is a cheap test.
Not sure why someone would spend 5k+ to breed to any old mare, if people would just think about it.
Well Squish might be referring to foals born this year… The comment re. only 4 born in NA seems to me like it was related to the 4 born LAST YEAR.
I don’t know if there were any others born this year…?
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Well Squish might be referring to foals born this year… The comment re. only 4 born in NA seems to me like it was related to the 4 born LAST YEAR.
I don’t know if there were any others born this year…?[/QUOTE]
That’s true.
The first one that I saw advertised (TB dam) was born in 2010, it was a colt. I am pretty sure the other one the coaches were referring to was a 2011. Absolutley, could have been off the books for breeding, but it would seem so odd in this day and age to lie about breeding with all the DNA testing. Glad to see the breeding of the other one in Ontario, that mares lines are very classy! I did hear it from a pretty reliable source,but then again I know there is always exaggeration in the horse world!
I dontknow, nothing wrong with breeding to a nice Thoroughbred, especially if she boasts a good show record with proven offspring - just seems a little odd to hear that “they bred their ottb mare to hickstead”. Although, this is all coming from someone else, that I just overheard.
Breeding doesn’t require knowledge, it only requires money.
Hickstead is only available by frozen. A direct quote from their website states:
Due to Hickstead’s competitive schedule, limited doses of frozen semen are available on a first-come, first-serve basis at a cost of $5,500 US per dose.
It is the sheer cost from an unproven stallion (breeding-wise) that may be the reason why there are fewer foals. I don’t have any stats as to his fertility, quality of post-thawed semen, or pregnancy rates, and there are no offspring old enough to be under saddle yet. Maybe other breeders have heard something that would be useful here? Also, do any breeders know how the foals are being received by the judges at Mare/Foal inspections? A foal judged to be high quality should likely grow up to be a quality horse (although not always the case).
No doubt he is heading for the 2012 Olympics and could very well come away with another medal and maybe he might be retired then? He’s starting to creep up in age now - he was born in 1996.
If you are in Germany the semen is 1250 euro per dose? http://www.gestuet-sprehe.de/en/stallions/hickstead/ Why the big difference in pricing? (:(:
Just thinkig out loud: perhaps the owners are German origin and want to support the German breeders?..
Owners are North-Americans.
No, I think they might be trying to attract Holsteiner/KWPN breeders and mares with a price incentive if that’s the case. :winkgrin:
