Oh and his sire isn’t even a gray, so no worries about a gray foal. I love that. I love a gray as much as anyone but melanomas scare me.
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From FEI:
Age
10
Date of Birth
07/02/2009
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Grey
Studbook
OS
Pedigree
Sire: Diarado
Dam: Chance For Ever
Sire of Dam: Chacco Blue
Chacco Blue x Diarado sire line. Watched him this past week at WEF. Multi 90s score. Ridiculous jump and 10+++++ mover. Think he was in the jumper ring with Erryn Ballard until recently. Not sure when he started doing hunters. Very nice horse.
Since his sire wasn’t gray, he’s Gg, which means you have a 50/50 chance of a gray foal. If you don’t want to risk melanomas, don’t breed to any gray.
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I think she’s talking about breeding to High Society’s sire Diarado not to High Society who is a gelding.
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Right, can’t breed to High Society which seems like a shame at this point now that we see how lovely he is.
We must have been watching the same classes! He almost brought tears to my eyes
Gotcha, I missed the jump to the sire!
Ditto! It’s nice to see one like that take your breath away. And good luck with your search! Please report back - I think it’s very generous of you to share your search. Lots of people surely in a similar position.
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Diarado isn’t going to work. Makes me think my plan to stalk the rail at Wellington is a great way to get ideas however.
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For those looking for Diarado/Chacco Blue combo, W Charlot Farms (owners of Cabardino) is standing a lovely one: http://www.charlotfarm.com/stallionshow.asp?int_id=266&int_category=2005 I believe his first crop is due this spring.
All the horses I am falling for down here are gray! The latest is by Fairbanks. Should I let go of my gray fear?!
I wouldn’t hesitate to breed to a grey. I owned a lot of greys, while I’ve known other people who’ve had issues with greys and melanoma, the numbers aren’t high enough to dissuade me from buying or breeding grey. Only the cleaning dissuaded me haha and yet here I am looking at carrasca z babies.
FWIW, I have a friend that would dearly love to have a gray baby. She’s tried 3 times and so far she has gotten 3 dark bays! 
That’s up to you. You should assume a gray horse will get melanomas at some point. Gg horses tend to get them later in life, which then tends to mean they usually die of something else before any melanoma gets to the point of disturbing life functions.
There are SO many non-gray stallions who can give you what you want, that is the melanoma issue bothers you, keep looking.
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Have you considered Carrico?? He not only was a successful derby/AO hunter himself but also has successful offspring currently showing well at WEF. https://www.redfieldfarms.com/carrico.html
Oh another I found who is lovely and here in the US is Crespo VDL.
I have a big, black and beautiful gelding by Farscape out of a Rohdiamant x Akzent II mare. He is tall, likely about 18h, with a good frame, but not heavy. He is more modern in type than his dam was. He has the best personality. Kind, loving, quiet and unflappable.He is a beautiful mover. Suppleness in the body, scope in the gaits, elastic, powerful. We free jumped him and he showed nice form and good hunter technique. Sadly he was injured in the field and is a big, sweet lawnmower at present. I bred to Farscape prior to the wffs thing, and if i had a clear mare, would not hesitiate to use him again. A very good stallion with dual purpose appeal and an exceptional temperament and character.
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I am pretty sure I am not going to use frozen since it decreases the successful transfer ever so slightly but I appreciate you sharing your story. I hope your horse heals up and goes on to live up to his promise. Any idea why they gelded him?
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He looks nice. I wish there was some video of him trotting on their site, I will have to do some searching
Check out Scandal ridden by Scott Stewart and owned by Becky Gochman. Just won Green Conformation grand champion. He’s a stallion. Is chestnut but for that confirmation, movement, and jump, I’d consider. Of course I have no idea if he’s standing yet. Check him out for the wow factor if nothing else!
