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Sula Blue in England is worth considering. He’s pure TB, eventing now, and even without offspring of an age to event, has a lovely pedigree. He’s 13.
Stormhill Miller is 19, so aged. Primitive Proposal is 15. Denounce is 14. Urgent Request is 14. Loughehoe Guy in Ireland is aged. Chinook Star in Ireland is aged. Colourfield is aged to dead. Roviris is aged to dead.
Up With The Lark is 63/64ths TB. He’s 15. Primitive Star, also 15, is about 75% TB.
There is a 1998 model named Nayef who was bred in the USA and stands for sport in Germany.
Here there is Sea Lion (Sea Elephant). He’s 17. Trak approved and a proven 3* event horse. I honestly can’t remember if he finished Rolex, but I do know he started.
Orujo de la Galerna is full TB, is 15, and is owned by a Mexican fellow. Stallion did stand at Phyllis Dawson’s Windchase, but I’m not sure where he is now. He has evented himself.
Sea Accounts is 16.
I’ve just gone over most of the 2014 British Young Horse Championships from 4-6 (haven’t done 7). The only TB sires that I’ve found have been really old. The vast majority of sires in all ages have been WBs or Irish or WBs standing in Ireland. Since the youngest were bred in 2010, or only 5 years after the destruction of eventing as we knew it, it would well be that British and Irish breeders were following the prevalent expectation that the TB was dead in event breeding. But the results to date have not shown that–at least in the sport’s highest levels.
I’ve now done the 7 yos. Almost no tb sires of any age, and the ones there are the aged and dead. The vast majority of the horses are Irish, and it appears that the Irish no longer want TB blood in either the sires or the dams. They look as though they were breeding primarily for SJ these days, and the horses they sell for eventing are the ones who haven’t showed the talent to make over the big sticks.
If the sport needs TBs close for the top levels today, will the top levels change because the vast majority of horses bred today in places like Britain and Ireland are not using TB blood? Courses for horses, you know. Or will breeders start looking back to TB sires? The German eventers seem to be of the opinion that top eventers come from high percentage Blood and are buying young horses from TB sires. But the TB sires of the German horses are none of them young.
I daresay William Micklem will know if there are any promising young TB stallions for eventing in either Ireland or the UK.[/QUOTE]
I am late to this thread but wanted to note that unfortunately Orujo de la Galerna was euthanized in December 2014. I believe he is still available frozen though. Can’t say enough about his offspring, each one I know is amazing.
I can come back and edit this post if it’s helpful…