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Not to take anything away from any of the fabulous boys mentioned, but if you want eventing, you simply cannot do better than Windfall. Olympic level talent; superior pedigree, proven producer.
Not cheap, but certainly at the top of the heap.[/QUOTE]
I’ve always been a huge fan of Windfall as a competition horse and he is certainly proven in performance, but he has yet to produce anything that is of his calibre, IMO. I’ve seen some of the Windfall babies: a lot are small (15.2-15.3) and they’ve promised a lot but most that I’ve seen that looked really promising in the YEH series and at the lower levels haven’t made it past Prelim, even in the hands of team riders. I really like Windfall himself but he wouldn’t be my top choice, especially considering his stud fee: if I’m going to pay that kind of money to breed to a stallion, he’d better be producing top level horses.
If you were willing to consider Trakehner, you might go with Buddenbrock. Not homozygous but certainly PROVEN in terms of producing top level offspring in dressage and eventing.