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History
of
My Broodmares
and
Stallions |
FAIR AND
SQUARE |
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FAIR AND
SQUARE
with FairCroft Ima Dazzler |
FAIR AND
SQUARE
After Fair
Ripple was retired, I bought a breeding share in Prefix, Hann, 3
times National Champion in Dressage at Intermediare I, II and
Freestyle. Besides my hunter champions, several of his offspring
competed at FEI levels in dressage. Fair Ripple’s daughter, Fair
Affair, produced Savior Faire, an Amateur Owner Champion, chosen by the
judges at Upperville as the horse they’d most like to have in their
barn. Another TB mare, Each and All , produced Fair and Square
and All’s Fair, a potential superstar who injured his left front hoof
early in his career when he was cast in his stall. He was absolutely
beautiful over fences, but the landings stung so he wasn’t successful as
a hunter. He scored in the mid- 70’s in Dressage at First Level, but he
was still difficult to keep sound, so he’s one of our retirees.
Fair and Square came back to us after a successful career as an
Adult Amateur Champion with Diane Burt, then did Novice Eventing for a year before being
retired for breeding. Their dam,
Each And All, a fox hunter most
of her life, excelled at CrossCountry, but started Dressage at 9, too
late to be competitive at Eventing. Her sire, Vimy Ridge, was a Stakes
winner and leading Steeplechase sire. Her pedigree includes some of the
most sought after TB sport horse lines, such as Fair Trial and Wild
Risk. |
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Fair Lily
Fair Lo was my last foal for over 10 years. I bred my personal horse to
Another Reef, TB, a G1 Stakes winner who had sired the Best Young
Horse at Devon 2 years in a row. His offspring include Admiration &
Bocelli - CH Regular & Conformation Hunters, and Just George & The Oscar
- CH A/O & Junior Hunters. Cimmaron was a Children’s Jumper that came
from Vick Russell’s barn to be my personal horse. All I knew was that
she had done the Canadian Indoors as an Equitation horse, then was
successful here as a jumper for Vick. She was well put together, very
uphill and if you turned her loose in the ring, she’d jump all the jumps
by choice. Sometimes you just have to go for it. Lily, her only foal,
was gorgeous, doing serpentines with perfect lead changes as a yearling
and jumped out of her pasture in perfect form. Unfortunately, due to a
freak accident that fractured her hip, she had to be retired at three,
and she’s lived with us ever since. She loves being a Mom.
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FAIR LILY FAIR LO
with FairCroft Athena |
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PALLAS ATHENA
with FairCroft Simply Dazzling |
PALLAS ATHENA
A
friend asked if she could foal her mare out at my farm. When
the filly broke with Clostridial diarrhea at 24 hours old, she
couldn’t afford the intensive care, so that’s how we got
Dahlia. In 2008, we had to find a mare in a hurry when the vet
thought Petunia hadn’t caught because of her age. Petunia
proved her wrong, so we had three foals that year instead of the
planned two. We knew nothing about Pallas Athena’s performance
history, but she was very correct with beautiful movement, and
we really liked Dahlia. It’s a good thing we took a chance
because her foal is perhaps the best of the three. |
Her sire,
Hall of Fame,
is an Elite AWS stallion by Art Deco the famous Dutch Warmblood
pinto stallion, out of Strikebound, a Dutch approved TB mare.
He has been highly successful in both dressage and hunters as
performer and sire, including Claim to Fame, the first Pinto to
be CH at Devon. Her dam, Echo is a half sister to the legendary
RoxDene, 6 times USEF Working Hunter of the Year. Their
sire,
Aristos B, also a Dutch Warmblood, was a successful
show jumper before retiring to stud at 11. Echo is out of a
mare named Spectator, whose breeding was unknown, but she was
approved as breeding stock by the International Sport Horse
Registry. |
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Stallions
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CATHERSTON
DAZZLER |
CATHERSTON
DAZZLER
Catherston Dazzler was the leading British Event Sire in 2000,
according to the World Breeding Federation Ranking. Not only was he
ranked 6th in the world, but he was the youngest stallion and had the
most progeny competing internationally. His sire,
Dutch Courage WPN, was
the first horse ever to win a World Bronze Medal representing Britain,
plus 32 Grand Prix wins over his career. He had a tremendous impact both
on the sport of dressage in Britain and on British Sport Horse breeding.
Dazzler’s dam, Welton Gazelle ISH, an Advanced event horse, also produced Yarlands Summer Song, Silver Medalist at WEG,
who represented France at the Rome Olympics in eventing.
Her full brother, Welton Louis, was also an advanced event
horse, an upper level dressage horse, and a leading sire of event
horses, including Welton Ambassador and Welton Romance. |
Catherston Dazzler carries two
of the most influential
performance lines available to
the serious breeder. He has 734
Dressage points and has
represented Great Britain in
Grand Prix Dressage both at home
and abroad . He also competed
successfully in Eventing,
placing in several horse trials
in 1991 before concentrating on
dressage.
Sire of Hyde Park Corner, 9th at
Sydney Olympics;
Leading Edge, 4th at WEG, Rome;
Midnight Dazzler, top British
Advanced horse;
Dazzling Effects, Best Mare at
Badminton, 2000
Sammy Dazzler, US Advanced horse
In US now - Dekorum, Star
Dazzler & Bedazzled
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WELTON ADONIS |
WELTON
ADONIS
Welton
Adonis is a young horse who’s been lightly campaigned in open competitions due to working with Ann Dunham towards representing Great Britain in the 2008
Paralympics in Hong Kong. Even though they only made the short list, it’s a testament to his temperament to be one of the few stallions competing in this discipline. He’s been used as a schoolmaster
at Talland School of Equitation, and has a win at Pre-novice Horse Trial, equivalent to our Training level. He was always clear on cross country
at his few outings. The plan is to further his career in dressage this
year, in addition to his duties at stud. |
Most of his offspring are young,
but are very promising, like my
filly. Adonis’ offspring swept
the youngest classes at the
Welton Stud show at Hartpury.
Adonis has a double dose of
Welton superstars in his
pedigree. He is by the 4* Event
Horse, Welton Apollo, who
represented the European 3 Day
Event Team at Burghley in 1989.
Apollo is the only stallion ever
to complete Badminton in 3
successive years. Adonis is out
of the Advanced Event Mare, Baby
Welton, Supreme CH at RBB
British Mare Championships.
She’s by Welton Crackerjack -
the only 4* Event Horse to Sire
winners of all three 4* events -
Burghley, Badminton & Rolex.
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I want to thank
EMCO Stallion
Services for donating the two breedings to the inaugural USEA
eBay auction. When we lived in
Maryland, a friend had an
incredible horse with Welton
bloodlines, very athletic with
an amazing mind. I always wanted
to breed a horse like that one.
Now I have four like that on the
ground and more possible in the
future. Thanks again to EMCO for
making that dream possible. I
would also like to thank both
Welton Stud
and
Catherston Stud
for producing these 2 stallions
among the many other great
horses that have come from their
lines. |
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