- Warmblood
- Dark bay
- Gelding
- 4 years
- 16.2 hands
- A son of Foundation, an exceptionally popular dressage stallion for good reason
- Out of a long line of Faside Stud homebred mares
- Exceptional temperament, I would expect him to go far in capable hands
This gorgeous gelding is by the exciting dressage stallion Foundation who is making a big impact in modern dressage breeding. Fernando's dam is by the Grand Prix son Bretton Woods. He comes from a line of homebred mares going back to our foundation mare Reggae.
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Sire - Foundation
Fernando’s sire, Foundation managed a dream start in the FN breeding value estimation index: 168 points and 4th place of all dressage stallions across Germany. After many wins in L-level dressage classes Foundation qualified for the Bundeschampionat in Warendorf. With Matthias Alexander Rath, he is constantly victorious and highly placed at prix st georges and inter I level.
In 2012, Foundation was awarded the dressage Hauptprämie from the Oldenburg Verband for the best first foal crop. Foundation has sired 13 licensed sons and numerous highly placed Bundeschampionat finalists. The licensed Feuertanz was the 2016 Hanoverian Champion of 3-year-old stallions in Verden, Ferrari was Oldenburg Champion of 4-year-old stallions in Rastede and sold for the price of €1.5million, the PSI price record of the year.
Foundation's sire is the 2004 NRW Champion Stallion, Fidertanz, who dominated his 30-day test in Neustadt-Dosse and then took the Vice Champion title at the Bundeschampionat in Warendorf. Foundation's damline has been very successful, producing grand prix winner Apache and Olympic horse Escapado.
Damline
The dam, Faside Brianna, is sired by Bretton Woods who won the Bronze Medal at the World Championships of five-year-old dressage horses. Prior to that, he won the 50-day test of the KWPN as well as the VSN Trophy in the Netherlands, where he was awarded a 10 for his rideability. Ridden by Matthias Alexander Rath, Bretton Woods achieved seven wins and several high placings in Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I. Since then he has reached Grand Prix level. His foals often reach high prices at auctions and from his first crop several of his sons have been licensed, including champion and premium stallions.
Bretton Woods's sire Johnson was the champion of his KWPN licensing in 2005 and a participant in the finals of the World Championships of Dressage Horses in 2007. Internationally he is very successful in dressage with Hans Peter Minderhoud. His dam Annabel, bred to Jazz, produced the licensed stallion Chagall and has for years been one of the most highly ranked mares in KWPN breeding. With the highly significant black sire De Niro, who is currently in first place of the WBFSH ranking of all dressage sires and the highly appreciated Romancier, who is dam sire to Furst Romancier, the genetics of the dam side are highly secured.
The granddam Faside Dawn Til Dusk is by the International Grand Prix Dressage Stallion, Demonstrator, out of our KWPN graded main studbook PROK mare, Reggae. These are superb dressage bloodlines. Demonstrator was short listed for the Olympic Dressage Team. Reggae was imported from Holland and is by the Dutch stallion Olympic Vincent, who is one of the top dressage sires on the KWPN Stallion Index. Reggae’s sister was exported to America and one of Reggaes foals went to Holland for the second round of the KWPN stallion licensing. Vincent was named Dutch Champion at the 1989 Grand Prix at Haaksberg.
Fernando leads, loads into a trailer and picks out his feet. He is used to living out in a herd but is also good to come into the stable. He is used to wearing rug in winter. Fernando would suit a keen amateur looking for a top class horse to compete, or a professional home. He is very handsome and has three great paces. He is wormed, vaccinated for flu and tetanus, microchipped and passported WBS-UK.
Prices are negotiable to competitive homes and for multiple purchases.
Fernando is based near Manchester. He is being backed at present and price will increase to reflect progress in his training.