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• Irish Sports Horse
• Bay
• Gelding
• 5 years
• 16.2 hands

• Well bred and well related with Mater Imp and Furisto lines
• Willing workman like attitude with alot of promise
• Jumping a small course of training fences with potential

Ruffles is a very sweet natured, honest well bred horse by Uskerty Sweet Lad, a traditionally bred Irish stallion with a progeny of successful international eventers, Ruffles' dam side has an impressive lineage with Master Imp and Furisto within the pedigree. His breeding screams eventing, alongside his willing and forward thinking attitude, and talent on the flat and over the fence.

Ruffles has been brought on slowly with his future in mind, having had some time out, after breaking, over the winter to mature he is now riding away nicely. Although green he shows promise on the flat, always asking the right questions and trying hard. He is currently working in a fair outline for his maturity and has nice paces.

Over a fence, Ruffles has a good technique and is forward thinking enough to be bold and accurate. He has jumped around a small training course of fences, and although green and a little unbalanced, you could not fault his willing, workman like attitude.

Ruffles has also been on a few small hacks alone, and some longer hacks in company. He has seen some farm traffic and was very well behaved.

Ruffles is good with the farrier, good to load and travel, easy to clip and catch and is a yard favourite on the ground. He has a super temperament, well mannered and easy to do.

Lack of time forces this sale, he is up for sale on behalf of the owner.

Open to vet. Tack available at separate cost.

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• Warmblood
• Bay
• Gelding
• 4 years
• 16.2 hands

• Two year old gelding directly by Furst Romancier, the sire of 25 licensed sons
• Damsire Sir Donnerhall sired World Champions, Bundeschampions, and multi-million euro auction hi
• Striking looks and expressive paces combined with a willingness to learn

Cracking gelding by the phenomenal Furst Romancier. His dam is by Sir Donnerhall, who is a sire of World Champions, Bundeschampions, and multi-million euro auction highlights. Sir Donnerhall combines Sandro Hit and Donnerhall lines.

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Furst Romancier received 9's for all of his paces and 9.5 for rideability in the 70-day performance test in 2008. He became 2009 dressage Hauptpramie by the Oldenburg Verband for the quality of his foals.

His sire Furst Heinrich was a World Champion as a young horse. His progeny include Furstenball, who was the Oldenburg champion stallion in 2008 and Woodlander Farouche, double World Young Horse Champion. Furst Heinrich sired over 40 licensed sons.

Furst Romancier descends from one of the most successful Oldenburg mare lines, the Edoste line which has produced numerous licensed stallions including the Bundeschampion and European Championship contestant, Exupry.

Furst Romancier has 25 licensed sons including 6 premium stallions. His son For Romance was the 2011 Oldenburg licensing winner and sold for €750,000

DAMLINE
The dam is by Sir Donnerhall who won his performance test and was awarded his generation's Hauptprämire, awarded for the best first crop of foals sired by stallions licensed in the same year. In 2006, Sir Donnerhall was 5-year-old Bundeschampion, and went on to be Vice World Young Horse Champion. The German FN breeding valuation ranks Sir Donnerhall I as one of the best sires of dressage horses with 150 points. Sir Donnerhall's is out of the Brilliant Ring mare Contenance D. He received the highest dressage index score ever awarded to date of 163 points in his 70-day test.

Sir Donnerhall's sire Sandro Hit was Bundeschampion and World Champion as a 6-year-old in 1999 and 10 of Sandro Hit's progeny also won the Bundeschampionat. At the Rio Olympics 2016 his son Showtime FRH was part of the German gold medal-winning team, and 6th individually, while Santano II was team bronze medallist in eventing for Australia, finishing 5th individually.

Sir Donnerhall's damsire Donnerhall appears in the pedigree of almost every top-level dressage horse. He won numerous international grands prix, including team golds at the 1994 & 1998 World Equestrian Games and the 1997 European Championships, and two individual bronze medals (1994 and 1997). Donnerhall ranked inside the top 10 of the WBFSH Sire Rankings for seven consecutive seasons (2008-2014). Donnerhall's offspring include Damon Hill, Donnerschlag, Donnersong, Don Schufro, Don Principe and Donnperignon and De Niro.

Sir Donnerhall is a consistent sire of performance horses and auction price highlights. In 2012 the Sir Donnerhall son Sa Couer was 5-year-old Bundeschampion, and then sold for €2.3 million at the PSI auction. Sa Coeur was double World Young Horse Champion under Eva Moller in 2012 and 2013, and is now national champion at inter I under Britain's Michael Eilberg. In the same year, Sir Heinrich was Oldenburg champion 4-year-old and Vice Bundeschampion, and Stanford was bronze medallist of the 3-year-old stallions. In the PSI auction, Sir Caramello, Sieberstien and South Coast have all commanded half-million euro bids. Sir Donnerhall has several progeny competing at grand prix.

Furst Donnerhall 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. Furst Donnerhall would be best suited to a competitive home. He is very striking to look at. He also moves really well and has good conformation. He is wormed, vaccinated for flu and tetanus, microchipped and passported WBS-UK.

Prices are negotiable to competitive homes and for multiple purchases.

• 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.