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GFS Sport Horses


Proud breeders of genuine, versatile horses with talent, temperament, trainability and true beauty.

We aim to breed beautiful horses of  quality who prove versatile, capable and willing whatever the discipline; when they bring the happiness and pride to their owners that we have built our reputation on and are a pleasure to deal with in all ways..... We have achieved what we set out to do. 

From day one our horses are cared for and treated as individuals with careful attention to nutrition, handling, health and happiness. We are not a hobby stud, GFS is a dedicated stud of excellent reputation breeding warmblood sporthorses of physical quality, proven competition bloodlines, exceptional temperament and true versatility for both amateur and professional riders.  As such our full focus is on producing young horses correctly and in a professional environment that is beneficial to their physical and mental wellbeing. We are now based in Devon and our new home has outstanding facilities for both rearing youngstock on lush, well fenced pastures with room to gallop and play in herds as nature intended.  Our breeding program is one that has been carefully developed in line with exactly what we intend to breed and consistent in the type and character that we strive to produce. Our stallions are on site and always delighted to meet and greet visitors. Very often we also have the grand dams and or sires here too as well as similarly bred youngstock from which to judge in accordance with our breeding goals.

We hope you can find everything you were hoping to to discover about the Stud and our horses on these pages -  If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at gfssporthorses@gmail.com.

We are always happy to answer initial queries by email but ultimately prefer the more personal telephone call instead of batting questions to and fro over many days! 

Moorview House, Exeter, Devon  - 07955 429959 

gfssporthorses@gmail.com | www.gassonsfarmstud.co.uk

Diarado x Corland mare in foal to Baloutaire PS


Ref #: 416057
  • Absolutely outstanding broodmare, proven to be a superb mother. Fabulus movement & faultless tempe
  • First foal has sold to 5* eventer and this years foal by Baloutaire sold for 5 figures at a week old
  • Exceptional Diarado mare in Foal to Baloutaire - rising 1.60 GP superstar (Balou du Rouet x Chacco B
£10,000
  • Warmblood
  • Brown
  • Mare
  • 9 years
  • 16.1hh / 166cm
  • Absolutely outstanding broodmare, proven to be a superb mother. Fabulus movement & faultless tempe
  • First foal has sold to 5* eventer and this years foal by Baloutaire sold for 5 figures at a week old
  • Exceptional Diarado mare in Foal to Baloutaire - rising 1.60 GP superstar (Balou du Rouet x Chacco B

Nicarado (Diarado x Corland/Caratino Glory) - In foal to the rising star and 1.60 show jumping stallion Baloutaire (Balou du Rouet x Chacco Blue!/Voltaire)

This is a massive opportunity for a serious breeder looking not only for a world class broodmare, but one who is in foal to an absolutely outstanding stallion. Her 2026 colt foal by the same stallion is incredible; jet black and displaying the outstanding athleticism expected from this breeding. He was sold for five figure within a week of his birth. This is world class breeding at it's best, do you dare to miss out?

Our beautiful Nicarado stands at 16.1hh and is nine years old. She is a lovely mare to have on the yard, being mannerly and very sweet natured. This is a hugely athletic mare, she moves absolutely beautifully and has a huge effortless jump. She is vice free and easy to deal with in every way and in any situation. She has previously had an absolutely stunning colt with us by Conthalou who has been sold to a 5* eventer.

Nicarado, or Kiwi as we call her has been under saddle previously and prior to injury but is completely recovered and sound

She is by the great Diarado who is number one for the world ranking stallions for eventing and eleven for show jumping!

Diarado is one of the most popular, and highest-ranked, stallions in Germany, and he impresses with exemplary ease at the jump, with superior scope, a willingness to perform that is second to none, maneuverability and intelligence; attributes that are necessary for today’s technical courses. Diarado is not only popular as a sire of show jumpers, but also as a sire of eventers; he always passes on his beautiful and correct type and conformation, which is so important for long-term soundness and durability. He was in sixth place on the 2017 BE Sire Rankings for 4-8 year-old offspring.

His sire, Diamant de Semilly topped the WBFSH Sire Rankings for the second time in 2016, having been inside the top ten since 2012. During his career, he was French national champion and WEG team gold medallist in 2002, and European team silver medallist in 2003.

Nicarado's dam sire, Corland is from the famous Holsteiner Line 104A, which goes directly back to Retsina, a two-time winner of the Hamburg Derby.

Corland had an impressive career under W.J. van der Schans. At the European Championship, Corland proved to all that he belongs in the category ‘the best in the world’. In Nation’s Cup series, he won both qualifiers and had the best results of the Nation’s competition clocking the fastest clear round. In the finals, he was 9th. Additionally, there were the following results: 2nd GP Rotterdam, 4th GP’s Oslo and Den Bosch, 5th GP’s Bordeaux and Maastricht, 6th GP Helsinki, 7th GP’s Zuidlaren, La Baule and Calgary.

He also was Champion of the Benelux in The Hague, 7th in the World Cup of Verona and 2nd in ‘The Sires of the World’ in Lanaken.

Her dam was out of a Caretino Glory mare whose back pedigree is packed with the key names in jumping breeding – Cor De La Bryere, Ramiro, Gotthard. Further investigation of his pedigree goes some way to explaining why he passes on both quality and better than average movement.

His sire Cheenook was trained to Grand Prix level dressage, and was known for his flamboyant movement despite his Holstein jumping pedigree. In Germany alone he has 56 offspring competing at S level show jumping and 16 at S level dressage. Cheenook’s full sisters produced the decent show jumpers Cocu who represented the USA at the World Equestrian Games and Carino who also competed at 5* level.

Please only contact me direct www.gfssporthorses.co.uk for details

Only available due to retirement and emigration; she would never be available otherwise!

PEDIGREE IS FOR THE FOAL

Baloutaire Balou du Rouet Baloubet du Rouet
Georgia
Chataire Chacco Blue
Nema
Nicarado Diarado Diamant de Semilly
Roxette
Nikita Corland
Electra

Fabulous Arko II x Calvados Mare in Foal


Ref #: 416059
  • Outstanding show jumping breeding with World class pedigree. A proven broodmare & fantastic mother
  • Superb temperament, easy to get in foal, kind, affectionate & easy to handle at all times
  • In foal to Graded perlino leopard spot stallion GFS Fire and Ice for guaranteed quality dilute foal
£6,800
  • Warmblood
  • Chestnut
  • Mare
  • 14 years
  • 16hh / 163cm
  • Outstanding show jumping breeding with World class pedigree. A proven broodmare & fantastic mother
  • Superb temperament, easy to get in foal, kind, affectionate & easy to handle at all times
  • In foal to Graded perlino leopard spot stallion GFS Fire and Ice for guaranteed quality dilute foal

Angel is by the incredible Olympic show jumper Arko III and out of a mare by Calvados who competed at 1.60. She had competed to Novice under the name of Double M Tarko with 124 points before being sold to an amateur home and then to ourselves. Her jumping pedigree is impeccable with Grand Prix and 1.60 jumpers featuring on virtually every line of both her dam and sires pedigree.

This mare stands at 16hh, she is glamorous, talented and such a wonderful character. Miss personality plus, she is a born show off, a tremendous mover, vice free, incredibly loving and the kindest natured horse. She is 13 years old, a proven broodmare who is easy to get in foal, easy to foal down and a sensational mother. She is in foal to the leopard spot AES Graded stallion GFS Fire and Ice for a guaranteed dilute foal with a 50% chance of a spotted coat pattern in 2026. She had an outstanding colt by Ahorn in 2024 who can be viewed here and seen on our website, he is also for sale.

Her sire Arko III represented Great Britain at the 2004 Athens Olympics which tops the lengthy list of outstanding International wins including the richest competition in the world, the Calgary CN Grand Prix 2008.

Arko's earning to date are over 1 million pounds and he was number one horse in Europe for three consecutive years. His breeding is impeccable with both dam and sire being of prodigious talent and bred from a long line of incredible performance ancestry and progenitors of the same.

Angels dam sire Calvados was bred from the best French performance bloodlines. Renowned as a leading sire of show jumpers as well as eventers and dressage horses. A Grand Prix show jumper himself, his sire the Selle Francais Uriel was leading French sire for many years with a breeding index of 211 (the highest figure ever in France). Although he was bred on a limited scale, he has numerous international offspring jumping at Grand Prix level.

This is a mare with a very talented family tree and some very big names for her offspring to live up to! She is in foal to GFS Fire and Ice for 2027, he is a perlino leopard spot stallion who has had much success at stud and has produced youngstock who have sold internationally for a variety of disciplines and are prized for their fantastic temperaments and willingness under saddle.

GFS Fire and Ice is a Graded stallion whose Graded sire was a wonderful cross of the unique Danish Knabstrupper, a breed steeped in history and legendary for their extreme trainability and versatility and the rare, highly prized Kinsky Warmblood.

The Kinsky's are renowned for their great natures and ability to turn a hoof to virtually any discipline. Throughout their history this is a breed who has excelled in all sport from Steeplechasing (this was a breed that dominated the famed Grand Pardubice ('the Devils race' in the now Czech Republic. This was a death defying race notorious for its vast obstacles and stamina sapping ploughed fields. It is a breed known for it's exceptional versatility and has seen them compete with great success in the fields of showjumping, dressage, endurance, carriage driving and eventing. They are the ultimate all rounder. In addition to their famed ability to tackle any job asked of them, huge hearts and talent under saddle, these rare horses have coats that positively shimmer with an ethereal looking 'metallic' sheen to them.

His dam was by the late great Rock King leading sire of event horses Rock King. Himself the sire of the Olympic eventer Rock Model. He also sired four competitors at the 2008 CCI **** at Luhmuhlen.

Rock King was renowned for his fantastic temperament, excellent paces and superb jumping technique. As a four year old Rock King won the Stoneways Potential Show jumper and was in the final twelve for the Young Event Horse Class. From there his career sky rocketed. Sadly, his career was tragically cut short whilst competing at Tweeseldown Horse Trials in 2000 where he sustained a fatal injury. He was at that time already Advanced, accruing over 200 BE points during his short career which would otherwise undoubtedly have seen him feature in many major horse trials.

He was sired by, Just a Monarch. A stallion that has produced many superb competition stock over the years. Many of his proven progeny including the International Event Horses, Kings Jester, Just an Ace and Midnight Monarch, as well as point-to-pointer Mark Methane who has won over 30 races.

Rock Kings' dam, Rockys Double and Grand dam, Farley Mount were both prolific producers of CCI **** Eventers, including; Double Trust, Alfresco, Trust in me and Kilcashel.

Folly's Rock damsire is none other than the legendary Bohemond, HIS Premium stallion and sire of double Olympic event mare Withcote Nellie and dam sire of NZ WEG Team horse Classic Moet, who contested WEG 2014 and 2016, who was 3rd and Burghley and competed at Badminton three times, winning in 2018.

This incredible package of mare and 2027 foal is only for sale due to retirement.

All information can be found on our website www.gfssporthorses.co.uk

Arko III Argentinus Argentan I
Unika
M.Hyazinthe Ladykiller
Alpenblume
Sambucca Calvados Uriel
Gold Rose
Adelaide Tolad
Tornada

Beautiful Proven Broodmare by Ramiro B x Black Sam Bellamy - In Foal


Ref #: 413673
  • In foal & scanned with LHB for a 2027 foal by perlino leopard spot Graded stallion GFS Fire and Ice
  • Very pretty mare with fantastic breeding & a great temperament. She is vice free & easy in all ways
  • Proven broodmare, easy to get in foal, a great mother & a dream to handle with foal at foot
£4,500
  • Sport Horse
  • Bay
  • Mare
  • 11 years
  • 16hh / 163cm
  • In foal & scanned with LHB for a 2027 foal by perlino leopard spot Graded stallion GFS Fire and Ice
  • Very pretty mare with fantastic breeding & a great temperament. She is vice free & easy in all ways
  • Proven broodmare, easy to get in foal, a great mother & a dream to handle with foal at foot

Kitty is a proven broodmare and fabulous mother. She is a beautiful, loving mare who is super to handle in all situations.

She has competed with success, having chalked up numerous wins and top three placings at BE100 with Emily Philip.

Kitty is sired by the remarkable stallion Ramiro B. He competed at 1.60m level showjumping himself and has sired many outstanding offspring to date who have succeeded in both the eventing and showjumping field. These have included 5* winner Cooley Master Class and Badminton Runner up Cooley SRS among a multitude of top performance and performing progeny including Nations Cup level 1.60 show jumpers and 5* eventers.
He was the first horse to be made an ambassador with the BWP studbook due to his phenomenal breeding record, with multiple progeny competing at 4* and 5* level, Ramiro B is undoubtedly a proven sire of top level event horses as well as showjumpers.
Ramiro B has ranked as high as 2nd in the WBFSH rankings. He won up to International Grand Prix level with Irish show jumper Edward Doyle. Ramiro B was noted for his consistency in technique, rideability and scope. Known to stamp his stock very well, his attributes are seen in his offspring.

Her dam sire, Black Sam Bellamy Black Sam Bellamy, the brother of Galileo and half brother to Sea the Stars and who tasted success as a sire both on the Flat and over jumps.

Black Sam Bellamy, the full brother of Galileo was a stallion who tasted success as a sire both on the Flat and over jumps as well as siring multiple eventers in his latter years.

Black Sam Bellamy was a prominent British Jumps stallion, who, as well as being himself winner of the 10 furlong Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1) by 8 lengths and the Gran Premio del Jockey Club (G1) over 1½ miles, Black Sam Bellamy possessed probably the finest pedigree of any NH stallion in the world, being by the 14-time Champion Flat Sire, Sadler’s Wells, out of the Prix de ’Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner and legendary broodmare, Urban Sea (by Miswaki -a stakes-winning son of the leading sire in North America, Mr. Prospector. ).

Black Sam was a full-brother to the world’s leading active sire, Galileo, and half-brother to the outstanding racehorse and increasingly important stallion, Sea The Stars, both Derby and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S winners.

Ramiro B Calvani Carentino
Wendy III
Lilly Wenderkreis
Blanka
Priscilla Black Sam Bellamy Sadler's Wells
Urban Sea
Dominie Breeze Primo Domine
Hatta Breeze

Exceptionally beautiful filly with super breeding


Ref #: 411484
  • Very nicely bred to realistically have enormous potential in any of the Olympic disciplines.
  • Fantastic mover, very athletic & incredibly elegant. This girl is a real head turner & very stylish!
  • Fantastic nature; she is level headed, genuinely kind, calm & a wise head on shoulders so young.
£7,500
  • Warmblood
  • Bay
  • Filly
  • 2 years
  • 17hh / 173cm
  • Very nicely bred to realistically have enormous potential in any of the Olympic disciplines.
  • Fantastic mover, very athletic & incredibly elegant. This girl is a real head turner & very stylish!
  • Fantastic nature; she is level headed, genuinely kind, calm & a wise head on shoulders so young.

This lovely looking filly is bursting with calm, graceful presence. She has a beautiful head, kind eye and is a tall elegant horse with a generous nature and natural talent in abundance. She moves with expression, elevation and very pleasing balance and although primarily bred to jump; her sire GFS Illuminati is starting to make a real mark in Dubai as his career has commenced with superb national dressage results.

GFS Luminita is a lovely young horse to work with in every situation, she has been professionally handled from birth and her manners are exceptional both in and out of the stable. She is very intelligent and trusting and this makes her very calm even in situations where she is unsure. I cannot put into words how lovely the nature of this young horse is, she is simply very kind.
Luminita is vice free and a pleasure to spend time with. I think she will be wonderful too, when started under saddle as she is such a brave, confident and trusting young horse who genuinely likes people and has a strong desire to please.

The dam of this lovely girl is Quirilina Z is a Zangersheide mare who jumped with success at 1.20 on an FEI passport and has a good BSJA record with her previous amateur owner. Her sire Quirifino Z successfully competed for several years at 1.60m with Ben Maher, coming 4th in the Hickstead Derby among numerous other winnings at Grand Prix level, including competing at the Global Champions Tour 2009 & 2010. He is a very versatile stallion having produced both show jumpers and eventers. He is renowned for passing his laid back nature to his offspring.

Quidam de Revel, Quirifino's sire is one of the most influential breeding stallions of all time. His offspring are highly sought after as they have huge scopy jumps, but remain ultra careful. In 2004 Quidam topped the World Breeding Championships jumping stallion ratings for the second year, establishing him as the per-eminent (and most expensive) living sire of showjumping horses.

Quirifino's dam sire Grosso Z produced the international jumping star Goldfever and the international dressage stallion Goethe.
Her damsire Lorentin I is a famous Holsteiner dressage stallion which may well explain her phenomenal movement! He competed at Grand Prix level and sired top dressage progeny including L'Acteur and Limocello. Fleming her dams Holstein grand sire also competed at Grand Prix dressage.

The sire of this exciting youngster is GFS Illuminatii a young home bred stallion who has proven himself a sire of potentially exceptional foals in 2023, he once again produced two more fantastic foals for us in 2024 before being sold to a professional home in Dubai where he has started his career under saddle and already showing tremendous talent and achieving great results!
His sire is also a home bred and we produced his sire to Novice eventing - Paddy of Liosin. His dam was a Premium Graded Holsteiner mare and ex show jumper with placings German Kl.L + Kl.M and her breeding was exceptional. She was by Corrado I (Cor de la Bryere/Capitol I x X Landgraf/Caletto )

Corrado combines the blood of the two great Cs – Cor de la Bryère and Capitol. He won the Grand Prix of Leeuwarden in 1993, and were second in the Nations Cup at La Baule. In 1994, Corrado won the World Cup Qualifier at Dortmund and finished third in the Nations Cup at Aachen. He also won the German Championship that year. In 1996, he won the Danish World Cup Qualifier at Aarhus, and the Grand Prix of Neumünster and Kiel. In 1997, Franke and Corrado were third in the Hamburg Grand Prix and fourth in the Grand Prix of Göteborg.
As a sire, Corrado was again, an instant success. His international jumpers were numerous and too many to list; perhaps his most spectacular son is the grey stallion, Clinton, who was individually 4th at the Olympic Games in Athens, and second behind Shutterfly at Aachen in 2005.
Fifteen Corrado sons have been approved for breeding in Holstein and his sons, Corofino I, Coriano, Coronado and Clinton have themselves already produced licensed sons.
By the end of 2006, Corrado I recorded with 95 progeny who had jumped at an international level.

His maternal G.Grandsires are none other than the legendary Cor de la Bryère and Landgraf. Described by breeders as a 'gift from heaven', Cor de la Bryère has had an incredible impact on the Holsteiner breed, occurring in more than 70% of Holsteiner pedigrees, and is credited for improving the breed's jumping technique. He also had a huge impact on the Oldenburg breed.

‘Landgraf dominated the breeding scene in Schleswig-Holstein for over ten years. The success of his offspring both in terms of breeding and sport performance led to the demand for the stallion becoming almost insatiable. Nearly sixty colts by Landgraf I have been licensed for the Holsteiner studbook.

Illuminati's dam, It's Magic was a remarkable mare of both quality and talent. Graded into the Westfalian Head Stud Book, she is by Hogwart the International Grand Prix showjumping stallion and Westfalian Stallion Champion (Concorde/Voltaire/Nimmerdor) This is a stallion of such quality that he is Licensed into the Belgium Warmblood, Holsteiner, KWPN, NRPS (Dutch) and Westfalian Studbooks. She was out of a Cassini/Caletto mare whose pedigree is steeped in International showjumpers.

Magic was something of a dream mare to own. Aside from her obvious talent, incredible movement and rare beauty, she had the greatest attitude and most generous nature imaginable. This is something that is a common theme throughout Illuminati's pedigree. Having owned or bred many generations of this young stallions parentage, I know them to be of faultless temperament, unquestionable rideability and horses who have the talent and attitude to be exceptional in every way.

Before her retirement due to injury and sadly prior to actually fulfilling her huge potential in competition, she jumped successfully to 1.20, with wins to BSJA Foxhunter and Notational winnings of £1153 (There are video's of her competing on our Broodmare Page.
Her paternal G.Sire Concorde was solidly bred to jump on both sides. Aside from his sire, Voltaire, his dam, Flyer, was by the legendary Marco Polo.

Concorde was an international jumper with Jos Lansink. They won the Grand Prix of Nordrhein-Westfalen at Aachen and they were Champion of the Netherlands in 1994. For three years in a row, Concorde was the sire with the most offspring at the World Breeding Championships for Young Jumping Horses. In the year 2001 alone, Concorde produced 17 jumpers who entered Grand Prix ranks.

It's Magic's maternal G.Sires were the International breeding stallion Cassini I and Lord Caletto GZ. Cassini was one of the most successful Holstein stallions of all time, sired by Capitol I out of the mare Wisma who is a daughter of Caletto II. Lord Caletto was a Life Approved Holstein stallion. His International Sports Stallion status made Lord Calletto gz in a class of his own ! He won his 100 day performance test with 145 points in dressage (1st) and 138 points in jumping (1st) Lord Caletto is also one of the few stallions to have received Elite status Grading from the AES awarded by Kees Van Den Oetelaar . He was also graded with the swiss fed and the BWBS . Lord Caletto is also on the GOLD BRITISH SHOWJUMPING ELTE REGISTER OF STALLIONS . He won several times over 2,10m and higher, won six-bars at 1,80-1,90-2,00-2,10men

GFS Illuminati GFS Eskimo Jo GFS Paddy of Liosin
N She's All
It's Magic Hogwart
Colina
Quirilina Z Quirifino Z Quidam de Revel
Grafin
Lemon Tree Lorentin I
Dwina

Very beautiful, well bred warmblood filly


Ref #: 411504
  • Lovely youngster with impressive, expressive in all paces & super propsect for any discipli
  • Very well handled by professionals from birth, she has a great attitude & is highly trainable
  • Superb temperament & a lovely kind character; her manners are impeccable in & out of the stable.
£6,500
  • Warmblood
  • Buckskin
  • Filly
  • 1 year
  • 16.2hh / 168cm
  • Lovely youngster with impressive, expressive in all paces & super propsect for any discipli
  • Very well handled by professionals from birth, she has a great attitude & is highly trainable
  • Superb temperament & a lovely kind character; her manners are impeccable in & out of the stable.

Introducing this sensational yearling filly, a true standout with exceptional movement and tremendous athletic ability.
Her elegant demeanor and kind, loving character make her a pleasure to handle.
With a unique combination of rare Akhal Teke and Russian Trakehner bloodlines along with top performance German and Dutch warmblood lineage, she promises to be an exciting competition prospect. whether you are interested in eventing, show jumping or perhaps even dressage, her impressive trot, lovely balanced canter and super character make her an ideal candidate for any discipline.
Amorina is a lovely youngster to handle, she is kind natured, a quick learner and eager to please. Her stable manners are excellent and her behaviour with the farrier and in hand is impeccable.
This is a very pretty filly and loves interaction and attention, I would love to see her in a loving home where she will have a full and varied life and where she will enjoy a one on one relationship with her new owner.
If you are interested in her, more information can be found on our website www.gfssporthorses.co.uk about her and her breeding as we have owned all of her first and second generation pedigree as well as her great grandmothers on both sides and her Great grandfather who we imported from Estonia.

This fantastic filly is only available due to retirement and looming emigration, otherwise she would not be leaving us x

GFS Eskimo Jo Paddy of Liosin Crowns Ace of Pearl
Liosin Lux
N She's All Corrado I
Holsatia IX
GFS Arabesque GFS Lord of the Dance Destello
Malibu Galileo
Wantasa Indoctro
Santasia

Incredible Ahorn x Arko III/Calvados Colt


Ref #: 411500
  • Absolutely incredible Ahorn colt with the attributes expected from this exceptional breeding.
  • He demonstrates power, agility, speed, style & balanced gaits with huge presence & a great brain
  • Ideal prospect for top competetive endeavour and as a future breeding stallion over horses & ponies
£12,500
  • Warmblood
  • Chestnut
  • Colt
  • 2 years
  • 15hh / 153cm
  • Absolutely incredible Ahorn colt with the attributes expected from this exceptional breeding.
  • He demonstrates power, agility, speed, style & balanced gaits with huge presence & a great brain
  • Ideal prospect for top competetive endeavour and as a future breeding stallion over horses & ponies
This highly attractive young colt is bred with a tremendous, world class performance pedigree. He has a fantastic character and having been professionally handled from birth, he is exceptionally easy to handle and mannerly. His temperament is superb and he is very much a 'people' person.
He is compact, strong and powerful with incredible movement, balanced and expressive gaits. He has the gallop of an eventer and although 100% show jump breeding, his movement would definitely not be out of place seen between the white boards!
We believe this young colt offers a huge opportunity for someone in search of a future top competition prospect with the added benefits of potentially being a worthy and sought after stallion in the future, suitable for producing top jumping ponies or horses. He currently stands at 15hh, so there is some liklihoof that he will make height as a pony unless he has a massive growth spurt!
Astro is such a lovely character, he has the attitude and willingness to go far and will be a joy and a pleasure to work with.

GFS Astro Nova's sire Ahorn competed at top International level and consistently placed in World Cups and Grand Prix competitions representing the Netherlands in Nations Cup competitions and was short-listed for the Barcelona Olympics. This earned him the prefix 'Olympic'. Ahorn is descended from one of the famous Holstein Families, no. 242 and is related to Joost, Alcatraz and Locarno. Ahorn's offspring continue the success with a number of progeny competing at International level. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Dutch Breeding, Ahorn, whose progeny have earned over $1,000,000 in prize money, has been awarded keur status by the KWPN. Ahorn's sire is none other than the world famous preferent stallion Nimmerdor.

Ahorn's dam produced 4 approved stallions and so far 3 international showjumpers. A fantastic producer of broodmares, Ahorn mares are highly valued for their ability to transmit the characteristics of this high-performance jumper (deceased) stallion.

Ahorn's sire Nimmerdor, KWPN Stallion of the Century, was the Netherland's top sire of showjumpers to 1993. He became a Preferant Stallion approved by almost every Sporthorse and Warmblood breed society. He himself was a very Successful International Show-Jumper and sire. Siring over 50 approved sons, numerous competition horses, exceptional broodmares and daughters with great conformation. In breeding has a heredity reliability of 94%.

Astro's dam Ark Angel CS is by the incredible Olympic show jumper Arko III and out of a mare who jumped to 1.40 by the incredible Selle Francais Keur stallion Calvados, who competed at 1.60. She had competed to Novice under the name of Double M Tarko with 124 points before being sold to an amateur home prior to coming to stud. Her jumping pedigree is impeccable with Grand Prix and 1.60 jumpers featuring on virtually every line of both her dam and sires pedigree. Arko III represented Great Britain at the 2004 Athens Olympics which tops the lengthy list of outstanding International wins including the richest competition in the world, the Calgary CN Grand Prix 2008.

Arko's earning to date are over 1 million pounds and he was number one horse in Europe for three consecutive years. His breeding is impeccable with both dam and sire being of prodigious talent and bred from a long line of incredible performance ancestry and progenitors of the same.

Angels dam sire Calvados was bred from the best French performance bloodlines. Renowned as a leading sire of show jumpers as well as eventers and dressage horses. A Grand Prix show jumper himself, his sire the Selle Francais Uriel was leading French sire for many years with a breeding index of 211 (the highest figure ever in France). Although he was bred on a limited scale, he has numerous international offspring jumping at Grand Prix level.

This is a mare with a very talented family tree and I can honestly say that not only are there some very big names for this foal to live up to, but this is quite possibly one of the two last horses sired by Ahorn whose semen was stored over thirty years ago. I am not even sure if there is any remaining!!
We actually have the other Ahorn youngster too! A filly out of a well bred mare who competed at the top, internationally and consistently at 1.40.

Website www.gfssporthorses.co.uk
Ahorn Nimmerdor Farn
Ramona A
M. Hyaanzinthe - Keur Ladykiller
Alpenblume
Ark Angel CS Arko III Argentinus
Unika
Sambucca Calvados
Adelaide

Absolutely Exceptional Filly - GFS Olympia (Ahorn x Ultimo Wellington)


Ref #: 411475
  • Superb filly with world class breeding and outstanding parental credentials for a serious SJ career.
  • This filly exhibits pure power, amazing grace; she has both the physical attributes & brain to excel
  • If you are looking for a tremendous attitude, fabulous temperament & exceptional brain - she has it!
£16,000
  • Warmblood
  • Bay
  • Filly
  • 2 years
  • 16.2hh / 168cm
  • Superb filly with world class breeding and outstanding parental credentials for a serious SJ career.
  • This filly exhibits pure power, amazing grace; she has both the physical attributes & brain to excel
  • If you are looking for a tremendous attitude, fabulous temperament & exceptional brain - she has it!

This two year old represents a rare opportunity for someone to buy a genuinely exciting prospect for big classes and world class competition. She is only available due to retirement and looming emigration.GFS Olympia has the pedigree of a born champion with both a dam and sire who are proven in top performance, and it shows!
This filly has a fantastic attitude, lovely temperament and is an absolute professional to deal with in all ways. She is intelligent, willing to cooperate and she has a great brain.
She is pure power and built like an elite athlete; she has huge ground covering paces, tremendous balance and style with substance! Olympia has been bred to jump and with the right rider, opportunity to excel and correct training, she stands a very good chance of going to the top. This two year old is full of confidence, calm, relaxed and highly trainable. She has been professionally handled from day one and has impeccable manners in and out of the stable. She is a delight to work with and has a genuine, friendly nature that is always showing positive.

Her sire, Ahorn is descended from the famous Holstein family 242, and is related to Joost, Alcatraz and Locarno.
His sire Nimmerdor needs no introduction and his dam M.Hyazinthe by Ladykiller produced 4 approved stallions, and so far, 3 international showjumpers. Ahorn competed at the top international level, consistently placing in World Cups and Grand Prix competition. He represented the Netherlands in Nation's Cup competitions and was short-listed for the Barcelona Olympics, which earned him the prefix 'Olympic'.

Ahorn's offspring perpetuate their sire's success, with a large number competing at international level. Ian Millar's Grand Prix jumper, Promise Me's damsire is also Olympic Ahorn. Olympic Ahorn is also the sire of Feizal (Mario Deslauriers), Eurocommerce Geneve (10th at the 200d World Cup Final) and Iron, who represented Italy in the 2000 Olympic games.

Ahorn is a fantastic producer of broodmares. He is the sire of European Champion mare Helena, reserve European Champion Korenbloem, Dutch Champion mare Haciende, Firette who was a 5-time UTV qualifier, and Geminka keur who is the dam of Dutch dressage star Kelvin. At the 1996 World Championships for young horses at Lanaken, Ahorn was the only KWPN stallion to have two progeny placed. He is also the sire of Neckar, the top priced horse at the 1998 Equilibra Challenge auction.

As well as top competition horses, Ahorn has produced 8 graded sons. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Dutch breeding, Ahorn has been awarded Preferent status by the KWPN.

Dolanda the dam of this foal is an eleven year old retired International Grade A show jumper with winnings in excess of £22,000 having jumped consistently up to 1.40. On the Sunshine Tour she won ten out of her twelve classes.
She was sired by Ultimo (Phin Phin/Burggraaf) and out of a Wellington - Nimmerdor dam. This is a sire who remains high on the index despite not having sired large numbers before being sold to China. He had great success at 1.45 and 1.50 in Austria.
His sire Phin Phin, son of Olympian Chin Chin was a GP stallion with numerous international wins at both 1.50 and 1.60.

Her dam is by Wellington, his dam Patty is by the famed thoroughbred Lucky Boy and competed up to Z level in dressage as well as having national success jumping at 1.30.

Ahorn Nimmerdor Farn
Ramonaa
M.Hyazinhe Ladykiller
Alpenblume
Dolanda Ultimo Phin Phin
Irence
Patricia Wellington
Valentina

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