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24th September 2011
At this years Annual Mare Performance Test for the British Hanoverian Horse Society Dauphina (Duino x Biotop x Cocktail) was presented along with 3 other 3 year olds plus several 4 and 5 year olds. We are very pleased that she was made Reserve Champion Mare. Congratulations and thanks go to Laura Watson who has prepared and presented our mare superbly.
18th September 2011 BD National Championships
Congratualtions must go to Dan Greenwood and his team for all the work that they have done with Bertie which has culminated this year in Dan and Bertie being crowned National Open Elementary Champions 2011. We are hugely grateful to them and to Dan in particular and are very very pleased that they have done so well. They have not lost an Elementary competition since the first couple that they did in April / May so soon after Bertie was brought back into work so this is very much the icing on the cake!
Bertie will be visiting Twemlows in early October and he and Dan will then be concentrating on Medium and Advanced Medium.
WBS Mare Grading Hartpury 27th August 2011
Dauphina was performance tested at this years WBS UK Mare Grading. She was awarded a First Star and received a Gold Medal before becoming the Reserve Mare Grading Champion. Many thanks go to Laura Watson who has done an excellent job of backing and producing Dauphina over the past 3 months. See Youngstock for video footage.
Bertie and Dan become Central Summer Regional Elementary Champions
We are delighted that at Addington on Saturday 13th August Dan and Bertie topped a class of 43 to win the Elementary Regional Championship and thus qualify for the National Finals. Well done!
2011 Futurity
Both DeVannah and DuPlessey (Joey) have now been evaluated in the 2011 Futurity and we are pleased that both were awarded High First Premiums.
Bertie qualifies for Elementary Regionals
Following Bertie's lay off over the winter we moved him at the beginning of March to be with Dan Greenwood to start work at Elementary level. He did his first tests after being with Dan for just 5 weeks and having not seen the inside of a school since the previous September. After only 3 outings he has qualified for the Regionals. Congratulations to Dan who is doing a great job getting Bertie stronger after his long lay off.
8th May 2011
Byzantia safely delivers another Dimaggio - just like Dusty last year he is a big boy and already shows the movement that has been stamped on all of the Dimaggio / Byzantia babies - very, very pleasing. Say hello to G F DuPlessey! SOLD
Photo taken on 15th May
23 March 2011
Bertie is a Dad again - a super chestnut filly, full sister to GF Damoiselle out of our De Niro x Florestan mare.
Click HERE to see footage of GF DeVannah aged 2 weeks
4th December 2010
We were delighted with the progress of Hot Gossip who is being backed by Will Turnbull. Today we saw her 'go large' for only the second time - footage on the Youngstock For Sale page.
Shearwater International 11th and 12th September 2010
We were looking forward to the Nationals, Bertie's last 5 year old outing, but sometimes things don't turn out as you hope. Bertie was first to go in the qualifier but he wasn't quite right, not his normal self so although he was one of the 8 horses that qualified for the final on the Sunday, after much discussion we decided to withdraw him. This proved to be a wise decision as subsequent scans have revealed very minor damage to his superficial digital flexor tendon caused by a knock or overreach.
Bertie has not been ridden since the Saturday of the finals and is now being walked in hand twice a day and will soon be back under saddle with the vet confirming that the long term prognosis is excellent.
Bertie has had a great year in Young Horse Classes and we are all really looking forward to 2011.
WBS Annual Show At Hartpury 30th August 2010
We were delighted that at the WBS show, the Dutch judge Frenk Jespers placed GF Damoiselle (Bella) second in her class but also decided that she was a premium foal. This filly was the lowest scoring of the foals at the Futurity because she had not fully recovered from a bruised hoof. Four weeks have made a difference and she is now back to her normal self.
Hickstead FEI National and International 5 Year Old Championships 28th and 31st July 2010
Congratulations to Charlotte who rode Bertie superbly to finish both competitions as Reserve Champion, the first with a score in excess of 90% and the second with a score of 82%.
29th July 2010
A busy day at Arena UK Futurity saw all four of our foals go forward for evaluation. We were delighted that 2 of Bertie's fillies were awarded High First Premiums and the 3rd a First Premium. The average score for the 3 was 8.60 meaning that Bertie is currently riding high in the Dressage Sire rankings to date.
Bertie's full brother, GF Dusautoir, scored 9.11 to become an Elite Premium foal, just like his full sister last year. This has put their Mum, Byzantia, number 2 in the dam rankings (all years) with an average score of 9.23. Bertie was never taken to the Futurity so it is really good to see that his siblings are recognised as foals which will hopefully lead to very succesful dressage careers.
17th July 2010
The first of this years National Finals, the Shearwater, was held at Hartpury and we are delighted to announce that Charlotte and Bertie finished as Reserve Champions.
World Breeding Championships
Bertie was selected by British Dressage to represent Great Britain at the 5 year old World Breeding Championships in Germany. A huge honour but for a variety of reasons we were unable to attend. We are however very proud that he has been recognised in this way.
25th and 26th May 2010
We are delighted by the arrival of our last two foals this year, both fillies, both by Bertie, the black filly out of our Weltruhm x Fidermark mare and the chestnut out of our Davignon x Duft 11 mare, born 24 hours apart.
16th May 2010
Congratulations to Charlotte who made it five out of five wins with another fantastic performance at the Addington Premier League Shearwater 5 Year Old International.
Bertie has now qualified for all of the 5 year old classes this year. What a result!
8th May 2010
Bertie's next outing was to Crofton Manor for the 5 year old Shearwater Class which he and Charlotte won with 8.9. Congratulations to Charlotte, Darren and Bertie!
6th May 2010
Bertie has a brother! Born at 1.45am Bertie's full brother is a huge, handsome chestnut with 4 white socks and a star on his face. Very exciting.
2nd May 2010
Two days after attending Badminton Charlotte and Darren took Bertie to Hartpury for the FEI 5 Year Old National and International Qualifiers. We are delighted that they came first in both competitions and are now qualified for the finals at Hickstead in July.
Well done!! See DeVille page for video clip.
30th April 2010 - Bertie Does Badminton!
On the first day of Badminton Horse Trials, Carl Hester asked Charlotte and Bertie to take part in his dressage lecture /demo. Quite daunting for a nearly 5 year old stallion but Bertie had a great time, behaved really well and both he and Charlotte thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
25th April 2010
Congratulations to Julie Peters whose mare, Lucky Lady (Londonderry x World Cup 1) gave birth to a lovely chestnut colt by GF DeVille.
18th April 2010
Bertie went to his first competition this year and his first with Charlotte who has only been riding him for just over 3 weeks. We were delighted with their performance at the Badminton Young Horse Qualifier at Bromyard which they won with a score of 49.8 out of 60 (over 83%). Well done to both and to Darren as always for his daily hard work and care.
5th April 2010 - Click HERE to see video taken 11 April 2010
We are delighted to announce the arrival of our first foal this year, a black filly born 29th March by our own GF Deville out of our De Niro x Florestan mare.
We are very pleased with this little girl and intend to put Rosie back in foal to Bertie for this year.
4 Year Old Shearwater Potential International Dressage - Sunday 20th September 2009
In his final competition of the year GF Deville went to the Nationals for the 4 year old International class and, in the pre assessment first thing in the morning, although he was the first to go, he completed his test with a score of 42.6 - the equivalent of 85.2% to finish in first place.
In the final phase later that morning he was placed second overall with the German Judge Dr Dieter Schule commenting on the quality of his walk and his very balanced canter.
An amazing end to the Young Horse Classes which have seen Bertie grow from strength to strength over the last few months. Our grateful thanks go to Tim Sillevis and Darren Mattia of Court Farm Stud - and to Bertie!
Futurity - Final Results
With over 850 evaluations now carried out in this years BEF Futurity, Dizzy Rascal, this years full sister to GF Deville, has finished in 5th place overall and is the highest placed dressage filly born this year! Making her appearance at Solihull on 20th August, she walked away with the highest score for a dressage foal and an Elite Premium, scoring 9.35 overall. She scored 9.5 from the vet for confirmation and 9.5 for trot, canter and overall type from the evaluators.
This excellent achievment from Dizzy has placed her Mum Byzantia in second place at the top of the dressage Dam rankings which also takes into account Dauphina from 2008. Truly a mare of distinction and back in foal to Dimaggio for 2010.
(Grateful thanks to Jayne Camp for her help)