FOR SALE: Rythm and Blues foal
The
foal offered for sale is from semen
imported from Heritage Manor Farms from
the US. Ferrnando's sire: R&B is a
gorgeous TRUE BLACK Dutch Warmblood.
Starting his career in eventing and then
successfully competing as a jumper he is
now training in dressage. With a refined
head, lovely sloping & free shoulder and
his sire's powerful hind/compact frame,
R&B is a powerhouse. (Ferro is known for
passing on an ability to sit the
hindquarter & a powerful engine/hind.)
R&B is one of two approved sons of Ferro
in the USA. R&B's dam is the only US
bred mare to earn her Elite/Pref/Prest
status!!
R&B was conceived via
embryo transfer and was born on Easter
Sunday 1998. In 1999 he was ranked #1
yearling in the US. At 3 yrs. he was
taken to Holland for his
keuring/stallion inspection. He was
given Star status by the Dutch & went to
Team Nijhof's for stallion test
development. In 2002 R&B completed his
stallion test in Prussendorf, Germany
with excellent scores. Scored @ 100 day
test:
9.0 Ability to Work,
Character, CC Jumping
8.33.0 Free
Jumping. At his 2006 RPSI Inspection he
received 9.0 for
Canter.
PROFILE
Just as Ferro, R&B
started his international career as a
Jumper and is now settling back into
dressage. R&B carries Ferro's high
rideability, trainability, athleticism,
and suppleness. As a young stallion R&B
competed internationally in 3-Day
Eventing and Dressage, winning nearly
every competition and holding undefeated
records. At present time he is working
exclusively in Dressage with Jasmine
Létourneau. Showing PSG and schooling GP
movements. As a Jumper R&B had numerous
championships at Level 4,5 & 6 Jumpers
at Ocala HITS, Upperville, Raleigh,
SwanLake, and Culpeper. R&B is a
talented, scopey jumper with 3 good
generous gaits, front end lightness and
hind end power. R&B is also extremely
supple with excellent talent for lateral
work.
Weanlings grandsire Ferro:
Olympic Ferro, the Dutch sensation at
Aachen, competed at the 2000 Olympics
and assisted his team in achieving a
team silver medal, with an individual
score of 74.92%
Weanlings
Grandmother.
Born 1989, 17 hand Dutch
mare and first Elite Mare in the U.S..
She is by Argus x Zinia Keur
Preferent by Saluut.
Harmony was #2
in the nation 2 years in a row. She
competed at 3rd Level dressage.
Catalina, Ferrnando's mother has
been an excellent sport horse producing
Canadian Warmblood mare. Photos of her
other offspring available upon request.
Her temperment is second to
none.
This foal is not only
gorgious, people savvy, but also has an
exceptional temperment. His movement is
lovely. He is a beautiful almost
black.
More VIDEO and PHOTOS
available upon request
Price: $ 3,500 (Negotiable)
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