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Horses are judged at an inspection, or keuring, by Dutch judges, who decide whether the horse is worthy of breeding. [27] [28] There are multiple registries within KFPS. The two main registries are the studbook for approved stallions, and the foalbook for horses from the mating of an approved stallion and a mare in the foalbook. [25]
The results were solid, good-natured heavy coaching horses, [5] which were molded into a stable mare base by the mid-17th century. Following the state regulation of stallion inspections in 1820, [3] the breeders of Oldenburg horses formed their own registry in 1861 and the breeders of the Ostfriesen horses did the same in 1869. Both employed ...
Stallions standing at Claiborne Farm as of the 2023 breeding season include: Blame: A son of Arch who famously won the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic over Zenyatta, as well as winning an Eclipse Award. He commands a stud fee of $25,000. Catholic Boy: A son of More Than Ready who won the Travers Stakes in 2018, he commands a fee of $25,000.
Llangollen Farm is an historic American horse and cattle farm located in western Loudoun County, Virginia on Trappe Rd. near Upperville at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Eight miles (13 km) from the town of Middleburg , the area is home to a number of prominent Thoroughbred -breeding farms and a large country estates. [ 1 ]
The Baroque Pinto studbook also owes its foundation to the 2003 Grand Prix dressage black pinto-colored Friesian-cross-Dutch Warmblood stallion Willem van Nassau, [18] [unreliable source] who is out of the 1997 skewbald Dutch Warmblood mare Pepper, and stands at about 16.1 hands (65 inches, 165 cm); the main line introduced to maintain color in ...
At the age of three, the Friesian Arabian must measure over 1.52 m, with a minimum height of 1.58 m required for stallions. [9] As an adult, the minimum height required is 1.55 m, and 1.60 m for stallions. [9] As with the Friesian, black is the only coat permitted, though unlicensed gray Arabo-Friesians also exist. [1]
Although Lexington's success as a sire made Woodburn Stud near synonymous with flat racing Thoroughbreds, in fact during the mid- to late 19th century, Woodburn was where the Standardbred horse originated and the farm was best known for these trotting horses for harness racing. After the death of Robert A. Alexander in December 1867, the ...
Bertram bought the Catoctin Stud farm in Waterford, Virginia, in 1973. In 1991, he and Diana acquired the Newstead Farm in Upperville, Virginia. For racing in Europe, they operated the 1,200 acre Gilltown Stud farm in Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland near the famous Curragh, which they sold in 1989 to the Aga Khan IV for $14.2 million. [9]