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Archived 2008 News....
Fosshey Stables at 2008 British
Hanoverian Horse Society Championships
The Stables went
in force to these
Championships which were held at Addington Manor Equestrian Centre in
Buckinghamshire on the 27th & 28th September 2008.
We took
Raffina and
Winwood and Rhiannon and Diorissima for the
Foal Championship. We also took along our 2 year old River Lady (Rowan) and Delta,
a four year old.
This weather at
Addington was thankfully dry and warm once the morning fog had lifted and we
were treated to the new indoor stables that have been built at Addington.
River Lady was on
top form and proved yet again that she can earn the stripes. Although she missed
out on winning the two year old class. The German judges were impressed by her
movement and activity/athleticism and therefore placed her a close second and
awarding her the elusive 1a grade, so needed when you are looking at which
mares you would take through for grading to be Elite breeding stock. It has underlined our thoughts
further about her
having a great ridden and breeding future....
Delta was in a very strong
four and five year old class, one of the biggest of the day, with 11 contending
this title. Delta managed a very respectable fifth place. The German judge said that she had
much to like but thought she looked a little tight through her back and maybe
didn't show herself to her best today.
The colts class was hotly contested.
Winwood showed us just how tired he was following his journey down and the night
away from home, so sadly he didn't show off in the ring sufficiently to impress
in this excellent company. He came home without a placing.
However, it was a very
different story for the fillies class. Diorissima, although looking
equally as tired, did manage to impress with her clean limbs and strong paces.
The judges liked her rhythm, conformation and her temperament. This all added up
to Dior winning the Filly Foal Championship and then coming Overall Reserve
Foal Champion for 2008. A fantastic achievement for the Stud and great
recognition for our breeding programme.
Overall an excellent day out for the stud and we were
very pleased with our results. What a great close to our main showing season -
the Filly Foal Champion. They are all safely
back at home chilling out in the field and just playing as youngsters do ;-)
  
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BEF Futurity Scheme - Final
National Placings 2008 plus Results from the British Dressage Young Horse and
Breeding Championships 2008
This was the second year that
Fosshey has been involved in these gradings, but as you can see below, the
competition is growing in recognition and size each year it runs. In 2008 in
excess of 500 horses were evaluated throughout July and August.
This is what British Dressage and the BEF had to say about this
years championship:
The in-hand sections of the British
Dressage (BD) Young Horse and Breeding Championships
will become part of the British Equestrian Federation’s
(BEF) Futurity this year.
This brings it in line with the aims
of the Strategy for the Horse Industry in England and
Wales, which call for all sectors of the industry to
build closer relationships.
BD Chief Executive David Holmes said:
“The strategy asks the BEF to take the lead on improving
the quality and breeding of our horses and ponies and we
are pleased to work with them so there is a consistent
and evolving process for the evaluation of young horses
and the identification of talent.”
The Futurity, which is sponsored by
Baileys Horse Feeds, is now in its fourth year and
becoming established as the recognised evaluation system
for young horses and ponies with potential to excel in
dressage, eventing or show jumping.
Evaluations for foals to
three-year-olds will be held around the country in July
and August and the BEF Futurity Elite Championships will
take place at Addington Manor, Buckinghamshire, on 31
August 2008, the day after BD’s Young Horse
Championships.
BEF’s Head of Equine Development Jan
Rogers said: “The Futurity also seeks to identify horses
to be considered for the World Class Equine Pathway
programme, so that our top British-bred horses are
nurtured and developed to maximise their competitive
potential.”
From the 500
young horses assessed at venues throughout the country during July and August,
only the top four scores for each age group from the various disciplines
qualified for the British Equestrian Federation's (BEF's) Futurity Elite
Championship, which was held at Addington Manor, Bucks, on 31st August.
Overall
The Futurity seeks to identify potential elite athletes as well as giving all
breeders an objective assessment of their youngstock. Obtaining an Elite First
Premium means that you have achieved in excess of 90%, a first premium
(over 80%) is an accolade, but a second premium (70% - 79%) is also very good
and may mean that the horses being bred will make very desirable performance
sport horses needed where the bulk of the market lies – the growing leisure
sector"
Within this programme Fosshey Stud has done very well
for the second year running. Both owners of these youngsters are thrilled with
the results (as are we), and I'm please to say that both Wie William and
Sannazar continue to be stabled at Fosshey, on the 'buy now take later' package.
The results as they appear on the
BEF website are below:
“Top Fours” in
each age group by discipline
Dressage Yearlings
1.
Rainmaker
2. Dan Dante
3. Catherston
Sancy
4. Wie William
Dressage 2 year
olds
1. Farouche
2. Bangalore C
3. Hawtins Belladonna
4. Sannazar
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Fosshey Stables at 2008
BEF Futurity Regional Gradings - Heart of England
The Stables took one
foal, two yearlings and two 2 year olds to these gradings which were held at the
Heart of England Equestrian Centre in
Staffordshire on the 12th August 2008.
To be able to enter the Futurity the horse has
to be British Bred, or if they have a foreign stud book passport, the passport
has to have been overstamped by a British Breed Society.
It is not a competition in the conventional
way, as each horse or foal is judged on it's own merit and not measured against
the other contestants in the class. You are going to the event to get experience
for the horse plus also having them individually graded on their potential to go
on and be successful in their chosen discipline. Equally this year, the best
foals will qualify for the British Dressage Championships at the end of August.
We took with us
Winwood, Raffina's colt, Wie William and San Quintus from our 2007 stock and
Sannazar and Felspar from the class of 2006.
We were delighted with
the results. Winwood scored a total score of 64.75 and an average of
8.09. Gaining an 8.5 for Dressage Type, an 7 for his veterinary mark, 8.5 for
Conformation, 9 for Correctness of Gait and 8.75 for
Activity/Athleticism.
Wie William –
scored very well. An average of 8.36. He scored an 8 in his veterinary marks and for athleticism,
8.5 for confirmation, paces and type and temperament and then a 9 for his limbs.
We await the final results as to whether
we will be making the trip to Addington at the end of this month, but currently
he is the highest scoring yearling colt in the series. (three venues still to
go)
San Quintus although a stunning
looking colt he dropped marks from his veterinary mark. The vet on the day felt
that he wasn't at his best. But we
are still delighted with his ratings. Scoring 8.5 for type and temperament
and 8 for athleticism.
His total score was an average of 7.93.
The two 2 year olds both did well too.
Sannazar scored an average 8.37 and Felspar 7.84, which placed
them as highest and second highest scoring 2 year olds for their discipline on
the day.
The scheme awards diploma's to the horses
dependant on their individual scores. To gain a first diploma they need to score
8 and above, therefore Winwood, Wie William and Sannazar all gained their
First Premium Diploma's, with sadly San Quintus and Felspar missing out on an 8,
thereby gaining a Second Premium diploma.
So all in all a very good day out for us, we now have to watch
out for all the results coming in from around the other regional venues to now
see how we rank on a National level - a further update will be posted when the
final results are in.
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BHHS Regional Foal Show at Fosshey Stables 2008
5th August 2008
Another good day for the Fosshey youngstock. We had five foals to grade and brand, all of which qualified through
to the British Hanoverian Horse Society Championship Show. We will be at this
show on Sunday 28th September 2008 at Addington Manor Equestrian Centre,
Buckinghamshire. Please come
along if you want to see Winwood or Diorissima.
Also we graded in the main stud book of the BHHS our mare
River Riva. She scored a 7.65 as an average score, and
therefore eligible to go for her Elite mare status.
So the mares that we have in foal for 2009 are:
Wilhelmina - in foal to Scolari
Raffina - in foal to
San Remo
Rhiannon - in foal to Don Ricoss
River Riva - in foal to
Fidertanz
Bea - in foal to San Amour
St Pr Dahlie
- in foal to Stedinger
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Fosshey Stables at 2008
BEF Futurity Regional Gradings - Myerscough
The Stables took three
foals to these gradings which were held at the Myerscough Equestrian Centre in
Lancashire on the 1st August 2008.
We took 3 mares and foals. To be able to enter the Futurity the horse has
to be British Bred, or if they have a foreign stud book passport, the passport
has to have been overstamped by a British Breed Society.
It is not a competition in the conventional
way, as each horse or foal is judged on it's own merit and not measured against
the other contestants in the class. You are going to the event to get experience
for the horse plus also having them individually graded on their potential to go
on and be successful in their chosen discipline. Equally this year, the best
foals will qualify for the British Dressage Championships at the end of August.
We took with us San
Sebastian, Wilhelmina's colt, Diorissima, Rhiannon's filly foal and
Fernandra, Dahlie's filly foal.
We were delighted with
the results. Diorissima scored a total score of 66.9 and an average of
8.36. Gaining an 8.5 for Dressage Type, an 7.8 for her veterinary mark, 8.5 for
Conformation, 8.8 for Correctness of Gait and 8.5 for
Activity/Athleticism.
Fernandra –
scored well too. A total of 64.5 and an average of 8.06. She received a
veterinary score of 8.2 and 8.5 for Conformation. With 8's for all other scores.
San Sebastian although a stunning
looking colt dropped marks from his veterinary mark. The vet on the day felt
that he wasn't at his best. But we
are still delighted with his ratings. Especially his conformation for head,
neck, back and body where he scored a 9. Scoring 8.5 for type and temperament
and 8 for athleticism.
His total score was 61.7 and average of 7.71.
The scheme awards diploma's to the horses
dependant on their individual scores. To gain a first diploma they need to score
8 and above, therefore Diorissima and Fernandra both gained their
First Diploma's, with sadly San Sebastian missing out on an 8,
thereby gaining a Second diploma.
So all in all a very good day out for us, we now have to watch
out for all the results coming in from around the other regional venues to now
see how we rank on a National level - a further update will be posted when the
final results are in.
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Fifth and final Foal of 2008
Saturday 12th April -
Saw the birth of another filly at Fosshey - this is now three fillies and two
colts this year!
DD has given us a beautiful dark brown filly. With a central
star on her forehead, she is otherwise a copy look of her Mum (DD has no white).
She was born at 11.20pm on Saturday 12th April 2008.
Both Mum and baby are doing really well.
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Fourth Foal of 2008
Monday 7th April -
Hurrah, another filly!
Dahlie has given us a beautiful bay filly. An unusual
stripe/blaze on her face and white on three legs, making her very striking to
look at.
Both Mum and baby are doing really well.
She was born at 5am on Monday 7th April 2008.
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Third Foal of 2008
Wednesday 19th March -
Hurrah, a filly!
Rhiannon has given us a beautiful black filly. White
star and both back legs, making her the picture of her Mum.
Both Mum and baby are doing really well.
She was born at 9.25pm on Wednesday 19th March.
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Second Foal of 2008
Tuesday 18th March - We're
having a run of colts again this year, as foal number two arrives....
Raffina has given us a beautiful dark brown colt. No white
at all - he looks just like his daddy.
Both Mum and baby are doing really well.
He was born at 12.45am on Tuesday 18th March.
Photos show him at 2 days old....
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First Foal of 2008
Thursday 13th March - We are delighted with our first foal of 2008.
Wilhelmina has given us a beautiful bay colt. With three white
legs and a stripe on his face he will certainly make heads turn.
Both Mum and baby are doing really well.
He was born at 1.30am on Thursday 13th March.
Photos show him at 1 week old...
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Foaling Dates to watch out for...
2nd January 2008
Our mares, will soon be producing our first foals of 2008 so we thought we would publish our foaling dates, enabling those interested in
any of this years stock and bloodlines to make a note to revisit the site to
find out whether we have colts or fillies for sale this year....
Wilhelmina is due w/c 17th March - a
Weltissimo (Weltmeyer) x Scolari (Sandro
Hit) foal - born 13th March 2008
Raffina is due w/c 17th March - a
Rosentau (Rubinstein) x Weltissimo (Weltmeyer) foal - born
18th March 2008
Elite Dahlie is due w/c 31st March - a
Donnerhall x
Fürstenreich (Florestan) foal - born
7th April 2008
Rhiannon is due w/c 31st March - a
Rohdiamont (Rubenstein) x Don Ricoss
foal - born 19th March 2008
St Pr Double Diamond is due w/c 7th April - a Don Frederico x
Burlington (Breitling)
foal - born 12th April 2008
More detail about the mare and stallion bloodlines can be found under the 'The
Stud' section. Information on any foals born can be seen in the 'News'
section.
Want to know more please feel free to give us a call 01565 777621
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