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Bred Woodlander Farouche (Furst Heinrich x Dimaggio
x Caprimond) dominated both of her classes at
the CDI in Vidauban this week winning the 5
year old preliminary class with a score of 94.2%,
a clear 18.4% ahead of second place. She then
went on to win again with rider Michael Eilberg
in the 5 year old class, matching her score
of 94.2%, second went to another talented Woodlander
youngster , the breeding stallion Wavavoom (Weltregent
x Longchamp x Davignon) , finishing on an impressive
score of 77.8% with Maria Eilberg.
Woodlander Farouche performance potential first
shone through as a two year old in the BEF Futurity
series, she scored a Higher First premium and
then went on to claim Overall BEF Futurity 2008
Dressage Champion at the Futurity final later
that same year. Evaluators at the final, Carl
Hester and Lesley Peyton-Gilbert were completely
won over by her. “The horse has poise
and fluent quality movement, the walk was so
through her body, she uses every part of her
neck and back. Her balance in the canter was
extraordinary” said Lesley, “I was
then lucky enough to ride her under saddle as
I was the test rider at the Hanoverian mare
show and she did not disappoint. The cater was
truly wonderful (10) and her desire to please
meant for rideability, I gave a 9.5, she was
only three at the time and only under saddle
a matter if weeks. She is truly an exceptional
horse.”
The Futurity series is an initiative in the
UK that helps to identify talented young sport
horses and ponies, as well as collecting breed
data so that British breeders can make use of
that information for future breeding decisions,
it also provides feedback to participants on
the suitability of the horse they have bred
for its intended discipline and the market for
which it has been bred.
In the Futurity, sport horses and ponies from
foals to three year olds are evaluated for performance
potential in their chosen discipline by a vet
and a team of up to four evaluators at a number
of regional venues around the country during
July and August. Over 900 horses will be evaluated
this year throughout the UK to assess their
performance potential as an indicator for the
future.
BEF Head of Equine Development, Jan Rogers
said, “Farouche was one of the highest
scoring Futurity dressage youngsters in her
year and it is thrilling to see how well she
is doing in competition. It is the combination
of considered breeding and careful production
that have resulted in her success, we hope to
see many more futurity graduates follow in her
footsteps ".
Lynne Crowden, Breeder of Woodlander Farouche
spoke about this fantastic mare, “ She
is selected for the World Breeding Championships
in Verden this summer and won, in 2010, The
Badminton Young Dressage Horse Four Year Old,
(Wavavoom was reserve) and Supreme; the Shearwater
National 4 year old; the Shearwater International
4 year old and the Shearwater International
Supreme. She finds everything easy but it is
sometimes perhaps difficult to know just how
much to ask for. The Eilberg training is very
careful and considered from this perspective...very
little "flashing" about. She has matured
a lot since last summer when she was a "size
4 supermodel" and now looks like a mature
woman capable of going Grand Prix. Her 2010
ET foal (by Woodlander Wesuvio) looks just like
her but we shall see how she moves when she
is turned out in April.”
We are set to see more from this talented mother
line, which descends from the dam line of the
great Florestan, as Farouche’s dam, British
Bred Dornroeschen , who is currently out competing
with Michael Eilberg at Inter I, has an Embryo
transfer foal due this year by the talented
young stallion For Compliment. Farouche is also
expecting another foal this season (via ET)
by Woodlander Wavavoom. “We will do at
least one ET with them both this year again,”
said Lynne.
For more information on the
BEF Futurity series: http://www.bef.co.uk/British_Breeding
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