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CARVALLA (BE): 2002

Imported as a 2 year old, this Belgian Warmblood mare is also registered with the Anglo European studbook. She is from a line of fantastic showjumping breeding. Although she is only 15:3hh she throws foals of great substance and height. She is the image of her father and has a jump that is astounding with very strong and elevated paces, passed on to all her young.

Click on photo to see her jumping in her new home, just after being broken in

2009 FOAL BORN 12/04/09

This years first foal, and a filly! She really is cracking: pictured below

SOLD

GREENVALE DELICIA, BAY FILLY BORN 12/04/09, BY DICK Z

Filly to make approx 16:1hh, bred to jump but also with extravagant paces as have both of her parents. Very beautiful - Foal will have AES pink papers and will be halter broken for you.

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Dam: CARVALLA, Imported Belgian Warmblood mare is also registered with the Anglo European studbook. She is from a line of fantastic showjumping breeding. Although she is only 15:3hh she throws foals of great substance and height. She is the image of her father and has a jump that is astounding with very strong and elevated paces, passed on to all her young. For information on sire: DICK Z click here.

DAM ALSO FOR SALE, due to stock reduction. If you are interested in buying the pair, please contact Marnie 01269 843987, mare can be put back in foal to stallion of your choice is you so desire. If not she is being produced under saddle for 2010 as she is very talented - SOLD

Carvalla is from a great line of athletes. Her sire POOR BOY (pictured below) was successfully ridden by Beat Mandli, standing in the top of World-Ranking jumping sires, Winner world cup Berlin; Second world cup London; Second large price Berlin; to name a few. Poor Boy’s sire Polydor is very noticeable in many world class horses, and remained No 1 leading sire for many years for producing top showjumpers

POLYDOR (Sire of Poor Boy). There are two Pilatus sons that have easily proved themselves masters in the sport, yet nevertheless are totally different horses. Polydor descends from the modest Frühlicht, Pilot from the reputable Graphit. The former was well-matched with Aladin daughters, as demonstrated by Sonora La Silla, Padua and Poor Boy. Polydor's children scored slightly better in the sport than Pilot's, but in breeding Pilot clearly has better results than Polydor who has so far not been able to generate noteworthy sons.

Polydor the horse that showed them all! The history of Polydor goes back to the late 50’s when the then director of the Westfalien state stud, Dr Gerd Lehmann imported four Irish Thoroughbreds: Sinus, Papayer and Pluchino. Pluchino was an Ascot Stakes winner in the UK. In his first season, Pluchino produced two licensed sons, Perseus out of a mare by that influential anglo/arab sire of jumping horses, Ramzes, and Plutos out of a mare by the famed Hanoverian, Duellant. Perseus in his first season was bred to another daughter of Duellant, to produce, Pilatus.

Pilatus was second in the licensing of 1967, and stood for ten seasons in Germany before he was exported to Holland, where he stood another five seasons. Pilatus returned to Westfalia in 1984, but not before he sired, Roemer (out of a Westfalien mare by Cryano) who has proven an influential dressage sire in both Holland and the United States, and Darwin, out of a mare by Pion.

Pilatus was the sire of two of the most influent stallions of modern times, Polydor and Pilot. Polydor is out of a mare by Fruhlicht I by Fruhsport. Polydor was approved in 1974 and stood at the Westfalien state stud until his death in 1999.

Polydor’s first international jumping star was Porter, ridden by Thomas Fruhmann and fourth at the European Championships in 1987, before being sold to Markus Mandli. In America, Gutsy Monroe was a success with Rodney Jenkins - while back in Germany, Panima took Otto Becker into the team for the WEG in Stockholm where they finished in 5th place individually in a silver medal winning team. Pamina went on the win the rich Calgary Grand Prix and the German Classic in Bremen before being sold to Italy. Otto Becker also enjoyed success with Argellith Bellenuit, while in England, Michael Whitaker’s Two Steps was good enough to be crowned WBFSH Horse of the Year 94/95. In Holland, Polydor offspring were also popular - Jan Topps had Sonora La Silla, while Bert Romp rode Burg’s Pretty Woman.

The Polydors are still performing with Beat Mandli riding Positano to team silver at the Sydney Olympics - and there are more to come since Polydor bred right up to his death, although in latter years the quality and volume of his semen became less reliable. In the last few years he stood at Warendorf there were a number of mares who instead of having the name of the stallion they were destined to breed with on the door of their stable, had a ‘?’ - this designated those mares whose owners wished to breed to Polydor, if and when, semen was available.

The mare line goes through CARNEVAL: Carneval is a very important sire who has produced excellent dams with many State Premium mares and 80 approved daughters.  He was Champion of the 2 yr old colts and his performance test brought him a win in Leistungsklasse and then went on to win numerous European Grand Prix. He has many top competition horses as well and approved sons.  His description reads: offspring have large frames, springy gaits and enormous jumping ability.

Cor de la Bryère is the stallion that revolutionised jumping horse breeding. His is the name astute breeders like to see, especially on the mare line for ‘Cord’ tends to give great form over a jump.

His sire – the French Thoroughbred, Rantzau. Rantzau was bred to be a jumper being a descendent of the enormously influential Bay Ronald. Rantzau was by Foxlight by Foxhunter by Foxlaw by Son-In-Law by Dark Ronald by Bay Ronald. A serious racehorse, Rantzau was third ranked three year old of his year - in nine races between 2000 and 3000 metres, he won two and was placed five times. Purchased by the National Stud, he arrived at the stallion depot of Saint-Lô on January 5th, 1951. Of Rantzau, the stud inspector noted: ‘good front extension, remarkably built through the shoulder and fore-arm, long haunches, this classy stallion of rare nobility, also has low-placed joints and covers ground. Contrary to legend, the breeders in the area were quite enthusiastic about this well-bred, well-conformed and well-performed newcomer and between 1951 and 1962, he bred between 40 and 49 mares a year. In those days French state stud stallions were only allowed to breed 40 mares a year, plus the National Stud director’s cards used by him ‘in the interest of breeding’. In 1971 he covered his last book of mares, with five foals the result. In twenty years of breeding he covered 772 mares at an average of 38 mares a year for 179 fillies and 194 colts. His fertility of 50% was regarded as normal for the time.

By 1964, Rantzau had moved into 3rd place on the ranking of aged sires of jumping horses, behind Lutteur B and Kenavo D, and the next year he moved into 2nd place with progeny jumping with success all over Europe, and held that second place until 1969. In 1970 he moved down to third place behind Ibrahim and Furioso, but the next year he moved into first place on the jumping rankings, as well as being in 5th place on the sire of eventers rankings - he was even ranking in the 20s as a sire of dressage horses.

As late as 1976, when he had been dead for five years, Rantzau was still 3rd on the jumping sires rankings, by 1980 he had moved into 4th place. He remained for many years one of the leading sires of broodmares. On the bottom side, Cor de la Bryère was royally bred, out of Quenotte B, by Lurioso a son of the most influential Precipitation son, Furioso. In French jumping circles, Furioso had been a sensation, siring the 1964 Olympic gold medallist, Lutteur B and the world showjumping champion of 1968, Pomone B. Lurioso was himself a sire of international showjumpers. Cor de la Bryère almost never made it to the breeding barn. In 1970, the selection committee of the Haras du Pin visited his owner, Xavier Ribard and suggested ‘that is not breeding stock, he’s too much of a sport horse. Better geld him; he’ll make a useful gelding.’

The horse was now on the market – and it just so happened that the Holstein Association was looking for French blood, having seen the success of Furioso II and Futuro in Oldenburg. Oldenburg breeder (and showjumping ace) Alwin Schockemöhle was looking for a stallion star, and leased the Furioso xx son Urioso – however he was prepared to sub-lease the stallion to the Holstein Verband. Hence a Holstein inspection committee travelled to France to evaluate Urioso and in doing so, discovered Cor de la Bryère. Urioso ended up standing two forgettable seasons in Holstein while ‘Cord’ left an indelible mark on the Holstein breed, and jumping the world over. He was not only a sire himself but a sire of sires. The full brothers, Caletto I, II and III were stars, as were the brother quartet of Calypso I to V. In the jumping arena, his handsome grey son, Corrado has been a star for Franke Sloothaak, while Cordalmé Z with Gilbert Böckmann has also been successful at international level.

Cor de la Bryere progeny continue to shine - at the 2001 European Showjumping champs, the Cor de la Bryere son, Broere VDL Corland, led the competition going into the final day.

In his first season, Cor de la Bryère covered 70 mares at Siethwende and four colts from his first crop were licensed. He was a stallion of great vigour, and as late as 1977 served a full book of 111 mares.

Although best known as a sire of jumping horses, Cor de la Bryère was also the sire of Corlandus, a World Cup Dressage Champion in 1989, and his sons Calypso I and Calypso II have proven a useful sire of dressage horses. Current German Olympic team member, Chacomo ridden by Alexandra Simons de Ridder is by Calypso I, as was Alexandra’s other FEI star, Champus.

In the latest WBFSH ratings, Cor de la Bryère is ranked 18th with 28 points earning progeny, but there are a staggering 20 own sons on the rankings: Calando I, II, IV; Caletto I, II; Calvados I, II; Calypso I, II, III; Cantares, Carneval, Carte d’Or, Casanova, Cavalier Royale, Cinzano, Constant, Contact, Corrado I, Cortez 679, Cosinus. There are also 12 grandsons of Cor de la Bryère in the standings - not to mention important stallions like Cathago Z and Burggraaf - who are out of Cor de la Bryère mares.

Here is Romedio Graf von Thun-Hohenstein in his book, The Holsteiner Horse, commenting on Cor de la Bryère’s shape over a jump: ’When the goal was to join the exciting powerful jumping ability of the Holsteiner with a sophisticated skill, combined with an ideal bascule, sooner or later a stallion such as Cor de la Bryère had to be selected. The arching back, like a taut band of steel combined with the super elastic end gives limitless, but always expedient, springing capability to the natural dynamics of each effort. Add to that ease of riding, marvelous disposition, and a floating, highly balanced canter. These qualities are absolutely to the benefit of young horses, who will no longer have to pay with premature breakdowns caused by jumping and showing solely with a raw, crude jumping talent.’

SOLD to Carmarthen. He has since been gelded. Mack as he is known, (pictured to the right) as a yearling at his first show - He was exceptionally well behaved and is growing very quickly - looks like he will make about 16:1hh - a real stunning young horse. He had many comments on what a quality coloured he was at the show.

GREENVALE ALTER EGO: Born 13/04/06. AES passport. This colt is bred to compete and is correct enough to do well showing at a high level.

Greenvale Alter Ego gets Reserve Champion coloured at Carmarthen County Show