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We are proud to be a member of World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH).
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Stedinger (imp)

October 25, 2019
Stedinger

Press Release                                    24/10/2019          For Immediate Release

New Home for Dressage Super-Sire Stedinger (imp)

Globally heralded dressage super-sire ‘Stedinger (imp)’ is now standing at stud at Springside Warmbloods in Victoria’s Yarra Valley.

Stedinger was the undisputed Young Stallion Champion of the Oldenburger licensing in 2002 and runner-up at the main premium award in 2004.

After victories in many dressage tests at medium(M) level, he was trained by Dieter Weichert for the next level in dressage. In spite of a heavy breeding load, Stedinger did an outstanding job at his 70-days test in Neustadt/Dosse. He finished the performance test with a total index of 131 (dressage 130.72 / jumping 121.92).  In 2005 he was qualified for the “Bundeschampionat” of dressage horses in Warendorf.

Imported from Hof Sosath in 2013 by Dr Amanda Shoobridge of Revelwood Stud, Stedinger was campaigned by Grand Prix rider Gina Montgomery, achieving immediate success, within 3 months becoming Small Tour Champions at the 2014 Brisbane CDI and NSW Small Tour Champions, Victorian Reserve Champions and taking out the Small Tour Award at the Nationals.  

2015 saw them step up to Medium Tour placing at Orange and Sydney CDI’s and becoming Medium Tour Champions at the Canberra Classic. Unfortunately, the recurrence of an old injury prevented them from continuing onto Grand Prix but Stedinger had shown in training that he had the mental capacity to go all the way to the top of the sport. It was his undeniable ride-ability and willingness to please his rider that allowed for such success with Gina on board.

“Stedinger is the most generous horse I have ever ridden. Of course, by the time we met he had benefitted greatly from his upbringing in one of the best German barns, Hof Sosath, his manners were impeccable, and he was a delight in every way but I think this is the case because it is in his nature to be so.”

“From the first time I sat on him, he was so in tune with me and never once refused to try anything I asked. Even being the prolific breeder, he was never affected his daily training or competition – he simply knew he was a riding horse at that time and he got on with the task. You only get that from a truly willing horse, one whose temperament is without question,” said Montgomery.

His new home is a boutique operation in the YarraValley – a small scale, premium, dressage focussed stud founded by acclaimed equine architect Daniel Ash.

Ash has curated an elite band of broodmares including the former Revelwood-owned Samsara Hit (Imp) (Sandro Hit X Godehard) and her 2018 Rosengold (imp) foal Revelwood Rosenhit, the imported State Premium mare Finesse (Argentinus X Sandro Hit), the imported St.Pr. A. S1 Estrada (Zack X DeNiro), Bloomfield Verily (Versace X Archimedes) and Hollingrove Quartza (Quarterback x Don Ramiro)

In the first year of breeding, Springside’s three foals all achieved top honours, with Springside Fiasco sashed the ACE Victorian Champion and Australian Reserve Champion for 2019 and Springside Zumthor awarded Premium status at the 2019 ACE presentations.

2019 has some exciting foals due, with the mares in foal to stallions including Stedinger, Morricone, Franklin, and Don Martillo.

2020 will see a major scale of the breeding operation with ET foals planned from stallions including Revolution, Feinrich, Rubin Royal, For Romance, Fidertanz, Franzciskus, Diamond Hot, Vitalis, Apache, D’Avie, Ibiza, and the new resident sire Stedinger.

“We are excited to contribute to the AustralianDressage industry in a small way by attempting to produce progeny that will stand up to international competition”

“We have selected to work with some very special mares, and scale with ET, instead of purchasing sub-standard mares in the hope that we can produce modern horses with great conformation and temperament, great movement and true trainability.”

“Stedinger is a great asset to us, he is consistently producing horses that are performing and succeeding overseas and in Australia, he is a delight to have around, and we can’t wait to see what he produces with us,” said Ash.

Ash has limited services to just 70 doses of Fresh and Chilled Semen for Stedinger (imp), with an additional 35 Frozen straws available for the 2019-2020 season in order to ensure the longevity and health of the stallion.

If you are interested in breeding to this beautiful stallion ranked 10th on the WBFSH list of dressage sires for 2018 (8th in 2017), he is the sire of countless Licensed Stallions & State Premium Mares, top auction horses,champion foals, & International Grand  Prix  horses around the world, please visit the website at https://springsidewarmbloods.com/ or see @springsidewarmbloods on Facebook or Instagram and sign up to the e-newsletter for all the information on how to register your expressions of interest.

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🐴🐴🐴🐴 More Amazing Prizes🐴🐴🐴🐴

The highest scoring Ace Small performance Horse or Pony foal section of the 2020 Ace National Assessment Tour will win a dose of semen from the imported pony stallion Charlie Sheen. This prize has kindly been donated by Karizmah Performance Horses from NSW.

Charlie Sheen is by Coldplay (Calvin Klein x Donnerblitz) out of Mrs Joost (Jimmy x Point Master). He was preliminary licensed by the Holstein Pony Verband in 2016. He was the 2016 Landeschampion and qualified for the 4yo riding pony class at the 2017 Bundeschampionate where he was a finalist. Imported to Australia in 2018, he became the 5yo Pony champion at Sydney CDI. He backed this up in 2019 becoming the 6yo Pony Champion at Sydney CDI.
In 2019 he was premium licensed by the ACE Group and followed that success winning the 6yo Pony Champion and Champion of Champions at Dressage with the Stars.

What a fabulous pony to have in Australia for breeders to use. Charlie is available at public stud, frozen semen price per dose is $900, plus shipping costs.

The ACE Group Inc express their sincerest thanks to Jenny Stock and the team from Karizmah Performance Horses for their generous sponsorship of the 2020 Ace National Assessment Tour.

Get your bookings in as places for assessment are filling fast.
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🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴 STOP PRESS 🐴 🐴🐴🐴🐴

The highest scoring ACE pony foal on tour will be awarded a dose of frozen semen from the Premium stallion, Cockney Cracker - Kindly donated by Jule and Timo Coldewey from Gestuet Kastanienhof.

Cockney Cracker is by FS Cracker Jack (Champion de Luxe x Dornik 😎 out of Elite State Premium mare Delight, who is by the super sire FS Don’t Worry.

Cockney Cracker was the 2012 Champion stallion of his Licensing. He went on to score 8.39 in his HLP including 2 x 10 scores from the guest riders.
He is an FN Bundesreservesigerhengst, also an FN Bundespremiumhengst. He has produced 14 licensed sons, 2 champion siegerhengst and 6 State Premium daughters.
He is successfully campaigned at FEI with his young rider.

His daughter Goldeneye won the 2018 Federal Elite Mare Championship, won her HLP and the bronze medal at the Bundeschampionate. His son Cooper County was the 2017 Siegerhengst at the Weser Ems licensing, 2019 FN Bundespramie and Bundesreservesieger. Cooper County was awarded the bronze medal for 4yo riding pony stallions.

The ACE Group would like to sincerely thank Jule and Timo Coldewey for their generosity. We encourage our members to visit www.gestuet-Kastanienhof.com to see the amazing stallions and services offered by the Coldewey family.

Pony people, get your assessment tour bookings locked in for a chance to win this prize, valued at $1350.

***Please note this semen is available for the 2020 Season. All semen has been collected by Select Breeder Services in Germany and meets international frozen semen standards.***
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What is an assessment?
Judges are assessing for athletic performance horses and breeding stock that can produce better and better sport horses.
How do I know if my horse has good conformation?
Conformation goes hand in hand with movement because a horse with conformational weaknesses must work harder when he eventually works under the rider.
The correctness of conformation is hereditary.
We should not forget, however, that there is no horse with perfect conformation
As the horse walks away from the judge on the triangle, he sees the view from behind: correctness of travel, hind-leg straightness, alignment of the steps, ease of movement of the joints, the swing of the tail - showing the clear four-beat walk rhythm, freedom of the shoulders and haunches and the ground-covering marching quality with regularity.
When the horse trots away from the judge, he notices the engagement and an active depart into the trot which, when we see the trot in profile, shows a correct rhythm, regularity, freedom in the joints, freedom of the shoulders and haunches and an elastic, swinging back. The assessor would also like to see some natural impulsion and engagement that create a degree of suspension.
As the horse comes back toward the assessor, he has an opportunity to observe the front legs for correctness.
An assessment gives the breeder a benchmark from which they can evaluate their breeding program to see where they can improve in the future.
An assessment gives the horse owner and rider an insight into where their horse’s fault lies and the knowledge that their horse can perform the specific task that is required.
Showjumpers, Dressage, Show Hack, Sporting horses all need different abilities and the assessor is looking for something different in each of those horses.
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