Beautiful Natured Youngster with Super Breeding

• Warmblood
• Buckskin
• Gelding
• 2 years
• 16.3 hands

• Tall, elegant young horse with a faultless temperament and impeccable manners
• Super eventing bloodlines and demonstrating impressive athletic paces.
• Trainable attitude, this is one of those rare young horses who is naturally easy going and relaxed

*To make 16.3hh minimum *Vice Free *Open to Any Vetting *A dream to handle *Incredibly beautiful *Sensible *Affectionate *Impeccable Manners

This gorgeous two year old gelding is not only a quality youngster with super breeding and outstanding looks; he is also charm personified and probably one of the most laid back, easy going and relaxed young horses that we have ever had. He is the most tractable, trainable and sensible youngster imaginable and just wants to please at every step. He is mannerly in all situations, stands like a statue for the farrier, comes to call, is a doddle to worm and will stand for hours without fidgeting or showing irritation. He loves to be groomed, fussed and loves any type of attention. He is the most straight forward of youngsters and a very handsome young man too! I foresee him making anybody a proud owner and a simply amazing prospect under saddle for someone looking for talent without tantrums and a youngster who will be straightforward as well as a pleasure to produce.

GFS Echo of Thunder's dam is a Westphalian registered mare by the advanced eventing Trakehner stallion Camaro. Her dam is a Kinsky warmblood mare and product of a dedicated breeding program initiated by Count Kinsky in developing a horse of enormous versatility and outstanding temperaments.

This breed has excelled over the past century in almost all disciplines with great aplomb but their true purpose and original forte was as steeplechasers extraordinaire. They have as a breed had great success in the 'Devil's Race' the Grand Pardubice in the now Czech Republic.

Thunder's grand sire Camaro is one of only two Elite coloured Trakehner stallions. Twice a Young Horse Championship qualifier for the German Bundeschampionate. He is both an advanced eventer and show jumper. His sire, Le Duc was Reserve Champion winner at his performance test with unprecedented scores of 10 for character, efficiency of movement and trot. He scored a 9 in all other categories. A Grand Prix dressage stallion with a performance index of 146, his dam was a consistent producer of Performance Test winners.

His G.Grandsire, Anduc, a son of number one Trakehner stallion in the World, Marduc was another Elite stallion renowned for producing progeny of outstanding temperament and rideability.

His sire, GFS Fire and Ice is a uniquely coloured warmblood AES Graded and Licensed stallion with an exceptionally interesting pedigree that combines both rare Danish Knabstrupper, the highly prized Czech Kinsky Warmblood with top performance thoroughbred and the versatile and top temperament of the Irish Connemara.

There is much information here on our website of both Ice and his sire who stood with us for many years, Colourthyme Kajika, who is also Graded and Licensed with the AES. He represents the Knabstrupper and Kinsky element of this wonderful melting pot of equestrian breeds. He is a superb stallion who represents, excellent conformation, incredible athleticism and faultless temperament.

His dam was by the leading sire of event horses Rock King. Not only an eventer in his own right, but also the sire of the Olympic eventer Rock Model and the sire of four competitors at the 2008 CCI **** at Luhmuhlen.

Rock King was also renowned for his fantastic temperament, excellent paces and superb jumping technique. As a four year old Rock King won the Stoneways Potential Showjumper and was in the final twelve for the Young Event Horse Class. From there his career sky rocketed. Sadly, his career was tragically cut short whilst competing at Tweeseldown Horse Trials in 2000 where he sustained a fatal injury. He was at that time already Advanced, accruing over 200 BE points during his short career which would otherwise undoubtedly have seen him feature in many major horse trials.

He was sired by, Just a Monarch. A stallion that has produced many superb competition stock over the years. Many of his proven progeny including the International Event Horses, Kings Jester, Just an Ace and Midnight Monarch, as well as point-to-pointer Mark Methane who has won over 30 races.

Rock Kings' dam, Rockys Double and Grand dam, Farley Mount were both prolific producers of CCI **** Eventers, including; Double Trust, Alfresco, Trust in me and Kilcashel.

Folly's damsire is none other than the legendary Bohemond, HIS Premium stallion and sire of double Olympic event mare Withcote Nellie and dam sire of NZ WEG Team horse Classic Moet, who contested WEG 2014 and 2016, who was 3rd and Burghley and competed at Badminton three times, winning in 2018.

This lovely yearling really does represent the opportunity to buy a quality youngster with all of the desirable attributes of a potential future competitor of note who will offer a discerning owner a horse of quality with a temperament which is almost beyond compare!

More information can be found on our website www.gfssporthorses@gmail.com about GFS Echo of Thunder and other young horses (from 2024 foals to three year olds) that we currently have for sale due to Stud closure.