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Dealers & Yards

 

Proud breeders of genuine, versatile horses with talent, temperament, trainability and true beauty.

We aim to breed beautiful horses of  quality who prove versatile, capable and willing whatever the discipline; when they bring the happiness and pride to their owners that we have built our reputation on and are a pleasure to deal with in all ways..... We have achieved what we set out to do. 

From day one our horses are cared for and treated as individuals with careful attention to nutrition, handling, health and happiness. We are not a hobby stud, GFS is a dedicated stud of excellent reputation breeding warmblood sporthorses of physical quality, proven competition bloodlines, exceptional temperament and true versatility for both amateur and professional riders.  As such our full focus is on producing young horses correctly and in a professional environment that is beneficial to their physical and mental wellbeing. We are now based in Devon and our new home has outstanding facilities for both rearing youngstock on lush, well fenced pastures with room to gallop and play in herds as nature intended.  Our breeding program is one that has been carefully developed in line with exactly what we intend to breed and consistent in the type and character that we strive to produce. Our stallions are on site and always delighted to meet and greet visitors. Very often we also have the grand dams and or sires here too as well as similarly bred youngstock from which to judge in accordance with our breeding goals.

We hope you can find everything you were hoping to to discover about the Stud and our horses on these pages -  If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at gfssporthorses@gmail.com.

We are always happy to answer initial queries by email but ultimately prefer the more personal telephone call instead of batting questions to and fro over many days!

Moorview House, Exeter, Devon 

07955 429959

gfssporthorses@gmail.com | www.gassonsfarmstud.co.uk

 

Performance bred yearling filly


Ref #: 352745
  • This filly has an exceptional temperament. She is quick to learn, kind and sensible
  • Professionally handled from birth and beautifully behaved in all situations
  • Superb breeding and potential to excel in all spheres
£6,500
  • Warmblood
  • Palomino
  • Filly
  • 1 years
  • 16.1 hands
  • This filly has an exceptional temperament. She is quick to learn, kind and sensible
  • Professionally handled from birth and beautifully behaved in all situations
  • Superb breeding and potential to excel in all spheres
This gentle and graceful yearling filly is GFS Last Dance is by GFS Lord of the Dance. She really is one of the sweetest natured youngsters imaginable and tries in every way to make an effort to do the right thing at all times so she can bask in the praise that earns her!

This gorgeous creature is so very light on her feet and moves with effortless agility. Her trot is her trot is pure fluidity in motion and both her walk and canter are expansive and impressive.

This lovely girl is mannerly and obliging to handle and demonstrates excellent manners with the farrier, to worm and both in and out of the stable. She loves attention and is very much a 'people's' horse. She has been handled correctly from birth and stands patiently to be groomed, bathed and rather helpfully comes to call no matter the size of paddock.

In terms of her pedigree, her dam is by Quirifino Z, a 1.60 show jumper. She also boasts some impressive dressage provenance which may go some way to understanding where her expressive and balanced paces may hail from.

This filly will be a solid future prospect for those in search of a youngster to produce who has been blessed with a genuinely versatile youngster who has the attributes to perform with aplomb in eventing or perhaps between the white boards, dancing as her name suggests! The jumping ability displayed in her genetics would also make her very handy over a fence.

She should reach a height of a minimum of 16.1hh and we would very much like to see her in a home where her wonderful attitude and loving nature will be nurtured as equally as her potential and talent.

Details as ever can be found on our website www.gfssporthorses.co.uk
GFS Lord of the Dance Destello Dar
Ainuke Pegasus
Malibu Breeze Malibu Galileo
Great Yeldham
Quirilina Z Quirifino Z Quidam de Revel
Grafin
Lemon Tree Lorentin I
Dwina

GFS Zephyra


Ref #: 352731
  • Beautiful tall, elegant and athletic with a fantastic temperament
  • Super bloodlines for eventing or Show jumping
  • Well handled, super manners and quick learner
£6,500
  • Warmblood
  • Buckskin
  • Filly
  • Under 1
  • 16.3 hands
  • Beautiful tall, elegant and athletic with a fantastic temperament
  • Super bloodlines for eventing or Show jumping
  • Well handled, super manners and quick learner
This is an absolutely fantastic buckskin filly who will undoubtedly have the ability to turn an elegant hoof to a variety of equine endeavors with whoever is lucky enough to become her owner, teacher and friend.

She is going to be tall at maturity, I would guess that she will make in excess of 16.2hh, but will retain her exquisite femininity and innate elegance.

GFS Zephyra has a sweet, gentle nature and has demonstrated a lovely temperament during handling sessions, in the stable and out in the paddock.

We have bred several full siblings to this beauty and they have proven their versatility in homes where they are being produced for different disciplines and where they are universally adored for their wonderful attitudes and willingness.

Zephyra has some super eventing breeding on her sire's side, including Rock King and Bohemond. Her dam brings some exceptional show jumping provenance and boasts a mother line that produced the great Quidam de Revel.

This beautiful young horse will be suitable for any discipline. She has obvious natural talent, a top pedigree and moves beautifully, but she would equally suit an amateur home looking for quality, temperament and potential to become a top class all rounder to have a lot of fun with. She really is the sweetest and most genuine character.

More information can be found on our website www.gfssporthorses.co.uk
GFS Fire and Ice Colourthyme Kajika Mikker
Limba
Folly's Rock Rock King
Spring Gidget IV
Deihaiwejo Al Pacino W Andiamo Z
Sataja Verte
Oilano Aiglon Rouge
Kilano

Spectacular Looking Palomino Yearling Filly


Ref #: 352715
  • Bred to event with good bloodlines
  • Fantastic movement with potential for dressage
  • Lovely nature, well handled and vice free
£7,500
  • Warmblood
  • Palomino
  • Filly
  • 1 years
  • 16.2 hands
  • Bred to event with good bloodlines
  • Fantastic movement with potential for dressage
  • Lovely nature, well handled and vice free

This exceptionally beautiful, long legged filly is the last of a dynasty produced by her legendary dam Liosin Lux (dam of a Graded stallion, superb sport horses and two sets of surviving twins! She is also the grand dam, GG dam and GGG dam of Licensed stallions - she is a mare who produces exceptional quality and superb temperament and talent.
This filly is a golden beauty with a huge personality, real intelligence and lovely nature. She has good conformation, is quick to learn and is vice free.
She is going to be like her siblings before her in terms of bold attitude, quick mind and formidable athletic potential; with big, expressive paces and balanced, elevated movement, 'Prada' will be a tremendously exciting youngster to produce as she has a good brain, she is brave and clever.
We feel that she is ideally suited to a future either show jumping or eventing, but, she would equally impress between the white boards.

She has been professionally handled from birth, receiving monthly farrier visits, regular worming and is vice free both in and out of the stable. She is easy to catch, lead, rug, groom and handle. But, she is quite particular in selecting her people! She is currently not that infatuated with the farrier, but this is something that we are working on and it is improving with each visit.
This filly is a naturally calm, confident and friendly youngster who enjoys attention and shows both intelligence and an aptitude for learning quickly.
We feel that this little stunner would be suited to someone experienced with youngsters as she is very clever and highly suitable for production for higher level sport.?

A Little about her breeding:
Her dam Liosin Lux is an extraordinary mare who has competed at 1.20 in Ireland, has successfully foaled two sets of healthy twins as well as being the dam, grand dam and great grand dam of three Licensed stallions. Her offspring also include show jumpers up to 1.40, dressage horses and is the dam of our previously owned Graded stallion Paddy of Liosin who is currently competing at BE Novice.
She is by the KWPN stallion Olympic Lux. He is a proven sire of remarkable progeny. He competed up to six years of age jumping National 1.30m classes. He comes from the same mother line that has produced the stallions Tenerife VDL and Quasimodo Z to name but a few. His dam Filomin is a Keur mare and a GP show jumper. Second dam Wilomena II is half sister to the great show jumper Paloma.
Olympic Lux has sired International show jumpers but is also a dual purpose sire with many successful eventing progeny. Sired by Lux Z, one of the most successful stallions in International showjumping. He competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A winner of over a million euro, his pedigree is something of a blue chip dynasty in the world of International competition, with a litany of champions peppering every extension of the family tree!

This filly's sire GFS Lord of the Dance is home bred and by a stallion that I imported as a yearling from Estonia (Destello). Both these super stallions breeding and details are well documented on their own pages on this website. With their combined pedigrees they bring a rare and desirable blood infusion of of the distinguished Russian Trakehner in it's purest form and top performance, the exotic and mysterious Akhal Teke of Turkmenistan, renowned for extraordinary stamina, agility, bravery and loyalty and American thoroughbred bloodlines of incredible speed and talent as well as a pinch of Hanoverian gravitas and physical power.
Dar, Destello's sire is by the International Grand Prix and Elite stallion Ashkhabad and his dam Dolina was a show jumping International.

The Russian Trakehner is rarely seen outside of Russia. This aristocratic and jealously guarded product of highly selective breeding has proven results throughout Eastern Europe as exceptionally talented performers in each of the three major discipline. Aschachabad, Dars sire was an outstanding Russian Trakehner stallion by anyones standards. Bred at the famous Dovatar Stud, he was the winner of Young Stallion of the year held amongst all Belorussian Trakehners. He scored an unprecedented 10 for his jumping ability. However, it was as a dressage horse that Aschchabad was to make his name. He was eventually sold to Germany for dressage.

GFS Lord of the Dance's dam was owned by us for many years and produced many superb foals for us including two additional Licensed stallions. She was by the hugely promising palomino Hanoverian stallion Malibu Galileo and out of an American thoroughbred mare of tremendous performance and providence on the track.
More information can be found at gfssporthorses.co.uk

GFS Lord of the Dance Destllo Dar
Ainuke Pegasus
Malibu Breeze Malib Galileo
Great Yeldham
Liosin Lux Olympic Lux Lux Z
Filoma
Ruille Buille Golden Bash
Rineen Lass

GFS Kalindi


Ref #: 352726
  • Bred to event - athletic - fast and brave
  • Super bloodlines - GFS Fire and Ice x Ramiro Z/Black Sam Bellamy
  • Fantastic temperament, well handled and great attitude
£6,500
  • Warmblood
  • Buckskin
  • Filly
  • Under 1
  • 16.1 hands
  • Bred to event - athletic - fast and brave
  • Super bloodlines - GFS Fire and Ice x Ramiro Z/Black Sam Bellamy
  • Fantastic temperament, well handled and great attitude
This is an absolutely stunning looking filly with a highly unusual pale golden coat and heavily frosted mane. She has the most exquisite head and the true athletic build of the born eventer that her outstanding pedigree suggests. Kalindi has a super personality and is going to make a really exciting prospect for someone to produce under saddle as she comes of age. She moves with natural grace and excellent paces in all gaits. She is fast, confident in her ability and altogether a very impressive foal.
This lovely girl has a great attitude and represents a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking for a future partner under saddle who would be capable of attaining exciting results as a future eventing prospect with a lot of glamour and style!

A little about the breeding:
Kitty Malone is sired by the remarkable stallion Ramiro B. He competed at 1.60m level showjumping himself and has sired many outstanding offspring to date who have succeeded in both the eventing and showjumping field. These have included 5* winner Cooley Master Class and Badminton Runner up Cooley SRS among a multitude of top performance and performing progeny including Nations Cup level 1.60 show jumpers and 5* eventers, he was the first horse to be made an ambassador with the BWP studbook due to his phenomenal breeding record.With multiple progeny competing at 4* and 5* level, Ramiro B is undoubtedly a proven sire of top level event horses as well as show jumpers.
Kalindi's damsire, Black Sam Bellamy is the full brother of Galileo and half brother to Sea the Stars and who tasted success as a sire both on the Flat and over jumps. Black Sam Bellamy was a prominent British Jumps stallion, who, as well as being himself winner of the 10 furlong Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1) by 8 lengths and the Gran Premio del Jockey Club (G1) over 1½ miles, Black Sam Bellamy possessed probably the finest pedigree of any NH stallion in the world, being by the 14-time Champion Flat Sire, Sadler’s Wells, out of the Prix de ’Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner and legendary broodmare, Urban Sea (by Miswaki -a stakes-winning son of the leading sire in North America, Mr. Prospector. ).
Black Sam was particularly suited to the production of high-class staying horses, as he consistently transmitted the important qualities of stamina, toughness and determination. “He had an excellent temperament and was always a lovely horse to deal with. His latter years saw him sire some top eventing horses.

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. His dam is by the leading sire of event horses Rock King. Himself the sire of the Olympic eventer Rock Model. He also sired four competitors at the 2008 CCI **** at Luhmuhlen.
Rock King was 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, Rocky's Double and Grand dam, Farley Mount were both prolific producers of CCI **** Eventers, including; Double Trust, Alfresco, Trust in me and Kilcashel.

Kalindi's maternal 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 filly is not only going to me the most stunning looking horse, but also has a solid performance pedigree and a lot of athletic ability which, if channeled and nurtured could see her making a real impression in sport.

More information can be found at gfssporthorses.co.uk
GFS Fire and Ice Colourthyme Kajika Mikker
Limba
Folly's Rock Rock King
Spring Fidgit IV
Kitty Malone Ramiro B Calvani
Lilly
Priscilla Black Sam Bellamy
Dominie Breeze

GFS Moondust


Ref #: 352704
  • Striking looking eventing prospect
  • Versatile pedigree - AES Pink Papered
  • Tremendous temperament and great attitude
£6,500
  • Warmblood
  • Buckskin
  • Filly
  • Under 1
  • 16.2 hands
  • Striking looking eventing prospect
  • Versatile pedigree - AES Pink Papered
  • Tremendous temperament and great attitude
This is a really lovely girl, being remarkably well put together and with a lovely strong, compact and athletic frame and a lot of natural born style. She certainly looks every inch, a super future ridden prospect with a lot of class, quality and impressive gaits. She is by AES Graded stallion GFS Fire and Ice who boasts super eventing bloodlines to include Rock King and Bohemond. Her dam is a Kinsky warmblood with a top Czech pedigree and an ancestral provenance that supports the performance capability of this rare and highly desirable and versatile breed.

Moondust is very pretty to look at, with a lovely head and has a smashing temperament. She will doubtless make a promising future performance horse or top allrounder for a discerning buyer looking for a quality youngster, suitable for producing towards a career in dressage, eventing, jumping or perhaps even endurance. She is a lovely curious girl with a gentle, genuinely kind nature and I believe that she will make a really lovely ridden horse in the years ahead for someone wanting a sensible head, talent and a glamorous ridden prospect with potential and a great attitude.

This is a very flashy looking young lady due in part to her her extraordinary multicoloured spotted coat and most definitely in the way she carries herself with grace and confidence. She moves beautifully and is not short on presence! This is a foal who definitely a draws the eye!

GFS Moondust is maternal sister to two Licensed stallions and has a super pedigree that represents versatility and talent in sport as well as top trainability, superb temperament and a good brain.

www.gfssporthorses.co.uk for more information.
GFS Fire and Ice Colorthyme Kajika Mikker
Limba
Folly's Rock Rock King
Spring Fidgit IV
Athena Alba Radihaza Martaloc
Usi
Hanes Burbon S.V.
Hanika

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