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Wings and Springs! A modern day Pegasus takes the West Coast by a storm
A
s the old adage goes, you don’t
over 100 years of Anglo-Arabian breed-
From 4 to 6 years of age, he was com-
know what you are capable of
ing. Jacinthe had previously produced
peting in France under Cedric Hurel, one
until you try. If you ask Poeme
the National stallion Fusain du Defey.
of the country’s top jumper riders. His
D’Amour, he’ll tell you nothing is impossi-
Previously, Cendrine Dutrait and her
6-year-old season ended with an ISO
ble. The 10-year-old Anglo-Arabian geld-
partner Jean Bernard Anizan had bred
(show jumping index) of 131, having
ing has a “cheeky, I can do anything” atti-
Ryon to their mare by embryo transfer
qualified for the final in Fontainebleau,
tude, according to his owner Misti Cassar.
and gotten the colt Nid d’Amour de Buis-
and competing twice with no faults at
And so far, he’s been right!
sy, who now stands at the French Nation-
the Championships at the Lion d’Angers.
al Stud. They had really wanted a filly, so
Shortly thereafter, he was sold to Belgium
they tried again and Poeme was born.
where his breeders lost touch with him.
Born and bred in the Limousin area of France, a region considered the cradle of Anglo-Arabian horse breeding, at the
He was an impressive big colt, gray
Misti Cassar, an experienced jumper
well-respected Elevage De Buissy, Poeme
like his mother. He was selected for the
rider based in California, had competed
came to the United States in 2009. He is a
famous elite sale, “FENCES,” and sold to
on an international level for several years
a son of Ryon d’Anzex, who competed in
the National Stud., although he stayed at
and was looking for a new horse in 2010
the World Championships, and Jacinthe
home until he was three, when his educa-
when a friend in France told her about
Du Maury (by Fol Avril), both products of
tion began.
Poeme. “How does a horse who has