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BRITISH BREEDING FUTURITY EVALUATIONS LOCAL BREEDERS EXCEL AT:
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riends, Bev Lynn and Carol Wright, of Clacton-on-Sea, achieved the coveted Gold Award in the British Breeding/Baileys Horse Feeds Futurity Evaluations with their 2-year-old colt named Crocket. A real highlight of this year’s Futurity evaluations, this colt by Quantensprung from the breeding of Nicola Burton of Wrestow Stud, Crocket is owned by the Prix St Georges rider Bev Lynn along with her friend Carol Wright, who purchased him as a foal. Crocket caused a stir at the 2018 Futurity evaluations when he scored a highly impressive 9.36 Elite, making him the highest scoring dressage entry that year across all venues and ages. This year he returned as a 2-year old, and did not disappoint, having grown into a tall and imposing horse with excellent paces destined for the very top, and scoring an overall mark of 8.95, just shy of an Elite. Highly valued for his large frame and excellent temperament, Quantensprung is by Quando Quando whose sire Quattro B was internationally successful in dressage and showjumping. His mother provides the proven
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combination of Donnerhall and Lauries Crusador XX. All of this is an excellent combination with Crocket’s mother who offers the popular Dutch performance lines of Jazz and Flemmingh. Bev told us that she and Carol opted to buy a colt because, “Sadly our one and only attempt to breed resulted in a still birth and we just couldn’t go through that heartache again. We had been up and down the country looking at others, but none were quite right. When Crocket came up for sale, we went to see him and fell in love straight away, he had real presence and paces to die for. Carol and I made the decision there and then.” Bev tells us that Crocket went home to Essex with her and Carol at 6-months-old and stayed there with their mare for a further six months. He is now in a herd of colts, living a wonderful life while he matures. Crocket is a striking big horse
THE FUTURITY EVALUATIONS AIM TO IDENTIFY BRITISH BRED, YOUNG POTENTIAL SPORT HORSES AND PONIES THAT ARE DESTINED FOR CAREERS IN DRESSAGE, EVENTING, SHOWJUMPING OR ENDURANCE, AND MAY EVEN FIND THE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS OF THE FUTURE. ENTRIES ARE CATEGORISED BY DISCIPLINE WITH AGE GROUPS FOR FOALS, YEARLINGS, TWO AND THREE-YEAR OLDS. FOR THE FIRST TIME THE BRITISH BREEDING/BAILEYS HORSE FEEDS FUTURITY EVALUATIONS SAW BREEDERS SUBMITTING THEIR ENTRIES IN A DIGITAL FORMAT IN SETS OF DETAILED VIDEOS TAKEN ON HARD AND SOFT GROUND THAT WERE EXAMINED BY A TEAM OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS, INCLUDING A SENIOR VETERINARIAN, BAILEYS HORSE FEEDS NUTRITIONIST, LINEAR SCORER AND HIGHLY EXPERIENCED INTERNATIONAL EVALUATORS FROM THE UK, HOLLAND AND GERMANY.
who fills the eye and has true star quality. His owners Bev and Carol have big plans for him and he is one to look out for in the future. Gold awards qualify horses for pre-selection into the first ever Futurity Elite Online Auction, which will be held in September this year in cooperation with ClipMyHorse.TV. However, Bev and Carol have no plans to sell Crocket as Bev hopes to ride him when she returns to dressage after an eight year break and ultimately they would love for him to be a stallion standing in the UK for British Breeding.
Stamford Horse Breeder, Kelly Hetherington achieved the coveted Gold Award in the British Breeding/Baileys Horse Feeds Futurity Evaluations after entering for the first time with her 3-year-old gelding Britannia Rocks. The 3-year-old gelding achieved a score of 8.125 for its eventing valuation from the panel of international Judges, who commented that he was a very harmonious and powerful horse with a very attractive frame and good natural balance, they said he was a very nice prospect for the future. Britannia Rocks is by the stallion