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New coloured Riding Pony colt

Feb 2012

We have just purchased the most beautiful, quality coloured colt from Dowhills Stud. To make 14.2hh, he is a yearling bay tobiano with a wonderful pedigree full of classic riding pony & TB blood, by STRINESDALE MASTERMIND out of a mare by HARROWAY MR HARLEQUIN crossed with a TB mare by HENBIT.

He has a wonderful front, with an exquisite head, and lovely movement. We plan to breed, riding ponies, small hacks and sports ponies with him.

Sir Caprimond passes AES grading

Jan 2012

Our very beautiful young stallion SIR CAPRIMOND has been graded with the AES. Now standing almost 17hh, he is a very modern, quality long legged stallion.

By the reserve World Champion SIR DONNERHALL, and out of CLAIRE by CAPRIMOND, he is a half brother of WOODLANDER DORNROSCHEN (by DIMAGGIO) who is the dam of 5 year old World Champion WOODLANDER FAROUCHE (by FURST HEINRICH).

We have a fantastic crop of foals by Capri, and 2012 will be his first year at public stud. We hope he will be of interest to all breeders of dressage horses, and we are particularly keen to see the result of DIMAGGIO and 'F' line mares to him.

Capri is in training with the Thurman-Bakers, and he is coming back to us in April until July. His fee is £500 by AI only, on NFFR terms.

Two pony stallions pass licensing

Jan 2012

Two of our homebred coloured pony stallions have passed licensing with the Welsh Pony & Cob Society.
The Longhouse Candyman is a beautiful 12.2hh palomino and white native type and The Longhouse Celebrity is a 12hh bright bay and white homozygous riding pony type.

We have a few lovely foals from 2011 by them, and some very special mares in foal for 2012.

Photo is Candy Man just after he was born

Pascal is grandsire of three award winners

Jan 2012

Our wonderful stallion PASCAL was grandsire three award winners at the British Breeders Awards dinner, in three different disciplines.

His daughter PENCADER PEARL, a former Cuddy Finalist at HOYS, was the dam of the Highest marked Show Jumping Yearling

His son, the licenced stallion PIK POLO, was the sire of the top Eventing three year old in 2011

His daughter PRUSSIAN BLUE was the dam of Donnersohn's 6 year old Dressage Champion DONNERGROLLEN

Pascal died in 2009, we stood him for 12 years, and he left wonderful horses, with exceptional movement. His son SPRING PASCAL is one of the most exciting young Grand Prix horses in the UK.

Donnersohn's son DONNERGROLLEN wins BEF award

Jan 2012

Suzy being awarded the British Dressage 6 year old dressage horse of the year award from Jennie Loriston-Clarke at the British Breeders awards dinner, for Jennifer Johnston and Janet Jones fabulous Donnersohn x Pascal black gelding DONNERGROLLEN.

Purchased from us as a foal, he has had a fantastic year, placing third in the novice open Championships at the Winters, he was then Reserve Champion Shearwater 6 year old, and went on to win his first medium test with over 72%.

Jennifer also has his two year old full brother, his 3/4 brother the successful PSG horse DONNERGOTT and his half brother the three year old Donnerubin.

We have an amazing moving yearling colt for sale, out of his dam, by Sir Caprimond, and she is carrying Donnergrollen's full sibling, due in June this year.

Plasderw Nefol - Welsh Sec A

Oct 2011

A few years ago we bought the prettiest Welsh sec A colt foal, he was a cherry red chestnut with a very flaxen mane and tail, we bred a couple of crops from him before we decided to stop breeding sec As. I loaned him to Ginny Hassell at Monksfield stud, and she bred a couple of crops from him before she decided to move him on.

This Autumn, he has had some great successes. A gelding by Nefol, who won the Royal Welsh as a foal, was sold at Fayre Oaks for over £2,000. He then had a four year old qualified for the M&M Lead Rein at the Horse of the Year Show, and he did exceptionaly well for such a young pony, placing 2nd in a tough class.

Nefol is now gelded, but if anyone knows of any of his progeny, please send us news.

News - Also sire of LECHEVAL CHIANTI - 2009 Overall Sec A foal points winner & overall reserve Champion

Udo Van Padhuis - Super Star!

Oct 2011

In 2004 I purchased a scruffy coloured colt in Holland, he was well put together, well marked and quite handsome, but beyond all that he was an amazing athlete with three fantastic paces.

He arrived in UK, and immediately impressed us with his character, the next bonus was finding out that he could jump, he left the ground with such breathtaking ease that he seemed not to be affected by gravity.

In the four years we bred from Udo, he nearly ruined us, he produced hardly any coloureds, and we couldn't persuade dressage riders to look at youngsters by an unknown coloured, so we had his youngsters everywhere. He had a few outside mares, noteably from Verity Jenner, Lucy Sheldrake, Ted Green sent his De Niro and Ramires mares & Yvonne Skinner sent two Fleetwater Olympus mares, so between our mares and these, he never had a bad mare. He was fertile, and had in the four years 20 foals.

From these 20 the results are already phenomenal!, he now has youngsters in top dressage homes, they are winning in hand, under saddle, and have qualified for the Young Horse Championships at the BD Champs.

At home we all adored Udo, he was so kind, sensible and intelligent. If you worked him one day, he came out the next day asking what was next, he just absorbed everything you taught him.

He is now sold to Germany, he has a small homozygous son standing in Scotland next year, we have four magnificent coloured broodmares by him, and everyday we get news of more successes for his progeny.

You can see more on his page under 'Dressage Stallions' on this site.

UPDATE
I have heard from Udo's new owners in Germany, he is doing well, and is in training with the German Show Jumping Team trainer!

Ultimate at Petplan Area Festival

October 2011

What a difference a few weeks makes! This is 4 year old Ultimate with her new owner Kerri Wright at the Petplan Area Festival.

Ultimate is one of the 20 foals that Udo van Padhuis bred while he was with us. They have a fantastic record, and are now being snapped up by International riders. Udo has now been sold to Germany, we have four coloured daughters in the stud by him, two are full sisters to the Thurman Bakers new three year old UNDAUNTED, one is out of a RUBIN ROYAL mare, and the fouth is a full sister to ULTIMATE.

PONY DISPERSAL

Sept 2011

Sadly I have decided to sell nearly all the lovely Longhouse ponies, I have dropped all the prices. Please contact me if you would like a very beautiful, quality little coloured, palomino or cremello. Our ponies have won loads in the show ring, despite the oldest crop of coloureds being 3 year olds.

We have collected far too many, paid a fortune for them, and I must cut down, as I am worried this Winter is going to be more than I can afford.

There are foals, yearlings, two year olds, broodmares and a few young mares left empty, who could make super ridden ponies. Including Sec As, Bs partbreds and riding ponies.

Please contact me if you might be interested in one or two! There are more available than there are on the sale list.

Suzy 01550 777 775 or 07795 438 468
morganequine@btopenworld.com

Unsolved gets highest ever BEF vetting mark

Sept 2011

The lovely Udo van Padhuis son Unsolved has gained a high first premium at the BEF with 8.79, but more remarkable he scored 9.75 from Jane Nixon, which she said was the highest she has ever given. This puts Unsolved in the top 10 dressage 3 year olds for 2011.

He has also been shown again, and won and was champion at Bucks County in the Sports horse class, beating some fantastic horses, this was his fourth championship this year!.

This is our highest BEF mark yet, just beating San Gazelle with 8.77 and Donnergrollen with 8.75 well done Udo and Seven Percent!

Udo is now the 2nd highest rated coloured dressage sire, averaging all scores, for all years in the BEF evaluations, just 0.01% behind the leading coloured sire!

Photo is Unsolved at Morgan Equine as a two year old.

The Longhouse Glam Rock

Sept 2011

Very unusually marked 2 yr old colt we bred by Tiny Bit Famous, has had a lot of success in the show ring

2011 CHAPS 2nd Non Native pony Open Final
2011 CHAPS 2nd 2yr old Non Native Open Final
PUK Reserve Champion Polyanna home produced
Royal London 2nd Coloured class

A superb mover, he also has a huge jump. He has a fabulous temperament and would make a super lead rein or first ridden, I could see him as a little worker too.

He is for sale as his owner is emigrating to Australia. SOLD

Detective - Donnersohn x Pascal 7th BYEH Final

Update - Detective went brilliantly at Burghley, jumping clear, he did a super dressage test, and qualified for the final judging of the top ten. His fabulous trot and wonderful uphill canter stood out, and he was pulled in 7th. Superb riding and production, he couldn't have done better!

Sept 2011

Kirsty Webber's fabulous 5 year old Gelding DETECTIVE has qualified for the Burghley Young Event Horse finals again, he was there last year in the 4 year old finals, and with his rider Carrie Byrom, he is there again this year.

Bred by Morgan Equine, he is by Donnersohn, out of a mare we bred, Private Eye who is by Pascal. Congratulations to all concerned, Good luck & hope I get a chance to watch!

We have his yearling half sister WAINTHROPP for sale, she is very similar to him, but taller.

Spring Pascal & Samantha in Grand Prix at BD Champs

Sept 2011

In their first season at Grand Prix, Samantha Thurman-Baker and Spring Pascal (by Pascal) will be in the Grand Prix at the BD National Championships at Stoneleigh.

This is a fantastic achievement for a teenager on a horse she and her Mum have brought up through the levels from a four year old!

We recently visited the team at Turville Valley Stud, and loved the set up and the happy, relaxed atmosphere. We hope to send them one or two of our most exciting youngsters.

More success for Caroline Smith's Longhouse ponies

Aug 2011

At the British Skewbald & Piebald Association Championships, The Longhouse Revelation was Champion Amateur produced, and The Longhouse Los Angeles was 2nd in the Brightwells Sports Pony Finals, an amazing result for a 12.2hh yearling up against 1, 2 & 3 year olds upto 14.2hh!

These two youngsters were bred by us, by our Homozygous PBA pony stallion Tiny Bit Famous, we have a coloured full brother & sister of both these ponies for sale.

Picture is Los Angeles as a foal in 2010

Ultimate wins her first test

Aug 2011

Update on Kerri Wright and Ultimate, they went to their first show, and to quote kerri -

"It was her first competition a couple of weeks ago, she was brilliant. Took everything in her stride, stood quietly at the lorry, behaved in the warm up. She didn't even look at the judges car or white boards, and won her first test"

June 2011

The beautiful black mare ULTIMATE by Udo van Padhuis out of Seven Percent, that we sold unbroken to Kerri Wright last month, is already backed, walk, trot & cantering under saddle, she has hacked out, and so far hasn't put a foot wrong.

One of my favourite mares, Meta always wanted a cuddle and a fuss, and she is trying so hard to please Kerri, I am a proud Mum!

Udo Van Padhuis' daughter qualifies for the Pre-vac-pro

Aug 2011

Nicky Heale and her wonderful 4 year old mare COMIN' ATCHA have qualified for the Pre-vac-pro Championships at the BD National Championships. Comin' Atcha is one of the first progeny of the coloured KWPN stallion UDO VAN PADHUIS.

We stood Udo for 4 years, he produced fantastic youngsters that all had three very good paces, and wonderful brains. Most of his offspring didn't inhertit the coloured gene, and it was difficult to get people interested in coming to see them, but most are now in very good dressage homes, and I think there will soon be more making a name for themselves.

Udo is now sold to Germany, but we have four fantastic coloured broodmares by him, out of mares by Rubin Royal, Pascal (two) & Sherlock Holmes.

Nicky is a fantastic producer of young horses, she also competed our lovely World Classic son "White Russian" and in a short time won two Novice Championships in Scotland. Comin' Atcha was a top Futurity filly, gaining a double first premium, she was champion of both dressage and jumping on the day, and at the end of the season was in the top 10 marks in the UK for both SJ & dressage!

Elite Gotschna - a Tribute

Aug 2011

Born in 1984 in Germany by Schwalbenfreund ex Gurdszen,
From the family of International Trakehner Eventing stallion GRAND PRIX
Pink papered Trakehner, purchased in 1986 at the Wahler Auction
By Holme Grove Trakehners, where she bred

HOLME GROVE GENEVIVE - by Istanbul, one of their show mares who was reserve Champion at the TBF, she bred - Holme Grove GRESHAM & GUCCI, now successful dressage horses in USA. Genevive is now a broodmare with Future Sport Horses.

Having looked after Gotschna at Holme Grove in the Eightys, when she came up for sale in foal to Soloman, I purchased her, she was graded Trakehner, Elite BWBS & BHHS. She had tremendous power and movement which she passed on to her foals - Her progeny for us include -

DONNERGOTT by Donnersohn - Scottish 3 yr old Loose Jumping Champion, Multi Scottish Champion, Successful PSG dressage horse, placed 3rd in Open Novice at BD Summer Champs, Reserve Champion Pet plan PSG at BD Winter Champs.

PRUSSIAN BLUE by Pascal - Supreme Champion Sport Horse, Champion Riding Horse, Winning Broodmare BD Breeding Champs, Second Pre-vac -pro Scotland, dam of - DONNERGROLLEN by Donnersohn, Scottish multi Champion, Reserve Champion 6 yr old Shearwater finals 2011. Also dam of DON PASCAL by Donnersohn, successfull young dressage horse, winning at Novice in 2011.

WHITE RUSSIAN by World Classic - North Scotland Novice Champion, Scottish Area Festival Novice Champion

DONNERGOTSCH by Donnersohn - Medium level dressage horse, qualifed for the BD summer Champs 2011 at Elementary.

A wonderful mare, a great character, very vocal, a great mother who passed on her love of human company to her foals.

Donnergotsch qualifies for the Elementary Restricted

Aug 2011

Joanna MacIntosh Sim and her lovely Donnersohn gelding 'Donnergotsch', bred by Morgan Equine out of Elite Gotschna, won the Scottish Regionals and have qualified for the Elementary Restricted at the BD National Championships. This prestigious mare line has produced the successful dressage horses - Donnergrollen, Donnergott, Prussian Blue, Don Pascal, White Russian, Holme Grove Genevive & Donnergotsch.

Woodlander Farouche is 5 year old World Breeding Champion

8 August 2011

We have just returned from Verden where the wonder mare Woodlander Farouche won the 5 year old World Championships! She won the qualifying class on Thursday, then the Championship on Saturday, & was then presented in the Gala evening on Saturday night, so we stood for the British National Anthem 3 times!

The scores were phenomenal, she won with 9.72. Her lowest mark was higher than the highest mark of any other horse, and she broke in her extended trot, so you wonder what the marks would have been without an error! The marks were- trot 9.4, walk 10, canter 9.8, submission 9.6 & general impression 9.8.

This is a wonderful thing for British (and Welsh) breeding, her Grand dam CLAIRE is British bred, as is her dam WOODLANDER DORNROSCHEN, both bred by The Hoerners in North Wales, and Farouche herself was bred by Lynne and Dave Crowden in mid Wales!

We are particularly grateful for the wonderful campaign the Eilbergs, and her owners have given this mare. Every aspect of her preparation was perfect, and Michael rode her with such feel and sensativity, that we were all inundated with questions from the other Nations, as to who this young man was!

CLAIRE produced us two wonderful colts, that we will be standing next year, SIR CAPRIMOD & DUKE OF CAPRI, their pedigrees are now even more glittering, and we thank Farouche and all her conections for that.

1 August 2011

We are big supporters of this wonderful mare, she goes to Germany having just won two more big British Young Horse Championships with record breaking marks. At Hartpury with her superb rider, Michael Eilberg, she won the Shearwater for the second year running, she then won the Badminton Championships with an amazing 98.8%

Farouche is a granddaughter of the wonderful Caprimond mare CLAIRE, who is also the dam of our two young stallions SIR CAPRIMOND (by Sir Donnerhall) & DUKE OF CAPRI (by Donnersohn).

GOOD LUCK FAROUCHE!

Farouche's granddam has 2 Furstenball foals due

Aug 2011

Claire, the magnificnt Caprimond mare who is the granddam of Farouche, and dam of Woodlander Dornroschen, Sir Caprimond & Duke of Capri, has two recipient mares carrying her embryos by Furstenball.

Furstenball is a son of Furst Heinrich, (sire of Faruouche) and out of a Donnerhall mare (Grandsire of Dimaggio, Dornroschen's sire). Furstenball was also in action at the World Breeding Championships, and qualified for the Championships on Saturday. He is already a highly regarded sire in Germany, at the tender age of 5!

LWS Artful - Supreme Champion Coloured at RIHS

July 2011

Congratulations to Matthew Lawrence and Zoe Bartlett on their fabulous win at Hickstead. Artful is by Hollyland O'Donovan, a lovely coloured stallion bred by Wendy Campbell, who is by Donnersohn out of a Pascal mare.

Samantha & Spring Pascal 9th at European Champs

July 2011

Fantastic news from Denmark, Samantha Thurman-Baker and Spring Pascal (by Pascal) were the top Brits, qualifying for the Individual Championships Freestyle Kur, they placed 9th with 71.975%, and were awarded the prestigious QUEEN OF DENMARK CLASSICAL STYLE AWARD, from all Junior riders!

Well done to all the team at Turville Valley Stud.

Woodlander Dornroschen wins PSG at Hartpury Premiere League

July 2011

Woodlander Dornroschen and Michael Eilberg were on top form at Hartpury winning the Prix St Georges.

Dornroschen is a half sister of our young stallions SIR CAPRIMOND & DUKE OF CAPRI. All three are out of the Hanoverian mare CLAIRE by Caprimond, from the mare family of Florestan.

Donnergrollen 2011 Shearwater 6yr Reserve Champion

July 2011

Jennifer Johnston and Janet Jones' Donnergrollen had a fantastic weekend at the Hartpury CDI, becoming Shearwater 6 year old reserve Champions for 2011. The class was full of wonderful horses, and Donnergrollen was praised for having three fantastic paces. They did a foot-perfect test on Saturday morning, then went on to go perfectly in the Gala evening on Saturday night.

He is by Donnersohn out of our lovely home bred mare Prussian Blue by Pascal out of Gotschna. Jennifer also has his 3/4 brother Donnergott (also co-owned with Janet) who is competing successfully at PSG, his yearling full brother, a two year old Donnersohn colt and a palomino Donnersohn dressage pony youngster.

A breeders dream!

Super fertile Sir Caprimond

July 2011

For the second year running Sir Caprimond has got all his mares in foal on their first covering.

We have due in 2012

Mares by Rubin Royal, Davignon, Udo van Padhuis (2), Sherlock Holmes & Rosenkavalier

Sir Caprimond's niece WOODLANDER FAROUCHE is representing the UK at the WORLD BREEDING CHAMPIONSHIPS this August.

The photo is of Farouche's granddam CLAIRE in 2009 with her colt by Donnersohn

Ultimate under saddle

June 2011

The beautiful black mare ULTIMATE by Udo van Padhuis out of Seven Percent, that we sold unbroken to Kerri Wright last month, is already backed, walk, trot & cantering under saddle, she has hacked out, and so far hasn't put a foot wrong.

One of my favourite mares, Meta always wanted a cuddle and a fuss, and she is trying so hard to please Kerri, I am a proud Mum!

White Magician sold

June 2011

I had a tear in my eye when Magician left this week, he is such a lovely boy, he will be missed, however, he has gone to Christine Donaldson who also has Unsolved and Utrecht, so I am looking forward to news of him successfully out and about in the future.

We had the loveliest tall, elegant coloured filly this year by him, that we are retaining, called White Magic.

Spring Pascal Grand Prix debut

June 2011

Pascal's super star son SPRING PASCAL continues to amaze! He has now completed his first Grand Prix with his young rider Samantha Thurman Baker, at Addington Premier League Show they got a very respectable 67%.

They have also qualified for the Nationals at PSG & Int I, winning the former with 72% and placing second in the latter with 69% both at Keysoe.

The photo is of them is SAUMUR in France where they placed second in all their classes!

Next, the European Championships, good luck Sam, we'll all be cheering for you!

Sir Caprimond's first crop of foals

May 2011

Our wonderful stallion Sir Caprimond, has bred us five outstanding foals, all are bright bay (one is a bay coloured), and he has really stamped them, they are an exceptionally quality, elegant, beautiful group, very correct, with super elastic movement.

They are out of fantastic mares, including the dams of Donnergrollen, Perfect Crime, Unsolved, Unadorned, Ubinstein, Don Pasco etc. All the foals are FOR SALE.

Donnergott & Donnergrollen win four classes

May 2011

A fantastic weekend in Scotland for the Donnersohn boys

Donnergott and Jennifer Johnston won the Prix st Georges with over 70%

Donnergrollen and Jennifer won the 6 year old Shearwater qualifier with over 77%
& won the elementary with 75%

Jennifer has 7 Morgan Equine horses on her yard! Including four Donnersohn boys, the two youngsters are a full brother of Donnergrollen and a son of our Rubin Royal mare.

Donnergotsch wins 2 music qualifiers

May 2011

Joanna MacIntosh Sim and her lovely Donnersohn son, won both the Medium and Elementary music qualifiers. Joanna also has aDonnerson youngster, the brilliant moving Don Pasco who is out of our beautiful Pascal daughter Pocahontas.

Unsolved Champion at Herts County

May 2011

The beautiful 3 year old by UDO VAN PADHUIS and out of SEVEN PERCENT has won another Sports Horse class, this time at Hertfordshire County, and he went on to be Champion under judge Mike Bullen. Superbly produced by Christine Donaldson, who bought him last year, and now has three of our boys.

Unsolved wins on his in-hand debut

May 2011

The lovely son of Udo van Padhuis and Seven Percent, that we sold last year to Christine Donaldson, has been out to do his first in-hand Sports Horse Class. He won a big class, and the judge comented that he had never seen such a stunning moving horse.

Unsolved was a big favourite, very beautiful, and also a lovely personality.

The Longhouse Bronze qualifies for RIHS

Mar 2011

Alexandria Aungier, has produced the beautiful dark cream gelding The Longhouse Bronze to qualify for the Royal International Horse Show. He is only 4 years old, and is by our wonderful sec B stallion Longhousefarm Degas and out of one of our most successful mares Fofsway Reverie.

Alexandria has one more Longhouse ponies, a 2009 coloured colt, out of Top Hat.

Woodlander Farouche wins Vidauban by nearly 20%

Mar 2011

Claire's grand daughter Woodlander Farouche, out of Woodlander Dornroschen won the 5 year old young dressage horse class at the Vidauban CDI3 in France with 94.2%. The next nearest horse had almost 20% less, and the 6 year old winner was over 10% lower.

Our son of Claire - 'Sir Caprimond' has five foals due this Spring, out of some of our best mares, so very exciting!

Two ponies qualify for the Brightwells Sports Pony Championships

Mar 2011

Caroline Smith's two little coloured ponies by Tiny Bit Famous have placed 1st & 2nd in a qualifier for the Brightwells Sports Pony Championships. THE LONGHOUSE REVELATION, a two year old filly was first, and THE LONGHOUSE LOS ANGELES a yearling colt was second, not bad when both are only going to make 12.2hh!

Don Pascal wins his first test with 71%

March 2011

Great news of Donnergrollen's full brother DON PASCAL, he has won his first dressage test with 71% at Oldencraig. He was a wonderful foal, we nearly kept him as a stallion.

By Donnersohn out of Prussian Blue, he joins a family of Champions, DONNERGROLLEN won 3 regionals this week, was featured in H&H and on the BD site, and his 3/4 brother DONNERGOTT won another regionals and has been winning consistently at PSG.

Last week DONNERGOTSCH won two elementary tests and had a super photo in H&H.

Don Pascal's owner & rider Joanne has turned down several offers for him, and says he is the nicest horse she has owned, she has sold all her other horses to concentrate on him. He is entered for young horse classes this Spring, so I will keep my fingers crossed and await news!

These four boys are by Donnersohn, two are out of the wonderful Trakehner mare 'Gotschna' by Schwalbenfreund and the younger two are out of her daughter Prussian Blue' by Pascal. I looked after Gotschna when she was a young mare at Holmegrove Farm in 1988, she was sold, and several years later I bought her from a Horse and Hound advert. She is also the dam of Holme Grove Genevive who was a top show mare.

Double Agent's first competition

Jan 2011

Double Agent, owned by Bert Sheffield, has been to her first dressage and gained two second places. Only 4 years old, she behaved beautifully, and is fulfilling her potential as a future para horse for Bert.

Sept 2010

While we were at Burghley we went to see our lovely 3 year old filly Double Agent, a daughter of DONNERSOHN and PRIVATE EYE. She was sold last year to Para rider Bert Sheffield, she has just started work under saddle and is walk, trot & cantering happily in the school and hacking out.

She looked fabulous, still had the same friendly relaxed outlook and has developed into a very smart horse.

She is the full sister of DETECTIVE, who we also caught up with at Burghley, see below.

Woodlander Farouche Supreme Shearwater Champion

September 2010

Our wonderful big Caprimond mare Clare's grand daughter Farouche has won another young horse championship, I watched her for the first time at the BD Champs, and was quite overwhelmed by the German judge's total appreciation of her.

Claire has bred us two amazing colts, Sir Caprimond who is by Sir Donnerhall, and the fabulous yearling Duke of Capri, who is by Donnersohn.

In 2011 we hope to take embryos from Clare and hopefully breed a filly to keep.

The Longhouse Revelation RP Youngstock Champion

Sept 2010

Caroline Smith's beautiful yearling pony filly THE LONGHOUSE REVELATION had a successful outing at World of Colour, the BSPA Champonships, she was top Riding pony yearling and went on to be Youngstock Champion.

Revelation was bred by the stud, she is by our homozygous stallion Rode To Fame and out of the beautiful mare Fofsway Reverie, she will make 12.2hh.

This year Caroline has bought the stunning dun and white colt foal THE LONGHOUSE LOS ANGELES, who is by the same sire, and out of Doylan Meia, the dam of muli champion and silver medal winner LONGHOUSE FARM ANGEL.

Demi's daughter Supreme at World of Colour

Sept 2010

Demi Tasse, a daughter of DONNERSOHN and WINNIE bred by the stud, has herself bred the Supreme champion in hand at BSPA World of Colour Championship Show. 'Doylan Yves St Lauren' is owned by Helen Davis and Jason Newbold and bred by Fiona Livermore.

Winnie was a wonderful German Hanoverian mare by the great WERTHER, standing not much over 15hh, she sadly had to be put down this last Winter, at 23 years of age.

White Classic wows at BWBS

Sept 2010

The magnificent grey mare we bred by WORLD CLASSIC out of DAISBURY GRAF by DON JUAN has excelled at the British Warmblood Show, in her grading she went Select and was awarded a BRONZE MEDAL! Her colt foal at foot by the wonderful FLORISCOUNT was not only Champion foal, but also RESERVE SUPREME of the show!

We sold Classic in 2008 in foal to Donnersohn, to Cathmoor Stud, congratulations to them for producing her and her foal so well.

White Classic is a full sister of the beautiful little mare White Dove, who has also excelled in the show ring.

Detective wins Burghley Young Event Horse

Aug 2010

The 4 year old Donnersohn x Private Eye gelding DETECTIVE who won a BEF double 1st Premium last year, has been proving his versatility, he has won 17 BD points placing 1st or 2nd every time. He was 5th in the Frys International Young Dressage Horse qualifier out of 28, he is jumping 1.10m and to top it all, he has won and qualified for The Burghley Young Event Horse Finals!

Donnersohn has very little TB blood, he is Donnerhall/Weltmeyer/Golfstrom. We bred Detective's dam, PRIVATE EYE, she is by Pascal who had a little TB blood he was by Pik Bube who was by a son of Pik As xx, his dam was by Duft, a son of Der Lowe xx. Private Eye's dam Seven Percent is by Sherlock Holmes (Salvano) and out of a Western Star mare.

We are very proud of Detective, his temperament is fantastic, and he is multi talented. If you are looking for a super youngster, he is for sale.

UPDATE Sept 2010

Detective is now sold to a super home, he went beautifully at Burghley, did a beautiful dressage test, but was a bit green in the jumping. Hopefully we will get lots of news of him in the future.

The Longhouse Poet Laureate res champ at RWAS

July 2010

The beautiful filly by TINY BIT FAMOUS out of CYNBROOK CANDYTUFT that we bred last year had been out showing this Summer, she was res champ at Cheshire County and has just been awarded reserve champion coloured at the Royal Welsh, against all the ridden and in hand coloureds, beautifully shown by her owners from CARRHOUSE STUD.

We have sold her 2010 full sister, the beautiful bay roan coloured THE LONGHOUSE PINK POET, and our young palomino and white coloured stallion THE LONGHOUSE CANDYMAN is out of the same dam.

CONGRATULATIONS!

July 2010

Spring Pascal, Sam Thurman-Baker, Northcliffe Farm and Pascal!

Highest placed Brits at the Jr European Championships in Kronberg Germany. They placed 12th in the Team and individual tests, qualifying for the Freestyle.

Cathmoor Donna Dee res ch BEF

July 2010

A lovely yearling filly out of White Classic and by Donnersohn has just gained a good BEF first premium at The College, with a score of 8.46 the second highest on the day. She is owned by Sarah Watson, who bought the dam from us.

She is not only by our lovely Donnersohn, we also bred her dam, who is by our wonderful World Classic and out of Dainsbury Graf, a 7/8 sister of the Hanoverian State Stud stallion Don Edwardo, from the mare family of the Sandro Hit son Sansisco.

Donnersohn now has Donnergrollen with 8.75, Detective with 8.54 and Donna Dee with 8.46, an average of 8.58 for dressage.

White Classic's 2010 foal gained an elite mark of 9.09, giving her a dressage broodmare mark of 8.77 from her 2 progeny, ranking her NO 1 DRESSAGE BROODMARE IN UK at this time!!!

Misty Marsh Donner Eclipse

July 2010

Donnersohn's foal MISTY MARSH DONNER ECLIPSE has won the Sport horse Breeding foal class at Kent County, her dam Red Eclipse was placed 2nd in her class. The foal was conceived with chilled semen last year

Woodlander Farouche is Badminton Champion

July 2010

Claire, our wonderful Caprimond mare who is the dam of our stallion SIR CAPRIMOND, is also the dam of WOODLANDER DORNROSCHEN, whose 1st foal FAROUCHE has just won the Badminton Young Horse Championships with the amazing mark of 9.5. Last Autumn she performance tested with the Hanoverians with similar marks.

Ridden by Michael Eilberg, she is regarded as one of the most exciting young Olympic prospects!

Claire is from the family of Florestan, they share the same grand dam, and Farouche is by Furst Heinrich, who is descended from Florestan, Furst Heinrich was also out of a Donnerhall mother, and Dornroschen is by Dimaggio whose sire is by Donnerhall, so Farouche is line bred to both Donnerhall and Florestan's dam line.

We are breeding Claire to Donnersohn who is by Donnerhall, and we hope to cross her and her progeny with our future stallion prospect FLAWLESS who is by FLORISCOUNT a Florencio/Donnerhall son.

PS DORNROSCHEN wins PSG at HARTPURY
FAROUCHE wins Sheerwater at HARTPURY

Spring Pascal selected for Junior Team

June 2010

Sam Thurman-Baker and her Pascal gelding SPRING PASCAL have been selected to represent GB in the Junior Dressage Team.

Congratulations! and good luck!

Jennifer Johnston & Janet Jones' boys win 6 classes!

June 2010

Donnergott and Donnergrollen won all 6 of their classes at Rowallen last week, Donnergott is competing at Advanced level, and won his first Inter I, and Donnergrollen who is five this year won his first ever elementary test.

Donnergotsch, the younger full brother of Donnergott, who is owned and ridden by Jo McIntosh also won two classes at the same show, making a total of 8 for Donnersohn's black boys!

White Magician's 1st coloured colt

June 2010

Our beautiful coloured Pascal mare PERDITA has produced another fabulous coloured foal, this one is possibly homozygous, as he is by our fab young coloured Warmblood stallion WHITE MAGICIAN, who is a son of the Hanoverian International Grand Prix stallion Wanninger, and out of a daughter of Hanoverian stallion & World 6 year old Champion DIMAGGIO.

Sir Caprimond's first foal

June 2010

Our beautiful young stallion Sir Caprimond has sired his first foal, SANTA ROSA is a tall, elegant, uphill bay filly out of a lovely Hanoverian mare by Pascal.

He has also had his first three mares scanned in foal this week, and is due to go to Woodlander stud to prepare for grading this month.

Flawless Oldenburg coloured colt

May 2010

This is our new boy, bred by United Coloured Stud, this very beautiful colt is by the sensational Florencio/Donnerhall son Floriscount and out of a mare by the very successful coloured stallion Sempatico.

Flawless was born on 8th May 2010, and comes to us at weaning this Autumn.

Detective unbeaten

May 2010

The first foal of our wonderful Pascal mare PRIVATE EYE, is for sale. Only 4, he is unbeaten in dressage this year, last year he won a BEF double first premium, and was champion of SJ and res champion of dressage on the day.

A son of our lovely Donnersohn, he is for sale for £14,000

Addington Premier League

May 2010

Junior rider Sam Thurman-Baker beat all the top seniors to win one PSG beating Claire's daughter Woodlander Dornroschen, the places were reversed in the other PSG, with Sam and Pascal coming a close second.

Claire's grand daughter, out of Dornroschen, the fabulous Woodlander Farouche won the Shearwater 4 year old class, she is expertly ridden by Michael Eilberg, who also rides her Mum.

Stallions going to prepare for licensing at Woodlander Stud

April 2010

We had a flying visit from Lynne Crowden and her German rider Carsten, to see SIR CAPRIMOND with a vue to preparing him for grading this Autumn. Lynne has his sister WOODLANDER DORNROESCHEN and her daughter WOODLANDER FAROUCHE.

Whilst they were here they saw a few of the other youngsters, and fell for the fabulous Donnersohn x TB colt DAUPHIN, so they have decided to license him themselves.

So this Autumn, all being well Lynne and Carsten will be preparing Sir Caprimond and Dauphin for grading.

In the meantime, we will be preparing our fab coloured colts WHITE MAGICIAN & USTINOV for BWBS & Sports Pony gradings from home.

DAUPHIN

Donnergotsch at the Winters

April 2010

It was great to see Donnergotsch again, we hadn't seen him since he was sold two years ago, he was such a favourite at home, a three year old colt with the character of a Teddy Bear.

Jo kept such a cool head, coming into the indoor arena for the first time, Donnergotsch halted, caught a glimpse of the huge flags above him and took flight. Luckily it was a test to music, so Jo continued in the direction they were heading and made up the trot work, then did her canter work in reverse. The test finished perfectly with the music, and they received the respectable score of over 61%.

Well done to both of them, next time will be a piece of cake!

Spring Pascal wins PSG at the Winters

April 2010

Sam Thurman Baker & Spring Pascal, fresh from their first International trip to Austria, do a fabulous PSG to win the Pet Plan.

Donnergott Runner up to Spring Pascal in the PSG

April 2010

The Donnersohn son Donnergott was 2nd in the PSG at the Winter Champs to the Pascal son Spring Pascal.
A one two for the stud!

Theodore at the Winters

April 2010

Teddy and his owner Katie Barr do an immaculate test in the Advanced Medium Championships at the Winters at Hartpury, their PSG is faultless too, but the judges don't seem to appreciate him!

Donnergott, Theodore, Spring Pascal, Donnergrollen & Donnergotsch

March 2010

The stud has five horses qualified for the BD Winter Championships!

Three horses qualified for the Petplan Prix St Georges Champs
Donnergott by Donnersohn, bred by the stud
Theodore by Troubador, bred by the stud
Spring Pascal by Pascal, bred by the Palmers

Two qualified for the Novice to music
Donnergotsch by Donnersohn, bred by the stud (photo)
Donnergrollen by Donnersohn, bred by the stud

Go boys!

PASCAL has been put down

Feb 2010

Very sadly, on Saturday morning, we had Pascal peacefully put to sleep, he had layed down the night before and could not get up, despite our efforts, it was decided to let him go. He was the most wonderful stallion, a total gentleman, he loved life, loved his girls, and lived in the mare barn, where he like to chat to everyone as they went past.

He has become much respected for his progeny, he passed on his beautiful type, his character, soundness, tremendous movement, and probably most outstanding, he seemed to allways pass on an incredible quick hind leg.

He will be much missed, and we wish we had kept a Pascal son, but we have a wonderful legacy of broodmares, who are already producing champions. His wonderful son Spring Pascal is flying the flag, and we have high hopes for his future too.

The Longhouse Dimension at Rockbury Stud

Jan 2010

A pretty picture of one of our ponies, this is Dimension a 2009 colt by Tiny Bit Famous out of our Cusop Dimension daughter, Borderland Amber.

Thank you Maria for the beautiful photos.

Two mares receive BEF Awards

Dec 09

Two of our lovely mares have received BEF awards for their progeny results this year

PRIVATE EYE'S son DETECTIVE won a double first premium
ROYALE GAZELLE'S daughter SAN GAZELLE won a dressage first premium

Both were champion on the day, and both are their dam's FIRST FOALS!

The lovely mare Purdey, who we bred by Pascal, and sold at the Equilibra auction as a yearling, was also awarded a BEF award, when her first foal won a 1st Premium.

Donnerubin in his new home with Donnergrollen

Dec 09

Jennifer Johnston has added a third DONNERSOHN to her stable. Already she rides Donnergott, successful at PSG & Donnergrollen unbeatable in novice tests at just 4 years old, both jointly owned with Janet Jones.

Donnerubin may be the best of the lot! A son of our beautiful coloured Rubin Royal/Ragazzo mare, he is going to be the biggest, and has phenomenal movement and a brilliant character.

His dam Royale Gazelle's first foal was one of the top 2 year olds at the BEF evaluations this year, Champion on the day, gaining a very high first premium of 8.77 and ending up in the top 3 in the UK. Royale Gazelle has just been awarded premium broodmare status.

Donnergrollen also had brilliant BEF results last year, champion with 8.75, qualifying for the Championships.

GO TEDDY!

Dec 09

Wonderful news in Horse & Hound this week, THEODORE who we haven't heard of since he was sold to Scotland about 12 years ago, has won at the Scottish Area Festival, both ADVANCED MEDIUM OPEN & PRIX ST GEORGES - and in a snaffle!

Teddy was such a lovely chap, he was by the lovely Selle Francais stallion TROUBADOR who we stood for several years and out of a wonderful HACKNEY mare ARDKINGLAS BONNIE MARY, not Welsh as H&H assumed.

Congratulations to Katie Barr who owns and rides him, who has had him for 7 years. Katie, thanks for the picture.

Donnergrollen keeps on winning

Nov 09

Jennifer Johnston and the DONNERSOHN son Donnergrollen, who is only 4 years old, won two novice classes with over 71% at Ladyleys on 22 November. He is now consistently over 70%, his latest test at the beginning of December he won with over 75%.

We have Donnergrollen's yearling full sister available for sale to a competition home.

Paramour - Grade C SJ - For sale

Nov 09

The PASCAL x DAINSBURY GRAF son Paramour is for sale, a 16.2hh, 7 year old Hanoverian gelding, he has won over £600 SJ and done well in unaffiliated dressage, with three very good paces. His dam bred us some very good horses, she is by the great sire of SJs Don Juan, and she is a 7/8 sister of the Hanoverian state stud stallion Don Eduardo, and from the same family as the very successful Sandro Hit son SANSISCO.

Based in Essex, he is £8,000 and the Tel no is 0208 4180 464

Donnergott has the X Factor

Oct 09

Jeninifer Johnston and her wonderful Donnersohn son DONNERGOTT led the Scottish team to win the recent Home International at Rowallan. They convincingly won the Prix St Georges section, averaging over 69% on the Saturday.

The Scottish team beat 31 teams from all over the UK, including a team from Wales.

The stud's mares have a brilliant year

Oct '09

So far this year our brood of mares have produced amazing results

ROYALE GAZELLE'S first foal is 3rd highest marked dressage 2 yr old in the UK and she is Champion on the day, gaining a high first premium of 8.77

PRIVATE EYE'S first foal wins a double first premium in dressage and jumping he is jumping champion and dressage reserve champion with 8.54 for both

PRUSSIAN BLUE'S first foal qualifies for the Young Horse Champs at Hartpury and at 4 yrs old is Novice Champion at the Scottish Championships

CLAIRE'S daughter wins the National Advanced Medium Championships at the National Dressage Championships
CLAIRE'S grand daughter is Champion of the mare performance test at the Hanoverian Show with amazing marks of 9, 91/2 & 10

SEVEN PERCENT'S daughter qualifies for the National Dressage Championships at Medium level and places 6th

RONA DIVA'S two year old daughter is Supreme Champion, showing in Sport Horse Classes this Summer

All our mares with foals of competiton age.

Photo is Prussian Blue's colt DONNERGROLLEN who was Scottish Novice Champion this Summer

Woodlander Stud's progeny from CLAIRE are supreme!

Oct 09

Our wonderful Hanoverian mare Claire, by Caprimond has bred a real superstar via her daughter, the wonder mare DORNROESCHEN by Dimaggio.

Dornroeschen had one year at stud before she embarked on her World beating career undersaddle, her offspring - WOODLANDER FAROUCHE seems to be even better than her Mum! Supreme Champion in hand, she has just won the Hanoverian Performance test with marks that most stallions couldn't touch - all her marks were 9 or above, with an amazing 10 for canter, and Lynne quotes the German judges as saying that they could have given 10 for all her paces.

With Dornroeschen lined up as Michael Eilberg's Olympic horse, perhaps Maria will get lucky and have Farouche! Lets hope so.

Dream World - a mini Donnersohn

Oct 09

Donnersohn's 15.1hh daughter DREAM WORLD, bred by the stud, out of the beautiful World Classic daughter WHITE DOVE has been winning in the dressage ring.

With her young rider, she has gained 56 points and placed 3rd at the regionals, narrowly missing a place at the Nationals.

The spitting image of her Dad, this fabulous moving little mare is for sale.

Tel 01484 324 520 or email jane.mellor@ntlworld.com

Four qualified for the Nationals

Sept 09

We have four horses qualified for the National dressage championships at Medium and Advanced Medium level.

DONNERGOTT by Donnersohn
PERFECT CRIME by Pascal
SPRING PASCAL by Pascal
PHOEBUS by Pascal

And DORNROESCHEN out of Claire
Good luck to all!

Donnergrollen - Scottish National Champion

Sept 09

Janet Jones and Jennifer Johnston's gorgeous black Donnersohn x Prussian Blue son DONNERGROLLEN has done it again, at only 4 years old he has won the Scottish Novice Championships, in a class of 49, despite very few outings. He gained 4 nines, and amazing collective marks of two 8s and two 9s!

UDO daughter double Champion at BEF

Aug 09

Nicky Heale's fabulous 2 year old filly COMIN' ATCHA by our wonderful coloured stallion, UDO VAN PADHUIS (now sold to Germany) has just been awarded the highest marked two year old for both dreesage and jumping at the BEF in Aberdeen, gaining 8.6 for dressage, the 5th highest score in the Country and 8.5 for Jumping the 6th highest mark in the Country, giving her a DOUBLE FIRST PREMIUM, our second this year, joining DETECTIVE by Donnersohn.

We have some amazing mares in the stud UDO.

Futurity 2 Champions & Res Champion

July 09

Two of our horses have done the futurity so far, SAN GAZELLE was Champion 2 yr dressage filly with a score of 8.77, and is now third that catagory.

DETECTIVE was reserve Champion 3yr gelding in the dressage section with a mark of 8.54 making him no 7 in the UK and & champion in the show jumping! with a mark also of 8.54, making him no 11 in the UK. A DOUBLE FIRST PREMIUM.

San Gazelle is by Sandro Hit out of our coloured mare Royale Gazelle by Rubin Royal, and Detective is by Donnersohn out of our lovely Pascal mare Private Eye - her first foal.

Last years overall dressage champion at the finals, Woodlander Farouche is a grand daughter of our lovely Caprimond mare CLAIRE, out of her daughter the Shearwater Champion Woodlander Dornroeshen.

Two homebred mares are in top 10 dressage broodmares in UK 2008
Last year our beautiful home bred Pascal mare PRUSSIAN BLUE was the fourth highest rated dressage broodmare in the UK! and another home bred mare WHORLWIND by World Classic was seventh!

DONNERSOHN has the 7th highest average for dressage stallions in BEF Futurity overall rankings, of stallions from UK and abroad.

Not to be out done PASCAL'S last foal, PREMIERE out of our mare WHORLWIND by World Classic, gained a first premium last year and was reserve champion dressage two year old.

Pascal's daughter breeds another champion

June 2009

Romanno studs lovely Pascal mare PASCALE is dam of the beautiful SHP yearling filly by Deanhills Royal Jubilee, ROMANNO ROMANY GYPSY . She is seen here when she was SHP breeding Champion at Suffolk County Show.

Her 2009 filly foal is sold already.

Dainsbury Champion at Wellington

May 09

Donnersohn's talented son Dainsbury was Elementary Champion at the Wellington Unaffiliated Champs. Standing nearly 18hh he has been registered by his owner Debbie Poynter as 'High and Mighty'. He then placed 4th in his first affiliated test.

He is definitely on my 'One to watch' list.

Phoebus 3rd at winter Champs

April 09

The Pascal son Phoebus and his owner Anna Howard placed third at the Winters in the Medium Restricted, he has also competed and placed second in his first advanced test and qualified for the Summer Regionals at Advanced Medium.

Not a bad few weeks work!

Winter Champions

April 09

The stud had a great Winter Champs, SPRING PASCAL with his young rider Samantha Thurman Baker did their usual immaculate test to win the Petplan Advanced Medium Championships by about 3%. Pascal looks more and more like a very interesting Grand Prix prospect.

Despite Jennifer being almost unable to walk with a back in spasm, DONNERGOTT placed in the Restricted Advanced Medium Championships. The judging was a bit bizarre, with two judges having her 4th and 5th and the third placing her 2nd last, 26 marks behind! Nothing new there then.

Two other Pascal horses PHOEBUS & PHOEBE, bred by Roz Palmer, (wife of Dennis who bred Spring Pascal) placed in their respective classes too.

So well done to the Dads, Donnersohn and Pascal, a big kiss for both of them.

Indigo sold to Luxembourg

April 09

Our beautiful Insterburg coloured Oldenburg filly has been sold to Bianca Veiders in Luxembourg, she will be graded, performance tested and put in foal to the top Oldenburg dressage stallions.

But we have not lost touch with her, and her foals will be posted on the site when they are for sale.

Udo colt tested Homozygous

Mar 09

Our beautiful Davignon mare has surpassed herself, giving us a beautiful, incredible moving HOMOZYGOUS coloured colt by the highly graded stallion Udo Van Padhuis.

Born in 2008, "Ustinov" is her first foal, he is not very big, but he will breed 100% coloured offspring. We are keeping him for now!

Provence and Christina at their first show

Mar 09

The lovely Pascal son Provence, who was the subject of much admiration on the Horse & Hound forum, has been to his first dressage show with his devoted owner Christina Jones. Both behaved beautifully!

Three horses in Horse & Hound this week

Mar 09

Udo Van Padhuis - succesfully graded with Scottish Sports Horse
Donnergrollen - wins his first ever test, and places 2nd with 66% in his first novice
Donnergott - wins the Prix St Georges at the same show

Three horses sold in one week!!!

Mar 09

Things seem to be picking up. We have sold three lovely two year old fillies to three lovely homes!

Unadorned, who is to be campaigned at the County shows this Summer.

Four qualified for the Winter Championships

Mar 09

Both DONNERGOTT (Donnersohn) and SPRING PASCAL (Pascal) have qualified for the Winter Dressage Championships at Advanced Medium.

Two more Pascals, PHOEBUS & PHOEBE have also qualified.

A clean sweep!

Feb 09

News from Scotland, two of our horses met at a big in hand show, both won their classes, and ended up Champion and Reserve Champion Warmblood well done to Donnergrollen and Udo van Padhuis.

Udo van Padhuis - Top of his licencing

Feb 09

Scott Sinclair has produced Udo to get top marks of all the horses at the Scottish Sporthorse stallion Grading.
The comments from the Judges were all positive, they loved his type, movement and his jumping!

Well done Udo, we new you could do it!

Donnergott qualifies for Young Horse Prix St George Champs

Dec 08

In his first few tests at Prix St George, Donnersohn's brilliant son has qualified for the Young Horse Championships at Wellington in June. Well done Jennifer!

Udo van Padhuis sold to Scotland

Oct 08

Our beautiful coloured Dutch warmblood stallion has been sold to Scott Sinclair in Scotland. Although we are all sad to see him go, we are looking forward to the start of a great competetive career. He will also be standing at stud, and we hope to still use him via chilled semen.

Scot started Udo under saddle a couple of years ago, and fell for his wonderful personality, fantastic will to work and amazing athletic ability. so we know he has gone where he will be loved and appreciated.

Donnergott wins open combined training

Oct 08

Donnersohn's wonderful son Donnergott has not only won an open combined training, but he has also got 68.5% in his first advanced dressage test!

We need a picture of Jennifer and Donnergott in topper and tails please.

Spring Pascal wins Advanced Medium Regional Festival

Oct 08

Pascal's fabulous son has done it again, with Sam, he has won his Area Festival at Advanced Medium, and so qualified for the Winter Championships in April

Who's that distinguished lady with her beady eye on him?

Donnergrollen qualifies for BD Breeding champs

Aug 08

Jennifer Johnson and Janet Jones fabulous DONNERSOHN three year old has qualified for the BD Breeding championships. To do this he has had to be awarded one of the four highest scores in the UK at BEF Evaluations all over the country. He is out of our lovely Pascal mare Prussian Blue.

Indigo's sister is champion at Brookhouse Stud's Foal Championships

Aug 08

DIE BUNTE a coloured foal, out of the same dam as our coloured yearling filly INDIGO M has been selected for the ELITE OLDENBURG FOAL AUCTION after winning the filly foal championships at the 6th Brookhouse Stud foal Championships in Germany.

Poeticaly described in the catalogue as 'extravagance in it's purest form' she is the only coloured in the Elite Auction of 147 foals.

UPDATE, SHE WAS SOLD FOR 36,000 EUROS TO THE TOP DRESSAGE RIDER SISSY MAX-THEURER

Spring Pascal Under 21s Medium Champions again

July 08

Spring Pascal and Samantha have done it again, champions at Addington and winners of the open music challenge on 83%.

MORE NEWS

Samantha and Spring Pascal have now Qualified for the Medium Restricted at the National Dressage Championsips at Stoneleigh

Spring Pascal International Junior Medium Champion

July 08

Pascal's fabulous 7 year old son SPRING PASCAL out of a Cleveland Bay mare, and bred by the Palmers at Northcliffe Farm, has been in winning form this month with his rider Samantha Thurman-Baker, he was Junior Medium Champion at the Friendly International at Marlton Stud.

World Peace - dressage star

June 08

World Peace has just qualified for the Dressage Masters final at Hickstead, what a double, last year he jumped around the mini Hickstead Derby too!

World Classic's beautiful son has been winning in the dressage arena with his rider Tony Whipps (see his picture jumping at Hickstead below). His lovely owner Suzy Moorhouse tells me he has been out 5 times since March and won 3 firsts and 4 seconds with scores up to 76.99%.

Dainsbury at Addington Premiere League

May 08

After his 4 year old Championship last year, Dohnersohn's mega 5 year old 'Dainsbury' and his owner Debbie are now having lessons with Suzanne Daviies, a couple of shows are planned for experience this year, but he is so huge that next season is when his competition career is planned to really get started.

Elcaro's son MAKSYMILIAN 12th in World Cup Finals

Mar 08

Maksymilian , a son of Udo's sire ELCARO wowed the crowd at the 2008 Dressage World Cup Finals with his fantastic passage, extravagent canter and extensions, they placed 12th, ahead of many more established combinations.

Ridden by American Janet Hanningan, they represented USA after placing 2nd with 72.8% at the Palm Beach Dressage Derby on 2nd March this Spring. We are hoping they will contiue to progress and perhaps be lucky enough to represent USA at the Olympics this Summer.

Donnergott qualifies again

Mar 08

Donnersohn's superstar son DONNERGOTT has started 2008 by qualifying for the Winter Championships at both Medium and Advanced Medium, he will be 8 this Summer, and hopefully we will have a picture of Jennifer in tophat and tails before the end of the year.

The photo is of Donnergott and Jennifer out hacking.

Donnergotsch under saddle

Jan 08

The lovely Donnersohn three year old colt we sold in the Autumn is undersaddle and being a star. Still entire, his new owner Joanna McIntosh was planning to cut him, but he has been so easy she has not felt the need to.

Gorsddu Georgia - performance champion

Nov 2007

Sarah Mason's fab Pascal mare has won 68 BD points in her first affiliated season ridden by Louise Hutchinson, she has also qualified for the Winter Regionals.

Bred by Val Huggins she is out of a Welsh cob mare Felinfach Susan, and she has just been awarded the WPCS Partbred mare performance award for 2007.

Donnersohn grandson 'Coloured foal of the Year'

Nov 07

Fiona Livermore has done it again, she has produced the coloured colt out of our lovely Demi Tasse (Donnersohn x Winnie by Werther) by her coloured PBA stallion to win the coloured foal championship at The Foal of the Year Show in Solihull.

He is out of the same Donnersohn mare who bred the sale topper at her fabulous reduction sale this Summer.

Another win! in his 2nd outing he has won his class at the Winter Fair at Builth.

Donnergrollen first premium

Oct 07

Jennifer Johnson and Janet Jones, who own Donnergott, bought his threequarter brother, the lovely black colt Donnergrollen from us as a foal, he is now a beautiful two year old colt.

He has just gone forward for evaluation under two foreign judges for SSH, he was much admired and praised, especially for his movement, and awarded a first premium. Out of 145 horses forward he gained the third highest marks and was regarded as stallion potential.

This is especially good news for us as he is a full brother to Don Pascal the Donnersohn two year old colt that we have for sale.

Dainsbury 4 year old champion at LimeTree

Sept 07

The huge Donnersohn gelding Dainsbury was 4 year old champion at Lime Tree Equestrian, with an overall score of 8.6, (with the next horse on 7.8), and the fabulous score of 9 for potential!

Sir Caprimond in foal championship

Aug 07

Sir Caprimond qualified for the foal championship at the BHHS in August, he was then reserve champion young colt, despite jumping from the top of the ramp onto a tarmac car park when we arrived the night before, which left him moving rather flat on the day.

Photo : John Britter

Purdy passes her perormance test

Aug 07

Purdy, the lovely, little chestnut mare by Pacal out of Weichsel, who we sold as a yearling at the Equilibra auction is now owned by Katy Holder-Vale and has just successfully completed her performance test.

In a big class of top quality young mares she stood out for her fantastic powerfull paces. Her top marks came from the test rider who got a fantastic tune out of her, and she ended up highly placed with an excellent total mark. We will keep a look out for her first foal next year.

Photo : John Britter

World Peace - another World Classic jumper!

Aug 07

World Peace, known as Frodo, Suzy Moorhouse's beautiful big grey gelding by World Classic out of the lovely Paradox mare Petrushka (herself an international speed horse). Has been enjoying another successfull season jumping, last year he placed in the small Derby at Hickstead and this year he has been in the ribbons at Hickstead and Pyecombe in the 1.20m speed class.

Donnergott Qualifies for Nationals again

July 07

Donnersohn's super star son Donnergott has qualified for the Medium at the National Dressage Championships this September, this is his third year in a row, he has now qualified at 5, 6 and 7 years.

We have his 3 year old full brother for sale, a gorgeous black colt to stay under 16hh, with his brothers great temperament and outstanding paces.

White Dove CUDDY contender

July 07

The beautiful Hanoverian broodmare White dove by White Classic out of Dainsbury Graf, who we sold two years ago to Morag Valally, remains unbeaten in riding horse broodmare classes, this Summer she has been out twice and won at both the Northern Horse show and the Scottish Horse Show, where she also went on to be champion Light horse and so qualified for the CUDDY supreme championship of the show, sadly she did not win, so we won't see her at Wembly this year.

This is the second Cuddy Championship contender we have had this year, as Longhousefarm Angel got in the shake up at the Bath and West earlier in the summer.

Uno goes double premium

July 07

Delaroche Uno a 2 year old coloured filly from Udo Van Padhuis' first crop, bred by Lucy Sheldrake and owned by Claire Bevan, won premiums for for both Dressage and Show Jumping at the recent BEF evaluations at Sunnybank.

Donnersohn grand daughter tops sale

June 07

Fiona Livermore's very successful reduction sale of the Doylan stud was topped by a yearling coloured filly by her partbred arab stallion out of 'Demi' a Hanoverian mare we sold to Fiona and who is by Donnersohn out of a Werther mare.

The filly who is expected to make 15hh and is unshown made £4,000

Wonderland represents Wales

May 07

Nicola Howells and Wonderland (World classic x St Pr St Schwedin) have been selected to represent Wales at elementary level in the Inter Regional Dressage championships at Keysoe in May. He has been placed 1st or 2nd in his last 5 tests with scores in the high 70's.

Nicola has worked wonders with him, when she bought him, everyone tried to put her off as he was sticking his tongue out due to a new tooth which would not break the skin, with much patience and good husbandry he has now stopped this and is the super star we always knew he should be.

Perfect Crime qualifies for the Regionals

April 07

Mary Linnell's beautiful black Pascal mare out of Seven Percent "Perfect Crime" has qualified for the Novice regional championships before her fifth birthday, purchased from us as a 3 year old, she has taken a while to mature, but is now winning with over 73%

Foals 2007

Mar 07

We have had much earlier foals this year, and thankfully the weather has been glorious! We had a wonderful TB mare on loan, who needed to foal early so that she could go back in foal to a TB stallion this year, so in mid march she gave us the most exquisite Dark bay Donnersohn colt. Since she came to us her progeny have hit the race course with great success and I'm told she has a favourite for the next Cheltenham meeting!

To see this years foals we have opened a new section entitled "foals 2007"please have a look, as we have ELEVEN !!! to sell this year.

Phenomenal continues his winning ways

Feb 07

Beverley Smitt's lovely Pascal gelding out of Donna Diana has begun this year in the same winning form that he showed last year, when he qualified first time out for the Badminton Young Dressage Horse Championships. He won his first two classes this year with well over 70%.

Pascal's mother line gets another stallion

Nov 06

One of the top new Hanoverian stallions "LUCKY DANCE" is from the same female family as Pascal, his full sister "Pirola" is the grand dam of this son of Lucky Lionell, who received several 9's in his performance test for his paces and 10 for rideability.

White Russian double champion in one weekend.

Oct 06

This spring our lovely 7 year old grey gelding by World Classic went up to Scotland to be competed by Nicky Heale from Verity Jenner's Yard. Having done nothing since he was backed as a 3 year old this lovely horse never put a foot wrong. His first outing resulted in a win with over 80%, he then qualified for the novice regionals on the last weekend of qualification, he also qualified for the NE Scotland Championships, the Scottish Championships and the Area festival. So far he has won both the NE Championships and the Area festival at Novice level and is now preparing for the Scottish championships, but not with Nicky, as he has just been sold to the most lovely home where he has already got his new lady owner besotted with him.

Donnervogel and White Dove

Aug 06

Last year we sold the beautiful White Dove (by World Classic) in foal to Donnersohn, she went to the loveliest home where she is kept like the princess she is. This spring she had the most stunning grey colt, who has been shown in the North of England and has proved a big winner as both a sports horse and a riding horse.

He was First and reserve champion sport horse at the North Yorkshire County show, with his dam placed second and they both won their classes in the riding horse breeding at The Northern Horse Show. Then followed a journey down south for the British Dressage Breeding Championships, where he was second in his colt class and White Dove was fourth in a very strong broodmare class.

This colt is now for sale, and we were so impressed we have now put White Dove's big sister (17.1hh!) White Classic, in foal to Donnersohn for 2007.

Donnergott Scottish elementary and medium champion

July 06

Donnersohn's rising star Donnergott, has done it again, after qualifying for the regionals on his first outing at medium level, he ended up with the double by winning the elementary open and the medium restricted at the Scottish Regional Championships. So we can now look forward to a much livelier National championships on the Morgan Equine stand with or friends from Scotland enjoying themselves to the full.

Only Fools on Horses

June 06

One of the equine stars of Only Fools on Horses was by our lovely Pascal, Anna Ryder Richardson's beautiful black mare was bred by Helen Lomas out of a Traugott mare. A fully pink papered Hanoverian, she was (we thought) one of the loveliest horses on the show.

Donnersohn qualifies for Winter Regionals

Jan 06

Congratulations to Phil Woof & Donnersohn who have qualified for the BD Winter Regionals at Novice level in only a few outings!

Donnergott 3rd at the Nationals!

Sept 05

Donnergott (Donnersohn x Select Gotschna) had a superb day at the British Dressage National Championships. In the Novice Open he scored a magnificent 70.15% to come 3rd in the Dodson & Horrell Novice Open Championships. He also came 8th in the Elementary Restricted class . Congratulations to his rider Jennifer Johnston & owner Janet Jones. As he is only 5 we hope this is the start of great things!

Donnergott qualifies for the National Championships!

July 05

Donnergott (by Donnersohn out of Select Gotschna) has qualified for the British Dressage National Championships at Novice & Elementary level. We look forward to seeing him compete there!

News - July 05

We are delighted with our latest foal at the stud. A black colt by Pascal out of Seven Percent (Sherlock Holmes) with 4 white socks, a minature of his father!

Also,
Donnergott (by Donnersohn) continues his success under saddle, winning his first Elementary dressage test with 75.3%. He is now qualified for the summer regionals at Novice & Elementary.

An update on World's Fair

He continues to be successful. Results so far include 3rd in the Blue Chip performance Class at the Winter Championships, 2nd at the Welsh Masters in the six year old class, 1st place at Addington Premier League and 1st place at Towerlands.

The stud has several horses for sale by World Fairs' sire World Classic including a 6 year old stallion. Please see the for sale pages.

More success in June for our horses - BD Breeding Champs 1st place!

We had a very successful wekend at the British Dressage Breeding Championships at Addington this weekend (25 & 26th June). Prussian Blue, our Pascal mare out of Select Gotschna won her broodmare class with a very good score showing breath taking movement.

Also, more news on World Fair. He was 2nd in the 6 year old class at the Welsh Masters, which will be shown on Sky television soon.

Udo van Padhuis has another beautiful coloured foal on the ground out of the show pony mare Rosevean Sheona. A fabulously marked bay & white filly which her owners are already planning to show.

Worlds Fair Wins Again! - Walwyn Novice Champion

Worlds Fair, one of the top young show jumping stallions in Britain, won again at Windsor Show last week.
Following on from his sucess at the Zwolle International Stallion Show, Worlds Fair under Philip Spivey, was champion of the very competitive Walwyn British Novice class.

Worlds Fair is by World Classic, who stood at Morgan Equine Stud for several years until his death in 2001.

The stud has two superb prospects by World Classic currently available for sale, a mare & stallion, both lightly backed and currently in training. Please see the horses for sale section for more information.

News - May 05 - OUR FIRST COLOURED WARMBLOOD FOAL!

The stud's first colured warmblood foal was born while we were at Badminton. By Udo Van Padhuis, our KWPN Tobiano Stallion, out of Pocahontas, a Pascal mare.
The bay & white filly has been named Utopia. She is exceptionally pretty with fabulous movement & will be shown this summer.
Udo has had 100% coloured foals so far this year.

News - March 05

Donnergott features in Horse & Hound again with a first and third place in the novice classes at the Scottish Winter Dressage Championships. Rising five this year, he is an exciting prospect for owner/rider Jennifer Johnston and joint owner Janet Jones.. He follows on from earlier success at the Scotish Loose Jumping Championships as a three year old. He is proving to be a very talented lad!

We look forward to following his further successes in 2005 as we are expecting his threequarter brother or sister, by Donnersohn out of Gotchna's daughter by Pascal, Prussian Blue who herself placed 2nd in a Prevac Pro Qualifier .

News - 2003

Donnergott, by Donnersohn was crowned Scottish Loose Jumping Champion as a three year old. Bred by the stud in 2000, he is now owned by Janet Jones and Jennifer Johnston, who picked him out as a three week old foal.