When I first thought to breed from my Hanoverian mare Tabago I knew I would always want to follow any that I bred and registered the prefix Leo. It seemed a good idea as I’m a Leo and my maiden name was Lee and it’s short and sweet.
Tabago first produced Leo Godonov (by the Canadian Hanoverian Gouveneur,) who went on to be NI Med Champion and National Med Champion in 1998 in fact in that season he won 21 out of 28 starts, unfortunately he was injured and never reached his full potential. However before starting his competition career I bred him twice to my TB mare Golden Legacy who herself is out of the great mare Rosica and by Leader of the Band, sire of many leading eventers. The resultant 2 fillies I still own and the first of which, Leo Fanfare, is the dam of Leo Chocolat and Leo Distinction both by the Hanoverian sire Dreamboy.Her latest is a colt ,now gelding ,by Limonit , she is back in foal to Limonit.The second filly from Golden Legacy is Leo Merry Dance Champion Saddle Hunter and Med Dressage Horse, dam of a filly by Dreamboy and in foal to Don Quattro .


Excerpt from article written by NZ Warmblood breeders after winning The Warmblood Assn. Annual Grant for Breeders and Owners: Julia has been involved in Warmblood's and Hanoverians from the early days, has stayed loyal to the bloodlines and has given them every opportunity to perform. She has ridden competitively on Golden Legacy (Leader of the Band), Tobago (Winnebago), Phaedra (Polaris) and Leo Foxfire (Fox Valley/Tobago). Julia has bred Leo Godonov, a colt by Gouveneur (Hann) out of Tobago. He reached Advanced level with Kirsty Davies. Julia bred him to dressage mare Golden Legacy. Two fillies resulted - Leo Merry Dance (Medium dressage and champ saddle hunter) and Leo Fanfare (Elementary) that has a colt to Dream Boy - now under saddle with Julia's daughter Fiona who is her main jockey now she retired from international groom duties. Golden Legacy is a Hanoverian Studbook mare and has produced two very good Dream Boy foals - Leo Dreams of Gold being very successful in his first season in dressage as a 4 year old. Another foal by Babarooom won the Young Event Horse title with Kirsten Kelly in 2002 (exported to USA)