Leo Sporthorses

babies

2009-12-01T19:13:00.000-08:00

Here's Leo Donna, Don Quattro/Leo Merry Dance, she's still a little stand offish but can she move! In the background is Leo Lucullian (Luke) Limonit/Leo Fanfare, he's very friendly and I can already pick up all his legs, hopefully soon he'll teach Donna that it's great to have your tail scratched and humans are not scary!I just love them at this age ,watching their personalities develop and seeing how they can move, though finding theright homes is always a trial. Luckily most of mine have done fairly well so that's a help.

New Boy

2009-09-20T14:01:00.000-07:00

Here's the latest baby to be started, Leo Distinction (Sox), has gone to Fiona to carry on his education, she should have a fun summer with him, he's such a character. His 1/2 sister Leo Aphrodite (Abby) is destined for the broodmare paddock for a season to give her time to mature and recover from a nasty abscess on her wither caused by a combo cover!

I spent some time with Anita and Leo Chocolat (Taz) on Saturday and he is looking a lot more settled and ready to do some good work this summer. He and Sox really are 2 peas in a pod, though Sox is quite a bit taller.

Taupo

2009-05-28T19:50:00.000-07:00

Digital cameras are so frustrating! Here I was all set to take photos of Sam and Leo Degas at Taupo and the battery was flat!! Never mind.

Douglas and I arrived Friday afternoon to find that they were lying 3rd ,after the dressage, in the Non Championship 1* out of 45 starters, not bad for the youngest in the class.

The next morning was the YEH, a couple of minor hiccups in the dressage, a super showjumping round, a short gallop and run up for conformation and 3rd overall out of 23. 1st= for conformation , great result. So then off to the cross country. Quite a hold up before they started, following a fall. I was standing near fence 3, which seemed to be a fairly good vantage point, they were certainly looking keen and happy in their work. Andy needs to learn to jump a little more conservatively as he tends to clear them by a mile ( check out http://www.takethemoment.co.nz/photos/v/events/3DE/Taylor) and land too close to the next element in a combination, all went well until the sunken road and he was 1/2 a stride out for the second element so had a couple run outs, such a pity as they went clear the rest of the way and would have finished close to the time barring the mucking about.
The next morning was cold and wet but they jumped well for one rail and a 27th place finish .Some 17 were either eliminated or retired .

It's so much more interesting when you have some connection to a combination competing and this looks like a very promising one!

2009-05-13T19:44:00.000-07:00

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)

2009-05-10T21:36:00.000-07:00

It's been an interesting few weeks with Leo Degas continuing to produce double clears ( with time faults) in his eventing career and Leo Dreams of Gold winning his last 4 tests at level 5 and 6 dressage . Leo Chocolat is continuing to improve and had his first level 3 test a last week, and his delightful 3yo full brother Leo Distinction came home from the breaker for a while on Monday.

Husband Douglas and I are off to Taupo to watch Leo Degas compete in the 1* class. It 's so much more interesting when you have a connection to something or someone competing.

A few days ago I visited Leanne who has another of the Leo offspring in Leo Zanzibar, she has a delightful colt foal by Littorio and is back in foal to him . Another of my "grandchildren" to keep an eye on. I don't have any of the human kind!!

Tory

2009-05-12T19:44:00.001-07:00

Recent results

2009-04-22T15:36:00.000-07:00

Leo Dreams of Gold winner of the International derby at HOY

Alicia has done so well with this young horse, who is now competing at advanced level dressage.

Leo Degas - pre sale

2009-03-31T16:16:00.000-07:00

What a super weekend!! Fabulous weather, great competition, and Leo horses to the fore.
Andy, Leo Degas, competed at Puhinui finishing 3rd in a large field of Pre Novice (course looked pretty imposing to me!) Taz, Leo Chocolat, had his 1st outing for a while and had a win a 3rd and a 5th at level 2 dressage and Rufus, Leo Dreams of Gold, back from his Internatioal Derby win at HOY, won his level 5 and TOC level 6. Congratulations to Sam, Anita and Alicia. It is sooooo rewarding to see my babies out competing well! Keep up the good work.