Amour G, coloured warmblood stallion
AMOUR G
Ringo x May Sherif x Aleksander
2005 16.2h black tobiano stallion 9 1/4" bone
Graded with the WBS-UK (2008 Champion SHR)
DOUBLE Elite Premium winner BEF Futurity Scheme 2008
Amour G is an exciting, elegant young horse with the most delightful temperament.
Although he has all the credentials for breeding top quality sporthorses, his kind and gentle disposition make him ideal for producing allrounders for the amateur rider too.
He must surely be one of the best moving coloured stallions available today. He walks like a cat, trots on air and has a fabulous uphill canter. His shoulder movement is loose and expressive whilst his hind leg is quick and steps well under his body.
He has superb conformation with a fabulous length of rein, so important in a riding horse.
Amour G is graded with the prestigious WBS-UK, formerly known as the BWBS, in the Sporthorse Register.
The WBS-UK is widely acknowledged as being one of the toughest sporthorse societies in the UK with which to grade. They are WBFSH members and use foreign graders to assess the horses. They are experts in the field of breeding and producing sporthorses, not show judges.
We are very proud that Amour G is only the third coloured stallion to be approved with the society.
From the WBS-UK website...... ''The standard of the stallions was significantly higher than in some previous years and the judges licensed a total of 10 stallions from the 25 presented. In the Sports Horse category, where standards and expectations are identical to the main Warmblood Grading, this year’s Champion was Amour G, a coloured KWPN son of Goshka Ringo out of a Danish mare. Owned by Pippa Childerhouse and very professionally shown by Tim from Woodcroft Stud, the judges were impressed with this statuesque but lightfooted mover.''
He is also the only horse to date to be awarded TWO Elite First Premiums by the BEF Futurity scheme for dressage and show jumping.
With no marks less than 9 out of 10, he scored 9.75 in the vetting, 9.75 for his paces and 9.5 for his conformation.
Comments from the evaluators included `` fabulous walk, good hindleg for canter``, ``very scopey, good brain`` and''it wouldn't matter what colour this horse was, he could be pink with blue spots, he would still be a great horse!''.
Comments from the evaluators included `` fabulous walk, good hindleg for canter``, ``very scopey, good brain`` and''it wouldn't matter what colour this horse was, he could be pink with blue spots, he would still be a great horse!''.
In the finals at Addington he was judged by Carl Hester to be the best 3yr old colt in the dressage section. (He was qualified for the show jumping section final too but rules dictate he could only contest one section final.)
Jumping consistant double clears Discovery and schooling 1.20m at home.
Amour G started his BD career in 2011.
In 6 months and with amazing scores of up to 78.8%, he has won the vast majority of his qualifying classes at Open Novice and Elementary. He qualified and placed at the summer regionals and at the BD National Championships, coping so well with the electric atmosphere, he placed 8th in the Open Novice National Championship, described by a List 1 judge as being one of the hottest classes of the show. He was less than 1% behind the 3rd placed combination.
Already qualified for the Open Elementary Winter Regionals, he will concentrate on the more advanced work with a view to moving up to Medium level in 2012.
Judges comments have included 'Stunning, expressive horse, a pleasure to judge', 'Super talented horse, expressive paces' and 'exciting potential'!
As part of his early education, Amour G has also been lightly shown with great success. Winner of many sporthorse classes and championships he has also won the coveted BSPA Superstar In Hand Championship twice.
Amour G must be one of the most talented coloured stallions at stud today. He is now proven in affiliated dressage, showjumping and showing so you don't have to take our word for it.......the hard facts are there!
Fertility.
2009 was his first season at stud. He has proved very fertile with post chill results coming back at 85% progressive motility and 93.75% of mares in foal to one or two cycles.
In 2011, semen was frozen and our vet declared the post thaw results to be excellent.
Pedigree.
Amour G has both Olympic dressage and showjump competitors/producers on both sides of his pedigree.
| Amour G | Goshka Ringo | King | Purioso keur |
| Wanda keur pref prest | |||
| Leanne ster | Ferro pref | ||
| Cindy | |||
| Sigyn Torsmark | May Sherif | Elizar | |
| May Kignaes | |||
| Alexandra | Aleksander | ||
| Tina Gravvaenge | |||
Goshka Ringo.
Amour G's sire, Goshka Ringo, is a grandson of the great Olympic Ferro.
Like his son, Ringo has a kind and easy disposition. Only lightly competed, he has been successful at BD medium level alongside a very busy stud career with offspring exported to the USA, South Africa, Belgium, Canada and New Zealand. He sired two of the finalists of the Burghley Young Event Horse series.
King.
Ringo's sire King also brings the same gentle and easy nature to the mix.
He not only rides but drives alongside mares and hit the headlines around the world in 2006 when being one of the brave horses that helped lead over 100 horses stranded by flood waters in Holland. What better proof of his level headed temperament?
He can be seen at the front in the photo below.
King leading the rescue. King driven alongside a mare.
Purioso.
King's sire Purioso surely needs very little introduction. He produced three Olympic sons including Bonfire and Cocktail, the sire of Jazz, the 2006 KWPN stallion of the year.
Purioso is himself a son of Furioso 11, the top producing stallion in Germany from 1979-89 based on the winnings of his offspring. In 1990 he was top producer of dressage horses, he produced over 200 state premium mares and at least 20 approved sons including For Pleasure and Voltaire, he is also seen in the lines through his grandsons Cocktail and Welt As (also in Sandro Hits third lineage) who produced Bonfire, Leroy Brown and STC Diamond.
King's mother is none other than Wanda, Samber's own sister (an extraordinary family).
On the other hand, Ringo's mother, Lianne, is one of Ferro's daughters (the famous Dressage stallion and Olympic individual gold medal winner) and Cindy, another of Samber's daughters, is her mother.
Ferro.
Olympic Ferro competed at the 2000 Olympics and assisted his team in achieving a team silver medal, with an individual score of 74.92%. As a three-year-old he was champion of his performance test at Ermelo, where he achieved outstanding results.
His sire Ulft, is a son of the great Le Mexico, who is listed 10th on the jumping index with 142 points. Le Mexico carries Furioso xx blood, which brings value to any pedigree. Ferro's dam, Brenda, is a daughter of the Holsteiner, Farn, who is listed sixth on the jumping index with 146 points.
Olympic Ferro sired the champion of the three-year-old stallions at s'Hertogenbosch in 2000, and had nine young stallions in the second round there in 2001.
He can be relied upon to produce beautiful, typey, talented offspring of the highest quality. Fantastic toplines and an elegant look characterise his get. In addition to their dressage excellence, Olympic Ferro's offspring also make good jumpers.
Samber.
Another needing very little introduction. The only coloured stallion to be approved for breeding with the KWPN.
The stallion with the "Golden Temperament" scored 10 for temperament and trainability at 100 day testing in Holland. SAMBER has competed very successfully in Europe through Grand Prix level Dressage and the Z levels in jumpers, mostly with a junior rider. SAMBER is by two highly rated Dutch Horses - PERICLES: a preferent rate stallion and TINA: a ster. preferent, presteinte rated mare. SAMBER has consistently been very highly ranked on the index (400 stallions on average) for both dressage (top 20's) and jumpers (top 100's) for producing offspring excelling in these disciplines.
The dam line.
Most importantly Amour G's dam line is equally illustrious.
As it is widely believed that the dam is responsible for more than 50% of the gene pool, it is worth noting the quality on this side of Amour G's pedigree.
His dam, Sigyn Torsmark, is a double branded Danish warmblood mare who competed successfully in dressage before retiring to stud in the UK.
Her sire is the great May Sherif.
May Sherif.
May Sherif Matador Maximus JSS
May Sherif was approved by the Danish, Finnish, Swedish and British Warmblood societies, the KWPN and the Oldenburger Verband. An internationally known sire for breeding dressage horses, such as Mester Mouse, Joanna Jackson's Olympic ride representing GB, Matador, World Cup champion 1991 and silver medal winner at the World Games 1990 and 1988, also representing Finland at the Olympic Games, Andiamo silver medallist at Seoul Olympics and World Cup champion and Maximus JSS, currently competing for the USA in the WEG and World Cup series .
As well as being the only stallion to sire more than two World Cup Freestyle champions, May Sherif is also recognised for his ability to pass on to his progeny wonderful activity and a special talent for piaffe and passage.
It is said that if you reach the soul of a May Sherif horse he will fight for you and to his utmost to serve you.
Aleksander.
Although approved by the Danish warmblood society, Aleksander was actually an Oldenburg. He was by the Thoroughbred stallion Adonis out of an Oldenburg mare. He became an Elite stallion siring many winners of championships and horses at olympic level.
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Progeny from a variety of mares can be viewed by clicking here.
STOP PRESS!
TT Amika, (Amour G x Medoc x Louella Inschallah), on left above, scored a Higher First Premium at the recent BEF Futurity, scoring 9.25 for her trot and 9s for her attitude, canter and athleticism.
Evaluators comments included that she was diligent behind in all paces and that her trot was uphill, elastic and rhythmical.
From 66 youngsters she scored the third highest mark of the day.
Achak Zan-Amour, on right above, scores an amazing 10 for atittude at the BEF Futurity! What a boy!
2011
Coloured filly by Amour G ex Dolphin Beech (TB) wins the Sporthorse foal class at Suffolk County show!
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If you like the idea of adding a dash of colour to your modern sporthorse, there is certainly no need to compromise on quality for colour using Amour G. In fact, as Amour G is graded with the most stringent of studbooks in the UK, all foals, coloured or not, should be of excellent quality and highly desirable.
Amour G welcomes visitors at his home in Norfolk. We are just 40 minutes on from Newmarket so not as remote as you might think!
In order to concentrate on his competitive career, Amour will be doing walk in collections at Groomsbridge Stud and AI Centre at Linton, Cambridgeshire.
With excellent facilities and knowledgeable staff, mares can board here or, of course, chilled semen can be shipped to you.
2012 Stud fee
£550 + collection* and carriage. AI fresh, chilled or frozen. No Live Foal Free Return (Click for T&C)
* New for 2012.... Mares visiting Groomsbridge Stud for insemination are exempt from collection fees.
Possible discount for graded mares, BEF Futurity Elite or Higher 1st premium winners or for two or more mares.
Many more photos are displayed in the gallery and you can keep up to date on his Facebook page.
Click below to view his appearance at the Burghley Horse Trials stallion parade.