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Blackshires Arik

Breed: Irish Draught x Hanoverian Colt

DOB: August 21, 2021
Sire: Blackshires Ares
Dam: Elite Mare Rhwanda
Damsire: Rotspon 

Price: Sold to California. 

Sire, Ares is a tall chestnut stallion with flash who has a lot of bone and Irish Draught traditional type but yet he has a long neck and an upright uphill posture with presence and elegance who will be a substantial horse capable of carrying weight in the hunt field and in sport. In addition to the wonderful Irish big canter and walk, Ares is fortunate enough to possess a dressage quality trot.

Dam, Elite Mare Rhwanda has offspring competing through Grand Prix dressage and offspring competing in Hunters. EM Rhwanda was third in her group at the 2001 Hanoverian Foal Championships in Verden, Germany with a score of 8.8. She was bought at the 2001 Hanoverian Elite Mare and Foal Auction in Germany by Rolling Stone Farms. At her Hanoverian inspection at RSF in 2004, she received an overall score of 7.0, with 8's on head, neck, foreleg, typiness and femininity. At the same time, as a green broke three year old, she successfully completed the mare performance test with an overall score of 7.44, tying for the high score mare performance test score of the day. She received a well deserved score of 8 for rideability and also for both jumping scores.

Damsire, Rotspon was the 2017 Hanoverian stallion of the year. Rotspon is another top quality son of the dressage stallion Rubinstein I. He was the sovereign winner of the stallion performance test in 1998, scoring an excellent 148.82 points in the dressage category. Like his father, Rotspon is a very impressive horse with a great rideability, outstanding movements and a high ability for dressage. He also has a good jumping technique which is highly above average. He has 29 Licensed sons in Germany and he has sired 163 State Premium mares.

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