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Fleetwater Opposition

Elite Graded Double Gold Medallist 3 Day Eventer & Advanced Dressage Stallion

Winner of the Sporthorse Breeding (GB) Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner of the Trakehner Breeders Fraternity Lifetime Excellence Award

Fleetwater Opposition is a world famous sire of Olympic horses. He himself won the Junior European 3 Day Event Individual and Team Gold Medals. He is also a highly successful Advanced Dressage stallion with impeccable bloodlines. He is closely related to Almox Prints J the Olympic Show Jumper and Pepel the Olympic Dressage Silver Medallist

Owned by Landford Common Stud

Performance

Opposition's competitive record illustrates his almost unique ability to excel in any sphere -

• He won The Junior European 3 Day Event Individual and Team Gold Medals when he was 6 years old
• Fourth in the Spillers Dressage & Jumping Finals at Wembley
• He went from Elementary to Advanced Dressage in two seasons where he excelled by winning and being placed in every competition he entered up to Grand Prix

 
Progeny

Opposition has successful stock in every sphere of sporthorse competition and his most notable stock include -

• Summersong - The Olympic, World Games and European 3 Day Event Bronze & Silver Medallist. Winner of Compeigne International 3DE and Leading Competition Horse in France 1996, 1998 & 1999. Click here for a short movie clip.
• Opposition Heracles - Winner of the British Eventing 5 yr old Breeding Championships at Tweseldown 2003 and the 6 yr old Championships in 2004
• Opposition Leader - International 3 Day Eventer, Double clear Windsor International CCI and Blenheim International CCI
• Utopian Opposition - International Show Jumper. Placed Hickstead Speed Derby RIHS 1998. Winner Triangle Award 1998. Winner Festival of Show Jumping 1998. Winner Zwolle International 1999. Winner Anglo European Grand Prix Championships 1999.
• Opposition MP - International Grade A Show Jumper
• Royal Opposition - Outstanding Young Dressage mare selected to compete in Spain and Germany
• Future Illusion - Champion Foal at the National Hunter Show 2004

Bloodline Click the underlined names to view photos

Opposition's genes are saturated with success on both sides of his pedigree. His sire Muschamp Danube was a prolific sire of successful advanced eventers, show jumpers, dressage horses and European Individual Medallist driving horses.

His dam Opushka was an elite graded Trakehner from one of the world's most famous and successful bloodlines which can be traced back to the original Russian stud book. She was from the same family as the Olympic Dressage Silver Medallist Pepel and the Olympic Show Jumping Stallion Almox Prints J. Opushka was the dam of Date Up an International Show Jumping mare who won the Pan American Games, she also successfully competed at the World Championships and was the Norwegian Show Jumping Champion. Her progeny include: Fleetwater Oppidan an advanced eventer who won Gatcombe Park Advanced horse trials as well as being a Grade B Show Jumper and Advanced Medium Dressage horse; High Spot a member of the Young Riders Dressage Team and Advanced Dressage mare; Fleetwater Optimum a very successful Grade B Show Jumper.

 
Breeding Breakdown