Fun in the sun (and hail!) at Belton International Horse Trials!
We had 3 days of fun at Belton International Horse Trials over the last weekend. On Friday Future Phoenix had her first Novice run and was superb over strong SJ and XC tracks. She showjumped in a deluge of hail which meant Emma could hardly see the fences. Phoenix was unfazed though and jumped a fabulous clear round. On the cross country track, which was as big and technical as usual for Belton, she was brilliant through the water and all the skinnies, angles and offsets. A hesitation at the bogey fence, the 'key hole' which is a completely enclosed circular sunken road, resulted in 20 penalties, but once she'd worked out the question she popped straight through it, and we were delighted with the manner in which she had responded to a serious step up in level.

On Saturday I attended a BE organised workshop for Controllers and Commentators. What an eye opener that was! It is far more involved and difficult than I could possibly have imagined as you have different people talking in your ears whilst you're trying to talk about a completely different subject. It's like trying to pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time! It was a brilliant day and my thanks go to Janet Plant and Henry Symington for organising and running such a well structured and informative day.

On Sunday, our young stallion Future Illusion took part in the Stallion Parade and we were delighted with his behaviour and the amount of interest he generated. My Stud Manager (Kelly) and I spent Saturday evening decorating my lorry with photos, awards and rosettes that Louis had won and had an absolute ball. After the parade we had drinks with prospective breeders with a DVD of Louis playing in the background, whilst munching on a selection of nibbles! It was tremendous fun and we had lots of laughs all day. Thanks to Belton Horse Trials for hosting the parade, and Gemini Stud for sponsoring it, it was a brilliant addition to their programme of events and we hope it will go from strength to strength over the next few years.

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Future Illusion wins the Hack Championship at West Midlands Show!
Future Illusion again demonstrated his incredible versatility by winning the 4 Yr Old and over Hack Class, and then being awarded the Hack Championship. In his short and limited showing career he has now won at County level in Sporthorse, Hack, Riding Horse and Hunter Classes which is quite a remarkable achievement. Photos have been added to his photo page.

Future Sport Horses are featured in Equestrian Lifestyle Magazine!
Equestrian Lifestyle comment on the past, present and future for our breeding operation in the April/May issue of their magazine

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Future Promise is sold to America!
Our lovely 7 year old mare Future Promise (by Welton Crackerjack) has been sold to Byron & Kristy Poindexter who live in Virginia, USA. We are delighted that 'Mia' has found such a fabulous new home, where she will continue her eventing career. We wish Byron, Kristy and Mia the very best of luck with their future together, and will await updates and photos with great interest!

FSH purchases the half-sister to Pippa Funnell's CCI**** stallion Viceroy!
We are delighted to announce the purchase of the lovely thoroughbred mare Prime Thyme by the exceptional sire of eventers - Primitive Rising. Prime Thyme ('Megan') is the half-sister to the CCI**** event stallion Viceroy who represented Great Britain Internationally and contended both Badminton and Burghley as well as winning Blenheim CCI*** when partnered by Pippa Funnell. Megan is currently in foal to Shirley Light's talented Grade A showjumper Caretino Glory and we look forward with great interest to seeing what this combination produce. We are excited by the prospect of introducing such fabulous thoroughbred bloodlines into our breeding programme.

Future Sport Horses are featured in Eventing Magazine!
Eventing Magazine's Editor, Julie Harding profiles our breeding operation in the February issue of Eventing Magazine

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Future Illusion is invited to attend Belton Horse Trials Stallion Parade!
We were delighted to get a phone call inviting us to parade our young stallion Future Illusion at the prestigious Belton Horse Trials on Sunday 13th April. The parade will take place late morning in the main Arena and should be a real spectacle. We would love to meet you, so please come and say hello to us and Future Illusion!

Don't forget the Early Bird discount on Stud Fees when paid before 28th February!
Future Sport Horses is delighted to offer some fabulous Stud Fee Offers including the Early Bird bonus of a £25 discount off any stud fee when the it is paid in full before 28th February. We are delighted to be able to offer the following range of Stud Fee Offers for 2008:

1. If you are rebreeding to any of our stallions you will be eligible for a £50 discount off their stud fee.

2. If you present a foal by any of our stallions at the BEF Futurity Gradings and get a First Premium you will be eligible for £25 off their stud fee when you rebreed to one of our stallions.

3. If you pay your stud fee in full before 28th February 2008 you will be eligible for £25 off the stud fee.

4. Concessions are available on several of our stallions for proven mares.

5. Concessions are available for multiple mare bookings.

Remember that for Future Illusion, Desir du Chateau and Ulysses M2S we offer the fantastic terms of - LIVE FOAL GUARANTEE. This means we will continue to provide semen for as long as it takes for a live foal to be produced, or until you decide not to proceed any longer. With NFFR terms you lose the right to a free return if your mare loses her foal after the 1st October in the year she was covered, but with Live Foal Guarantee if your mare is unfortunate enough to abort her foal after October 1st or her foal is born dead, you are STILL eligible for a FREE return. This minimes the risk of wasting stud fees without producing the foal you've waited for.

We pride ourselves on offering some of the best terms available and look forward to helping you realise the dreams you have with your mare. Your foal is our goal.

KWPN Honours Dam of Ulysses M2S!
Gudrun (Voltaire x Le Mexico), the dam of one of the stallions we represent, Ulysses M2S (by Ekstein), was awarded the predicate "Preferent" for producing two Ster mares and one Elite, Sport Showjumping mare. Under Morningside Stud's ownership Gudrun advanced from being a Keur mare to Keur Prestatie mare to Keur Preferent Prestatie mare.

Gudrun's sister, the Ster mare Deborah (G.Ramiro Z x Le Mexico), was awarded the predicate "Preferent" for producing a Keur mare, a Ster mare, and a Keur Sport-Showjumping mare.

This recognition by a leading world stud book, underlines the priciples of our policy regarding the importance motherlines when breeding sport horses for the highest levels in sport. Congratulations to our friends Tom and Dawn at Morningside Stud who have put mare lines at the heart of everything they do.

Future Sport Horses 2007 Newsletter now available on line!
We are delighted to make our 2007 Newletter available to read on line. To find out a little bit about our year, or to print off the Newsletter, please click here

"Superstar Winsome Adante Retires".....
We are very sad to have to report that as the result of an injury sustained during training, Winsome Adante - the son our our broodmare Juswith Genoa, has been retired. A full announcement was made on the US Eventing Association website here.
A transcript is also located here

Offspring & relatives of stallions respresented by FSH succeed across Europe!
Condios: Runrig Gangster, a four-year-old gelding by Condios, won the Regional Qualifier on 11th October for the Danish Show Jumping Championship for 5-year-old horses which takes place at the National Stallion Show in March 2008 in Herning, Denmark.

Jason Hobbs believes that the 6-year-old Stilo Kontiko (bred by Tom Slattery) is a definite four star prospect with the movement and bold jump required for top sport. Michael Diamantides said the 5-year-old XLNT Fast and Furioso (bred by Anne and Vincent Murphy) is very balanced in his flatwork and jumping and is going to be a very good eventing horse.

Loughnavatta Papillon, bay 6-year-od gelding by Condios out of Ballinclover Penny (by Clover Hill), bred by Patrick Heffernan, owned by Rory Costigan, and ridden by Katie O'Sullivan, placed 1st in his first Pre-Novice Event at Ravensdale Lodge (Ireland) 17/06/2007.

Ulysses M2S: Ulysses M2S competed at the CSI** Show at Valkenwaard (Netherlands) on 11th August in the International Jumping Competition for 6 & 7 Year Old Horses. On the first day with his co-owner, the Belgian junior rider Rossella de Simone, Ulysses M2S jumped double-clear. On the second day he jumped double-clear and placed 9th.

Ekstein (sire of Ulysses M2S): Ekstein's grandson 'Hickstead' won the $1,000,000 Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows 9th September. Hickstead (Hamlet x Ekstein), recently won the Individual Bronze Medal and Team Silver Medal at the Pan American Games.

Desir du Chateau: Itot du Chateau, the stallion by Le Tot de Semilly and out of the mare Sophie du Chateau, has been selected for the French Team for the European Showjumping Championship. The dam of Itot du Chateau is a half-sister to Desir du Chateau.

Future Sport Horses is delighted to announce the purchase of the outstanding broodmare Broadstone d'Elegance!
We are delighted to announce the purchase of Broadstone d'Elegance from Gloria Smith who has had tremendous success with her in the show ring. 'Deli' has been Champion Hunter Broodmare at numerous County Shows throughout England, including being Reserve Champion at the Royal International Horse Show - twice! Her offspring have also been incredibly successful taking 8 Foal Championships between them. Deli is by the Grand Prix dressage stallion Demonstrator, out of the thoroughbred mare Ganges Trial. Ganges Trial descends from the outstanding thoroughbred stallions Kadir Cup and Evening Trial. We are excited by the substance and movement that Deli will bring to our breeding programme.

To read more about Broadstone d'Elegance click here

100% 1st Premium Foals from Future Illusion's first crop including Joint Top Graded Foal of the Day!!
Future Illusion flew the flag in style at the BEF Futurity Grading at Arena UK, with his first two foals born taking 2 of the top 3 slots not only in the Eventing Foal section, but across ALL disciplines. Future Faere Illusion was the joint highest scoring foal of the day with an amazing 88% with the judging panel's comments reading "Refined, elegant, athletic colt. Superb type for eventing and with great potential". He was pipped to the post of being crowned Champion Event Foal as the category selected from the 5 grading marks to seperate Future Faere Illusion and the other foal which were tied with the joint highest grading marks, unfortunately favoured the other foal. He was therefore awarded Res. Champion Event Foal but retains the accolade of being joint high-scoring foal of the day. Future Magical Illusion, in the capable hands of his owner Rachael Mackie, also scored extremely highly with 85%, and finished as the 3rd highest graded foal of the day. It was a fantastic day for FSH with our first 3rd generation foals taking 2 of the 3 top grading scores awarded from 28 foals presented, across all the sections of eventing, showjumping, dressage and pony foals. It is a very exciting start to Future Illusion's career as a breeding stallion!

Future Faere Illusion also finished the day as the joint highest graded Eventer across all ages (foals to 3 Years) !

To get the joint highest graded event foal this year is a wonderful follow up to last year where we also had the highest graded event foal, Future Glamour. We are now looking forward to what next year will bring!

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Winsome Adante wins the World Cup Qualifier at The Fork USA!
We were thrilled to hear that 'Dan' (son of our broodmare Juswith Genoa) won the World Cup Qualifier at The Fork in America. He won by more than 8 clear marks, with an outstanding double clear, finishing on his dressage score. He flies to the UK this week to contend the CCI**** Badminton Horse Trials, and we are keeping everything crossed that he has a good journey and a great run. Photo 1, Photo 2

Our 1st Third Generation Foal is born by our young stallion Future Illusion
We are doubly excited by the birth of this foal as he marks 2 landmarks in our breeding programme. Firstly he is our first third generation foal born at Future Sport Horses, and secondly he is the first foal by our young stallion Future Illusion. He has surpassed our wildest hopes and is a tall, stunning, athletic bay colt - a definate sport horse prospect. For more information on our newest addition to the Future Sport Horse stud, click here - Future Faere Illusion. For a 4 generation family portrait click here - 4 Generations

Future Encore wins at his first ever Show!
We are thrilled for Erin who owns Future Encore at her success with 'Eddie'. For more details see Eddie's page

FANTASTIC STUD TERMS NOW AVAILABLE ON FROZEN SEMEN!!
We are delighted to be able to offer some unbeatable terms on our frozen semen -

For Desir du Chateau and Ulysses M2S we are able to offer NFFR or 50% stud fee returned (minus non-refundable deposit). Because semen for Condios is limited, we cannot unfortunately offer NFFR terms, however we are offering the opportunity to swap to one of our other stallions or have 50% stud fee returned if the mare is not in foal after 2 cycles with Condios semen. Click on the link below to view each of the stallions terms:

Condios
Ulysses M2S
Desir du Chateau

We are also offering fantastic additional terms on ALL our stallions for proven mares, repeat breedings, multiple breedings and on mares whose foals by our stallions have been awarded a Premium at the BEF Futurity Gradings. These terms are outlined below:

Stud Fee Offers

You can save hundreds of pounds on these offers so don't miss out!!

Foaling Countdown Calendars now online for Musical Lyrics and Future Faer
Click on Musical Lyrics and Future Faer's pages and select the 'Foaling Countdown calendar link above the 'Progeny' section.

Future Sport Horses feature on Eventing Worldwide Website!
Eventing worldwide can to visit our stud a few weeks ago and subsequently have written an article about how Future Sport Horses began, and how it's developed over the last few years.

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If you're not a member of Eventing Worldwide, you can see a reprint of the article here

Future Sport Horses becomes the exclusive UK Agent for 3 world class stallions !
We are delighted to announce that Future Sport Horses has been appointed the exclusive agent in Great Britain for semen from the Holsteiner stallion Condios (Coriano x Landgraf I), the Selle Francais stallion Desir du Chateau (Quidam de Revel x Cor de Chasse), and the Dutch Warmblood stallion Ulysses M2S (Ekstein x Voltaire). "Future Sport Horses is at the forefront of breeding top-class horses in Britain" said Tom Reed of Morningside Stud, "and this collaboration will provide exciting opportunities for British breeders to easily access semen from these fantastic stallions."

We are delighted to be able to exclusively represent such outstanding stallions in Great Britain. This is an exciting addition to our growing portfolio of services and provides the discerning sport horse breeder with the opportunity to utilise internationally renowned stallions to breed both showjumpers and event horses of the highest calibre. We are looking forward to using these fabulous stallions on our own mares in 2007.

Future Illusion spends some time with Olympic Medallist Jeanette Brakewell
We were delighted when multiple Olympic Medallist Jeanette Brakewell agreed to take Future Illusion for a few weeks this winter to back him. Jeanette reported that he's been very easy to back, had a canter you could sit on all day and settled into yard life with no fuss at all, which bodes well for his ridden career. The grooms said he had a big personality without an ounce of malice and he became a firm favourite in the short time he was there.

Future Illusion is Best 2 Year Old Colt at the Pavo BE Breeding Championships!
Future Illusion finished the year on a high by being awarded Best Colt in the 2 Year Old Eventer class at the Pavo BE Breeding Championships.

Future Promise completes her 1st season with a pristine XC record!
Future Promise completed a season of 12 runs - 1 Intro, 8 PNs, 2 Ns and the Pavo 5 Year Championship, without incurring a single XC jumping penalty. She has also accrued over £20 BSJA, and over 24 BD points during the year. She is taking a holiday during October and November but will begin training again over winter in preparation for the 2007 season.

Future Glamour is Champion Event Foal & Future Illusion is Reserve Champion 2 Year Old Eventer at the BEF Championships!
Under a different judging panel, Future Glamour was once again the highest scoring foal from all the 1st Premium event foals presented at the Championships, and was crowned Champion Event Foal. Future Illusion almost did the double by being awarded Reserve Champion 2 Year Old Eventer from all the 1st Premium 2 year old eventers. It was a fabulous day and extremely exciting for the future of our stud as Future Illusion is being retained as a stallion. Future Glamour's dam Juswith Genoa was also awarded a Broodmare Diploma for being the dam of the Champion Event Foal.

Our new broodmare Allercombe Loveday is graded Head Stud Book SHB(GB)!
We were delighted that our new broodmare Allercombe Loveday was considered of sufficient quality to be granted the highest grading status with Sporthorse Breeding (GB). It means all her offspring will be eligible for breeding papers rather than a basic passport.

Future Glamour is the highest BEF Graded Event Foal in the UK!
After 5 Grading Shows throughout the UK, Future Glamour (Winsome Adante's half-sister) has come out on top as the highest scoring Event Foal in the UK! We are thrilled with this result and look forward to seeing her develop.

Future Promise is 3rd at the Burghley Young Event Horse Qualifier at Brockenhurst Park!
Future Promise yet again delivered the goods by finishing 3rd in a BYEH qualifier. Unfortunately only the first two horses qualified, so as with last year she missed out on a trip to Burghley by one position. Future Phoenix had her first outing in the 4 year old section and narrowly missed out on a top 10 place after a pleasing dressage and clear showjumping round. She took it all in her stride and demonstrated a calm disposition in an exciting new atmosphere, which bodes well for next year.

Fantastic results for FSH at the British Equestrian Federation Futurity Grading Show!
We couldn't have asked for better results at the grading show with both Future Glamour and Future Illusion being awarded 1st Premiums and BOTH of them winning their individual sections by virtue of being the highest scoring horses! The judges commented that Future Glamour was 'beautifully put together with fabulous topline and presence - a very well named foal', and for Future Illusion that 'he has all the bits in the right places'. Overall it was another fabulous outing with both horses qualifying for the Championship.

Future Promise qualifies for the Pavo British Eventing Breeding Championships at Tweseldown!
Future Promise delivered her best dressage test to date (28.1) to finish 5th in the Pavo BE Breeding Championship qualifier at Smiths Lawn. We are delighted that one of our home-breds has successfully qualified for the showcase breeding competition in Eventing.

Winsome Adante selected to represent the USA at the World Equestrian Games!
Winsome Adante won the Final Mandatory Outing at Jersey Fresh recently, securing his selection for WEG. He was shipped over to Captain Mark Phillips' residence last week along with many of his team mates, and will have final preparation there before the Team and Individual representatives are named and shipped to Aachen.

FSH is delighted to announce the purchase of Allercombe Loveday !
We are delighted to announce the purchase of Allercombe Loveday from Yvonne Cory. Loveday is descended from some of the best bloodlines in sporthorse breeding - Shaab, Poetic Justice & Water Serpent, and has a motherline saturated with performance horses. Read more about Allercombe Loveday here

Future Promise has a Double Clear at her first ever affiliated British Eventing Intro !
We were delighted with Future Promise's performance at her first ever event, having put in a respectable dressage (not helped by the judge in the next ring hooting her horn very loudly and a siren going off in the middle of her test!!), followed by a lovely balanced show jumping round, and a clear cross country run over what was quite a challenging track for an Intro. Let's hope this is a trend she continues!

Winsome Adante features on the cover of 'Eventing' magazine !
Eventing magazine published a 2 page interview with Kim Severson in the Decmber issue, and feature Dan on the front cover of the magazine.

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Future Illusion is Reserve Champion Part-Bred Trakehner at the Trakehner Breeders Fraternity Annual Show!
Hot on the heels of his success at the BEF Grading Show, Future Illusion was awarded Reserve Champion Part-Bred Trakehner at Addington Manor EC. He found the format (being shown loose, in an indoor arena) extremely good fun once he got his curiosity under control and would have been happy to show himself off to his audience all day!! Click Here for photos

Fantastic Results for Future Sport Horses at the British Equestrian Federation Futurity Grading Show!
Future Illusion was the leading Yearling Eventer in the Yearling Championship, being awarded the top grade of 'First Premium' with an outstanding score of 84%, with the highest score of the entire day - 9.1 - for athleticism, and went on to stand Reserve Champion in the overall Yearling Championship covering all 3 disciplines (dressage, show jumping & eventing). Future Gem represented Future Sport Horses in the Filly Event Foal class and was again rewarded with the top grade of 'First Premium' with a score in excess of 80%. Another great day out for Future Sport Horses!

Future Illicit Affair wins the Open Sporthorse Broodmare class at the National Hunter Show!
Future Illicit Affair flew the flag for Future Sport Horses at this year's National Hunter Show by winning a hotly contested Open Sporthorse Broodmare class. With 18 top class mares forward for we were delighted when the steward finally tipped his bowler toward Future Illicit Affair, giving her the win and The Millyn Cup. She also came very close to doing the double by having the winning Lightweight Hunter Foal in 2004 and 2005, but Future Indulgence was pipped at the post by another lovely hunter foal and finished 2nd out of 18 wonderful foals. He was also the highest scoring foal for conformation in the sporthorse class, gaining an amazing 19 out of 20!

Click here to see photos ... Click here to visit Future Illicit Affair's webpage

Future Illusion wins at Lincs County Show!
Future Illusion behaved impeccably (for a yearling colt!) and won a strong Hunter Yearling class at the Lincs. County Show. He qualified for the Youngstock Hunter Championship where he was awarded first reserve from 6 class winners and 6 class runners-up, all older than Future Illusion!

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Future Eclipse puts in a sparkling performance to win at Cleobury Mortimer!
Future Eclipse took a section at Cleobury Mortimer in convincing style, leading from beginning to end. She was the only horse to have a dressage score in the 20's, which she followed up with a clear showjumpiing round. With the xc providing it's share of problems, Future Eclipse stormed round all the direct routes recording the fastest round of the day! We're delighted with another copybook double clear from her - well done Helen! St Hypolyt provided a lovely rug and vouchers as part of the first prize - photos to follow!

Click here to see photos ... Click here to visit Future Eclipse's webpage

Future Illicit Affair delivers a stunning sequel to last year's Kadir Cup Winner!
Several days early Future Illicit Affair has produced a dark bay colt 'Future Indulgence' a full brother to 'Future Illusion', both by the European Junior Eventing Gold Medallist and Grand Prix dressage stallion Fleetwater Opposition. He is a strapping foal with lots of bone and quality, and a very attractive black/brown colour.

Click here to visit Future Indulgence's webpage

Winsome Adante has a new baby sister!
Juswith Genoa produced a beautiful bay filly at 7.45pm on Friday 13th May (lucky for some!), and 3 weeks early! Luckily thanks to the FoalWatch Foaling Test Kits we were ready. After much deliberation we have named her 'Future Gem' as we feel that with her looks and her breeding she is exactly that - a gem. We can't wait to see how she matures, but initial indications are that she's an extremely exciting competition and breeding propect, and we have decided to retain her.

Click here to visit Future Gem's webpage

Musical Lyrics produces athletic dark bay filly
Diva delivered 'Future Mistral' a long-legged, elegant filly with a tiny white star at 9.35pm on Monday 9th May. She's a full thoroughbred by the Grand Prix showjumper 'Last News' and is an exciting competititon and breeding prospect. We're waiting to see whether she will remain bay, or will turn grey like her father...

Click here to visit Future Mistral's webpage

DAN DOES IT AGAIN!!! - Historic Third Win of the Rolex CCI**** !
Winsome Adante stamped his authority on an event that he's made his own over the last 4 years - leading from beginning to end, the only horse to finish on his dressage score (of 38.2), and winning by an unprecedented 17 points. No other horse in history has ever won the Rolex three times, and so Dan's win is a landmark victory. We can't wait to hear about the whole event from the Gooch's when they return! We're looking forward excitedly to the foal due to his mum in the next few weeks - another sibling for Dan and his yearling sister Polly.

First photos added!

Photos and the full story from the Gooch's to follow soon !

Juswith Genoa's son wins 'Best British Bred Horse at the Olympics' !
At the annual Supporters of British Breeding Awards Dinner in London, Winsome Adante scooped the award for the best British bred horse at the Olympics, beating stiff competition from horses such as Arko.

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Juswith Genoa's son wins the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses 'Leading Event Horse of the Year' for the 3rd time in 4 years!
Winsome Adante has topped the FEI points scoring table for the 3rd year out of four following his successes at the Rolex CCI**** and the Athens Olympics, finishing the year with a total of 266 points. Philip Dutton's 'Nova Top' was second on 221, with the Modified Rolex winner 'Windfall' in third on 216 points.

The top 3 British horses, Lord Killinghurst, The Psephologist and Ballin Coola finished in joint 5th and 7th places respectively. Jeanette's horse 'Over To You' was placed 9th with Limestone Rise, Primmore's Pride and Shear L'eau taking 12th, 16th and joint 17th respectively.

The only year since 2001 that Winsome Adante has not been the highest scoring horse was 2003 when he could not contest many events due to his rider Kim being sidelined with a broken leg for most of the season.

We're all looking forward to what 2005 will bring as 'Dan' is still only 11 years old !

Click here to go to Juswith Genoa's page

Future Illicit Affair awarded HEAD STUD BOOK status by SHB(GB)!
After a successful campaign at the National Hunter Show where she won the Novice Hunter Broodmare class and her first foal Future Illicit Affair went through the card taking the Foal Championship, the first horse ever bred by FSH, Future Illicit Affair went on to cap the day off by being awarded HEAD STUD BOOK status by Sporthorse Breeding (GB). We are delighted that our first offspring is rated so highly by SHB(GB), and our first 2nd generation foal took the Foal Championship - it all bodes well for the Future !

Click here to go to Future Illicit Affair's page

Future Illusion has clean sweep at National Hunter Show and is CHAMPION FOAL!
Future Illusion behaved impeccably at his first ever show and was rewarded with a clean sweep in the Open Sporthorse Foal, Lightweight Hunter Foal and Foal Championship.

Wow ! One of those days to remember !!

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Juswith Genoa's son wins individual Silver & Team Bronze Medals at Athens Olympics!
Winsome Adante and Kim Severson were the leading combination for the Americans at Athens Olympics, being rewarded with an Individual Silver and Team Bronze medals. After a very good dressage, Dan moved into 3rd after a clear inside the time on the cross country phase. Even with 2 rounds of showjumping in which he lowered 1 pole in each round, he secured his 2nd place behind Britain's Leslie Law.

Another reason to celebrate was the 10th place in Athens for Withcote Nellie, Juswith Genoa's paternal half-sister! Two close relatives in the Top 10 at the Olympics - let's keep our fingers crossed that this family continues to produce such stunning horses!

Click here to go to Juswith Genoa's page

21st July 2004

Juswith Genoa's son selected for Athens Olympics!
Winsome Adante was confirmed as a member of the USA Eventing Squad for Athens Olympics after winning the final selection trial which he led from beginning to end in the same fashion as this year's Rolex CCI****. He is a team horse as well as being able to contest an individual medal subject to him being in the top 25 scoring horses going into the second round of showjumping. He has now been shipped to England with his team mates to train with Capt Mark Phillips before travelling to Athens on the 10th August. Fingers crossed all goes well in Athens !

Holme Grove Genevieve delivers stunning Prokofiev daughter!
At 4.10am this morning, Genevieve delivered a big, strong, stunning filly by the sensational dressage stallion Holme Grove Prokofiev, who has been extremely successful recently under Peter Storr. We are thrilled with this filly who will stay in our herd as a competition prospect and future broodmare, due to her exceptional bloodlines and fabulous conformation. Bred back to thoroughbreds we hope to produce that illusive combination of movement, jump and speed. Fingers crossed for the next phase of our breeding programme!

Click here to go to Future Gold Dust's page

Juswith Genoa produces and elegant bay sister for Winsome Adante!
After 11 years Juswith Genoa has produced only her second foal on Wednesday 12th May at 9.35pm, the first being the famous 'Winsome Adante', double winner of the Rolex Kentucky CCI**** in 2002 & 2004. Unfortunately, 'Danny's' sire 'Saunter' died the year Danny was born and with Saunter leaving no stallions sons, it was impossible to reproduce that line. However, with the help of Juswith Genoa's breeder, Marian Vaughan, who was instrumental in the selection of Saunter for the original breeding, we scoured books of stallions to find one similar in conformation and movement to Saunter. After many months, we found 'Andes' and Sporthorse (GB) graded throroughbred stallion who not only had the looks, the size and the temperament, but also had off-the-ground, sensational movement.

11 months later, Juswith Genoa has rewarded us with an elegant, charming filly foal. A visit from the Gooch's who bred Danny quickly followed the birth, bringing with them some photos of Danny as a new foal. To our complete astonishment, if it weren't for slight difference in the white markings, they were identical. So much so, that they could have been the same foal. The Gooch's also believe this filly is slightly taller than Danny, so she will hopefully reach that ideal 16.1hh. She will be retained by Future Sport Horses as a potential competition horse and broodmare, and will probably be bred as a 3 year old to perpetuate this very successful line, before commencing a competitive career herself.

Click here to go to Future Genie's page

Future Illicit Affair produces a stunning bay colt!
Future Illicit Affair has produced a stunning bay colt at 9.05pm this evening. Not only is this our first foal of the season, but it is our first 2nd generation foal, as Future Illicit Affair was the first foal bred by Future Sport Horses. He was very quickly on to his feet and has no white markings at all. He is incredibly similar to his mother when she was born - let's hope he ends up as nice !

Click here to go to Future Illusion's page

Juswith Genoa's son 'Winsome Adante' wins the Rolex Kentucky CCI**** for the second time !
Winsome Adante, a son of our broodmare 'Juswith Genoa' has won the Rolex Kentucky CCI**** for the second time in three years. He could not contest the event last year due to his rider, Kim Severson, having a broken leg. 'Danny' led from beginning to end, finishing on his dressage score, a full 6 marks clear of the second place horse.

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Future Eclipse does it again winning the CIC 1* in Ballindenisk !
Future Eclipse scored back to back wins by taking the CIC 1* at Ballindenisk in Ireland on her second outing of the season, following her CIC 1* win at Barroca d'Alva in Portugal last month. As in Portugal, she led from beginning to end, posting a dressage score of 41.3 - an astounding 13 marks better than her nearest rival. With a clear cross country, and lowering just 1 forgiveable pole showjumping in what was bottomless mud, she ran out a clear winner of the section.

Our rider, Yarda Hatla had a brilliant weekend not only taking the CIC 1* with Future Eclipse, but was 2nd in the CIC 2* section with his horse 'Karla', and rode exceptionally to take the CIC 3* section on his Athens prospect 'Kyrenejenallas Boy'.

Well done Yarda, what a weekend !!
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Future Sport Horses launches the 'Breeders Requisites Shop'
Future Sport Horses has teamed up with a number of reputable manufacturers and laboratories to bring to you a selection of products which we feel will benefit small and large breeders alike. Working with HSBC Bank as our payment processing provider we can offer secure on-line purchasing with peace of mind. Everything from Pregnancy test kits to Foaling alarms is available to assist the breeder in supporting their breeding program. Being breeders ourselves we understand how such things as being able to accurately predict foaling can save endless sleepless nights!

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Future Eclipse shines in the sun in Portugal winning the CIC* and upgrading to Advanced
Future Eclipse kicked off the season in fantastic style by taking the CIC* in Barroca D'alva in Portugal finishing more than 8 points clear of her nearest rivals. She led from beginning to end, finishing on her dressage score. She was one of only 9 horses from a field of 78 to produce a double clear, one of only 5 horses to finish on their dressage score, and the only horse in the top 10 to showjump clear in a competition where all 3 phases had significant influence.

This win means Future Eclipse has now upgraded from Intermediate to Advanced.

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Trakehners Hit the Eventing Headlines
Our decision to introduce trakehner bloodlines into our breeding programme received an unexpected boost this week with the arrival of our copy of December's Eventing magazine. Trakehner horses hit the headlines at both ends of the spectrum with Darren Chiacchia and the trakehner stallion 'Windfall' winning the individual Gold Medal at the Pan American Games, and trakehner youngsters taking both the 5 and 6 year old Breeding Championships at Tweseldown.

Our homebred mare 'Future Illicit Affair' is in foal to 'Fleetwater Opposition' (sire of 'Opposition Heracles', winner of the 5yr old Championship), and both 'Holme Grove Genevieve', and the stallion she is in foal to ('Holme Grove Prokofiev') are trakehners.

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Holme Grove Genevieve joins Future Sport Horses
We are delighted to announce that Holme Trakehners, best known for their fantastic trakehner dressage horse breeding programme, have agreed to lease Holme Grove Genevieve to us, in foal to their outstanding stallion Holme Grove Prokofiev. HG Genevieve was the highest graded mare at the Trakehner Breeders Fraternity Show in 1993, and is already the dam of a number of exciting youngsters including a TBF graded mare, and two youngsters exported to the USA and competing successfully in dressage.

HG Prokofiev is 100 day performance tested, scoring 10/10 for stamina and jumping and is currently competing at Advanced Medium level dressage with Julia Wetton. He competed at the Summer Regional Finals this year, and has already qualified for the 2003 Winter Regional Finals where he will be ridden by Peter Storr. He is 5/8ths thoroughbred as well as carrying some of the best continental dressage and showjumping bloodlines. We are extremely excited about what this breeding will bring to our programme, both next year and in the longer term, especially with the increasing change to short-format FEI competitions.

Future Eclipse produces another double clear and lands a place at Gatcombe Park British Novice Championships !
Future Eclipse has yet again produced another stunning double clear in what was a challenging British Novice Championship. Although this was the Novice Championships, each Championship is run at a level above the qualifying level - therefore the Novice Championships are the equivalent of a 'serious' Intermediate competition. Add to that the crowds and the buzz of a major event and you have the makings of a highly charged competition. However, Future Eclipse was fazed neither by the crowds nor the size and technicality of the tracks that Capt. Mark Phillips is well known for, and produced one of only 18 double clears from 70 starters. She produced a 33.0 dressage test which left her in the top 25% overnight. Future Eclipse then delivered a foot perfect showjumping round in a daunting environment which left her in 8th position going into the final phase. Over the biggest track she has seen to date, she produced a flowing and confident cross country round which attracted only 11.2 time penalties. Even with these additional penalties she posted an extremely respectable 15th place in a competition which had seen may good combinations have problems.

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Future Eclipse wins Novice Area Final at Buckminster !
Future Eclipse has repeated her win last weekend by taking the Novice Area Final at Buckminster on Sunday 6th July. Future Eclipse has now qualified for the Novice Championships at Gatcombe next month, as well as being qualified for the Intermediate Championships next year. The showjumping proved a decisive factor in the outcome of the event, and many good combinations came away with faults, however another stunning clear round after a good dressage, left Future Eclipse amongst the leaders. A perfectly judged cross country by Tiny ensured that no further penalties were added and Future Eclipse finished on her dressage score, enabling her to take the section. Tiny also won the Doresa Challenge Shield for the highest placed local rider - Well done Tiny!

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Future Eclipse features in the Horse & Hound TopSpec advert 17/07/03 !

Future Eclipse wins Aske Hall Intermediate Section !
Future Eclipse recorded her first win at Intermediate level at Aske Hall on Saturday 28th June. Lying 2nd after dressage, she completed a foot perfect show jumping round to put her into first place before cross country. The time proved difficult to get, and with no horses completing inside the time, Future Eclipse's 7.2 time penalties did not affect the final result. She completed the event over 8 penalties clear of her nearest rival. Well done Tiny! This result qualifies Future Eclipse for the Intermediate Championships at Gatcombe in 2004.

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Dam of Lexington CCI**** winner 'Winsome Adante' joins Future Sport Horses
Future Sport Horses is delighted to announce the purchase of 'Juswith Genoa' from Chris & Janet Gooch who bred the very successful event horse 'Winsome Adante'.

We are very lucky to be able to call on Marian Vaughan who bred 'Juswith Genoa', and was instrumental in the selection of 'Saunter' as the sire of 'Winsome Adante' to help us select a suitable sire to repeat the feat! Fingers crossed we can produce another!