FUTURE ILLUSION IS RANKED AS THE NO.1 SIRE OF EVENTERS AT THE 2009 BEF FUTURITY SERIES!!

After 12 evaluations which took place across the whole of the UK and in which 315 young Event horses from foals to 3 years old were assessed for potential to be the Elite prospects, Future Illusion has emerged as the No.1 Sire of Eventers. The full ranking from the BEF website is shown below.

The rankings are based on the average of the top 3 scores of their youngstock. A futher average across all progeny scores is also published. The average across the top 3 scores indicates the quality of their best horses, whereas the average across all progeny indicates the the average standard of all their stock. Not only did Future Illusion have the highest quality eventers, with his top 3 scores averaging as Elite, but his average across all scores is an extremely high 1st premium score of 85.4%. These statistics show that not only does Future Illusion produce horses with the potential to go to very top, but that he is also incredibly consistent in the quality that he produces. For all of his 3 crops of youngstock presented to date, he has still got the amazing record that ALL of them have been awarded a 1st or Elite 1st Premium as Eventers.

In addition to being the top ranked sire of Eventers he is also the Highest Ranked British Bred Stallion across ALL Disciplines, being 3rd overall from 76 stallions from across the UK and Europe with scores only marginally behind a German Dressage sire and a KWPN Showjumping sire.