Stallion at stud: PHOENIX BENITO - Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon taff

General Information

Registered As	PHOENIX BENITO
Breed	Dutch warmblood
Sex	Stallion
Height	16.2
Colour	Bay
Born	2012

Type

Dressage Eventing Jumpers / Show Jumper Showing Sports General

Pedigree / Bloodline Connection

WESTERN MONTANA		WESTERN KNIGHT
		PHOENIX MONROE
PHOENIX ZSAZSA		TOLAD
		SANDRA

Semen Type

Semen Chilled
Semen Natural

Description

A promising young stallion oozing with quality , having extravagant paces and classic conformation. Benito has the most fantastic temperament which he passes on to all his progeny he is a pleasure to have around ... A superb option to produce outstandingly pretty foals that can turn to most disciplines be it showing , dressage or jumping or eventing with the added bonus of superb racing blood lines. He is superb with maiden mares as he is extremely gentle and kind , never rushing or frightening them . He covers naturally on a head collar and lunge line . Benito sire Western Montana is by Western Knight sired by the renown Grundy whom At the end of his career Grundy had earned what was then a record sum of £326,422. He was given a timeform rating of 137 which ranked him with great horses. He stood at the national stud at a valuation of 1 million.Benito's dam Zsa Zsa competed to international level Showjumping before being retied to stud , producing fantastic quality foals she is graded with the KWPN BWB SHB(GB) and WTHBYS Her sire Tolad (sired by Duc de Normandie). Champion of the Studbook Selection 1980. Out of the 357 mares he covered in The Netherlands, 248 foals were born. In June 1984 he was sold to the United States as stallion and showjumper where he qualified for the 1988 Olympics ridden by Buddy Brown . He was performance tested in HLP Ermelo 1980 and achieved a score of 177.65 and was ranked 1st of 28 .In 1999/00 he was ranked 293 in the WBFSH. ZSAZSA also has a full brother Opstalans capuccino who competed at international level and was ranked in the WBFSH. Duc De Normandie recieved Keur in 1972 , Preferent in 1975. and of 2318 inseminations produced 1422 foals.Olady II, mare, (foaled April 13 , 1973, sired by Enfant de Normandie) . Keur, Preferent, Prestatie, Performance test average 9.8, Olady II , passed the performace test in 1975 with the highest notes of that year.

Further Information

Stud Facilities	Yes
Proven Progeny	Benito s progeny although still young on the ground have been doing very well in the show ring in the sports horse breeding classes and the hunter classes . They all have his impeccable manners and beautifull looks , being very elegant movers with lots of class. His progeny are competing BS , BE BD and in the show ring sucessfully .
Cannon Bone Information	9.5
Graded studbook	Benito has only recently started showjumping and dressage as he is still a youngster and has had his early years standing solely at stud . But he has an exceptional talent both on the flat and over fences .