Stallion at stud: Country Marksman

General Information

Registered As	Country Marksman
Breed	Irish Draught X
Sex	Stallion
Height	15.2
Colour	Bay Tobiano
Born	1996

Type

Coloured Dressage Jumpers / Show Jumper Sports General

Competition Results

Dressage

Level	Elementary
Points

Jumping

Level	Grade B

Pedigree / Bloodline Connection

Country Top Gun		Not Provided
		Not Provided
Country Spice		Lockstock Blue
		Not Provided

Semen Type

Semen Chilled
Semen Frozen
Semen Natural

Description

His sire Country Top Gun is one of the most proven & best known coloured stallions in the country, a grade B show jumper & Graded Performance Elite by C.H.A.P.S. & B.S.P.A. Country Marksman is the sire of numerous up & coming young performance & show horses. His Dam Country Spice was bought to show jump but due to an injury has become a brood mare. She is by Lockstock Blue one of the first coloured stallions to produce performance stock, she also has Better By Far as well as one of the best known Sires of show jumpers this century King of Diamonds in her blood lines. Stetsen his grand sire is one of the top sires of coloured Show horses & his great grand sire Ayyaban was third in the Ascot Gold Cup. His Grand Dam Fidlantia was a grade A show jumper with Prefairy the Champion National Hunt Sire as his great grand sire. All this adds up to a very impressive pedigree over 5 generations proven. His coloured blood also goes back 3 generations. He had a successful in hand career, only lightly shown but never out of the ribbons, From his first under saddle as a 4yr old he has excelled in the Show Ring. He has Qualified C.H.A.P.S. & B.S.P.A. Finals every year & RIHS Ridden Coloured Championship. After lots of persuasion from some well known show producers I finally hogged him mid season last year & he now very succesfully shows as lightwieght cob. In the Show Jumping ring he has substantial B.S.J.A. winnings, & is now jumping open classes. He has a huge jump with an unbelievable technique which he is passing onto his offspring. As a 4 & 5 yr old he excelled in SHB Potential Sports Horse Classes winning most he entered. As a 4yr old he was 2nd in the Horse & Hound 4yr Performance horse class at Birchenley Manor where he gained the highest jumping mark, as well as attaining the highest jumping score in the two W.Y.E.H. Classes he entered. In May 2000, as a 4yr old, he proved how versatile he is at Warrington Show by winning the C.H.A.P.S. UK Ridden Horse Qualifier then 1/2hr later he went on to win the Scope Novice Show jumping qualifier for the Scope Festival of Show jumping. He is an extremely versatile sire, used on T.B mares & Arab mares he produces Top Class Sports Hoses & Show Horses. yet used on Cob or I.D mares he produces Top Class Show Cobs.

Further Information

Stud Facilities	Yes
Proven Progeny	His offspring are already proving themselves in the Show Ring, W.H., Dressage & Show Jumping with many wins to their credit. They are prooving to be Top Class allround Sports Horses who can excell in any & many fields. His youngstock have gained BEF 1st Premiums in their evaluations. His oldest offspring are out competing , they have inherited his lovely temperament & are proving very easy to work with. They are already proving themselves in the show ring with many wins to their credit, in
Cannon Bone Information
Graded studbook	Graded C.H.A.P.S. ,B.S.P.A. & A.E.S