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	IDSH Manu Forti's Winchester 2008, Bay Irish Sport Horse Colt Born May 2008 by Windsor - (Hanoverian now deceased) out of Just Foolin - Registered Irish Draught Sport Horse

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Winchester is a super colt who has the combination of Irish, Dutch and Hanoverian bloodlines which is surely a great recipe for a top class competition horse. He has great conformation is built nicely uphill, has a great length of hip, fabulous limbs with the most beautiful face. Winchester is already displaying a lovely balanced canter and shows a great walk. He will make a great competition horse as a jumper or dressage horse with his proven bloodlines. This colt was inprinted at birth and has had daily handling, So he is very easy to work with and is extremely friendly.

Bloodlines
Winchester's dam Just Foolin is a fully approved and inspected RIDSH Irish mare who is out of premium RID mare named Ballyard Katie who was imported from Ireland who is by Creggan Diamond. Just Foolin is sired by the now retired Grand Prix Show jumper Maltstriker who stood in Ireland and won over 30 Grand Prix's. Just Foolin is very well bred and was conceived at the Kennedy Equine Center in Ireland before being exported to the U.S.A. She combines the Irish bloodlines of King Of Diamonds, Ben Purple, Laughton with the bloodlines of Abgar xx who was the foundation sire of the modern Dutch breeding. He is closely related to horses such as Pion, Endevour, Marius and Milton, Morganster (KWPN) and Marco Polo (Trakehner).

Winchester's sire is the Hanoverian stallion Windsor who sadly passed away in 2007. Windsor was by Wendland who stood at stud in Germany doe three years but is listed by the breeding value index as number 120 out of more than 1800 stallions in his age group. Wendland is the sire of the Grand Prix dressage stallion, Watch Me, who is the sire of Grand Prix horses such as the jumper Wotan. Windsor's Grand dam is Bunette by Busoni xx. Bunette produced the double Olympic gold medalist Gigolo ridden by Isabel Worth. Busoni is ranked 17th with the breeding value index for dressage out of 1800 stallions.

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