Tresaison Stud

Spotted Sport Horses

Event bred registered Grade C Appaloosa mare, bay with spotted blanket, born 2004.  Bred by the famous Centaur Stud in Leicestershire, her bloodlines include many performance Appaloosas and top class hunters. Her sire, Centaur Jolly Jack (Rivaz Limerick out of a First Draft mare) is himself an Intermediate Eventer with over 40 BE points and has competed internationally, and is known for siring athletic sport horses.  She combines both of the Centaur foundation stallions in her pedigree First Draft and Rivaz Limerick and has a whole family of performance Appaloosas and top class hunters.

Elektra stands at 17hh. She is of excellent quality with good limbs, plenty of presence and a fantastically sweet nature.  She foaled a bay filly on March 15th 2008 by Dance With Wolves and we are so pleased with her that we repeated the covering. Elektra foaled a simply stunning bay blanket filly on 21st March 2009.

Lady is a very well put together grade B Appaloosa mare and our 3rd Broodmare by Centaur Jolly Jack and with a First Draft damline.  We love this bloodline combined with Dance With Wolves!  

Lady is a tall sports type mare, standing 16.2hh, and has lovely paces as well as good conformation and a very easy and loving temperament.  She had started what was promising to be a very successful career in eventing until injury meant that she had to take a year out.  She had taken all her training in her stride and was really enjoying the XC element, never saying no to anything she was asked to do.  

She has been bred to Dance With Wolves for a main registered Appaloosa foal in 2013.

Lady is kindly on loan from Ben Grayson. 

'Dot' stands at around 15.3hh, she was Extras first foal and all her full siblings have all made 16.3hh+!  She is of excellent quality with good limbs, excellent paces with plenty of presence and a fantastically sweet nature.  She has previously had two foals by Dance With Wolves in the past as well as by other sires.  Her 2008 foal by Primitive Proposal was awarded a high First Premium at the BEF Futurity and continues to do very well showing in Sports Horse Classes. 

Dot produced a lovely snowcap filly by Dancer in 2012 which was sold 'In Utero' and is confirmed in foal again for 2013, due late March.

Engel vom Birkenhof 
DE 410 100659201 - KNN 2381

Massive paces, superb temperament, beautiful head and temperament and of course a guarantee of passing on the spotted gene to all of her offspring.

She breeds spotted competition horses of size and quality.  She herself is 165cm, and is pure bred being 75% Knabstrupper in the 3rd generation.

A perfect combination of the two main Knabstrupper Sporthorse lines in the second generation, with Apollon as maternal grandsire and Xanthos as paternal grandsire.

Angel foaled 14th June 2008 a stunning black near leopard colt by the fantastic Oldenburg stallion Rubin Star N  (Rubinstein 1)  and is now scanned in foal to the stunning SHOWMAKER (Westf) for 2010 - Update - foaled a simply stunning chestnut colt with characteristics 2nd March 2010 (now sold).  Her 2011 colt by Landtanzer was awarded an overall 9 out of a possible 10 at his KNN foal assessment.

Eye Catcher (2001)
Oldenburg (Branded)

Libby has the most wonderful easy and kind nature.  She has 3 fantastic elastic paces and good conformation.  Standing at 17hh she fills the eye and is altogether a very pleasing horse and very appropriately named!! 

Her breeding boasts some very influential names such as Sir Holstrup, Silvio I and Sandro, sire of Sandro Hit on her sire side and the great Narcoss II on her dam line as well as many other great jumping horses.

Libby is branded Oldenburg and we aim to get her graded and KNN approved.

We plan to cover her with Nobody's Harlequin in 2012 for a super Sports type Knabstrupper.

She is another fine example of the modern Sports type Knabstrupper with a huge trot and tremendous elevation.  She will most likely be competed in dressage or eventing when she continues with her ridden career.

Although a solid brown, Lambada will always produce coloured offspring when bred to our resident Knabstrupper stallion Nobody’s Harlequin.   Her type, conformation and paces are the ideal compliment to his and she was bought with this purpose in mind.   Her 2006 colt has been sold to a home where he will be produced for dressage.

Lambada has since then had two lovely near leopard fillies and in 2012 a bay blanket filly who is For Sale.

Click HERE for Lambada Lynghoj Progeny Page

16.1hh white born, black based with no sabino (4 dark triangles).  

Lupi carries some of the old and well respected classical Knabstrupper bloodlines as well as the Sport types.  One of a very few 100% purebred fillies in the UK making her a valuable asset to our mare group.  

She combines bone and substance with quality and she has a refined, feminine head.   
Three good straight paces and an easy, trainable temperament as you would expect.

Lupina had a gorgeous dark bay leopard colt by RUBIN STAR N in 2009, Tresaison Ricochet, and then a stunning black based leopard filly by our Dance With Wolves 2010.  We like this filly so much that we repeated the  mating.  See Foals 2011 to see photos of her next gorgeous black based filly..

Lupi has been scanned in foal to the stunning LANDTANZER for 2013 - this will be a main register KNN foal.

Hannah stands at 16.2hh and is a sport horse type of mare.  The plan is to put her to Dance With Wolves for a 2013 foal. 

Dance With Wolves

Sahiba is a delightful mare, born 2001 out of Bibi Sahiba and by Dance with Wolves. Sahiba has won / been placed every time out and was overall SUPREME CHAMPION at the 2003 NATIONAL APPALOOSA SHOW.   Her paces are breathtaking and she has a fantastic sweet and sensitive temperament.  Broken and ridden away as a four and five year old, we have decided now to use her as a brood mare for a while.

Sahiba foaled a dark dun colt by the Sports stallion  Burnock Exclusively Done 4th May 2008.  She unfortunately lost her 2010 filly.

Another lovely fully graded and branded Danish Knabstrupper mare.  Yellow combines the Knabstrupper blood with Danish Warmblood making her an ideal type of Sport horse mare and a fantastic partner for our Knabstrupper stallion. Yellow  was purchased in foal and produced a superb quality 2005 bay near leopard filly, to make around 16.1-16.2hh (see 2005 foals page) by  Xantast Middelsom KNN126 - fully graded leopard Knabstrupper stallion standing 168cm. 

Her 2004 filly by the same sire won best foal at the 2004 grading in Denmark . 

Her first foal by  Nobody’s Harlequin  did not disappoint - she foaled a huge, stunning fewspot colt on 6th April 2007.

Yellow foaled another few spot colt, very similar to his full brother of 2007, by Nobody's Harlequin on 29th March 2010.  

Yellow is scanned in foal to Nobody's Harlequin - due in April 2013.

We unusually combined the Appaloosa and Knabstrupper with Tildes first foal with us,  as her type is such a good match for our senior stallion  Dance With Wolves, and the 2006 covering resulted in a handsome fewspot colt being born in April 2007. 

She foaled a fantastic bay leopard colt by RUBIN STAR N 22nd May 2008.

Tilde foaled a full brother to Snow Wolf, 7th March 2010 a fabulous near leopard colt who is going to be another big boy, Tresaison Dare To Dance. 

Rozel Bay (1993)
Thoroughbred (Wetherbys)

Rozel Bay is a retired racehorse, having raced on the flat and over hurdles. She has a very willing temperament and passes on her refined looks and athleticism to her foals as well as her kindness and laid back attitude..  

Her first offspring, a filly by Dance With Wolves, TRESAISON ROZEL was FEMALE CHAMPION at the 2003 NATIONAL APPALOOSA SHOW the first time ever shown and went on to win broodmare classes numerous times.

Rozie produced the first very special foal by our young Knabstrupper Stallion in 2004 (see Offspring page)  who has outstanding presence and movement. TRESAISON GRACIE went on to win the BEST MARE and BEST IN SHOW at the UK  2007 KNN grading for her new owner Karen Wealleans.

You can never have too much of a good thing, and Rozie foaled another stunning bay leopard colt by  Nobody’s Harlequin in 2007 - this colt is now sold.  Click HERE for Rozel Bay Progeny Page.

Severn Magic (1993)

Thoroughbred (Wetherbys)

We have owned Magic for several years and she has been a very successful racehorse.  She was never out of the first three whenever she  completed the race and her final race was winning the Hunt race at our local Pt to Pt.

Standing 16.2hh with a good amount of bone, she is a really nice stamp of horse with plenty of substance.  She has 3 good paces, is very athletic with a great turn of speed as well as plenty of stamina.   She is a very easy mare with a fabulous, kind temperament and will be fantastically matched to Harley to produce really good all round Sport horses. 

Magic was graded into the Main Book of the  Warmblood Breeders Studbook in August 2009 meaning all her foals by Harley will be eligible for KNN passports and fully eligible for KNN Grading.

Kiwi Harapa (1995)
Thoroughbred (Wetherbys)

Hari is the dam of two sons competing at BE and has one 4 yr old filly who is also showing great promise. 

She is a beautifully put together mare who received very favourable remarks from the German Judges when she was approved into the Main Stud Book of the Warmblood Breeders Studbook.  She graded with a very impressive overall 7.5 having received several 8's as well.

Dana's sire, Xanthos,  is the renowned leopard spotted Knabstrupper stallion who sired Zanko,  a graded Knabstrupper stallion who won two gold medals at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens (see News page).

Dana had a black few spot filly born 13th April 2005 by the stunning Danish Knabstrupper ‘Xquisit Middelsom’ (KNN 144).  In 2006 she blessed us with an outstanding leopard colt by Nobody’s Harlequin,  who was much sought after and was sold within 3 weeks of being born!  Dana foaled an equally stunning full brother, a fewspot colt in July 2007. This foal was awarded a PREMIUM at the KNN UK Grading in 2007 and described as a 'harmonious type'.  He has been sold to Australia and will be the first Knabstrupper stallion to stand there.

Her 2008 colt has been sold locally to be produced as an all rounder and hunter and her 2010 near leopard colt is currently retained although will possibly be for sale to the right home.

Click HERE for Skovlys Dana Progeny Page

Although a solid brown, Cally will always produced coloured offspring when bred to our resident Knabstrupper stallion Nobody’s Harlequin. She is a beautiful mare with a lovely head and kind eye.  Her type, conformation and paces are the ideal compliment to his and she was bought with this purpose in mind to produce what we think will be a very exciting performance prospect in 2010.

Foaled in April 2010 to Nobody's Harlequin bay filly with spots over quarters .

Calista is now beginning a promising jumping career - we look forward to progress reports!

Centaur Reindance

Elizar
DH 191 DKDV

May Kignaes
RDH 1046 DKDV

Raubritter
DH274 DKDV

Rozwitta
DS 2736 DKDV

Maybrit (Maisie) is an exciting addition to our broodmare band.  Standing at 16.3hh she is a big girl with plenty of bone and a lovely head and kind eye.  

She is a fully graded DANISH WARMBLOOD mare by the great MAY SHERIF and bred by the well respected Cranswick Stud in Leicestershire.  Certainly the most famous of the Danish stallions, May Sherif lived all his life in that country, except for a short period breeding in Finland in 1987. His breeding is a real mix: Trakehner, Holsteiner, Thoroughbred, Trakehner, Hanoverian and Swedish Warmblood!  Despite competition from imported German and Swedish horses, May Sherif won his performance test for the Danish Warmblood Society in 1975. Initially May Sherif started out covering around 150 mares a year, a very high number at the time. Despite the fact that he went on to compete at Prix St Georges level, May Sherif lost popularity after a few years at the top and he did not cover many mares in the 1970’s and 1980’s. However by the end of the 80’s his value became apparent and the number and quality of the mares he covered improved. 
In 1988, he had two of his progeny competing at the Seoul Olympic Games, Andiamo, then ridden by the Swiss Otto Hofer, and Matador with Kyra Kyrklund. And suddenly May Sherif was not only popular in Denmark, but his semen was being sent all around the world.

Maisie had a successful ridden / dressage career before having her first foal in 2008 by DENOUNCE, Louella's lovely TB stallion (this colt is for sale) see Horses for Sale

Maisie had a lovely blanket spotted colt by Nobody's Harlequin on 25th June 2009.  He fully registered and passported KNN and is a stunning mover - see 2009 foals. 

Maisie has unfortunately lost her 2010 foal despite being scanned positive so has now gone home to her owner where she will resume her ridden work before breeding again.   We thank Steven Morris for the loan of this lovely mare.       

Bibi bred a delightful filly in 2001 by Dance with Wolves,  Tresaison Sahiba, who has won or been placed top 3 every time out and was overall SUPREME CHAMPION at the 2003 NATIONAL APPALOOSA SHOW as a 2 yr old.  Her full brother (2003) Tresaison Lone Wolf, a bay blanket spotted gelding, has recently been sold to a showing and dressage home where we know he will be outstanding. 

Bibi’s  2005 colt by Dance With Wolves,  a black based blanket spot, has been sold to a showing and dressage home.

Bibi foaled a stunning black blanket filly in spring 2007 which will be retained by us to continue her bloodline and she followed this by an equally lovely bay filly in 2008 which we are also retaining at the moment.

Unfortunately we lost our wonderful Bibi following a caesarean operation on 13th June 2009.  Her beautiful colt foal also died.  Fortunately her legacy lives on with us with her daughters that we have retained.

Photograph © 2006 Colin Nicholas Photography

Golden Cape XX

Musse 
KNN 1167

Junius XX

Truly a Princess XX

The sire of this mare needs no introduction, the famous Klaus, 12 times National Appaloosa Champion. ‘Fluff’ carries on a lot of his qualities and passes them very strongly on to her offspring.  

Her son ‘LJ Prince of Thieves’ passed the BApS stallion assessment at 2 yrs of age with an ‘excellent’ mark in every category and is now BE Eventing at Intermediate level.  ‘Fluff’ herself has always been placed when shown.  She has had 7 foals so far, all by Dances With Wolves, and all of outstanding quality.  

Hellovalass attended the 2006 KNN Knabstrupper grading, and was graded with a 7 overall from both the Classic and Sport Horse judges, and was awarded an 8 for type and body from the Sport Horse judges.  The judges commented on her quality and noble breeding and her excellent suitability as a broodmare.

Foaled June 1st 2008, a few spot colt by  Nobody’s Harlequin - Sold

Click HERE for Hellovalass Progeny Page

Poppy is an upstanding 16.3hh TB mare with excellent conformation, temperament and paces.  She was chosen particularly for her athleticism, movement and breeding which will combine excellently with either stallion at the stud.  Her Sire Joli Wasfi is sire of many successful eventers including Intermediate stallion Diamond Dancer. Poppy has successfully competed at dressage, Show Jumping and Cross Country before being purchased by us for use as a brood mare.  She has half siblings who are very successful in both the eventing and racing industries.

She had a fantastic filly by our graded Knabstrupper Nobody’s Harlequin in May 2005 and followed that this year with another filly, this time a bay leopard and equally tall!

Click HERE for Joli Paprika Progeny Page

Skovlys Dana

15.3hh (to mature 16hh) black based few spot. 

Diva is our first homebred KNN registered Knabstrupper filly and she has been retained by us as a brood mare.  She carries some of the very best Knabstrupper and Warmblood lines going back to Ramiro Z.  She has correct, compact conformation and great paces as you would expect from a filly with this breeding.  She has a bold and inquisitive nature and a very trainable attitude.

Diva is scanned in foal to Dance With Wolves for a stunning spotted Sports Horse foal - Due 3rd April 2009

Contact Us:   Little Tresaison Farm, Penpergwm, Abergavenny,
 Monmouthshire, Wales, NP7 9UY.  (+44) 01873 840544. or Email