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Hampton Green Farm Stallions 2023
HGF is proud to announce our catalogue of Stallions 2023 for breeders with excellent pedigrees and outstanding results in the sport. Grandioso III (Adelante x Sevillano IX x Remache x Albero II) A stallion that needs no introduction. Double International Olympic Horse in London 2012 and Rio 2016. Grandioso’s lineage is historical Marin García (Adelante/Sevillano / Albero II). Typically baroque in type, Grandioso excels for his modern movement with uphill expression and and extraordinary hind leg action. Cartujano FSR (Remache x Joyero XXIV x Vinatero III) Bred by by Francisco Santiago, from the line of Joyero XXIV who has produced a number of top international GP horses for Spain, Cartujano FSR is a modern and scopey stallion with all the positive attributes to make him a sire of top horses! In addition to being beautiful, he has all the qualities required of a true sport horse, with natural roundness conveyed by a ground-covering trot with suspension, a clear four-beat walk and energetic canter. Bolero CXLVIII (Utrerano VII x Lebrijano III x Agente) A beautiful blood stallion by Utrerano VII. He Represented USA at Nations Cup U25 and he achieved several 70% in the top level , Grand Prix . Bolero is always willing to give his best in the ring - an attribute that he passes on to his offspring. As to Bolero’s maternal line we find Sevillano and Albero II. As to the paternal ancestors, just mentioning the names of his father, grandfather and great grandfather will be enough: Utrerano VII, Lebrijano III, Agente and Maluso: one of the basic lines of the Military Stud Farm. Oxido (Iberis x Eucalipto xTalisman IV) OXIDO is An exceptional contrasted stallion out of an exceptional father line. Oxido’s bloodlines are a conjunction of Yeguada Militar and Yeguada Camacho Benitez, the latter identified by powerful horses, good limbs, large bones, large hooves and well rounded forms. As a young horse, Oxido had position in the coveted catalog of Young Recommended Breeding Stock for Dressage Conformation by the PRE Studbook, LG-ANCCE.
Rio and the Last Grand Prix
Grandioso III with Jose Daniel Martin Dockx scored 70.8 in the final Grand Prix of their career together, at the 2016 Rio Olympics, for the country of Spain. Following an injury in February this year that threatened to end his career, Grandioso recovered and made a strong comeback at the final Olympic qualifier in Aachen. Shortly after, Grandioso and Dani were named to the Olympic Team for Spain and traveled to Brazil with teammates Beatrice Ferrar-Salat with Delgado, Severo Jurado with Lorenzo, Claudio Castillo with Alcaide, and Borja Carrascosa with Wonder. As a team, Spain was unable to advance to the Grand Prix Special, and so the Grand Prix in Rio became not only one of Grandioso's greatest achievements—his second Olympics—but also his final ride down the centerline. Earning a respectable score close to 71%, Grandioso was one of only 7 (out of 60) horses to compete at both London and Rio, and one of the oldest horses in the Games. Much has been written about our decision to retire Grandioso following the Rio Olympics. We reprint the Dressage-News article which came out during the week of the Olympic Games: GRANDIOSO, AMERICAN-OWNED SPANISH TEAM HORSE, TO RETIRE AFTER SECOND OLYMPICS By KENNETH J. BRADDICK RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 10, 2016–Grandioso was ridden for the Spanish team in his second Olympic Games Wednesday, the final competition for the17-year-old PRE stallion owned byAmerica’s Kim Boyer. Grandioso with Jose Daniel Martin Dockx who has been his rider for more than five years competed for the Spanish team at the Olympics in London in 2012, the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy and the European Championships in 2013 and 2014. “Dani” and Grandioso scored 71.014 per cent for the team. The pair were selected forthe team after Grandioso recovered from an injury that was feared would knock them out of contention. Kimberly Boyer, who lives in Wellington, Florida on her Hampton Green Farm, was at these Olympics, as she was in London four years ago and at Grandioso’s other championships, to witness the final competition ride. “Four years ago when we were called up as the reserve to join the Spanish Olympic team in London many people thought Grandioso was just a little Andalusian, a pony with a limited future,” Kim told dressage-news.com. “Instead, his name defined his career: London Olympics, two European Championships, the World Equestrian Games , two Spanish national Grand Prix Champion titles, FEI rankings in the top 25 for two years and now the Rio Olympics. “At 17, Dani and I feel we have asked enough from him and what more can he accomplish. “Personally, this little horse has changed my life forever in ways I can’t describe.He has given me experiences I would never have had without him and I have learned so much about our sport, about the world and about myself from the privilege of being the ‘owner’ of Grandioso.” Grandioso (Adelante x Sevillano IX) was ridden by Courtney King-Dye to Intermediate 2 but after her career-ending injury Kim waited a year before giving the ride to “Dani.” He competed Grandioso in the horse’s first CDI Grand Prix more than five years ago. Dani and Grandioso was one of only seven combinations competing in Rio that had been in the London Games in 2012. Kim is a major supporter of American dressage youth programs, a partner in the group that owns and operates the Global Dressage Festival as well as the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington and heads up the U.S. Equestrian Federation Owners Task Force aimed at connecting riders and owners and has long been active in the U.S. PRE organization as well as a breeder of Pura Raza Española horses. Grandioso, she said, will be retired to the Hampton Green Farm in Fruitport, Michigan but will go to Florida with Kim “if he wants to make the trip with us.”
HGF's Grandioso, Daniel Martin Dockx and the Olympic Experience
The level of competition in the London 2012 Olympics was by all accounts the highest in the history of the sport, as was the level of spectatorship. The popularity of dressage is at an all-time high-- and the world's best athletes, both equine and human, were in London to put on an historic record-setting horse show. Competition among the teams was extremely close, and standings were not determined until the very last minute. Great Britain won its first Team medal ever in the sport, no less than the Gold, removing the long-standing world champion Germans from the spot. Ten teams started the competition, seven moved on to the Grand Prix Special, with the final rankings within fractions of a point after the second test. Grandioso and Daniel Martin Dockx were originally appointed Team Reserves following Aachen, but were moved into the starting line-up after the unfortunate last-minute withdrawal of Beatriz Ferrer-Salat's Delgado. Their job was to maintain the Team average so to allow Spain to move forward to the Special. Having competed at the international levels only since last December, the pair were by far the greenest and least known of the combinations that entered the arena at Greenwich Park, but they gave a clean and impressive test that showed many moments of quality and also room for improvement as they become more seasoned and stronger in the exercises. In an environment indescribably electric and intimidating, Daniel was focused and confident, and showed Grandioso in his very best light. Their score of 69.042 in the Grand Prix topped many more experienced pairs and gave the Spanish Team what they needed to progress to the next test. The new Olympic Grand Prix Special proved to be a challenge for most of the field of 32 horses, with the majority of the pairs receiving lower marks than in the Grand Prix. Grandioso and Daniel were one of a very few who improved their marks, to 69.286, allowing them to be competitive in score with horses with prior world championship experience. At the conclusion of the Team Competition, Spain finished seventh, and in a virtual tie with veteran teams such as the United States and Sweden. In the end, Daniel and Grandioso finished 29th out of the 50 top dressage horses in the world and now they will return to Malaga Spain for a much-deserved period of rest and renewal. Memories of leaving a quiet warm-up arena, taking a short path, rounding a corner and entering an arena with walls of 25,000 people rising up into the sky, hundreds of cameras and press personnel, the backdrop of the Maritime Museum and Queens House--as well as the other thousands of moments that made up the total London Olympic experience-- will live with all of us forever. Photo Credits Bob Langrish
Competition Photos from the Spanish National Young Horse Championships 2012
Daniel Martin Dockx and Vaquero HGF, Top Nationally-Ranked 5 Year Old PRE in Spain Pictures credits:TopIberian.com
2012 HGF Calendar
2012 HGF Calendars, featuring the riders, horses and events of HGF are available for $20.00, and can be paid by credit card on-line. Go to "Pay My Bill" above, enter card information and amount, and type Calendar and your mailing address in the message box. Your information is secure. We will send you a calendar directly from the publisher.
A Season of Friends
As winter season 2012 comes to a close, we look back on a terrific winter with our friends...only a few of whom are pictured here....
Summer News at HGF
June is here and HGF Michigan is ready! Spring cleaning is wrapping up just in time for the arrival of our students for their summer program and the last shipment of horses from Florida. Friends from around the country-- and the world-- have planned their summer trips to Fruitport to attend the special events and see the young stock. Four of six 2012 foals are on the ground and Mare Manager Sandy Talbot says they are a strong and lively group. Joan is busy attending to the final plans for over 14 special events to be held at HGF, not least of which is the Lendon Youth Dressage Festival Midwest and the concurrent Emerging Dressage Athlete Clinic in July. Mark your calendars for these important summer dates: Dressage Shows: June 7-10 Fritzens Schindlhof June 22-24 Traverse City June 21-24 Rotterdam July 4-8 Aachen July 10-11 EDAP at HGF July 12 LYDF Midwest August 2-9 London Olympic Games Clinics at HGF*: June 22-23 Lendon Gray June 13-14 Lendon Gray July TBA Lendon Gray TBA Courtney King-Dye *Contact the office if you are interested in riding in any of these clincs. Dressage4Kids Dinner with Robert Dover and Lendon Gray (Open to Public): Wednesday, July 11--6.00 pm $20.00 per person (All proceeds benefit Dressage4Kids) RSVP--231-865-6000
Grandioso III and Daniel Martin Dockx to Compete in London!
With the unfortunate withdrawal of Beatriz Ferrer-Salat's Delgado due to an injury, Hampton Green Farm's Grandioso III and Daniel Martin Dockx move into the starting line-up for the Spanish Team at the 2012 London Olympic Games. On Sunday, the pair settled into the Olympic barns and facilities and began preparations for Thursday's Grand Prix. Dani is in good spirits and reports that the horse is in top form. With the retirement of Delgado from the team, Spain's prospects for a medal are compromised, but Team Grandioso is committed to putting in its best performance and upholding the strength of the other two riders--Juan Manuel Munoz on Fuego and Morgan Barbancon on Painted Black. For information on viewing the London Dressage events live, seehttp://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2012/07/28/watch-london-2012-olympic-equestrian-events-online. Follow us on Facebook at the Hampton Green Forum. Photo courtesy of Top Iberian