Stallion News – Brend 413 Coming to America, Remmelt 323 Deceased
First, “The Phryso” magazine has confirmed that the approved stallion Remmelt 323, owned by the Stevens family in Utah, has passed away. Since my Dutch is not very good (and The Phryso is all in Dutch), I am unsure of the exact cause. But my heart goes out the the Stevens family because I know they dearly loved that horse. Cori’s first foal was by Remmelt and I liked him very much. Remmy was known for lovely, good natured foals. We will all miss him very much.
Next, the news hit the internet sites on Saturday that Brend 413, son of Brandus 345, has been purchased by Iron Spring Farm in PA. I believe an “official” announcement will be out early next week, though there are enough unofficial sources that we are certain it is true. Iron Spring is a great horse business and they take their dressage very seriously there. Brend is doing very well in dressage and thus this seems like a great match for Iron Spring, Brend, and the entire Friesian community.
Brend’s breeding is sire: Brandus, damsire: Doeke (from the Age line) and great damsire: Tjimme. Personally, I love this unique combination. Brandus [alive and well] and Tjimme [now deceased] are two of my very favorite old style Friesians – full of heart and desire to work. Superb temperaments. Doeke brings in more rare blood. Another interesting tidbit is that in his stallion scores, Brandus had a 9/10 on the trot – a score nearly unmatched. Doeke had a 9/10 on the walk, which has never been surpassed. And Brend? He and his offspring score very high on the gallop!
Here is the write up from Stal Meijer, the previous owners of Brend:
Brend, a star on the list of descendents of his father! Describes as “A fine horse to work with and one that moves with power and balance!”
At the age of only 8 years he is already very successful in the subtop dressage competitions in Holland. He is selected for the semi finals in the ZZ licht in February and after the indoor Championship he will continue his way to the top in the ZZ zwaar class. In December 2007 he was approved on his offspring with the conclusion that he has a positive effect on the breeding through the exterior and that his offspring has more than average talent for dressage! The star percentage of the young Brends is 45 % The best result in the ABFP testing from Brend was realised by Nienke Ris (Owner: Fam. Rispens), she finished her test with 85.5 points and the received a 1st premium! Brend’s mother is the starmare Meta van de Strubbenhof, she is from a very strong breeding mare line and Brend was her first son, so that is promising! He has the beauty, character, movements and the size! Brend is 1.67 mtr [about 16.2 hands tall].
Once again, as a breeder I am shaking my head at the good fortune at having such nice stallions coming to America. Congratulations to Iron Spring and, indeed, the entire Friesian community.
As a special treat, below is a video I took of Brend just this past January at the Stallion Show in Leeuwarden Friesland.
