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Bloomington Farm is proud to announce the arrival of one of the best broodmare in Holland: Prelude.  Prelude is a Keur Sport mare by Calvados out of Electra (Voltaire).  She is the full sister of the most famous broodmare in Holland and International jumper  Harmonie.  Harmonie lead the ranking for the breeding value of broodmare with offspring in sport for the past few years and again this year  with a fabulous index of 185.  This mare line is making the top list in the breeding value all categories. Prelude is ranked 16th on this prestigious list (BV161) with her dam Electra in the 13th position (BV162).  For the breeding value of younger mares with no offspring in sport, four of them in the top 20 are closely related to Prelude's dam, Electra.

Prelude had a filly  before her jumping career Unisound (BV 168 for mare with no offspring in sport, 34th position).  Unisound is closely line bred to Electra as her sire Litho is the International jumper and Approved sBs son of Harmonie.  Unisound being 8 years old is competing at National level in Holland. Her own filly Asjemenou 'N Liefhebber now 4 years old has just received her Keur Predicate after giving birth to Evolution (Cornet Obolensky). This filly was sold at the SELL auction.  The next older offspring of Prelude will be 3 years old in 2010.

For her own record, Prelude has been competing successfully in Holland where she won many prizes at National level in the 1.35 m. (4’5’’) .  She obtained her KEUR Sport predicate and successfully completed her 5 weeks EPTM test with amazing result  for the jumping part: 

Take off: 8, 
Technique 8.5, 
Scope: 8 
Talent for jumping: 8.5. 

Some Approved stallions don't even get such good scores. Prelude and her full sister Harmonie shares a striking resemblance with their sire Calvados. Their pedigree are loaded of National and International performers on both sides.  With this kind of bloodline, quality and relatives, all the ingredients are there to produce a foal enable to compete at the highest level in sport. 

This mare is one of a life time. Take the time to read about her bloodline which included sire, dam, grand sires and grand dams of exceptional quality. They all competed at National and International level except for one,the great Uriel , better  known as a major producer of International jumpers and Approved stallions.

 
Breeding value for 2010

  SIRE LINE
 

Calvados is bred from the best French performance bloodlines.  His sire Uriel has been the leading sire for several years with the highest index figure ever in France of 211. Uriel contributed to French breeding through 26 sons and he produced more than 100 international showjumpers!! Uriel is closely related to the famous Quidam de Revel as they share the same mare line. Dams of Quidam de Revel  and Uriel are both by Nankin out of a Nadine daughter.  

Calvados dam Gold Rose (index 186!) was as a 3 year old French Conformation Champion and she was in the French Showjumping Team from 1979 until 1982, during which time she won for example the Grand Prix of Paris and Madrid and became second in Lisbon, Barcelona and Hamburg. Her total winnings were Frs. 621.000,--. In addition Gold Rose produced two sons, that both became approved stallions Turban Rose in Sweden and Sable Rose (=Calvados) in Holland. Gold Rose was sired by the great showjumper producer Ibrahim with 36 approved sons in France, including the legendary Alme. Granddam of Calvados was the unique mare Jolie Rose, who became very famous by producing 6 international showjumpers including: All Rose, Dall Rose, Gold Rose, La Rose II. She also produced the approved stallions Irminio and Joly Jumper.

Calvados as a 4 year old won the National Stallion Competition. In 1992 Calvados as an 8 year old claimed a deserved 7th place in the Dutch Championship with Peter Geerink. The next year they were Reserve Champion of the Netherlands and won the Grand Prix of Tjele in Denmark, 3rd Grand Prix of Drammen, 5th Grand Prix of Falsterbro, 2nd Grand Prix of Spangenberg, 4th Grand Prix of Geesteren and winner of the Stallion Competition at ’s-Hertogenbosch. Although Calvados has bred on a very limited scale, he has many international offspring jumping at Grand Prix level, e.g. Macanudo’s Deniro (Peter Wylde), Royal Future (Allison Firestone), Royal Love (Susanne Behring), Harmonie (Leon Thijssen) the full sister of Prelude, Iwan II (Mark Armstrong), Illussion (Tani Tops) and Silber Bird (Markus Beerbaum). Calvados is one of the few stallions who has earned his KEUR predicate. He has this to thank from his above mentioned, worldfamous children, who won grand prix and world cups. Calvados produced the reserve champion of the IAN-trophy and a lot of offspring scored high marks in their mare tests, IBOP’s and foal auctions. The jumping index of Calvados is extremely high with 152 points. Calvados produced the highest percentage star mares in 2003.

 MARE LINE

Prelude's dam Electra,  is a Preferent Sport Prestatie mare from the Keur preferent stallion Voltaire. She competed at National level but was retired for her broodmare qualities. Her dam the Ster Sport  Uranda by Le Mexico was an international jumper. Electra is  ranked 13th in the breeding value for mares with offspring in sport (BV 162). Electra produced one Approved AES stallions, one Approved AES and Z stallion, one Keur Sport National jumper mare, one Elite Preferent prestatie sport International jumper mare  and two Elite mares. One of her daughter Harmonie is one if not  THE most famous broodmare in Holland. Despite her International career she went on to produce one International jumper and Approved sBs stallion, one international Elite sport preferent mare, one Elite Sport ZZ jumping (4'5'') and one Z mare (4'3'') .  The later had her foal Comme Il faut been approved this year in  the Zangersheide studbook. 

Electra' sire, Voltaire needs no introduction. He is the result of crossing two outstanding bloodlines: Furioso II and Gotthard. Furioso II produced 200 state premium mares and at least 70 approved stallions of which several are standing at stud in other continents. One can easily say that Furioso II has influenced the breeding industry worldwide. The full brother of Furioso II is the French stallion Mexico. His son Le Mexico is a familiar name in Dutch breeding and frequently appears in the pedigrees of successful showjumpers such in Electra's dam line.  Furioso II was also the sire of the Olympic gold medal winners Lutteur B and Pomone B.

Voltaire's dam, Gogo Moeve, was also the dam to such horses as Fandango R, PS Falkan and Petite Fleur. She was sired by the great Gotthard, a stallion who has made his mark in the Hanoverian breed. Gotthard is seen in the pedigree of such horses as Goldika, Goya, Queensway, Genius, Grundstein and Grannus. Gogo Moeve's dam-sire was the Thoroughbred stallion More Magic, who also sired the 1980 Moscow Olympics dressage gold medalist, Mon Cherie, ridden by Elisabeth Theurer.

The dam's sire Gotthard is almost a legend in German sports horse breeding. Gotthard's strength is continued in his sons and grandsons. Vital in Voltaire's pedigree is the connection in the third generation to the thoroughbreds More Magic xx on one side and on the other side Furioso xx.

As an 8 year old Voltaire jumped 1.50 m. courses with a great deal of success. He showed his strength in international jumping in 1988 in Calgary, Stockholm, Lanaken, Helsinki, Wiesbaden and Wembley and in 1989 he brought his showjumping career to a successful ending by winning the Grand Prix of Berlin with Jos Lansink and 2nd in the Grand Prix of Leeuwarden. Voltaire was the sire with the most offspring at the Olympic Games of Atlanta in 1996. Voltaire has over 50 approved sons. Many of his offspring jump at Grand Prix level, i.e. Kannan, Finesse, Altaire, Kahlua, Play it Again, Helios, Electro, Especial etc. etc. Foltaire, ridden by Günther Seidel is a famous offspring of Voltaire in the international dressage ring. Voltaire has been awarded ‘Huntersire of the Year 2001, 2002 and 2003’ in the USA!  

         Born on :             May 6, 2010
         Name:                  Feather Bloom
         Bloodlines:           Mr Blue  / Calvados

    Born in Holland:   2009
    Name:                  Elegant
    Bloodlines:           Patent / Calvados

Born in Holland:   2008      Name:                  Dirigent      Bloodlines:           Numero Uno / Calvados

	Born in Holland:   2007    Name:                  Cabaret    Bloodlines:           Patent / Calvados    Currently in training in Holland

	Born in Holland:    2001     Name:                   Unisound     Bloodlines:            Litho / Calvados Keur Sport National jumper in Holland!  Unisound is now competing succesfully in Holland in the 1.35m. She has        produced a Keur EPTM mare by Patent. Her breeding index is 166 which put her in the 39th in the ranking of Broodmare with no offspring in sport.