Yeguada Iberica also had a
marvellous show which culminated in their triumph as Champion Breeders. The Best Stud
Award is naturally a highly coveted prize amongst UK breeders since it is awarded by the
Cria Caballar from Spain, for the best UK Purebred Spanish Horse stud. The Cria Caballar
control the Spanish State Stud Book and the breeding and grading of Spanish horses
throughout the world.
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AMOROSO - with Mrs Julie
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GRANERO IV |
For this award marks are not allocated for quantity of
horses entered or shown, but for the overall quality of the horses. As this is a stud
award, only horses bred by each stud may be eligible and the marks of all horses shown by
each stud are divided by the number of horses presented by the stud, to produce an average
mark, which is taken into account alongside movement and handling.
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The Stud had swept
the board in the best foal class, the winner being Pirouetta, which, although owned by
Jeanie Miles, was by the Stud s fine bay stallion Malabar and out of Enamcrada. Second was
Mandadero and third Sirena, both owned by the Stud and by their grey Stallion, Granero IV.
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Granero s
stock were successful again later in the day in the Progeny Class. This is a class where
three of the progeny of either one mare, or one stallion are judged together. There was a
large entry for this class at the National Championship Show and this was won by Yeguada
Iberica with the progeny of one of their stud stallions, Granero IV.
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 Richard Lust receiving his award on behalf of Yeuada
Iberica as Champion Breeder at the show. |
The group included Mandadero a
grey 5 month old colt out of Moraleja and Octavio, a grey 13 month old colt out of Oretana
II and Granera II, a grey 14 monthly filly out of Christera.
Best Movement - Mares and Youngstock
This was won by Yeguada Iberica s 2 year old bay filly Campera XIV.
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MALABAR |
Earlier, Yeguada Iberica
had been presented with a difficult decision, as five of their horses had won best
movement in their classes and were eligible for the championship final. However they did
not have enough handlers to take them all in to the ring at the same time, and so chose
just three to enter. Campera did well to win this event, being only two years old and she
looks to have a good future with the stud.
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