MIDAS TOUCH DESPERADO
DOB: 24/04/2008
Height: 17.2 hh
Colour: True Black
Imported: Belgium KWPN
Achlevements to date:
1st Warmblood Colts 2 – 3 years HOYS 2011 Champion Warmblood Colt/Stallion HOYS 2011 Reserve Grand Champion Warmblood HOYS 2011 2nd General Breed Colts under 3 years HOYS 2011 1st Warmblood Free Movement Class, 3yr olds – Presidents Cup (April 2011).
DESPERADO is a true black KWPN Colt imported from Belgium. He has both exceptional movement and temperament. He is a handsome black son of Jazz, KWPN Stallion of the year 2006. Ranked No.1 Dressage Sire on the WBFSH ahead of the great Donnerhall. His dam, Tanika KEUR, Is by the famous Trakehner Stallion, Gribaldi. Gribaldi was proclaimed Elite Stallion by the Trakehner Society in 2003 and keur stallion by the KWPN society in 2004. In 2008 he was Trakehner Stallion of the year. Of 707 KWPN registered Grlbaldl mares, at least 332 received the Ster predicate. He sired Grand Prix horses and Dutch A-Team horses, Totilas (Dressage Phenomenon}, Sister de Jeu and Painted Black.
BREEDING
Described by breeders as a ‘gift from heaven,’ Cor de la Bryere has been especially successful producing jumping horses, as he passes on his incredible bascule, scope, and jumping technique.