FOR JOY

Height: 166 cm (16.1 hh)
Colour: Dark Bay
Imported: Germany

In his 100-day Stallion Performance Test he was placed 3rd (1994). He competed at an International level in showjumping in Germany. He also competed at Grand Prix Level in Dressage in South Africa. He already showed his jumping talent and his extraordinary character during his 100-day stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf, where he came third with an average of 133,54 points. In 2006 For Joy was SA Individual Freestyle Dressage Champion. For Joy is a dark bay stallion with loads of charm, striking neck, correct legs and elastic and rhythmic movement. He is a stallion of the modern-type, with impressive ground gaits together with a remarkable free jump.

Competition History
For Joy was placed third out of 53 stallions during his 100-day Stallion Performance Test in Adelheidsdorf, Germany, with a combined total of 133,54 points, convincingly outclassing some big-name stallions like Goldfever and Calido I. The fact that he was equally good in both dressage (128,81) and jumping (128,49) is a sign of his extraordinary talent for performance. In 1997 he competed in the jumping finals of the “Bundeschampionate” (German Federal Champion­ships) under Peter Teuven, and since 1998 had international show jumping success under Jessica Kurten. He competed in international jumping classes in Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Italy and Ireland.
After his importation in 2003, he started his dressage training. Not even 3 years after giving up show jumping, did he book his first wins in Advanced dressage classes. Since then, he has won every major dressage title in South Africa up to Grand Prix level, amongst others the FEI World Dressage Challenge, SANEF Competition and SA Individual Freestyle Championships. He was retired from competition in 2008, after being awarded highest ranked dressage horse in South Africa.

Pedigree of For Joy
When looking at For Joy’s pedigree, it comes as no surprise why he is such a successful athlete. He is bred in the purple for performance! His dam-line is known for producing performance horses. His dam, Donau, (by the incomparable Don Carlos) produced a number of successful offspring: licensed stallion son (Advocat by Argentan) and States Premium Mares, which are all jumping at advanced level. His performance-prone dam line is rounded off by the show jumping progenitor stallions Antrieb and Gotthard.

His sire, For Pleasure, is best known for winning medals at Wor ld, Olympic and National Championships, under riders like Marcus Ehning, Lars Nieberg and Hans-Joachim Giebel, and is producing offspring which are sought after all over the world. For Pleasure, at the incredible age of 17, was ranked number 1 in the world as a show jumper. The priceless jumping blood of Gotthard appears twice in his pedigree, from both dam’s and sire’s side.

Offspring of For Joy
Because of his amazing jumping ability, he has been accepted as a breeding stallion into the Hanoverian Jumper Breeding Program in Germany. He also stood at the Warendorf State Stud for one season as the only For Pleasure-son in Westphalia. From his offspring tested, he has shown a breeding index 137 for jumping. His oldest offspring are 9-years old, 5 of which are amazingly already jumping at advanced (S­ievel) in Germany. His daughter, Fiorella, broke into the international jumping scene in 2004 by placing in the CSI Bremen Grand Prix. In 2004, he ranked 17th amongst all the stallions approved for the Hanoverian breed on his show jumping breeding index.