News 2010

Seacookie TSF, the ride of William Fox-Pitt, has been named "Trakehner of the Year 2010" by the Trakehner Verband. The 2010 competition season of Seacookie was crowned by a sensational 2nd place at the CCI**** at Burghley. Sea Cookie TSF is by the thoroughbred stallion Helikon out of a Trakehner mare by Onassis.

Source Trakehners International

Opposition Buzz by Fleetwater Opposition ridden by Nicola Wilson comes home with a Team Gold Medal for the three day eventing competition at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky. He finished in 15th place individually, with the 5th best score in both the cross country and show jumping phases.

Grafenstolz, in his first season in the BEF Futurity has won the top sire award. He is also the top all time event sire, has the top foal and has five of the top ten event foals in 2010.

Results

Holme Grove Solomon by Fernando out of Schlobitten, bred by Julia Charlton and owned by her mother Barbara Watkiss of Holme Grove Farm. HG Solomon is 24 years old and competed up to Medium level dressage before a covering injury cut short his competitive career. He was made BHF Top British Bred Dressage Sire in 1998 and 2000. He has three graded sons. His son, Holme Park Krug was approved with Trakehners UK, performance tested in Germany and stands at Holme Park Stud. His son, Holme Park Vincent was approved by the Canadian Trakehner Association. His son Holme Grove Goldcard was approved by the European Warmblood Society in South Africa.

At the Annual Trakehner Show he has sired 8 premium mares, 5 mare grading champions, 7 champion foals, 5 youngstock champions, 3 riding horse champions and 3 supreme champions, with many more gaining reserve titles.

His progeny in affiliated dressage competition are too numerous to mention but include 16 offspring competing at Medium level dressage and above. These include Holme Grove Merlin and Grand Prix, Holme Park Karachi at
Inter I, Holme Park Silk at Prix St Georges, Holme Grove Gershwin and Holme Grove Bolero at Advanced level.
Holme Grove Solomon is an excellent sire of competition horses and has made a tremendous contribution to the Trakehner breed.

Fleetwater Opposition by Muschamp Danube out of Opushka was bred by Louise King and owned by John Johnson at Landford Common Stud. Although sadly no longer with us, he will always be remembered for his outstanding contribution both as a competitor and as a sire.

He won the Junior three day eventing Individual and Tem Gold medals when he was 6 years old. He went from Elementary to Advanced level dressage in two seasons and was placed in every competition he entered up to Grand Prix.

He has an amazing reputation as a sire of competition horses in all disciplines, but is probably best known for producing three day eventers. These include Olympic, World Games and European bronze and silver medallist, Yarlands Summersong. His son, Opposition Buzz ridden by Nicola Wilson has been selected for the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky.

His son, Utopian Opposition, is an International Grade A Showjumper and a Medium level dressage horse who is now an influential sire in his own right. Other offspring include Opposition Heracles, Regal Opposition, Opposition Leader, Future Illusion and Gaelic Opposition and the list just goes on!

Adored around the world, Fleetwater Opposition leaves a unique legacy through his many successful offspring.