HERMÈS, AKA "TEDDY" IS A 2012 KWPN GELDING BY BELISSIMO M, OUT OF BALOCIA X FLORENCIO.

Teddy is the consummate gentleman to work around in the barn. He lives up to his name, as he is a giant teddy bear and just loves to put his head in your arms and give you hugs. He stands well in the crossties for grooming and tacking, farrier work, etc, loads easily in the trailer, and loves to be fussed over.

Teddy is doing fairly solid third Level work under saddle, and is getting stronger to move up to Fourth level soon. He does tend to take a somewhat strong feel of the bridle, so his rider should be comfortable with that. That being said, he tries to please and at 17.1 hands (175cm), he has tons of presence that will surely grab attention. Teddy has scores up to 68% at Third Level with an amateur rider.

Teddy certainly has impressive breeding on both sides of his pedigree. Belissimo M was an Olympic Grand Prix horse under Hayley Beresford. His daughter, Bella Rose, also made an Olympic team with Isabell Werth. There are countless other examples of Belissimo M's influence in dressage sport at the highest levels.

Teddy's damsire, Florencio, is no stranger to the international spotlight either. With two World Young Horse Championship titles to his name and having competed to Intermediare II internationally with Hans-Peter Minderhoud before retiring to his stallion duties. The sire of nearly 40 approved stallions, Florencio has definitely left his mark.

X-Rays available from about 1 1/2 years ago.