**APRIL 2018 SALE PENDING**
2015 Dutch Warmblood gelding by Banderas/Fazur Mail/Hand In Glove xx

Banner is a fancy colt with lovely movement in a stylish, elegant package.

We expect him to mature around 16.0 hands tall. Banner's price includes registration with the KWPN and 60 days board post sale. SELLING FOR A CLIENT.

His sire, Banderas ( Balou Du Rouet/ Grannus/ Beach Boy) Banderas is the first approved son of the sensational European stallion Balou du Rouet, to stand in North America. Banderas is a very typey athletic stallion, with a lovely expression, clearly stamped by in looks by his sire. Banderas has three very good athletic gaits, and shows a huge amount of jumping potential, he jumps in classic form, and show a lot of scope. He also has a very good temperament and good nature. Sire Balou du Rouet is highly sought after as a breeding stallion, he is very known for producing type, elastic movers, and his oldest offspring are showing his prepotency for first class jumping ability. Banderas comes from a very strong dam line through dam Grisette he combines some of the best bloodlines available.

His dam, Lena Mail ( Fazur Mail/ Hand In Glove/ Digne Espoir) is a Selle Francais mare imported from France. She was bred by one of the top breeders of Selle Francais in France. Lena has successfully shown in the Hunter ring. She is 16.1 hands tall. Her grandsire, Hand In Glove has had an extraordinary sporting career ; Well placed in racing at 2yrs old, then winning in Dressage (Prix St Georges level) until 8yrs, he started in CSO showjumping at 9yrs old. In 3 seasons, he managed to get to the level of World Cup Grand Prix CSO !
His dam's maternal 1/2 brother, Otto Mail has what it takes to be a very good dressage horse. He has a rare strength, above normal activity. It has 3 very good gaits, with an exceptional step. His ability to put together is very interesting for the work of Grand Prix. He was champion of the national competition standards and was approved SF 2005 at 3 years old. OTTO is recognized as the being a great example of the SF type: he provides two streams of blood very little cross, with both sides is the evidence of their qualifications.

For additional information please contact us: [email protected] or (507) 263-7510. We are located approximately 30 minutes SE of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN.