SALE PENDING...

Quiet, sweet, talented gelding. Started under saddle. Amateur temperament, but may need a little more mileage under saddle to be appropriate for a beginner only because he's still green. London was started a little late and brought along slowly because of busy owner/trainer's schedule, but is a fast learner with a great attitude. Correctly started and in training with a proven Grand Prix trainer with lots of YH experience.

London is by the Elite Grand Prix Friesian Sporthorse stallion 'Lexington' and out of the Dutch Warmblood mare 'Natasha' (a granddaughter of the famous 'Roemer'.)

London's sire is the Elite Grand Prix Friesian Sporthorse stallion 'Lexington', one of the best known and arguably the most successful Friesian Sporthorse stallion standing in the US. Lexington has won Regional and National Awards thru Grand Prix, including being named the USDF All-Breeds Friesian Sporthorse Grand Prix National Champion in 2015. He has also been featured in numerous articles online and in print, and was featured on the cover of Warmbloods Today magazine in 2012. He was most recently featured in an article in USDF’s Connection magazine (September 2016.)

London's dam was the Dutch Warmblood mare 'Natasha' (now deceased.) Natasha had a star-studded, proven sport pedigree. Natasha's sire was Jacobean, who was by the famous Dutch Preferent stallion Roemer. Roemer was a Grand Prix dressage horse and Grand Prix jumper, and stood at Iron Spring Farm until his death in 1996. Roemer can be found in the pedigrees of 2012 Olympic Dressage Silver Medalist "Parzival" (Jazz/ Ulft/ Roemer) and Edward Gal's Grand Prix horse "Glock Undercover" (Ferro/ Donnerhall/ Roemer), and Roemer can also be found in the pedigree of "Uthopia" who finished 5th in the 2012 Olympics for dressage. He sired 7 approved stallion sons, 5 approved stallion grandsons, 23 Preferent mares, 29 Prestatie mares, 17 Sport mares, 198 Star mares and geldings, and 31 Keur mares. Jacobean's dam (Natasha's grand-dam) was a Ster mare by Saluut, sire of famous jumpers including Saluut II. Natasha's dam was a Ster mare by Consul, another of the illustrious stallions of Iron Spring Farm. Consul competed thru Fourth Level dressage, as well as show jumping in the Netherlands. He was retired due to injury, but went on to more than prove himself as a sire.

This pairing of Lexington x Natasha has proven very successful. The first foal from this pairing was 'Lancaster ROF', who was the Friesian Sporthorse Inspection & In-hand National Champion in 2010 and appeared in Warmbloods Today magazine in 2011. He then went on to a successful career as a young dressage stallion competing in the 4-Year-Old Young Horse classes with scores to 77% and being named the USDF All-Breeds Friesian Sporthorse National Champion 4-Year-Old in 2014, before being gelded to begin a successful new career as an event horse with his adoring amateur owner. In 2016 he qualified for and competed at the eventing championships at Novice level, and he recently did his first Training Level schooling event (and won.)

The next foal from this pairing of Lexington x Natasha was named 'Lily ROF'. Lily ROF was the 2011 USDF DSHB Southeast Regional "Foals of Current Year" Champion and was the 2011 FSA Inspection & In-hand National Champion. In 2014 she repeated her in-hand success being named the 2014 USDF DSHB Southeast Regional 3-Year-Old Mare Champion. In 2014 she also earned her Star Mare status. She is now a broodmare for Cornerstone Sporthorses.

The third foal from this pairing has recently been started under saddle, and her owner loves her and her good temperament. London was the fourth foal from this pairing. His younger brother Merlot (the last foal of this pairing) finished 4th in 2015 for the FSA Inspection & In-hand national year-end awards.

**IMPORTANT** London recently had a sale pending, and a pre-purchase exam was performed. He passed the flexions and the physical exam (with a comment about an old scar on this right eye, which did not concern the veterinarian), and then x-rays were performed which uncovered a small OCD in each hock. Pricing may vary by area, but a specialist at the Equine Medical Center of Ocala said he could remove these for $2000 if someone wanted them removed now, or the owner could wait and see if they become problematic in the future. (London is currently sound.) Here is a link to view the xrays online: http://www.asteris.com/dataAccess/emailDownload/Keystone.aspx?clinicCod…

I would like to see London go to someone who can/will either have the surgery done now, or who can assure me they can/will have the surgery done if the time comes that he needs it. I want to find someone who can both appreciate him and give him a level of care equal or better than what I can offer…..if that sounds like you, I’m open to offers. Otherwise he has a forever home with me.

Located in Central Florida.

Registered with the Friesian Sporthorse Association (FSA) Main Book.

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