News
September 2008
Scottish Sports Horse Loose Jumping Championships
Come and see Braeface Stallions in action at the 2008 Three year old Loose Jumping Championships at Rowallan – Saturday 6th September at 7pm. Quest de Revel and Accordo O will be competing. We have high hopes for these two stallions and are hoping to retain our winning title after Braeface Wooster won in 2007.
Allround qualifies for World Breeding Championships in Lanaken, 2008
Allround, currently standing in Germany, has qualified as an Approved Stallion to compete at the 2008 World Breeding Championships in Lanaken on 19th -21st September 2008. This is a significant achievement and we will be travelling from Scotland to watch him compete.
An exciting and busy month! We still have mares coming in for covering at home and we've been busy with the Stallions competing in the UK and Europe.
Wooster 6th at British Young Horse Championships
We've just returned from the British Young Horse Championships at Addington Manor with three of our young horses; 2 Stallions and a very promising young Mare, Warissa. We produced these horses specifically for this event which showcases the best young horse talent in Britain and were absolutely delighted with their performance. Wooster was 6th in the British Bred 5yr old Championships with Zalaraco and Warissa unlucky to have one fence down in their classes.
World Breeding Championships, 2008 in Lanaken
We have just received confirmation that Allround has qualified as an Approved Stallion to go to World Breeding Championships in Lanaken in September 2008.
Troebadour 2nd at CSI*** Codroipo in 1.35m
May 2008
Allround wins Munster Grand Prix 2008
Allround, currently competing in Germany with Adolfo Pacheo won the Munster Grand Prix 2008 on 24th May 2008. Allround and Trouebadour are enjoying great success in Germany and having some of the older Stallions competing abroad not only raises our profile in Europe, but allows us to concentrate on the younger stallions at home.
April 2008
Allround, Troebadour S standing in Germany 2008
During April the 3 stallions Allround Troebadour S and Wooster travelled to Germany for Trainning with Adolfo Pacheco. The horses have all improved greatly and the trip proved a success. The decission was taken that it would be of benefit to leave both Allround and Troebadour out there to compete in international classes. Allround has allready had success being placed 4th in a 1.35m class at his first show. It now allows the the stud to concentrate on the production of its young jumping stallions for 2008.
April 2008
New Heartbreaker Stallion Arrives at Braeface
On one of our recent trips we purchased a rising 4 year old Heartbreaker stallion called Zalaraco.
He is stunning in looks, is short coupled, floats along the ground and is a fine example of a modern day sports horse. He is broken and riding under saddle and will be produced for the age classes this year. His profile will be added shortly to the stallion page. He will join Cassallo z and Zapata the other 4 year old stallions as we choose to keep a young team of horses for the next couple of seasons to compete in all the age classes.
April 2008
Waratah wins BD Novice Freestyle
Jo Barry, riding Waratah IV, originally bred by Braeface Stud, wins the Bailey’s Horse Feeds Novice Open Music Freestyle at the British Dressage Winter Championships and is 4th in the Open Novice. Congratulations Jo and Waratah!
April 2008
Braeface Schiller joins BEF World Class Equine Pathway list
Braeface Schiller who completed his first Eventing season last year with David Gatherer, has been selected for the BEF World Class Equine Pathway programme. This programme aims to support the identification and development of elite young horses which show the potential to medal for Great Britain at future Championships and Olympic Level.
Schiller will continue his Eventing career with David in 2008 and will be competing at Novice and Intermediate.
March 2008
Scottish Sports Horse Stallion Grading 2008
Success! We were delighted to get three of our young Stallions graded this year. Acordo O was one of only two horses to achieve Licensed Status, Casallo Z, Registered Status and Zapata, one of our homebred Stallions out of Braeface Allround, Listed.
March 2008
Stallion Shows
On 12th March, at Kingsbarn Equestrian Centre (Falkirk) and 19th March at Myerscough International Arena, Lancashire we will be holding event events to showcase our Sport Horse Stallions, as well as our breeding and training facilities at Braeface Stud.
Events start at 7.30pm and aim to provide an informative but fun evening looking at young stallions and how we prepare them for Stallion Grading and their competition career, discussing which Stallion to use for which mare, plus demonstrations of flatwork and jump training for the sport horse.
Don’t miss out - come along and see for yourself!
February 2008
Scottish Sports Horse 2008 Stallion Grading
On March 1st 2008 Braeface will participate in the SSH 2008 Stallion Grading, held this year at Dabbs Show and Activity Centre, Fife. Braeface Stallions entered are Acordo O, Cassalo Z, Will He Be and Zapata.
We have had tremendous success at the SSH Stallion Grading in previous years. In 2003 we won the top five places with Allround (Approved), Stryker and Salerno (Licensed) and Trouebadour and Toy Boy (Registered). In 2004 Schiller achieved Approved status, followed by success with Wooster in 2006 as Licensed. We have high hopes for our three young Stallions this year.
The Stallion Grading provides an opportunity for breeders to showcase their stallions and achieve one of three levels of grading (licensed, registered and listed) to enter the SSH Stud book. Licensed stallions can be promoted to Approved status providing that they compete successfully in Dressage, Show jumping, Eventing or Endurance and produce a minimum of 12 foals forward for grading.
Stallions are assessed for correctness of conformation, quality of movement, health and soundness, and jumping ability. Stallions are required to present full x-rays prior to Grading and undergo a full five stage vetting at the grading. They can only be presented for the loose schooled phase of the assessment providing they pass the veterinary inspection.
December 2007
New Site Begins Construction
As christmas approaches quickly we have taken delivery of our new american barn stable block with 24 boxes and are awaiting delivery of the cover all building. It is hoped that both buildings will be completed by the end of January 2008. This will allow us to offer a wide range of services starting from February, to include limited full livery (bookings being taken now due to limited avalibility), breaking and trainning packages to the highest standard.
Early 2008 will see the launch of the new Braeface Equestrian Club any interested parties should contact the stud for further details. It will provide access to work and train your horse at times suitable to you and in an environment conducive to both rider and horse progression. The club will be geared to provide the members with a variety of activities all geared round what the members want.
From all the staff at Braface we would like to take this opportunity to wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR to customers old and new.
December 2007
3 New Stallions
3 young potential stallions have just been purchased by braeface stud. They will be presented for grading in march 2008. New members are Cassallo Z a lovely chestnut 3 year old with scope to burn. Acordo O a liver chestnut 2 year old who has the whole package looks, movement and scope. Quest de Revel a bay 2 year old, a compact individual with which can old be described as an awsome jump you have to see him to believe what he can do.
July 2007
Troebadour Wins
Troebadour wins 7 year old "Horse of the Year Show" qualifier at Rowallen.
May 2007
Stallions maintaining enviable record
All the stallions are still keeping up an enviable competition record as well as having a super breeding season in 2007 where mares supplied with fresh/frozen semen have a 95% take on the first cycle.
January 2006
Wooster and Allround win
In 2006 our first home bred stallion Wooster proved himself by winning the stallion grading and achieved fully licensed status. He then went on later in the year to win the 3 year old loose jumping Championship, his stable mate Wicker was third making it a very successful evening. Allround won many championship classes throughout the year achieved his BSJA silver elite status and won in excess of £20,000 ensuring him of a place in the BSJA top 50 ranked horses. He also romped home in the Scottish points championship by a few thousand points ahead of his closest contenter.
Move to new site
2007 saw the move to the new site, which was a mammoth task but the horses have coped well with being farmed out to their riders and various friends without whom we could not have managed. A big thank you to all of them.