| Lovely All Around Pleasure/Trail/Dressage/ Family Horse fully vetted on Sept 14, 2009, and was clean on xrays in June, 2005.
This mature and experienced gelding has an Incredible Pedigree!!!!!!!
Motherline couldnt be better: STER-MODEL+Pref-STER+Pref-STER
Thurston is intelligent and friendly, a compact-built gelding with noble and impressive looks, correct and strong, correct conformation--a gorgeous Friesian, a real head -turner. Lots of mane with a long forelock heavy tail and feathered legs. He has outstanding ground manners, being very respectful of his handlers and their personal space. His compact conformation allows him to bring his hind legs well under himself. His movement is very swingy and light.
Thurston is a lovely forward moving Friesian, not a spooky horse, hes not a lazy Friesian with no forward, that requires whips and spurs. He has quite a bit of experience in harness. He drives as a single, in pairs and as a 3-in-hand (two wheel horses, one in front). He also competed in marathon competitions in pair, winning several!
Thurstons sire is the sadly no longer living approved stallion, Thomas. Thomas is also the sire of our new show horse, Chopard ( see Our Horses). Thomas offspring are rare in this country and cherished. Thomas 327 is out of mare stam-line 50, a very influential dam line. This Stam-line 50 has produced 21 approved stallions. At Thomas Performance Test in 1993, it was noted that he is a well-balanced, slightly bold and intelligent stallion. He was approved on offspring in 1997. The judges stated that the collection of inspected offspring had nice jet black color with nice feathers, mane and tail. The development was more than sufficient. Some horses were very appealing with attentive eyes and friendly ears. The quality of the legs and hoofs was good. The formation of the foreleg was correct in general, and the foreleg was sufficiently long, and had a nice forward movement. The use of the hind legs was sufficient. Thurston is no exception, he is just like his daddy!
Thurston is a Full Papered FPS/FHANA Studbook Gelding (Mother-line is Ster - Model+Pref - Ster+Pref - Ster).
1999 Foal Inspection: Second Premie
DOB: June 13, 1999
In-Breeding Co-efficient: 3.71%
Thurstons Dam-Sire is Peke 268. The Friesian Stallion Book states about Peke: Peke 268 (died 6/30/97) was very important in the breeding of the Friesian Horse, as the Age-line has always been considered to have special value in pushing back the inbreeding . . . Peke is important for bringing new blood, if we want to avoid the Tetman-blood, and his offspring performs well in the sport.
Dressage riders that have shown Thurston have all really loved him and were thrilled with how quickly he learns---- doing all kinds of things in a short period of time. From lateral movements- to his really nice canter, Thurston is a forgiving horse that is super sweet, kind, and giving, wanting to please his rider at all times.
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