The Canadian Sport Horse Association would like to extend a heartfelt “Thank You” to all of the stallion owners who generously donated a breeding to the 2009 CSHA Stallion Service Auction.  A total of 34 stallions were offered to mare owners in this year’s auction which fittingly took place over the Valentines Day weekend.

The Spruce Meadows  “bidder’s choice”  offer of a breeding to either of their top stallions, Le Primeur (Laptop x Pinkus) or Salito (Stakkato x Celine Dion/Calido) garnered the top bid and was won by Alberta based breeder, Cathie Bruner. Both stallions, Salito and Le Primeur, are 300 Day Tested and have had extensive competition career in Europe.  Equitop  Farm’s Silver Premium stallion Portland L (Pilot x Ranaschun/Ramiro) generated the highest number of bids and ended up with the 2nd highest price won by Jeff Orlando of Babbling Brook Farm, Millbrook, Ontario. Portland’s Silver Premium status was achieved through his impressive results show jumping in Europe.

Depth of Bloodlines

There was a good deal of well known and respected  bloodlines on offer in this year’s auction including Pilot, Libero H, Weltmeyer, Regazzoni, Merkur*E*, Rio Grande, Pablo, Parabol, Glorieux, Corrado I, Laptop, Stakkato, Raphael, Santorini, Corland, Ahorn, Le Tot de Semily, Dublin, Irish Castle xx, Corland, Ahorn, Rio Grande, Raja Baba xx, Jus de Pommes, Ramiro Z, Grannus, Beaute, Narcos II, Coudelaria Nacional, Nimmerdor, Olden Times xx, Grundstein, Flipper, Dublin, Corrado, Alme Z, Calido and Night and Day xx.  The depth of performance bloodlines was impressive, to say the least. This speaks to the great future of the CSHA’s studbook and the Association’s commitment to Canadian breeders.

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