2018 American Hanoverian Society Stallion Service Auction - 7% Buyers Premium
Bidding Opens: February 13, 2018 - Bidding Closes: February 20, 2018
Hip 11: Figaro R
2001 Brown Stallion (Friendship x Feiner Stern / Werther) Donated by Margot Brady
Sire of two finalists in the World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Verden.
- 2001
- Brown
- Stallion
- 16.1-1/2 hh
- Papers: Yes
- Reg. Number: 316611501
Notes:
Figaro R was Premium stallion at the Hanoverian Licensing in Verden 2003.
He was sold to Sweden and was Champion of the 2005 Swedish Warmblood Stallion Test with the highest dressage index (22.0 points) ever achieved. He had perfect scores of 10 for rideability from two German test riders, Hella Kuntz and Heiner Sudowe, whose commented, “Gives a very good feeling in all three gaits. Very attentive to the aids and perfect contact with the mouth. Nice horse to train!” and “Very good to ride, well trained horse. Three good and easy gaits. Good increases where the horse will go forward from behind.”
Figaro had Prix St. Georges placings before an injury discontinued his show career. He is a successful breeding stallion with 400+ offspring in Sweden, including two finalists in the World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Verden. He has an approved stallion son and grandson in Sweden.
Figaro's breeding value for dressage in the Swedish BLUP system is well above average, 128 in 2014 (the mean is 100, standard deviation is 20). He is eligible to be awarded “Premium A” status as a breeding stallion by the Swedish Warmblood Association indicating his heritability for dressage talent is above average!
In Sweden, Figaro was the Breeder's Trophy Stallion of the Year in dressage in 2011 and 2012. Approved son, Faustino 1244, was winner of the Breeder's Trophy Final as 4-year-old and in 2012 as a 5-year-old and was first place at the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses trial at Flyinge (79.2). Figaro's daughter, Barcelona, won the 2012 Breeder's Trophy final for 6-year-olds and was a finalist in the Young Horse Championships. In 2013, she placed 4th in 7-year-olds at Falsterbo. Son, Falco, placed 5th in the 2011 Breeder's Trophy final for 5-year-olds and 5th in the final for 6-year-olds in 2012. In 2015, another son, Highland Park, born in Sweden and owned in Finland, qualified for the WCYH in Verden. Figaro's 2016 foal crop (90% conception rate on first breeding) was very suc-
cessful, including an AHS Top Colt, SWANA 1st Premium Foal and 75% rated Class I by Swedish judges.
