This well moving and personable foal has performance bloodlines combining jump with rideability and good gaits. 

He is the first foal of a promising dressage mare Ria G who will continue on to performance career next year. He has been easy to handle from day one, and would be suitable even for an amateur owner. With his calm character and athleticism you can go multiple directions with him - hunter/jumper, dressage or eventing.

Born on April 1 2019. Sire is 16.1 and dam 15.2, this foal should make a compact 16hh.

He is weaned,vaccinated and microchipped and ready for new home.

Health certificate for transportation will be provided free of charge, as well as a bag of feed for an easy start at new barn. Extended boarding also available after purchase for reasonable cost.

Vintage will come with full Hanoverian papers, and lifetime USEF registration. Papers are pending with US Hanoverian society and will be delivered upon receipt.

SIRE: Silver Creek's Validation is a true sport horse stallion on all levels with impeccable character, type, talent, and pedigree. He earned 10s for his character, willingness to work, free jumping, and stadium jumping making him the clear winner of his 2009 North American 70-day Stallion Test. 

Validation has competed internationally, and showing in 2019 in the US with Hunter Holloway at U25 Grand Prix level.

Validation's sire was registered as Vallado, but shown for most of his career under the name Praise. The stallion embodies the modern hunter type and style. In the High Performance Hunter division Praise racked up wins at shows such as Lexington, Devon, and Wellington. Praise excelled as an International Derby horse under Kelly Farmer. With 28 International Hunter Derby competitions in his career, Praise still ranks 16th on the Lifetime Earnings for money won.

As a young stallion he was champion of his 30-day Performance Test and earned scores of 9.25 for character and rideability and no score less than 8. He completed his stallion licensing requirements by qualifying for the 6-year old Young Jumper Championships and competed up to 1.40m. The scope for the jumpers and the style for the hunter ring, Praise has proven himself in both venues.

DAM: Ria G is a young dressage bred mare with amateur friendly character, true to her breeding. She was inspected to Hanoverian studbook as three year old and achieved highest placement as Premium Eligible mare. She will continue her performance career next year. Ria is out of GP stallion Rubignon , a black 16.2h Oldenburg stallion, listed for the Swedish Dressage team in 2008 and 2009 has 17 GP wins and placings including international wins in his name. The R- line is known for passing on good character and rideability , and Rubignon's temperament is superb, true to his sire, “his movement even better than Rubinstein” said Oldenburg Judge Evelin Vollsted during Rubignon's licensing.

Ria's dam is out of Contucci, who won the dressage portion of his 100-Day Test with an impressive 147.11 points, earning 9's on his character, willingness, rideability, trot, and canter.  His sire Caprimond was a successful Grand Prix competitor and was the 1998 Trakehner Stallion of the Year. Contucci's dam, Laureen, received 9's on all her gaits at her MPT.  The Caprimond-Laureen combination was successfully repeated 5-times with excellent results, including the FEI mare Capricia. Contucci's grandsire, Lungau, is also the damsire of World Cup Champions Salinero and Brentina.