Dec 16th

CONGRATULATIONS to Jo Baxter on the purchase of Duchesse D`Hive. Jo lives local to us so we are thrilled that regular visits will be easy. Jo hopes to put Duchesse back under saddle once she has weaned Duchesses foal next year. We want to wish Jo the very best of luck with Duchesse & look forward to hearing of their success in the future.

Dec 16th

Carriden Sports Horses, the breeders of DON DANTE, are mentioned in both Horse & Hound (26th November issue) & BD magazine.

Nov 12th

DON DANTE RESERVE CHAMPION AT BWBS STALLION GRADING.

We were over the moon to hear that our stunning 2007 colt Don Dante has acheived this result. The German judges commented to his owner that she should have taken him to the Hanoverian licensing in Germany as they were positive that he would have been licensed. We want to say a big congratulations to his owner Wendy MacKay & we look forward to hearing of his progress. You can see a photo of Don Dante at the grading on his web page (07 foals.

Nov 12th

CONGRATULATIONS to Kat on the purchase of London`s Pride. We look forward to hearing of his progress in the future.


Sept 2nd

INGO & SUSAN PAPE, THE OWNERS OF SAN REMO, INVITE SACRED SPIRIT CSH TO GO TO THEIR YARD IN GERMANY TO BE PREPARED FOR THE STALLION LICENSING!!!!!!!!
Well as you can imagine Stewart & I are simply over the moon at this exciting news. We always knew Spirit had that "something" from the day he was born. As he matured we realised that maybe he was stallion material. We emailed the Pape family a few days ago sending details & photos of Spirit. Well the email we received back from the Pape family blew us away!! The email said that Spirit was "WOW", that he was "AWESOME" & that he had something "SPECIAL" about him. They also commented that he looked to have all the qualities to make a future stallion. We know this is a long process, but we want to give Spirit the best chance possible & who better to look after & prepare him than one of Germany's finest families. We hope to speak with the Papes this week to confirm everything. Watch this space for more updates & news...

May 25th

Today we received great news from Jim Duke (Dukes Vets Aboyne) - the St.Pr.St DOROTHEE is confirmed in foal to the outstanding 2007 stallion licensing champion SOLIMAN DE HUS. This foal is due March 2010.

May 22nd

... @ 1.30 am our lovely mare FEINE FRIEDA had a big, strong dark bay colt. Both are doing well. He is by the phenomenal grand prix stallion DIAMOND HIT. Photos etc to follow shortly.

May 18th

TODAY WE HAVE OUR FIRST CONFIRMED PREGNANCY. WILDROSE IS IN FOAL TO DON ROMANTIC FOR A FOAL IN MARCH 2010. WE ARE DELIGHTED.

May 8th

FIRST PHOTOS OF OUR NEW LONDONTIME FOAL ON HIS WEB PAGE. View Photos • View Video Clip

April 27th

@ 12.20am SPA DUCHESSE D`HIVE HAD A LOVELY BIG BAY COLT BY LONDONTIME. HIS WEB PAGE WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.

New pics of Sacred Spirit now on his web page. View

March 24th

On Tuesday the 24th of March at midnight our beautiful Weltmeyer mare, WILDROSE produced a lovely chestnut colt by the outstanding Grand Prix stallion DIAMOND HIT!!! His web page is now up.

Feb 20th

10.20pm St.Pr. DOROTHEE gave birth to a gorgeous colt by the outstanding stallion SAN REMO. He has lovely long legs and looks to be very modern. His web page + photos will be on the site shortly. We hope, if he continues to be as good, we will be retaining him as a potential stallion.

Jan 21st 2009

VIDEO CLIPS OF HOHENZETTI NOW ON YOUTUBE

Special Brew, Diamond Diva & Royal Reflection are all sold.

2008 . . .

Dec 5th

Congratulations Clare on the purchase of St.Pr. mare SABRINA. We want to wish Clare all the best for the future with lovely mare. Clare plans to reback Sabrina & use her as a riding horse.

We are delighted to announce we have purchased a super mare by the Hanoverian Stallion of 2008, DE NIRO. We have bought this wonderful mare from our good friend Ruth Warrington & we would like to thank Ruth for allowing us to have her. DiDis web page will follow shortly.

Oct 30th

State Premium Mare Dorothee's sire DE NIRO is Hanoverian stallion of the year. We are proud to own one of De Niro's daughters.

We are delighted to announce that we have purchased yet another super breeding mare. She has top bloodlines; FURST HEINRICH - ROHDIAMANT - BRENTANO II - WELTMEYER. She is in foal to Emma Hindles top grand prix stallion DIAMOND HIT. Her web page will follow shortly.

Oct 20th

We are delighted to announce that the stud has puchased an other top broodmare. WILDROSE is a beautiful daughter of the legendary WELTMEYER. She is in foal to Emma Hindles top Grand Prix stallion DIAMOND HIT, foal due March. Wildrose takes the place of Letizia as unfortunatly this mare turned out to be a "roarer". We want to thank Sandra Neff for allowing us to have this beautiful mare. Her web page will follow shortly.

Sept 2nd

***DON DANTE RESERVE CHAMPION OF DRESSAGE YEARLINGS AT THE BEF FUTURITY CHAMPIONSHIPS***
We are over the moon to hear from Wendy about Don Dante's success at Addington Manor on Sunday 31st of August. We want to congratulate her and know this is the start of a long and successful partnership. It is of course a great achievement for us too. Don Dante is out of our SPS SABRINA.

Aug 21st

*********** ROYAL REFLECTION ************ gained a FIRST PREMIUM at the BEF FUTURITY at Fountain Equestrian Centre. He finished on a super score of 8.31. At the moment he is in 3rd place for the championships at Addington. We are delighted with this result.

Aug 21st

********* DIAMOND DIVA ********* gained a SECOND PREMIUM at the BEF FUTURITY at Fountain Equestrian Centre. She finished on a note of 7.68. Unfortunately the vet gave her too low marks which were very disappointing - especially when the judges disagreed with him!!!!

Aug 13th

New photos on site of Special Brew
New photos on site of Royal Reflection

July 14th

FOALS FOR 2009:

1) St.Pr.St DOROTHEE in foal to SAN REMO due Febuary
2) St.Pr.St DUCHESSE D`HIVE in foal to LONDONTIME due April
3) DJINGA in foal to FLORENCIO due May
4) St.Pr.St SABRINA to be confirmed.

All these foals can be purchased in utero. A refundable deposit secures.

June 2nd

We are delighted to announce that our beautiful StPA mare Duchesse IS IN FOAL. She will no longer be for sale. She is in foal to Londontime for early April 2009. It has been a hard time getting this wonderful mare in foal so we are so relieved as we really did not want to part with her.

May 29th

1am Royal Caris produced a stunning & very correct black filly. We are delighted with this foal. This filly will be retained by the stud.

May 27th

1.20am StPr mare Sabrina must have known we needed our spirits lifted as she produced a huge black/bay colt. Both are doing well. This colt is for sale.

May 26th

We are devastated as our beautiful San Remo filly, Shakira had to be put to sleep today. Unfortunatly she had a field accident & gave herself a serious back injury. We want to thank everyone at Deveron vets for their help & also the Dick vet in Edinburgh.

Apr 23rd

12.45AM - DJINGA PRESENTED US WITH A BEAUTIFUL BIG BAY COLT. BOTH MUM & FOAL ARE DOING WELL.

Apr 17th

State Premium Mare DOROTHEE & her outstanding filly foal SHAKIRA (by SAN REMO) arrived safely this evening. We are delighted with both of them. Their web pages will be updated with new photos & video clips shortly. Thanks to John Parkers & Eric Gillies for looking after them so well on their journey home.

Feb

We are delighted to announce that the stud has purchased yet another super mare. She is a State Premium mare by Furst Heinrich - Wanderbursch II - Waldhorn. She has done a super mare performance test finishing on a note of 8.3!!!!!!! She is staying out in Germany until she is in foal. Her web page will follow shortly.
We are over the moon now as the stud stands at 4 super state premium mares & 1 main stud book mare. We feel a great sense of achievement!!

We have had the most fantastic news. Ingo Pape, San Remo's owner, has invited us to take StPr Dorothee & her new filly to his stallion show on the 23rd of February. This filly is proving to be an absolute superstar. As you can imagine we are thrilled!!! The show will be available via internet.

Jan 2008

In the early hours this morning 21st Jan '08, our StPr Mare Dorothee gave birth safely without any complications to our first black filly of the season. Mother and baby are doing very well, our thanks to Ina, Sabine and Herbert for all their help on our behalf out in Germany. Photos to follow shortly.

2007 . . .

Dec

We are delighted to announce that the stud has purchased yet another super mare!! Her bloodlines are DE NIRO- RAMIROS SON II-DROSSELKLANG- MATCHO AA. She is a state premium mare & is in foal to SAN REMO. Her foal is due in January so because of this we will leave her in Germany to foal & be rebred before bringing her home. She has done a super MPT & her inspection scores are impeccable (receiving a 9 for her head) & finishing on a note of 8!!!! Her web page will follow shortly.

We had an email from Wendy to let us know that Dante & Symphony have settled into their new home & that nothing seems to phase them!! Wendy is absolutlely delighted with the boys. We will keep you updated on their progress.

Nov

We are delighted to announce that the stud has bought a fantastic State Premium Awarded mare. She is by Dauphin out of Weltmeyer dam. We wish to thank Jorg Clasen & Marefield Meadows for allowing us to purchase this super young mare. We will keep Duchesse out in Germany to be put in foal.

Oct 28th

Christine returns from Germany. She had a wonderful time on the breed orientation course & learned so much. She also met some fantastic people from all over the world who now are great friends. We wish to thank Dr Christmann & all his staff for making the trip so educational & enjoyable. The highlight of the course had to be the stallion licensing & auction!!

Oct 14th

Christine flys out to Germany to take part in the breeding orientation course. She will return on the 28th of October & will surely have some exciting news.

Oct 5th

Congratuations to Annabel & Jon on the purchase of our super broodmare Winnie.

Aug

Furstin Pressions, Royal Caris, St Pr Sabrina, Don Dante, Djinga and St Symphony are all entered into Turriff Show. We look forward to hearing of their results.

July 31st

We are eagerly expecting the arrival of our Furst Hendrich Mare Furstin Pressions from Germany. Again a big thankyou to Christina for her help in looking after her in Germany, and to John Parker International and Eric Gillies in transporting her home.

July 26th

Congratulations to Wendy ( Oxfordshire, England) on her purchase of Don Dante. Carriden Sports Horses wish you both every success in the future and eagerly await news of your progress together.

July 21st

Carriden Sports Horses wish to acknowledge the support of Aberdeenshire Council's Small Business support in helping us establish our web page, and a big thankyou to Billy Brown in the actual construction of the web pages.

July 14th

Royal Caris and St Pr Sabrina return from stud at Dukes Veterinary, Aboyne. A big thankyou to all at Dukes for looking after and assisting all our mares this season with such successful results.

July 12th

Djinga and her foal at foot St Symphony, safely arrived home from Germany, we are delighted with both horses. A big thankyou to Christina for her help in looking after them in Germany, and to John Parker International and Eric Gillies for safely transporting them home.

July

Carriden Sports Horses are delighted to announce that St Pr Sabrina is confirmed in foal to Stedinger.

Carriden Sports Horses are delighted to announce that Royal Caris is confirmed in foal to Don Frederico.

Carriden Sports Horses are delighted to announce that Furstin Pressions is confirmed in foal to San Remo.

Carriden Sports Horses are delighted to announce that Djinga is confirmed in foal to Rotspon.

22nd April

Don Sadero, our 2005 gelding out of Don Crusador was sold to Wendy from Broxburn, West Lothian. Congratulations Wendy and we wish you both a successful future in serious competition.


15th April

Jazz, our Dutch warm blood jumping mare out of Animo was sold to Claire in Surrey. Good luck on your breeding program with Jazz, we await news of Jazz’s progress.


3rd April 2007 at 09:00 in Germany

Our Don Bosco mare Djinga produced a fabulous long legged colt by the outstanding premium stallion St Moritz. This foal has correct confirmation, superb paces with an extravagant trot. He has all the attributes to be a serious dressage prospect in the future.
St Symphony is for sale


13th March 2007 at 11:00

We are delighted to announce the safe arrival of our first foal, an outstanding filly by the undisputed 2005 stallion licensing champion Hotline, out of our Weltmeyer mare Winnie. This filly is elegant and has very correct confirmation with beautiful elastic paces.
Hifidelity is for sale


20th February

Carriden Sports Horse Stud are pleased to announce the purchase of two new broodmares, Djinga (Don Bosco), and Fürstin Pressions (Fürst Heinrich). Djinga is in foal to St Moritz, and will be bred to St Moritz for 2008. Fürstin Pressions is planned to be bred to San Remo for 2008.


3rd – 8th February 2007
Christine and Stewart travelled to Germany and visited many studs viewing and assessing potential broodmare purchases. We also viewed at first hand many potential stallions for future sire potential to our broodmares. We were fortunate to be invited to visit some studs in order to view the stallions being worked in preparation for competition and showing. We thoroughly enjoyed this quality one-on-one time with the various stallions in a relaxed atmosphere.
We also attended several stallion presentations viewing some of these magnificent horses displaying their talents in near competition conditions. This dual approach to visiting Germany was fantastic and allowed us to spend considerable time developing our 2008 strategy.


2006 . . .

1st October 2006

Carriden Sports Horses thank Ian Milne for completing the construction of our sand school arena. We look forward to many hours developing our riding horses and young stock on this excellent surface.


26th September 2006

Don Sadero re-joins us from Les and Karen Thompson at Rashcrook Livery in Elgin. Thanks for looking after “Solomon” whilst we moved around!


22nd September 2006

Royal Caris re-joins us from Oldencraig, after training and schooling all summer. Thanks to Ian Winfield, Vickie Thompson and Alice for a superb job working with this young prospect.


18th September 2006

Sabrina, Jazz and Winnie join us at Bennachie View Croft.


1st September 2006

Carriden Sports Horses thank Highland Timber Buildings for completion of our stables, yard and store rooms. These excellent foaling boxes will be put to good use! A special thanks to Craig Tetlow, our resident electrician for all the electrical work, flood and security lighting, and camera installations.


1st August 2006

Our electricity, water lines and foundations for our stables are prepared and completed by Alan Robertson, from Aberchirder. Many thanks Alan!


22nd July 2006

Carriden Sports Horses move onto our own land, Bennachie View Croft. Our own land - we feel at last our dream is about to begin!