See pedigree and information about him below also including some youngstock

 

Catherston Dance in the Dark	Dutch Courage	Millerole	Cobalt (XX)
			Muscida (XX)
		Higonia	Avenir (Geld)
			Cigonia (Gron)
	Catherston Lonely Breeze	Xenocles	Nearula (XX)
			Desdemona (XX)
		Desert Storm	Connetable (AA)
			Easter Twilight (XX)

Catherston Dance In The Dark is an outstanding horse, bred from some of the best competition lines in Great Britain. He is a horse with great quality, a lot of presence and an enormous amount of character. He has super limbs and has that beautiful movement, with that swing and elasticity in his step which is sought after in dressage horses. He is suitable for a wide range of mares. He is producing quality competition horses for any of the 3 major disciplines as well as showing. He is ideal for crossing with the larger Warmblood/ID mares and also with Thoroughbreds or ponies. He has an excellent fertility rate, getting some very difficult mares in foal. Jennie Loriston-Clarke has informed us that “His stock have all round talent they jump, are bold and are happy to go first or last”

Performance

• Champion-Royal Bath & West, 1991.
• Reserve champion & fully graded as a British Warmblood stallion-grading show at Stoneleigh 1992. He was also the best British bred stallion.
• 2nd in 4 year old section of the 1993 Stoneways Potential Competition Horse Championships.
• 1995, 7th in his first horse trials and won his second at Ston Easton, where he was bold and fast cross country.
• 1996, he qualified for the Newcomers Regional Finals, and won Foxhunter and small opens with regular double clears.

Since then Catherston Dance In The Dark has been concentrating more on his stud duties. His stock have all inherited his excellent floating action and have excellent temperaments to match. They proved easy to back and are totally unflappable. His progeny include Catherston Dark Trinket, who won Novice dressage at 4 years old with a junior rider and has since gone to Germany. Catherston Daybreak, one of his first crop, won her class and was Reserve Champion at the BWBS mare grading, gaining a silver medal, as well as winning at major County Shows (Best Yearling at the Royal 2nd time out), now competing successfully at dressage having won the Elementary Musical Championships. Dancing Flame winner of Search for a Star, 2001 (Small Riding Horse) 1st Newbury and Reserve Champion; 2nd New Forest; 2nd Royal International, Hickstead; 2nd Hickstead Derby Meeting; 2nd Wincanton and qualified for HOYS.

Godsfield Diaghilev – 4th Prelim at National Dressage Championships 2001 – 1st South West regionals Novice with 69%. His first foal born in the North was 1st & 2nds and reserve champion as a foal and as a yearling has gone on to have numerous wins at County Show level.

Also Highlane Finnigan one of his 2004 foals won the partbred Irishdraught class at the Great Yorkshire and was 2nd at the Northern Horse Show Wetherby.

Blakestones Dior ex Carlton Atlanta, in 2007 was 1^st & Champion Northumberland County Show,3^rd Bramham Sports Horse, 1^st &Champion Sports Horse and 2^nd Hunter North Yorks Country Show, 1st & Champion Riding Horse at Northern Horse Show and 1^st Hunter Breeding at the Great Yorkshire Show shown as a yearling.

Glenwood Stud Boogie Nights out of Top Showing Mare, who was winner of Great York Show and Champion at numerous County Shows.

Foal out of Bowes Snapshot (JA) 2nd on first two outings. He is producing quality stock some of which have already won or been placed, his foals have very good temperaments and are very easy to handle.

Dutch Courage his illustrious sire was both an outstanding stallion and competition horse. He was Britons leading dressage horse for five years, and was Bronze medallist in the 1978 World Championships and represented Britain for eight years. He had 41 Grand Prix wins and 23 Grand Prix specials. He has passed his wonderful temperament to his progeny, he was also leading sire of BWBS graded stallions.

Catherston Lonley Breeze, His dam was Champion Hack at Royal Windsor and also a winner at HOYS. Her sire Xenocles was an advanced eventer and also a Grand Prix dressage horse. He won both Windsor and Wylye ODE's and was placed 4th at Tidworth 3DE. Her dam Desert Storm was an international dressage horse and shortlisted for the Mexico Olympics. She was also Champion Hack at both HOYS and RIHS.

Catherston Dance in the Dark is a full brother to Catherston Dancing Storm advanced eventer who qualified for Badminton. He is half brother to Catherston Loviliboi, Champion Show Hack and 3/4 brother to Catherston God Storm, Catherston Dazzler, Catherston Decipher and the mare Catherston Dauntless, winner of 19 classes show jumping & competed at advanced level dressage are also by Dutch Courage.

Youngstock

Godsfield Diaghilev Placed at dressage regional finals	Highlane Finnigan	Blakestones Dior yearling

Glenwood Stud Boogie Nights	2 year old by Catherston Dance in the Dark	DD's cheeky charlie

 

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