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”. Dance in the Dark is without doubt a very useful stallion of high quality to use and his stock are proving this.
DUTCH COURAGE,
pioneer of British Dressgae, his illustrious sire was both an outstanding stallion and competition horse. He was Britain’s leading International Dressage Horse, and was Bronze medallist in the World Championships and represented Britain for eight years. He has 32 Grand Prix wins and 28 Grand Prix Specials, 21 Intermediare II and competed at Prix St George at 6. He has passed his wonderful temperament to his progeny, he was also
leading sire of BWBS graded Stallions producing top quality competition horses mainly in dressage and eventing.
CATHERSTON LONELY 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.
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.
Fully graded with both Warmblood Breeders stud book and British Sports Horse Society and was best British stallion at his grading.
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 th e 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.
Dark Dancer 3rd in the CCI Section A @ Blair Castle Horse Trials in 2009.
Goldsfield Diaghilev
Godsfield Diaghilev – 4th at National Dressage Championships – 1st regionals Novice with 69%. His first foal born in the North was reserve champion as a foal and as a yearling. Highlane Finnigan won the partbred Irish Draught class at the Great Yorkshire and was 2nd at the Northern Horse Show Wetherby.
A foal out of Bowes Snapshot (JA) 2nd on 1st two outings.
Lowfield Riverdance had a good first season winning Stokesley, Northern Horse Show Wetherby and 3rd at the Great Yorkshire. Dance in the Dark has also sired eventers and showjumpers who are doing very well
Sue Denwick's and Bill Essen's Dance in the Dark yearling Dancing Bluefield Velvet finished 6th at the Bramham 'Trot 2 EVENT HORSE BREEDING & YOUNG STOCK CLASSES 2010',
she also scored the overall highest score of 8.29 for eventing at the BEF Futurity grading.
Blakestone Dior owned by Chris Nicholson and Simon Ness
Blakestones Dior ex Carlton Atlanta, in 2007 as a yearling was 1st & Champion Northumberland County Show,3rd Bramham Sports Horse, 1st &ChampionSports Horse and 2nd Hunter North Yorks Country Show, 1st & Champion Riding Horse at Northern Horse Show and 1st Hunter Breeding at the Great Yorkshire Show, at 2 years she has been Champion at Hambledon , Northumberland and Yorkshire Sports Horse and won the sports horse class at Wetherby.
In 2009 her top wins were Champion Riding Horse at the Northern Horse Show and Supreme Youngstock Champion, Champion Sports Horse at North YorksCounty and Reserve Supreme Champion she also gained 3rd at Bramham, Yorkshire and Hambleton.
Glenwood Stud Boogie Nights
Glenwood Stud Boogie Nights attended the British Warmblood Mare Grading that was held at Glenwood Stud as a 3 year old and recieved a 1st class grading gaining consistent 8's, she is a home bred mare.
