Arriving from Spain  May 2009

Bay/red buckskin 2005 PRE mare mature 15.3hh

Gold Medal Winner – Movement Classes

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 I first saw Leyenda on video some months ago and was blown away by her movement, however at the time we were not in the market for a filly or mare. I continued to look at a number of horses, hoping to get another stallion to compete on alongside Infante, but began to realize what a shame it would be if I didn’t breed with Infante, for myself, and for the breed.  However, I wanted new genetics, to complement those I already had. I looked in the US but the quality was just not there. We thought about taking a filly option on an in-utero foal but we felt the risks outweighed the advantages, and decided to look at 2-3yo mares in Spain instead. Miriam Frenk once again helped out and we viewed many videos of fillies and mares, but I kept coming back to Leyenda.

Leyenda is an elegant, upstanding young mare bred by Yeguada Las Cadenas, Madrid, Spain.
 She is a red buckskin, and will be the first buckskin imported to Australia. This aside, Leyenda has absolutely outstanding movement, showing super elevation and reach. As a 2yo, Leyenda won a Gold Medal in Movement at the Feria de International de Caballos, Verona, Spain, and was overall Champion Junior Movement.

I believe this mare will complement Infante perfectly.

Leyenda brings to Australia some wonderful new genetics, from her bucksin PRE sire, Clavijo. Her lineage is mostly Conde Munoz which goes back to Terry, Urquijo, Daza and Military lines.

Leyenda will spend a year maturing at the stud where she was bred, before being put in foal to champagne PRE stallion “Especial IV” (pic right) and shipped to Australia. ‘Especial IV” is one of only a handful of rare champagne coloured PRE horses, so it will be interesting to see the end result of this union. Especial is a stunningly beautiful example of the PRE breed. He is a baroque style horse with ‘wow’ movement, and the excellent breeding of Lovera, Ignacio Bravo, Baones, Daza and Military.

Acquiring Leyenda is the last of the building blocks for my dream! She completes the vision, and I look forward to a future of breeding some super foals and continuing to raise the profile of the Spanish horse here in Australia!!!