Taylor Flury and her BWP four-year-old homebred and ap- proved stallion K-Diamant d’Heure ABF (Diamant d’Semilly x Rio Grande), reserve Grand Champion Overall and Champion in the Rideability in the 4 YO International Jumper Futurity 2014.
always tries to educate breeders. He knows what a horse needs to have to be successful in the sport ring; he judges a horse’s conformation by how it will affect their chances at sport, and the same goes for their movement. We have seen his success in the countless stallions performing at the top of the sport that he approved in Belgium when they were three years old. “ Taylor has brought several young horses along, includ-
ing two-time Horse of the Year, Elite BWP/NAD mare Role Model (Roc USA x Flying Pigeon). “Young horses are like frag- ile children,” she says, “they have to be nurtured and developed into being the best they can be. I long ago found my passion in breeding and raising young horses and then developing them into top sport horses. I want to breed, raise and develop horses for the top of the sport and I truly appreciate that the BWP is very supportive in this. It is a long journey and the BWP is open-minded, patient and helpful towards their breeders. As a young breeder and trainer of young horses, I work with the BWP because they are a welcoming, knowledgeable organiza- tion looking to create the best performance horses possible.” Tom Grossman of Blue Chip Farms and co-owner of one of
the most famous BWP horses of all time, Sapphire, states why he chose BWP for his breed registry. “Blue Chip breeds BWP horses for one reason: Tey win at the highest level.” Now after years of buying and breeding BWP and learning
more completely what the guiding principals of the registry are and how they are meticulously adhered to day to day, Tom says that on both sides of the pond it is clear why they have been and will continue to stay at the top of the rankings. “Tey are aggres- sive yet very disciplined about being an open registry and find- ing and registering excellent stock that produce top level show jumpers, and in doing so they are truly improving the breed,” he says. “I’m very confident that we can produce American bred world champions with our breeding and training programs here in North America. We have mares with the best bloodlines with proven performance at the highest level and access to any stal- lion we want.”
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Tom Grossman and the great Sapphire, who helped to put BWP on the map and who has produced many offspring to help continue the legacy.
Blue Chip has been fortunate to produce direct offspring of
Sapphire from Heartbreaker, Cumano, Presley Boy and Balou- bet du Rouet and is expecting a For Pleasure next year. Sap- phire’s two clones, Kara BC and Kidjaz BC, are also producing nice offspring. Kidjaz BC produced one of the high scoring colts this year “Opus One BC” by BWP/NAD Elite stallion Ultimo v/t Moude (Capitol I x Major de la Cour). Dr. Paul Johnston of Old Bull Farms is also a BWP fan
and says, “I chose BWP because we had a mare by the stal- lion Buntspecht de Lauzelle (Fuerst Ferdinand/Flugel va la Roche) out of a Toroughbred mare. Buntsphect was a top young stallion in Belgium and was imported by a local hunter/ jumper rider from Belgium. He did a great deal to improve the sport horses of Atlantic Canada by covering mostly Torough- bred mares. Te BWP was very helpful and obliging to come to our province for our first keuring. I still love the BWP because they seem genuine in their desire to help improve North Ameri- can breeding versus using North American Warmblood organi- zations as a place to market and promote imported horses.”
Old Bull Farms bred this colt named Officer, by Diktator, who was the highest scoring colt of the 2014 keurings.
Chris Sallee
Reg Corkum
Belgian Warmblood Association Shawn Macmillen
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