Posted: 14th January 2014 | Back to news feed
The Cyden Dressage Stallions, standing at stud for the first time in 2014, made their public debut at the British Stallion Event held at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire.
Owned by North Lincolnshire-based Lara Dyson, the Cyden Dressage Stallions team comprises of Cyden Cadans M, Cyden Bodyguard Moorland and Cyden Oostings Amigo.
The one day spectacular at Hartpury College allows owners to present their stallions while commentary is provided with a biography of the stallions’ pedigree, competing history and notable progeny.
All the top stallions from the UK and Europe attended the biggest stallion event in the UK, so the Cyden Stallions were in prestigious company.
Before the demonstration’s got underway the stables were buzzing with potential mare owners wanting to view the stallions without their rugs on. Bodyguard in particular revelled in the attention.
First into the arena was NWPCS pony stallion Cyden Oosting Amigo ridden for the day by the current pony European Gold Medallist Phoebe Peters. Rising five, Amigo is by Hagelkruis Valentijn x Verona’s Bo-Gi and delighted the crowd as he displayed a temperament well beyond his years trotting in time to the latest Pharrell Williams tune ‘Happy’.
Next into the arena was KWPN approved Cyden Cadans M, ridden by Lara who trains and competes the talented stallion. The seven-year-old by Sir Donnerhall x Pion x Elcaro gave an impressive display of his extravagant paces and demonstrated to the audience why he is reigning champion in an unprecedented four classes from the Northern Regional Championships.
Finally, it was KWPN approved Cyden Bodyguard Moorland’s turn to strut his stuff. Ridden by Lara the eight-year-old by Gribaldi x Negro performed some of his most outstanding moves to the sounds of Katy Perry’s Roar. Few stallions have the pedigree of Bodyguard, being closely related to the legendary Totilas and also gold medal winning Valegro.
Speaking of their day at Hartpury, Lara said: “The British Stallion Event was a new experience for me and all the Cyden Dressage team but one that we all enjoyed enormously. It was an honour to be able to showcase our stallions there to begin their careers as working stallions as well as competing.”
“I would like to say thankyou to Lynne Crowden for introducing herself to me and thanking me for bringing some fantastic stallions into the UK with such quality breeding and for her kind words of commentary and her acknowledgement of my way of training.”
“I was also thrilled that Phoebe Peters agreed to ride Amigo for us here and would like to say a special thankyou to Amigo’s regular rider, Liberty Tyler for agreeing to give up her much loved pony for the day.” added Lara.
Cyden Dressage Stallions will be standing at Stallion AI Services this April.
For further information contact Lara Dyson on 07920 452739 or visit www.cydendressage.com
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