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16hh KWPN Dutch Warmblood
Date of Foaling 30 June 2006 , 13 years old
KWPN (Certificate of Origin Validated on 16 Nov 2006)
SIRE: Umenno – 29 April 2001
Dam: P. Zermie – 4 June 1997
His Dam is from the fabulous Dermie damline that has produced many International show jumpers and approved stallions.
His amazing Sire has the most exceptional jump and they are the spitting image of each other. Just check out this video…..
Umenno
History
Buzz came to me after being with my client for a little over 2 years. They were a fabulous partnership but when time came for my client to head to University she felt he deserved a home that would have more time to go out and do the things he loves, namely show jumping and dressage. And with someone who would have more time than a first year student who needed to focus on her studies.
Buzz has previously competed at dressage up to Prelim, show jumping up to 85cm and loves his jumping… he’s already competed at BSJA 90 and we’re looking a progressing to 1m and 1.1m in the not too distant future.
Prior to my current client he was owned by a teen who, I’m led to believe, didn’t like jumping so she focused on Dressage. She claims to have ridden up to Novice and he rides exactly like that with a good understanding of working into a contact, good 20m circles with great transitions. I can’t find any record of him in BD which leds me to believe that what she did was unaffiliated or with the PC. (Previous owner from April 2014 – July 2017)
Heresay; this is where it gets a little sketchy. However, I have spoken to the breeder, which was very enlightening. They sold Buzz as a weanling to a National Level show jumper in the South of England at the beginning of 2007. Unfortunately when the recession hit in 2007/8 things became difficult for the guy who owned Buzz and it’s believed that he was sold off as a 3 or 4yo. So it’s that owner who is a mystery and we know nothing about him during this time (2008-2014). However, he was bred by Solaris Sports Horses in Scotland and has fabulous bloodlines.
Check out his baby pictures here……. Baby Buzz
More Baby Buzz
He takes gridwork in his stride; literally
A simple fence and he clears it beautifully
Buzz has shown me the difference between a horse that likes to jump and is quite good at it and a horse that has been bred to jump and LOVES it.
Buzz is so graceful and calm whilst competing at Dressage, check out the video below of him doing Novice Test 23
A complete pleasure to ride and he looks so very stunning
A forward going show jumper who is always ready to carry the rider into the next fence (I apologise for the quality of the video)
I’ve also taken Buzz to our local XC schooling course and he absolutely loved it; check him out here just popping over a couple of 80 & 90cm fences.
Likes and Dislikes
Buzz is happy to either live out or in the winter come in at night. He’s a really good doer and likes his food, whilst with me he’s been on hay when stabled.
He loves to hack out and I’ve taken him out both alone and in company, through fields and the local woods. When in company he’s as happy in front as he is behind, although he did struggle to keep up with an ex-racehorse at a flat out gallop 😉 He’s fabulous always and 100% in traffic.
He’s such a great lad and happy to lead out with others.
He is a very clever horse, very quick to learn and will give his all with everything he does. However, that said he can be impatient. By that I mean he’s good to load and to travel, but when in the box he wants to be underway to get where he is going. Then when you get to wherever you’re going he wants to get out and get underway. This impatience shows as his pawing at the ground which isn’t great in a box so I when I arrive at a location I get myself ready as quick as I can and unload. Then if I need to register or see a secretary then I walk him around with me. As soon as he’s onto whatever task it might be he settles and is a fantastic ride.
To sum up he’s a great competition horse who I’m extremely privileged to now own, he is amazingly flexible who’s perfect for Dressage, Show Jumping or Cross Country.
The Future
Buzz was sold to a local Equine College and is doing a fantastic job of training the next generation of Equestrian professionals. Such a super boy who needed a busy working home to keep him out of any mischief.
Gallery
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Credits
The awesome pictures that you see here of Buzz and me are courtesy of the amazing Tegan McCann, of Tegan Photography – some pictures are kindly donated by his owner, some from my mum 😉
p: UK (+44) 7443547556 w: www.tegans.co.uk
a: London, Hertfordshire & Surrounding Areas.
e: Tegan@mccannphoto.co.uk insta: tegan_mccann
I look forward to doing some more work with Tegan in the very near future so watch this space. . . .
I wasn’t going to add this video but I really think it does capture this great horses spirit. This was the first warm up fence of a XC training session. He didn’t even bat an eyelid, just went “Oh yes, so we’re jumping now”. It’s not a big fence at 60cm but a lovely demo of his fabulous nature.