- Popeye K
Popeye K [http://grayfoxfarms.com/PopeyeKconf.jpg] is a well-known stallion that competes on the "A" circuit in
show hunter classes.*Foaled: May 22, 1997 on Ashland Farm in Canada
*Color: Bay
*Markings: blaze, stockings on all four
*Sex: Stallion
*Height: 17.1 hh
*Breed:Dutch Warmblood
*Breeding: byVoltaire , out of Eloretta, by Ronald
*Breeder: Peter Karneef
*Owner: Rachael and Elizabeth Spencer of Keswick, Virginia
*Rider:Tommy Serio Breeding
Popeye K was bred in Ashton, Ontario at Ashland farm. Popeye K is by the great show jumper Voltaire, who has produced several offspring that compete at the international level or are excellent sires themselves, including Finesse, Helios, Play it Again, Altair, and Concorde. The dam of Popeye K includes the great show jumper and sire
Ramiro Z , who was the leading sire of jumpers in the world throughout much of the 1990s, and who produced the likes of Ratina Z, Zamira, and Donau.Pedigree for Popeye K
1997 Bay coltPedigree
name = Popeye K
inf =
f = Voltaire
br. 1979
HANOVERIAN
m = Elortetta
DUTCH WARMBLOOD
ff =Furioso II
drk ch. 1965
ANGLO NORMAN
fm = Gogo Moeve
br. 1975
HANOVERIAN
mf = Ronald
br. 1970
HOLSTEINER
mm = Sanremo
DUTCH WARMBLOOD
fff =Furioso
br. 1939
ffm = Dame de Ranvil
~1955
fmf = Gotthard
gr. 1949
fmm = Mosaik
blk. 1966
mff =Ramiro
br. 1965
mfm = Adrette
b. 1964
mmf = Farn
drk b/br 1959
mmm = V Gypsy
ffff = Precipitation
fffm = Maureen
ffmf = Talisman
ffmm = Que Je Suis Belle
fmff = Goldfisch II
fmfm = Ampa
fmmf = More Magic
fmmm = Erich Stute
mfff = Raimond
mffm = Valine
mfmf = Heilbutt
mfmm = Dorette
mmff = Fax I
mmfm = Dorette
mmmf = unknown
mmmm = unknown|The Show Career of Popeye K
Popeye K began training in 1999, before attempting his Canadian Warmblood testing in September 2001 during which he finished Reserve Champion. In 2002, Popeye K was shipped down to Ocala, Florida to begin his show career, where he competed in the Pre-Green Hunters. The following year he was sent to Virginia to train with the great hunter rider Tommy Serio, before continuing his show career.
Popeye K has had great success in the show ring. Judges are particularly impressed with his great form over fences [http://michaelkocherphoto.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=9&pos=8] [http://cadmus-stable.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/popeyek.jpg] [http://www.carletonwarmbloods.com/popeye.jpg] , but Popeye K also shows an excellent temperament.
The Breeding Career of Popeye K
Popeye K has several hundred offspring. He continually passes on his exceptional conformation, lovely movement, and powerful, correct jump, as well as flashy markings.
Results of Popeye K
2000
* Stallion Performance Test (as a Show Hunter): [http://www.canadianwarmbloods.com/spt2001_scores.html Full test results] - 79.5% total- Conformation: 82%
- Movement: 78.5%
- Type: 77%
- Received a “10” for scope and technique in the course jumping
* Winner of the Governor General's Cup at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
* 2nd Lieutenant Governor's Cup2003
* West Palm Beach: last place for the circuit in the Green Conformation Hunters
* Pennsylvania National Horse Show: Reserve Champion
* Washington International Horse Show: Reserve Champion
* National Leader in the Green Conformation Division2004
*United States Equestrian Federation Green Conformation Hunter Champion
* PHR National Silver Stirrup (Green Working Hunter Champion)
* Reserve Champion WEF Circuit
* Winner WCHR Alabama Clay Conformation Hunter award2005
* Regular Conformation Hunter Champion at the Winter Equestrian Festival
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