Service Information
The stallions listed below are available through Towcester Equine Vets. Please see each stallions’ page for the type of semen available.
Stallions collected from at the clinic can provide fresh semen for AI (rather than chilled) if your mare is with us at the clinic too. This can help to enhance your mare’s fertility.
Some stallions are available for natural covering only.
Silvester is a top class 16.3hh sport horse stallion with exceptional temperament and presence. He is a highly intelligent stallion with an enthusiastic but relaxed temperament which he passes on to progeny. Overall winner (dressage, eventing and show jumping) at his Young Horse Evaluation, scoring 9 plus for jumping, dressage and temperament.
His forbears have competed at two Olympics and have won numerous Nations Cups. He is a BEF Champion Showjumping Sire in successive years and reserve Champion Eventing Sire. His genetic generosity has lead to outstanding breeding success and he has the rare distinction of BEF Elite scores in both eventing and showjumping.
Don Dante is currently competing at Advanced Medium level dressage with the aim of getting out to do some Prix St George towards the end of 2015.
In 2014 he came first at the nationals at Medium level with a score of 72.43%! His winning streak continued on to the Patchetts Winter Regionals at the beginning of this year.
Dante is quite a character, he always has to have something in his mouth – a leadrope, bucket or your coat!
A grade one life approved Irish Draught Stallion standing at 16.3hh, Avanti Amorous Archie is an all rounder, having won in the show ring, both in hand and under saddle, jumps, hunted and is competing at open level Elementary affiliated dressage.
According to the IDHS(GB) records Archie has been the leading Irish Draugh Stallion in the UK for 2010 ,2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; numbers are not in for 2015 yet. He is the only Irish Draught Stallion to be awarded a silver merit for his own Dressage performance, gaining 189 British Dressage Points.
Archie will be standing at stud to a limited amount of mares in 2016, although this does not apply to repeat mares or breeders. Fresh, chilled and frozen semen is available from him for worldwide distribution.
The 16.2hh Carthago Chicago is athletic, elastic, light on his feet and full of presence, with the trainable and kind Silvester temperament.
He brings exceptional bloodlines to British breeding. His sire, Silvester, is one of the most successful and consistent breeding stallions, who in turn is a son of the leading jumping sire Carthago. Carthago was successful in many International competitions including the Olympic Games of 1996 and 2000. He won the Nations Cup three times and many Grand Prix.
Carthago Chicago’s dam Call Girl is by (Broadstone) Chicago and out of the former
champion show horse Daytona (wins at RIHS, AHS and BSH Championships). Daytona is by Demonstrator who is one of Great Britain’s leading sires of proven competition horses in all disciplines. He has won nationally and Internationally at Grand Prix level dressage.
The quality and consistency of this bloodline is also shown by Carthago Chicago’s three full sisters who were all awarded BEF Elite scores at the Futurity Evaluations.
Mukhtar Ibn Eternity (also known as Mooky) is a grey, pure bred Arabian stallion. ‘Mooky’ has had an extremely succesful show career, multi-winner in-hand and under saddle, he has qualified for the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) 3 times, in 2010, 2011 and 2012. He has now started his performance career, and is currently competing in novice show-jumping, cross-country and dressage.
Mukhtar Ibn Eternity by Platinum and Double World Champion Eternity Ibn Navarrone-D x Monsoon by Djammal, is one of the highest ranking pure-bred Arab stallions to date by NaStA. His first crop of foals were born in 2015 and are all exceeding expectations.
FHS Diamond in the Rough is a 16.1hh 7 year old black stallion by Solitair (Voltaire) who was graded Class 1 Elite in the NaStA Performance Test. Light on his feet with a scopey jump whilst also having good stamina are all qualities that make him an ideal choice to breed from. He has just started competing in BD Elementary level and is successfully showjumping at 1.15m, jumping 1.25m at home. He has also recently been awarded the ‘Newcomer Stallion Award 2017’ by the Competition Stallions Guide.
His first crop of foals were born in 2014 and have already had successes of their own. 2 were presented for evaluation at the BEF Futurity and were awarded Higher First Premiums, with scores averaging at 9 across the board. FHS Diamond in the Rough is the product of 2 influential bloodlines that were both strong talents across showjumping, dressage and racing disciplines.
FHS Diamond in the Rough is available for either fresh or chilled artificial insemination.
Cobra is very handsome with a good temperament and a proven competition record. He is one of the newest stallions to Towcester Equine Vets and he is a pleasure to work with! His youngsters have raised up to €35,000 at Goresbridge sales and several of them have represented him at the World Breeding Championships in Zangershide.
Cobra himself has successfully competed internationally in 1m50 classes and is an approved stallion with HorseSport Ireland and the Anglo European Studbook. He was also the World Champion 6 year old at Lanaken, and the reserve World Champion as a 5 year old.
