Above: Team Silver Pony European Championships 2008 - Althea Bleekman, Gina Ruck, Eliza Stoddart & Ella McEwan Left: Team Gold World Championships 1986, Ginny Leng, Ian Stark, Clarissa Bleekman & Lorna Clarke Chatsby – David Green Lifeline – Gail Hancock 1994 World Games 10th Working Hunter of the Year HOYS Wembly 1987, At Whorridge Farm We have discovered and produced world class horses for three decades – let us help you find and produce your own for the 21st Century! We have been involved with competition horses Championship; and is also the sire of Leacourt Touch since 1971, when sisters Sally and Clarissa Strachan & Go winner with Jade Lazenby of the 2004 National first represented Great Britain in Holland at Intro Champs. Karandasj is already the sire of We have many contacts in England – and of course in Holland with Edward’s Boekelo. Over the next twenty years home champions – we are aiming for more. family and business connections and are always happy to help and advise our produced horses competed internationally with Clarissa – they brought back team gold and silver Edward’s career was running parallel to Clarissa’s clients with choosing and purchasing semen or horses. medals from the 1977 and 1979 European before coming to England with a long involvement Championships at Burghley and Luhmuhlen (Merry with the Venderbosh family’s stud in Holland and We have fresh/frozen semen available from stallions at De Radstake, De Sovereign); the team gold medal in the 1986 World working in the USA with racehorses. Stud work and Championships at Gawler, Australia (Delphy Dazzle) bringing on young horses has always been his first Watermolen and Team Nijhof www.radstake.nl/watermolen.net/team-nijhof.nl and many other team and individual trophies. Seven love and with their super staff he and Clarissa still if any stallion has taken your fancy please ask us if we can help! different horses completed Badminton a total of combine breaking, schooling and selling on fifteen times, finishing in the frame on several youngsters with the stud work. Now all three young Gale Force by Burggraaf occasions and Delphy KIngfisher was leading event Bleekmans are successful competitors – Team leading Young Rider Horse in USA previously one of our Delphy Dazzle - Blyth Tait stallions here - sire of many successful progeny BSJA & eventing, inc. horse of the year in 1981: Lifeline went on to win the Bleekman has arrived! – Althea won a Team silver Burghley **** CCI 1991 runner up Burghley Young Event Horse 5yr Final 1999 Working Hunter of the Year at Wembley with Gail medal at The Pony European Championships, and Hancock in 1987, and Chatsby to 10th place in the won two National Championships in 2008, Kate has 1994 World Equestrian Games with David Green. won the Southern Irish Pony Championships in 2007 and Janou has started her BE and BSJA career with The world record goes on – we are proud that in our wins in both disciplines. first year the stud produced Primmore’s Pride – who won Pippa Funnell two of the three wins needed to Whorridge Farm has 100 acres of first rate pasture take the Rolex Grand Slam World record prize of and paddocks, with excellent facilities for the mares $250,000 in 2003. Primmore’s Pride of course won including closed circuit cameras and alarms for foaling. the 2002 British National Open at Gatcombe as did We have a full ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION service Mayhem III (also by Mayhill) for Ruth Edge in 2008. available with fresh and transported chilled and National champions have been produced here – frozen semen cleared for export. Grannex sired Granntevka Prince winner with Lucy Wiegersma of the 2006 Pavo 6 year old Event GRANNUS and LANDGRAF the sire and grandsire of LITTLE BOSS has been consistently in the money up GRANNEX are two of the all time great stallions of to intermediate with Georgie Davies – GRANADOR the Show Jumping world. With RAMIRO Z, sire of and DELPHY’S CHARLIE’S BROWN have both RATINA, Olympic Gold and Silver medal winner, also been sucessful in CCI* and intermediate. in GRANNEX’s damline he has three of the worlds GRANNEX is being used by Britains top owners and greatest four stallions in his pedigree. breeders – with the change to short format, a true ‘Jumper’ who throws quality and movement is what GRANNEX’s offspring are quite exceptional. Many we want. are show jumping and making their way impressively up the top of the ranks including BARONS GRANNEX is available for frozen semen worldwide. GRAPHITE who is one of the South Wests top Collected and frozen by the leading centre in Grade A’s. In eventing Lucy Wiegersma and Belgium, the quality of his frozen semen is GRANNTEVKA PRINCE won the 6 year old Pavo exceptional; which is not altogether a surprise as his Final in 2006 and the intermediate at Gatcombe - chilled semen, with a morphologic normality of 97%, Lucy said “this is definitely a horse with a big future!”. has been declared outstanding by numerous He is now advanced and has been consistently in veterinary centres specialising in Artificial the money at ** and *** – finishing 2nd at Burnham Insemination. We are not aware of a single chestnut Market *** and 11th at Barroca ***. ELLFIELD APRIL GRANNEX foal - they have all been bay with the JOY is also advanced and is placed 5th at Bramham exception of a few greys. *** with Jay Halim. Jade Lazenby and LEACOURT Grannex TOUCH & GO won the BE Intro Champs in 2004. Grannex Offspring 16.22 hh, 1991, Bay, 9 ins bone. AES/SHB Owners: Mr & Mrs E. Bleekman Graf Grande (Hann) Duellfest Graphit (Hann) Frustra II Frutana (Hann) Arabia Grannus Ernest Ozean T. (Trak.) Selma I (Hann) Odessa (Hann) Gotthard Gitta (Hann) Freiehe GRANNEX Sailing Light XX Ladykiller XX (TB) Landgraf I (Holst) Lone Beech XX Warthburg (Holst) Aldato Anna-Tevka Schneenelke Anita Bolam’s - Barons Graphite Galaxy (John Webb) Woodcote Chief Witness (Holst) Romantiker (Holst) Ramiro Z (Clare Beacham) Grade A stallion, winner Bath & West (Nicky Wood) Grade A Nandura (Holst) Dedy fully graded AES stud book Fuerstenberg (Holst) Farnese Ninea GRANNEX is one of the British sires we see all the GRANNEX’s pedigree - if you were to list and time in the results! He has produced two National picture all his Olympic/World European Medallist Event Champions to date and many excellent relatives you would fill a book! Jumpers - what more to come?? ANNA-TEVKA his dam lived up to her superb Since winning the style prize at the AES National breeding, only jumping for a few years when having Stallion Show as a 5 year old, GRANNEX jumped a break from breeding and jumped to Grade A with successfully up to International level with Ben Dirk Hafemeister. Dunning and on the County Show Circuit with Granntevka Prince (Lucy Wiegersma) Ellfield April Joy (Jay Halim) winner Little Boss (Georgie Davies) Stephen Williams. winner BE 6 yr old Champs 2006 Chepstow two day and now successful CCI 3* Left to Right: Martinvast CIC*, Ben Faerie and Primmore Hill Primmore’s Pioneer PRIMMORE’S PIONEER is graded Advanced himself Ginny Leng (nee Holgate) partnered his two most eventing. He won in his first year eventing in 2000, famous sons, NIGHTCAP and PRICELESS notching 16.12 hh, 1995, Dark Brown, 9 ins. bone AES/SHB and again in 2001 and was 2nd in the Scarvagh up an incredible number of Badminton and Young Event Horse class. He was consistently Burghley wins, Olympic, World and European Owners: Miss R. Jones & Mr & Mrs E. Bleekman placed at Intermediate level in 2002 and was 3rd medals. Hartpury CCI*. In 2003 he won Lulworth • Full brother to Primmore’s Pride • Primmore’s Pioneer’s breeding has Intermediate and was 15th at Bazoges-en-Pareds BEN FAERIE’s legacy lives on today as he features in been called ‘The blue print’ for event (France) CCI** ridden by Chris King. In 2004 many of todays stars breeding and has been a • Primmore’s Pride – only horse ever to horse breeding, he is fully approved following the death of his father MAYHILL the successful “damsire”. Brendon Hills proven stallion decision was made to retire PRIMMORE’S IT’S WITHOUT DOUBT is out of a BEN FAERIE win all 3 legs of the Grand Slam with the AES Stud Book and the PIONEER from competition to be able to meet the mare, also dam of Olympic horse SCHIROUBLES. SHB(GB). demands of our clients and our mares. PRIMMORE HILL’s most illustrious offspring is PRIMMORE’S PIONEER’s sire MAYHILL should need PRIMMORE’S PRIDE. Full brother to PRIMMORE’S Dan Cupid no introduction - owner Mark Todd evented him to PIONEER, PRIMMORE’S PRIDE (2 years his senior) Sea Bird Sicalade top level and he was reserve entry for the Hague in 2003 won both Lexington**** and Auk (USA) Hail to Reason (1969) Light of Moon Drakensberg World Games. MAYHILL’s offspring are consistently Burghley****, giving rider Pippa Funnell two of the MAYHILL Tantieme in the frame eventing and show jumping to the three wins needed to take the Rolex Grand Slam Oakville Snow Shower Blonde Oak highest level. of $250,000. PRIMMORE’S PRIDE’s career has been Fair Breeze Fair’s Fair PRIMMORE’S (1968) Breezealong amazing, he won the Burghley Young Event Horse Chanteur II PIONEER Ben Faerie Ben Hawke Rose of Peace PRIMMORE’S PIONEER is out of PRIMMORE HILL, Final at 5, was 1st at Lion D’Angers CCI 2000 and Faerie House Vieux Manoir one of the best event mares competing in her day. 4th Punchestown 2000, 4th Blenheim 2001, 2nd Faerie Dance Primmore Hill She was 9th at Badminton in 1982 after a brilliant Punchestown and 6th Burghley 2002, he also won Irish T.B.