Cedar is a striking individual with a very sweet personality. He has 3 good gaits with a big gallopy canter and very correct conformation. He is extremely athletic and scopey with fantastic technique and natural athleticism. Cedar was given an 8.5 jumping index at his approvals earning him the highest overall and jumping score of the entire site. He has competed up to 1.40m in the jumper ring and is now changing his sights over to the equitation ring with a junior rider. He produces offspring who inherit his sweet and loving temperament. They are very trainable and athletic and are ideally suited for amateurs with the talent for a professional. They are versatile and are heading towards careers in dressage, hunter/jumper and eventing.
Cedar`s pedigree reads like a who’s who of the Holsteiner lines. He combines some of the most successful and well known C-Line horses with the rarer but equally successful M-Line horses. Cedar traces back to the preeminent sire Cor de la Bryere. Cedar`s grandsire, Caletto I, was a prominent jumper and sire both. He was a very successful Nation`s Cup jumper in Germany in the 80`s and was ranked 5th of the top sires of show jumpers by the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses in 1999. On his dam`s side, Cedar traces to the Thoroughbred Marlon. Marlon was a very good producer of event horses in the 60`s and 70`s. He also shows up on the dam side of many of the most successful jumpers, including individual olympic silver medalist Calvaro V.
