Linsell Farm

11/02/2024

10/25/2024

BY TORI W**D For as many years as I can remember, horses have always been a huge part of my life. I began learning to ride basically when I learned how to walk. And I continued to learn every day after that—until I convinced myself that maybe I was missing out on something else.  Throughout […]

10/17/2024

Penelope Leprevost in action on her horse Mylord Carthago during the European Show Jumping Championship in Madrid, 2011

Mylord Carthago has been an international successful grand prix superstar under Penelope Leprovost, who described him as "the horse of a lifetime, the horse of my heart." This big grey stallion is intelligent, with good movement and lots of blood. He is well suited to mares with a compact top line who are lacking scope. He will in particular improve canter, technique and willingness to jump.

Performance - He was a finalist at the Lanaken World Young Horse Championship as a four, five, and six year-old, and finished 4th as a seven-year-old. He then embarked on an amazing international competitive career with Penelope Leprevost. He won many prestigious competitions between 2004 and 2012, including a team silver at the 2010 WEG in Kentucky, and a team silver medal at the 2011 European Championships in Madrid, where he finished 7th individually. He was a finalist at the 2004 World Cup in Geneva and competed at the 2012 London Olympic Games. He won numerous CSI5* Grand Prix including Helsinki, Vienna, and Paris, was second at 2012 Gijon CSIO5*, 2011 La Baule, 2012 Chantilly, 2012 Rotterdam, third in the 2009 London Olympia World Cup Qualifier, and the 2010 Rome CSIO5*. He was also part of winning Nations Cup teams at Aachen and Gijon in 2012. He won the Vienna GCT Grand Prix, the Gucci Paris Masters, and the Prix RMC at La Baule.

Sire - Carthago Z jumped in the Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000) Olympics, won the Nations Cup in Aachen, Rotterdam and La Baule as well as numerous grands prix under Jos Lansink. He has sired more than 160 grand prix jumpers, and has more than 100 licensed sons, including Old Chap Tame, Cartani, Carthino Z, Coltaire Z, Looping D’Elle, and Nartago. He combines the two great 'C' lines of Capitol I and Calando I, a son of the great Cor de la Bryère.

Damline - His dam line is one of the best the Selle Français has to offer and comes from a long line of international showjumpers, with Jalisco B as his damsire. His dam Fragrance de Chalus competed as an international showjumper, first with David Jobertie, and then with Karline de Brabander. Fragance produced three exceptional stallions, Mylord Carthago, Norton d’Eole and Bamako de Muze (by Carthago, Cento and Darco, respectively). Jalisco B is a son of the foundation sire Alme Z, and both stallions competed at grand prix themselves, and have more than 50 grand prix offspring between them, including Papillon Rouge and Quidam de Revel (Jalisco B), and Animo, I Love You, Galoubet A, and Elvira (Alme Z). Galoubet A is the grand-sire of Big Star via his son Quick Star and is also the sire of the unparalleled Baloubet du Rouet.

Progeny - Mylord Carthago has already sired at least three grand prix jumpers, among them twenty two Des Biches, who was recently fourth in the highly-competitive grand prix of Al Ain at just 10-years-old.

He has 18 licensed sons including Valmy de la Lande, who was jumping international 1.50m classes as a seven-year-old. While Mylord is easy to breed and fits a wide range of mares, he pairs very well with medium sized, compact mares. He is an excellent choice for mares that need improvement in scope and canter. He consistently passes on his jumping technique, mild temperament, carefulness and good conformation.

10/15/2024

WOLFGANG (FARN X ERATOSTHENES XX)

Wolfgang is a son of the legendary ‘preferent’ stallion Farn (by Fax I). Farn is well reputed through his progeny in showjumping, such as Odin N., Black and White Design, Trust Me, Nimmerdor, Opstalan’s Pasquino, Olympus, Put Optie, Sheffield, Orlando, Talman and Optiebeurs Investment, and as a grandsire of, for example, Felix.

Farn has several approved sons, amongst which the worldfamous Nimmerdor. Wolfgang’s dam is the very attractive ‘keur-preferent-performance’ mare Jolanda. Her sire is the thoroughbred Erastosthenes xx. He produced such well-known offspring as Iwan F, Hala NB, Cyrano, Horatio, gamin, Oscar and I. Socrates. In the third generation we find Uron (by Nelson). Uron is a pre-eminent example of a Gelders stallion which has put his conformation stamp upon breeding.

Wolfgang’s full sister, Zwaantje, won several national 1.40 meter competitions with Pieter Kersten. Wolfgang gave a striking performance in Ermelo at the Performance Test. He earned nines for jumping under saddle, stable manners and training behaviour.

For both the cross-country and the driving test he was awarded a figure 8,5. In the national stallion competition he was very successful with Henk van den Broek. Wolfgang’s offspring includes various approved sons in Europe as well as many international showjumpers such as Extreme with Lesley Burr, Frederic, Goldrun II, Fior, Freedom, and World Champions at Lanaken Illussion and Kigali. These famous children of Wolfgang have been winning at Grand Prix level and World Cups. One of the most famous offspring of Wolfgang is Michael Whitaker’s Handel II.

They achieved the unthinkable results in Stuttgart by winning both the Grand Prix and the Masters. Wolfgang also has several offspring doing well in dressage. Both Jester with Kebie v.d. Heijden and Whinny Jackson compete at Prix St.Georges level. Wolfgang is a beautiful allround stallion that produces both dressage horses and showjumpers. Approved sons of Wolfgang are: Esteban, Jester, Whinny Jackson and Oscar.

10/14/2024

Everyone wearing their uniforms today. The best blankets that money can buy in my opinion. Rambo Wugs. Worth every penny

09/26/2024

We are LESS than a WEEK away from our “Autumn at Ashland” Breeder’s Show! 🍁🏆🐴

With classes available for Canadian Sport Horses, Open Horses, and Sport Pony Star Search Qualifiers, we are sure that it will be a day filled with exciting young talent and fun.

🚨 Entries close on WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25th. Please direct all questions and entries to Darlene Tierney ([email protected]).

09/16/2024

Five-time Olympian Anne Kursinski’s simple stride-counting exercise will have you and your horse flowing through turns with better balance and finding distances with greater ease.

09/04/2024

09/04/2024

Opportunity is everything. I know because I’ve been on both sides of it. My parents are professionals so I grew up in the barn with a lot of access to great training and horses and I had a standout junior career because of it. I won the Maclay Finals. I won individual gold at Young …

08/15/2024

This was my punishment for grooming him today

08/13/2024

Washed and bagged ready to go

06/11/2024

I read a theory about why so many riders lack a deep command of basics, and it was explained like this---

Correct basics are hard to master because there is an enormous amount of repetition involved, and if someone has tried something hundreds, possibly thousands of times, and still can’t do it, it is easy for the person to conclude that he/she is taking on an impossible challenge.

In his book “Mastery,” George Leonard wrote that on the quest to become good, there will be long stretches of “seeming non-improvement.”

Like watching grass grow, change is happening, but so slowly that it can’t be measured daily, weekly, or even monthly. But at some point, for those who stick with it, “suddenly” they can do things that before they couldn’t do.

The issue is giving up in frustration before putting in those many many many many months of practice.

That is ONE theory. I am sure there are many others, but this one does ring true.

04/04/2024

With show season fast approaching, we have been getting some membership questions as you start to submit your show entries. With the new website and ecommerce system, there are no membership numbers or cards issued. There is no option to renew your membership with our new system - you simply purchase your membership for 2024. Your receipt is your proof of membership. Show secretaries will have access to a full list of memberships to ensure you are eligible to collect your points.

03/31/2024

THJA memberships will go up in price on April 1. Go to www.thja.ca to purchase your membership. Remember, you cannot collect points towards Championships qualifications and year end awards without a membership for both the rider AND horse owner.

11/15/2023

09/14/2023

Mares coming in off the grass, usually when called in.

09/14/2023

Congratulations to RIVIERA / MIA KULL - 2023 0.90 Jumper Champion. Generously sponsored by Brooks Equine Nutrition