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09/03/2025

Just a reminder that we are away for the next five weeks now preparing to celebrate my youngest son's impending nuptials!
We have a great team looking after everything at home and I can still be contacted via WhatsApp or email.
Unfortunately there will not be any posts for the duration of the holiday as this is such a special time for our family and work will for once be taking a back seat!
Our return will see the commencement of foaling for the mares that remain here. There will be six foals this year by GFS Fire and Ice and two by GFS Eskimo Jo!
I look forward to posting news of the new arrivals in April....
Here is a little update for the very statuesque, kind, elegant and charming GFS Aquillo (GFS Fire and Ice x Monte Bellini) who as you can see is growing into an absolutely stunning young horse. He has the most incredible temperament and is going to be a tall, strong athlete for anyone in the market for a super youngster with more than a little potential.

07/03/2025

GFS Astronova (Ahorn x Arko III/Calvados and GFS Conchaccorado (Conthalou x Diarado (x Corland/Caratino Glory)
'Teddy'and 'Astro' being little sticky beaks before they were parted and put in their own stables. These two characters are as cheeky as they look and enormous fun. Despite their endless high jinks, they are perfectly behaved in the stable, at liberty, to worm and with the farrier. They know when to behave and when to party like animals!!
Both of thse future potential superstars are very much available to someone looking for serious competiton prospects and practiced timewasters...

02/03/2025

I am delighted to post an update on the gorgeous Nelson. As many of you may remember, last summer this super foal had a dreadful eye injury that resulted in him losing it. He is such a special character and he recovered rapidly and as if nothing had changed.
He is still the kind, fun loving and charismatic character that he has always been and has adapted to life with one eye seamlessly and without the slightest indication that it impairs him one iota.
Not only is Nelson thriving, loving his life and looking absolutely incredible, this mannerly, intelligent and loving youngster has also found himself a very special new home! Nelson will be leaving us in a few weeks to join his new owner in Ireland who has some very special plans for this amazing c**t.
I think you will agree that he is looking incredible. I hope you enjoy the photo of him saying hi to his dad GFS Fire and Ice.

01/03/2025

Diarado/Corland x Conthalou (Conthargos/Balou du Rouet/Chacco Blue)

This c**t represents a fabulous opportunity for an ambitious and discerning owner/rider to take on a beautifully prepared yearling and to potentially produce a very exciting future competitive prospect with a remarkably exciting future.

This c**t really does impress with his class and quality. He is very beautiful with an undeniable presence, expressive movement and is very obviously a natural athlete in every sense of the word. He has a lovely temperament, a kind nature and an intelligent, willing attitude. Having been carefully professionally handled from birth he is a delight to do in all situations being trusting and accepting. He is handled daily; easy to catch, mannerly in the stable, stands to be rugged, have his feet picked out and is well behaved for the farrier and to be wormed.

His sire Conthalou made an ideal start as a sire with a magnificent first crop of foals, producing the top price of the Oldenburg auction in Vechta, Connery, who was sold for 33,000 Euros. For his outstanding offspring, he was named the main premium winner at the Oldenburg Stallion Days.

His dam's sire Conthargos, has produced numerous top horses, including the international competition winner Conchento PS/Luciana Diniz/POR, Easy Girl/Santiago Lambre/BRA, Connecticut/Matthew Sampson/GBR, Cocolina/Natalie Dean/USA, Cosa Nostra/Jeroen Dubbeldam/NED and Conthinder/Andrzej Oplatek/POL, to only name a few. Almost 20 of his sons have been licensed, including our OS Champion Stallion and main premium winner Conthalou PS and the internationally successful Continental Blue.
His dam Belinda is internationally successful in 1.45m show jumping competitions.
His grand-dam Chaccos-Lüd is the half sister of an OS Premium Stallion by Los Angeles and the full sister of the two premium stallions Chacco’s Son I and II (both by Chacco-Blue).

Performance stallions Balou du Rouet and Chacco-Blue appear in the previous generations and secure Conthalou’s pedigree in the best way.

His dam sire is the outstanding and remarkable Diarado who is number one for the world ranking stallions for eventing and eleven for show jumping!

Diarado is one of the most popular, and highest-ranked, stallions in Germany. Diarado is not only popular as a sire of show jumpers, but also as a sire of eventers; he always passes on his beautiful and correct type and conformation, which is so important for long-term soundness and durability. He was in sixth place on the 2017 BE Sire Rankings for 4-8 year-old offspring.
His sire, Diamant de Semilly topped the WBFSH Sire Rankings for the second time in 2016, having been inside the top ten since 2012.
His dam's combined pedigree also includes Corrado I, Contender, Lord and Ramiro; four absolutely top sires in one line. Corrado I alone, internationally successful with Franke Sloothaak, has a progeny lifetime earnings sum of €3.8million, while Contender's record is at €10.3million.

Her dam sire, Corland is from the famous Holsteiner Line 104A, which goes directly back to Retsina, a two-time winner of the Hamburg Derby. Her dam was out of a Caretino Glory mare whose back pedigree is packed with the key names in jumping breeding – Cor De La Bryere, Ramiro, Gotthard. Further investigation of his pedigree goes some way to explaining why he passes on both quality and better than average movement.

Please look at our website www.gfssporthorses.co.uk for information on this foal and others currently available due to Stud closure. Dam lines to include Ahorn, Quirifino Z, Olympic Lux, Al Pacino, Ultimo, Monte Bellini, Ramiro B, Camaro, Arko III and Diarado.

Can be viewed near Exeter, Devon

27/02/2025

This is definitely one of the yard favourites!
GFS Astronova is by the late, legendary Ahorn and out of Ark Angel CS, our very special Arko III x Calvados mare. His breeding is quite extraordinary in terms of a jumping pedigree! Astro is the most beautiful foal with the prettiest head, he is a huge character and genuinely seems to believe that everything revolves around him! His cheeky little face is always poking over his stable door, taking everything in and waiting for attention of any description.
He is highly intelligent, but fortunately his intelligence is focused on good and not of trouble making tendency! He simply wants to be everyone's best friend and definitely the teachers pet!
He is highly intelligent, but fortunately his intelligence is focused on good and not of trouble making tendency! He simply wants to be everyone's best friend and definitely the teachers pet!

23/02/2025

Here we have three absolute divine buckskin yearling filly foals, each of these simply glorious youngsters hail from incredible dam lines – GFS Kalindi (GFS Fire and Ice x Ramiro B/Black Sam Bellamy), GFS Tiger Lily (GFS Illuminati x GFS Lord of the Dance/Indoctro) and GFS Zepharina (GFS Fire and Ice x Al Pacino W/Aiglon Rouge)
Each of these lovely looking girls have been professionally and correctly handled from birth. They are all absolutely fantastically athletic, elegant and move beautifully. They are going to be outstanding horses at maturity and are currently available to discerning homes looking for quality, talent, temperament and potential across all disciplines. Young horses of this calibre and rare beauty are not often available!

22/02/2025

Well, it was almost spring like today and with only a few weeks until the clocks signal longer days at the start of British summertime!
With the fortnightly rug change and wash due, we had a wonderful opportunity to capture the yearlings with the sun on their backs. What a tremendous little gang of reprobates they are too! I adore them at this age...
I will continue to upload, edit and then posy today's photos over the next week, but I think you will agree, they are a bunch of absolute crackers x

19/02/2025

* Please share or tag anyone you may know who
is looking for a special youngster with a great outlook.
Last month the gorgeous GFS Daizie Fantazie left us to join Sophie at Sophie Walker Eventing to start her education under saddle. She has really shown herself to be an absolute star pupil.
Her attitude and willingness to please and enjoy the joys and many new adventures visiting the country lanes, villages and the wild open expanses of Dartmoor National Park has been amazing. She is making excellent progress in the school and has responded with a calm, bold and eager enthusiasm when presented at her first few little jumps.
‘Tazzie’ is going to make a tremendous project this year for anyone wishing to take on a sweet natured, sensible future prospect to produce for either grass roots eventing, riding club or as a really genuine family horse.
Tazzie is vice free, easy to handle in all situations and is beautifully bred with super performance lines that make her suitable across all disciplines.
Young horses this calm, kind and honest are rarely available and this one has had the very best professional foundation from birth. She is ready to give someone a lot of fun and will make the most incredible friend.
Tazzie stands at 16hh with an expected ‘finished’ height of 16.1hh She is four years old and can be viewed and tried in Devon, not far from Exeter.

09/02/2025

The gorgeous four year old GFS Daizie Fantazie ('Tazzie') is a sort that is increasingly rare to find. She has been professionally handled and produced from day one. She has fantastic breeding if you are in the market for a quality all rounder with talent, temperament and to enjoy a lot of fun in whilst feeling safe and part of a genuine partnership.
Tazzie joined Sophie Walker to be started under saddle earlier this year and the last three months she has been carefully introduced to ridden work. She has proven to be calm, intelligent, willing and capable of behaving impeccably in every situation and environment she has been asked to work in. We could not be more delighted with her, this lovely young mare, has shown herself to be sweet, willing and ready to do whatever asked. She is hacking out beautifully on road and fine with traffic, through villages and across the wild open spaces of Dartmoor National Park where encounters with wild ponies and livestock present no issues. She is schooling nicely and is smart, sensible and responsive. She has just started an early introduction to jumping with a calm and professional approach and a lovely attitude with plenty of scope.
This is a really super young horse for someone to take and to develop further with a view to producing a super prospect for competitive sport, a lovely natured leisure, RC, PC or hunting prospect. She would also suit a family well and would make a sensational mother daughter share.
She is a delight to handle in all situations; mannerly with the farrier, to bathe, worm, catch, worm and loves a cuddle.
She is standing at 16hh currently and with every indication that she may still come up slightly. She is mannerly in both stable and field, polite and respectful. She is vice free and clean limbed.
Tazzie has some fabulous bloodlines which can be perused as well as additional information and many photos which can be found at www.gfssporthorses.co.uk where she was bred and has been owned from birth.
'Tazzie' can be viewed in Devon with Sophie Walker Eventing who should be contacted if this lovely girl maybe what you are looking for!

19/01/2025

The magnificent GFS Lord of the Dance (2014)
This absolutely heavenly natured and incredibly handsome stallion is regretfully in search of a deserving new home! The gorgeous 'Django' has been living the good life with a friend and alongside his half brother, where he has been enjoying plenty of ridden work and endless pampering in a wonderful home with a family who absolutely adore him. Circumstances have changed and sadly the time has come for us to consider finally selling him if we can find the perfect home for this special boy.
Standing at 16.3hh and with the most incredible temperament, loving attitude and trustworthy of natures, he enjoys his ridden work but is ideally suited to resume work as a breeding stallion and or a fabulous prospect for someone looking for a leisure horse to enjoy hacking, occasional schooling and just to have a lot of fun with.
His breeding is of incredibly rare Russian Trakehner, Akhal Teke and thoroughbred bloodlines which have both proven jumping and dressage provenance. It is due to his exotic heritage that his coat shines with the mesmeric iridescent sheen.
He has been Graded by the AES with some great comments and he is a proven sire of some spectacular offspring out competing here in the UK and in the USA. He has two sons standing at Stud very successfully. One in the US, GFS Mikado, a young stallion who has been Approved by Oldenburg and who is starting to make his mark both show jumping and in Hunter Jumpers. He also has a spectacular son GFS Man in the Moon standing in Ireland (both of these stallions have their own FB pages for reference).
We are working steadfastly towards retirement and as such, he was on loan as his future is very important to us. He has not been used at stud for the past two years. When we stood him at Public Stud his fee was £600 and he was a popular choice for mare owners, producing some real quality dilute foals (he can also produce the beautiful smoky black) from a variety of mares. We have offspring of his here and have bred numerous foals ourselves from him; they have all been very athletic, intelligent and gentle souls with highly sociable attitudes and proven highly trainable in a variety of disciplines.
Future homes will only be considered who are experienced with stallions and have suitable facilities to offer a stallion a good life with turnout, work and lots of love, because this is a horse who really loves people, attention and is 100% genuine in all ways.
Information by telephone only, I am not interested in any enquiries that are not genuine or do not wish to discuss him in person. I will not be responding to comments either as they are rarely considered or serious in nature. You will not receive the information you need unless you actually talk to me!
This horse means a lot to us and to all those who know him and his future home and happiness is of paramount importance.
He has lived in an American barn happily with mares and is currently on a mixed private yard. He enjoys turnout daily in his own field. He is vice free, great with the farrier, comes to call and presents no issues to handle. He is an absolute gentleman, gentle and so loving, but he is a stallion and requires the respect and understanding that requires.
GFS Lord of the Dance is currently in Cheshire and will be in Exeter from the second week of February. He really is a remarkable stallion and would be a tremendous addition to a serious breeding program or an ideal friend for anyone looking for a special horse to love and enjoy.

More information at www.gassonsfarmstud.co.uk our website is www.gfssporthorses.co.uk where more information and photos can be referenced.
Phone: 07955429959

31/12/2024

Wishing everyone near and far, a wonderful New Year Eve and a magical 2025.

I am ending this year with a few photos of the GFS Galileo and GFS Echo of Thunder having a blast this afternoon as they enjoy their last few hours officially as yearlings and enter their year of the 'terrible two's'!
Actually, these two gorgeous geldings are two of the politest, kindest and well behaved boys imaginable and both looking for their perfect homes in 2025. Somebody will be very lucky I think!

See you next year..🍾🥂

24/12/2024

GFS Fire and Ice getting his tinsel on!

Wishing all those who follow and support GFS Sporthorses the Merriest of Christmases and a festivities full of love, laughter and everything you wished for x

We will see you in 2025....
Take care, stay safe and have fun. With love x

22/11/2024

The babies had their first experience of snow. It was fascinating how they individually interpreted and reacted to it as they left the barn and entered a world of white as they came out for their daily handling and play session.
Aquillo and Nelson were horrified, as were Zephyra and Kalindi, although they all decided to leave their stables and test out the white stuff with a little reassurance. Astro and his pal were bemused but happy to trust us, GFS Olympia was her relaxed self and took it all in her stride, her friend Luminita just wanted to dig in it and see if it was good to roll on and GFS Tiger Lily couldn’t wait to get out into it and thought it was the most exciting thing ever and just wanted to chase around with the dogs, blowing plumes of steamy clouds as she snorted and cavorted.

08/11/2024

I could not be more delighted to be posting this, the latest update in the journey of GFS Moon Daizie. She left us five weeks ago and has absolutely blossomed under the care and tutelage of Sophie Walker Eventing where she has made huge and enthusiastic steps towards starting a ridden career with promise, potential and her happy little ears pricked with interest and enjoyment at all times.
I could not be prouder of this wonderful young horse or her wonderful trainer Sophie.
Regretfully it is now time to find Moon Daizie pasture new where she will no doubt be adored, admired and enjoyed as she deserves to be.
Young horses this special and with such faultless temperaments, calm and sensible dispositions as well as such enthusiasm for work and true synergy with their rider do not come along very often...they are special!
There is plenty of information on our website as well as photos galore of her, her sire and incredible dam, but please contact Sophie direct for details and to express your interest. I do not think this super horse will be around for very long!
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03/11/2024

GFS Sporthorses continue to reduce our numbers as we move towards stepping down from breeding horses professionally. We have a couple of two and threee year olds, some really super yearlings and a number of very exciting 2024 foals currently at a seriously reduced asking. These reductions will not extend into next year as once we are through another winter and the hard work is done.
As the bells toll for the new year the values will be returned to a number that does not simply cover the cost of production and there they will stay. This is a once only opportunity, not to be repeated and it ends midnight of 31st December!
If you are looking for a quality foal or youngster bred for guaranteed temperament, excellent bloodlines, ensuring versatility, rideability and trainability under saddle as well as a true beauty, we may very well have your dream come true! We have probably owned most of these horses great grandparents and are able explain these bloodlines from a personal point of view, if not introduce you to them!
These young horses are professionally handled from day one, they have established ground manners, a high level of trust, superb natures and fabulous attitudes. They have been assiduously trimmed and wormed from six weeks old, they are vaccinated and Registered with the AES.
They will all attain a mature height of 16hh upwards.
They are bred with performance in mind but are very much bred to be amateur friendly and a pleasure to deal with in all respects (www.gfssporthorses.co.uk)
If you may be interested or know someone who may be, please contact us direct and or share this post.
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Guess who is back! GFS Lord of the Dance is home x

Whilst we continue to lose sleep and await more new arrivals to liven up the page. I have had this lovely video sent to me of GFS Man in the Moon, a 2021 colt by GFS Lord of the Dance and out of our gorgeous golden Pepper. It was too good not to share. GFS Man in the Moon is now in Ireland and owned by Karen Rice where he will be Licensed to stand as a stallion and be produced under saddle eventually. As you can see this lovely young horse has developed beautifully under Karen’s care and is standing at 17hh already. I have added photos of him as a foal in the comments so you can see how far he has come in three years. Exciting times to come for this super lad.