KREMLIN

Stormhill Mink

Spirit Land (IRE)

This was our own, resident stallion, the Latvian, Kremlin. He was born in Russia in 1987 and came over to Wales as a 4-year old. He then did some team-chasing before going on to be a show-jumper with Toni Potts, who lives near Wrexham. He became a Grade B  show-jumper,  who jumped up to 1.40m classes in England and Wales. He also show-jumped in Italy, one year, with a young Italian rider, Pierangelo Satchi.
When he joined Stormhill Stud, then in Shropshire we jumped him a little, hunted him a lot and evented a little at Novice level. My daughter Sarah also rode him in Pony Club teams! He even went to the Championships at Weston park.
In the meantime he covered my mares and the odd visiting mare.The results have been quite outstanding.

Kremlin was Licensed by the Anglo-European Studbook in England, as well as being a registered Latvian. He was also accepted by Weatherbys Non-TB register.  His offspring are eligible for A.E.S. Pink Papers.
Kremlin had excellent paces and a very scopey jump. Above all, he was a very intelligent horse with a great zest for life. He proved very tough and withstood a great deal of work during his life, not to mention all the travelling. He had very good, strong limbs, a feature he regularly passed to his offspring together with his own exceptional movement and courage.
Here is a list of his most successful offspring to date:

Tosca Too was Kremlin’s very first foal and was bred by her rider, Toni Powell near Bangor-on-Dee. Tosca is out of a good warm-blood mare by Alme Z..

Tosca Too reached Grade B very quickly and jumped in the Scope 1.30 Finals and the 5-yearold classes but has had an easier life since Toni now has young children of her own. Tosca is the dam of two excellent foals,  by Libra K, we have heard. It is indeed likely that Kremlin mares will excel. at stud as they have such good paces and excellent limbs.Tosc’s foals should be really nice!

out of the TB mare, Lucky Harvest by Oats, did well in France at 6 years, being placed 4th in the Aquitaine Regional Open, at her very first event. Russian has show-jumped well in France and Spain at 1.20 level, including Petit Grand Prix,At 7 years jumped well at a few shows in Spain, including the Circuito de la Luna. A very bold mare. Since returning to England she has gained 18 BE point with  several placings in Novice Horse Trials. Also going well Intermediate and at Chepstow 3-day Event.
Russian has  also won two Elementary dressage classes.
She has had her first foal, a colt by Stravinsky xx for her owner/rider, Kate Lucas in the spring of spring 2009.

STORMHILL ANTELOPE
 Is a  an older full  brother to Quinou Play, who competes in France. They are both out of the lovely mare Stormhill Gazelle, who you can see in the Section for Mountain Storm in our Stallion  reference.
Antelope is competing at Novice BE level with Julie Luxton. He is a reliable cross-country-performer with 3 points to his name, so far.  
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STORMHILL STARLIGHT,

  BSJA winnings of over £250 and currently winning at Newcomer and 1.15m, a remarkable achievement for a horse out of an unlikely dam! Starlight is out of the pure Arab mare Lumiere d'Archerie by Sheer Gold. In 2003 , 2004 and 2005 Starlight won his P.C. Area Show-jumping trials In 2006 placed 6th at Welsh Masters competitions  Now jumping at 1.20 level with success. A great little horse for Georgie Ashton and they have achieved a lot together and above all, had fantastic fun.!

STORMHILL RIVERDANCE and Stormhill Samba:  Riverdance  and Samba are full sisters,  out of the thoroughbred mare, Farmer’s Fun, by Broadsword, U.S.A. They are  a half-sister to the useful little show-jumper, Stormhill Barndance.
 Stormhill Samba, is currently doing well at dressage in the West Country.  .Riverdance is competing at dressage in Scotland with Rosie O’Halloran, who has had a very unlucky year in 2009. One foot-abscess following another.
We still think this mare , who is top of her riding club league can make the bigger time.
Farmer’s Fun, the dam, was fantastically athletic but has had the least luck with her offspring of all my mares. Maybe 2010 will be a luckier year!

  Stormhill Comrade:
To the left is the 4-year old Stormhill Comrade, ridden by Rachel French . He is by Kremlin out of Stormhill Arrow, yet again, What a broodmare!  He made a promising start by winning the Stockland Lovell BE Event for 4-yearolds and qualifying for the Tweseldown Finals. Stormhill Comrade finished 11th in the final at Tweseldown.
So far in 2010 he has been fifth in aPre-novice and 6nd in a 5-yearold class. This is a horse worth keeping an eye on, we think he’ll find bigger fences easy!

Stormhill Fiesta, out of Stormhill Matilda, by Stormhill Miller is a mare that is Stormhill bred through and through, she even has Stormhill Joseph, our coloured stallion in the background.
Fiesta has just started winning and being placed in unaffiliated dressage competitions. Her scores are so high that we now put her up, with slightly bated breath, to see what will become of her. Her full sister, Blue Moon, is on our for sale Page and moves even better!

STORMHILL KOSSACK, Advanced International Eventer.  4* horse.
 

STORMHILL RUSSIAN

Stormhill Russian’s dam, Lucky Harvest xx, is also the damof Stormhill Miller xx, in turn he is the sire of Stormhill Michael.
My bloodlines are by now all connected.

In 2010 Kossack made it to 4* level when going clear cross country at Pau in November. He finished a creditable 12th and helped his rider, Giovanni Ugolotti to pick up the HBC bursary for the best performance for a first timer at 4* level. His dam Stormhill Arrow, is a half sister to Stormhill Michael, also a 4* horse.