Laertes
2006 American Warmblood stallion
2011 stud fee: $150
Booking fee: $300
Laertes is a kind young stallion making his breeding debut next year by shipped semen and live cover. At 4 years of age, he is almost 17 hands (and still growing!) and right about 1350 pounds. He has a natural ability over fences that was apparent when he was only 12 hours old(!), and natural, automatic lead changes. He is very well bred, and a subtle eye-catcher. He is an athletic combination of holsteiner sport horse and racing thoroughbred, getting the agility and stamina from his thoroughbred mother and his poise and elegance for performance from his holsteiner sire.
Laertes is by the champion advanced level event horse and 4th level dressage champion Lancaster (holsteiner). Lancaster, who was imported from Germany in the 1990's, was twice the American Warmblood Society Horse of the Year and one of the top 5 inspection score producing stallions. Siblings of Laertes have gone on to compete successfully in many disciplines. Lancaster's foals have the outstanding quality of a laid-back, easy-to-train disposition with an excellent work ethic and outstanding conformation. Lancaster's sire is the immortal Landgraf I, arguably the best warmblood jumper the world has ever seen. Landgraf's offspring neared $7 million in earnings and Landgraf is considered one of the four holsteiner jumper foundation lines. Laertes inherited his sire's incredible poise, uphill balance, spectaular movement, and level-headedness.
His dam, Acka Baba, placed 3rd in the Mocassin Stakes, a grade 3 stakes race run in California. After a handful of races, she retired as broodmare where she produced several thoroughbred offspring. Laertes is her only warmblood offspring. Acka Baba is by the immortal Ack Ack, a champion at any distance on any type of track. He won both the Eclipse Award for Sprint Horse and the amazing title of Horse of the Year. The Blood Horse named him #44 of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century. Laertes takes after his grandsire in looks most of all, with his small, intelligent head, his powerful hindquarters, and his amazing, ground-covering stride. Ack Ack also produced the champion stallion Broad Brush, who went on to sire many successful track champions and whose stud fee today is $100,000. Acka Baba is one of the last Ack Ack daughters, meaning Laertes is an opportunity for athletic but older lines close up. Acka Baba's dam's sire is Raja Baba, a champion sprint horse of the 1970's.
At just 4 years of age, Laertes is being used for lessons for youth riders at the stable where he trains. He is also being used for trail riding in groups with mares. His kind disposition makes him an ideal riding horse. Everyone has a lot of fun riding Laertes!
Currently, his half brother Lordfurst is in training with an Olympic rider. Lordfurst's stud fee is $1500 (and his sale tag is $100,000). This young stallion is a stunning replica if his older brother, with unmatched talent!
Laertes is homozygous for the black gene. He is tested negative and annually vaccinated for EVA.
We understand the joy and excitement of waiting for a new foal, and the heartbreak of losing one. Unlike most breeders, we want you to really be happy with your foal. We offer a 7 day live foal guarantee, rather than the traditional "stands and nurses" or even "24 hour" guarantee. This guarantee is extended to 10 days for mares who foal prematurely (as outlined in the contract).
| LANCASTER blk/br 17.hh 1992 HOLSTEINER 2x AWS Horse of the Year AWS Gold Medal Stallion 4th Level Dressage Champion Champion Preliminary Jumpers | LANDGRAF I b 170 cm 1966 HOLSTEINER European Champion Considered by many to be the top showjumper warmblood of all time Offspring won almost $7 million | LADYKILLER b 164 cm 1961 THOROUGHBRED | SAILING LIGHT ch 164 cm 1949 | |||||||||
| LONE BEECH b 1950 | ||||||||||||
| WARTHBURG b 167 cm 1962 HOLSTEINER | ALDATO blk/br 167 cm 1958 | |||||||||||
| SCHNEENELKE b 163 cm 1958 | ||||||||||||
| BRINJA HOLSTEINER | RENOMEE gr 170 cm 1981 HANOVERIAN | RAMIRO Z b 16.2 1965 | ||||||||||
| GOLDRET Z gr 1968 | ||||||||||||
| RIVIERA 1979 HOLSTEINER | CAPITANO gr 162 cm 1968 | |||||||||||
| CECHINE | ||||||||||||
| ACKA BABA 1988 THOROUGHBRED Third place Moccasin Stakes (Hollywood, CA) | ACK ACK br 1966 THOROUGHBRED Won $636, 641 1971 Horse of the Year 1971 Champion Sprinter 1971 Champion Handicapper 1986 Inducted into National Racing Hall of Fame #44 of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century | BATTLE JOINED b 15.3 1959 THOROUGHBRED | ARMAGEDDON b 1949 | |||||||||
| ETHEL WALKER b 1953 | ||||||||||||
| FAST TURN b 1959 THOROUGHBRED | TURN-TO b 1951 | |||||||||||
| CHEROKEE ROSE b 1951 | ||||||||||||
| OENONE 1980 THOROUGHBRED Offspring surpassed $300,000 in earnings | RAJA BABA b 1968 THOROUGHBRED | BOLD RULER br 1954 | ||||||||||
| MISSY BABA b 1958 | ||||||||||||
| SCRIPT GIRL 1966 THOROUGHBRED | PAPPA FOURWAY b 1952 | |||||||||||
| SOLID THOUGHT ch 1957 | ||||||||||||