I got a lovely email from a lady who had come across this blog while looking up info on a stallion at her barn: the one, the only Pehrsson or "Gig"! So she was kind enough to send me an email with some pictures she took of him being ridden at a Dennis Callin clinic back in September. The last picture is from the Caduceus Farm FB page, where Pehrsson has been kept for the past few years. Would you believe he is 23 years old and still in full work as a schoolmaster?!
We have family friends in CO, and that is currently where Gig is being kept. I would love to see Greta's daddy in person one of these days!
Photos from the clinic courtesy of Laura MacKinnon, and last by Caduceus Farm.
Thanks Laura for the kind words and photos! They are greatly appreciated!
This is one of him under saddle. Seriously, this poor guy seems to have gone from place to place, just like his daughter! I guess being a drifter and finally settling in must be in the genes.
Also, Greta has a half-brother named Potenza. I cannot find any info on his new locale, if you have any let me know, just for grins and giggles I suppose!
She also has another half-brother in Santa Fe that used to be in training with Keene Dressage: free-jumping video, June 2010 video, and a May 2010 video. According to her website, he was sold to an amateur dressage rider.
And according to the Rocking M website, she also has a half-brother named Peter that was in training with Steffen Peters, but that's all I can find so far. Once again, any info would be cool.
Penelope, Pehrsson, Potenza, Prodigy, Peter, Vogue: all oh-so interesting!
This is the only video I have been able to find of him. I have also found a few pictures out there, and only one video of any of his offspring (besides those of Greta haha). This mare, Greta's half-sister, Vogue, is out of an Oldenburg mare I believe, so she has a much flatter topline than her sire. She's being kept at Caduceus Farm, where Pehrsson is also being kept as a schoolmaster. And as of yet, I cannot find ANY pictures or info (save a pedigree) of Greta's dam, Mite Oh Been by Azure Request and out of Sister Mito. But I can find plenty of stuff about her damsire! He apparently was real big on the Appendix QH racing circuit, and I have been told his offspring are a popular choice for people looking for eventing appendix QHs.
I can actually see a bit of Greta's sire in her, really in her topline build, her soft expression, and how she moves and behaves when she gets excited or spooky about something!
Developing a deeper and more elastic seat, especially in sitting the trot
Getting and staying on the bit
Collecting and extending Greta's gaits (she can do, I know she can!)
Keep my legs still when posting the trot
Better steering (heehee)
Confidence: for the both of us!
Some inspirational pictures. Greta's sire: Pehrsson! I can totally see where she gets her good looks from. I want us to look as good as the pictures in the next few years - regardless of whether or not it's in a show, I don't care, I'm really more into learning dressage than showing at the moment. Believe me, we can pull it off.
