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Sir Sinclair Does It Again

Sir Sinclair, Keur. Photos: Terri Miller.

Two Consecutive Years as the USEF #1 Sire of Dressage Horses

Coatesville, PA — Iron Spring Farm’s KWPN stallion Sir Sinclair, Keur, continues to make history in the sport of dressage and sport horse breeding. For the second consecutive year, Sir Sinclair is the USEF #1 Sire of Dressage Horses, with 68 offspring receiving points, including an incredible 20 showing at FEI in 2016, making him one of the most prolific sires of all time. Sir Sinclair’s offspring earned more than 8,700 points in 2016, more than 2,400 ahead of the second placed sire.

“When you buy young stallions based on their bloodlines, athletic abilities and temperaments, you hope they will be successful in sport and will make  positive impacts on the sport horse industry with their genetics,” explained owner Mary Alice Malone, “but there are no guarantees. So to have Sir become a successful FEI horse who’s siring so many winning Grand Prix horses is simply incredible.”

Sir Sinclair himself won at Prix St. Georges after an exceptional career as a young horse that included the title of the 2005 USEF National Champion FEI Young Horse (Six-Year-Old). Although Sir learned all of the Grand Prix level movements, excelling at both piaffe and passage, he was unable to compete at the level when he was diagnosed with Lyme disease.

His offspring have inherited their father’s talent for Grand Prix. Dee Clair, owned by Diane Morrison, and ridden by Anna Marek, was the 2016 GAIG/USDF Region 3 Grand Prix Champion and also placed third in the Grand Prix Freestyle. Zania, owned and ridden by Jami Kment, earned the Grand Prix Championship at the GAIG/USDF Region 4 Championships.  Zuperman, owned by Leona Pollack and ridden by Kathleen Raine, was reserve champion in three CDI Grand Prix classes in 2016. Zuperman and his owner also won Grand Prix classes in the amateur division.

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Zuperman, by Sir Sinclair, ridden by Kathleen Raine

Sir continues to sire up and coming superstars, including Honor, a four-year-old gelding bred by Linda Smith. Honor and rider Ashley Duran won the 2016 USDF Training Level Junior/Young Rider Horse of the Year (median score 72.273%), as well as the GAIG/USDF Region 4 Championship at Training Level with a score of 74.866%.

In total, eight of Sir’s get were awarded champion or reserve champion at the 2016 GAIG/USDF Regional Championships.

Mrs. Malone continued, “It’s wonderful to see riders at every level, including juniors, amateurs and top international riders, having success with Sir’s sons and daughters. This accomplishment is what breeders strive for.” Sir Sinclair, Keur, is by Lord Sinclair out of the incredible Flemmingh, Preferent daughter, Krishna, Star, Sport Preferent, Prestatie.

Two other Iron Spring Farm stallions were also in the 2016 USEF top ten sires of dressage horses, Contango, Preferent, ranked number three, and UB40, ranked number six.

Please visit the Iron Spring Farm Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as www.ironspringfarm.com, to see more stories, photos and videos of Sir Sinclair, Contango and UB40 offspring.

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