Cor de la Bryère

Description

Born: 1968

Hight: 166cm

Color: Brown

Approved for: 

WFFS: negativ

Cor de la Bryère is the stallion that revolutionised jumping horse breeding. His name is the one astute breeders like to see, especially on the mare line, for ‘Corde’ tends to give great form over a jump.

His sire, the French Thoroughbred, Rantzau, was bred to be a jumper, being a descendant of the enormously influential Bay Ronald. Rantzau was by Foxlight by Foxhunter by Foxlaw by Son-In-Law by Dark Ronald by Bay Ronald.

The Holsteiner Verband had noticed the success that French blood had in the Oldenburg breed, which had used the stallions Furioso II and Futuro (both by Furioso) to upgrade their stock, and wished to introduce it into their own horses. The Oldenburg breeder Alwin Schockemöhle offered to part-lease the stallion Urioso (by Furioso). An inspection committee travelled to France to evaluate the horse, and happened to find Cor de la Bryère while they were there. The Verband purchased and imported the three-year-old to Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in 1971. The same year, he was the champion of his 100-day Test.