It's as if he has been here before! Inquisitif, appropriately named as has been interested in everything from the moment he was standing.

At just a few hours of age his nose was already up over the stable door intrigued by everything going on outside. He is the first foal that we have bred over the nine years that walked out of the stable on his own ahead of his dam as soon as the door was opened, fearless and determined to discover the outside world.

Some foals just seem to to thrive on human attention and this one certainly does! - A compact colt with balance and harmony in his paces, a beautiful easy mover. Ideal hunter, event, dressage, all round riding horse for the future and the perfect companion and competition horse for the every day amateur or professional rider. Inquisitif is sure to excel in a wide variety of disciplines as has inherited the brave heart of his dam, nothing phases this confident lad.

His maternal sister Bequinna age seven, with junior rider Lucile Lavenu rode to victory and became the French National Junior Event Champions in France at Pompadour over two days in May 2013 and Aquenna is now reserve on the Scottish Junior Teams with rider Paula Patterson after just over a year under saddle and in competition. We are confident that Inquisitif will excell in competition and sport under saddle in the future.

His sire:

"Foundation" on the occasion of the Oldenburg Stallion Days 2012 in Vechta set a new milestone, after evaluation of the performance record to date and his first foal crop, he was the dominant I-a main premium winner of stallions with emphasis on dressage in 2012. In 2013 Foundation qualified for the World Dressage Championships.

Foundation features a certain charisma combined with an enormous ground-covering mechanic of movements with engaged hindquarters stepping under the center of gravity, a wonderfully uphill canter and a fantastic character. He finished his 30-day test in Schlieckau with dream scores: twice 10.0 for trot and canter in the final test, 9.5 each for character and willingness to perform as well as 9.25 for rideability. He converted his first start in a test for young dressage horses into a sovereign victory.

Foundation's sire, Fidertanz, the impressive 2004' NRW Champion Stallion, has successfully competed up to Intermediate 1 dressage and produced 34 licensed sons. Foundation is the younger full brother of the licensed stallion and Bundeschampionat's finalist Fiderstar. Foundation originates from the Hanoverian mare line 569/Paninka, producer of 30 licensed stallions, including Isabell Werth's multiple Grand Prix winner Apache. Grand dam Weniga presented the 17-time advanced level test winner Queeny, who competed successfully in the short Grand Prix with Victoria Michalke, as well as the Prix St. Georges winner Lord/Kathleen Keller.

Another of the highlights in Foundations pedigree is the Grand Prix dressage Donnerhall son "De Niro" who is currently number 1 dressage sire of the World Breeders Federation stallion rankings based on the success of his progeny in sport.

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His dam Quinine is our Swiss State Performance Tested and prolifically successful show jumping foundation Keur mare. Also inspected by the SSH and SHB GB stud books she gained Head Stud Book Status with both. In addition she underwent the IBOP test (mare performance test) scoring 81 pts. and was also awarded the Sport predicate with the SSH having successfully competed up to 1.30m in a very short time frame of just two seasons.

Quinine has also won many ribbons in Dressage, Working Hunter and Inhand Showing, winning the broodmare hunter class at Perth Show and overall Hunter Reserve Champion aged 18. Other wins and placings including Fife and the Royal Highland Show.

At 17 years of age Quinine returned for a short spell to the show jumping circuit in Northern Ireland as a schoolmistress for a junior rider, testimony to her fitness and good health. She remains sound and in good health now aged 22.

Her sons and daughters have been successful at the SSH stud book inspections with her daughters Aquenna and Chiquita achieving the Ster Predicate with excellent marks for jumping technique and ability but perhaps more importantly her offspring are now proving themselves successful in sport both in the UK and overseas in France. All of Quinines offspring have inherited her brave heart, an attribute that can never be over looked and Inquisitif is no exception.

Quinine's sire Quater was a Swiss State federal Stallion who competed with success at MII. His best progeny Magnolia CH et Quatersman CH competed CSI CSIO, CSI, SII and in the young horse classes Balladeuse du Cornat CH, Bellamour du Cornat CH, Catania IV CH, and Cristal de la Taille CH qualified for the Zangersheide Young Horse Show Jumping Championships.

Grand Veneur

"Grand Veneur" in 1975, a popular State Stud Stallion as one of France’s leading sires based on the performance of his progeny at the national championships in Fontainebleau. Sire of over 75 Selle Francais stallions and many more in Belgium and across Europe. Grand Veneur was a product of three very important French sire lines, "Amour Du Bois x Le Micoche x and Jus De Pomme by the thoroughbred sire "Orange peel" Veneurs dam, Tanagra G, (not to be confused by the Tanagra that produced Jalisco B) also produced the two International jumpers "L'Elue de Veneur and O'Veneur".

Since 1976, Grand Veneur produced more than 335 show jumping winners. Regularly classed among the best sires, father of winners in show jumping, he has produced among the best: Le Tot de Semilly, Lama des Landes, Love Love de l'If, Magicien IV, Nabo II, Rocky du Carel, Tenor de la Cour, ISO 160, Vas Y Donc Longane, Alfa d'Elle and many showjumping winners in foreign countries such as Le Grand du Tot, Mont Blanc, Quatre de Mai, Sioux de Baugy, Tenor Manciais, Ulysse de Thurin, Upsala de Baussy, Valou de Baussy, Veneur Pierreville, Amour de Coquerie, As de Thurin, Beau Veneur, Belle Landaise and Billy du Lys.