I live a little bit out to sea on the beautiful island of Gotland. I live there with my family and our horses. . The climate here is mild and pleasant with the sea around us. Growing here are truffles, grapes and other more exotic plants. The ground is a foundation built on limestone.
The horses benefit from these lime-rich conditions and become strong individuals. During the summer and late autumn our horses are fresh grazing outside, around the clock, in large pastures with trees that provide protection from the sun.
My two broodmares have both shown that they really belong in the breeding box. They have provided excellent offspring of mother nature, just as we want them.
In the spring 2009, I learned that Lingh would come to Sweden to be available to our Swedish mares. Immediately he became a very hot candidate for my fine mare Weltmeyer – Prince Thatch xx – Legat, a popular German tribe where I wanted to get some Dutch blood. In addition, there were further back in Lingh thoroughbred’s pedigree and this fact made my interest in Lingh even greater.
After the Swedish Warmblood Association test, when Lingh was approved, I sent an email to Karin to congratulate her and to show my interest. Karin replied back personally and everything felt good. It was great to also be able to see pictures of Lingh’s offspring with each mare on Lingh’s website.
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It is very important to me because the pictures of the offspring show further what qualities Lingh passes on. His fine temperament is also spoken widely of from several quarters. He is a really nice horse say those who have visited him and those who handle him in everyday life.
Unfortunately, it was then that Lingh due to an upper respiratory infection had impaired semen quality and Flying decided not to send out any semen during that period. Since I had no way of transporting my mare with her newborn foal to Flying, where Lingh stands for insemination, I switched to another stallion.
News that Lingh now will remain at Flyinge for the next breeding season came as a pleasant surprise. In all likelihood, I will choose next year Lingh for BOTH my mares. He should also fit in very well with my Swedish mare also. She is from the very popular stallion Bernstein who left countless competition- individuals and approved stallions. Just look at the Swedish Young Rider Championships in dressage one month ago, and Bernstein was the father of the three first placed!!
My breeding objectives are to produce nice, well pedigreed and good moving horses. I follow up my offspring’s continued development to ensure that my chose of the stallion is consistent with the plan I have in my breeding program.
I think Lingh with his bravura has shown what he can for the dressage world, and now it’s time to use the coveted blood on our mares. Vi i Sverige är lyckligt lottade som får ha honom här… In Sweden we are fortunate to have him be here …
Vänliga hälsningar Best regards
Marika Jonsson
Sverige Gotland
Best regards from Sweden, Marika Jonsson and "Waltzerkönigin"
