For the breeding season of 2009 the Swedish National Stud, Flyinge, will include the Dutch KWPN stallion Lingh (Flemmingh – Columbus – Uppercut xx) in its breeding program. Lingh has already arrived in Flyinge.
During his performance career Lingh was one of the highest ranked dressage stallions in the world according to the official FEI rankings. He has had exceptional successes and numerous placings in international Grand Prixs with Edward Gal and his owner to date Karin Offield. The best known are the second places of Lingh and Edward Gal in the WC-Finals in Las Vegas in 2005 and in Düsseldorf 2004. Lingh has received the top score 10 for his phenomenal piaffe, passage and the transitions.
In 2005 Lingh got approved for the KWPN studbook in Holland with a Dressage index of 150.46%. He is described as an honest and trustworthy stallion with whom it is very easy to work with. Lingh is a modern dressage stallion with outstanding conformation. Lingh has a very good temperament and loves to work, he also learns extremely easy. Lingh comes from the mareline 711 which already has produced seven approved stallions. Lingh’s offspring so far appears to be very elegant, light and athletic.
Karin Offield, an international GP- rider and Lingh’s owner since 2006 tells about the first time she met this spectacular stallion:
”The first time I saw Lingh was in Las Vegas in 2005 during the World Cup Final when Edward Gal was competing with him. Wow! Once the possibility appeared that he could be for sale, Edward contacted me to see if I would be interested. And I certainly was! Already the next day I flew to Holland to try him and then days later he was mine!”
Now Karin Offield chose Flyinge because of its great reputation as a facility worldwide.
”I was visiting here in October during the Flyinge International Dressage Show CDI and I could see for myself what a fantastic accommodation it is with a lot of knowledge attached to it. To me it is very important that Lingh gets the best possible exercise and care and with Flyinge it felt like the right choice. I am also very much looking forward to the Swedish offspring of Lingh”, says Karin Offield.
”Lingh is such a nobel and light stallion that he should be an excellent combination with most types of mares”, adds Karl-Henrik Heimdahl, the new Breeding manager of Flyinge.
Soon Offieldfarms.com and Lingh.nl will become one website, stay tuned !
