This was Bonitas first foal a colt with great eventing/showjumping lines such as Carrick Diamond Lad x Cavalier Royale x Clover Hill.
Carrick Diamond Lad:
-Traditional Irish Draught x Thoroughbred cross
- Passes super movement on to his progeny
+ Producing the movement required for modern competition, particularly for the new shortened 3 day eventing format, where dressage scores have more of an influence on final placings than before.
- Popular with breeders wishing to produce traditionally bred performance horses with the movement of a modern competition horse.
- In the Top 10% of Irish stallions by number of mares covered in each of the last 3 years. Irish breeders are confident they’ve found the sire of the future for the Irish bred horse.