BTB: Brentina and Totilas, sittin' in a tree.... |  |
| Brentina and Totilas, sittin' in a tree.... Posted: 19 May 2010 01:57 PM PDT So Brentina is among the select few mares scheduled to be bred to Totilas, the hot-stallion-du-jour.Only six mares from the U.S. made the cut among over 350 mare applicants. The stud fee is just about $7,000, and the first foals will be arriving in March 2011. Not surprisingly, Brentina's foal will be an embryo transfer. Here is Totilas at the World Dressage Masters in Munich a few days ago.. Among the other U.S. mares on the Totilas list, I know of only one (so far): Shooting Star Farm's Orchis. One mare in the UK has also been identified (12 mares in the UK made the cut). I believe 175 breedings are being made available this year.
Among the applications that excites Kees and Tosca Visser, owners of Moorlands Totilas, is to breed to the U.S.-owned mare Brentina that was ridden by Debbie McDonald to Olympic and World Equestrian Games medals and the first World Cup title for an American. Between 150 and 170 of the applications at a fee of €5,500 (US$6,740) for total revenue of up to €962,500 (US$1,180,000) will be fulfilled in 2010 by the KWPN-approved Gribaldi son. Criteria for selection of mares for breeding to Totilas include the competition record indicating a good sport horse, pedigree, approved offspring and height. The height factor is considered important as Gribaldi produced some small foals. About 25 mares from The Netherlands have been bred. Six mares were approved from the U.S. and four in Canada.
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