Colt Foal : Greenacres  ' Indy '

Colt Foal Greenacres Indy

'Greenacres ' Indy ' was born on Saint Patricks day ( March 17th ) 2009 , at 3.43 am.

The birth was trouble free and the only slight concern was the length of time that the colt took to suckle. 

Indy's Dam is Greenacres Optimistic Lady a KWPN registered mare bred by A and P Jaspers in Holland and born on the 19th April 2002.

The mare's pedigree reads like a who's who of the show jumping world being sired by the jumping stallion Optimist out of Evelina.

Other horses in her impressive pedigree include Kojak , Jasper, Pit I , Lucky Boy , Courville , Pilot and Findra to mention just a few.

Indy's Sire is the young Stallion , Cassio III , who is a  stunning grey Holsteiner stallion by the world renowned show jumping progenitor Cassini I. Cassio III comes from a very strong dam line, Nena I is by the great dual purpose stallion Coriander and descends from stamm 4025 which is probably most famous for Ludger Beerbaum’s individual gold medallist .

Cassini I  (Capitol I)  was the winner of the 1994 Federal German show jumping championships and later caused sensation in the international show jumping sport under Franke Sloothaak, winning, among others, the Arnheim Grand Prix, several Nations Cups as well as World Cup show  jumping events.

Cassini I has been at least as successful in breeding, with a series of offspring active in the international sport such as Ingmar, Eurocommerce Berlin, Coco, Cavalor Cumano, Carino and Olympic. Cassini I is a highly sought-after sire of performance horses throughout Europe and the entire world . His offspring are in great demand and have proven themselves many times over in the toughest competitive arena .