Aurum Rivière d'Or

Aurum Rivière d'Or 17 Feb 2005, Dark Brown, 16.2hh (mature 16.3-17hh) Service Fee $1800 _{Click each image for a larger version.} Aurum Rivière d'Or is by Regardez Moi (Rubinstein) out of Aurum Belle (Flooding/Vain). Rivière d'Or is currently in the early stages of training under saddle and showing a strong ability and willingness to learn and take things in his stride. He accepted the bit and rider willingly on the first day of his break-in process! He was ridden under saddle within days of starting. There is no doubt he meets our criteria of Trainable. He displays a quite striking flamboyance of movement which often catches people by surprise. For us this shows the strength of the mare line as much as the stallion line. This flamboyance and presence was evident as a young foal (his young full brother Aurum Revoir displays the same high quality). His grandsire was one of the world's leading sires of Dressage Grand Prix horses, Rubinstein. Rubinstein is no longer with us of course and due to the poor quality of his frozen semen it is almost impossible for anyone to breed directly with him. Rivière d'Or's dam Aurum Belle was bred by Aurum out of a super moving Vain line mare and is a classic example of selective breeding to produce desirable characteristics. She was retained in the breeding herd and has never been broken in or competed. Each of her foals has inherited her wonderful expressive movement. She is one of those rare horses who combines wonderful floating strides with excellent knee and hock action hence producing natural power and elevation. She also passes on great presence to all of her foals. Aurum Belle is by Floodway who was by Flooding out of a Northern Warmbloods mare. Flooding was the sire of many Grand Prix Show Jumpers, including two time Olympic representative Another Flood, and also 3 & 4* eventers including Tidal Wave and Let it Rain. The Flooding line also contributes excellent movement in our experience. Aurum also stands a very good moving Flooding son Aurum Flash Flood. Rivière d'Or is only available by frozen semen this season.