Performance

Performance damline

Sports index

The sports index dressage is based on the sport of the horse itself and/or offspring and/or family members.This is presented in relation to the breeding direction dressage.The sport index is only shown for horses with their own sport presentation.

Sport index dressuur: 0

Genetic profile

The breeding values have been estimated using information from sport, inspections and talent tests and in addition the available DNA profiles (genotypes).
The DNA profile of the horse itself is included here.
The breeding values are presented in relation to the dressage breeding direction.
An average KWPN dressage horse has a dressage breeding value between 80 and 120.

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Approved offspring 1^st generation

Performance test report

Conformation: 
Four Legends KS is a more than sufficiently developed, very handsome stallion with good rectangular-shaped conformation. The head is attractive with a nice large eye. The poll has good length with a correct head-neck connection. The neck has good shape, length, and muscling. The wither is sufficiently developed and has good length. The shoulder has very good placement and good length. The back has good length and muscling. The loins have good muscling and are well connected. The croup has good placement, length and muscling. There is good length from the point of the hip to the point of the buttock. The front leg is correct. The hind leg is correct. The pasterns have good length and are correct. The legs are well developed but slightly stocked up. The hooves are slightly small but well developed and of good quality. The heels are well developed. 

Lineage: 
Four Legends KS was very successful in the young horse competitions last year: as a five-year-old, he placed third in the Pavo Cup and sixth in the FEI World Breeding Championships for Young Dressage Horses. His sire Wynton is an international Grand Prix horse under Madeleine Witte-Vrees. 
The dam of Four Legends KS, Vienna, scored all 8's for the dressage components of her EPTM test. She is a daughter of Ferro, who captured the team silver medal and finished fifth individually in the Sydney Olympics. Vienna’s dam is the renowned mare Annabel, whose sire De Niro has been one of the world's best breeding stallions for years. Annabel's offspring include two KWPN-approved stallions which compete in the Small Tour: Bretton Woods (s.Johnson) and Chagall D&R (s.Jazz). The dam-line continues with a daughter by Romancier (s.Rosenkavalier) and daughters by the English Thoroughbreds Troublemaker xx and Courville xx. 

Performance Test Report: 
Four Legends KS is an honest, likeable and reliable stallion with a very good disposition. He is very willing to work and has very good trainability. The walk is pure and has march with good to very good scope. The trot is expressive with good to very good scope and a hind leg which steps under the body well and carries well. The stallion shows abundant talent for collection in the trot and an appealing use of the front leg. The canter is uphill and light-footed with more than sufficient carriage and scope. Four Legends KS has an attractive front end and moves with very abundant elasticity and good to very good self-carriage and balance. He has abundant to very abundant talent for dressage and gives his rider a good to very good feeling. 

Stable Behavior: 
Four Legends KS is an honest and reliable stallion. He is easy on the ground and quiet in his stall. 

Veterinary Report: 
The lower legs tend to stock up. No further remarks. 

Semen Inspection: 
Expected fertility class: good. 

Breeding Recommendation: 
Four Legends KS can improve conformation, the basic gaits, leg use, rideability and willingness in dressage horse breeding. He should be bred to large mares. 

Dam Report: 
Vienna is a more than sufficiently developed mare with good rectangular-shaped conformation. 
The head is attractive but slightly long. 
The poll has good length with a light head-neck connection. 
The neck has good shape, length, and muscling. 
The wither is more than sufficiently developed with sufficient length. 
The shoulder has good length and more than sufficient placement. 
The back has good length but slightly weak muscling. 
The loins have good muscling and are well connected. 
The croup has good placement, more than sufficient length and good muscling. 
There is more than sufficient length from the point of the hip to the point of the buttock. 
The front leg is slightly short but correct. 
The hind leg is correct with a slightly constricted cannon bone. 
The pasterns have good length and slightly weak conformation. 
The hooves are well developed and of good quality with slightly low heels. 
The legs are more than sufficiently developed and of good quality. 
The walk has more than sufficient scope and good elasticity. 
The trot has more than sufficient scope and body position with a hind leg that carries / steps well under the body. The front leg comes out of the shoulder more than sufficiently. 
The canter is powerful with more than sufficient scope, good carriage and more than sufficient body position. 

In 2005, Vienna earned the following scores in the EPTM test: 
walk: 8, trot: 8, canter: 8, suitability as a dressage horse: 8; jumping: push: 5, form: 5, scope: 6, suitability as a jumper 5. Total: 66 points. 
Height: 1.66m / 16.1+ h, color: black bay 

This report is based on data and knowledge available at the time of approval (spring 2016). Some data in this report may be revised at a later date if new data or knowledge becomes available. 

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