Lexington
Lexington is a 2-year-old, 16 hh filly of considerable potential. Through her sire (Lord Leatherdale x Negro) and dam (E.H. Caprimond x Veneziano), she is related to several international dressage competitors and champions, including Glamourdale, Everdale, Valegro, and Hohenstein. She shows natural uphill balance, suspension, elasticity, and a cooperative temperament. Given her breeding, conformation, and intelligence, she may well reach advanced levels in dressage. At her Oldenburg N.A. Registry inspection, Lexington was designated a Premium Foal, received the High Score award, and was named Foal Champion. As a weanling and yearling, she received training at Ellsworth Equine Program in showmanship and obstacle skills, patience when tied, desensitization to many different stimuli, picking up and giving of feet, and standing for grooming and the farrier. She was also introduced to ground driving, saddle and bridle, and standing quietly while being mounted and dismounted. This year, she has been started under saddle and lightly introduced to yielding to leg pressure, serpentines, picking up leads at a slow jog, backing up straight, side-passing, and voice cues during longeing. She will be ready for more formal training when she is three years old.
Lexington’s sire, Louisville HTF, has been making excellent progress through the levels, moving up to the Intermediate I in the fall of 2024, as a 7-year-old. He has won the US Dressage Finals, All-Breeds Awards, and placed 7th at the USEF National Championships. He earned excellent scores at his Stallion Test for the canter, trot, and rideability. Louisville HTF stands at Hilltop Farm, Colora, MD. His sire, Lord Leatherdale, has sired many Young Horse Champions and international Grand Prix horses. Louisville’s dam was a successful competitor in the USEF Intermediare Championships and had Grand Prix wins. Her sire, Negro, has shown himself to be a great sire of Grand Prix offspring.
Lexington’s dam, Athaena*M* (E.H. Caprimond x Anastazia/Veneziano), was designated a Model Mare (*M*) at her Trakehner inspection as a 3 yr. old, a coveted distinction. She helped her young amateur rider earn her USDF Bronze Medal and received the Oldenburg NA Star Award for Performance, as well as a USDF Performance Award. Her sire, E.H. Caprimond is legendary for his excellent breeding and performance career. In 1995, Caprimond was awarded Elite Stallion status (“E.H.”). In 1998, he was proclaimed Trakehner Stallion of the Year. Until 19 years of age, E.H. Caprimond was successful in Grand Prix competitions and was approved for numerous registries, valued for his many talented, rideable offspring with beautiful conformation. Athaena*M*’s dam, Anastazia, was Trakehner Horse of the Year Champion in the 2-year-old fillies division. She was also Reserve Champion USDF Sport Horse Breeding Horse of the Year in the 2-year-old fillies division. In addition, Anastazia received the Oldenburg Star Award for Performance of Offspring.
Price: $23,000
