September 19, 2008

The dam of former top US eventing horse Winsome Adante has achieved a unique double at this year's British Equestrian Federation Futurity Evaluation Series.

For the second time the mare Juswith Genoa has produced the top-scoring event foal in the series, which has been running for four years.

This year Future Gold Digger was awarded Elite status with the outstanding score of 92.5%, and in 2006 her full sister, Future Glamour was the Highest Graded Event Foal and Champion Event Foal. Future Gold Digger's score was the joint highest score ever awarded to an event foal or an event mare/filly and is the highest score awarded to an eventer.

Winsome Adante is an Olympic Medallist and Triple Rolex CCI**** Winner. He was retired from competition in November 2007.

Future Sport Horses owner Julia Hodkin says owning a mare like Juswith Genoa "is such a privilege. With (Winsome Adante's) oldest sibling Future Genie now under saddle with International event rider Brook Staples, it's a very exciting time for Future Sport Horses. We have another four siblings yet to be backed. One day I might actually be persuaded to part with one of them!" she said.

The evaluation series aims to find potential elite sport horses of the future. This year a veterinary and expert evaluation panel assessed more than 550 young horses from foals to three years old in the three Olympic disciplines of dressage, eventing and showjumping, as well as ponies. Some 170 eventing horses were inspected.

Juswith Genoa, dam of Future Gold Digger and Future Glamour. Future Illusion, the sire of F. Gold Digger and F. Proposition.

The highest graded young horses from the evaluations were invited to take part in the BEF Elite Championship Show. The eventing discipline was judged by British Olympic Eventing Team Chef d'Equipe Yogi Breisner, who selected another of Future Sport Horses farm's foals, Future Proposition, not only as the Champion Event Foal, but then also Champion of the Eventing Discipline from all age groups. Future Proposition then went on to finish the day as Joint Reserve Supreme Champion across all ages and all disciplines.

Future Proposition represents three generations of breeding by the farm, being their own young stallion Future Illusion (by Fleetwater Opposition), out of Allercombe Loveday who was also picked by Yogi as the winning eventing broodmare. Julia Hodkin bred Future Proposition and his sire Future Illusion, but also Future Illusion's dam, the Champion Sporthorse Broodmare, Future Illicit Affair.

Future Illusion already has the incredible record of 100% BEF 1st Premium foals from his first 2 crops. He is now being referred to in the UK as one of the "Hottest Young Stallions in British Breeding". Frozen semen from Future Illusion will be available for the 2009 season in Australasia. Future Sport Horses also has two twin embryos from Winsome Adante's oldest sibling Future Genie by Future Illusion due in 2009.