Littledale Bright Star

12.2hh Bay Graded with the Sports Pony Studbook Society

Chilled and Frozen semen available for Artificial Insemination Available for Worldwide Distribution Stud Fee: £360.00 incl VAT

Littledale Bright Star

Littledale Bright Star breeds up to height, introducing quality and movement to all his stock. He has been described as a “supremely talented horse in a ponies’ body”.

Littledale Bright Star has competed in BSJA, but due to the lack of a suitable small jockey has only been very lightly competed under saddle. His wonderful temperament has enabled him to do a variety of disciplines including driving and vaulting. He has a wonderful jump and whenever the horses are being jumped Bright Star joins in too! He has wonderful, floating movement with tremendous ground cover, very quick and agile with an abundance of presence.

His Sire, Catherston Nightsafe is one of the most famous pony stallions ever produced in this country. A prolific winner in-hand and under saddle, Catherston Nightsafe was the Lloyds Bank Supreme In-Hand Champion at the Royal Bath & West, Supreme Champion at the National Pony Show, West Midland Stallion Show, New Forest Stallion Show. Catherston Nightsafe had lifetime breeding permission in Germany where he was leased for 2 seasons and his first foals there included both the National Male and Female 2 year old champions. Nightsafe can be found in the pedigrees of most of the best dressage ponies in Germany.

His dam, Gwersyllt Town Mouse, was a much loved lead-rein, first ridden pony of impeccable breeding with some of the best Welsh and riding pony bloodlines available. Botingelle Kingfisher was a prolific sire of ponies in the showring and Coed Coch Asa was probably one of the most famous Welsh Pony Stallions of his time.

PERFORMANCE

Like his dam, Littledale Bright Star has the temperament to be ridden by a child as can be seen here where he is being jumped by 10 year old James Whitacker. He was also ridden by Charlotte Dicker since she was 6 years old. Charlotte was vaulting on him as well as riding him at the Stallion Viewing Days at Hartpury and Addington when she was 12 years old.

PROGENY

Prairie Star – Intermediate Event horse 25 BE Points, 36 Futurity Completed Hartpury CCI**
Catherston Bit of Gold – BEF Futurity Elite as a foal, NPS Dressage Champion 2014, 38 BD points, £286 British Showjumping, 184 BS points and qualified for the 2nd Round in Newcomers and Foxhunter. He has 46 Foundation Eventing Points and 2nd in the Under 18 Championships at Weston Park.
Prima Picasso – 177 Dressage Points – consistently winning at Elementary
Catherston Bright Spark – Qualified for RIHS SHP & BD Prelim Regionals & Area Festival
Rosewater General Election & Trevalion Button Moon – Foal Champions
Catherston Bobby Bright – Higher First Premiums as a foal & yearling, Reserve Champion Sport Horse at Dorset County Show.
Folds Spode – ready to start Pony Eventing