Kiva is our 2013 pure Spanish filly out of Kisia H & by the stallion Klickitat. Kiva is a combination of two of the best & most decorated breeding programs in our country, Herradura Andalusians & Jackass Mountain Ranch. A good deal of research went into choosing a match for her mother. Her mother clearly out-produced herself with the stallion adding his most fine qualities to the cross. I'm very pleased with her.
Kiva's mother, Kisia H, is a cross of the stallion Gitano MOR with a daughter of the great Remate. This particular cross has been repeated several times. It produces a horse of correct conformation, correct & straight movement, versatility, bravery & beauty. For a detailed look at Kiva's dams's bloodlines, see her blog here.......http://lvandalusians.blogspot.com/2013/07/bloodlineskisia-h.html
Kiva's sire, Klickitat, is an impressive black stallion & rising star. While the number is increasing daily, in comparison to other breeds, there are not many Andalusians competing at the highest levels of dressage in our country. You will see lots of "dressage prospects" or those "bred for dressage". One must also note that there is a difference between a horse that is great for lower levels of dressage & one that can excel at Grand Prix. The horse must have not only the physical ability to perform the movements but also the mental stamina needed as well. I'll stop here rather then venture into a totally different subject, but will say the point of this is that Klickitat has proven himself capable in several different arenas. As a two year old, he won IALHA National Champion Colt and IALHA PRE National
Champion Colt. A halter champion. He has also been a best movement winner. At present he is actively schooling FEI Grand Prix and showing PSG and I1. He was also 2013 IALHA FEI highpoint winner at Prix St George. These are impressive feats & prove the exceptional quality of this stallion. Klickitat has added height, length of leg, quality of movement & temperament to Kiva. She inherited extreme balance from both her parents along with striking beauty. She has her dams athleticism, bold nature & super charisma.
Her sire line includes several impressive horses. Her grandfather is the famous Kianto who has produced numerous champions in all venues. Kianto is a son of Genio III, a black stallion imported from Spain who is sire to many IALHA champions & brings Bocado bloodlines to Kiva's pedigree. Mare lines are vital to good breeding & often left out of discussions. Kianto's dam, our Kiva's great grandmother is the mare Samba III. Samba III has produced get of such quality that several of her sons are herd sires in some of the most prestigious breeding programs in our country. She also has a daughter that is one of a handful of qualified mares in the USA. Kiva's paternal grandmother, Alegria AK, brings older lines to the mix. When I think of horses like Imaginario, Castiblanco, Leopardo & Temario V, I envision classic Andalusian style & beauty. The unicorn or fairy tale white horse of legend.
Kiva's lines come together nicely to create an exceptional athlete with all the style & beauty known to the breed. It's unlikely she will ever be mistaken for anything but an Iberian, such is her clear type. I'm proud to have participated in creating such an individual & look forward to her future.

Lafayette Valley Andalusians is small breeder of fine Andalusian horses. Our mares were carefully chosen based on their movement, temperament & Spanish type. Our priorities are to breed well & give our horses a head start at being part of the human world through individualized care & handling. This blog will follow that process but also tell the story of our evolving program & study of equine care & training.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
Bloodlines......Valencia ADP
If interested in performance, one would have a hard time finding much better breeding than Valencia. Valencia is a 2010 Andalusian mare who is inscribed with ANCCE & registered with IALHA. She is a tall bay daughter of Noble GF & Palena KDW. Our "Valli" carries the rare ability to produce chestnut in her offspring. Valencia was bred by Andalusian Dressage Partners, a rising star in the breeding of dressage type PRE horses. Truly she has it all...height, conformation, beauty & movement, movement, movement. No surprise considering the wonderful bloodlines which have so richly contributed to her quality. Valencia's sire is one of a handful of PRE stallions to have competed at Grand Prix in dressage. Noble GF was bred by Gremlan Farms, a standout program for dressage type breeding. Noble's sire, Gaucho III, is a qualified stallion who was imported from Spain & was also a successful Grand Prix horse. Gaucho is half brother to Invasor II, a two time Olympic horse for Spain. Noble's dam is a daughter of "The Lion of Spain" Indiano XVII, known for his stunning movement & classic Spanish type. Noble's dam is ,as well, a grandaughter of Regalado II who not only was a successful dressage horse before he passed but a son of the great stallion, Leviton. Valencia's dam Palena KDW is a line-bred mare to the stallion Granadino XIV 1978. Granadino was a son of Leviton. Leviton is considered the #1 military stallion, siring many champions including Evento, another Spanish Olympic horse. Palena is also a grandaughter of the great mare, Quizas III, a Vasallo II daughter. Vasallo II was a Champion of Spain & foundation sire for the famous Miguel Cardenas Osuna stud. Valencia's pedigree, indeed, brings together powerful performance bloodlines. She is a type that might be bred to many stallions. She's so nicely put together with such perfection of movement that it will be hard to go wrong. That said, we'll be picky in the extreme as to who we choose for her. She came to Lafayette Valley at two years old. She spent the next year getting to know her new herd & new owner. She has blossomed into the stuff of dreams in that time. At three, she was bred to the several times Grand National Champion stallion Gitano MOR for a 2014 foal. After her foal is weaned next year, she will go into training to get a riding foundation in place & hopefully show off that incredible movement in some forum. Excluding a black filly, her 2014 foal will be available to support our program. It's impossible to imagine this foal will not be of the highest quality........ so like it's mother, a gem for someone. Valencia's future is bright....we're graced to be a part of it!
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