ROSWELL VT
2007 Bay Oldenburg NA Colt (born May 21)

SIRE: ROYAL APPEARANCE is one of Virginia Tech's current breeding stallions. At his ISR/Oldenburg NA licensing, Royal Appearance received a score of 153.5 points (at that time, second only to his sire!) with a 9 for jumping. At his performance test, he was named a Class I stallion, earning a dressage index of 120.29 and a jumping index of 118.44 and finishing fourth overall. As a 6-year-old, he was the Reserve Champion Young Horse Jumper for the East Coast, under the guidance of Margie Goldstein-Engle. From his first crop of just two foals, he sired Royal Raconteur, ISR/Oldenburg NA East Coast Reserve Champion Colt and now competing internationally at the Advanced/CCI*** level in eventing as a 8-year-old in 2008. He has also sired Premium foals Rivendell (8.5), BW Royal Princess (8.4), BW Regal Reception (8.3), etc. Daughter Royal Robin was named the USDF #2 Oldenburg NA Yearling Filly in 2003. Daughter BW Royal Princess was named Champion Oldenburg and Best US-Bred Filly at Fair Hill and is a talented dressage mare, winning her Materiale class at Fair Hill.

DAM: ULTRA VIOLET is young Dutch Warmblood mare with an impeccible pedigree for jumping. Sire Emilion won the World Cup at Mill Street and is one of the world's top producers of jumpers, with many offspring jumping at the Grand Prix level. Ultra Violet's dam, Kalanta, also resides at Virginia Tech. Kalanta is a keur mare who was imported by Iron Spring Farm and showed through Third Level dressage, despite her genetic predisposition for jumping. She is by the Olympic stallion Concorde, by one of the world's top jumper sires, Voltaire.

Roswell VT is an athletic colt with alot of jump in the pedigree, a bold but personable temperament, and three good gaits. He earned Premium Foal honors at his ISR/OLDNA inspection in 2007. In August, 2008, Roswell VT was named Champion Colt and Grand Champion at a Future Event Horse show. Comments included "Good type. Strong topline. Shows power to give scope and cover alot of ground. Natural uphill balance." He was sold in 2008 to Grand Prix dressage rider Debbie Bowman.