FOR PLAY comes from a long line of famous performance horses. With his impeccable conformation and athleticism he has proven himself in the Jumper, Hunter and Dressage arenas. FOR PLAY also has the most incredible temperament. Always a pleasure to be around, a perfect gentleman at all times. We are honored to have this magnificent stallion at Stepping Stones. Contact us for special on 2011 bookings.

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On 2/18/2011 with great sadness and sincere appreciation

Stepping Stone Farms acknowledges the passing of
For Pleasure “HORSE OF THE CENTURY”

and sire to our stallion, For Play.

PEDIGREE SUMMARY:

For Pleasure is the Horse of the Century
His Accomplishments include
Sire of 16 Approved Breeding Stallions thru 2003
Sire of 169 Sport Horses
Stallion Performance Test 145.95 Jumping
1996 Olympic Games Team Gold Medal Winner, Atlanta
2000 Olympic Games Team Gold Medal Winners, Sydney, Australia
2002 Winner German Championships Mannheim, Germany
2003 European Championships Team Gold Medal Winners, Donaueschingen, Germany
2003 2nd Place Grand Prix of Aachen, Germany
2004 Winner Worldcup in Leipzig, Germany
2004 Winner Credit Suisse Grand-Prix CSI Zurich, Switzerland (at 18 years of age)
Plus many other European accomplishments

For Pleasure

PEDIGREE:

For Pleasure finished his career with staggering lifetime earnings of Euro 1.8 million.

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For Pleasure has contributed to four championship victories over the last eight years of his career with the German Showjumping team, and four times has won team gold. At the 1996 Games with Lars Nieberg, at the 2000 Games with Marcus Ehning and at two European Championships – Hickstead and Donaueschingen. At Donaueschingen, he carried Marcus Ehning to his first individual medal – a bronze. With both riders, he won 75 S-level classes, winning his last Grand Prix at the age of eighteen – at the Liepzig round of the World Cup, where he won the class over a massive course (“the highest track I have ever jumped with him indoors” said rider, Marcus Ehning) to beat Frenchman, Jean Marc Nicolas and Modesto. In For Pleasure’s stallion test he starred in the jumping where he had the top mark of 145.95. He is sire of many sires and has very successful offspring.

For Play’s Dam Line is the famous Accord II, 100 Day Test champion, and contains no close Cor de la Bryere or Landgraf blood. He received a “9″ on type and “8′s” on both front and hind legs; a score seldom seen. He also scored 9.5 to 10 for showjumping, and 9 to 9.67 for rideability. His overall score was 146.04 scoring 138.26 in dressage and 148.47 in jumping. Acord II has produced more than 40 stallion sons, one of the more famous is Broere VDL Atlantic, who was the Six Year Old Jumping Champion at the 1999 Bundeschampionate with Ulrich Kirchhoff. As of 2003, Acord II produced 60 dressage competitors and 404 jumpers (52 to advanced level) for winnings of 736,475 euros. Acord II’s entry in the Hanoverian Studbook includes the comment: “His first foals are impressive with a strong, correct conformation and above average floating movements.” Accord II is widely regarded as an important contributor in Europe. He was the leading sire for mares bred in Germany after winning many important shows.

For Pleasure

Acord II

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