FLORIO

2007 Premium & Stallion Prospect Oldenburg Colt

2007 Alain Seheut Award Winner

Florio is Named the Top Foal of the 2007 Inspection Season!

Florio is a fantastic colt bred by the legendary dressage rider/trainer/judge Hilda Gurney in partnership with Mary Contacos of California. He is sired by the World Champion and score record breaking Florencio (Florestan I x Walessa (Weltmeyer)), and is out of a fourth generation Trakehner mare bred by Hilda Gurney, Livadia (Impressionist), who is out of the mare, Lavinia who was successful at Grand Prix to the point of being long listed for the US Team.

This is the inagural year for this award sponsored by Alain Seheut, owner of the licensed and approved stallion, Soprano. Alain is originally from France where he was a professional rider/trainer in both dressage and jumping. He moved to the US 27 years ago and is passionate about breeding. He feels that providing this type of recognition for breeders who accomplish this level of excellence will help to improve the breeding programs and education in North America.