FRENCH CONNECTION

2004 Premium Oldenburg Mare

2007 Cindy Bergmann Award Winner

French Connection is Named the Top Mare of the 2007 Inspection Season!

 

The mare being honored with the Cindy Bergmann award for the top mare of inspection season is owned by Joyce Nugent of Carbondale Farms in Iona, California. French Connection is sired by FBW French Kiss who with rider, Katrin Burger, won the 2004 World Championships for the 6 year old dressage horses. French Connection’s mare line reads like a who’s who of top dressage breeding. Her dam, Hope, is sired by the Trakehner, Hohenstein and is out of the mare, Ribana (Rubinstein I x Argunda (Argentan I)). Hohenstein comes from the well known Trakehner line of Caprimond and Karon, and Ribana’s sire, Rubinstein I, who not only in succeeding at the top levels of dressage himself, but by siring Grand Prix Olympians such as Relevant and Renoir-Unicef as well as many other top quality sport horses.

All of this top breeding led to a mare that has fantastic conformation, and big elastic gaits. Her quiet character showed through making it clear that she had that special quality which led to this prestigious award. We congratulate Joyce Nugent and Carbondale Farms on a job well done, and we wish the best for them and French Connection in the future.