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	Catherston Decipher


	Catherston Decipher was an International Dressage Stallion who competed to Grand Prix. Bere Meadows purchased him in 2004 to stand at Stud. He was sadly put down in December 2010 aged 20 and is greatly missed by all who loved and admired him.


	Catherston Decipher Grand Prix Dressage Stallion


	BWBS Born 1990 16.2 hh/1.68m Liver Chestnut 9.5 in Bone Sire : Dutch Courage (DWB) Dam: Choiseul Sound (TB/Arab)


	SHB GB Life Graded NASTA Performance Tested ELITE


	Fully Approved AES PBA Vol 38

Catherston Decipher

Catherston Decipher is an International Dressage Stallion with many small tour successes PSG to Intermediaire 2 Kur. Former Young Riders Individual Champion, Winner Inter 1 and PSG Kur at Hickstead. Placed National Championships consecutive years from Advanced Medium to Intermediaire 1. Started Grand Prix.


	Decipher is a quality big boned horse with an unbelievable presence, wonderful paces and superb balance. Being bold, honest with natural carriage and kind intelligent nature he is easy to train and handle. He is enthusiastic about life and work and being a proven sire of eventers, dressage horses and show ring winners, he is the ideal choice for all disciplines.

Performance

3rd Novice Championships 1995
4th Winter Medium Champs 1996
3rd - Open Dressage & Jumping National Champs 1997
Winner - Young Rider Individual Champs Soley Farm
Winner - Young Riders Individual Champs Hickstead
Winner - Intermediaire 1 & Prix St George Kur Hickstead
1997 - 6th Advanced Medium, 7th Prix St George National Champs, 2nd Prix St George at Pizaz Festival
1998 - Member of European Championships Young Riders Team, 4th and 6th National Champs Intermediaire 1 & PSG
5th Horse and Hound small tour rankings
1999 - 5th Int 1 National Championships, 3rd Villanova D'Asti Italy Inter 1 Kur
2000 - 7th Int 1 National Championships, 4th PSG, 5th Int 2 Kreuttal Kur CDI. 7th Hickstead CDIO Int2
2002 - Q/F Int 1 National Champs, 9th in first Grand Prix
489 British Dressage Points

Breeding Profile

His sire is the world famous Dutch Courage, who won Great Britain's first ever Individual Bronze Medal at the World Championships in 1978. In an outstanding career he won 127 competitions including 32 Grand Prix. Dutch Courage is the only British based stallion ever to compete himself and to have three of his sons compete at Grand Prix Level, as well as being the sire of Clog Dancer - Asian high jump record holder at 7'2 ½".

Catherston Decipher has many of his sires characteristics, which have helped him to have a hugely successful Dressage career.

Choiseul Sound was a big winner in hand as a yearling, and then unfortunately she met with an accident and was retired to breeding. She has since then produced an Intermediate Event horse by Dutch Gold, Catherston Dauphin and a Medium dressage horse by Dutch Courage, Catherston Director.

		Cobalt (TB)
Sire	Millerole	Muscida (TB)
Dutch Courage
	Higonia	Avenir (Geld)
		Cigonia (Gron)

		Donax (Arab)
Dam	Roedean Rhythem N’Blues	Kostana (TB/Arab)
Choiseul Sound
	Lady Electrica	Right Flare(TB)
		Rock Tavern (TB)

Progeny

Catherston Decipher's foals are elegant and well made with good necks and heads even when coming from poor fronted mares. He has progeny in the show ring, eventing and Prix St George Dressage. He is a real improver of all his mares and a horse that will help produce more swing and elasticity in the paces. One of his foals, out of Goldstone, has had a successful season in the show ring having won or been placed at every outing.


	Catherston Decipher’s daughter, Catherston Petunia, now competing at Prix St George dressage

Another, Sasperilla, out of Misstinger won the Hack Foal at Fordingbridge Show and had other successes at the NPS Foal Show.

His daughter, Catherston Petunia, out of Wolverina is a dressage horse currently competing at PSG, and was 3rd in the FEI PSG at Hickstead in 2004. She was also shown as a 2 year old and was 3rd at South of England Show in the Hunter class.

Catherston Duellist - Dressage horse winning at Medium level.

Decoded - Dressage horse who has won at Elementary level. Decoded has also had many top 3 places at County level showing from Hunter foal to Ridden Hunter classes.

Deciphers Evening Star - Novice Event Horse qualified for the 2006 Combined Training National Championships.

Enigma - Winner of the New Forest Show 2006 Hunter foal.


	He has also produced a coloured foal “Jennie Any Dots”, from a coloured mare “Bianca Domino”.


	Thanks to the photographers: Equestrian Services Thorney, David Charles, Kit Houghton, Pleasure Prints and Horse Power Photography.


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