Palladian is a 2020 165cm grey gelding by Utopie (Jacomar/Calvados), out of the mare Quintessa (Vision van’t Hazelarenhoeke/Nimmerdor). He was bred here in Manitoba by Boulder Ridge Ranch. Palladian was recently started under saddle. We are happy with his development so far; he is very keen and loves to work. We believe he will have a promising career in either the hunter or jumper ring.

His sire, Utopie, (USA Show Name Combina) is a 165cm bay KWPN stallion by Jacomar out of Pherna Keur Sport by Calvados. He has had successes at 1.60m level, shown under Marc Houtzager (NL), Candice King (USA), Nicole Bellissimo (USA) and Kirsten Coe (USA). Utopie’s parent’s lineage show the ultimate in performance genes through offspring and heritage. Utopie left Holland at the early age of nine focused on a show career, rather than breeding, despite that Utopie is 6th on the list for leading sires of offspring jumping 1.30m and up, following closely behind Heartbreaker, Mr. Blue and Cantos. Utopie performed excellently during the Stallion Competition 2006/2007 with Marc Houtzager winning the final in Den Bosch. Utopie was the first KWPN stallion of his licensing year to debut in the 1.60m classes and making an impressive entrance with two clean rounds.

Utopie has only a few older offspring, but several are already showing at the top level. A couple notable offspring include: Bull Run’s Risen (Utopie/Indoctro): 1.60m with Kristen Vanderveen, and D’Utopie B (Utopie/Erik): 1.60m with Fernando Jose de Assis Costa.

Palladian descends from one of the very best KWPN dam lines, the Lottie stam (fokfamilie 300). The great mare Lottie (Sineada/Commandeur) produced the approved KWPN stallion and international show jumping horse Irco Polo, the National jumping star Patroeska, and the broodmare Zottie. Zottie produced three very good sport horses and two performance mares including Oklahoma (Farn/Marco Polo), who herself produced three very good show jumpers and even four performance mares. The most famous of these four performance mares is Elottie W (Ramiro/Farn) who has become the mother of 21 offspring, nine of which are now competing in the sport above 1.40m, four of which even compete at 1.60m level. Palladian’s granddam Lottie W is one of these 1.60m competitors out of Elottie W.