Sire: Contenda (imp) Dam:Wimborne Paint It Black (by Gribaldi)
Video footage of Wimborne Confidante
Name: Wimborne Confidante Stable name: Eve Age: 3 years Gender: Filly Height: 16.2hh
Wimborne Confidante is literally a one in a million horse.
She is the full package possessing stunning looks with correct conformation, dressage quality paces, outstanding jumping ability, impeccable temperament, ridability and trainability plus her future breeding potential and her worldclass pedigree.
Wimborne Confidante is a full sister to the AWHA approved stallion Wimborne Constable who is currently being campaigned with great success in dressage, eventing and showjumping by Heath Ryan. Heath speaks very highly of Wimborne Constable, in particular his outstanding temperament and ability to just do the job at hand. Heath has described Wimborne Constable as a true multi discipline horse. Wimborne Constable is currently competing successfully in showjumping up to 1.30m and will debut at 1 star eventing this season.
Wimborne Confidante is a horse for a rider looking for that special horse with the type, scope, movement, temperament and talent to take them to the very top of their chosen discipline. Add onto this Wimborne Confidante's worldclass pedigree and you also have a very valuable breeding prospect for the future.
Wimborne Confidante is by the licensed Hanovarian stallion and eventing superstar Contenda. Contenda has been prolifically successful as a competitor on the Australian eventing scene as well as a winner in straight dressage and showjumping. Shane Rose described Contenda in an interview with An Eventful Life as...
"....Contenda certainly has got the ability to go as far as he needs to go for 4 Star and beyond, he has super super jumping ability, he is great on the flat and he appears to gallop great....he just gallops and jumps and doesn't get tired near the end of the course".
Contenda too is making his mark as a sire of outstanding progeny. Contenda's progeny can be found winning in all 3 of the Olympic disciplines. His progeny are competed successfully by amateur riders and professionals alike.Contenda progeny have the talent, scope, temperament, conformation and looks to excell in any discipine - it really is up to their riders to choose where they want to excel.
Wimborne Confidante's dam sire is the world famous supersire, Gribaldi. Gribaldi was himself a Grand Prix dressage horse extraordinaire under Edward Gal, however it is is world famous son, Totilas, that proved to the world just how valuable a breeding stallion he was. Gribaldi is truely one of the world's supersires with his progeny winning at the highest levels in both dressage and eventing.