News Blogg Stay up to date with the latest news, stories and everything happening at Longspring! Welcome to the World, 2026 Foals! Introducing this year´s newest Longspring offspring , sired by our outstanding stallions. For further information or breeding enquiries, please feel free to get in touch! Click here to see all of our Longspring stallions currently at stud. Handling Project 04 July 2026 - Miriam Ingelfinger Today we brought six young horses in from the back hills to kick off our new handling project. We have a group of 10 four- and five-year-old horses, but as we can't start working with all of them at once, we came up with the idea of putting all of their names into a hat. Read more... After the Dutch Auction 2025: The story continues... 26 July 2026 - Miriam Ingelfinger The Dutch Auction was fantastic success! Six horses found new homes and three entered exciting new partnerships. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram as we share updates on our sold horses, partnerships and everything happening at Longspring Sport Horses - including 12 new foals, four new horses now under saddle, and seven more beginning their journey into work! View archived news a sweet little colt by our Clydesdale stallion Sabella Hunter James and 3-yr-old Braveheart LS After the Auction 25´ Crystal Gold LS was sold - we´re so happy to see how amazing she is doing with her new owner!

TIGER MOTH LS head Tiger-2 head Tiger-2 1/1 Born: Died: Breed Registration: Colour: Height: BLOODLINES Text to come PROGENY Trixie LS, Tattle Tale LS, Take Away LS, Thruxton Jackaroo LS, Tiger Moon LS, Tilly LS, Tyra LS, Townsend LS, Tiger Lace LS, Tiffany LS

DISCERN LS DISCERN LS was a quiet and lovely type of stallion who seems to pull off the ‘pick of the litter for looks’ title each year! DISCERN LS was a great type of horse with excellent conformation, good nature, lovely head and jumping ability. Born: Died: Breed Registration: Colour: Height: BLOODLINES His sire was DISTELFINK and he needs no introduction! But in terms of DISCERN himself, of particular strength in his bloodlines is the SOUND REASON which is a good eventing bloodline. He also goes back to SOVEREIGN EDITION a very good TB racing line and broodmare sire. Experience has shown that good mare lines in racing such as Sound Reason also prove to be top bloodlines for equestrian sport as well. PROGENY Dash of Class LS, Devotion LS

TRIBUNE Born: Died: Breed Registration: Colour: Height: BLOODLINES TRIBUNE xx by TRIC TRAC who still holds a major place on the NZ all-time career wins for showjumping progeny notably because of his sons NATIONWIDE and MR KINCAID; and eventer KIWI who was on the Australian Event Team with Andrew Hoy. NATIONWIDE won the Horse of the Year title twice with Maurice Beatson and MR KINCAID once. TRIBUNE'S pedigree is a strong reflection of the best of tb bloodlines used in sport horse breeding world-wide. In particular, his sire TRIC TRAC is by the legendary LE HAAR by VIEUX MANOR from France. These are complimented with legendary jumping sires SUMMERTIME and BLUE PETER in his pedigree. TRIBUNE was used as a lighter cross at stud to produce more eventing types. He best known progeny were eventers CHIEF JUSTICE and TROGG LS. And in dressage, he produced TRUS STORY LS who sold to the USA as a dressage mare. His real influence at the stud is through his female progeny and sire son TIGER MOTH LS who went on to produce WC horse MADAME COCO, and GP ponies TIGER TALE ls and TRAFFIC LS. See TIGER MOTH LS . PROGENY TRIBUNE himself produced notable offspring including CHIEF JUSTICE, top eventer in Australia and TRUE STORY, a dressage mare in California. His real value was as the sire of TIGER MOTH LS who stood at Longspring Stud and his influence through broodmare daughters. Top Lady LS, Time Will Tell LS, Tag Along LS

CURRENTLY STANDING > Crusader LS CRUSADER LS EUROSPORT CENTAVOS X Diamond Invader X BRILLIANT INVADER CRUSADER LS uniquely combines two top and proven NZ bloodlines through his sire CENTAVOS and his dam DIAMOND INVADER by BRILLIANT INVADER - a mare that jumped herself at Young Rider level in the 1980s. Born: Breed Registration: Colour: Stud Fee & Conditions: 14 January 2012 NZ Sport Horse Brown $1200 BLOODLINES CRUSADER LS is by the leading sire in NZ Eurosport Centavos. CENTAVOS is one of this country’s most popular jumping sires. He is a 172cm black stallion and has proved himself as an international showjumper with exceptional rideability, scope, and a remarkable record as a sire of Grand Prix jumpers and 5★ eventers in NZ. He won the Horse of the Year Cup, Horse of the Year Silver Fern Stakes and won 6 out of 7 Grand Prix starts up to 1.50. His progeny are known for their exceptional scope, carefulness and bravery. His progeny have won more than 30 NZ titles, 19 Grand Prix/WC horses. The sire of CENTAVOS was ESCUDO I who was 2009 HANOVERIAN STALLION OF THE YEAR Escudo I, has produced many champion jumping horses at the highest level, more than 60 State Premium daughters and also winning dressage horses. Escudo I passes on his outstanding jumping ability, impressive movement, and exceptional riding horse qualities. CENTAVOS'S dam was the State Premium mare Anabell who is by ARGENTINUS who was 2005 HANOVERIAN STALLION OF THE YEAR and OLDENBURG SIRE OF THE CENTURY, Argentinus is one of the most famous and influential breeding stallions in history. He has produced numerous Grand Prix SJ and Dressage horses including several World Champions! He is also an equally successful sire of sires and dam sire, a rare and special quality of Argentinus. His State Premium daughter Anabell (dam of Centavos) is one of his most successful and prolific breeding mares. Argentinus relatives are renown for not only their talent for sport, but their outstanding temperaments. Read more about Centavos here: https://www.eurosporthorses.co.nz/es-centavos-ii CRUSADER'S dam Diamond Invader was another well performed progeny who competed at the Young Rider level before retiring to stud. Diamond Invader was by the top TB jumping sire BRILLIANT INVADER who is one of the most influential TB sires in Australia. He was bred in Australia and stook there before coming to NZ as a jumping sire. He was known to have produced at least 18 top sport offspring, including 11 eventers up to 5★ level and 6 showjumpers at the 1.60 - 1.70 m Olympic level. In NZ, his most successful offspring was the Olympic Gold Medalist READY TEDDY FROM THE 1996 Olympics. In jumping, his top performer was the GP mare FLOWER POWER with Jeff McVean who went on as a broodmare to produce the international horse DELPHI who sold for a top price to the middle east. PROGENY (see pictures below) CRUSADER's first progenies are still young and include COLDPLAY LS and CHICAGO LS who is currently successfully competing at the Pro-Am level. CHICAGO LS' owners quoted about him: "Chicago is fantastic! We competed successfully in the Pro-Am-series last season. I can´t believe he carted me around 1.30m courses!!". CRYSTAL GOLD LS found her new home with Jane Shelton and is doing amazing in her jumping too. Captain Cook LS, Casey LS, Cracker Jack LS, Centurion LS, Courage LS, Counting Stars LS, Cookies n' Cream LS, Constellation LS, Cleopatra LS, Cinderella LS, Chatelaine LS, Cantabrian LS, Chanel LS ChicagoLS ChicagoLS winning the taihape Pro Am series Cookies n' Cream LS - 2024 ChicagoLS 1/10

Dutch Auction Sale 2025 Something new ... Over the month of April 2025 we are offering just about our whole collection of young stock for sale - a total of 40+ horses from foals to 7 year olds. We are running in a Dutch Auction format where starting at $50,000 + gst you can have your pick of what is on offer. After the first week, we will drop the price level twice a week by $2,000 to begin with and dropping to $1000 and take out 1 or 2 that we would prefer to keep. So you have to decide when to come in and if you wait, will you miss out? Just so you appreciate - we don't have a rider in the family (but we working on the grandchildren riding!) so we are not in the business of "keeping our best and selling the rest" . All horses we have for sale are quality. Our offer to you is to take a good look at what is on offer knowing there are some real superstars in the bunch. Your pick! Starting at $50,000 + gst for a first pick of what is on offer in the foals to 8 year olds and including the two stallion prospects - Nashville LS (by Numero Uno) and Cantabrian LS (by Crusader LS). Both young stallions are broken in and ready to ride although Cantabrian LS has not been in work for over a year. First in with the money gets the horse and we will back it up with a soundness guarantee. Twice a week after the first week, we will drop the price by $2,000 for a next round of picks and take our picks off the list if they don't make their minimum. We are more than happy to keep several fillies for the future - but we are trying to be fair and say all are up for sale at a price. Even our top bloodlines! And unless the auction goes swimmingly ... we can almost guarantee there will be some of these youngsters sell at $4000. Our bottom price. Your priorities might be bloodlines, colour, gender or looks. We have photos and videos of all horses on our website to help you get a picture of what is on offer. With full pedigrees, you can learn more about their genetic potential. All horses will come with registered NZ Sport Horse registration papers and will be branded with the Longspring Stud brand. They will also be microchipped and have DNA profiling on hand.

NEWS > Archived News Archived News Dutch Auction Sale of all youngsters at stud 31 March 2025 - Anne Vallance Over the month of April 2025 we are offering just about our whole collection of young stock for sale - a total of 21 horses from foals to 5 year olds. We are running a Dutch Auction format where starting at $50,000 + gst you can have your pick of what is on offer. After the first week, we will drop the price level twice a week by $2,000 to begin with and $1000 later on. We will withdraw any that we would prefer to keep as they didn't make the minimum price. So you have to decide when to come in and if you wait, will you miss out? Read more ... DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LS off to the UK 25 Jan 2022 - Vic Martin DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LS, a 9 year old by DARKMINSTER out of Tigerlette LS by TIGER MOTH LS is off to the UK eventing with Bundy Philpott. The horse is in a 50/50 partnership with Rupert & Anne Vallance. We look forward to following his career in the capital of eventing.

News > Welcome to the World, 2026 Foals! Welcome to the World, 2026 Foals! Introducing this year´s newest Longspring offspring, sired by our outstanding stallions. a sweet little colt by our Clydesdale stallion Sabella Hunter September 2026

WATCHMAN - NZ Thoroughbred WATCHMAN did not live long enough to be a major influence on the Longspring bloodlines. WATCHMAN arrived at the stud in his early twenties. He is important however as the sire of WATCHAMACALLIT LS and again contributes successful performance genes to the mix. WATCHMAN was a top racehorse and won over $145,000 including 2 stakes races. Born: Died: Breed Registration: NZ Thoroughbred Colour: Dark Chestnut Height: 16.2 HH WATCHMAN was a top racehorse with 10 wins from 1200m to 2450m including 2 Stakes wins & Aus $147,000. He was a very athletic horse with beautiful paces and excellent muscling. WATCHMAN's pedigree is a classic European speed × NZ stamina cross — very typical of 1970s–80s NZ breeding. WATCHMAN was a tough, durable NZ campaigner of the 1980s, typical of the era’s blend of European speed over NZ stamina/bone. He appears in older NZ sporthorse pedigrees, especially eventers and jumpers. He raced in NZ and Australia and in 48 starts he had 10 wins, and 10 placings with earnings over $162,650. He won a Group 2 stakes race in Australia. Longspring acquired WATCHMAN very late in his life but his influence has been retained in both broodmares and the stallion WATCHAMACALLIT LS . BLOODLINES His pedigree is impeccable including AGRICOLA - the bloodlines of BRILLIANT INVADER and to top NZ thoroughbred broodmare sire ONCIDIUM. A real bonus is that his female (bottom) line traces directly back to MAUREEN who was the dam of FURIOSO xx - acknowledged as the most influential TB sire used in warmblood breeding in Europe. His pedigree includes a similar cross of Precipitation as the great Furioso xx but with the added value of Hyperion in the dam line as well. PROGENY He had few progeny at the stud but the most successful of them is our stallion WATCHAMACALLIT LS that died in 2025. Woodstock LS, Wolfgang LS, Wiktoria LS

News > Handling Project Handling Project Meet the new faces of our handling project! Today we brought six young horses in from the back hills to kick off our new handling project. We have a group of 10 four- and five-year-old horses, but as we can't start working with all of them at once, we came up with the idea of putting all of their names into a hat. Izzie, Taylor and Miri each drew one horse at random. Out of the 10 horses, there are only two colts, and as they're both quite wild and the biggest challenge to handle, Vic has taken on both of them. :) James not wanting to be left out is working on rising 3yr old pony Braveheart LS. Starting tomorrow, the real work begins! To follow each horse's handling journey, we'll be posting updates on facebook and instagram. Izzie & Nitty Gritty LS Miri & Lavender LS Taylor & Whitney LS Vic & Dolce LS James & Braveheart LS Vic & Constellation LS

COLOMBIA Colombia Columbia_edited Colombia 1/2 Born: Died: Breed Registration: Colour: Height: BLOODLINES Text to come PROGENY Come Along LS, Colombian Queen LS, Caribbean LS

LONGSPRING SPORT HORSES Birthplace of Champions The stud was founded in 1982 with the importation of the fully licensed Hanoverian stallion DISTELFINK from Germany. His first foals were the start of many offspring proving themselves at top level including internationally. Distelfink died at the age of 26 but his sons and daughters are carrying on the tradition and providing New Zealand with some of its best horses. Longspring Stud has retained the best of these lines and a number are for sale to discerning riders. Stallions at Stud There is a selection of 6 stallions at stud representing proven bloodlines. Horses for Sale We offer all youngstock for sale but do retain the best fillies if not sold at a level reflecting their pedigree. Our Champions A lineup headed by the legendary SUPER MOTH LS. Check out other names on our Honour Roll. View News Stay up to date with the latest news, stories and everything happening at Longspring! We would love to hear about YOUR Longspring Horse from the past or present! Many years have passed since we first started ... and a crashed computer has meant that we are not totally up to play with all the wonderful horses by our stallions. We would love to hear from you with photos and/or video telling us about your special horse so we can profile it on our website. Get in touch with Vic & help us continue the story.