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2024 Foals for Sale > COOKIES 'N' CREAM LS Four Year Olds (2) Four Year Olds (2) 1/1 COOKIES 'N' CREAM LS 2024 Gr Filly by CRUSADER LS COOKIES 'N' CREAM LS is a filly foal by CRUSADER LS (EUROSPORT CENTAVOS/BRILLIANT INVADER) out of TAKE AWAY LS who was out of a full sister to the legendary FALCON LS (by DISTELFINK). This is a family with talent that will show up in future endeavours. BLOODLINES CRUSADER LS is a young sire by Eurosport Centavos a licensed Hanoverian from the top bloodlines in Germany. His dam DIAMOND INVADER, a NZTB is by legendary BRILLIANT INVADER who sired the WEG gold medallist Ready Teddy & more. The mare jumped to 1.30m and in Young Rider classes.

Horses in Partnerships > DIRECTOR LS Older 5+ (9) Older 5+ (9) 1/1 DIRECTOR LS 2016 Black gelding by DARKMINSTER LS DIRECTOR LS is in full work with Beth Wilson in Auckland. He has evented successfully earning a 4th in his first start. An extravagent mover and talented jumper. He is currently being marketed by JOANNE BRIDGEMAN so contact her at 027 472 0902. BLOODLINES DARKMINSTER by DISTELFINK was bred by Maurice Beatson for a showjumping career but an injury meant he retired to stud. His oldest progeny include DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LS who is eventing in the UK with Bundy Philpott and DIRECTOR LS who is a 2** eventer with Beth Wilson. DIRECTOR LS is also for sale and now being marketed locally and overseas by Joanne Bridgeman. DARKMINSTER is by the foundation sire DISTELFINK whose progeny hold a record in terms of success in all equestrian disciplines. DABOO is from one of LS top families. Her dam TABOO was the sister to 3 jumpers sold overseas - THE MINDER to Japan; DOW JONES LS to California & a young rider horse to Holland. Daboo is also the dam of sucessful WC Jumper Larinium LS & is still breeding.

Older Horses for Sale > FABIANA LS 1/0 FABIANA LS 2018 Chestnut mare by FERDANAND DE VAGA FABIANA LS is by the TB FERDINAND DE VEGA, a 17hh stallion that stood at LS for two seasons. She is out of DIOR LS whose dam was DESIGN LS a full sister to SUPER MOTH. At 4 years of age, she is ready to break in and start competing. Jumping talent galore. This mare is being sold as a riding horse only and NOT a breeding prospect as she had a serious injury to a torn vulva several years ago which means she should not be bred from. BLOODLINES FERDINAND DE VEGA was an impressive TB sire - at 17+ hh, an old type of TB with an International pedigree. His sire was Lope de Vega & dam was sister to sucessful NZTB sire ROAD TO ROCK. FERDINAND progeny from sport horse mares are ideal TB cross types. DIOR LS is out of a full sister to the legend SUPER MOTH who won 75 classes 44 at GP level his grand sire. Her sire Daimler LS was a full brother was a top GP Showjumper DAYLIGHT LS with Philip Steiner who sold overseas.

STALLIONS > Standing at Stud Stallions at Stud We are proud to have a lineup of Longspring's top bloodlines We currently offer a range of stallions at the stud including Distelfink bloodlines, a son of the Horse of the Year winner Eurosport Centavos, a sire by KWPN pref sire LARINO out of our Super Moth family and new for 2025 (if not sold in auction) a young stallion NASHVILLE LS by one of Europe's leading sires NUMBERO UNO. Check out his loosejumping ! PLEASE NOTE - this STALLION area is currently being updated - check back later. LORD LARINO LS by LARINO (KWPN) This is an outstanding sire - his jump is phenomenal. See the video on his page. This is a reflection of his KWPN keur sire LARINO and his dam TOP LADY LS who is out of a full sister to the legendary SUPER MOTH who won over 44 Grand Prix, Horse of the Year title and was 5 times Showjumper of the Year in NZ. His first crop included FLORENCE who with rider Logan Massie won the 5 Year old & the 6 Year old titles at the respective Young Horse Shows. CRUSADER LS by EUROSPORT CENTAVOS (Hanoverian) This purpose bred young sire has proved his worth! CRUSADER LS is by one of NZ's leading sires EUROSPORT CENTAVOS a sire with an incredible international pedigree and is out of a TB mare by BRILLIANT INVADER who was one of the top TB jumping/eventing sires in Australia and New Zealand. Most famous of BRILLIANT INVADER'S offpsring was the gold medal eventer READY TEDDY with Blyth Tait and the mare FLOWER POWER who won Grand Prix and at stud produced the awesome mare DELPHI. His foals are strong horses with a wonderful temperament. He only produces bay or brown to date if that is important to you (no chestnuts)! CANTABRIAN LS - 2015 Bay stallion by CRUSADER LS CANTABRIAN LS has been kept as a stallion as the last of one of our most successful lines through DISTELETTE LS by DISTELFINK. He is himself an extremely talented jumper with a great attitude and calmness. He has a beautiful face and eye too. Perfect markings too with a star, snip and 4 short white socks. WATCHAMACALLIT LS by WATCHMAN (Thoroughbred) - recently deceased WATCHAMACALLIT LS is a chestnut with lots of bling! Four white stockings and a blaze. His movement that he passes on without exception is amazing! And his jump is big and careful. He is by the Group 2 winning TB sire WATCHMAN who goes back directly to MAUREEN the dam of PRECIPITATION - unarguably the most influential TB bloodline in sport horse breeding in Europe. NASHVILLE LS - 2017 Bay stalllion by NUMERO UNO KPWN NASHVILLE LS is a top prospect for the serious showjumper. His pedigree is stacked with successful showjumpers on both sides. He is by frozen semen sire NUMERO UNO, one of the top jumping sires in Europe whose service fee is close to $5000 NZ and out of a DISTELFINK mare. NASHVILLE shows exceptional talent and movement for a young horse. Granted he is not a big horse at 15.3hh but that was the size of our best horse ever SUPER MOTH LS! LORD THOMAS by LORD LARINO This young stallion by our top stallion LORD LARINO will stand for his first season in 2025. He is out of a mare by DISTELFINK that jumped herself to 1.40 level. He is 16.1 hh. Page under construction. SABELLA HUNTER (Clydesdale) Surprised? So were we when we offered to graze this Clydesdale stallion who seems to have stayed on! He is available for stud duties so for those looking for that Clydie cross horse, we can accommodate.

Horses in Partnerships > COLOMBIAN PRINCE LS ChicagoLS Describe your image ChicagoLS Describe your image LongspringNZSmall Describe your image ChicagoLS Describe your image 1/3 COLUMBIAN PRINCE LS ???? Brown Gelding by COLOMBIA CHICAGO LS is a promising young horse with a great calm nature and beautiful expressive eyes. He shows lovely movement and a real scope and ability loosejumping. A new family line that is proving real talent. EMH 163 cm. Unbroken but trainable. BLOODLINES CRUSADER LS is a young sire by Eurosport Centavos a licensed Hanoverian from the top bloodlines in Germany. His dam DIAMOND INVADER, a NZTB is by legendary BRILLIANT INVADER who sired the WEG gold medallist Ready Teddy & more. The mare jumped to 1.30m and in Young Rider classes. DISTELGOLD LS is a full sister to DABOO LS who is the dam of LARINIUM LS - a talented young showjumper ridden by Logan Massie and then his sister Georgia. He jumped at World Cup height before sale to a young rider in NZ. TABOO, the dam of DISTELGOLD LS was the last foal of DONNA, who produced showjumpers in NZ and overseas. Her NZ offspring included DONATELLO who won the style section as a 6 year old of the National Breeders Show with Philip Steiner. TABOO (by TRIBUNE) was the sister to 3 jumpers sold overseas - THE MINDER (J Cottle) to Japan; DOW JONES LS to California, USA and another young rider horse to Holland.

HORSES FOR SALE > Older Horses for sale Older Horses for sale 3 years and older youngsters ready to break in and ride for sale in our Dutch Auction 2025 Some are already broken in as indicated in their profile. BEIRCHEART LS - 2015 chestnut PONY by CROSSIEBEG BRENNAN BEIRCHEART LS has it all - looks, movement and jumping ability. He is bold & will make a super allrounder. Bear has been extensively schooled & is ready to step up. He is half Connemara - on his dams line goes back to DISTELFINK & WC jumper LARINIUM LS. He is a pony with big horse movement. WEEZER LS - 2016 Chestnut gelding by WATCHAMACALLIT LS Don't let his age put you off. This still young gelding will jump anything put in front of him! Another of theWATCHAMACALLIT LS progeny that show tremendous front legs & back end jumping. And keen! He has been broken and ridden at a green level. A calm nature and inclined to need a bit of pushing he would suit a stronger rider. NASHVILLE LS - 2017 Bay stallion by NUMERO UNO (KWPN) NASHVILLE LS is a top prospect for the serious showjumper. His pedigree is stacked with successful showjumpers on both sides. He shows exceptional talent and movement for a young horse. WOTAN LS - 2017 Chestnut gelding by WATCHAMACALLIT LS WOTAN LS is one of the ready to ride horses in the auction. He was recently put in training with Steffo from Europe where she rated him as follows. "Most likely the horse with the most ridability and trainability I got a chance to sit on throughout my time in NZ. He's a beautiful horse that gives the feeling of exceptional scope that's just waiting to be shown off to the world." CRYSTAL GOLD LS - 2019 Brown mare by CRUSADER LS CRYSTAL GOLD LS is a beautifully put together mare albeit only 15.1 hands but that didn't stop SUPER MOTH! She has expressive straight movement and a lovely jump with a good kick up behind. She is super quiet and easy to handle - an ideal first horse for someone coming off ponies. CHATELAINE LS - 2019 Brown mare by CRUSADER LS CHATELAINE LS is a lovely type of mare with a great future ahead as a jumper and broodmare representing top bloodlines from Longspring Stud. Her loosejumping style is phenomenal with great back end lift. She has been broken and ridden so is a good project to take on. WASABI LS - 2019 Chestnut gelding by WATCHAMACALLIT LS WASABI LS represents our top bloodlines being out of a full blood sister to Tiger Tale LS from both SUPER MOTH and FALCON bloodlines. He is striking with his four white stockings and blaze. Bling! A great all-round prospect that is currently at the breakers. LORD DELAMERE LS - 2020 Gr colt by LORD LARINO LS LORD DELAMERE is the ideal eventing prospect. By LORD LARINO LS from the SUPER MOTH family and out of athoroughbred mare by COLOMIA. As a 3/4 TB horse, he will have plenty of speed and scope to make it to the top at NZ's gold medal sport. FASHION LS - 2020 Chestnut mare by FERDANAND DE VEGA LS FASHION LS is by the TB FERDINAND DE VEGA, a 17hh stallion that stood at LS for two seasons. She is out of DIOR LS whose dam was DESIGN LS a full sister to SUPER MOTH. At 4 years of age, she is ready to break in and hit the circuit. Jumping talent galore. LOUIS VITTON LS - 2021 Gr colt by LORD LARINO LS LOUIS VITTON LS is a flashy young colt with extravagant movement and great jumping style. Stefanie Egger who broke LOUIS VITTON LS in January this year had this to say about the 3 year old who had virtually no handling until loaded on the float to Dannevirke. "Very compact and beautifully balanced young colt. He is sensitive but grew more trusting and confident with every challenge he got to face." WAKAME LS - 2021 Gr Colt by WATCHAMACALLIT LS WAKAME LS is another of the young talents ready to be broken in and prepared over winter. He is out of a mare from both SUPER MOTH and FALCON bloodlines. WAKAME has particularly striking blue eyes. LADY TAMSIN LS - 2021 Ch filly by LORD LARINO LS LADY TAMSIN LS is a striking filly who's full brother LORD THOMAS LS has been retained at stud. Her dam TOM GIRL competed showjumping as well. LADY TAMSIN is a beautiful young mare and has the great jumping action of the LORD LARINO progeny. DOWNTON ABBEY LS - 2021 Blk filly by DARKMINSTER DOWNTON ABBEY LS is quite simply one of our best bloodlines as the last foal of TOP LADY from the SUPER MOTH family. She is a great looking young mare and at 3 would be a great winter project to break in and set for a jumping career in the spring. WINTER BLOOM LS - 2021 Ch filly by WATCHAMACALLIT LS WINTER BLOOM LS is a beautiful young filly and with a super jump. A full sister to exciting youngster WILD FOX LS (in partnership with Izzy Wheeler & Dom Visini) who recently won his first event at his first outing. She goes back to both SUPER MOTH and DISTELFINK on her dams side. WENDIGO LS - 2021 Ch colt by WATCHAMACALLIT LS WENDIGO LS is an interesting horse as he is out of a mare by frozen semen hanoverian sire WODAN out of VOGUE LS who is by a VOLTAIRE II colt that stood for a half season only - the Voltaire bloodline that has proven to be an asset in the mare lines. A flamboyant jumper in his own right. CINDERELLA LS - 2021 Gr filly PONY by CRUSADER LS CINDERELLA LS is a pony destined for a career with an ambitious young pony rider. She is out TATTLE TALE LS who was a full sister to the phenomenal jumper TIGER TALE LS, 2nd in the Pony of the Year class with Emily Fraser. Both were out of DRESDEN a full sister the grand prix jumper FALCON. She is a small grey filly so we expect CINDERELLA will stay a pony. DAVINIA LS - 2021 Dk Ch by DARKMINSTER DAVINA LS is one of the last DARKMINSTER progeny (DISTELFINK - WESTMINSTER). She is a beautiful liver chestnut filly with great paces and jumping ability. She is out of DABOO LS who is the mother of LARINIUM LS a WC jumper with the Massie family before sale to a young rider.

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 To come To 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.

2024 Foals for Sale > WHITE ROSE LS Four Year Olds (7) Four Year Olds (7) 1/1 WHITE ROSE LS 2024 Chestnut Filly by WATCHAMACALLIT LS WHITE ROSE LS is a beautiful filly & the last foal of WATCHAMACALLIT LS. She is out of DEVOTION LS who descends directly from the SUPER MOTH family and has two crosses of DISTELFINK in her pedigree. Definitely a filly to consider where time is on your side. BLOODLINES WATCHAMACALLIT LS was an outstanding stallion by the stakes winning TB sire WATCHMAN. WATCHAMACALLIT LS is a superb jumping talent - he has an amazing quick action with his front legs keeping them well away from the jump. While extravagant in the air he gives over the jumps, he is still keen and showed no hesitation in the loosejumping. He is bold, careful and really tucks up those knees - all the things you need to produce top horses for eventing and jumping. Remember, he is 3/4 thoroughbred so has that "blood" that the overseas riders have found valuable in their top jumping horses. WATCHMAN was a top racehorse with 10 wins from 1200 to 2450m including 2 Stakes wins & Aus $147,000. He was a very athletic horse with beautiful paces and excellent muscling. His pedigree is impeccable including AGRICOLA (dam sire of Brilliant Invader the sire of WEG Champion Eventer READY TEDDY and is of interest recently as the sire of the dam of NZ’s showjumper of the moment, DELPHI who placed 6th = in the World Cup finals) 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. DEVOTION LS has a double cross of DISTELFINK making her an outstanding prospect to produce some classy jumpers. The TB lines on her sire's line go back to top TBs SOVEREIGN EDITION and BOLD RULER and on her dam's sire to a full sister of SUPERMOTH.

CURRENTLY STANDING > Cantabrian LS Cantabrian LS (2) Cantabrian LS loosejumping as 3 year old. Cantabrian LS (1) Cantabrian LS strong mover LongspringNZSmall Describe your image Cantabrian LS (2) Cantabrian LS loosejumping as 3 year old. 1/3 CANTABRIAN LS 2015 Bay Stallion by CRUSADER LS CANTABRIAN LS has been kept as a stallion as the last of one of our most successful lines through DISTELETTE LS by DISTELFINK. He is himself an extremely talented jumper with a great attitude and calmness. He has a beautiful face and eye too. CANTABRIAN LS has been kept a colt because of his phenomenal jumping and pedigree. He will be available for service starting in the 2025 season. BLOODLINES This young horse is sure to make his name in showjumping or eventing with his bloodlines and is in the first in the crop for CRUSADER LS. His sire CRUSADER LS is by EUROSPORT CENTAVOS, licensed Hanoverian and Warmblood sire and winner of the NZ Horse of the Year title; and then out of a mare that competed herself to 1.30m Young Rider classes as "Girl Power". She is by Brilliant Invader who was the sire of NZ's famous eventer Ready Teddy (gold medal at the WEG). BRILLIANT INVADER was also the dam sire of the phenomenal mare Delphi with rider Katie McVean. She was out of the Grand Prix Showjumper FLOWER POWER with many GP wins under her belt ridden by Jeff McVean. Flower Power is the dam of the phenomenal mare DELPHI with Katie McVean. TIGERLETTE LS was the last foal of DISTELETTE LS who was Longspring's first Distelfink foal and represents one of the studs top families. Distelette LS by Distelfink was a full sister to Denver LS who was a top jumper and eventer who won over $25,000 with Catriona McLeod. He was on the NZ Eventing team to Australia in 1994 and won the Wandin Park ODE and was 2nd in the Werribee International 3DE***, and had 3 placings in NZ's CCI *** events. Denver was shortlisted for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and ranked in the top 30 of the Worlds top event horses in the World Breeding Championships at the time. Another full brother DEALER LS won the Horse of the Year Speed Championship title with rider Anna Stephen and two other full brothers DAKOTA LS and DALLAS COWBOY LS sold overseas as jumpers for very good money. TIGER MOTH LS represents LONGSPRING'S top bloodlines through SUPER MOTH who with John Cottle won 75 SJ classes, 44 at Grand Prix level. TIGER MOTH is out of a full sister to SUPER MOTH. Best known of the TIGER MOTH LS progeny is the superb jumping mare MADAME COCO who is competing at World Cup level with rider Dani Maurer, TIGER TALE LS a pony who won many classes and was 2nd in the Pony of the Year title class and TOWNSHEND LS sold to Australia as an eventer. Other progeny include TIGER WOODS LS, TIGER EYES LS and ???

CURRENTLY STANDING > Crusader LS CRUSADER LS Under construction 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: Died: Registration: Colour & Height: Stud Fee & Conditions: BLOODLINES CRUSADER LS is by the leading sire in NZ Eurosport Centavos. ???? 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 was by the top TB jumping sire BRILLIANT INVADER who ???? PROGENY CRUSADER's first progeny are 4 year olds in the 2021 season and include COLDPLAY LS and CHICAGO LS .... etc.

Horses for Sale We are trying something new for 2025 ... 41 young horses for sale in a Dutch Auction ranging from 7 year olds down to foals. Our recommendation to you is to take a good look at what is on offer knowing there are some real superstars in the bunch. Your pick! This year we are trying something new ... a dutch auction. Starting at $50,000 + gst and going down day by day ... you can have your pick of what is on offer in the foals to 7 year olds (the stallion prospects and partnership horses are NOT included!). First in with the money gets the horse and we will back it up with a soundness guarantee. Each couple of days, we will drop the price by $2,000 for a next round and take one of our picks off the list. You can read more about this under the News . Young Stallion Prospects We currently have two young sire prospects from absolutely our top families at the stud. These will make top showjumpers on the circuit while earning their keep selling services to other mare owners. We are more than happy to keep these horses ourselves but would like to share their future with a good rider. Older Horses There are 5 geldings ready and waiting for breaking in and hitting the circuit. They include progeny of LORD LARINO, CRUSADER, WATCHAMACALLIT and DARKMINSTER. Is one for you? Yearlings and 2 year olds Think you can spot a good horse in the making? And want to make it yourself? Consider one of our 7 youngsters. Lightly handled but nice types, you can mould to your way to ensure a partnership for the future. Foals of 2024 As with the yearlings and 2 year olds, this is a great chance to pick up some top bloodlines and be able to see them in a natural setting. We have 7 foals on offer. Horses in Partnerships We have a number of horses out competing that are in partnership with their rider. They are for sale at the right price. Talk to the rider or ourselves if you are interested.

Older Horses for Sale > WEEZER LS Weezer Picture6 20250301_161642 Weezer 1/6 WEEZER LS 2016 Chestnut gelding by WATCHAMACALLIT LS Don't let his age put you off. This still young gelding will jump anything put in front of him! Another of the WATCHAMACALLIT LS progeny that show tremendous front legs & back end jumping. And keen! He has been broken and ridden at a green level. A calm nature and inclined to need a bit of pushing he would suit a stronger rider. BLOODLINES WATCHAMACALLIT LS was an outstanding stallion by the stakes winning TB sire WATCHMAN. WATCHAMACALLIT LS is a superb jumping talent - he has an amazing quick action with his front legs keeping them well away from the jump. While extravagant in the air he gives over the jumps, he is still keen and showed no hesitation in the loosejumping. He is bold, careful and really tucks up those knees - all the things you need to produce top horses for eventing and jumping. Remember, he is 3/4 thoroughbred so has that "blood" that the overseas riders have found valuable in their top jumping horses. WATCHMAN was a top racehorse with 10 wins from 1200 to 2450m including 2 Stakes wins & Aus $147,000. He was a very athletic horse with beautiful paces and excellent muscling. His pedigree is impeccable including AGRICOLA (dam sire of Brilliant Invader the sire of WEG Champion Eventer READY TEDDY and is of interest recently as the sire of the dam of NZ’s showjumper of the moment, DELPHI who placed 6th = in the World Cup finals) 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. The dam of WEEZER LS was Edelweiss by the legendary DISTELFINK was a lovely mare who competed in Eventing, Show Hunter and Jumping before being retired to stud. She won the 6 year old series at the Young Horse Show with Philip Steiner when held at the NEC. She was out of a Cleveland Bay cross mare which we have been unable to track down. She was a beautiful big mare with a lovely temperament.