Three offsprings by Heiline´s Danciera and Sezuan - private photo.
Offsprings from Olympic mare
When watching the top sport and breeding it is often mostly talking about about the sires regardless the dam has a huge genetic impact on the future offsprings.
Behind Danish top combination Carina Cassøe Krüth and Heiline´s Danciera is of course also owners. Without dedicated and enthusiastic owners the big international scene is often not a possibility for the best riders to keep their top horses due to astronomic offers.
The story about Danse and Carina started when she was just 4 year old and Carina started the education of Danse for the breeders Stald Heiline, Line Jensen and Heine Bonde Mikkelsen. During the year when Danse was 5 year old Line and Heine offered Heiline´s Danciera for sale and actually a well reputable foreign breeder was very interested but the deal failed due to some minor vet details. At the same time Ingrid and Poul Thøgersen has made some business contact with Carina, and therefore Poul contacted Heine and the deal became a reality.
The breeding
For the new owners of Heiline´s Danciera Ingrid and Poul Thøgersen this was the start of a new chapter with horses, as they both before a successful business career always been interested in horses and also got a couple of horses at the own farm in the outskirts of Odder, mid Jutland, Denmark.
“When entering this part of the horse world trying to start as a breeder at an age of 60 years old, we pretty quick found out that this part of the horse world was not our main interest, and with all respect it also felt kind of to late to gain a whole life or generations of knowledge about breeding lines, stallions and how to combine. Of course we were and are interested in this part but when comes to the “right match” we always ask some of the nerds and very experienced breeders like for example our good friend and successful breeder Karsten Bundgaard, L Horses,” tells Poul Thøgersen.
The future
“Learning from the best you never know if a breeding combination is the perfect match. Back when Danciera was 5 year old and 6 year old we successfully flushed three embryos and today we have three lovely fillies in our fields, all of them with same sire the three time World Champion for Young Horses Sezuan. The oldest is now 3 year old and will be broken in this autumn, while the two others are 2 year old, and actually they were flushed as twins but born, one a week before expected and the other eight weeks after expected. The future of all three girls will be in the hands of Carina,” says Poul.
Two foals in 2022
For now further breeding with Heiline´s Danciera will not be an option as she will 100% focus on the sport, instead Red Diamant by Glock´s Romanov / Dream of Heidelberg now expecting a foal by Franklin. Red Diamant herself is former 4th in the final at WCYH in Verden as 6 year old and successful at Prix St. Georg level together with Carina. Additionally the three year old daughter of Sezuan and Danciera now expecting an embryo by For Romance I.
The sport
“We love following the dressage sport and this is were our hearts are. Our dream with Danciera was of course to be successful in the sport together with Carina. Watching the development and partnership with Carina has been an incredible journey, and with the Olympics in Tokyo we are just over the moon and looking forward to hopefully many more exciting experiences for the two of them,” says happy horse owners Ingrid and Poul Thøgersen.