Skip and Sea

CLASS 1 RID IRISH DRAUGHT STALLION GRADED IDHS(GB), SHB(GB) AND HSI GOLD MERIT SHOWING PROGENY.

Sire: SKIPPY TOO (SKIPPY)
Dam: SEA MIST (SEA CREST)

Winner IDHS(GB) Fertility Award - 2009, 2010, 2017

Skip and Sea is a stunning Irish Draught stallion standing 16hh with 9.5 inches of good flat bone. He carries the best international performance bloodlines through Skippy and Sea Crest. His grandsire, Skippy was a prolific sire of sport horses generally including the elite sport horse Advanced Event Stallion Jumbo. Skip and Sea’s sire Skippy Too has sired a number of international event horses including Skip On and Hop and Skip. Hop and Skip ridden by Dirk hrade was selected for and won the team Gold Medal for Eventing at the 2013 Europeans at Malmo. In addition on his dams side, Riverbank is the grandsire of Zara Phillips MBE (now Tindall) top event horse Toytown.

Sea Crest, himself a Grade A SJ stallion needs no introduction as the sire of the legendary Cruising also a Grade A SJ. Cruising has sired numerous top competition horses including Cruiseline, World Cruise, Lenamore to name a few. Skip and Sea’s breeding is without doubt an exceptional proven genepool with Jumbo 4th and Cruising 5th on the WBFSH Eventing Rankings for 2013.

Skip and Sea’s Abilities

He has outstanding conformation and is a short coupled supple athletic horse with expressive straight paces, being very light on his feet with an active ground covering walk and a huge powerful and scopey jump. He has a genuinely kind temperament, and oozes presence, masculinity and enthusiasm for life. He is a very tough sound horse with excellent hard feet. Skip and Sea is a brave horse with an excellent brain.

Skip and Sea’s Fertility

He is renowned for his exceptional fertility. Indeed he won the IDHS(GB) Hazevern Fertility Award in 2009 and 2010, 3rd in 2011 and 2nd in 2012, and won again in 2017. This is no mean feat as he gets a lot of mares with long term fertility issues visiting him in the hope of getting infoal! Skip and Sea is proving to be very prepotent and is a definite improver stallion with his progeny upgrading the previous generation.
His progeny are truly outstanding both pure and partbred winning all major county shows and championships.

Skip and Sea is a stunning Irish Draught stallion standing 16hh with 9.5 inches of good flat bone. He carries the best international performance bloodlines through Skippy and Sea Crest. His grandsire, Skippy was a prolific sire of sport horses generally including the elite sport horse Advanced Event Stallion Jumbo. Skip and Sea’s sire Skippy Too has sired a number of international event horses including Skip On and Hop and Skip. Hop and Skip ridden by Dirk hrade was selected for and won the team Gold Medal for Eventing at the 2013 Europeans at Malmo. In addition on his dams side, Riverbank is the grandsire of Zara Phillips MBE (now Tindall) top event horse Toytown.

Skip & SeaSea Crest, himself a Grade A SJ stallion needs no introduction as the sire of the legendary Cruising also a Grade A SJ. Cruising has sired numerous top competition horses including Cruiseline, World Cruise, Lenamore to name a few. Skip and Sea’s breeding is without doubt an exceptional proven genepool with Jumbo 4th and Cruising 5th on the WBFSH Eventing Rankings for 2013.

Skip and Sea’s Abilities

He has outstanding conformation and is a short coupled supple athletic horse with expressive straight paces, being very light on his feet with an active ground covering walk and a huge powerful and scopey jump. He has a genuinely kind temperament, and oozes presence, masculinity and enthusiasm for life. He is a very tough sound horse with excellent hard feet. Skip and Sea is a brave horse with an excellent brain.

Skip and Sea’s Fertility

He is renowned for his exceptional fertility. Indeed he won the IDHS(GB) Hazevern Fertility Award in 2009 and 2010, 3rd in 2011 and 2nd in 2012, and won again in 2017. This is no mean feat as he gets a lot of mares with long term fertility issues visiting him in the hope of getting infoal! Skip and Sea is proving to be very prepotent and is a definite improver stallion with his progeny upgrading the previous generation.
His progeny are truly outstanding both pure and partbred winning all major county shows and championships.

STUD FEE £500.00
Collection Fee £100.00
Postage £30.00
NFFR AI ONLY LIVE FOAL TERMS
CEM/EVA/EIA TESTED NEGATIVE
FRESH, CHILLED AND FROZEN SEMEN AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OR INSEMINATION AT BALINMORE STUD

Progeny Results

2020
No Results due to Covid
2019
1st North Somerset Show HW Hunter Reserve Champion and RIHS Qualified North Somerset Show 1st HW Hunter and Qualified HOYS & Blue Chip £2000 Challenge 2nd Irish Draught Ridden Royal Three Counties 3rd HW Hunter SHB(GB) Show 3rd Irish Draught Ridden SHB(GB) Show 1st Irish Draught Ridden Gt Yorkshire Show 1st Hambleton Show Reserve Champion Hambleton Show 3rd Male Maturity Inhand Mixed Class IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 1st Mixed Youngstock Class Gt Yorkshire Show 1st Ridden Irish Draught IDHS(GB) National Breed Show Overall Champion Ridden Horse IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 2nd Irish Draught 2/3 Year Old IDHS(GB) National Breed Show Reserve Best Ridden Show Horse Award SHB(GB)
2018
1st Ridden Irish Draught Class Bath & West Show Champion Ridden Irish Draught Bath & West Show 2nd Heavyweight Hunter Class Bath & West Show 1st Ridden Irish Draught Royal Three Counties Show Champion Ridden Irish Draught Three Counties Show Reserve Champion Wincanton Show 1st Heavyweight Hunter Class Wincanton Show Ridden Hunter Champion Wincanton Show Reserve Supreme of the Show 1st Heavyweight Hunter Class New Forest & Hampshire Ridden Hunter Champion New Forest & Hampshire 11th HOYS 1st 2 year old male class IDHS(GB) National Show Champion Male Youngstock IDHS(GB) National Show Supreme Champion IDHS(GB) National Breed Show
2017
1st Ridden ID Royal Three Counties Show 2nd ID Yearling Filly Royal Three Counties Show 3rd Inhand Gelding or Stallion IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 2nd Ridden ID Blue Chip Ridden IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 1st Ridden ID IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 3rd Yearling Filly IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 1st & Qualified HOYS and RIHS HW Hunter Class Royal Cornwall 1st & Champion HW Hunter Berkeley Castle Show 1st & Champion HW Hunter BSHA Show 8th HW Hunter Royal International Horse Show
2016
1st & Champion HW Hunter IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 1st & Champion Ridden ID IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 1st HW Hunter SHB(GB) National Championship Show (HOYS Qual) 1st Ridden ID SHB(GB) National Championship Show 5th Ridden ID Blue Chip Final IDHS(GB) National Show 11th HW Hunter HOYS
2015
1st Ridden ID Royal Three Counties Show 2nd ID Yearling Filly Royal Three Counties Show 3rd Inhand Gelding or Stallion IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 2nd Ridden ID Blue Chip Ridden IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 1st Ridden ID IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 3rd Yearling Filly IDHS(GB) National Breed Show 1st & Qualified HOYS and RIHS HW Hunter Class Royal Cornwall 1st & Champion HW Hunter Berkeley Castle Show 1st & Champion HW Hunter BSHA Show 8th HW Hunter Royal International Horse Show
2014
Winning Foal Gt Yorkshire Show 1st ID/SH Youngstock Gt Yorkshire Show Champion Gt Yorkshire Show Winner 4-6 Year Old Ridden Class IDHS(GB) National Breed Show Winning Foal IDHS(GB) National Breed Show Reserve Champion Foal IDHS(GB) National Breed Show Youngstock Champion IDHS(GB) National Breed Show Reserve Supreme Champion IDHS(GB) National Breed Show Small Show Hunter HOYS Qualifier 1st Ridden Small Hunter IDHS(GB) National Breed Show
2013
National Supreme Champion IDHS(GB) National Show Champion NFU Youngstock Challenge IDHS(GB) National Show Yearling Finalist NFU Challenge Two Year Old Finalist NFU Challenge Three Year Old Finalist NFU Challenge Gt Yorkshire Show Champion 1st, 2nd & 3rd Gt Yorkshire Show Youngstock Class
2012
Winner Two Year Old Gelding IDHS(GB) National Show Winner Two Year Old Filly IDHS(GB) National Show Champion Youngstock Colt/Gelding IDHS(GB) National Show Champion Hambleton Show Irish Draught Champion at Equifest Champion NFU Youngstock Challenge IDHS(GB) National Show
2011

Reserve Youngstock Champion IDHS(GB) National Show Champion Hambleton Show Champion North Yorkshire County Show Champion NFU Youngstock Challenge IDHS(GB) National Show

2010
Winning Filly Foal and Champion Foal IDHS(GB) National Show Champion Yearling IDHS(GB) National Show

Plus many other partbred winners and champions too numerous to list! His youngest stock are now coming through in the ridden ranks and there are some very promising young eventers:

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Skip & Sea - Pedigree

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