VALHALLA’s VICTORIA

Sire: Fronarth Victor WSB 34934

Dam: Valhalla’s Emma WSB 131184

Sire of dam: Laburnum Magic WSB 28708

Bay with 4 white feet. Born in the 29^th May 2003. Reg. No.: WSB 1?????.

Show results:

2003: 1^st and res. BEST-IN-SHOW at the Sunds foal- & youngstock show

Victoria:

Victoria is our new star and we have already decided that we will keep her as a future brood mare at Valhalla. How can we decide that even if she is barely 1 year old?

First of all because she is such an excellent filly, which she (to some extent) proved when she took part in her first show ever, namely the foal show in Sunds, where she ended up as res. BEST-IN-SHOW in strong company. Furthermore she has exactly the right temperament; she is at the same time calm and gentle to work with at home, and she is very lively and spirited when she is away from home and she likes to show off. When she does that, she displays her excellent paces, which no doubt has been inherited from her famous sire and all of his great family.

Let me shortly present Victoria’s paternal family:

Victoria’s sire - Fronarth Victor – is our favourite stallion in Wales; therefore we had very little doubts when we in 2002 should choose which stallion we would like to cover Emma with in the summer of 2002, from the many possibilities.

Fronarth Victor is not just a beautiful stallion with wonderful movement. He has proven himself in the show ring e.g. winning twice at the Royal Welsh and also winning the Male championship here. But even more important he has had incredible success as a stock-getter and e.g. sired the Royal Welsh Youngstock champion for 4 consecutive years - and that is 4 different winners!!

Victoria’s grandsire - Ebbw Victor - is a real legend in Wales. Without comparison he has been the most popular stallion at the Royal Welsh during the last 25 years, where he year after year has made the crowds cheer, shout and whistle. Quite often he was the last one to come in, and when he took his rounds at full speed we were all thrilled and excited!!

Here you now will have 4 different studios of Ebbw Victor in his trot:

All in all Ebbw Victor in his prime had enormous popularity. Therefore it was a very cheerful crowd that saw him go all the way to the top of the Royal Welsh in 1998, being by then 19 years old. After having come close a number of times he eventually had the Supreme Cob Championship, and thus he won what all of the Welsh Cob breeders dream of: The George Prince of Wales Cup!

Victoria’s grandmother – Fronarth Boneddiges – is a very beautiful mare, almost strikingly beautiful like a painting. Maybe a bit light to some people, but combined with Ebbw Victors substance and power: Absolutely Perfect! Also Boneddiges has won an endless number of shows, e.g. the Youngstock championship at the major Spring shows (Glanusk, Lampeter etc.) and at the Royal Welsh. In her life she has won the Royal Welsh show 4 times, and also she has achieved it (in fact in 1999, that is the year after Ebbw Victor won it), namely the George Prince of Wales Cup!

The row of triumphs at the Royal Welsh continues: Also the sire of Boneddiges, that is the great grandsire of Victoria, Cyttir Telynor won numerous victories in the show ring, before becoming a senior stallion at Frongoy. Also he won at the Royal Welsh; in fact he won the George Prince of Wales Cup twice!!

But now, let’s bring an end to all these family stories!

As you now understand ”poor, little” Victoria has a lot to live up to! As far as we know she is the only Fronarth Victor offspring in Denmark, and it will be really exciting to see if she in her future show career can live to some of all the triumphs that runs in her veins!