Toftegaardens Cocio

This mare is the perfect example of a Danish born knabstrupper should be....perfect in type, temperament and movement.

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Cocio’s sire is the magnificent fewspot "Toftegaardens Codex" who now resides in Ontario, Canada, having been imported from Denmark. He is a 17h few spot Knabstrupper stallion and a proven and important contributor to the breed in Denmark. Fully approved by KNN including a strong performance test, this stallion is now specializing in dressage.  He has exceled in his performance career, scoring in the upper 60’s at 3rd and 4th level and has just made the exciting move to the FEI levels.  Codex is the only knabstrupper stallion competing at the FEI levels in North America.

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On her dam line is the legendary Apollon. 

 

After passing his grading in Denmark APOLLON was originally used at stud there. After winning his stallion testing at Vilhelmsborg 1989 this stallion combined a stud duties with a highly successful competition career, winning not only Dressage and Showjumping to M level, but also M Eventing.

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Because of his quality as stallion he was awarded the Gold Medal as best Knabstrupper stallion at the 1990 Danish Agriculture Fair (equivalent with the German DLG), a rare and distinguished achievement for any horse, let alone a spotted one.

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In 1995 Apollon appeared on the German Scene and promptly won Premium graded status at the ZfDP grading in Lentföhrden.

Just a glance at his pedigree shows that his ability and versatility haven't happened by accident.

 

 

His sire ZORRO is a Knabstrupp of the modern Sporthorse type and himself a descendant of the famous Arab stallion POMERANETS OX, who also sired the stallion Hockey II (sire of the international star Showjumper Almox Prints J). APOLLON's dam SYMFONI is superbly bred Trakehner mare by DONAUSCHIMMER, combining such illustrious lines as ABGLANZ and POET XX. A couple of generations back we find the highly rated GUNNAR and the great grandmother SONETT, who produced the famous Trakehner Hessenstein and via him influenced an entire generation of horses.

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Cocio has already produced some outstanding foals with her previous owner, including Cayuse Coconut Cream who we owned for a few years and has now gone up to Queensland to commence her saddle career.

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We are excited to have this lovely mare in our broodmare herd.