The Horse of Kings

An Andalusian Friesian cross horse is called a Warlander. This breed truly is the horse of kings. They have fantastic movement and a sweet willing disposition exactly what is required for upper level dressage. Pictured below is Athena, Sangria's very first Warlander foal at 2 years of age. She ended up 17 hands and was appraised by Liz Searle, who is a well known dressage trainer, instructor and appraiser, for $25,000.00 at 2 years of age.

Liz was most impressed with her movement and sweet disposition. She let us know Athena was special, telling us most horses with the ability to do the upper level movements are too hot and must be ridden by professionals.

According to the IALHA website the height of an Andalusian when measured at 3 years, should be a minimum of 15 hands for stallions and 14.3 hands for mares. According to the FHANA website Friesian stallions must be at least 15.3 hands by age 4 and mares and geldings must be at least 15 hands to enter the adult studbooks. Most of the Warlanders are not tall but Sangria is 16.3 herself and Valiant 16.2 and her foals end up around 17 hands, taller than both of the parents. By the time they are showing everyone at the show including judges stop the rider and ask, "WHAT IS SHE or HE?" Pictured below is Sangria's colt by Valiant right after birth. He is HUGE!

Sangria was born black and has slowly grayed over the years. Andalusian's were mostly gray but now other colors are being produced. To show in an Andalusian show with a conformationally correct bay or black always draws the judges eye. Therefore a bay, chestnut or black Andalusian usually cost quite a bit more than a gray. Sangria's colt is pictured below at 3 weeks of age. 

Pictured below is Sangria with her newborn colt by Valiant who was born May 3rd, 2015. This colt is registered with IALHA AND Friesian Heritage Horse. He will be able to be shown in Andalusian shows and open shows. He is a flashy bright bay, tall and will have the mega hair. When he was born his mane was long enough to already lay down on his neck instead of standing straight up like most foals. His tail is thick long and bushy.

To register a foal in the Andalusian registry is not simple. It was time consuming, tedious and expensive. The foal must be DNA'd and microchipped and come from registered stock. A Warlander can ONLY be  registered if the the parents are both registered and purebred Andalusian and Friesian. Sangria's colt was named Walter and yesterday Dr. Hoerr inserted his microchip. Many sellers will claim their horse is half Andalusian or half Friesian but if the foal doesn't have the papers to prove it the foal isn't worth much is it. If interested in purchasing this cross make sure the papers are in-hand before sending any money. Our goal here at Horsemeister is to produce the best possible foal out of the best of the best possible stock. We feel we have met and exceeded this goal with our outstanding mares and amazing stallions. The Friesian and Andalusian horses are truly the Horse of Kings!