Heaven's Gait is extremely pleased to own this fine stallion and offer him for stud. "Hector" is a beautiful and incredibly well-bred stallion. He is sired by the many times World and World Grand Champion and Horse of the Year, Colors in General, who is one of the most popular spotted horses today, and who is also a son of the late, great, Gen.'s Major General. Hector is the only stallion out of his dam, the great Generators Winning Colors. Winning Colors, a direct daughter of Prides Generator, was the first spotted horse to ever win a World Championship at the TWH Celebration, and is also a full sister to the popular breeding stallion, WC Generator's Color Guard. Hector himself is a full brother to Kaycee, the 2007 NSSHA Open Shod 2 Year Old WGC.
There is not another homozygous tobiano with a pedigree this great in existence - and in fact it would be difficult to find another spotted Walker with a maternal line this strong, that is not a sibling of Hector's. We feel incredibly fortunate to own this horse who we feel will be a future icon of the spotted breed just as his own sire was.
Hector already stands a full 16 hands high. He has long, sturdy legs; those lovely "crooked" hocks; a huge and beautifully sloped shoulder; long, elegant neck; hooked "show" ears; and a gorgeous refined face. He is naturally gaited and long striding, with extremely correct movement in his back end and natural head shake and stride. He is sure to pass that on to his foals. Our first foal from Hector arrived in May 2010, out of our extraordinarily bred He's Puttin on the Ritz mare, Immortal Ritz. "Immortal General" is everything we could have hoped for - high headed, showy, well gaited, friendly, and marked up beautifully.
Not only are Hector's pedigree and color genetics outstanding, and his natural talent superior, but his disposition and manners are second to none. He is able to be pastured with or directly adjacent to mares without problems. He has been out on trail rides with mares in heat and he doesn't bat an eye. He will stand calmly tied for hours and is the kind of horse you could trust a child on. He is able to be ridden bareback in a halter, and behaves just the same after a month's layoff from being ridden as he does if you were to ride him daily. He is a trail horse deluxe between his smooth, natural gait and his simply phenomenal disposition, and we expect his foals to be equally impressive on the trails as inside the rail.
We are extremely excited to offer General Hector for public stud. He is DNA tested homozygous tobiano as well as homozygous black and carries at least one copy of the splash gene (it is possible he is homozygous for this gene), so his foals will not only have a ton of color but will also be able to produce a lot of color!
2010 Stud Fee: $250 LSFG
Mare care: $5/day dry in pasture, $7/day wet in pasture; in stall, $8/day dry or $10/day wet. TLC for visiting mares. Live cover only is available at this time.
July 13, 2011
July 3, 2010:
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May 31, 2010 (totally barefoot, first time of the year to be ridden):
Hector's pedigree:
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