Marilyn Monroe EV

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Morgengold II - Blue Eyed Dream - Donaufürst

16.2h 2020 Oldenburg (GOV) mare

Marilyn Monroe EV (Marin) is an elegant mare who possesses floating and elastic gaits. We were captivated by her straightforward personality, as well as her sophisticated appearance. This mare should produce some fancy hunter, eventer and dressage prospects. 

Marin's sire, Morgengold II, is a palomino German Warmblood stallion bred in Germany and currently located in Ireland. He is registered and branded ZFDP and is approved by both ZFDP and RPSI. Morgengold II is a modern type warmblood stallion with excellent jumping abilities and displays beautiful uphill, elastic, and engaged movement. During his 100-day stallion test, he received the highest score of 10 for character and 8's for both movement and jumping. In Ireland, Morgengold II has successfully competed in show jumping. His sire, Malteser Gold, is a son of the famous Trakehner dressage sire, Marduc, who has produced five graded sons to date. His dam, Isabella, has also produced two other graded sons by the same stallion, Morgengold I and Mangold N.

Marin's dam, Barcelona, has competed through First Level with very high marks and is schooling Second Level. She has earned high placings at the USDF Region 3 Championships repeatedly. Her sire, Blue Eyed Dream GF, was a 16-hand cremello imported ZFDP (German Warmblood) stallion. He is known for passing on his sweet, loving temperament and great work ethic to his offspring. He also passed on great athleticism, excellent jumping ability, and beautiful, expressive movement for dressage. He was approved for breeding with the German Oldenburg Verband (GOV) and the American Warmblood Registry. Blue Eyed Dream produced the GP competitor and approved stallion Blue Eyed Ghost.

Her second dam, Lallique, produced  several first premium offsprings. Her sire, Donaufürst, is a special horse that has charmed his owners with his dual career. Donaufürst was evaluated by the German Verband in 1998, earning the exceptional scores of 9 for walk, 8 for trot, 9 for canter, and 9 for temperament. In his first 5 years as a hunter in Canada, he won championship after championship. Following this, he went FEI dressage after only two years of training. The reason for his success is spoken of in his Olympic pedigree. His sire, Mahagoni, sent many stallions to Grand Prix Dressage, as the famous Peron*Pg*E* showed us by medaling in the 1996 Olympics. His dam, Donaufahrt vom Shimmelhof, is the full sister to Donauwind *E*, the sire of Olympic jumping silver medalist Abdullah *Pg*E*. 

Her third dam, Lalik, produced several horses for Valhalla Farm. Her sire, Hailo, won the Verband Plaque as the most successful dressage horse for the ATA in 2003. He competed, winning and placing at Grand Prix with trainer Juan Cavoti, with no score lower than 60, averaging 63 in 2004. Hailo has proven his ability to sire exceptional performance horses. In 2005, he was 11th in the Nation (USEF) out of over 1200 stallions, and in 2007, he placed 3rd. He has offspring with very successful records in Grand Prix dressage, eventing, hunters, and Grand Prix jumping.