RALEIGH VT
2007 Grey Oldenburg NA Gelding (born May 20)
Raleigh VT is a big, athletic colt with a tremendous pedigree for jumping or eventing. He is branded Oldenburg NA.
SIRE: ROYAL APPEARANCE is one of Virginia Tech's current breeding stallions. At his ISR/Oldenburg NA licensing, Royal Appearance received a score of 153.5 points (at that time, second only to his sire!) with a 9 for jumping. At his performance test, he was named a Class I stallion, earning a dressage index of 120.29 and a jumping index of 118.44 and finishing fourth overall. As a 6-year-old, he was the Reserve Champion for the East Coast Young Horse Jumper Championships, under the guidance of Margie Goldstein-Engle. From his first crop of just two foals, he sired Royal Raconteur, ISR/Oldenburg NA East Coast Reserve Champion Colt and now competing at the Advanced Level in 2008. He has also sired Premium foals Rivendell (8.5), BW-Royal Princess (8.4), BW Regal Reception (8.3), etc. Daughter BW-Royal Princess was named Champion Oldenburg and Best US-Bred Filly at Fair Hill and daughter Royal Robin was named the USDF #2 Oldenburg NA Yearling Filly in 2003.
DAM: KEBALIA is an imported keur mare who came to Virginia Tech in 2004. She is by Ekstein, winner of his 100-day test and top-ranked sire of international jumpers. Ekstein is also the broodmare sire of 2008 Individual Olympic Showjumping Gold Medalist Hickstead, who also decends from the same damline as Kebalia. Kebalia has produced keur sport offspring, ZZ-level jumpers, Premium foals, and is the granddam of the ster mare Utah NL, by Lux Z (Lord Calando) and Z-level jumper Tennessee NL. Her broodmare sire Saluut is well-known for producing top showjumping foals, including AGA Horse of the Year Saluut II.
