Jaleet SSF

KWPN Stallion – Bay – F 2014 – 1.61 m – KWPN 840025201400413 – Approved KWPN

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As almost everyone else probably has, I had seen the eight second clip that Wim posted of Jaleet in hand as a young stallion. I was blown away. Wim then brought Jaleet and Gaudi to a seminar at KC Dunn’s place a couple years after that, at Timbach Farm, in Depauw, Indiana. It was my first chance to see him in person. What a horse. For one thing, Wim has done an incredible job training him, but, for another, he was one of the most expressive horses I’ve ever seen. He is such a happy, energetic athlete. His canter in harness convinced me on the spot that I would breed one of my dressage mares to him. Consequently, when I heard Jaleet might be for sale, I hesitated long enough to consult with my wife Carol (we’ve been married over 30 years–admittedly, it’s taken me a while to completely “get” it, but I know enough now to discuss major purchases before making them…), and started negotiating. During the negotiations, Wim sent me a video of Jaleet’s dam, Dorenda (Plain’s Liberator x Manno). What a mare. Seeing her just made me all the more determined to own Jaleet. Thankfully, Jesse Zehr was willing to work with me, and we made the deal happen.

For me, Jaleet has what it takes to niche on dressage mares the way Gaudi is niching on DHH mares. He is a modern, blood type; his canter is uphill, huge, and expressive; his natural inclination is to lift into his movement in general; and he has a fantastic work ethic– a very happy athlete. Pedigree wise, he’s by the Preferent stallion Atleet, and his topline is exactly what I want. A good a producer as Atleet is, I think Jaleet is even more consistently producing riding type horses. I wouldn’t have gone looking for the Hackney influence on the bottom side for dressage breeding, but having seen Dorenda, Jaleet’s dam, I had no hesitation about the Plain’s Liberator influence. When most Americans think “Hackney”, they think of a fancy show pony, rather than the larger, more athletic version that has been an important outcross for the DHH. In this particular use of the Hackney blood, if people watch the video clip of Dorenda, I think they will agree with me that having Plain’s Liberator in Jaleet’s pedigree through his dam is a plus, not a negative. On top of his pedigree and phenotype, or, more likely, because of his pedigree and phenotype, he’s produced 100% first premium foals so far. Granted, the ones presented are all out of DHH mares, but they are rectangular and modern in type and very good movers. I believe Jaleet can contribute to dressage breeding by bringing a more expressive front, a modern type, and a good character. 

The one mare we had in foal to Jaleet for 2022 lost her pregnancy sometime after the 45-day check, so I don’t have a Jaleet x dressage mare baby on the ground for the first year of owning him to prove my theory. But a client ordered a Jaleet out of Gazania SSF (Bon Bravour x Santano) for 2022 which turned out really well (Sofia Loren SSF). Additionally, a few dressage breeders have taken advantage of our early breeding special, and booked mares to him. Up until now, he has sired about a dozen lovely foals out of a variety of mares. One of his sons out of an Arabian mare is actually multiple times Champion at the half-arabian breed Championships this year. In 2023, he sired the Reserve Champion Gelders Yearling Sensation Rose BRB (x Cizandro) and the Champion Three Year Old Harness Mare Penelope C (x Colonist) which we own. Jaleet was the 2023 Champion Fine Harness Stallion at the Indiana KWPN-NA keuring and he drove at several other shows the past years with success. One of them was Live Oak International in March 2024, where he became 2nd. Watch the videos of him performing at Live Oak, also with a celebrity driver, below. 

I don’t expect everyone to jump on the Scot Train and go for this ride, but I’m excited that some people recognize the possibilities and qualities I see in Jaleet and hop on board!  We’re looking forward to the first offspring coming under saddle.

Read more in the announcement article on Eurodressage about the purchase of Jaleet.