Silverbrooke Andalusians

BRED BY: MIGUEL ANGEL CARDENAS OSUNA.

Purebred PRE (Andalusian) Grey Stallion graded (APTO) for breeding.

Registered with BAPSH & ANCCE (Spanish Studbook).

161CM (15.3hh).  23cm bone.    Born 2002.

Heterozygous for grey (Gg). 50% of offspring from non-grey mares will not grey.

All stock eligable for registration.

Standing at Brackenspa Stud near Bourne, South Lincolnshire.

2009 STUD FEE: £450 PRE MARES. £300 OTHERS.
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 Pedigree

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We consider ourselves very fortunate to own Mac. He was originally purchased from the Cardenas Stud by Ramon Jimenez Diaz, who is a well known and respected breeder of PREs. Apparently, Mac was then sold, together with many other horses, due to his owner having been badly injured by a bull. 
Mac is everything you could want in a horse, but probably the thing you notice most is his incredible temperament. He is very laidback, even for a PRE. This doesn't mean he is lazy, he just gets on with his job whatever it may be. Whether he's covering mares, going out on a hack or schooling, he does everthing calmly and without fuss. Often all on the same day!. His sire had exactly the same temperament, and Mac is already passing this on to his offspring. He is also quick to learn and very brave.
Apart from his amazing temperament, he has exceptional conformation and fantastic straight, balanced, rythmic paces. He has been bred for dressage and, despite having a late start, he is showing lots of ability. Far more than his owners!

He also seems to be siring foals with stripes! All, so far, have had front leg barring and shoulder bars (See Progeny). They also have a dorsal stripe and some striping on their back legs. We're a bit mystified about this, as there isn't any obvious dun in Mac's pedigree, although he does have a very faint dorsal stripe and front leg barring, which has faded as he has greyed. Both of his parents have produced bay non-greying offspring, but we are not aware of any duns! However, research is still ongoing into the dun gene in Iberian horses, so hopefully, there will be a test for it soon.

Mac makes an ideal cross for most types of mare. Many breeds already contain a percentage of Spanish blood, including some of the larger Natives, Lipizzaners, Warmbloods, Irish Draughts, Freisians, several American and South American breeds and even Thoroughbreds.
The Thoroughbred x PRE is becoming increasingly popular for eventing, as PRE's are good jumpers, clever and brave enough to tackle anything. The famous Lusitano Grade A showjumping stallion, Novilheiro, who was owned and jumped by John Whitaker, was sired by Firme, who's pedigree was almost totally PRE.
The  Warmblood x PRE is very successful, especially for dressage, as most Warmbloods were created by crossing indigenous draught or carriage breeds with Spanish horses, then later adding Arab and Thorougbred blood.
Other notable crosses are with:
The Arab, which gives you the beautiful and versatile Hispano-Arab.
The Quarter horse, which produces the Azteca, the National horse of Mexico.
The Percheron, which produces the Spanish-Norman, a good weight carrying allrounder.
The larger Natives, eg: Connemara, Welsh Cob, to give another versatile allrounder suitable for most disciplines.

Macedonio's sire, Legionario XIX, was bred by the famous Candau stud. After a very successful stud career there, he was later sold to the equally famous Cardenas stud.
The Candau and Cardenas studs are amongst the most prestigious in the World, and have been breeding PRE horses for many generations. They both concentrate on producing horses of unsurpassable temperament, together with correct conformation and paces, which excel at dressage.

Candau has been awarded the title of Best Stud Farm at SICAB six times. They have also had five mares ( Zorzalena IV, 1992. Africana XXVI, 1996. Hindu, 2000 & 2002. Impia, 2001. Ja-Ja-Ja, 2003.) and two stallions (Urdidor III, 2000. Urdidor VII, 2001) named 
Spanish Champions at SICAB. They were awarded Champion filly in 2001 (Ja-Ja-Ja) and 2003 (Machaquita). Urdidor III was also Movement Champion of Spain in 2000.
Legionario XIX is either the Sire or Grandsire of all but two (Zorzalena IV and Africana XXVI) of these horses. He is also the sire, grandsire or great grandsire of all the stallions currently standing at the Candau stud, which shows how highly he is regarded.The stud fees of Urdidor III and Babieca, who are Macedonio's half brothers, are 2000 euros and 1200 euros respectively.

The Cardenas stud has had horses win the title, Champion of Spain, fourteen times, and Champion of Champions, four times. Whilst at the Cardenas stud, Legionario XIX sired numerous prizewinning horses, many of which are still competing successfully in Spain today.
Macedonio's half brother, Junco-MAC was sold at the Cardenas auction in November 2006 for 67,000 euros.

Fuego XII, who represented Spain, in dressage, at the 2008 Olympics, is owned by the Cardenas Stud. His pedigree includes the famous Military stallion Agente, from whom so many top PRE dressage horses are descended. Agente also appears twice in Macedonio's pedigree.

Legionario's stock is also competing successfully in the International Dressage arena. Urdidor III competed at Grand Prix level, ridden by Olympic Silver Medallist, Rafael Soto Andrade and was 316 on the FEI WBFSH Horses World Ranking List-Dressage 2007. Bandido XVIII was purchased by the Royal Andalusian School of Equitation and, ridden by Antonio Cid, was ranked in the top 200 in the World on the FEI Best Horse and Rider list 2005.

Macedonio's Grandsires are Reclamo (Militar) and Ranchero III (Cardenas), and his Great Grandsires are Lenguage (Militar), Habano II (Granda), Leviton (Militar) and Vasallo II (Cardenas), all of which are some of the best known, and influential, stallions in the history of the breed.