Dressage at Devon Filly and Young Horse Champion

We were lucky to find this special mare as a two-year old as what would become the catalyst for the Quantico breeding program. Leased to us by breeder and rider Eliza Rutherford of Foxwood Hanoverians, this mare is a daughter of the highly regarded Hanoverian breeding stallion Royal Classic and out of the super producing D'lorienne, by Diamond Hit. Celeste was developed under saddle and prepared for breed shows by us as a three-year old and carried a foal by Grand Prix stallion Franziskus. She was Champion Mare at the 2016 MAHB Hanoverian Inspection with an overall 7.66 and tied for second-highest scoring mare in the country that year. At Dressage at Devon, Celeste won her very large (17 entries) Three-Year Old Fillies class, was Filly Champion, Young Horse Champion, and highest placing Hanoverian. Her score of 83.4% was the highest within the open breed show and included a 9 on the trot.

Celeste's 2017 filly Fabienne QC by Franziskus was sold into a professional home for development. As a foal, she was highlighted as "Elite Auction quality" and named as Top Filly of her large AHS Foal Inspection at Hilltop Farm. For the year 2020 she was awarded the Bari von Buendingen Memorial Trophy by the American Hanoverian Society for being the highest scoring Hanoverian mare in the nation with an overall score of "8."

Royal Celeste FH was leased by Quantico Sporthorses for the 2016 - 2017 season.