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  1. Mar. 8, 2013, 08:27 AM #1
    justonemore
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    Question Flake (Florencio x Metternich)

    Has anyone used this stallion or seen him in person? I know last year was his first year breeding; are there any foals on the ground yet?

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  2. Mar. 8, 2013, 10:00 AM #2
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    First filly by Flake in Germany:
    http://www.dressurleistungszentrum.d...=101&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=446&cHash=0d3b7c70799cfb523475dbe5c349ed66

    dam is by Rotspon-Lauries Crusador xx

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  3. Mar. 8, 2013, 02:57 PM #3
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    How could you name a horse Flake? ��
    It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe

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  4. Mar. 8, 2013, 05:14 PM #4
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    Perhaps it means something different in Germany? Car manufacturers have the same problem -- who wants to drive a car named a "Probe"? or cars that have a different meaning when translated?
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  5. Mar. 8, 2013, 05:45 PM #5
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    Thank you for the link, Adela.

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  6. Mar. 8, 2013, 07:23 PM #6
    Manni01
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    . I will get a foal by Flake this summer...
    The dam is Amidou - Ordos xx I'm really excited!! So if anybody is interested I can
    keep you updated...

    A video link to Flake...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55dy1a3V-WE
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    and last not least Kassandra GRP by Burstye Orpheus

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  7. Mar. 8, 2013, 09:25 PM #7
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    He is a really nice type - hate to admit it but I have not heard of him before. He is refined and an elegant mover. Wonder how he jumps, with that movement and a nice jump he'd win in hunters (sacriledge, I know!)
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  8. Mar. 9, 2013, 12:22 AM #8
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    Seen him in Person. But have my note on him not in reach.

    Flake is not a german word maybe someone wanted to used flake as in snowflake...

    Common opinion amoung some breeder friends of mine: The name is program, and the horse is not needed. Nicely black, but the back looks as if not used at all.
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  9. Mar. 9, 2013, 10:46 AM #9
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    Sorry, Alexandra, I don't get your last sentence...and I've never seen a black snowflake, ha ha.
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  10. Mar. 9, 2013, 10:49 AM #10
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    his star looks like a snowflake
    *^*^*^
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  11. Mar. 9, 2013, 04:11 PM #11
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    @Nootka, I think thats where the name came from
    And we'll see what will happen with him... He might just disappear like many stallions before.. Obviously he has a very nice temperament, and he has a brother in Finland who is competing in S-dressage level already and sired some foals...

    My mare is decending from a xx line which was liked only by very few breeders and she has some relatives (maternal halfbrother and Cousin) who compete very sucessfully on GP Dressage level... So I guess the future will tell what will happen to Flake......
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  12. Mar. 10, 2013, 01:53 AM #12
    Kerole
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    Alexandra, I get what you mean. I also dislike the way he is over the back, his loin and quarters look weak and disjointed to me. The rest I like a lot!

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