Gassons Farm Stud

Gassons Farm Stud is a small stud based in the heart of the Cotswolds and run in conjunction with our mixed livestock farm. Alongside the more traditional livestock, we have introduced horses. The stud is a real labour of love - a dream come true and the horses are our pride and joy.

Our resident stallions are Kajika and Destello, simply the most gentle and generous natured stallions you could hope to meet. Kajika is a Kinsky x Knabstrupper warmblood bred from some exceptional and rare European bloodlines. Destello brings both ancient and modern bloodlines that are as rare as they are sought after, his Akhal- Teke and Trakehner ancestry sourced from highly prized Russian breeding programs.

Kajika Possesses excellent conformation and movie star good looks, he is an intelligent horse who moves like a dream and has been proven to compliment a variety of mares, always producing quality foals. He is a suitable sire for both horses and ponies. He throws a lot of height and passes on his good nature, fabulous movement and undeniably pretty heads.
October 2011 saw the arrival of a very special colt, Destello
- an Estonian bred sport horse of Trakehner and Akhal-Teke breeding and that, that can be traced directly and without interruption to the three founding Arab stallions of the thoroughbred breed; Godolphin Arabian, Bryerly Turk and Darley Arabian and also founding stallions of the Trakehner breed, Pythagorus, Dampfross, Tempelhuter and Perfectionist. An incredibly bred young Cremello colt of exceptional promise for the future of Sport horses of British breeding. Still young - rising two in 2012, he is already standing at 16hh! Absolutely fabulous movement, natural presence and wonderful temperament, this stunning young colt has the true irradescent sheen of his Akhal Teke ancestry which makes him a most incredible shimmering silvery white.

In addition to Kajika and Destello, we have two very special 2011 colts, Diamond Echo (Treliver Decanter/Malibu Galileo) and Shamrock (Crowns Ace of Pearl/Olympic Lux) who we are running on as future stallion prospects.

Our mares are all carefully chosen with regard to their conformation and temperament. Their competition records andoutstanding bloodlines are carefully selected for suitability as broodmarses likely to produce the type of foals we aim to breed and complimentary to the stallions selected to cover them. In addition, all of our mares have fantastic temperaments with outgoing and friendly dispositions which they pass on to their offspring, we firmly believe that without these qualities in a broodmare, a foal will be at a disadvantage from the start.

We hope you can find everything you were hoping to to discover about the Stud and our horses on these pages - there are certainly enough of them! If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to send a message on our Guest Book or email us at gassonsfarm@hotmail.co.uk.

If we can breed beautiful horses of quality who prove versatile enough to bring happiness and pride to their owners whatever the discipline or level and are a pleasure in all ways..... We have achieved what we set out to do.