Stream Lion

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Irish Sport Horse The Irish Sport Horse, or Irish Hunter, is an Irish breed of warmblood sporting horse, used mostly for dressage, eventing and show-jumping. It was bred from 1923 by cross-breeding of Irish Draught and Thoroughbred stock. There was some limited ...

, sire= Ideal Water (Irish Sport Horse) , grandsire= Water Serpent (

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...

) , dam= Lady Luck (Irish Sport Horse) , damsire= Laughton RID (

Irish Draught The Irish Draught horse is the national horse breed of Ireland which developed primarily for farm use. Today, they are especially popular for crossing with Thoroughbreds and warmbloods, producing the popular Irish Sport Horses (also called ...

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Mare A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four ...

, foaled= 1974, Ireland , death_date= Unknown , country= , colour=

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, breeder= Patricia Nicholson , owner= , trainer= , record= , earnings= , wins= , awards= , honours= , updated= Stream Lion is a

mare A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four ...

well known for producing

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horses, including four of Bruce Davidson's top mounts. Patricia Nicholson, of Kells, Co.Meath,

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

, first bought Lady Luck, a mare by the

stallion A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded (castrated). Stallions follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" nec ...

Laughton, from a nearby farm. The mare was about to be sold "to the factory," because she was apparently unable to breed any longer, and Nicholson was able to buy both her and another mare for a cheap £40. Impressed by the records of the get of Water Serpent, especially in the

show jumping Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrianism, equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, Show hunter, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including th ...

arena, Nicholson decided to breed her new mare to one of the stallion's sons, Ideal Water. The result was the filly Stream Lion. Stream Lion was ridden by Nicholson's daughter before being handed off to Peter Charles as a

show jumper Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics. Sometimes shows ...

. After her successful career showing, she was kept for breeding. Her first foal was the 1982 Rennies Boy gelding, named Rebel Lion, who was ridden on the amateur event circuit in Ireland by the Co Kildare rider Donal McKenna. In all she has had eight offspring: Pirate Lion, Regent Lion,

Eagle Lion Eagle Lion 1985-2013 was an event horse that has competed at the highest level of the sport with great success. He stood 16.1 hh (169 cm). Eagle Lion was out of the famous mare Stream Lion, a producer of excellent event horses, incl ...

, and

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(all ridden by American eventer Bruce Davidson), the mare Cara Lion who produced Sea Lion (recently sold by Bruce Davidson) and Cruise Lion, a two-year-old colt, a mare currently kept by Patricia for breeding, and a new colt by the stallion Mr. Lord. Her four sons ridden by Davidson have had excellent careers at the highest level of eventing. Eventing horses 1974 animal births Irish Sport Horses Individual mares