Weston Rocket (21 years old sec A stallion) is a stallion much in demand for FEI driving. He is the sire of T Rafia with Claudine Laplume (Luxembourg) and T Stjernberg with Edwin Flerackers (Belgium) and also T Rameses and T Cyclone, palomino Sec A geldings (out of T Jane by Taliaris Granite) with Mia Allo top international driver in Belgium and driven and owned by Mia’s daughter Sophie Botermann.

Sophie Botermann	Driven by Mia Allo	Templedruid Hwfa

Since the World FEI championships in August 2003 the popularity of this stallion has spread to Holland as champion pairs driver Jan de Boer has selected his first Rocket son Templedruid Citizen Kane out of T Cimarron by Templedruid Hwfa (see above).


T.Hwfa too has his driving offspring.

Shown here is supreme champion Templedruid Hail, 11 year old Sec A being driven in UK as a single and shortly to be joined by 6 year old Templedruid Flambeaux also by T Hwfa. This pair owned and driven by Mrs Helen Glover, Cambridge, England.



Jan de Boer’s enthusiasm has now grown since Karlstetten and his first Templedruid arrival T. Citizen Kane. Jan not only is Hollands’s pairs champion since 2004 but is going up into a team. Rocket’s offspring colts T. Joaquin and T. Smirnoff arrived in Holland in January 2005, and 6 mares (Sec A) in foal to Rocket have foaled at Templedruid - the colts destined to go to Holland.


Rocket’s offspring all demonstrate great presence and charisma together with excellent movement. Here we see T Rococo as a yearling out of that grand old matron Bryn Kay still breeding at 27 years old in the stud.

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Now (in 2006) many other Weston Rocket offspring are excelling on the continent.

At the first major qualifying shows in Belgium in 2005 at Brugge out of the 11 pairs competing the first 3 were from Templedruid owners (4 of the 6 by Rocket).
1. Jos van der Borght and driving owner partner Piet drove T. Gallo (ex T.GWA) and T. Galaxy (ex T. Gilraen).


2. Johan and Katleen Schietekatte drove T. Gilels (ex T. Gilraen) and T. Sinfonia (ex T. Simbella) and

3. Francoise Thiery drove T. Lyric (Sec A) the first one to be driven out of a complete team of Sec A’s.

Of these early competing pairs the owners will soon be into team driving.

Johan Schietekatte driving T. Gilels and T. Sinfonia has booked the next 4 foals from Gilel’s full sister T. Gila in the stud at Templedruid all to be by ‘C’ stallion T. Syrah (recently covering mares in Belgium with Rudy Kerremans Karabahk stud. Gila’s foal was born19th June and Gila is now being covered again by Syrah back in England.

The third competing driver at Brugge Franscoise Thiery, well known European Judge, is for section A’s T. Lyric, T. Camass, T. Jojoba, and T. Sedge. Currently being driven as 2 pairs they will be a team for the 2006 season. They have since been joined by T. lammas and T. Beebop. It is expected that Franscoise will be driving the complete team by April 2006, possible latter in the year nationally and hopefully in 2007, internationally.

In Belgium specifically there will be much competition between the Templedruid competitors for the World Championship qualifiers in 2007 and 2009.

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