June 2010
Born on the last day of the month, Jackpots Horatio, a stunning leopard spot colt foal by Hussar of Independence out of Stavsdals Julliette.
Stavsdals Jackpot's first foal of 2010 arrives safely on 4th June, a super big, strong, colt which is Jackpot's first UK bred colt foal. His dam is an event bred mare by More Pokey and this stunning handsome fellow is already showing he has all the qualities to be a top class sports horse.
Lucienne Mahoney and Stavsdals Jackpot win their Elementary class with over 69% with the judge commenting on the score sheet "this lovely horse is a delight to the connection - a joy to watch".
May 2010
Another good month with our Knabstruppers again showing their abilities and flying the flag for the breed.
Rughavens Sheik has qualified for the Hickstead Masters semi-finals and the Sheepgate Tack and Togs Championship at Medium and Advanced Medium.
Rughavens Jackpot has been out competing with Rachel Maddocks in Para Dressage classes with great success, having 4 wins in a row and qualifying for the Para National Championships to be held at Hickstead in June. Rachel and JJ have formed a great partnership and we wish them every success in their Championship class next month.
JJ followed these successes by going out with Claire and gaining over 69% at Medium level - a phenomenal score that was well deserved by this very talented young stallion whose work is just getting better and better all the time.
April 2010
A winning start back to competition from father and son duo when Stavsdals Jackpot and Lucienne Mahoney won their elementary class with over 66% and Rughavens Sheik and Claire Knowles won their medium class with over 67%.
A first for Jackpots Stud and our Knabstruppers when two of our boys helped two GCSE students gain a perfect 10 in the riding section of their PE GCSE. Megan Chase rode Rughavens Sheik and Kaille Sherry rode Rughavens Jackpot to successfully gain maximum marks - another demonstration of the rideability and fantastic temperament of these lovely horses. We wish Megan and Kaille every success with the rest of their exams.
March 2010
Competitions are on hold again, this time due to our horsebox undergoing some necessary repairs. We've been working on updating adverts for the coming stud season and have two Stud outings planned for March.
On 21st March we will taking Rughavens Jackpot to the PHSP Stallion Parade at Hartpury.
On 30th March we will be at the Breeding Lecture organised by local vets House and Jackson at Mulberry House, Ongar. For more information on the evening and tickets contact House and Jackson on
Do come and talk to us at either venue if you would like to know more about our stallions and the Knabstrupper breed.
February 2010
The days are getting longer but the weather is showing no sign of improvement. All the horses competed in their classes at the BD regional finals and we were pleased with how they performed, especially Sheik who was 9th in the Advanced Medium class and will now be going to the Winter Nationals in April to contest the Advanced Medium Area Festival Championship.
January 2010
More snow and ice have put paid to our competition plans this month. The foals have been out having great fun in the snow but the rest of us have had enough now and are counting the days till we get some spring weather.
December 2009
A quiet month for Jackpots Stud as we get through the shortest days of the year and some awful weather. We wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy New Year.
November 2009
More success in freestyle classes for horses from Jackpots Stud. Rughavens Jackpot won the restricted section of the Elementary Freestyle with Lucienne Mahoney. Claire Knowles rode Jackpots Zoe to win the open section of both Novice and Elementary Freestyle classes and then qualified for the Advanced Medium Freestyle regional Final on Rughavens Sheik.
October 2009
Jackpots Stud Knabstruppers have been out winning again! Lucienne Mahoney and Stavsdals Jackpot won their Elementary Freestyle class with 68% to secure qualification for the Winter Regional finals. Rughavens Sheik, not to be outdone by his sire, proceeded to win the Medium Freestyle with 70% and also his Medium class, booking his place in both classes at the Regionals.
Our Open Day was a great success and we hope everyone enjoyed seeing our Knabstruppers and finding out more about this rare breed. See the full report on our Open Day page
Rughavens Sheik wins PetPlan Advanced Medium Restricted at Step by Step dressage with nearly 68%, booking his place at the BD Winter National Championships. Sheik was the youngest horse in the class at only 8yo but proved that youth (and foul weather) was no barrier.
September 2009
Jackpots Jericho and Jackpots Tinkerbell were both awarded first premiums at the BEF Evaluation at Plumpton College with Jackpots Tinkerbell finishing as the highest scoring Sports Pony foal of the day. Both these foals are by the outstanding young Knabstrupper stallion Rughavens Jackpot.
August 2009
On 30th August we took Jackpots Jericho, by Rughavens Jackpot, and Jackpots Hat-Trick, by Hussar of Independence, to the ZfdP UK grading held at Moulton College EC, Northants. Both foals were awarded premiums by the judge, Hans Britze, breeding director of the ZfdP.
Trixi vom Nordstern gives birth to a delightful chesnut spotted filly foal on 18/08/2009. More details can be found on the foal page.
July 2009
Stavsdals Jackpot wins the restricted section of the elementary qualifier at Norton Heath EC. Fantastic preparation for the regional finals. Rughavens Sheik wins the Restricted section of the advanced medium at the same show.
Claire wins 4 classes in one day! Riding Z-Vivaldo, a 5yo dutch warmblood belonging to Lian Magors, Claire took both novice classes and then went on to win the elementary and medium qualifiers on the young Knabstrupper stallion, Rughavens Jackpot
Stavsdals Jackpot and his son Rughavens Jackpot win at elementary gaining half their qualification for winter regionals at their first competition of the new season - another successful family outing!
June 2009
Rughavens Sheik, an 8yo gelding by Stavsdals Jackpot, comes a close 2nd in the Elementary Open Sheepgate Tack and Togs Championship - a good boost before he contests the elementary open regionals on 2nd August.
Stavsdals Juliette has a filly, the first UK bred foal by Hussar of Independence.
AC-Bellestar af Engvang has a lovely spotted filly foal by Rughavens Jackpot
Ulkah has her first foal in the early hours of 13th June, a fantastic chesnut colt by the outstanding young Knabstrupper stallion Rughavens Jackpot
Lucienne and Jackpot have a write up and photo in the dressage pages in Horse and Hound (11/06/09) following their recent success at Harolds Park Farm.
May 2009
Lucienne Mahoney took Stavsdals Jackpot out at Elementary and won both of their classes, completing their qualification for the regional finals. For the first year, Jackpot and both of his sons are all qualified for the same class at the regional finals so there will be a family trip in August!!
Claire and Rughavens Sheik are selected to compete on the inter regional squad for the Eastern team at medium level. They finished 2nd in their arena on Sunday with a score of over 67%.
April 2009
Claire and Rughavens Sheik compete in the Petplan Advanced Medium Championships at the Winter Nationals and finish 4th in their class.
March 2009
Claire and Rughavens Jackpot win at Advanced Medium, qualifying for the 2009 Summer Regional Championships.
Claire and Rughavens Jackpot, a 7yo Knabstrupper stallion win at Medium, qualifying for the 2009 Summer Regional Championships.
February 2009
Claire has three horses qualified for the BD regional championships - Rughavens Sheik, Rughavens Jackpot and Z - Vivaldo.