Con Brio Farms current offerings:

Young Stock:

Charisma:

2013 dark chesnut filly by Contucci out of Catera (Martini/Guaranto/Chrysos) Contucci is a top producer of competition dresage horses and Catera has three generations of FEi competitors in her pedigree, including two at Grand Prix and one Pan Am Games Silver Medalist. Charisma was a premium foal at her inspection and is a 3/4 sibling to Clare Darnell's upper level horses Carnegie and Calimar, the highest scoring US bred horse at the 2010 Developing Horse National Championships. Big movement and talent for dressage or hunters. SOLD!Congratulations to Amy Leslie, we look forward to watching her compete with this lovely filly!

Older Prospects/Former Broodmares:

Bona Serra:

2006 bay DWB mare by Sure Hit (Sandro Hit/Furioso II) out of an Ijsselmeer/Grundstein mare. 15.2H. Lightly started. Proven broodmare Combining the proven blood line of Sandro Hit with a strong performance dam, this mare has light elastic gaits with a lot of movement and high trainability. Full sister to Bona Serra's dam, also bred by CBF, was a Prix St George horse and is now an Adult Amateur schoolmaster. Another full sister produced the Rmani, 4th place yearling at Dressage at Devon in a large class. Perfect for the smaller rider who wants an appropriate sized horse without sacrificing top quality movement or a breeder looking to produce talented performance horses. X-rays available. $5,000.00.

Catera:

2001 Dark Chestnut Oldenbug mare 15.3H by Martini out of a Guarantor/Chrysos mare Very elastic gaits. Three generations of FEI competitors. Catera's full brother was 17H. Not started, but can be put under saddle. Bloodlines: In addition to competing successfully at the Grand Prix level, for years Martini was the leading sire of USDF HOY qualifiers. The previous horse that he replaced on the list was also there for years and is Catera's great grandsire Chrysos. Approvals: Approved main Mare book ISR/Old. Offspring: Dam of Fanfare, Inspection Champion and one of the highest scoring Fabuleux foals in the country. She was leased and bred to Fabuleaux again - and her colt Florian LF was colt inspection champion! She had a lovely Contucci filly in 2011 and her equally lovely 2013 Contucci filly Charisma CBF was a premium filly scoring 8.3. More photos and video on her Web Page Sells in foal to Mannhatten SOLD!Congratulations to Sarah Shelor, we look forward to seeing Catera's future foals!

Fiona CBF:

2010 DWB mare by Royal Prince out of Ijsselmeer/Grundstein mare. in foal to Fabregas . Fiona is from a mare line that has produced five FEI dressage horses, so far. Both Ijsselmeer and Grundstein were nationally competitive Grand Prix horses. Before his untimely death, Grundstein was for many years on the top ten sire list in Germany for producing both dressage horses and jumpers. Dam is a full sister to Serenade, successful competitor at Prix St George and tied for 5th in the Nation in jumping under saddle at the KWPN-NA keuring. Rmani, by Royal Prince out of a full sister to Fiona's dam, finished 4th at Dressage at Devon as a yearling, sold for a large sum as a three year old and is currently competing with high scores for his amateur owner in tough competition in Florida. Fiona is a tall, leggy mare with very good gaits and uphill balance. She has already produced one beautiful colt by Fabregas in 2015. Approx16.3H. SOLD!Congratulations to Jessica Austin, we look forward to watching Fiona's future foals!