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All the Gold in retirement

All the Gold - Highlights of a Great and Long Life

Elite Hanoverian stallion and champion hunter All the Gold died Sept. 19, 2011. He was in his 30th year.

 

All the Gold (Gepard, Gottard, Goldfish) was imported by Jessamy Rouson of Keswick, Va., and bought by Craighead Farm in 1987.

 

In his competitive years, All the Gold won back-to-back Grand Circuit Championships at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Regular Working Hunters in 1992 and 1993. That same Festival he was Reserve Champion in Amateur-Owner Hunters 18-35. In 1990 and 1991 the stallion was Circuit Reserve Champion in Regular Working Hunters at the Arizona Winter Circuit.


All the Gold retired in 1993 to devote all of his time to breeding. As a sire, All the Gold won Grand Champion Hunter Sire and New Jersey Bred Hunter Association Grand Champion Sire in 1999. In 2004, All
the Gold's offspring won in every category at the International Hunter Futurity in Lexington, Ky. In 2008 and 2009 All the Gold was second in USEF leading hunter sire rankings.

 

His get have earned over $300,000.00 in IHF and IJF earnings and have often swept the IHF finals. For 7 years All The Gold was leading sire based on earnings. Kathy Gilbertson, Executive Director of IHF notes a high percentage of his get were consistent winners from showing on the line to performance horses.

 

In December 2007, at the age of 27, All the Gold retired from stud duties at Craighead Farm. His offspring are still competing in the realms of hunters, jumpers, eventing and dressage. Most recently at the
International Hunter Futurity, Play Mister For Me (out of an All The Gold mare) was best young horse. Dorthea's Gold and Thanks for the Gold both had top ten results.

 

Future Derby Winners, Abigail and Sydney Steffee

At home, All The Gold, was affectionately called 'Goldie’. Billie recalls first watching him in the Regular Division, where he was the 1987 Grand Hunter Champion at both Detriot and Motor City, “I had never seen a horse jump like that and bought him shortly after that performance.” He was ridden by Burt Mutch, and the picture we own is simply incredible. His owner, Sarah Steffee, always said he put wings on her dreams. "It has been such an honor to know him. He brought out the best in all of us." Although Goldie is no longer with us, his descendants will surely continue his legacy, following in his footsteps and creating many new ones of their own.

 

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Chronicle of the Horse article by Molly Sirge, January 19, 2009

"Steffee's prodigies out did themselves at the International Hunter Futurity Finals, in Lexington, Ky., on Sept. 22-23, 2004. Two full siblings, Gold Digger and Gold's Gone Fishin' (All The Gold--Silver Surf, The Silver Prince) claimed the 3-year-old grand championship and the 4-year-old reserve grand championship, respectively."

 

Chronicle of the Horse article by Molly Sorge, January 19, 2009

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The talents and abilities of All The Gold have been handed down to his get. A few of the honors won by his legacy are:

 

 

Winning many championships at such notable shows as Winter Equestrian Festival, The Hampton Classic, Kentucky Spring Horse Show and other prominent shows across the country: Goldspun, Goldschlager, Gold Leaf, Etched In Gold, Everything Gold, Gibson, Realm of Gold, Gold Order among others.

 

 

 

Goldiva with Jennifer Alfano at Buffalo International, 2010.

(photo left)

 

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"It's very exciting because the worth of a stallion is determined by the success of his get, and I as a stallion owner have to be extremely grateful and very appreciative of my breeders and owners because of the way that they've chosen to start them and campaign them and the kind of training that they put in. That's what gives you the success." Billie Steffee