Aysa & Cedric the Zangersheide | Horse & Rider Portraits | Copper Hill Austin,TX

 Camilo De Nyze Z, Cedric, is a 6 year old Zangersheide out of L-Cantate, by the stallion Canabis Z. Cedric was imported from England from Equiporium Sport Horses, Sebastien Kapel. Aysa & Cedric train at Copper Hill Farm which is located just outside of Dripping Springs,TX.

Oh Cedric. Where do I start. Cedric is full of personality and very goofy, and even though he tried his hardest to resist good snuggles during his pictures, he finally caved in towards the end. I also learned that Cedric loves to chew on things, even Aysa…and he has his own chew toys to keep him from chewing on his reins or anything else in sight in the cross ties. This silly horse loves Banannas, he sucks on the bananas and swishes them around his mouth (I even got to witness this adorableness at the end of their session). I also hear that he can drink out of water bottles.

Although he is the class clown of the barn on the ground, he has a good brain and is always will to please his rider.

Aysa shared, “The day Cedric arrived was the happiest day of my life!  He was just what I thought he would be. I waited a long time for the perfect horse, and now I have one.  I think it’s pretty cool he arrived with his own passport, too.”

PS. I had to share how the creation of the Zangersheide breed came about, since they are not one of the breeds we commonly hear about. I found this interesting bit on their breed registry website.

“Studfarm Zangersheide is located at the similarly named domain in Lanaken (Belgium). That is where Léon Melchior first began with our showjumping stables at the beginning of the seventies, which later developed into a studfarm.  A few decades later, in 1992, we started Studbook Zangersheide, our own showjumping studbook for showjumping horses! Zangersheide is the result of the initiatives of Léon Melchior, who turned the breeding of showjumping horses into his equestrian magnus opus. Under his supervision the studfarm grew into a center of knowledge and practical know-how and became a trendsetter in modern showjumping horse breeding.”