Sex STALLION
Foaled 2004
Sire TAMANGO
Dam FLORIANOPOLITANA
Total Points 8
Total FP 12
Mr Big Cat (stable name Rio) is a seven year old, 17.0hh Brazilian thoroughbred stallion by Tamango, owned by Clayton Fredericks and Deborah Clarke. Rio is an exciting new stallion with a superb temperament, conformation and looks. Displaying the classical Thoroughbred attributes of speed, stamina and athleticism combined with exceptional good looks. Mr Big Cat was imported from Brazil in 2009 and began his international eventing career in 2010. In his short competition career he has been placed internationally, qualifying for the World Championships for young event horses at Le Lion D’Angers in 2011. His most recent results include finishing 8th in the CCI1* at Fontainebleau and 3rd in the CNC2** at Pontispool. Mr Big Cat possesses all the desirable characteristics of the modern event horse. Amazing paces, careful jumping technique and an exceptional ability to gallop cross country. This combined with his superb temperament and trainability makes him the ideal breeding stallion for eventing. Rio is a very popular horse at Team Fredericks, and despite being a working stallion, his good-natured temperament make him an easy and uncomplicated horse to handle.
A gallery of images of Mr Big Cat by Equestrian Photographer, Kevin Sparrow can be seen on this site. The picture above courtesy FCB Radka Preislerova.
Clayton and Mr. Big Cat at Fontainebleau, 2011
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