We have purchased this horse as Michael Newman's hunt horse to ride
in the Norfolk Hunt.
The translation of her French name is "A Star of the Eclypse".
Her barn name is Luna. (She has been called Ooni and she
is very happy with the new name.)
She was located in Virginia and hunted there for a couple of
years. She has lots of show experiance as a Grand Prix show jumper.
In May of 2022 she was reported to be 15-16 years old. (This was
incorrect see chip information below that reports her as foaled in
2004 and 18 years old.) She stands 17.1 hands high and is a registered
Belgian
Warmblood. (Additional breed info:
www.belgianwarmblood.com
and
www.belgian-warmblood.com)
Late in 2024 Samantha noticed some lameness. An exam with Dr.
Cullen of C3 Equine showed a suspensory injury on the Right Hind.
A gradual program of work was recommended. Recommended Hock and Stifle
injections prior to starting trot work. These were performed and
trot work began. A further
Exam
occured after 4 weeks of gradually increasing trot work
(This report is mixing results and instructions from the two exams.
The date is suspece. The second exam was performed on 3 June 2025. The results were not
hopeful. Slight degredation of the suspensory was observed at that
time and work was reduced to 20 minutes of walk under saddle per
day. A Cushings test was recommended and performend
on the theory that Cushings could be blocking the healing and that
treatment could improve the healing.
"I would like Luna to be tack
walked for 20 minutes per day and then rechecked 4-6 weeks after
starting the prascend. There is no rush however, so if you wanted
to give her more time that would also be fine.
My hope is that her immune system will kick in a bit with the
prascend and help with more normal healing of the soft
tissues."
Somewhat long ago she competed at the Grand Prix level in show
jumping. The previous owner says that she stopped being willing to
jump the 1.5 meter heights and that is why she got her. The videos
below are from those competitions.
Une Etoile de l'Eclypse ridden by Marshall Field at Kentucky Summer
Classic on July 30, 2013.
This round is from class 560, High Schooling Jumper
1.15m II NO JO and finished 92 of 99.
Ridden by Chloe Field at Hampton Classic
2013.
This round is from class 212, $2,500 Amateur owner jmpr
(1.30m) and finished 4 of 40.
Medl Jr. Classic WEF 12 on March 31,2013.
Chad
Crosby Congratulations to Chad Crosby of
stealingtheshowstable and his customers on the acquisition of Une
Etoile de l'Eclypse.
Pre Purchase Exam Report
A prepurchase exam was held with with Dr. Davis of
piedmont.vet (540) 364-4950 on June 8th at
10 AM.
Basic summary the horse is in
remarkably good condition for the age and history. She might not be
a candidate for high level dressage, should be ridden more on the
straight rather than in the ring. Some minor lameness RT hind hock and RT
coffin found, a 1 out of 5. Dr. Davis's overview was that the only surprise in this exam was
how good shape she was in for her age and history. Dr. Davis says
that several years of hunting with Norfolk should be expected.
