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| Benvenuto |
Breitling (1) |
Bismarck |
Bolero (2) |
| Deulfarm |
| Maja |
Maat I |
| Grafenkrone |
| Weserfee |
Weltmeyer (3) |
World Cup I |
| Anka |
| Lyra |
Lysander (4) |
| Arie |
Breitling
(1) Breitling This
monumental Hanoverian stallion is the new FN breeding index leader
in 2009 with a total of 172 points. Breitling is a competition
stallion who doesn't have to prove anything to anyone anymore
because he has won international Grand Prix classes and Nations
Cups, taken first prize in 22 advanced level dressage classes,
secured a bronze medal at the German Championship and accumulated
over EUR 130,000 in prize money in the dressage arena. His
achievements with longstanding rider, Wolfram Wittig, extend right
up to the World Cup Tour.
A number of Breitling W's sons and daughters also compete at the
international level, carrying on the amazing success of this line.
For example, his offspring Balalaika W and Borgward W reached the
finals at the German Bundeschampionate (the German National Young
Horse Championships) and Meggle's Anton, a stunning horse with his
father's easy, rideable attitude, competed at Grand Prix. Breitling
W's son Barilla won his first Intermediaire I in 2004. Others
include the stallions Berkley W, Bigacu W and their younger brother,
Brunello W. Another Breitling W's offspring, the 6-year-old brown
mare Baldesserini W, represented Germany in the 2005 World Young
Horse Dressage Championships.
Bolero
(2) Bolero, a classic
foundation stallion in the Hanoverian Verband,
is one of the few sires to produce a new
foundation stallion, Brentano II, along with
other top stallions, Bismarck and Brentano I.
Also, three of Bolero's descendants medaled at
the 2004 Olympics in Athens--Beauvalais ridden
by Spain's Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, Bonaparte
ridden by Germany's Heike Kemmer and Brentina
ridden by American Debbie McDonald.
Weltmeyer
(3) Weltmeyer,
What more
can be said about Weltmeyer? He is a legend. As
the AHS put it, "Weltmeyer continues to almost
single-handedly reshape the Hanoverian breed."
He was the 1986 winner of the stallion licensing
in Verden, and the 1987 winner of the stallion
performance test in Adelheidsdorf. In the same
year Weltmeyer also won the three-year-old
stallions classification at the Federal
Championships of German Riding Horses in
Warendorf. In 1988 he was honored in Verden as
best stallion of his age-group and awarded with
the "Freiherr von Stenglin-Prize". One year
later he became DLG Champion 1989 in Frankfurt.
And last but not least he became "Hanoverian
Stallion of the Year" in 1998. As of today,
Weltmeyer has produced 70 licensed sons, all of
them are excellent stallions. A study of the
pedigrees of many internationally prominent
Hanoverian dressage horses reveals that many are
either by sons of Weltmeyer or out of one of his
daughters. At the 2002 Ratje Niebuhr-Show,
Weltmeyer was the leding sire. Out of 51 mares
which placed first through third in 17 classes,
Weltmeyer sired eight, including champion SPS
Wiami and and reserve champion Wicke. Overall,
his blood was present in one third of all the
mares, by from 25% to 50% percent. When it comes
to capacity for dressage and the temperament
necessary for a top competitor, this stallion
simply cannot be beaten. In 2005, Weltmeyer
received a Breeding Value Index of 152 points,
with an assurance of 99% heritability, from the
German Equestrian Federation.
has earned his place
in the history books for producing countless top
notch horses such as World Cup winner Warum
Nicht, Olympic gold medal winner Weltall, eleven
Bundeschampions.
Lysander
(4) Lysander was stallion performance test
winner in 1984 and was classed as an important dressage sire. |
| Labamba |
Lauries Crusader
xx (1) |
Welsh Pagent |
Tudor Melody |
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Picture Light |
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Square Note |
High Top |
| Piazza del Grillo |
| Wina |
Watzmann (2) |
Weingau |
| Flachsinsel |
| Gina |
Glander |
| Viper |
Lauries Crusader xx
Welsh Pagent xx
(1) Lauries Crusader has a
total of 1560 registered offspring, 349 mares registered into the
Studbook, among them 103 state premium mares. He fathered 39 licensed
sons, 13 of them being registered into the premium stallion register.
546 registered competition horses complete this impressive balance. With
his successful offspring, the thoroughbred stallion Lauries Crusador xx
is certainly about to create a new Hanoverian stallion line.
Le Bo counts among his most
successful offspring in sport. In 2005, he ranked third at the German
Dressage Championships for lady riders under Carola Koppelmann. The
former Verden elite auction horse Lesotho and Ellen Schulten-Baumer
belonged to the Olympic team in Athens. The stallion Louis Heslegard and
Gerda Lehmann participated with the Danish Olympic team. At the World
Equestrian Games in Aachen, Le Primeur competed with Marie-Line
Wettstein for Switzerland. The Lauries Crusador xx-son Londonderry
created a sensation; he won his stallion licensing as well as the
Federal Championships of four-year-old stallions in Warendorf. Apart
from that, he also underlined his excellent prepotency. Two of his sons
entered the scene this year: Locksley II won the Federal Championships
of four-year-old stallions, just like his sire, and at the 115th Verden
Elite Auction, Londontime was sold at the incredible, sensational price
of Euro 510.000,00, a sum never achieved at a riding horse auction so
far.
Watzmann
(2) Watzmann sire of Walldorf,
(a renowned sire of movement) and Seoul Olympic Gold medalist in
showjumping Walzerkonig, is also the sire of the show jumping stallion
Foxhunter now standing in the USA
Glander
(3) Glander was
stallion performance test winner and enjoyed good breeding opportunities
without necessarily fulfilling all hopes. He was also popular as he was
the sibling of the Olympic horse Grande Giso with Johan Heins and
enriched the breed with the maker of show jumper Gletscher
Glander was by Grande
Grande
Grande produced 33 approved sons, 34
states premium mares and sent three of his showjumping progeny to the
Olympic Games – Grande Giso (Holland), Grande (USA) and Gute Sitte
(Belgium).
His grand children seem to have been the real stars – Galapagos with
Gabriella Grillo represented Germany at the 1982 World Championships,
and was one of the first stars of the ‘new’ class, Freestyle Dressage to
Music. Grandeur (Gralsritter) won over a million Deutschmarks in a
spectacular showjumping career, and since then has proven himself as a
superior sire. Grande’s son Graphit sired winners of over almost two
million DM and sired one of the most important jumping stallions of them
all, Grannus. The Graphit son, Grundstein was one of Germany’s leading
stallions before his export to the United States. Another son, Graditz
sired Isabell Werth’s Olympic and World Championship star, Garibaldi II
sired the American dressage star Gifted who carried Carol Lavell to a
team bronze at the 1992 Games and placed 4th individually. Garibaldi II
died at the age of only 14 which was a great loss.
Grunnox (by Grunewald) was another top dressage horse, this time with
Monica Theodorescu, and together they were members of the 1992 Gold
Medal team in Barcelona.
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