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| Gender | Gelding | Date of Birth | - |
| Breed | Warmblood | Stamm | - |
| Colour | Bay | Horse Ref | - |
Bloodline
Description
Sire Dartagnan impressed already with his multifunctional capacity at the performance test and is currenlty successful on a high dressage level. Crazy Classic on the mother's side has brough progeny for jumping as well as for dressage.
Sire Line
Dartagnan
His sire Duntroon was vice-champion of the Oldenburg juvenile stallion approval in 1993 and champion of the 1994 stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf. He was furthermore awarded the I-b main premium in 1995 on the basis of his good stallion performance test and outstanding first batch of foals and celebrated successes in advanced dressage, Prix St. Georges and Intermediate I with Kristy Oatley-Nist (Australia). His oldest progeny are equally good in dressage and in show jumping which is reflected well by his front position in the FN breeding value statistics. In 2001 and 2002 respectively, the Duntroon son Dream a little Dream was a successful federal championship participant. In 2001, he also attained fourth place in the finals of the five-year old dressage horses and in 2000, won the bronze medal at the World Championship of six-year old dressage horses. The Duntroon son Dos a Dos was sold at the 2000 PSI auction for the sum of DM 900,000. The dam-sire Figaro was DLG exhibition stallion a number of times and left excellent riding horse for the very highest of demands in all fields of the equestrian sport. The thoroughbred Vollkorn xx, who likewise produced tough, versatile horses with a lot of staying power, appears in the third generation. Popular representatives of the Weissena line moreover include the approved stallions Canaster I and II, Vivaldi, Fallstaff, Bordolino, Triumphator (approval winner Oldenburg 1985), Top of Class (approval winner Oldenburg 1986), Good Future (premium stallion 1986, Sweden) and Friesengeist (premium stallion 1980, federal champion Germanriding horse 1983, later sports successes under the name of Heisman first in the Netherlands and then in the USA with Michael Matz).
Dartagnan is currently the most sought after sire of the Dillenburg state stallions. He has produced numerous show winners and championship foals as well as two approved sons, Don del Rey and Dublin W. Several of the numerous premiumed foals were admitted to the foal auctions.
Dartagnan is currently the most sought after sire of the Dillenburg state stallions. He has produced numerous show winners and championship foals as well as two approved sons, Don del Rey and Dublin W. Several of the numerous premiumed foals were admitted to the foal auctions.
Dartagnan is currently the most sought after sire of the Dillenburg state stallions. He has produced numerous show winners and championship foals as well as two approved sons, Don del Rey and Dublin W. Several of the numerous premiumed foals were admitted to the foal auctions.
Duntroon
His sire Donnerhall became an idol of contemporary hippology, setting standards both in breeding and in competition sport, like next to no other stallion before him. He had resounding international successes in the dressage arena with Karin Rehbein, including winning the German Championship title in Mannheim, the World Championship team bronze medal as well as the World Championship individual bronze medal in the Hague. This was followed in 1997 by the European Championship individual bronze medal and team gold medal in Verden. The renewed team victory in the World Dressage Championship in Rome in 1998 was the crowning finale to an unparalleled career. Duntroon has famous full-sisters, including Deutsche Einheit, as she was called in 1992, when she became federal vice-champion four-year old in Verden. Deutsche Einheit changed owners at the Vechta auction ring, and was sold to the Netherlands for the knocking down price of DM 420,000, on the German national day of reunification, a sum previously unheard of at any horse breeder's association auction. In the Netherlands, she was renamed Donne and has meanwhile won dressage competitions up to Intermediaire I. The bay full-sister Welle was a Verden auction horse, whilst the youngest full-sister Dunedoo was awarded the title of "diamond ring" mare at the 2001 Oldenburg Elite Mare Show in Rastede. The combination of Donnerhall with Pik Bube I daughters became a sensational phenomenon with an almost 100% success rate in German horse breeding. Analogous to Pik Bube I, the great-grandsire Wohlklang also made a name for himself through extraordinary versatile heredity, by way of top class horses for dressage and show jumping. The dam line has Westphalian roots.
Duntroon was runner-up of the 1993 young stallion approval in Oldenburg and in the following year won the stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf. He was awarded the I-b main premium at the stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf in 1995. Then in 1997 he had his debut in dressage sport, winning competitions up to and including intermediate class. This was followed by numerous high placements in advanced class dressage competitions, Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I.
Duntroon was stationed at the Oldenburg Kathmann-Holtrup station as a leased stallion from 1994 until 1996. The approved sons Dartagnan (Dillenburg state stallion and vice-champion of the 1998 Adelheidsdorf stallion performance test) and Dinero K (Klinnert stables Darmstadt) resulted from this period. Dinero K's full-brother Dunfire was vice-champion of the 1998 Oldenburg young stallion approval and was sold to Sweden for a top price. Dartagnan is currently the most frequented stallion of the Dillenburg state stallions. During 1997 and 1998, Duntroon was exclusively promoted in sport, but has been available for breeding purposes again since 1999. The oldest progeny have had great premieres in competition sport, and are equally proficient in dressage and show jumping, something that is corroborated well by the FN breeding value statistics. The Duntroon son Dream a little Dream was a successful contestant at the federal championships of 2001 and 2002. He moreover came fifth at the world championship of five-year old dressage horses in 2001 and third at the 2002 world championship. The Duntroon son Dos a Dos was moreover sold for DM 900,000 at the 2000 P.S.I, auction.
Figaro
Origin: Futuro is a son of the famous French sire of showjumpers Furioso xx. After he had come to Oldenburg, he was thrown in the shade by his “big brother” Furioso II. Although he did not cover as many mares as his brother, he sired very many top performers: To 1990 his progeny won almost DM 740,000. The enormous winnings of his best son Everest Forever (one of the most successful showjumpers in the early eighties under L. Edgar/Great Britain) were only partly taken into account. The same applies to Futuro 4 (J.D.Trevijano) as he competed for Spain, e.g. in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. Francesco 2 was his best dressage horse for many years. Via his dam-sire Gortz Figaro also has the famous bloodline of Carelda II, who was the best Oldenburg mare of her time. Carelda II produced the outstanding sire Freigraf and is a full-sister to the legendary Godin, the Oldenburg top sire of the thirties and fourties.
Performance record: Figaro was premium stallion of the 1974 stallion approval and finished the stallion performance test as one of the best of his age-group. Beyond the breeding area this important sire with excellent gaits became well-known at the 1980 DLG-show in Hanover, where he was awarded a Ic prize.
Breeding record: He excelled himself at stud: After a short time only he enjoyed a good reputation as a sire of quality broodmares and sporting horses with good gaits and willingness to perform for all disciplines. At the Oldenburg stallion approvals of 1990 a grandson of Elise (reserve champion mare of 1982) called Carpendale was vice champion. The I d premium stallion Noble Champion is out of the premium-winning Figarella. At auctions Figaro's offspring repeatedly achieved top prices: Feldlerche-DM 50,000, First Impression- DM 75,000, Figaro's Lady-DM 100,000, Formidable-DM 100,000, colt Freedom- DM30,000. At the German Riding Horse Championships Fantasia Magna was 4th in 1987 and Formidable was3rd in 1989. ln 1989 Fanco, Fiola, Florenz and Zum Gliick were successfully competing in advanced showjumping competitions. In the dressage arenas there were Fair Play (Grand Prix) and as well as Figaro and Figaro's Lady (Prix St. Georges).
Dam Line
Crazy Classic (Hann)
Sired two Graded Stallions and fourteen State Premium Mares. Progeny competing in Dressage and Show Jumping and to date have won €12,000. Placed third in his performance test with outstanding Dressage marks.
Calypso II
Origin: Cor de la Bryere was exactly the sire that was needed in Holstein in the seventies. The use of thoroughbred had reached a level where breeders were desperately looking for a sire with consolidation qualities as they did not want their horses to lose too much of their substance, frame and peace of mind. Being an intelligent half-bred with a very good temperament, rideability and a sensational jumping ability with an ideal bascule Cor de la Bryere was the ideal combination with their mares. He became the foundation sire of modern Holstein breeding. His progeny won more than 2 million DM and he sired more than 50 state premium mares and over 40 approved stallions. 5 of them are out of the same mare: Tabelle produced the 5 full-brothers Calypso I-V in 5 seasons. Before these 5 approved stallions she had produced a 6th one (by Congress). Being a full-sister to Salmei, the dam of Granat (dressage hero of the seventies under Chr. Stiickelberger), she has to be regarded as one of the most valuable Holstein mares. The Calypso brothers are top sires or at least they are going to be top sires - this is unique in the history of horse breeding.
Performance record: Calypso II became very popular because of his successes in advanced showjumping competitions under his rider M. Riiping in only two seasons.
Breeding record: Thanks to his successful progeny and "grandchildren" Calypso II became a top sire in recent years. In 1992 his most successful offspring were Capella, who successfully competed in advanced showjumping competitions (winnings of more than DM 19,000) and Castello in advanced dressage competitions (more than DM 3,000). In breeding there are his successful daughters (e.g. the dams of the Holstein sires Landos, Leubus and above all Linaro, the winner of stallion approval and performance test in 1992) as well as his sons (e.g. the top sires Coriolan in Hessen, Caribo in the Rhineland or Contender with his first-class progeny from Oldenburg) who further improve his reputation with breeders.
Picard
Origin: Pik Konig was the most important son of the thoroughbred sire Pik As xx (sire of top-class showjumpers as e.g. Pesgo and Porta Westfalica) in Hanover. He left 19 approved sons including the highly esteemed Pik Bube I and Pik Bube II (Celle state stallion). Some of the 242 main studbook mares (including 22 state premium mares) by Pik Konig are the dams of well-known sires as Grand Royal, Wanderkonig, Falkland and Al Capone. Pik Konig's offspring were mainly successful in showjumping competitions, e.g. Pik Dame 12 (F. Ligges), Prestige 9 (F. Sloothaak), Prag (P. Schumacher), Pirol 37 (P. Weinberg) and many others. They won more than 1.5 million Deutsch marks. The maternal line has been consequently bred for performance (Gotthard, Frustra II and Dominus). The grey mare Gaby and Pik Konig also produced the state premium mare Philipy, who became the dam of the approved stallion Rodin and the Celle state stallion Dobrock. Furthermore, Philipy is the dam of a highly decorated mare (by Landfrieden). She achieved a state premium at the Rastede elite show in 1992. Gaby produced several foals by Pik Bube I: Pik Faveur successfully competed up to medium level. His full-sister is the dam of Dornier 12 (by Donnerhall, a finalist of the Federal Dressage Horse Championship in Verden in 1992. Another approved son out of Gaby is Wendengott (by Wendekreis), who competes as White Best in showjumping today. Last not least there is Cinderella (by Cardinal xx), another successful competition horse out of Gaby. A full-sister to Gaby, the state premium mare Gotenmadel, is the dam of the Zweibrucken state stallion Grandus (by Graphit), one of the most popular sires in the South-West of Germany. Her daughter Gina (also by Graphit) was mated with Pik Konig and produced the Olympic horse Prestige and the private stallion Piccadilly.
Breeding record: Picard became one of the top sires of showjumpers. His offspring competed in international competitions. Playa d'Aro competed in the 1990 showjuming world championships in Stockholm. Pullmann, Polar 31 and many other showjumpers are a credit to their sire. His approved son, the chestnut Picaro, was the reserve champion of the Federal Riding Horse Championships in Munich in 1991. After a successful stallion performance test he was sold to the USA. However, the high quality of his few offspring in Germany is worthy of note.
Graphit
Covering History: Hänigsen from 1968 to 1986, put down in 1987.
Approved Sons: General I, General II, Gitano, Glamour R, Gloster, Goldfinger, Goethe, Gomez, Gracchus, Graf Spee, Grando Z, Grandus, Grannus, Graphitan, Graphitano, Graphito, Grundstein I and Grundstein II.
Grapnit was stationed at the Hänigsen studfarm in the vicinity of Hanover for a total of 19 years, where he performed great deeds for German horse breeding. He was always a stallion that drew everyone's attention to himself, with a lot of display behaviour, but also with first class qualities as a riding horse. Irrespective of his steep polished foreleg and narrow shoulders saddle position, as well as his short and not particularly elastic hind pasterns, he nonetheless frequently transmitted broad expressive motions and in addition, usually passed on way above average jumping ability. Where his sire Grande's external Lrance became apparent in the offspring, the Graphit progeny were also liver chestnuts. This similarity to the grandsire was often accompanied by a greater amount of temperament, that was not evident with Grande or his direct descendants. Interestingly enough, it was these very horses that were capable of great sporting performance. His most significant national sports progeny was probably the grey gelding Graf George, who went into American ownership via the Verden auction. He was twice bronze medal winner at the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics with the US team under Michael Poulin Günter Seidel and moreover was the winner of numerous Grand Prix competitions and became "Horse of the Year". Graphit mated as an action trotter at the Celle stallion parade for many years. The Celle state stud did not manage to acquire a Graphit stallion son for its breeding stock. Notwithstanding this, four outstanding Graphit sons, the private stallions Gloster, Grannus, Grudstein I and Grundstein II, all of which can be regarded without exception, as cream of the crop performance transmitters, have been placed at the disposal of the Hanoverian breeding fraternity. Grannus has been able to disseminate himself particularly through countless stallion sons and Graphit sons have had some influence in the other German breeding regions. Gitano and Graphito performed covering duty in Baden- Württemberg and had already left the breeding scenario before Graphit began his career as a procreator of performance horses. Goethe, Gomez, Goldfinger and Graphitano were recruited in Hessia, of whom the latter generally produced the best riding horses. Westphalia landed a bulls eye with General I and had a number of further Graphitsons at their disposal with General II, Glamour R, Gracchus and Graf Spee. Grandus enjoyed his career as a highly popular state stallion at the Zweibrücken state stud farm in Rhineland-Palatinate-Saar.