Absatz  1960 16.1 hh Chestnut Hanoverian Stallion 

Son of the legendary Cor de la Bryere, Chaka Khan had an outstanding performance record in the jumper divisions and was also a spectacular mover. He won and consistantly placed in regular working and conformation hunters as well as upper level jumpers. Chaka Khan is from Stamm 776, one of the most famous mare lines in Holsteiner breeding. Many well-known jumpers come from this mare line. The best known is Ramiro, who had a positive effect not only in the Holstein breed, but also sired, many excellent jumpers in many other registries.

Concorde ( also known  as Olympic Concorde ) comes from very strong jumping lines on both sides. His sire is the  stallion Voltaire. Voltaire is the number 8 in the World Breeding Rankings for Show jumping Sires  for the period 1992-2001, and also for the season, 2000/2001. Concorde's dam, Flyer, is by the legendary Marco Polo, one of the most influential Dutch stallions in breeding and jumping. Concorde was himself an international jumper with Jos Lansink. They won the Grand Prix of Nordrhein-Westfalen at Aachen and they were Champions of the Netherlands in 1994, 2nd in the Grand Prix of Amsterdam, 2nd at Darmstadt, 2nd at Lanaken, 2nd in Helsinki and 2nd in Gothenburg. He has produced 17 Grand Prix jumpers. Concorde was the youngest stallion ever to be awarded "preferent" due to his exceptional progeny. He already has thirty licensed sons in the European studbooks, and is the only KWPN stallion approved for Holstein.

Cor de la Bryere is one of the most influential sires in modern warmblood breeding. He is known as the "Reserve Stallion of the Century", second only to Landgraf I. Cor de la Bryere was foaled in France, and was by the Thoroughbred Rantzau, a racehorse and a producer of fantastic jumping horses. His dam, Quenotte B, also had a jumping pedigree, as she by Lurioso who was sired by the great Furioso. He was the 1971 Champion of his stallion 100-day test approval. Described by breeders as a 'gift from heaven,' Cor de la Bryere has been especially successful producing jumping horses, as he passes on his incredible bascule, scope, and jumping technique. Corde de la Bryere also passed on his willingness and trainability.

His lineage combined first class racing and steeplechasing bloodline and he produced several Olympic Eventers.  According to Jasper Nissen he was "a tall powerful stallion with long lines, a great deal of expression, slight under-neck, moderate trot... His products featured best as breeding stock, especially dams, but also a good number of licensed sons that laid the basis for successful upgrading in Holstein. All his offspring made pleasant riding horses, were easy to ride, willing workers, with a very good, honest temperament."  His endeavours in the Holstein breed are almost history and yet his genotype is still enjoying unabated popularity today. Even before Cottage Son xx was stationed in Holstein at the age of 15 in 1959 he had been an outstanding sire in England. At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, several of his British born progeny were at the start in three day eventing. This was a good prelude for the big charismatic stallion in the Holstein breed, even though he came at a time when horse breeding was totally in shambles and the Traventhal state stud was close to its dissolution when he began his siring activity there. After the thoroughbred Anblick xx, Cottage Son xx was the second upgrader in Holstein following the Second World War. Upgrading of the horse populations was desperately necessary if German horse breeders wanted to keep abreast of developments in horse breeding. Horses certainly were no longer exclusively work animals that could occasionally be ridden as well. In the wake of the increasing motorisation of agriculture, the breeding goals needed perforce to be redirected. This is where Cottage Son xx performed marvellous services. During four years at stud fourteen of his sons were approved and 53 daughters registered in the Association studbook. His best son was Consul, who unforunately was taken out of breeding too early after covering for a few years at different Association stations. For quite some time, it looked as though the paternal line could not be maintained. Capitol I, whose younger brother began his siring career at the age of fourteen in 1992 was later to be the only representative of this lineage in the male line. Capitol I was not easy to mate: Frequently his progeny were too heavy, some even to say it bluntly, too cumbersome and lazy. The Holstein horse Breeders Association therefore developed a whole host of requirements and conditions for the mating of mares with Capitol I (thoroughbred content etc.) for the maintenance of this bloodline, which at first glance appeared somewhat hard to comprehend, but ultimately bore fruit. Meanwhile, the legacy of Cottage Son xx has been placed on a broad basis once again by numerous Capitol I sons, so that the maintenance of the bloodline in the male line is no longer threatened. Despite this, the genotype of Cottage Son xx is very much sought after on the maternal side. Different to his English period, where Cottage Son xx produced overriding sports horses, this was not so much the case in the F I Holstein generation. Notwithstanding this however, his influence is still very much appreciated and in Holstein one can occasionally find people who meticulously count how many times a horse is inbred to this marvellous thoroughbred.

Fabriano 1987 16.1 hh Hanoverian stallion

Fabriano was the winner of his performance test with excellent scores in both dressage and jumping. He possesses rhythmical, flowing movements, which also convinced at the stallion licensing. His technique over the jump is to be much admired and shows ability and aptitude. Knees tucked into his throatlatch and a lovely bascule account for his popularity as a sire of noteworthy hunters. He was also awarded high marks for rideability at test, demonstrating a pleasing and uncomplicated temperament. In addition to the great stallions Ferdinand and Absatz in the third generation, Fabriano also goes back to Augustinus xx and Steppenwolf, known for their ability and willingness to perform. Fabriano has been especially popular with American breeders, for his dual purpose tendencies and his ability to sire hunters. His foals have done consistently well at inspections.

Ferdinand was the first German "millionaire" based on progeny earnings. Ferdinand sired 13 approved sons, 194 competition horses, and 165 Main Studbook mares, even though he was 18 years old before his first offspring, Ferdl made him famous. As a seven year old with just one year of jumping experience, Ferdl went to the 1960 Rome Olympics with Alwin Schockemöhle and was a member of the gold medal winning German team. Another Ferdinand son Pomme d’Api, earned over DM100,000 and held the European puissance record of 7 foot seven inches. The 15.2 hand Flipper, ridden by Hugo Simon, won 75 Advanced classes, including 12 Grand Prix, for a total of DM290,000. But it wasn’t only in jumping that Ferdinand excelled as a sire, his son, Mehmed, won the World Dressage Championship with Reiner Klimke in 1974, and at the 1976 Olympic Games, won individual Bronze in the Gold Medal winning team.

Ferdinand was one of the foundation sires for the F/W line. His offspring were known for their courage, athletic ability and correct conformation. This line is remarkable as the jumping abilities continue through each generation from the Wendekreis son, Wagner to his talented Celle-based grandson, Wanderer, and his son Wanderbusch. Despite being bred from the best jumping blood available, Wendekreis’s eldest son, Werther was one of the most sought after dressage sires at Celle before his death. He was famous for producing horses with a wonderful trot, and attitude to dressage. 

In 1990, it was decided to change back to naming offspring from the Ferdinand Line with and "F" instead of a "W" to differentiate between the Ferdinand and Woermann lines. (Having two Family Lines with "W" has created a lot of confusion. Creating even more confusion was that the Ferdinand {Ferrara - Feinschnitt} Line started as "F" and changed to "W" midstream) 

Werner Schockeinoble once said of Ferdinand. "There has been no stallion known in the younger breeding history who passed on to his sons so consistently courage, confidence, and jumping ability"- and this against all other bloodlines. Today the F-line continues to produce horses with superb conformation, quality of gaits and rideability.  

 Frühling 1960 16.1 hh Westphalen stallion

Frühling was one of the greatest ever stallions of Warendorf. Frühling was out of a Hanoverian mare, Fechta whose grandsire is that grand old foundation sire, Feiner Kerl who is also the sire of Frühschein’s dam, Feinau. His pedigree is perhaps most notable for its lack of Thoroughbred blood. In 1962 Frühling was the champion of his stallion licensing. In his  first crop he produced a notable stallion son, Frühlingstraum I, who stood in Warendorf for many years before moving in his final years to Oldenburg. Three years later Minister 4, a full brother to Frühlingstraum I, was born. Gelded he became the German showjumping champion with Norbert Koof. It was the beginning of a winning association for Koof with the Frühling bloodline. In 1982, he won the World Showjumping Championship with Fire 2, a son of Frühlingstraum II who was foaled in 1968. The next famous stallion son was Frühlingsball sired many top performers, including Fibonacci who in 1998 was the champion six year old showjumper of the Bundeschampionate. Licensed sons: Falkner, Fantast, Foxtrott, Fröbel, Frühlingsball, Frühlingsduft I & II, Frühlingsrausch, Frühlingssturm, Frühlingstraum I & II, Frühlingstrunk, Frühlingswind, Fünpaß, Fürstenberg

Born in England in 1939, the Thoroughbred colt, Furioso was to become one of the most influential sires in modern performance horse breeding, even though he never won a single race in his 21 starts

Furioso II was imported to Germany by the Oldenburg breeder, George Vorwerk .Furioso II was out of the great mare, Dame de Renville, who produced a series of wonderful horses when mated with Furioso.
He was approved for the Oldenburg studbook in 1967, and then went on to easily win his 100 day test. Later he was approved for Hannover, Rhineland, Hessen and Westfalia. For many years, Furioso II was ranked in the top three sires of leading money winners in Germany. He had winners in all disciplines. His show jumping stars included: FBI (with Thomas Frühmann) , Heissman (ridden by Eric Van Der Vleuten, then Michael Matz) and For Pleasure.
Perhaps Furioso II’s most influential son is Voltaire , out of a mare by another classic sire of jumping horses, Gotthard.  Furioso II died in 1986 having sired 81 approved sons.

Gervantus II passed both the German stallion performance test in Medingen and the one in Switzerland in Avenches. Ridden by Urs Fah, he was a member of the Swiss Nation Team. He was a winner of several Niveau S and International, including at the CSI-W in Paris, where he placed three times in three starts; the CSI-A in Zurich, where he also place three times; and in Mannheim, where he place second in the Grand Prix. In preparation to European championship 1999, Gervantus II was forced to retire due to an unfortunate injury.

The Gervantus II 1995 dark bay son, Gamour CH, secured his place at the Beijing Olympics with wins at CCI3*  Baily Bor (Poland) 25-27.04,2008 from a field of 26 competitors, and at Barroca d'Alva (Portugal) 5-9.3.2008 from a field of 48 competitors.

In the pedigree of Goodtimes we find Nimmerdor and Caletto I, stallions who both have jumped at the highest international level and are first class breeding stallions. Also Wahnfried brought in his time many international jumpers.As a 3 year old stallion Goodtimes was champion of the stallion test, his full brother Mercedes was 2nd in the Grand Prix of Indio. Good Times already has several approved sons and is the sire of various Champion foals and Champion mares. His daughter Bella Donna became provincial foal Champion and in Scotland one of his sons became Champion at the National Foal Show of Scotland. Daughter Wildcard became 4th in the NAWPN top 10 for jumping and movement. Goodtimes' offspring jump nationally as well as internationally at the top level. Goodtimes is an all-purpose breeding stallion. He sires horses for dressage, jumping and beautiful types.

For seven years Gotthard was the leading sire of showjumpers in Germany - and his influence continues to the present day. During his time he sired over 34 licensed stallion sons - the most highly rated of which was Goldberg who was based in Westfalia alas for only four seasons. In Hanover, Gardestern I was the most important, while the private stallions, Goldpilz, Goldstern and Godehard were all influential. Gotthard was also influential as a mare sire and he was responsible for 26 States Premium mares. He was the sire of international showjumpers, Goya, Goldika, Gonzales, Galipolis, Queensway Big Q, Goldfink, Golden Gate, Graf Sieno and Graf 2. Gotthard’s son, Genever sired Genius, the World Cup Showjumping Champion of 1992. Another son, Goldpilz is the sire of John Whitaker’s Gamon. Gotthard has also been influential as a broodmare sire, another World Cup winner, The Natural (by Diskus) is out of a Gotthard mare, and Voltaire, the hugely influential Dutch based Hanoverian jumping sire, was similarly out of a Gotthard dam.

Seven Olympic horses and more than 60 approved stallions, have made Grannus one of the greatest sires in the world. Grannus himself was a successful show jumper up to advanced level and is the kind of jumper producer you can rely on. Around the globe Grannus' offspring are to be found when it comes to show jumping: Grannusch/J. Whitaker, Imperial/R. Pessoa, previous German 6-year-old-showjumper champion Gaston/ H. Sprunger, Grand Slam/N. Skelton, Golo/G. Wiltfang and F. Sloothaak, Governor/P. le Jeune, Garfield/M.Jensen, Top Gun La Silla/Jan Tops, Grand Plaisir, Remus Equo, Warship, Gracieux and many more.

Ladykilller was one of the most important Thoroughbred stallions that played a key role in shaping the modern sport horse. Ladykiller was born in England in 1961 but he was no star on the racetrack, racing three times in two years and rating only a 80.5 kilo handicap – which luckily for him, was 0.5 kilos more than the minimum required for a Thoroughbred stallion to be accepted into German breeding ranks. Before his death in 1979, he sired 35 stallion sons including the twin pillars of Holstein: Landgraf and Lord. Both it should be noted out of mares with a good percentage of Thoroughbred blood – Lord’s dam was a full blood, while Landgraf’s dam was 25% Thoroughbred.

Landadel was one of the most popular and successful stallions of his generation who sadly died at a young age in 1996. Hardly a second sire deserves the label "foundation sire" as much as he does. His uniform transmission of type, nobility, color, movement and predisposition for jumping is second to none. He produced multiple licensing champion stallions, SPS mares, grand prix offspring and his presence is strongly noticed in the recent Federal and European championships. Landadel is fifth in the Hanoverian index with offspring over $30,000 earnings even though he is a Holsteiner and has earned well over $4 million

Landgraf was licensed in 1968 along with twelve other sons of Ladykiller xx. Landgraf finished in 5th place with the comments 'a lot of presence, good gaits with excellent propulsion, good confromation and average hindquarters.'
Jumping is the field where he excells most as a sire. The list of his showjumping offspring is endless. A few names for example: Freestyle (formerly Lalique) won Aachen Grand Prix, Libero won the Dutch National title five times  and also the 1994 Volvo World Cup. The licenced stallion, Lacros, is another along with top performers: Lucky Luke, Lanciano, Landlord, Lausbub and Taggi.
Nearly sixty colts by Landgraf I have been licenced for the Holsteiner stud book, like the champion of 1991, Linaro, and the dressage talent, Loutano. Some of his sons have already achieved top positions as performance sires, for example, Letus II, a jumping sire, and the versatile Landadel, who produced three champion stallions for the Oldenburger breed alone, and also the outstanding international showjumper, Le Cou Cou, a licenced stallion.
So far, 340 broodmares by Landgraf I are registered in the Holsteiner stud book, 260 of these are in the Head Stud Book, 70 have been awarded the State Premium, and a considerable number have been champion mares at shows. Landgraf I was a legend already during his life time. His genes are securely ancored in the breed of the modern sporthorse.

Landkönig completed his 100 day test at Adelheidsdorf as a three-year-old and was 7th out of 50 with 118.10 points overall and a 9.5(!) for stadium jumping, 8's for willingness to work, character, temperament and the walk. Overall balanced on his jumping and rideability scores. The Hannoveraner Jahrbuch Hengste 2005 lists Landkönig with a jumping breeding value of 132 putting him ahead of Ritual, Drosselklang, Espri, Escudo II, Grosso Z and many other top German Grand Prix producers! Landkönig was in fact the highest rated jumper listed, standing in the U.S. listed in the 2009 Stallion yearbook with a jumper breedvalue of 135 and 140 for ability, slightly higher than super producer and 2007 stallion of the year Argentinus.

Landkönig has produced, from his first foal crop, a licensed Hanoverian stallion son and in 2002 broke the record for producing the highest selling jumper ever in the history at the Hanoverian Elite auctions in Germany. Lantinus, a four-year-old gelding sold for Euro 215,000 also setting the record price for the Hanoverian auction year, something never done by a jumper! Lantinus has gone on to compete in the Beijing Olympics, 2010 WEG and was ranked the number one jumper in 2008. He also won the Rolex CHIO Aachen in 2009 and was runner-up at the 2010 Rolex Top Ten World Final beating the mighty Hickstead.

Luciano was known for producing highly talented performance horses in both dressage and Jumping. He had around 10 approved sons and his blood is highly sought after particularly in dam linages. The dam sire Luciano, who distinguished himself as a model athlete of the very first order, was also the full-brother of the dressage derby winner Marshall 55/Karin Rehbein. Apart from a number of approved sons such as Lord Nelson, Lincoln. Lundberg, Lurioso, Ludendorf and Ly sant, Luciano also presented the successful international competition sports horse Lorenzo 40/Paul Schockemohle, who won the English Showjumping Derby in Hickstead. His blood is highly sought after and proven to produce top performance horses and found in many good dressage stallions pedigree, including Depardieu.

Lucky Boy xx 1966 16.2 hh bay Thoroughbred stallion

Lucky Boy contributed to Dutch sport horse breeding by contributing a string of top jumpers to the international scene. Sire of Calypso who finished second in the 1980 World Cup final and then followed that up two years later with a victory in the 1982 final in Göteborg. Lucky Boy sired 16 stallion sons, the most famous of which was Octrooi, who had a successful career in the USA under the name, Best of Luck. Interestingly, he was out of a mare by yet another Thoroughbred sire, Koridon. Also there was Willi Melliger`s Van Gogh, and The Freak with Hugo Simon and later Dirk Hafemeister, and Anne Kursinski`s Medrano, and all three of them were in Los Angeles for the 1984 Olympic Games.

Lucky Boy II 

Lucky Boy II was by the great dutch foundation sire Lucky Boy xx. He competed in the Grand Prix jumper ring with his rider Gail Ross.

Lugano I 

Lugano I, a successful jumper, typifies the contribution to jumping performance of Der Loewe xx in the Hanoverian breed. Lugano I's sire, Der Loewe xx, was one of the most influential thoroughbred stallions standing at the Hanoverian state stud at Celle. He was the leading thoroughbred sire with regard to the number of registered competition horses sired. He was the founder of the much respected "L" line. L

During his performance test in 1975 Nimmerdor left no doubt as to his particular specialty; jumping. Preferent Nimmerdor was ridden at international level by Albert Voorn with whom he jumped in various world cups and made an impressive appearance at several important international competitions in for example Berlin, Paris, Gothenburg, Dortmund and London. Nimmerdor was invited to go to the Los Angeles Olympics but his owners declined as they considered it more important at the time that he devoted himself to his breeding activities. Nimmerdor is holding second place in the Dutch jumping index and breeds with a very high degree of heredity reliability [94%]. He is rated very highly in the WBFSH ranking. Nimmerdor is also approved for Holstein. 

Pik As XX was easily the most famous Abendfrieden XX son in German warmblood breeding. Breeders and interested buyers soon recognised that he was a genetic transmitter with a lot of potential. One component of his success lies in his dam line. The bloodline of Postenkette also produced the top hereditary transmitter Pernod  XX (private stallion Westphalia) who became well known under Willi Schultheis, the full Pik As XX brother Perser (Celle state stud) and Playmate (Warendorf state stallion), who without exception matured to become renowned sires in their areas of application. Even though he transmitted absolutley good movement, his principal quality was as a sire of showjumpers. He produced a number of approved sons.itary transmitter

The great Westfalen jumper sire Polydor, among his accolades, was twice honored with the title "sire of the world", the world’s best transmitter of showjumpers. The life winnings of his progeny comprised almost four million Euro in 2003. Polydor was approved in 1974 and stood at the Westfalien state stud until his death in 1999. Polydor produced such international jumping stars as Porter, Panima, Gutsy Monroe, Argellith Bellenuit, Two Steps, La Silla, and Burg's Pretty Woman.  Positano one team silver at the Sydney Olympics. In 2006, Pilgrim (born 1995, out of a Weinberg mare) jumped successfully with Bjorn Nagel, while Sören Pedersen enjoyed success with Polly (out of a Parcours mare) while the licensed stallion, Pontifex (Polydor x Dialekt) jumped well with Lutz Gripshöver. At the World Cup final in 2006, the Libero H mare, Libertina, out of a Polydor mare, was a superstar with Jessica Kurten. The black stallion, Potsdam ( out of a Goldstern mare) continues to attract mares at the State Stud in Warendorf. 

Portland L is well known throughout Europe as a successful show jumper as well as a superior sire.  He was licensed as a two year old in Muenster, Germany. As a three year old it was obvious that this stallion would be destined for the higher levels of show jumping. He received the highest possible score of 10 - 2x by his Test Riders in the Jumping Category at the 100-Day Testing. At the ages of 5 and 6, Portland L won jumping classes of the 1.20m to 1.35m Level, qualifying for the German Federal Championships. In 2002, as a 7 yr. old, Portland L gained to his resume an unbelievable record of 17 wins and placings out of 18 starts at the M and S level (1.45m and up). 

Portland L's first crop of offspring have received a reputation of high competency in the sport and has also already produced a licensed son. In 2003 his eldest offspring were champions in young horse jumping classes and as 5 year olds have done the same in 2004, supporting their strong buyer demand. In 2004, Pirol by Portland L placed 6th in the FEI World Championships for Young Jumping Horses in Lanaken, Belgium. Pirol was enrolled in the PSI Auction in December 2004 in Ankum, Germany and sold as a 5 year old, for 155 000 Euro (Approx. $250 000).

Stamm 185 is the sire of Ramiro Z  and a son of the legendary influence of  Anglo Arabian stallion Ramzes.  Raimond was a beautiful, muscular 16H stallion. He produced uniform and typy offspring. He produced many good broodmares with ideal temperaments. He crossed best with refined mares. He produced 6 approved sons including Ramiro and 122 approved daughters.

Rantzau was a French-bred racehorse that went on to be an extremely influential sire of dressage, show jumping, and event horses, and is considered to be one of the most influential stallions from the French studbook.

Raphael is probably best known as the sire of international jumpers like Radiator, Ralph or Millstreet Raphael. He also has produced no less than 11 FEI level dressage horses and even has offspring who are successfully competing at international level in carriage driving. He has earned great indices for producing show horses according to 2000 FN yearbook: 112 in dressage and 123 in jumping. Amongst his approved sons there are names like Rio Grande, Radiator and Ravallo who is a role model for work ethic and personality. In the hanoverian Verbands stallion yearbook 2001 he is one of few stallions who have significantly above average scores for all criteria regarded (breeding type: 113, conformation of limbs 125, dressage 118 and jumping 124). In 1999 an article in 'Reiter und Pferde in Westfalen' honored him as the top sire in the German stallions league leaving behind him names such as Landadel, Pilot, Capitol and others).

Ramiro Z has become world famous world wide and is duly called the "Euro-stallion" of his day. Preferent Ramiro decends from the famous male linage combination Raimond - Ramzes x - Rittersporn xx. The anglo arabian Ramzez represents one of the basic blood lines on which Holsteiner breeding has been founded. Ramzes gave a new dimension to sport horse breeding. Ramiro's dam is  Valine, who acquired international fame as a show jumper by the name of Corrale under Lutz Gossing. She is a daughter of the reputable thoroughbred Cottage Son, who became famous through his son Consul. Ramiro's dam is from linage 776 one of the most valueable Holsteiner female blood lines going back to Achill and Edelbert. In 1969 Ramiro was the absolute top stallion of his performance year and was not only used for breeding but was successfully showjumped. He was ridden by Fritz Ligges and excelled in his puissance performances, up to 2.2 meters as well as in competition where speed was essential. Ramiro moved to the Netherlands to Studbook Zangersheide in 1979, and came to the netherlands 2 years later. On the basis of of his breeding efforts that have earned him worldwide fame, he was declared horse of the year in  jumping in Amsterdam in 1992.

Next to the Hanoverian stallions Agram and Ferdinand, the Anglo-Arabian Ramzes x belongs to the triumvirate of German procreators of sports horses following the Second World War. He was homozygotic i.e. his progeny were all greys.   He procreated high class showjumpers, as well as a number of approved sons and outstanding broodmares, of whom Vase, the full-sister of the aforementioned Romanus was probably the most significant. Her blood is pulsating in numerous Holstein horses today. The Ramzes x bloodline later splits up into two main streams: From Holstein, the Raimond Ramiro branch was widely distributed not only nation-wide, but world-wide. The other branch established itself enduringly using Westphalia as a base, through the Radetzky progeny, via Olympic silver and team gold medalist Remus 1.- Romulus 1 - Romadour II. The phenomenon that the Holstein Ramzes x progeny were overwhelmingly showjumpers, whereas the Westphalian offspring‘s main forte was foremost in advanced dressage (Ramus /Harry Boldt, Olympic gold medalist Mariano / Dr. Josef Neckermann, Tiga / Heinz Lamrners) has continued with a few exceptions from the F1 generation, up to the present day.

Rio Grande was the winner of the stallion performance test at Novemberhill Farm in 1991 scoring an excellent 135 points with consistently high scores for jumping (134 pts) and rideability (130pts.). He started his show career in the dressage ring. He was Basic Dressage Champion at the prestigious Tournament of Champions as a four year old. From 1994 to 1997 he was shown very successfully in the Grand Prix jumper ring by CET member Eric Lamaze. They were part of Team Canada that won the Nations Cup in New York and Toronto in 1995  and they won an International Class at the 1995 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Rio Grande is the USEF leading living hunter sire.

Schwalbenherbst was imported from Germany, where, as a 2 year old he was German Premierin Neumuenster and as a 3 year old he finished the rigorous Erman 100 day Stallion testing in Warendorf, placing third. He received remarkable notes for Dressage and Jumping. He is noted for producing outstanding quality and beauty with remarkable movement in all paces. You will find him in the pedigree of many of the top Trakehner stallions breeding today.

Voltaire 1979 16.2 hh bay Dutch stallion

Voltaire was really the first of the super star performance stallions to go on and prove himself equally as important as a breeding stallion. In the competition arena, he won at the highest level, winning Nations Cup classes at Calgary, Stockholm, s’Hertogenbosch, Lanaken, Helsinki, Wiesbaden and Wembley. In 1989 he won the Grand Prix of Berlin with Jos Lansink and second in the Grand Prix of Leeuwarden. Voltaire was the sire of the most offspring at the Olympic Games of Atlanta in 1996. Moreover, the world famous Voltaire was second in 1999 on the World Breeding Rankings of Showjumping Sires. Voltaire has over 30 approved sons in Europe. Many of his offspring jump at Grand Prix level such as Concorde, Finesse, Altaire, Kahlua, Play it Again, Helios, Electro, Danta and Especial to name but only a few. Foltaire ridden by Gunther Seidel is a famous offspring of Voltaire in the International dressage ring.

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 leading 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.

Wendekreis is regarded as one of the most influential stallions of the past few decades and is well known as a producer of riding horses with excellent trainability.

Wesporte 16.3HH Hanoverian Stallion.

Westporte is an imported Hanoverian by Wolkentanz out of a Fabriano mare.  He obtained his 2 year Hanoverian breeding license in Germany based on his movement, jumping ability and conformation.  He has been shown in the professional and amateur hunter divisions, consistently placing in the top 3 over fences and under saddle in the Conformation and working divisions at AA rated shows.  In 2006 he was awarded horse of the year for USEF zone 9. and in 2007 he was mid-circuit champion Green Conformation hunter and reserve AA 18-35 in Thermal California.

Wodan was a Grand Prix showjumper under Franke Sloothak. In 1989, the pair took first place at the Vienna Grand Prix (photo on left). He had outstanding jumping scope and technique and is known to produce that in his offspring. Many of them are in higher level competition in germany in both jumping and dressage. His production record includes performers such as Tascalusa, Wallentino and Wodyna just to name a few. 

One of the successful sons of the legendary sire Weltmeyer, he became Champion Stallion at the Verden licensing in 1993. In 1994 he won the three-year-old stallions classification at the Federal Championships of German Riding Horses, and was runner-up in the stallion performance test, scoring a convincing 140.53 points in the dressage category. In 1995 Wolkentanz was honored as the best stallion of his age-group. Like his father, Wolkentanz has excellent movement, rideability and a supreme talent for dressage. Wolkentanz is well known for his lovely performances as a member of the Celle Dressage Quadrille. His offspring are generally very typey, elegant and with excellent movement and temperaments. In 2001 he produced both the champion colt and filly of the German Foal Championships--with both scoring perfect 10's on their gaits.