Calypso II a stallion known for siring international performance horses with great jumping ability and great ridability. Calypso II has been one of the most important sires in both Holstein and Hanoverian where he has bred international competitors, and influential breeding stallions. It was Calypso II who introduced the Cor de la Bryre blood to Hanover, ushering a new era of Hanoverian jumping breeding one of the most significant sires in Germany. Calypso II's dam, Tabelle produced SIX approved stallions, starting with one by Congress, then when bred to Cor de la Bryre, the five Calypso brothers all of whom were useful horses and valuable sires. Tabelle is a full sister to Samei, who was the dam of the great Granat, a world champion dressage horse with Christine Stckelberger.

Cheops Z is a big, impressive stallion with excellent conformation and elastic movement who achieved scores of 9 for both temperament and chute jumping in his 30-day test. Cheops Z's dam, Local Starlet, is from the renowned Holsteiner Stamm 730B line, which includes Caletto I - III, Carpaccio, Le Grand I - III, and Telstar. Local Starlet is by Locato, sire of the successful Grand Prix horses Eurocommerce Monaco and Lupo Orion. Cheops Z's sire, Crack, is out of the famous mare Biserta, Holsteiner Stamm 776. Biserta is also the dam of approved stallions Calvados I-III and Corde, The Holsteiner dam line 776 also produced the famous stallions Ramiro, Acorado I-II, Caracas, Lord Incipit, Lordanos, and Highvalley. Crack's sire, Corrado I, has won numerous Grand Prix, Nations Cup and World Cup competitions, including Aachen and Frankfurt, and was German Champion Showhumper in 1994. 

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.

Show internationally by the great Frankie Sloothaak, Corrado I won the biggest show in the world, Aachen, setting the stage for his superstar jumping career. His wins all over Europe set him apart as the epitome of jumper sires. In 1994 Corrado won the German National Championships. He is the epitome of the proven cross of Cor de la Bryere and Capitol. Cor de la Bryere is respected as one of only a few elite stallions ever to produce such rideable horses for all the Olympic disciplines. Add to this the absolute level-headedness of the Capitol line and it's no wonder Corrado inherited such talent. At his 100 Day Test Corrado received 10's in loose jumping and 8's on rideability and canter and an overall score of 137. He gives his offspring enormous scope and is a producer of international Grand Prix jumpers second to none. To name a few offspring are Classic H, Cher, Corrada, Cosima, Cosmos Star, Caramia, Canyon, Think Twice and Cabrio. He has produced 60 approved stallion sons and 111 approved daughters.

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.

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 Schockemhle and was a member of the gold medal winning German team. Another Ferdinand son Pomme dApi, 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 wasnt 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, Wendekreiss 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.  

In 2003 Florencio became reserve champion of Germany at the prestigious Bundeschampionat and as a 4-year-old Florencio became champion of Westphalia. Ridden by Hans Peter Minderhoud, Florencio became World Champion for young dressage horses in Verden in both 2004 and 2005. Later on, he dominated the Dutch VHO-Trophy twice at Prix St. Georges level.

Recently Florencio was recognised by the KWPN and received the prestigious title ‘Keur’. Again and again, Florencio’s offspring prove themselves: several offspring scores over 70% at Grand Prix level – including the approved stallion Florenciano, ridden by Hubertus Schmidt, nearly 40 sons of Florencio are approved stallions, including the KWPN approved Charmeur, his son Borencio won the Pavo Cup for young dressage horses twice and many times his daughters turned out as true stars at KWPN Mare Inspections. Sire Florestan I is an outstanding dressage ambassador of Westphalia, with many approved sons, like Fidermark, Fleurop, Fürst Heinrich, Faveur, Neostan, Flores, Freestyle and Flieder. Grandsire Weltmeyer is one of the most famous sires of Hannover with countless approved sons and offspring at the highest level of dressage, while great-grandsire Pik Bube is a world-famous sire too. 

Florestan I, who died in 2012, was champion of the 1988 Rhineland approval and won his performance test in Warendorf the following year. Initially Florestan was despatched to Bad Sassendorf, where he covered his mares live, and therefore didn’t produce many foals in his first few seasons. However, in 1996, he was transferred to the Central Insemination Station at Warendorf, from where his influence increased dramatically. Florestan I has sired almost a thousand registered broodmares, 190 of whom have been awarded a States Premium. 

He is also the sire of over 80 approved sons, including Fidermark, a four-year-old champion at the Bundeschampionate and a Grand Prix performer, now sadly deceased. The mare, Ferrara won the five-year-old class at the Bundeschampionate and went on to compete at Prix St Georges level with Isabell Werth. At the 2002 Bundeschampionate, Florestan had five representatives including the 4-year-old stallion winner, French Kiss, who went on to win the World Young Dressage Horse championship for 6 year olds in 2004; while another Florestan son, Florencio won the 5-year-old title at the same Championships!

 Florencio followed up his victory in the World Young Dressage horse five-year-old championships with a win in the six year old championship the following year. One of Florencio's foals won the 2006 German Foal Championship, and on the basis of his progeny he was given a Main Premium award. Six sons from Florencio's first crop have been licensed, including the premium colt, Fontane.

 The 2009 edition of the Hanoverian Stallion Book (the last edition in which he appears) 1039 dressage competitors (92 to S level) and 261 jumpers. Florestan’s FN dressage rating is 147 against a jumping rating of 100.  On the WBFSH dressage stallion rankings for 2011, Florestan is in second place with sixteen representatives, the most successful of whom is Hiscox Artemis.

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 Frühscheins 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, Frübel, Frühlingsball, Frühlingsduft I & II, Frühlingsrausch, Frühlingssturm, Frühlingstraum I & II, Frühlingstrunk, Frühlingswind, Fünpa, Früstenberg

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

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.

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.

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

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.

For a very long time Hanoverian breeders have preferred the elegant Lanthan as a producer of excellent dressage horses. But he also has proven to be an important sire of jumping horses. Because of these successes, Lanthan was for many years placed first in the overall breed values of the National Equestrian Federation (FN). Over his breeding career Lanthan has produced many successful performance horses as well as 15 licensed sons and 65 state's premium mares. His offspring are mostly beautiful horses with elastic movements and a great rideability. They are known for being typy, with good interior attributes and above average rideability. He has sired many conformation champions in Germany and his daughters and their descendants are noted broodmares. The high percentage of Thoroughbred blood in his pedigree makes him a valuable performance and refinement sire. In 1999 Lanthan was the stallion with the highest breeding value in his age-group.

Locato is by the Holsteiner stallion Lord, out of a Cor de la Bryere daughter. He is sire of the successful Grand Prix horses Eurocommerce Monaco and Lupo Orion. 

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.

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

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).

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.

Schwarzenegger is  a dual-purpose bred stallion who was born in Verden, Germany in 1997 from the Windeler breeding program. As a foal, Schwarzenegger was the vice-champion at the Lower Saxon Foal Championships. In his stallion performance test in Redefin, he scored an impressive 125,24 points. This score placed him 3rd overall out of 22 stallions. His integrated breeding value estimation is 122 for Dressage and 114 for jumping.  His temperament and character impressed the judges with a score of 9 and 10 respectively. In his offspring he tends to improve  the canter with a 120 as well as the the jumping manner and scope with a 128. He has brilliant basic gaits and an outstanding rideability. In 2007, he was victorious at various advanced level dressage tests. He has competed successfully at Intermedaire I in Germany.   He has offspring competing in both advanced dressage and advanced jumping classes. His offspring are known for their super basic gaits, fantastic trainability/rideability, and the tendency to show talent for both dressage and jumping. Schwarzenegger is also known to pass on his wonderful mind and kind expression making very rideable offspring.

Schwarzenegger is on the Top list of Jumper producers for the Hanoverian Breed for 2012, 2013, and 2014.  He is also tied for fourth on that list for producing movement.

Sion is a highly esteemed and versatile stallion, sire of over 30 state premium mares in Oldenburg, including the winner of the Elite Mare Show 1995. He has 446 competition offspring, with lifetime earnings of 767.339 Euros!

He has sired 12 approved stallions, and successful sport horses including Shine On, Sir Oldenburg, Sir Tender, Sir Primeur, Schwarzenegger. Sion perhaps best known as the sire of international Grand Prix star Sterntaler-Unicef , currently ridden by  Matthias Alexander Rath, and has been named to the German dressage team.

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.

Wermiszel 1971  Bay Trakehner Stallion

Wermiszel was bred by the Polish State Stud Liski. Like many of the older Polish stallions, he carried a very good dose of main stud Trakehnen bloodlines and was a member of the highly regarded Perfectionist xx - stallion line. The line goes via Perfectionist xx - Jagdheld - Ararad and was one of the very top performance lines of its time. Wermiszel carried line breeding to Perfectionist xx and the very good (and substantial) Parsival, whose most important son in Trakehnen was of course Hirtensang. He was an important sire in the history of Trakehnen's chestnut herd. His daughter Peraea alone put the family on an exposed position through her son Pregel and her grand son Donauwind *E*. To name all family members of this Hirtansang line would need more space (and time)- this is a very mportant line in Trakehner breeding even today! Wermiszel also carried Eiserner Fleiss - the sire of Ernest, who sired the great Ozean, without doubt one of the most overlooked and yet successful jumper producers the Trakehner breed ever had. His grand son, the Hanoverian Grannus, is a multi million Euro jumper sire, and the Ozean - Cesar line produced the international show jumper Suchard and his equally successful son Balisto Z - to this day the only Trakehner stallions ever approved at the Belgium Zangersheide Stud.