Meggie is an imported 1997 State Premium Holsteiner mare standing 16.3hh  from stamm 18B1 by Cheenook out of a mare by Caletto II.

Stamm 18B1 is one of the foundation mare lines of Holstein that has produced many famous stallions such as Roman, Ronald, Silvestre, Quantum, Lagos, Farn, Constant, Calmaro, Logan, Campesino amongst others.

The mare Dorette is also stam 18B1 and she produced (amongst others) Farn (sire of Nimmerdor) and Roman (sire of Ramiro Z).  As you can see, stamm 18B1 mares produce exceptional horses.

The dams of the sires of Cantus, Calvin, Lansing, Carolus I and II, Tin Rocco are from Stamm 18B1, proving the potency stamm line 18B1.

Embryo's available from Meggie to select breeders. 

Meggie produced two successful embryos.  One by V'Tropez and one by San Ramiro. The transfers were done at Deep Creek Veterinary with Drs. Bruce & Susi Baker.  Our thanks to Drs. Bruce & Susi Baker for their excellent care and professionalism.

Meggie jumping 1.40m on January 18, 2010
Copyright Photo Marion P. Cox www.divineequine.ca

Cheenook - Meggies Sire

State Premium Holsteiner Mare.

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As a brief summary Meggie has the following influential sires closely in his pedigree:

Paternal Side: Caretino, Calleto II, Aldato, Cor de la Bryere, Ramiro Z

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Cheenook is known for passing on his kind temperament and type.  The Holsteiner stallion Cheenok is a very expressive sire with outstanding basic gaits. He was trained by Hans Peter Mohr and displayed exceptional Piaffe_Passage movements. Very good Character and temperament.

Cheenook's dam Trika is by Romantiker who is by Ramiro Z.

Caretino

Caretino is one of Germany's top stallions, producing horses that excel in both the dressage and jumper rings. From the latest (2001) WBFSH rankings of top jumping sires, he is ranked #5 and is the youngest, at 18 years old, in the top ten. With more than 100 offspring, known for their astonishing movement and jumping ability, in sport, Caretino has 18 approved sons and 114 daughters, of which 12 are German State Premium. Recently Caretino was one of four to be accredited as an approved KWPN stallion without having been presented at the Stallion Show nor evaluated on the constitutional requirements of the KWPN.

Caretino is by Caletto II, the most important son of the Holsteiner breed mainstay, Cor de la Bryere. Caletto II is said to embody the perfect traits of the Holsteins: noble and expressive, long-bodied, correct conformation, excellent gaits and exceptional jumping ability.   Calletto II is also the sire of Calleta's dam Virage.

As a young stallion, Caretino won his 100-day test in the Holsteiner Verband with the brilliant scores of 9.0 and 9.5 in jumping and 9.0 in general performance with a total jumping index of 145.

In his early competitions he won the 1998 Holstein State Show Jumping Championship that, in turn, qualified him for the Federal German Championships in Mannheim at which he won. Shortly afterwards he become a successful international jumper with rider Bo Kristoffersen. Their efforts included 40 placings in national and international competition and, as part of the Danish Nation's Cup team at Gera in 1992, they brought home a fourth place finish.

The promising Caretino showed outstanding potential and in early 1994 the ride was taken over by the legendary Ludger Beerbaum. Just six months later his international career was cut short after he sustained injury. Caretino was retired from sport but began his career as a leading sire.

By 2001 12 of Caretino's offspring had competed at the international level including AK Caridor Z (Jos Lansink), Crocodile Dandy (Alison Firestone), Chandra (Sören von Rönne), Toyzrus (Jill Henselwood) and Ballerina 124 (Marcus Merschformann). Most recently, his son Camirez (Marcus Merschformann) won the 2001 Hamburg Derby, one of the most demanding events in the international circuit. In dressage Caretino has proven himself as well with the approved sons Cheenook, Carpaccio and Cockney who are considered some of the best movers ever to have entered the sport.

The definite breakthrough of the Caretino offspring in international show jumping, Chandra (Sören von Rönne), Ballerina (Markus Merschformann) and Caresino (Thieß Luther), confirms that the Caletto II son ranks alongside the best stallions within the current Holsteiner breeding. Caretino was represented by an excellent collection of sons during this stallion approval [31st edition of the annual Holsteiner stallion approval and auction in Neumünster, Germany], with no less than four being approved for breeding. The most striking Caretino son was the dark brown Casario II (dam's sire Leonid x Ahorn Z, lineage 6893), the best jumper, who was bred from a sister of the stallions Concerto I and II (Contender - Bagina x Ahorn Z (Jann)). Casario II, deservedly, finished as championship runner-up in the approval. At the auction for approved stallions, Casario II was bought for DM270,000 ($118,800) by the Belgian Luc Verelst, who is the sponsor of international showjumping rider Marc van Dijck. -

Aldato is by the foundation sire Anblick xx.  Aldato is found in the pedigree of many top jumpers.  Aldato is considered the best Anblick son. Aldato founded one of the top modern stallion lines in the Holsteiner breed. According to Dr. Rossow, he was an uphill horse of classic stallion type with a marvelous, harmonious topline and good expression. He had wonderful basic gaits with enormous drive from the haunches. He was an important sire who reproduced himself in a great number of the finest broodmares who in turn became the solid basis of many future competition horses. At the same time he produced numerous sport horses for all disciplines. Aldato's sire, Anblick was one of the best TB stallions to stand in Germany ever. His full brother, Abendfrieden, is the sire of the Hanoverian legend Pik As. Anblick sired 14 approved sons and the Olympic dressage and 1960's superstars Venetia and Antoinette. The particular strength of this family is supple healthy horses with a joy for work.

Caletto II was a sensation right from the start and was acclaimed Champion of his stallion licensing in 1980. He was considered to be the perfect Holsteiner type. He also showed wonderful jumping technique, and later proved this in the show jumping ring with Herbert Bloeker, where the stallion won many tests for riding horses. At a regional show in September 1984, after being proclaimed best in the show, Caletto II was waiting to go into the arena, when he reared up, fell over and regrettably broke his neck at nearly 7 years of age!

Just how great a loss the untimely death of Caletto II was , has been shown by the fact that he was ranked 16th in the standings for ten consecutive years, with his two megastar offspring, Operette La Silla and Jewel's Classic Touch contributing the bulk of the points. Calletto II's son Caretino jumped internationally with Bo Kristoffersen and later with Ludger Beerbaum.

Virage's dam Nirage is by Urioso.  Urioso combines the blood of both Furioso and Ramzes, two highly influential foundation sires from France.  Furioso is the sire of the Olympic Champion For Pleasure and Ramzes is the sire of Raimond who sired Ramiro Z.

Nirage's dam is by Aldato who is by Anblick.  Meggie carries the blood of Aldato both in her dam and sire side.  Aldato is considered the best Anblick son. Aldato founded one of the top modern stallion lines in the Holsteiner breed. According to Dr. Rossow, he was an uphill horse of classic stallion type with a marvelous, harmonious topline and good expression. He had wonderful basic gaits with enormous drive from the haunches. He was an important sire who reproduced himself in a great number of the finest broodmares who in turn became the solid basis of many future competition horses. At the same time he produced numerous sport horses for all disciplines. Aldato's sire, Anblick was one of the best TB stallions to stand in Germany ever. His full brother, Abendfrieden, is the sire of the Hanoverian legend Pik As. Anblick sired 14 approved sons and the Olympic dressage and 1960's superstars Venetia and Antoinette. The particular strength of this family is supple healthy horses with a joy for work.

Cottage Son is a sire whose influence on the modern day showjumper is second to none. His great grandson Capitol alone would secure his place in breeding history.  Cottage Son is also found in both the dam side and sire side of Meggie.