Relatives
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The stallion Absatz is a foundation sire that produced numerous stallions that are prominent in the
production of International and Grand Prix show jumpers such as
Argentan and can
be found in the pedigrees of many top jumpers. Found
in the pedigree of the Hanoverian Stallion For Paragon.
The stallion Abglanz sired the famous Absatz, who stood from 1964-1982.
Absatz is one of the stallions who had the biggest influence in changing the
appearance the of the Hanoverians within the last 20-30 years to a more modern.
elegant type. His son Argentan for example. standing since 1971, consistently
produces the good Absatz type and presence, including three national champion
mares in broodmare shows, and -among others- the impressive young stallion
Airport. The Absatz sons Akzent I and especially Akzent II and his son Acapulco
are also very good stallions in Germany. Overall, the line appears to be very
versatile in sports ability, including success in hunter competition.
Argentan is in For Paragon's dam side.
Abglanz is the maternal grandsire of
San Ramiro's damsire Raphael.
The
Hanoverian stallion Agram,
along with Ferdinand and Ramzes x, belong to THE triumvirate of German
procreators of sports horses following the Second World War. The
A-line was founded by Adeptus XX used for breeding from 1884-1904. Most
important was his grandson Alderman and through the Alderman son Alkoven this
line produced the famous stallion Agram (1942-62) an outstanding producer of
jumping horses. In Agram's color and type, one sees the influence of Arabian
blood through his Amateur I mother. The stallion Agram is on the mother
side of the stallion
San Ramiro.
The Holsteiner Stallion 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. Aldato is
found in both the paternal and maternal sides of
Meggie's pedigree. He is also found in the maternal side of
Candillo Junior.
The
Selle Francais stallion Alme Z is the sire of Galoubet A who is the sire of the
stallion
V'Tropez. Alme has produced numerous top level International show
jumping horses.
The
Hanoverian stallion Argentan, son of the foundation sire Absatz, is found
in the pedigree of many top level International show jumpers, particularly
through his son Argentinus. Argentan is four generations removed in the
dam's side of
For Paragon.
The
Holsteiner stallion Candillo Z stands at Studfarm Zangersheide
who acquired another top-class
sire from Holstein. After Candillo Z stood in Holstein for several seasons, he
created sensation in the international showjumping sport under Thomas Konle. In
addition, Candillo Z is easily the best son of Cassini I in breeding. A whole
series of his offspring from his first three breeding years is now performing at
national level (S) in the showjumping sport, such as Nelly, Cando, Never Forget,
Cassy,
Coritano, Candilla, Castaway,
Chaparro, Casino, Linos,
Candillo Junior and Blue Eye. The Candillo Z products Cassabachus (Goeff
Billington), Castana (Meredith Michaels), Caballero (Cecilia Eide) and Cantos (Niklas
Arvidsson) are all successful in the international showjumping ring. Candillo’s
dam Desy carries the required amount of thoroughbred blood via her sire
Grundyman xx. Grandam Texas enjoys great reputation as dam of the licensed
stallions Flemmingh (Lacapo), Gaspari I-II (Grundyman xx) and Littorio (Lord).
This Holsteiner sport lineage 3558 also produced the international showjumping
horses Chanel M (Thiess Luther), Gran Corrado (Yves Houtackers), Latinus (Robin
Sweely), Cantate Z (Rodrigo Pessoa) and Non Plus Ultra (Katharina Offel).
Candillo Z is the sire of the Holsteiner stallion
Candillo Junior.
The
Holsteiner
Foundation Stallion Capitol I, is one of the most important producers of top
Holsteiner Show Jumping Horses. The white stallion by Capitano out of Folia (by
Maximus x Ramzes AA) was bred by Harm Thormählen from Kollmar, Germany. Capitol
descends from one of the best dam lines in Holstein. Licensed in 1977 in
Neumunster, Capitol I began his breeding career in Ostholstein, later moving on
to Dithmarschen. A large crop of his offspring became highly successful in
sport and breeding. Famous names like Calato, Campesino, Carolus I and II,
Carthago Z, Cassini, Colino, and Cento defended their sire's honour in show
jumping. In Belgium the Capitol I descendant Canadian River is making headlines,
while Indoctro is his most famous get in The Netherlands.
Capitol I is the paternal great grandsire of the stallion
Candillo Junior.
In my recent trip to Germany I
had the pleasure of meeting Capitol I's full sister, U-Capitola. I was in
the middle of a field with the most incredible assembly of Holsteiner mares I
have ever seen with their owner Harm Thormahlen. I picked my favourite
mare and it turned out to be his favourite mare, a daughter of U-Capitola by
Landgraf. I picked my second favourite and it was U-Capitola.
U-Capitola then proceeded to come and visit me and requested I scratch her back.
Up to this point I did not know who this mare was. As I was scratching her
Mr. Thormahlen casually let me know she was the full sister to Capitol I.
I was in horse heaven. I will never forget the honour of scratching the
withers of the full sister to Capitol I...... what an honour.
The
Holsteiner stallion Caletto II amazingly only stood
for FOUR seasons prior to dying from an unfortunate accident. Caletto II
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. The Holsteiner Stallion Caretino is also the
dam sire of Candillo Junior as well as the
sire of Cheenook who is the sire of the stamm 18B1 Holsteiner mare
Meggie.
Caletto II left behind a number of stallion sons in only four years of
covering. These include Cantus, Caretino, Corleone,Cascadeur, Calvin, Cadillac,
Cellebrio, Calgary, Chamonix and Calwahn. Calletto II is also remarked to pass
athletic prowness through his daughters. Classic Touch became Olympic champion
under Ludger Beerbaum in 1992 in Barcelona. He
had 13 approved sons and 91 approved daughters.
The
Elite Holsteiner Stallion CARETINO was born in 1983 Bay Stallion, 16.2hh (168cm) Stamm 826 Sire: Caletto II
(Elite Holst) Dam: Isidor (Elite Holst) Caretino is already the producer of 18
stallion sons and 114 daughters, twelve of them State Premium. His sire Caletto
II was the most important son of Cor de la Bryère. Caretino won his 100 Day Test
and moved on to win the German Championships in Mannheim under Bo Kristoffersen.
Under Ludger Beerbaum he continued his outstanding career until retired to stud.
What is astonishing about Caretino is his ability to throw such unbelievable
movement and jumpability. His approved sons, Cheenook, Carpaccio and Cockney are
some of the best Dressage horses. Caretino's daughter, Ballerina, is an
international jumping sensation. Cheenook is the sire
of Meggie. Caretino is the dam sire of
Candillo Junior.
The
International show jumping Holsteiner stallion Cassini is by Capitol I, whose other
successful progeny include his 3/4 brothers Dobel's Cento and Hidden Creek
Christo as well as Visa, Cathago Z, Calato and Capriol. Cassini is out of an
ideal Holsteiner mare by Caletto II. Standing at stud in Switzerland, Cassini is
a very stately, beautiful and proud stallion known for his success through his
offspring that includes the international show jumper Cassino. He has a superb
pedigree for a sire of top jumpers. Cassini completed his stallion performance
testing with a class rating of class "1" due to his outstanding scores. He was
shown under Bo Kreistoffersen and in l994 won the prestigious Federal German
Showjumping Championship. Later in his career he was shown by Frankie Sloothaak
internationally and won, among others, Arheim Grand Prix, Nations Cup and World
Cup showjumping events. Cassini I is the sire of Candillo Z
who was champion
stallion in 1996. Cassini I has a reputation of producing very rideable
offspring. Cassini is the sire of Candillo Z who is the
sire of Candillo Junior.
The
Holsteiner stallion Cheenook is very popular internationally as a sire of
top quality. His father, Caretino, is one of Holstein’s top stars of the
century. Cheenook is approved for almost all German studbooks and is licensed
for Hanover, Holstein, Oldenburg, South German breeder’s associations and
Westphalia. Although Cheenook has been schooled as a dressage horse, his
offspring are well known as successful showjumpers. In 2002 Cheenook received
140 points at the jumping index in Germany, making him one of the fastest
growers in this index. Cheenook is the sire of our mare
Meggie.
The stallion 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 our Holsteiner
mare Meggie. Cottage
Son xx is also the dam sire of Lord who is the dams dam sire of
Candillo Junior.
The Hanoverian stallion For Pleasure won Gold Medals in showjumping at the
Olympic Games of Atlanta in 1996 ridden by Lars Nieberg and then again in Sydney
2000 ridden by Markus Ehning.
For Pleasure is the sire of the 100 day tested and approved Hanoverian
stallion For Paragon.
Sire of Furioso II. Furioso is also found in the pedigree of
Meggie
The Selle Francais stallion Furioso II has numerous approved stallions to his
credit as well as the double Olympic gold medalist
For
Pleasure, sire of
For Paragon, and the
prolific KWPN stallion Voltaire. Both For Pleasure and Voltaire are out of
mares descending from the Hannoverian G line.
The
Selle Francais stallion
Galoubet A was an outstanding show jumper in his own right, placing 1st or
2nd in 22 international Grand Prix competitions. Some of his most famous
offspring include Baloubet du Rouet, Quick Star, Qredo de Paulstra,
Ephebe For Ever,V'Tropez and others.
Gem Twist is by the Thoroughbred stallion Good Twist, who is also the sire of
Nascency, the dam of
V'Tropez. Formally retired
at the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden on November 1, 1997, Gem has
an incredible list of victories as long as that of any horse. He is the only
horse to win three American Grandprix Association Horse of the Year titles. In
addition to nine years' worth of grand prix wins, Gem earned two Silver Medals
at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and was named "World's Best Horse" at the World
Equestrian Games at Stockholm, Sweden, in 1990. Twist also accumulated more than
$800,000 in prize money and attracted purchase offers of $2.5 million.
Gem Twist won the American Grandprix Association's championship with three
different riders: Best in 1987, Howard in 1993, and Chapot in 1995.
Good
Twist, the sire of Gem Twist and also of Nascency,
V'Tropez's dam, was unraced but did very well for the United States
Equestrian Team (USET). He won 21 classes in North America and Europe with
the USET. He died in 1981.
The
Hanoverian stallion Grande sired over 33 approved sons, 34 State Premium mares,
and several Olympic competitors. He is found in the pedigree of
For Paragon through Grannus in
For Pleasure's side and through Garibaldi II in
Pascona's side.
The
Hanoverian stallion Grannus is the Sire
of numerous international show jumping horses. He is the dam sire of For
Pleasure who is the sire of
For Paragon.
The stallioni Grundyman obtained Holsteiner approval scores: 8787677. At stud in Holstein, Germany from 1987.
Offspring won DM 276,887 to 2001 in sporthorse competition.
Grundyman is the dam sire of Candillo Z who is the sire of
Candillo Junior.
The
Holsteiner stallion Lord, won the 1969
Holsteiner stallion approvals. He was one of the early stallions to jump
successfully in competition. Lord is the sire of many top international horses,
such as Livius, who won the 1980 German Showjumping Derby under Peter Luther,
and then team medals at the 1981 European Championships, the World Championships
of 1982 and the 1984 Olympic Games. In all, Lord sired more than 60 stallion
sons, and his progeny won more than Euro 3,000.000.
Lord is the sire of the Holsteiner Stallion
Candillo Junior's dams dam.
One
of the ancestors of Good Twist, grandsire of
V'Tropez, and winner of $249,465. Won: Preakness S., Belmont
S., Dwyer S., Travers S., & Jockey Club Gold Cup. Final start/win was a match
race against SIR BARTON, the 1919 Triple Crown.
Lost to a 100-1 longshot named UPSET, thus coining the term: upset. Sire of 1937
Triple Crown winner WAR ADMIRAL and grandsire of SEABISCUIT. Foaled March 29,
1917, Died on Nov. 1, 1947
Nearco
is found in the motherline of Sacramento Song xx sire of the
Holsteiner stallion Sandro.
Sandro is the sire of
San Ramiro.
The
Hanoverian stallion Pinkus was winner of his 100 day test with a jumping score
of 131.07. Pinkus is the sire of the State Premium mare Pascona, the
dam of the 100 day tested and approved Hanoverian stallion
For Paragon. Pinkus is also the sire of
Positano. Pinkus' grandsire,
Praefectus xx is
also the dam sire of Bonfire individual gold medal winner in dressage in the
Olympics of Syndey 2000.
The
Thoroughbred stallion Praefectus
is the grandsire of the Hanoverian stallion
Pinkus, sire
of For Paragon's dam Pascona. Praefectus is
also the dam sire of the Olympic gold medalist Bonfire, winner of the individual
gold medal in dressage in Sydney 2000.
The
stallion Raimond
is the sire of Ramiro Z found in the motherline of the Hanoverian stallion
San Ramiro,
the Holsteiner stallion Candillo Junior and
the Holsteiner mare Meggie. Raimond's sire, Ramzes
x was and Anglo Arabian that belongs to the triumvirate of German procreators of
sports horses following the Second World War.
The
stallion Ramiro
is the maternal grandsire of the Hanoverian stallion
San Ramiro. Ramiro Z has
produced numerous top level competitors including 'the mare of the century' Ratina Z.
Ramiro Z is also in the sire of Cheenook's dam sire.
Cheenook is the sire of Meggie.
The
stallion Ramzes
x is the sire of Raimond who sired Ramiro Z, found in the maternal side of both
San Ramiro. Next
to the Hanoverian stallions Agram and Ferdinand, the Anglo-Arabian grey Ramzes x
belongs to the triumvirate of German procreators of sports horses following the
Second World War. Ramzes x was born in Poland in 1937 and in 1948 became
the property of Clemens Freiherr von Nagel. He initially placed him at the
disposal of the later trainer of the federal German showjumper riders
Hans-Heinrich "Micky" Brinkmann as a showjumper, but parallel to this also
utilised him for breeding at his studfarm Vornholz. Even today, Vornholz
is still the most significant breeding centre of Germany even though it ceased
to exist in 1978. Numerous Olympic horses were born there. Without
Ramzes x, German warm blood breeding would not be what it is today. In
1951 and 1952 Ramzes x covered at the Holstein state stud of Neuendorf as a
leased stallion where he sired such excellent horses as Retina / Fritz
Theidemann, Romanus / Hans Gunther Winkler and Ramona / Alwin Schockemohle.
These three horses were the foundation of Ramzes x's fame in Holstein and were
the impetus for a further two covering seasons in Neuendorf in 1959 and 1960.
He again procreated high class showjumpers, as well as a number of approved sons
and outstanding broodmares, of whom Vase, the full-sister to 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
stallion Sacramento
Song xx, serviced for 7 seasons as a private stallion in Holstein. Prevailing
thinking is that he was not used for breeding often enough and today it is
obvious he is viewed as one of the best sires of show jumpers in Holstein since
the war. In spite of a very limited number of off-spring, 40 jumpers were
successful up to the highest classes, among them exceptional horses such as
Societe (D. Hafemeister, Nelson Pessoa), San Siro (G. Muller, winnings over
30,000 DM) or, of course, Sandro himself (F. Sloothaak, winnings over 50,000 DM
to 1989). Sacramento Song lives on and daily grows more influential in
both dressage and jumper breeding. He was a classically bred English
Thoroughbred, who stood in Holstein from 1973 until his early death in 1979.
Sacramento Song is described in Dr. Dietrich Rossow's Stallion Book of the
Holsteiner Warmblood Breed as: "A classically bred, English Thoroughbred, with
beautiful, smoothly harmonious topline. Beautiful head, rather low set on neck,
impressive shoulder with good coupling to the croup. Well muscled, strong legs
and feet, sufficient gaits. Tremendous jumping ability, very tight with front
end and good with knees." Dr Rossow was of the opinion that he bred: ‘Very good
temperaments, keen, energetic dispositions... Top jumper sire!’ Alas as a
private stallion he was only sparingly used by the Holstein breeders to their
later regret. By 1990 with progeny earnings of DM696,000 he was the 8th most
successful post-war Thoroughbred sire in Germany! Sacramento Song had 31
competitors with placings, 29 of which were showjumpers. After his death three
exceptional sons were licensed on the grounds of their competition results:
Sympatico, Sacramento Son and Sandro, sire of the Hanoverian stallion
San Ramiro.
The
Holsteiner stallion Sandro
Z is one of the most succesfull breeding stallions in both dressaage &
showjumping as well as being one of the first stallions to prove himself in the
sport. Under Franke Sloothaak he accumulated winnings amounting to DM 55,000.
Sandro Z's progeny are very sought after for sport horses. At the The Hague
World Equestrian Games (1994) he had three representatives, no less, in Sandro
Song (Ante Simlesa), Safari (Michael Abo) and Paradiso (Rolf-Göran Bengtsson).
Sandro Z has more than forty licensed sons including Silvio I and II, Sandro
Song and Salido Z. Many of his offspring are performing at the highest level
showjumping as well as dressage these include Sagrat (Guy Goossen), Silas M (Yanix
Elad), Sheilaand Siundance Kid (Franke Sloothaak) and Santorin F (Fritz Fervers).
Shutterfly is by Silvio, a son of Sandro Z, same as
San Ramiro.
Shutterfly is by Silvio. Sylvio is by Sandro.
The Hanoverian stallion
San Ramiro
is by Sandro.
The
Holsteiner mare Texas enjoys great reputation as dam of the licensed stallions
Flemmingh (Lacapo), Gaspari I-II (Grundyman xx) and Littorio (Lord). This
Holsteiner sport lineage 3558 also produced the international showjumping horses
Chanel M (Thiess Luther), Gran Corrado (Yves Houtackers), Latinus (Robin Sweely),
Cantate Z (Rodrigo Pessoa) and Non Plus Ultra (Katharina Offel). Texas is
by Carneval. Texas is the dam's dam of the Zangersheide stallion
Candillo Z sire of the Holsteiner stallion
Candillo Junior.
The
stallion Ticino
is the grandsire of
Wahnfried who is the sire of Der Lowe.
Wahnfried is the sire of Duerte who is the dam of Sandro, sire of the Hanoverian
stallion San Ramiro.
The Hanoverian stallion Trapper was used to enhance type. He stood
16.3hh and is the sire of Tannenberg who is the sire of the State Premium mare
Trafalgar. Trafalgar is the dam of the State Premium and DLG champion mare
Pascona, dam of For Paragon.
Urioso
is by Furioso. He is the sire of Ulan who is the sire of
Meggie's dams dam. Interestingly and something
few people would have likely payed attention to is that Urioso is also the dams
dam sire of the superstar showjumping Holsteiner stallion Russell ridden by Nick
Skelton.
Sire
of Duerte, Sandro's dam. Thus
San Ramiro carries his
blood in his sire's side. Wahnfried is also the sire of the foundation
sire Der Lowe.
San Ramiro's dam's dam sire
is the Hanovarian stallion
Wienerwald. Wienerwald sired nine Graded Stallions and was famous for
siring international Show Jumpers who won over 880,000DM as well as some
outstanding Dressage Horses.
