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Oldenburg
Breeding News
Rumoured Sale of De Niro to the U.S. Is Untrue
December 31, 2002
 The
rumour that Oldenburg's most successful breeding stallion
De Niro is sold to the United States, is untrue. It
was claimed that due to the oversaturation of the German
market with De Niro blood -- De Niro is the most popular
stallion in Germany and already has a large list of
approved sons -- that the owners Mr Wahler of Klosterhof
Medingen and Mr Bockmann from Gestut Bockmann, decided
to sell the stallion.
Klosterhof Medingen's marketing chef Sylvia Harms stated
that De Niro has not been sold, nor is for sale. "This
morning I saw De Niro in Training in our arena and I
think Mr. Wahler and Mr. Böckmann don't whant to sell
him at the moment. Untill today De Niro is still one
of our best and most used stallions so there is no reason
to sell him," Harms said.
Hardly any stallion has had a greater lasting influence
on contemporary German dressage sport and the breeding
of dressage horses than that of the recently deceased
Donnerhall. The liver chestnut Oldenburg stallion was
a German champion and came third in the world freestyle
championships. He was also team world champion in The
Hague in the Netherlands. He moreover came individual
third and team champion at the 1997 European dressage
championships in Verden. In 1998 he became team world
champion in Rome.
The dam Alicante, herself a successful dressage horse,
earlier produced the full De Niro brother Dimension,
who has a fine reputation as a sire in Westphalia. The
dam's sire Akzent II was regarded as one of the best
producers of rideability in modern day horse breeding.
He has frequently made the news by his presentation
of sensational stallion sons and expensive auction horses.
He is also the dam's sire of stallions, apart from De
Niro and Dimension, the esteemed sires Gralshueter,
Carismo, Welton, Trend, Pik Labionics, World Man G,
Grannus As and Gracieux. The pedigree is strengthened
by the performance thoroughbred Wiesenbaum xx, who established
his position through his sons Wiesengrund, Wittelsbach
and the legendary sire Ferdinand. The dam line is identical
in its origins to that of the stallion Dewett (Zweibruecken
state stallion), Gomez (Dillerburg state stallion),
Laurion (private stallion Oldenburg), Wapiti (Celle
state stallion) and Wogenbrecher (private stallions
Westphalia). This dynasty is also represented by the
international showjumper Landdame (Franke Sloothaak)
who is Laurion’s full sister.
De Niro was one of the best jumping stallions at the
Verden stallion parade in 1995 and ranked among the
top at the 1996 stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf.
There he received the highest score for rideability
and became overall second in the performance class I.
De Niro has meanwhile won dressage competitions at elementary
and intermediate levels and qualified for the national
dressage championships of 1998 and 1999. At the tender
age of seven, he already won Prix St George, Intermediaire
I and II as well as Grand Prix. In 2000 he was declared
the best new generation Grand Prix dressage horse. IN
2001 he has continued with many wins in Grand Prix and
Grand Prix Specials.
 De
Niro was awarded the I-a main premium by the Oldenburg
Association in 1997 as a result of his overwhelming
breeding value rating. By 8 years of age he has sired
19 licensed sons. Two were runners up in their performance
test, Depardieu (Oldenburg 2000) and De Facto, Verden
2001. De Facto was then sold at auction for the peak
price of 279,985 Euro. De Niro progeny dominate the
foal markets in Medingen, Vechta and Verden as evidenced
by his son Day and Night, who sold for a sum of DM 140,000
in 2000 at Medingen. His sons are very popular at the
approvals, demonstrated by Der Lord, who went into the
services of the Lower Saxon state stud of Celle and
Divino de L, who is covering in Baden-Wuerttemberg as
well as Depardieu (runner-up of the 2000 approval in
Oldenburg) and Degas. Dionysos in Brandenburg and Diego
Velasquez as well as Dante Alighieri in Austria. De
Niro’s daughter Dei Weingard became I-b diamond ring
mare at the 2000 Oldenburg Elite Mare Show in Rastede.
He furthermore presented the champion mare and two additional
mares at the diamond ring in 2001. A total of 10 mares
was awarded the state premium in Oldenburg during the
past year an amazing achievement. The quality of the
De Niro progeny is however particularly impressive under
the saddle. In 2001 De Niro has already managed to present
a federal vice-champion, a state champion and several
conformation show winners.
In 2001 progeny by De Niro were the toast of many auctions.
At Klosterhof-Medingen Elite Foal auction he sired the
top five priced foals each selling between DM 40.000
and DM 52.000. He also sired three of the top five riding
horses for the sum of DM 150.000, DM 280.000 and DM
450.000 respectively. At Vechta he sired the second
and third highest priced Elite foal at DM 38.000 and
DM 65.000 as well as the second highest priced Elite
riding horse Daily Hero for DM 200.000. Six De Niro
progeny alone fetched record sales prices of from Euro
51,129 to Euro 230,081 at the Vechta and Medingen autumn
auctions.
Related Links
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Niro Available in Australia
De
Niro Available in The U.S.A.
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