A moment of fright took place when the young stallions
were allowed to run free, holding the breath of every
spectator in the Weser-Ems-Halle for a moment. A young
stallion jumped out of the ring up into the stands of
spectators. Fortunately, the result could have been
much worse: seven spectators were slightly injured but
their injuries were minor enough that they could remain
for the rest of the event after being treated by a doctor.
The stallion also suffered only minor bruises.
"The Medals"
Just for statistics: in the field of dressage, along
with the "D's" (a total of eight) and the "R's" (a
total of seven), the "S's" are gaining significance.
Five off-spring by the 1999 German Champion and World
Champion of young dressage horses, Sandro Hit, were
approved, the most outstanding of which was the stallion
owned by Gerd Sosath (Lemwerder) out of a mare by
Landadel who the mare and stallion commission proclaimed
this year's Champion Stallion. "A decidedly good-looking,
extremely elegant model with a correct foundation,
outstandingly bold movements, equally adroit and talented
jumping and a sovereign presence that stands out.
You don't see a stallion like this very often", is
the way Dr. Wolfgang Schulze-Schleppinghof, Oldenburg's
breeding director, portrayed catalogue number 54,
the brown darling of the 2002 approval. Close behind
was Harli Seifert's (Bunnen, near Lönigen) Rohdiamant
son (dam by Grundstein II; Cat. No. 47), a full brother
of last year's Premium winner, Rubin Royal, and another
off-spring from the successful Rudilore family, which
also produced two German Vice Champion jumpers in
2001, Couleur Rubin and Conterno Grande. "A modern
type and just as good as the champion stallion as
far as movement quality is concerned", said Dr. Schulze-Schleppinghof
indicating a close result. "This Reserve Champion
also belongs to the absolute extra class category."
The quality of the places that followed was also very
high: a son from the first crop of the 1998 Champion
Stallion, Royal Dance, who is a half-brother on his
dam's side of Sandro Hit and Diamond Hit, bred by
Gabriele Harder-Brune in Bramsche, received the 1c
Premium (Cat. No. 50).
Jumping and Dressage Bloodlines
The premium ring in the dressage camp was made up
as follows: two Wolkentanz II sons received premiums:
the 1d premium (dam by Rubinstein, bred by Claus Fenske
in Wardenburg, Cat. No. 62) and the 1g premium (dam
by Feiner Stern, bred by Aloys Klaas in Lingen, Cat.
No. 61). Donnerhall and his son, De Niro, sired the
1f premium stallion (dam by Alabaster, bred by Richard
Weigert in Groß Nemerow, Cat. No. 17) and the 1h premium
stallion (dam by Rohdiamant, bred by Elisabeth Münstermann
in Wallenhorst, Cat. No. 25).
Especially talented jumpers in the premium ring (1e,
1i and 1j premium) were sired by Clintino (dam by
Cordial Mèdoc, bred by Kurt Freese in Bramsche, Cat.
No. 5) and Landor S (dam by Carolus, bred by Gerd
Sosath in Lemwerder, Cat.No. 35). The stallion by
Quattro B (dam by Zeus, bred by Heinz Lüschen in Wardenburg,
Cat.No. 40) possessed double talents.
In the pedigrees of the approved stallions in the
jumper camp, you also find sires such as Lordanos
(Cat. No. 37), the Thoroughbred stallion, Rivero (Cat.
No. 43), Caretano (Cat. No. 3), Quebec (Cat. No. 42)
and I Need You (Cat. No. 9), the latter three of which
presented sons for the first time in Oldenburg
On the dressage side, trademark stallions such as
Rubinstein (Cat. No. 44, 45) and his son, Royal Diamond
(Cat. No. 51) as well as Florestan I (Cat. No. 31)
and Welt As still prove their dominance, the latter
or which presented a three-quarter brother of Olympic
Game winner, Bonfire (Cat. No. 60). Don Larino, a
newcomer, celebrated a great debut: three of the five
sons presented by this German Champion and Main Premium
winner were approved (Cat. No.18, 19, 22). With this
achievement, this stallion from Maisidden joins the
ranks of the "D" line of sire personalities which
was also further enhanced by Donnerhall (Cat. No.
12, 13) and De Niro sons (Cat. No. 23).
Where Did They Go?
ince there was no auction this year and the stallions
were sold privately, it was not known by the deadline
for this press release where all of the stallions
had gone. We do know for certain that the Champion
Stallion, in spite of numerous, highly lucrative offers,
will remain in his old stable at his breeder's station
in Lemwerder. The Reserve Champion was purchased by
the Blue Hors Farm in Denmark and will have Don Schufro,
a top dressage sire, as a stable mate. The 1c premium
stallion, a Royal Dance son, will also remain with
his owner, Paul Schockemöhle in Mühlen.
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At the end of the two day approval for young stallions
at the Weser-Ems-Halle in Oldenburg, 33 of the 62 young
stallions admitted to the approval received a positive
approval rating. Ten of these were awarded a premium.
