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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.
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.
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
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.
Biserta is the dam of Crack Z who is the sire of
Casanova Z.
Biserta was used exclusively for breeding
purposes and produced several approved stallions including Calvados I, Calvados
II, Calvados III, Calvados IV, Crack Z and Corde.
Corrado I was approved in 1988 on the base of his
pedigree and his enormous scope. At the stallion test he scored a 10 for
jumping. As a 7 year old he had his first international sucess and from there
continued to win Aachen, World Cups and many Grand Prix competitions.
He gives his offspring enormous scope and is a producer
of international Grand Prix jumpers second to none The most sucessful Corrado I
offspring in 2004 and 2005 was the stallion Clinton. He placed individual 4th at
Athens Olympics and he was last year second in the Grand Prix at Aachen.
Corrado is from stamm line 6879 who also produced the
stallions Chellano Z, Lausbub 48 and Landlord. Corrado is the paternal
grandsire of the Zangersheide stallion
Casanova Z.
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
Calletta.
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.
Gothard is the grandsire of the international jumper
Golden Gate. Golden Gate is the dam of Ragna Z. Ragna Z is the dam
of the Zanghersheide stallion
Casanova Z.
In his time, Gothard was known as the best producer of
jumping horses in the world and his influence continues. Type-wise, Gotthard
descendants have continually improved over the generations, without losing the
jumping ability
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.
Sire
of numerous international show jumping horses. He is the dam sire of For
Pleasure who is the sire of
For Paragon.
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 Sandro.
Sandro is the sire of
San Ramiro.
The chestnut stallion Papayer xx covered as a private
stallion in Westphalian breeding for ten years, from 1961 to 1972. His
achievements were quite out of the ordinary. His first year at stud already
produced the top international competition mare Panama 4 (aka Petra) / Peter
Schmitz (i.a. winner of the French Showjumping Derby in La Baule). She was the
dam of the first rate full-siblings Gaylord 6 / Hendrik Snoek resp. Golden Gate
/ Lutz Merkel (both by Goldberg). His second crop resulted in the bay Privatier,
one of the most successful dressage horses of his generation. This
strong performance motherline makes the genetic makeup of the Zangersheide
stallion
Casanova Z a
valuable addition to breeders in North America.
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.
Raimond
is the sire of Ramiro Z found in the motherline of the Hanoverian stallion
San Ramiro and
Casanova Z.
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.
Raimond is also in the pedigree of Calletta.
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 the maternal grandsire of the
Zangersheide stallion
Casanova Z.
Ramzes
x is the sire of Raimond who sired Ramiro Z, found in the maternal side of both
San Ramiro and
Casanova Z. 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
teh 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.
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.
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.
Ticino
is the grandsire of
Wahnfried
who is the sire of Der Lowe.
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.
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.
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