Gestut Vorwerk sold their breeding stallion Santander H to Austria. New home of this licensed Oldenburg sire is stallion station Winter in Rudersdorf, Austria. Heinz and Ingrid Winter purchased Santander H from Gudula Vorwerk-Happ
to create a strong presence in the Austrian breeding world.
Santander H is a show jumping sire by Sandro out of California (by Contender x Usurpator xx). He was the 1997 Reserve Champion of the Main Premium in Oldenburg. His first approved son from his first crop, Socarron (out of a Consul/Trak. dam), received the Ic Premium Stallion prize in Oldenburg and was sold for DM 400,000. Santander H has won many jumping horse tests up to intermediate level under Pico Hannöver.
Vorwerk sold Santander H because they no longer want to focus on show jumping stallions: " If we want to keep our stallions at their present level in dressage, jumper stallions just don't have much chance here and get left in the shadows," Gudula explained. "Trying to run on two tracks at the same time – dressage and jumping – is just not a good idea and would only water our success."
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