Don Diamond, Champion of 2007 South German Stallion Licensing

Mon, 02/05/2007 - 00:00
South German Breeding News

Among a large number of showjumpers a comparative small number of dressage prospects were presented at the Southern German Stallion Days, the approval of German breeding federations from Baden Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Zweibruecken, Saxony, and Thuringia.

(Photo copyrighted: Olav Krenz - courtesy: www.pzv-bw.de)

If there was one eyecatcher than it was a liver chestnut by former runner up in the world championships of young dressage horses Brookhouse Stud's Diamond Hit. The colt Don Diamond, looking like his famous grandsire Don Schufro, was bred out of a Carolus (Holst.) x Wenzel-mare and is branded Wuerttemberg. Excellent basic paces, a groundcovering picture perfect rhythmical walk, tremendous trot work with a very active hindquarter and lots of impulsion, plus a very good uphill canter are the characteristic features of the champion stallion.

He was shown by Birkhof Stud that after 2006 champion Denario by Denaro got his second overall champion in two consecutive years. Of course the champion was not for sale and will be serving at Birkhof stud locates 60 kilometeres south east from Stuttgart.

Runner up was a big framed chestnut from the first crop of former Trakehner champion stallion Elfengeist out of an Oldenburg dam by Figaro-Aktuell. The dam performed successfully to Intermediaire 1 level. Very good trot and uphill canter make this Wuerttermberg stallion a true prospect for the coming Bundechampionate. He was presented by Schlossaecker stud and will start his career there.

Second reserve premium stallion was awarded to a very typey Bellissimo-Rivero II-Adlerschild (TB) bay. A long legged, very impressive mover with that certain charming something so often looked for. This stallion was purchased by the Moritzburg state stud in the auction for 59,000 euro.

Top priced stallion was a jumper by Quite Capitol for whom the Bachl stud paid 155,000 Euro.

Premium Stallions

Champion

by Diamond Hit/Carolus I 
Breederin: Steffanie Hoffmann, Mudau 
Owner: Familie Casper 
Stationed: Gestüt Birkhof, Donzdorf

Show jumper champion 
Nr. 53 
by Landprinz/Le Matin/Donnerschlag 
Breeder & Owner: Gerhard Hartl, Bad Griesbach 
Stationed: Gestüt Dobel, Dobel 
Auction 71.000 Euro

1st Reserve Champion 
Nr. 46 
by Elfengeist/Figaro/Aktuell 
Breeder: Karl-Heinz Hummel, Reutlingen 
Owner: Gestüt Schlossäcker, Straubenhardt

2nd Reserve Champion 
Nr. 17
by Belissimo M/Rivero II/Adlerschild xx 
Breeder & Owner: Toni Kornes, Ettringen

Premium stallions in order of catalogue numbers:

Nr. 2 
Cavallieri xx/Auftritt/Tassilo 
Breeder: Anton Heudorfer jun., Saulgau 
Owner: Haupt- und Landgestüt Marbach

Nr. 10 
by Acordelli/Heraldik xx/Landioso 
Breeder: Reinhard Hild, Aichtal 
Owner: Familie Casper, Donzdorf 
Stationed: Landgestüt Neustadt/Dosse

Nr. 33 
by Contender/Landgraf I/Farnese 
Breeder: Heinrich Früchtenicht, Heist 
Owner: Franz-Josef Torweihen, Rietberg 
Stationed: Quainton Stud, Großbritannien

Nr. 38 
by Couleur-Rubin/Feuerwerk/Grandus
Breeder & Owner: Albert Rubly, Kleinbundenbach

Nr. 41
nby Diamond Hit/Regazzoni/Brentano II 
Breeder & Owner: Stephan Kurz, Zöbingen

Nr. 50 
by His Highness/Feiner Stern/Leibwächter
Breeder: Hans-Hermann Kober, Thedinghausen 
Owner: Haupt- und Landgestüt Marbach

Nr. 51 
by His Highness/Regazzoni/World Cup I 
Breeder: Jörg Reyer, Nordleda 
Owner: Jens Meyer, Dorum

Nr. 74 
by Sir Oldenburg/Fredericus-an/Raglan 
Breeder & Owner: Edwin Oppelt, Oberaurach

Nr. 77 
by Tullamore/Donnerhall/Merano 
Breeder: Hugo Matthaes, Bad Liebenzell 
Owner: Pferd 24 GmbH, Salach

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