At the 2015 Holsteiner Stallion Licensing in Neumunster, Germany, two out of four dressage bred dressage colts presented were approved for breeding for the Holsteiner society, which predominantly focuses on show jumping.
Four dressage colts were accepted to the Licnsing: Alsandair (by Ampere x Lorentin I), De Ville (by De Niro x Linaro), Kracker (by Krack C x Accord II) and Tocanto (by Totilas x Canturo). Only Alsandair and Tocanto received the green light from the licensing committee and were licensed. Alsandair is bred by dressage rider Ludwig Zierer, Tocanto by Reimer Nagel.
The dressage colts did not have to do jumping in freedom, but were first presented on hard surface, then assessed moving in freedom and finally lunged before a verdict was cast.
Twenty colts in total were approved and the crowd favourite, the grey colt Charleston (by Cascadello x Cantus) was proclaimed licensing champion. The grey Central Park (by Casall x Contender) became the reserve champion and Catch (by Colman x Calido I) was ranked third in the premium ring. Three more stallions received premium status: Diamar (by Diarado x Con Capitol), Cantesini (by Cascadello x Cassini) and Caspian (by Caretino x Cassini).
At the auction following the licensing champion Charleston sold for 300,000 euro to a German client. The reserve champion Central Park sold for 100,000 euro, the third ranked stallion Catch for 105,000 euro. The dressage bred Alsandair sold for 55,000 euro to the U.S.A.. The average price for a licensed stallion was a whopping 82.500 euro. The non-licensed dressage bred De Ville was knocked down for 12,000 euro and stays in Germany.
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