Rubin Royal Passed Away

Breeding

Oldenburg

Dressage Horse Performance Center Lodbergen (DLZ) has announced the passing of their business starting breeding stallion, Rubin Royal OLD. He was 27 years old

Rubin Royal was by Rohdiamant out of Rumirell (by Grunstein II x Akzent II). He was bred by Harli Seifert.

Rumirell

Rubin Royal was the first colt out of Seifert's favourite mare Rumirell. In combination with Rohdiamant, this legendary broodmare produced five licensed full siblings: Rubin Royal OLD, Blue Hors Romano, Rumicello, Rubino Vincento, Rubin Action, and Blue Hors Rockefeller.

Rubin Royal was the fourth ranked premium stallion at the 1999 Oldenburg Stallion licensing in Oldenburg and two years later became the Main Premium title winner.

Sport Career

In sport Rubin Royal OLD won the final qualifier at the Bundeschampionat for young dressage horses under Dieter Weichert. In the final itself, he ranked twelfth. In 2005, he also placed eighth in the final of the Nurnberger Burgpokal.

In 2006 he switched riders and Hendrik Lochthowe won or placed in the Grand Prix arena in Dortmund, Bremen, Münster, Berne, Aachen, Turin, Donaueschingen, Munich and Stuttgart. They won the silver medal at the Westphalian regional Championships. In 2007, Rubin Royal OLD was named he VTV Oldenburg dressage stallion of the year.

Rubin Royal moved to Switzerland in 2008 to be trained by Hendrik Lochthowe at Silvia Ikle's dressage stable. He was last competed at international Grand Prix level in 2010.

In the early 2010s the dark bay stallion spent a stint in Switzerland standing at stud at his owner's place, the Wespe family's training centre "Lee", before definitively returning to Lodbergen in 2015, where he continued to stand at stud.

Offspring

With Lochthowe at the 2010 CDI Donaueschingen

Rubin Royal OLD became a WBFSH Top 10 ranked stallion in 2015 and was third ranked in 2017 and 2018.

Rubin Royal produced an impressive string of internationally successful dressage horses: Real Dancer FRH (Jan-Dirk Gießelmann), Fohlenhof's Rock'n Rose (Dorothee Schneider), Rosalie B (Laura Tomlinson), Rubins Nite (Hayley Watson-Greaves), Rubin Al Asad (Lara Griffith), Ruling Pedro (Ulrike Kick), Rubicon D (Beata Stremler), Rigoletto Royal (Caroline Häcki), Indoctro van de Steenblok (Fanny Verliefden), Ultrablue de Massa (Arnaud Serre), Get Time (Alexandra Zurbrugg), Rainbow Dancer (Anna Lena Holmgren), Royal Rubinstein/ (David Engelen), Rockefeller's Cinderella (Anabel Balkenhol), Rania M (Svenja Meyer), and U.S. Latina (Nicola Heyser), amongst many others.

Rubin Royal was also successful in producing show jumping and cross country offspring, as the CICO3* Aachen seventh-placed RF Demeter under his rider Hannah Sue Burnett/USA proves.

Brood mare Rapunzel is dam of the Damon's Satelite NRW, Damon's Delorange, Damon's Divarouge and Damon's Divene, who have been successful at the Bundeschampionat, the World Championships for young dressage horses and the U25 European Championships.

End of an Era

The death of the dark bay stallion, who was always full of energy, also marks the end of an era in Lodbergen. Rubin Royal OLD was one of the founding stallions of his breeder Harli Seifert's stallion station, from which the DLZ emerged in 2008.

"We are immensely sad to have lost this stallion, who gave us so much pleasure in his daily handling and whom we would have so gladly allowed many more 'pensioner years'," explained Wolfgang Stagge, Operations Manager of the DLZ. "Thank you, Rubin Royal - you were very, very special! And you will leave a big gap."

Related Links
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