Marie Louise
(Silvio 1 X Sit This One Outxx X Saluut)
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Marie Louise
Marie Louise—Elite Preferent Marie Louise’s Story
Sporting Chance Farm (SCF) imported her with the help of the Nijhof's in 2000. She is by the highly regarded Sandro Z son, Silvio 1, best known as the sire of the World Class Showjumper, "Shutterfly" ridden by Meredith Micheals Beerbam, and as a producer of type and talent. Marie Louise Elite Preferent's dam line is a very successful one which goes back to a very important mare in the KWPN "Roosmarie" who is listed as one of the most influential mares in the Netherlands. This motherline is responsible for more than 15 Appr. Stallions and a lot of good Sport Horses such as Ihorn, Glenn, Goldster, and Bockmans Exile.
Marie Louise Elite Preferent herself was Champion of her Keuring in Holland, and was invited to the National Mare Show at Ermelo where she finished Fifth. She then went on to do an excellent 30 day "Mare Test" where she achieved marks such as an 8.5 for her walk, and 8's for jumping etc., with no score lower than a 7.3. She is a true "All Around horse". Marie's first daughter in the Netherlands, Thekla Marie by Metall (now Keur Elite herself), was Reserve Champion of her Keuring, was invited just like her mother to Ermelo, and then went on to WIN her Mare Performance Test in the Netherlands! Thekla Marie has had two very succesful foals herself, with her Florencio filly. Zenia Marie being named the CHAMPION KWPN filly in England. Thekla Marie's Sandro Hit colt Cest la Vie, just sold last month at the Prestigious Borculo auction for 23,000 Euros.
Marie's first American conceived daughter, Wildcard Prov Keur (Goodtimes VDL), was shown very successfully in hand at the USDF shows AND in Hunter Breeding. She was the Winner of the Hunter Breeding Yearling Futurity (among other HB wins), and then was awarded the "Best Mover (dressage)" award at the Iron Spring Farm Keuring in 2006. She then went on to be awarded her "Provisional Keur", and finished fourth in the USA for both Movement AND Jumping on the Top Ten List for the KWPN-NA. Also in 2006 Wildcard won the USDF KWPN 3 year old Filly Materiale (US) Horse of the Year Championship. She was also second under saddle at DAD in the Materiale classes in 2006. Wildcard went on to WIN the Dressage at Devon Broodmare class in 2007 with an 85% which earned her the USA Bred Born in the USA High Score Championship at DAD! Wildcard's first (and only) foal Carte Blanche SCF (by Lupicor) was the Top Scoring Jumper foal at the Iron Spring Farm Keuring. Widcard, like her dam, is truly an "All Around" athlete.....
Marie Louise's son Zulft (Ulft Keur) has won numerous Championships and Awards including 2006 USDF Horse of the Year Championship (Res CH for 2005), many Breed Show Championships including the Res. Champion Born in the USA High Point award at DAD as a foal, and then after numerous Top Ten placings at the KWPN-NA Keurings, was awarded his Ster and the "Best Dressage Horse" Award at the ISF Keuring in 2007. Marie Louise's other offspring include Breed Show Champions, and many First Premiums for horses like Wartimes (Goodtimes), Bleu (Balou du Rouet), Bravo (Indoctro Pref), Cest la Vie (Balou du Rouet) etc. Marie Louise's offspring have also won her Produce of Dam classes. Her offspring, although still young, have sold to Grand Prix professionals in both the Dressage, and the Show Jumping Arenas, where they are cherished for their athleticism AND wonderful temperaments and desire to please.
Marie Louise Elite Preferent has been incredibly fertile (an important trait for a broodmare!), and with the help of Embryo Transfer, is expecting THREE foals in 2008, a Krack C., a Quicksilber (by Quattro), and another Balou du Rouet).
She has been bred to incredibly diverse stallions (Metall, Goodtimes, Ulft, Balou du Rouet, Indoctro etc.), and every one of her foals is spectacular. She is the dam and grand dam of multiple Champions in THREE countries (Netherlands, England, and the USA). Marie is also largely responsible for Sporting Chance Farm's successes and directly influenced our receipt of the "Breeders of the Year" Awards in 2006 for the KWPN-NA, AND the USDF Res CH Breeders of the Year. On top of that, she is an ANGEL to have around, and plays "Auntie Marie" to the numerous foals born at Sporting Chance Farm every year. Marie actually babysits and herds the foals back to their mothers when they stray too far away or get into trouble, and helps to keep peace and order in our pastures at all times. Marie is kind, and beautiful, and an incredible athlete and producer.....In short, Marie Louise Elite Pref is known around SCF as the "Goose that laid the Golden Egg(s)", and we are SO fortunate to have her.....
Marie Louise Elite Preferent is loved and appreciated by all who know her.......
2008 foals by KRAK C and BALOU du ROUET by ET for 2008 due!
Congratulations to Marie Louise's Granddaughter
ZENIA MARIE on her
CHAMPION KWPN FILLY IN ENGLAND AWARD!
BALOU du ROUET x MARIE LOUISE Keur Elite Préfèrent BY ET
(FILLY OPTION ONLY)
2008 FOAL BY EMBRYO TRANSFER FOR SALE!!!
BALOU du ROUET X imported mare (Silvio 1 X Sit This One Outxx X Saluut)
2008 foal will be a FULL SIBLING TO BLEU AND C'EST LA VIE BELOW!
TWO FULL
SISTERS TO BLEU
Bleu SCF photo credit by Peggy Kohn
Cest la Vie' sold ET FOALED 6-5-07
(BALOU DU ROUET x SILVIO 1 x SIT THIS ON OUTxx x SALUUT)
and her full sister...
Chauvinette aka CHERIE' SOLD
Congrats to Shanna Pace, DVM!
CHESTNUT Sabino Filly by ET
Marie Louise Elite Preferent ,
our KWPN mare, for the Broodmare of the Year award. Photos can be seen of her
and many of her offspring at:
Marie Louise Elite Preferent (Silvio 1 Elite Pref X Sit This One Outxx SterX
Saluut X Liguster) was bred in the Netherlands by Jopie and Johanna Kappert. SCF
imported her with the help of the Nijhof's in 2000. She is by the highly
regarded Sandro Z son, Silvio 1, best known as the sire of the World Class
Showjumper, "Shutterfly" ridden by Meredith Micheals Beerbam, and as a
producer of type and talent. Marie Louise Elite Preferent's dam line is a very
successful one which goes back to a very important mare in the KWPN "Roosmarie"
who is listed as one of the most influential mares in the Netherlands. This
motherline is responsible for more than 15 Appr. Stallions and a lot of good
Sport Horses such as Ihorn, Glenn, Goldster, and Bockmans Exile.
Marie Louise Elite Preferent herself won her
Keuring in Holland, and was invited to
the National Mare Show at Ermelo where she finished Fifth. She then went
on to do an excellent 30 day "Mare
Test" where she achieved marks such as an 8.5 for her walk, and 8's
for jumping etc., with no score lowere than a 7.3. Marie's first
daughter in the Netherlands, Thekla Marie
by Metall (now Keur Elite herself), was Res CH of her keuring, was
invited just like her mother to Ermelo, and then went on to WIN
her Mare Performance Test in the Netherlands! Thekla Marie has had two
very succesful foals herself, with her Florencio filly. Zenia
Marie being named the CHAMPION KWPN filly in England. Thekla Marie's
Sandro Hit colt Cest la Vie, just sold last month at the Prestigious
Borculo auction for 23K Euros.
Marie's first American conceived daughter,
Wildcard Prov Keur(Goodtimes VDL), was shown very successfully in hand at
the USDF shows AND in Hunter Breeding. She was
the Winner of the Hunter Breeding Yearling Futurity (among other HB
wins), and then was awarded the "Best Mover
(dressage)" award at the Iron Spring Farm Keuring in 2006. She then
went on to be awarded her "Provisional
Keur", and finished fourth in the USA for both Movement AND Jumping on the
Top Ten List for the KWPN-NA. Also in 2006 Wildcard won
the USDF KWPN 3 year old Filly Materiale (US) Horse of the Year Championship.
She was also second under saddle at DAD in the Materiale classes in 2006.
Wildcard went on to WIN the Dressage at Devon
Broodmare class in 2007 with an 85% which earned her the USA
Bred Born in the USA High Score Championship at DAD! Wildcard's first
(and only) foal Carte Blanche SCF (by Lupicor) was the Top
Scoring Jumper foal at the Iron Spring Farm Keuring.
Marie Louise's son Zulft (Ulft Keur) has
won numerous Championships and Awards including 2006
USDF Horse of the Year Championship (Res CH for 2005), many Breed Show
Championships including the Res. CH Born in the
USA High Point award at DAD as a foal, and then after numerous Top Ten
placings at the KWPN-NA Keurings, was awarded his Ster
and the "Best Dressage Horse" Award at
the ISF Keuring in 2007. Marie Louise's other offspring include Breed
Show Champions, and many First Premiums for
horses like Wartimes (Goodtimes), Bleu (Balou du Rouet), Bravo (Indoctro Pref),
Cest la Vie (Balou du Rouet) etc. Marie Louise's offspring have also won her
Produce of Dam classes. Her offspring, although still young, have sold to Grand
Prix professionals in both the Dressage, and the Show Jumping Arenas,
where they are cherished for their athletecism
AND wonderful temperaments and desire to please.
Marie Louise Elite Preferent has been incredibly fertile (an important trait for
a broodmare!<G>), and with the help of Embryo Transfer, is expecting THREE
foals in 2008, a Krack C., a Quicksilber (by Quattro), and another Balou du
Rouet).
In summary, we feel that Marie Louise Elite Preferent deserves to be nominated
for the Uncouth Broodmare of the Year Award on her own
successes and those of her incredibly diverse and successful offspring.
She has been bred to incredibly diverse stallions (Metall, Goodtimes, Ulft,
Balou du Rouet, Indoctro etc.), and every one of her foals is spectacular. She
is the dam and grand dam of multiple Champions
in THREE countries (Netherlands, England, and the USA). Marie is also largely
responsible for Sporting Chance Farm's successes and directly influenced our
receipt of the "[b]Breeders of the Year" Awards in 2006 for the KWPN-NA,
AND the USDF Res CH Breeders of the Year. [/b] On top of that, she is an
ANGEL to have around, and plays "Auntie Marie" to the numerous foals
born at Sporting Chance Farm every year. Marie actually babysits, and herds the
foals back to their mothers when they stray too far away or get into trouble,
and helps to keep peace and order in our pastures at all times. Marie is kind,
and beautiful, and an incredible athlete and producer.....In short Marie
Louise Elite Pref is known around SCF as the "Goose that laid the Golden
Egg(s)", and we are SO fortunate to have her.....
Marie Louise Elite Preferent is loved and appreciated by all who know her.......
Marie Louise Elite with her Metall filly Unforgettable
rd greenwood photos
"Marie
Louise was a UTV-mare and is a daughter of the Oldenburger
stallion Silvio I (Sandro Z). Out of her motherline there are more than 15
approved stallions and a lot of very good sporthorses, such as Ihorn (Marc
van Dijck), Glenn (Alfons Klopper), Goldster (Emile Tacken) and Bockmanns
Exile (Michael Seletsky."
MARIE'S FILLY UNFORGETTABLE BELOW
MARIE LOUISE ELITE'S PRODUCE OF DAM CLASS IS 3RD AT DAD IN 2005!
MARIE LOUISE'S OFFSPRING HAVE BEEN IN THE TOP THREE FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW AT DAD!
SCF is proud to announce that BOTH OF MARIE LOUISE ELITE'S SONS Zulft and WARTIMES easily qualified for the USDF Cosequin Championships at DAD their first time out!!
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Wartimes and Zulft above
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Black KWPN filly is by Balou du Rouet and out of our fantastic producer, Marie Louise Elite. "Bleu" is gorgeous and a fabulous mover with an extraordinary canter.
#1 Cest la Vie' not for sale!
ET FOALED 6-5-07
(BALOU DU ROUET x SILVIO 1 x SIT THIS ON OUTxx x SALUUT)
aka CHERIE' SOLD
Congrats to Shanna Pace, DVM! FOALED 6-07
(BALOU DU ROUET x SILVIO 1 x SIT THIS ON OUTxx x SALUUT)
BLACK SABINO FILLY
BRAVO for sale
(INDOCTRO keur preferent X MARIE LOUISE ELITE)
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C'est la vie, Black, stallion, Date of birth: 07-06-2007, Fokker: J. Kappert,Owner: J. Kappert The influential dressage stallion Sandro Hit is the sire of the black C’est la via. The striking foal descends out of an even more striking dam. Tekla Maria became the reserve champion of the mare keuring in Gelderse and finished an good EPTM-test. Via her sire Métall has she the blood of the Olypmpic dressage stallion Ferro. UTV-mare Marie Louise is presently producing numerous keuring champions in the USA. Her sire, the Oldenburger stallion Silvio, is the son of the sire Sandro Z, who is nothing less than the greatsire of Sandro Hit. Well-known sport horses out of this lineage are Ihorn (Marc van Dijck), Glenn (Alfons Klöpper) and Goldster (Emile Tacken).
Judge Hilda Gurney gave her the incredible score of an 85%, which was good enough to win the USA Champion of the Dressage at Devon Horse Show! She is seen below with her Lupicor colt, Carte Blanche SCF.
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Please see many of Marie Louise's winning offspring below and
Click on their names to go to their own webpages!
(Goodtimes X Marie Louise elite)
(Overall Grand Champion)
(congratulations again to Todd and Becky Bryan, Wartime's new owners!)
and his half brother
Ulft keur X Marie Louise Elite (Silvio 1 X Sit This One Outxx X Saluut)
USDF Breed Show Champion!!
(overall Reserve Champion and Colt Champion)
and both won their individual classes
Wartimes had an 81.7 score, Zulft 81.5, both with excellent compliments from the judge!
USDF Breed Show Champion!!
awarded a FIRST premium by the NA/WPN!
With an 84.1%, the 2004 colt Zulft, by Ulft Keur out of Marie Louise Elite was the second highest overall winner. The North American Dutch Warmblood is owned and was bred by Dr. and Mrs. Carlos Jimenez of Coatesville, Pennsylvania Both received coolers and neck sashes" Text by Astrid Appels & Sally Silverman
PLEASE LOOK FOR BOTH ZULFT AND WARTIMES AT DRESSAGE AT DEVON!
Wildcard has wins in BOTH Hunter and Sport horse breeding and was:
2005 PHSA Reserve Champion PA bred 2 year olds
PHSA Reserve Champion Non Tb 2 year old fillies
Windfall
for sale
(Goodtimes X Marie Louise Elite)
Windfall has ribboned every time out including at DAD every year shown!
Marie Louise Elite pins third at DAD two years in a row
(2003 and 2004) in the highly competetive Produce of Dam class!
Born in the USA Award at 2004 Devon Breed Show
"The red, white and blue were all over the Dixon Oval at the “Born in the USA” Awards at the 30th Annual Dressage at Devon Horse Show. High-scorers in 11 Breed Division categories were adorned with bright, patriotic rosettes and awarded a Certificates of Achievement, a stall plaque and a “Born in the USA” commemorative medal. The owners and breeders shared a generous purse in excess of $10,000, with 75% going to the owners, and 25% to the breeders. The two high scorers received sashes and coolers as well.
GREAT NEWS for Marie Louise Elite!
Both of the Produce of Dam groups for Marie Louise Elite win good ribbons at Dressage At Devon 2003 AND 2004!
THEKLA MARIE (by Metall)
Her daughter Thekla Marie was Reserve Champion at her keuring in Holland and was invited to Ermelo where she did very well. She is in foal to the stallion "Sensation", also known as "Florencio". Thekla Marie is a full sister to our filly "Unforgettable" .. Thekla Marie was awarded a provisional keur and will be doing her performance test next month in Holland.
Breaking news from Holland! Marie Louise Elite's oldest daughter WINS her mare performance test in Holland
On Saturday December 20 the last EPTM test in 2003 took place at the HELICOM
COMPLEX in Deurne.
"Highest
score had THEKLA MARIE, a daughter of Marie Louise Elte (owned by SCF) X Metall.
Earlier this
year Thekla Marie (from Marie Louise Elite of Silvio
1)" ended secound in the Centrale
Keuring of Gelderland in the final of three years old was declared "keur".
Under the saddle she makes front, walks up very well using its hindleg. Her
score were: 7,5 step 8 trot,7 capacity 6,5 for print, technique and suitable for
jumping. Her totalscore: 72.5
This Ster Prok mare from owner/ G J Kappert from Geesteren received
the Elite Predicate. groetjes
johanna kappert>>
AND... Marie Louise Elite's oldest daughter Thekla Marie (by Metall) wins her mare test in Holland and receives her Keur! She was also invited to Ermelo where she showed very well. See photos of her and her half siblings below, Wildcard, Windfall, and Wartimes and her Champion (youngest) colt Zulft.! Marie is proving to be a fabulous producer! She herself won her keuring in Holland and was 5th at the National Mare show in Ermelo! Now her only daughter old enough to be presented under saddle has followed in her footsteps!
Above with her Metall filly UNFORGETTABLE!
Unforgettable by Metall SOLD!
Congrats Paula!
Marie Louise Elite with her Ulft keur colt Zulft! (Zulft was First Premium and a WINNER at DAD 2004!)
This is her daughter Thekla Marie that was Reserve Champion at her keuring in Holland and was invited to Ermelo where she did very well. She is in foal to the stallion "Sensation", also known as "Florencio". Thekla Marie is a full sister to our filly "Unforgettable" who we sold last week. Thekla Marie was awarded a provisional keur and will be doing her performance test next month in Holland. She has already passed her x-rays. Just thought you would be interested in seeing this photo! Marie Louise Elite is expecting an Ulft foal for us next spring and her three 2003 ET foals by Goodtimes are looking great!
<<hallo,
On Saterday December 20 th last EPTM test in 2003 took place at the HELICOM
COMPLEX in Deurne. 13 out of the 19 mares received 70 or more points and passed
their test.
Highest score had THEKLA MARIE, a daugther of metal
Earlier
this year Thekla Marie (from Marie Louise Elite of Silvio 1) ended secound in
the Centrale Keuring of Gelderland in the final of three years old was declared
"keur". Under the sadle she makes front, walks up very well using its
hindleg. She only was half a point short in order to pass "special
training". Her score were: 7,5 step 8 trot,7 capacity 6,5 for print,
techniyue and suitable for jumping. Her totalscore: 72,5
This Ster Prok mare from owner/ G J Kappert from Geesteren received the Elite
Predicate. groetjes johanna kappert>>
IDM: 990726-SimplyRed06
Midden Beemster 1999; Veulenveiling. Simply Red, Animo x Silvio I.
IDM: 990726-SimplyRed05
Midden Beemster 1999; Veulenveiling. Simply Red, Animo x Silvio I.
IDM: 990726-SimplyRed01
Midden Beemster 1999; Veulenveiling. Simply Red, Animo x Silvio I.
2001 Black Filly UNFORGETTABLE by Metall
PHOTOS BY OUR FRIEND RD GREENWOOD
UNFORGETTABLE is a full sibling to the 2000 filly By Metall below!
Marie foaled a gorgeous Metall filly, a 2001 full sibling to the filly above! Please see the bottom of this page to see Metall!
Number 5 mare at the Mare Show in Holland as a three year old!
Marie Louise is a Keur Elite Mare by Silvio 1 out of a Sit This One Out xx X Saluut Star, Keur, Preferent, Prestatsie, mare line. She was 5th in Holland as a three year old at the National Mare Show. Marie's IBOP test was successfully completed with good scores, including 8.5 for her walk, and an 8 for jumping technique.
We would like to thank Jeannette Nijhof for her assistance in finding and purchasing this beautiful mare!
Marie Louise is by...
Silvio 1
***sire of Shutterfly" one of the top jumpers in the World!
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There were standing ovations for native Californian Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum after her impressive win of the Budweiser World Cup aboard the best horse of the moment, the Hannoverian gelding Shutterfly. Meredith came to Vegas as the first leading lady of the FEI rankings. She has won major Grand Prix, gold medals with the German team at all the championships over the last eight years to secure her first individual title. Shutterfly (Silvio I x Forrest xx) knocked down only one rail over the four difficult courses in the small arena of the Thomas & Mack Center. What seemed to become a breathtaking jump-off between Shutterfly and Baloubet du Rouet ended in an anticlimax when the French stallion, ridden by Rodrigo Pessoa, dropped two rails in the final round on Sunday. Michael Whitaker and the 11-year old Dutch mare Portofino (Habsburg x Orthos) finished both rounds with only one time-penalty not allowing Shutterfly, as last starter, to drop one rail. But the very scopey jumping-bean jumped freely with his ears forward, attacking every fence like it was a fun game for him to clear the course and bring the title to Germany. Portofino was followed by the German mares Gitania (by Capitol I) and Lucie (by Landadel) tied for third. Kimberley Frey made the right choice not to start her mare Marlou at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington. Frey saved her mare for the indoors to win the $150.000 GP in Charlotte as a warm up for Las Vegas. Frey became the highest placed rider for the home squad finishing fifth in the gambling capital of the world. Marlou, the 11 year old mare by 1996 gold medallist Jus de Pomme, is for sure one of the best jumper mares in the world at this time. The chestnut mare has the true type of a jumper, is quick, competitive, scopey with a beautiful technique. The crowd watching the jumping finals recognized her qualities and supported the mare and Kimberley every time they entered the ring. Illian, the 15-year old mount of Schuyler Riley, proved he belonged to the best by finishing in 12th position after the final round. The gelding by Zuidhorn was the world champion seven-year old in Lanaken, won the Invitational twice and jumped Vegas in his best form. This jumping final was maybe not the best represented by Dutch horses, but the results - finishing second, fifth and twelfth - were satisfying.
1990 Silvio passed the
stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf, where he scored especially good
results for his jumping ability. In 1991 he won the 1b main premium of the
Oldenburger breed society.
Right from the first crop, he presented top foals with 3 of them being top
priced lots at the Dammer Mai sales in 1992 and at the PSI auction the filly,
Stars and Stripes, was the top priced foal of all time. In 1993 Siegertyp was
sold in Vechta for DM 20,000 as well as Sternstunde for DM 30,000.
Sire Sandro was a highly successful international show jumper. The dam Gelbkatze is by the chestnut stallion Gepard who thoroughly influenced Paul Schockemohle's broodmare band.
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Tested in 1989
in Oldenburg **influential thoroughbred Sit This One Out's offspring have achieved considerable success at dressage in The Netherlands, earning him a dressage breeding index of 126. Silvio
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Also Sire of...SERGEANT PEPPER !
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exciting young stallion; typey and full of personality, Sergeant Pepper was Reserve Champion at the Oldenburger Korung in 1996. He was Champion of the Oldenburger Landeschampionats in 1997 for riding horses and fifth place in the Federal Bundeschampionats in 1997. He was then Champion of his stallion perfomance test with 147.5 points. He shows great aptitude for dressage, but with his strong Holsteiner pedigree he also shows talent over fences. |
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RAMINO - ASTOR - LICHTBOTE
Owner : ZG Richter-Irps
Oldenburger 330394194 Bay 167cm
Sandro Z- Her grandsire
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Born 1974, 171 cms - Breeder: Klaus Delef
Harbeck
It is through Sandro that the blood of Sacramento Song lives
on and daily grows more influential in both dressage and jumping breeding.
Sacramento Song was a classically bred English Thoroughbred, who stood in
Holstein from 1973 to his early death in 1979. He 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, often rather hot. Stallions and geldings steadier in
competition than mares, who were often ‘witchy’. 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.
Bent Neergaard is a very respected Danish breeder, he is also the man who
‘discovered’ Sandro.
"I first saw Sandro when he was two and an half years old. He was
presented at the Holsteiner stallion selection and was not accepted. So with
one of my friends we bought him and took him to Denmark. We presented him at
the licensing and he was approved and then did a very good 100 days test. A
couple of years later he went over to the famous eventing rider, Nils
Haagensen. He did quite well with him, but he was probably better for
showjumping, so he was handed over to my partner who took him jumping
internationally."
"In Denmark, he was based at Fumen, but it wasn’t really the right
place for him. There were a lot of old Oldenburger heavy horses – we thought
it would be the right place for him but it wasn’t. Then he moved to the
southern of Jutland, close to Germany, a Holsteiner area. He covered some
Holsteiner mares and with them, he was really good. But still he wasn’t
accepted all over Denmark – he only had a few progeny from the first years
and it wasn’t easy to get him accepted by the breeding association or the
breeders."
"He was sold to Paul Schockemöhle, and he understood the quality of the
horse. There is quite a lot of Thoroughbred in this horse, and they can be a
little bit loose in front, but it was a modern horse. I think he was ten years
in advance of his time, even in Denmark. Schockemöhle could see exactly the
potential of that horse, the modern type with long legs, good riding
capability – and he mixed him with the right mares, the mares with the
German ‘G’ blood. Now you can see Sandro blood in all the major breeding
associations all over the world."
What caught your eye?
"I had been in the army for many years, and also worked with horses for
many years. I liked lighter horses than most of the breeders in those days. I
liked his eyes and his beautiful head, I liked this very fine looking horses
– and I liked the blood also, I thought he could be a very good performance
horse. In those days, the breeders didn’t look enough at performance, and I
thought he would bring in some performance."
"In a stallion the most important thing is performance. But as a breeder
you cannot sell horses unless you have good-looking horses. So you have to
look for performance, for a good-looking horse, and you have to look for a
horse that is very calm and good in the head as well. You cannot say ‘only
performance’ or ‘only beautiful’ or ‘only temperament’ – you need
all these things."
When he moved to Paul Schockemöhle’s stud, Sandro also met up with Franke
Sloothaak who continued his jumping career for lifetime winnings of DM55,000.
As a sire, Sandro has also been a considerable success, with three of his
progeny competing at the 1994 WEG in The Hague – Sandro Song (Ante Smlesa),
Safari (Michael Abo) and Paradiso (Rolf-Göran Bengtsson). Sandro is the sire
of more than 40 licensed sons, the most successful being Silvio 1 and II,
Sandro Song, Sao Paulo, Sandro Boy and Salido Z.
Successful competitors include; Salido Z (Debbie Stepyhens), Sagrat (Guy
Goosen), Sakrus (Debbie Winkler), Sympathico (Ersting-Engemann), Silas M (Yanix
Elad), Sheila and Sundance Kid (Franke Sloothaak) and Santorin F (Fritz
Fervers).
As a broodmare sire Sandro has also been exceptionally successful: Lasango
(Kurt Reinacher), San Serai Funky Town (Björn Nagel), Lausano (René Tebbel),
Risandro (Samantha McIntosh), Filias (Arnoldo Bologni), High Class (Royne
Zettermann), Cappucino and Santa Fe (Marco Kutscher), Grand Soso (Markus
Fuchs), Grand Soso II (Ulrik Kjaer) and High Stepper (Maria Gretzer) – all
Grand Prix showjumpers, all out of daughters of Sandro.
Sandro Z is unique in that he is the only stallion son of the cross of
Sacramento Song and Wahnfried – a cross that has also been very successful
in producing dams of stallions. The stallions Lavell I and II, Atlantas Z and
Campione, as well as international jumping horses, Cathleen (Meredith Beerbaum
– then Michaels) and Zigeunerin (Rodrigo Pessoa) all came from that cross.
Sandro’s dam, Dürte is the full sister of one of the most successful
Puissance horses ever – Wabbs. Durte is also the dam of Harvey Smith’s
Salvador.
Silvio I was the winner of the Performance Test at Adelheidsdorf in 1990, with
very high marks for his jumping ability. Silvio has been the sire of a number
of impressive stallion sons including Sunrise, Sir Lui, Sir Holtrup, Sergeant
Pepper and Spider Murphy.
What is slightly more surprising is Sandro’s influence on dressage breeding.
If we look at the stallions represented in the mo