Esprentina NPF

Sir Oldenburg(Sion-Contender-Tin Rocco xx): Esprentina NPF’s sire.

Sir Oldenburg’s sire, Sion is one of the established dressage stallions within the Oldenburg breeding and put his father Sult’s line successful further. Sion is a Dutch product from the famous Trichta-line (NL-029). This makes Sion closely related to the Grand Prix horses De Niro (by Calvados) with Peter Wylde, Vent du Nord (by Canadian River) with Kate Levy and Portofino (by Habsburg) with Michael Whitaker. On his mother’s side Sir Oldenburg performs the first-class genes of the Holsteiner stallion Contender (by Calypso II). In the third generation Holstein jumping blood is added by the stallion Tin Rocco (by Tin Rod xx x Roman), mostly known as the father of the famous jumper Let’s Go of Roelof Bril.

The line on the dam’s side goes through the thoroughbred stallion Apollo xx back to Gelderlander mare Gunetta (Alex x Ritmeester). Great-grandmother Gunetta II (by Apollo xx) is also known as the mother of the Oldenburg stallion Grand Slam (by Grandios) who was successful in dressage. Sport horses from this line include: Rubllit (Grand Prix), Sattrick (Z-dressage) Visconte, Vuldai and approved stallion Grand Slam. As a 3-year-old, Sir Oldenburg was the young stallions champion in Rastede. As a 4-year-old, he was vice-champion in Rastede and won a bronze medal with Heiko Klausing at the Bundeschampionat in Wahrendorf. As well as 5- and 6-year-old, he was a finalist at the Bundeschampionat for dressage stallions. In 2006, Sir Oldenburg had a very high dressage index with 144 points and that makes him belong to the 5% best dressage sires in Germany. Moreover, he has already eight approved sons, including the well-known premium stallion Sir Willy.

Florestan I was champion of the 1988 Rhineland approval and won his performance test in Warendorf the following year.

Florestan I has thus far proven himself as an absolute ace of a sire. The first few crops have already produced numerous approved sons, including Fidermark, the vice-champion of the 1994 NRW approvals, who also won the “Optimum” of Westphalian Riding horses in Munster and became federal champion 4-year-old stallion. His prowess as a sire is further attested by a number of state premium mares as well as additional federal championship contestants including Farce (vicechampion 4-year-old 1994), Ferrara S, federal champion 5-year-old dressage mare 1996), Flonano, Floriano Deux etc. His exceedingly rideable progeny have created a stir with peak prices more than once, at the NRW Riding Horse Auctions in Munster-Handorf. At the 2002 Bundeschampionate, Florestan had 5 representatives including the 4-year-old stallion winner, French Kiss.

Here is what the head of the State Stud at Warendorf; Susanne Rimkus has to say about the stallion she affectionately calls ‘our milk cow’: “What makes a sire special is that he makes more good foals than bad ones and that he improves on the mare, and Florestan has a very large percentage of good foals. Of course he has some which are not, but he is a ‘stamp’ stallion, he stamps his foals, nearly all of them have the type of their sire, you can recognize them. Here comes a foal – ‘oh Florestan!’ This is something that makes it easier for a sire.” ” The other thing is that the Florestans are easy to handle, easy to ride, even if they don’t look harmonic, the riders say they feel good. This is the most important thing for the normal market, the rider who wants to ride of an evening after he has done his work, who wants to have fun, who wants to make a good picture on the horse. Florestans are easy to sit on, and that makes success.” “Florestan will also produce top sport horses. Top sport horses have to have a good character but they are allowed to be a bit more sensitive and so I think the good sport horses from Florestan will come from the mares with a lot of Thoroughbred blood. Horses that are a bit more hot, these will be the horses for the highest competitions, but Florestan has many other horses for the levels A, L and M and that makes many riders happy.

FLorestan’s sire Fidelio is one of the most popular sires in the Rhineland, where he sired many excellent breeding horses. Fidelio was for many years a popular sire in the Rhineland, where he spread the rich genetic heritage of his Selle Français sire, Furioso II. His breathtakingly beautiful daughter Fichte was reserve champion at the DLG show in Hanover. His progeny are successfully competing to conformation show classes. Florestan I’s dam, the state premium mare Raute is a proven show mare in the Rhineland. At the age of 3 she was champion mare of her age-group. In 1983 she won her class at the German Mare Show in Verden, whilst in 1986 she was champion mare of the younger mares at the Federal Show in Aix-la-chapelle. Her sire is the proven quality stallion Rheingold, who apart from Raute also sired the DLG reserve-champion mare Rheinfee (dam of the stallion performance test winner and DLG stallion Ehrentusch, and Richthofen, the champion stallion of the 1990 stallion approvals in Munster-Handorf. The competition horses sired by him are mainly successful in the dressage arena. The grand dam is the state premium mare, Gode, a full sister to the Warendorf state stallion, Gardist. This bloodline, whose roots trace to the traditional Hanoverian state of Hänigsen, also produced the 1998 Bundeschampionate winner, Roman Nature, as well as a large number of successful competition horses. The sire of the grandam, the Trakehner stallion Garamond (deriving form the interesting combination of Gabriel and Pindar xx) can be regarded as one of the most successful sires of dressage horses of this breed. Numerous intermediate and advanced level dressage horses are more than impressive statistics. The FN breeding value rating of 135 points substantiates his impressive results. His daughter, the state premium mare Gode, as well as her dam, the Hanoverian bred state premium mare Glocke, were among the top mares of the Rhineland. It is not surprising, that this highly bred top level maternal line produces such superb quality riding horses. Gazelle 75 the full-sister to the grandam Gode won over DM 6,000 in dressage competitions. Her halfbrother Felipe (by Fidelio) is the most successful dressage horse of her sire to date. The dressage horse Respekt is a full-brother of the dam Raute. Raute herself produced two offspring that have meanwhile gone to the dressage yard of the American Olympic rider Robert Dover. In the meantime, the full-brother Florestan II has also been approved and begun stud duties at the Warendorf state stud.