Stallion in breeding trial

Zacharov’s pedigree includes Olympic sire Clinton, Lord Z, Stallion of the Century Nimmerdor, the legendary Alme, and Gotthard. His damline goes back to the famous Antje Z.

Zacharov won the World Cup of Pezinok in 2013, the Grand Prix of Mierlo and the Gold Tour in Celje.

The pedigree of Zambezi combines the athletic scope and reflexes of Heartbreaker with the boundless power of Calvaro Z, two stallions that have performed at the very top level. Zambezi is a product of an excellent jumping dynasty, NL damline 002. Grandam Alanda (by Le Mexico) performed in the international jumping arena with Pieter Kersten. The damline goes back to a full sister of the ‘stamping stallion’ Victor via the blood of Kartouche (by Gondelier) and Boris (L’Invasion). This family has also produced the Olympic showjumping stallions Darco and Arko III. Zambesi resembles his sire Heartbreaker very much both in his way of jumping and stamping foals.

Zambesi scored very high points in the performance test in Ermelo 2008 and was awarded with one of the best offspring reports ever. He jumped with very good reflexes and a very good technique. Zambesi showed enormous scope and gave his rider a very good feeling. Zambesi won the finals of the stallion competition more than 20 points ahead of number 2!

Firestone was reserve champion of the KWPN stallion show in Den Bosch in 2013. Firestone is the most beautiful type and has three excellent gaits and he shows a lot of expression. In the third generation we find the beautiful thoroughbred stallion Painter’s Row xx and then in the fourth generation we find the proven stallion Saluut. Firestone descends from the famous Bella-lineage in Holland that has produced a lot of successful sport horses. Firestone’s full sister is the prok-star mare Elfi. At the KWPN mare inspection, she scored 95 points for her trot.

Firestone had a super KWPN performance test with very high scores. He got a 9 for rideability and scores of 8s for his gaits.

This spectacular son of the promising For Dance was reserve champion of the Oldenburg stallion selection. In the trot Florida TN has great balance and fantastic leg technique. In canter he moves uphill with a lot of power.

In addition to his movement talent, Florida also has a very good pedigree. His sire For Dance descends from the proven Grand Prix stallion For Romance I and is impressive with his first offspring and with his performance in the young horse classes. Grandsire Blue Hors Zack has grown into one of the most influential dressage stallions of the moment in recent years and Diamond Hit and Rubinstein I have also proven themselves in dressage performance and breeding.

Florida’s great-granddam Guanita II is the full sister of the Grand Prix dressage horse Rubel ridden by Fanny Verliefden. This line brought further dressage successes, including the world-famous Grand Prix dressage horse Doktor. Under the saddle of Shelly Francis, Dokter was one the best dressage horses in the United States and today the Diamond Hit son is successfully ridden by Rebecca Waite. Other well-known horses from the Florida line include the KWPN-approved Team Nijhof stallion Sir Oldenburg, the Oldenburg-approved Grand Prix stallion Grand Slam and the Oldenburg and Mecklenburg-approved Dargento.

Fontaine TN is free of influential breeding stallions as Jazz, Flemmingh, Gribaldi and is facing a great future for both performance and breeding. This Hanoverian-bred stallion has been approved for Westfalen and meets the genomic requirement of the KWPN thanks to a very high score of 105. His sire Finest was declared premium stallion and has already claimed remarkable results in the young horse competitions. The Fürstenball son is also making progress as a progenitor of dressage horses, as the successes of his offspring at inspections, auctions and under the saddle are outstanding. Fontaine TN also carries valuable genes from his damline. Both his dam Sky and granddam Gilette were declared Staatspremie-stute. Damsire Samarant showed his qualities in the Small Tour under Andreas Helgstrand and has been very valuable as a breeding stallion

Ridden by Hans Peter Minderhoud, Glock’s Johnson TN has become one of the world’s best combinations in dressage. The son of Jazz was overall champion of the KWPN stallion show in 2005 and went on to have a stellar career. He represented the Netherlands at the World Equestrian Games in Caen, and the last two Olympic games and was part of the Dutch team winning gold, and an individual bronze at the European Championships in Aachen. He is placed second on the FEI World Ranking. “His outstanding attitude has made the greatest difference at the highest level. Even if he is almost unable to do something, Johnson will do it for you anyhow”, Hans Peter Minderhoud has said about Johnson.

As a sire, Johnson seems to walk in the footsteps of his sire Jazz and grandsire Flemmingh. Jazz himself performed at Grand Prix level and for many years has been among world’s best dressage sires on the WBFSH Sire Ranking. Flemmingh has left his mark on dressage breeding through offspring like Krack C and Lingh. Johnson descends from the famous ‘Reina’ damline; from breeder Wim van Arkel. Famous horses from this motherline include Darkdream, Sultan, Kallisto, Mendel, Charmeur and Waldo.

The offspring of Johnson himself include Meggle’s Boston, Hexagon’s Double Dutch, Ben Johnson, Breezer, Bretton Woods, Jacksparrow and Firestone. Closer to home, he is the sire of Melissa Galloway’s J’Obei, and Gaylene Lennard’s Jax Johnson who represented New Zealand at WEG 2022. John Thompson’s stallion Chemistry, also part of the NZ team, was out of a Johnson mare.
Johnson has three excellent gaits. Fundamental for this stallion are his easy-going character and willingness to work under saddle.

Son of Sandro Hit (by Sandro Song), Sandreo is a very beautiful stallion with a lot of blood and presence. His sire Sandro Hit won several titles in Germany in the Bundeschampionat as well as being World Champion. Dam Prettify is a daughter of Flemmingh who was declared ‘keur’ on the grounds of the dressage ability of his progeny, including the Grand-Prix horses, Krack C and Lingh.

Sandreo has a very good trot with a beautiful foreleg technique, and an outstanding canter. Sandreo is a stallion whose pedigree lays the foundations for the breeding of top class dressage horses.

Sandreo won both the final and the total stallion competition in 2005 at Hertogenbosch with Hans Peter Minderhoud.

Spielberg is tall and very elegant with exceptional movement. Spielberg achieved the title ‘premium stallion’ at the stallion show in Westfalia in 2006. Sire Sunny-Boy is one of the most successful sons of Sandro Hit. Sunny-Boy himself is from the Kebandina-line. This dressage family forms the basis of famous Grand Prix dressage horses, Mariano, Macbeth and Don Schufro. Dam Fantastica is a full sister of the Grand Prix dressage stallion Don Primero. Damsire Rosier adds the blood of the Dodona-family to this valuable family dressage pedigree via the stallion Rubinstein I.

Spielberg was the winner of his performance test in Zwebrucken. He competed successfully at ZZ-level.