Dutch Pleasure

2007 Bay colt.  Should mature about 16.2.

This top class colt foal carries the genes of some of the greatest stallions ever such as For Pleasure/Grannus/ Voltaire/Sandro Z!
His Sire: For Pleasure looks back on a unique sporting career with a total winnings of over € 1.8 and fabulous trophies: Several team Olympic and European gold medals, German Champion and many many victories in Grand Prix and World Cup competitions. A comet-like career began with 149.95 points in the jumping index at his stallion performance test already showing the class of this outstanding sports horse. His offspring leave no doubts to his top-class ability as a breeding stallion. They have earned almost a million euros to date in the sport, to name a few top ones successful on the international scene- Firth of Clyde/Christian Ahlmann, For Keeps/Lars Nieberg, Forsyth/Toni Hassmann, Farina/Rene Tebbel, For Fun/ Marcus Ehning und For Future/Johannes Ehning. Over 19 approved sons to his name; the German federation put For Pleasure at the top of their list of all jumping breeding stallions in Germany with 153 points. For Pleasure’s sporting and breeding success is based on his exceptional pedigree. Furioso II x Grannus, two brilliant performance carriers meet directly in his lineage plus the great Gotthard son “Goya” in the third generation. We are very happy to be able to offer you For Pleasure as a breeding stallion, the number one in show jumping worldwide.His dam is by Voltaire: Descended from Furioso II and Gotthard, Voltaire ranked second in the World Breeding show jumping sires rankings in 1996, ranks highly on both the dressage and show jumping indexes and was awarded the ’keur’ and preferent’ predicates at an early age.
Voltaire was consistently producing results over 1.50m courses as an 8 year old. Calgary, Stockholm, Lanaken, Helsinki, Wiesbaden and the Horse of the Year Show at Wembley were just some of the top venues he scored at before bringing the curtain down on a brilliant jumping career by winning the Berlin Grand Prix with Jos Lansink.
Voltaire sired the most offspring at the Atlanta Olympic Games and has over 50 approved sons - including Kannan - and is one of the top sires in the KWPN Jumping Index with 151 points.
Voltaire’s sire, Furioso II, left a legacy of 200 state premium mares and over 70 approved stallion sons worldwide. Furioso II’s full brother, Mexico, is the sire of the popular show jumping sire Le Mexico.
 

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2007 Grey colt. Should mature about 16.2.

 This is a top of the range colt foal that not only has all the potential in becoming a great showjumper but also has what it takes to become a top stallion approved by the KWPN!
His pedigree alone is the best with legends such as Argentinus/Quidam de Revel & Corrado I.
Sire; Argentinus, 2005 Hanoverian Stallion of the year. In 1996 he was the youngest millionaire among Germany's stallions and is now the most successful sire still active in breeding in Germany. A successful advanced level jumper himself, this Performance Class I, Main Premium Champion stallion has effectively enriched the breeding and sport scene with a versatility that is probably unique anywhere
Numerous Argentinus off-spring have been found with the best in international show jumping and dressage for years. More than 20 licensed sons (including the stallion performance test winner and Vechta price-breaker, August der Starke) and numerous State Premium mares many of which have proved themselves at national level (including the German Broodmare Show, FN Performance Studbook) add up to make him an absolutely exceptional stallion. Argentinus is licensed for all German breeding associations (with the exception of Holstein), O.S.I., Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, France, Belgium, the Netherlands EXand Italy.
Following his successful stallion performance test, Argentinus achieved many successes in showjumping up to advanced (S) class.
He was awarded the I a main premium on account of his superb progeny in 1984. In 1996 he was the youngest millionaire of Germany’s top stallions, and is meanwhile the most successful living sire in Germany. Argentinus is omnipresent whether it is in breeding or sport, at mare shows or approvals, in the dressage arena or on the showjumping course. More than 30 of his sons have been approved, including Arko III (private stallion GBR; eleventh in the 2004 Olympic showjumping final under Nick Skelton/GBR, and third most successful showjumper of the season) and Adlantus As FRH (private stallion Hesse; with his rider Lars Nieberg part of the German showjumping team at the WEG in 2002 Jerez/ESP, which took fourth place). Furthermore, he presented Asti Spumante (state stallion Bavaria; under Thomas Mühlbauer winner of the 2004 Grand Prix in Munich), Anchorman (highest-priced showjumper in Vechta and successful in Nations Cups), Air Jordan (successful with Edouard Mathé/FRA in the tournament series Sires of the World), August der Starke (stallion performance test winner, price record holder of the Vechta auction and under Victoria Max-Theurer/AUT on the way to Grand Prix dressage) and St. Ludwigs Aquilino/Eva Senn/SUI. Other well-known horses produced by Argentinus are Anka, who came second in the Riders Tour with Marcus Ehning, Irish Independent Annabella/Cian O´Connor, the World Cup qualification winner Special Ed/Jill Henselwood/CAN, as well as Acajou/Toni Hassmann, and Anastasia III/Bill Twooney/IRE. The most famous Argentinus progeny in the dressage sport are Heike Kemmer’s European team gold winner Albano, the European young riders’ champion Achill/Benjamin Werndl, the three times Paralympics world vice-champion Fabiola/ Hannelore Brenner, the federal champion and up to Grand Prix trained Amaretto 50, as well as Aleppo S-OLD/both Isabell Werth.
Dam is by Quidam de Revel;2004, Quidam de Revel topped the World Breeding Championships Jumping Stallion ratings for the second year running, establishing himself as the pre-eminent – and most expensive – living sire of jumping horses.With ten (!) of his progeny jumping at the WEG in Jerez 2002, he was the stallion with the most number of progeny at this level.
Quidam was himself a jumping star; a member of the French Olympic Team, and fourth individually at the Barcelona Olympic Games with Herve Godignon. A year later the patriotic French breeders were shocked when Danish businessman, Flemming Velin purchased the stallion for a still secret sum, believed to be a record at the time.
In an article in HORSE INTERNATIONAL (No 1 – 2003), Velin told the journalist, Pernille Linder Velander: “I am a Thoroughbred person. Quidam is the kind of horse that appeals to me. He is a perfect beauty. If you compare him to the legendary Northern Dancer, you could hardly tell who is who. They could be twins.”
But Mr Velin got more than a breeding stallion, he purchased the ultimate ‘school-master’ for his son, Thomas, taking him on to win such prestigious events as the Grand Prix of Hannover. According to Thomas: “The feeling I got from Quidam has taught me what it should feel like to sit on a really good horse. If you have not had that experience, you simply cannot imagine what it can be like. When in the air, if needed, Quidam could just… like put in another gear, make another effort and jump higher still even after taking off from the ground.”
Quidam de Revel unites two of the most important lines of the Selle Français horse – the lines of Jalisco and Uriel.
Jalisco is a legend in his own right, but Quidam’s dam was also a star – Dirka, despite being only 163 cms, won at international level with Nelson Pessoa, before being given to Xavier Leredde who made his junior international debut on her.
Returned to her breeder, Prince Amaury de Broglie, Dirka was bred to Sans Souci, to produce two international competitors, Orka and Paprika de Revel, then with Jalisco B she produced Quidam de Revel and the broodmares, Razzia and Sarah de Revel. With Jalisco’s half brother, Kisosovo, she produced CSO winner, Vallon Rouge, and with Narcos, Aiglon Rouge, a star in Holland. With Quat’sous, she produced Byra Rouge, and with Pappillon Rouge, Dirka de Revel. What a mare!
Dirka’s dam, Ondine de Baugy produced five broodmares, and from them came the stallions, Sheyenne and Sioux de Baugy. Ondine’s dam Nadine produced five foals, all by Nankin. Troubadour B, won the 6 year old final and jumped at international level; Uriel, the most influential national stallion of the Selle Français book, and star of the great St Lô stud; Commander, an international competitor for Switzerland; Daguet de Baugy, a CSI winner for Belgium, and Voulzie, the dam of Furiel de Baugy.
Quidam’s pre-eminence as a sire was confirmed at the 2002 WEG in Jerez, where he was the sire of more showjumping participants than any other stallion.
Current performers include: Goldy, Guidan, Circa Z, Tlalloc La Silla, Nabab de Rêve, Dollars Boy, Hermès St Lois, Happy Villers, Jadis de Toscane, Belsedène d’Amaury, Bamby II, Baie Mahault, Coucou des Vivreau, Demie-Lune, Darios V, Furka du Village, Huppydam des Horts, Eve des Étisses, Daibolo du Parc, Dolovia de Sapaie, Drakkar de Phaële, Diam de la Ressée, Daibolo du Parc, Étoupe, Bianca d’Amaury, Eyken des Fontenis, Electra d’Amaury, Éburovic Granpré, Coco Chanel Trèfle, Billy de Forcilles, Happy Villers.

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