Just thought I'd add to my last post that I did in actual fact (was 3 years ago when I looked and had forgotten!!) Sandro Hits dam, Loretta has been an excellent stallion producer bred to Don Schufro, she produced Diamond Hit who was Reserve World Champion Five Year Old Dressage horse and Bundeschampion in 2002; bred to the Rohdiamant son, Royal Dance, she produced Royal Hit, the 1-c premium stallion of the 2002 Oldenburg stallion licensing, and now a successful sire in his own right. He has a poor walk and passes it on, even to his grandchildren. Joined 7 September 2004 Messages 20,066. . Hmmmmm. And this saved money because it is not so expensive. He has an amazing amount of presence, huge ground-covering gaits, and fantastic conformation. Diamond Hit who was reserve champion at the World Young Horse Championships is also from that mare, and Diamond Hit is probably better than Sandro Hit.. There was a big discussion about Sir Donnerhalls hind legs, but the whole time I rode him, the horse was able to carry himself, and I think a horse is only able to carry himself when he is in balance and when he is using his hindlegs. An absolutely new bloodline he has more than 65 sons now. The duo wonevery class with the sky high notes of 9.3, 9.7 and 85.94 points. The index for Riding horse type is based on the traits 'type' and 'head neck and body' evaluated at the 3-year old test and the quality test. The lineup of grandsons is impressive Sprken (Sir Donnerhall / Lauries Crusador xx), Santano (Sancisco / Dream of Heidelberg II), Spielberg (Sunny-Boy / Rozier), Blue Hors St Schufro (by the great grandson, St Moritz Junior out of a Don Schufro mare), Standford (Sir Donnerhall / Diamond Hit) and Sarotti Mokka Sahne (Soliman de Hus / Lauries Crusador xx), all have one representative. In 1999 he became Six-Year-Old-Dressage-Horse-World-Champion, and winner at the German Federal Championships in Warendorf. 20401 Bluedog Lane Jeffersonton, Virginia, 22724office@zaragozaacres.com(540)379-0555. Also alot bigger in the flesh than I was expecting. Maybe Weltmeyer did this, but no other stallion.. My 5 yr old's grandsire is Sandro Hit (sire Saltimbanco). Please note: Schockemhle prioritise mares on site in Germany for chilled semen from their stallions, so popular stallions may be unavailable in the peak of the season with no notice. But it is when we examine the list of dam sires that Sandro Hit really has the numbers. seheut@aol.com or (410) 274-5252. Originally sourced in the Oldenburg Elite Foal Auction in Vechta, this charming young stallion is very correct in his conformation with expression to spare. He then went on to breed very good foals, were you worried that he was a result rather than a cause? There are 18 horses that have won more than 10,000 in dressage, headed by Showtime FRH with 230,697 with the next most successful, another of Dorothees team, St Emillion. Worked with alot of them and all seem nice quality beasts. If the first AI of the year is July 1st or later, the credit the following year is 100%. It is also influenced by the other scores in jumping as well as competition results in jumping due to the strong genetical relationships that exist between the various traits. One of the most outstanding examples is Sir Donnerhall, who also tops the FN breeding stallion rating (pictured in the last image with Sandro Hit). His dam's sire Lauries Crusador xx produced more than 70 licensed stallions including famous sires like Londonerry and Laida. 172cms . Lorettas dam, Lassie is by Welt As who was the sire of international showjumping star, Leroy Brown, and dressage star, Bonfire. Ulf told me how the turnaround was achieved, Ulf and Sandro Hit at the Bundeschampionate. The same pedigree combination (Sandro Hit x Donnerhall) had already produced the Licensing Champion of the Hanoverian society in Verden the previous month. The first cross that really worked was with the mare Poesie based at Neustadt-Dosse, the Brandenburger Stud in the former East Germany. Auction in 2008 for EUR 550,000. 95130. 1993 Black Stallion Sandro Hit is an extremely successful stallion, both in dressage competition and as a sire of numerous top foals. Sandro Hit (1993 August 2021)[1] was an Oldenburg stallion that was successful in dressage competition and as a sire of numerous top foals. Originally licensed in Verden in 2012, Faramund was sourced the following year in Germany by Hannah Salazar and was subsequently imported to the US. Sandro Hit wins the 6 year old class at the first ever World Young Dressage Horse Championships in 1999. Sandro Hit is a mordern, elegant stallion with a harmonious topline, well-developed frame and strong limbs. Sandro Hit foals and horses are regularly sold at auction for prices in excess of 100,000. The index for height is based on height at the withers measurements taken at the 3-year old test and the quality test. We are looking forward to Sonntag's first hanoverian and oldenburg foals in 2010. Under saddle, he shows top rideability and gaits, good jumping technique and scope, and a natural ability for cross-country. He was moving very well as a foal. 59 have successes in S***-classes, 22 in S****-classes and two in S*****-classes. Thats why he will be there for as long as he lives because he gives you nearly a guarantee for the colour, for uphill movement and for a nice neck. Thanks for everyones comments. Other championship offspring that excelled in sport are Santana (Minna Telde), Selten HW (Anders Dahl), Statesman (Naima Moreira Laliberte). Sandro Hit's offspring are high in blood, modern, harmonious, equipped with excellent movement and a fascinating appearance and shine. In the 2015 Hanoverian stallion book, Sandro Hit was recorded to have sired 1,087 competition horses with winnings of 744,268 euros and as of 2016 he has produced 1138 competition horses with total winnings for 887,913 euros. It is also influenced by the scores in gaits and the score for type from the 3-year old test and the quality test due to the genetical relationships that exist between these traits. These foundation Thoroughbred lines can be found in the pedigrees of a number of International Dressage and Eventing horses. By legendary sire, Sandro Hit, out of an elite Donnerhall/Rubinstein I mare, Sonntagskind combines three of the world's most famous bloodlines in dressage breeding. There were three by Sandro Hit in the dressage competition at Rio, and rather surprisingly, the stand out star of the cross country was another Sandro Hit, Santano II ridden by Christopher Burton. This was to be expected, what is perhaps slightly more surprising has been Sandro Hits success at a sire of Olympic Grand Prix medallists, in Tokyo, his collection included the team gold medallist, Showtime FRH (Rotspon), and all three of the silver medal winning American team, Salvino (Donnerhall) and grandsons, Suppenkasper (Spielberg) and Sanceo (San Remo). Fitness is something I have found to be incredibly important for him we cross train, we do hills, lots of stuff like that because without that strength he would definitely struggle. In 1998, the Landadel daughter Lady Weingard was the 1998 World Champion in Grand Prix Show Jumping under Markus Beerbaum. In 1999, Sandro Hit became the six-year-old dressage horse World Champion, and won the German Federal Championships in Warendorf. His dam's sire Landadel is an excellent jumper stallion that was used very well to help create the modern sporthorse jumper. His foals go for rediculous money. Suddenly the breeders are aiming not for a place in the Elite Riding Auctions for three and four year old horses, but to sell their foals at auction while they are still foals, and they are getting good prices. They can manage their body, and when they want to work with me, they do a good job.. 2015 saw Santo Hits first licensed stallion son Skyfall. Years ago, the children of the breeders were riding the product for one year, to show them a little bit. One of his progeny, Show Star, was the National Young Horse Champion in 2001 and a Vice-Champion in 2002. Santo Hit has qualified for every summer and winter regional championships with scores up to 77% and many wins. Faramund had a successful debut on the Eventing circuit in 2018, with top finishes at the Plantation Field and Seneca Valley Horse Trials, a Top 20 finish in the CIC2* at Plantation Field International, and was ultimately ranked 2nd for USEA Stallion of the Year. Sandro Hit's son San Amour won the Hauptprmie title by a wide margin, while his full sister, Victoria, won the Oldenburg Regional Championship. I was at PS in 2008 for 4 months. Sandro Hit's maternal bloodline moreover produced a number of Vechta auction horses and foals. Sandro Hit created a totally new bloodline for dressage horse breeding and gave new impetus to the dressage wing of Paul Schockemhle's stallionstation in the 2000s. Provisionally licensed by the German Oldenburg Verband in 2011, Sandros Star garnered high praise and a perfect 10 for his canter from the judges. Since 2016, Sandro Hit ranks among the prize-money millionaires, with 167 descendants registering success at advanced levl, and he is currently third on the WBFSH Sire Rankings, having been in the top ten every year since 2012. She is by that great broodmare sire, Brentano, and bred to Sandro Hit produced first the World Young Dressage Horse Champion Poetin, followed by the three Samba Hit brothers all of who starred in young horses classes and at the Bundeschampionate. Sandro Hit was Paul Schockemohle's flagship dressage stallion in the 2000s and he heralded a new age of commerce for his stallion station. I have a Sandro Hit, bought him as a yearling, super temperament, easy to do, fab hindleg action, he is out of a Master mare and have been told he takes after him in his movement. As a 3-year old, Faramund posted resounding success, ending the year as both Champion 3-year old In-Hand and Under Saddle at the Spy Coast Young Horse Show Finals in Tryon, NC. He has stamped his qualities on a whole era of modern horses, producing beautiful progeny with dynamic cadence. ", Photos Dirk Caremans - Mary Phelps - Astrid Appels - private, Related Links Also from the dam line comes the CSI 4* (Grand Prix) horse Black Swan Special and the PSG/I1 successful Lili Marlene. One of his daughters Hot Summer won a dressage tournament at the age of 7 with 9.8 points. Furthermore, Herbager xx shows up as the paternal grandsire of Hill Hawk xx, a well-regarded improvement sire within the Oldenburg and Hanoverian breeds. Damline -Sandro Hit's mother, Loretta, is one of the best breeding mares in the world. He also has a slow hind leg and passes this on too. She also produced Grand Prix horse and Vice World Champion Diamond Hit, and premium stallion Royal Hit. he has produced the largest number of successful showjumpers and dressage horses ever. The painful treatment was something we didn't want to put him through out of respect for him, because according to the vet team, there was no prospect for improvement.". Thanks . Ultra: Donatella M: Dressage Royal: Grace S: Horse information Competition results Breeding values Offspring (1) Breeding values. The index for Temperament in jumping is based on the score for 'temperament and overall impression' at the three year old and quality test. The pair won team gold at the European Junior Championship in 1987, before he joined up with the Italian rider, Loris Pujatti, again with international success. The index for dressage is is based on competition results in dressage on a regional,-national-and elite level. a dressage horse. Sandro Hit has started a legendary new dynasty in dressage horse breeding is considered the founding stallion of Schockemoehle Stud. Maybe that has something to do with the test. His presence and charisma were overwhelming, and, with Ulf, he found a showman who knew exactly how to conserve his horse to produce the big performance right on cue. Five of them competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio/BRA, including Showtime FRH/Dorothee Schneider, who became team gold medalist and came sixth in the freestyle, and Santano II/Christopher Burton/AUS, eventing team bronze medallist. Also with Don Schufro, or Ahlerich, whatever, all these horses had a weak point, every horse in the world has a weak point but the rider who is going to invest himself in the training, he must know if he can live and work with that weak point., In the final round at the World Young Horse Championships, you could see that Sir Donnerhall was able to use his hind leg, and for sure, in the development, it will become better and better. Sandro Hits son Seebach (Caprimond) also has one. Now I think half the breeders have no background in agriculture, if they have a three-year-old horse they have to give it to a trainer, and this is hundreds of Euros, a month. Santo Hit is both beautiful and successful himself and but the real excitement and confidence he gives to breeders, is his ability to pass on this beauty to his foals in their talent, temperament and type. Sandro Hit is himself a German national champion and World Champion of six-year-old dressage horses and has trained up to Grand Prix. He is producing outstanding foals with elegant, modern builds and fantastic movement for the discerning dressage or hunter breeder. The stallion's competition career quickly came to an end. The grand-dam Antenne won numerous Grand Prix with George Ahlmann. The index for Temperament in gaits is based on the score for 'temperament and overall impression' at the quality test. At the moment I think we can offer every breeder in the world, a stallion for his special mare, because we have such a variety of stallions.. The next most prolific dam sire is Fidertanz (Fidermark / Ravallo) with four. Sempatico's grand sire is Sandro, the Holsteiner stallion who also sired the great Sandro Hit. 9 December 2021 #2. From 2012 Sandro Hit was one of the world's best dressage sires, and in 2017 and 2018 he ranked second in the World Breeding Federation of Sport Horses (WBFSH) rankings of dressage stallions. Heinrich Wecke from Stadthagen bred him out of a dam by Rotspon/Donnerhall, which stands for very rideable blood. Sandro Hit is a clear foundation sire who has become the name behind the S-line. A modern dressage horse known for quality movement, type, three outstanding gaits and well balanced nature. "Best Young Stallion of 2000" is just one of the titles he won that year. Isabell Werth on Totilas: "Those Who Rise High, Fall Deep", Adriane Alvord: "The Pain that Lives Behind the Barn Door", Totilas, Global Dressage Sensation, Passed Away. 1993 2021 169 cm Black Breeder: Gabriele Harder-Brune, At the 2020 Bundeschampionate Sandro Hit was influential on the showgrounds at Warendorf where he made his name but mainly on the dam line. He has a kind willing temperament and loves woking with his rider, he has a huge heart, These attributes he also passes down to . It was a whole year before we put him in the ring and everyone was kind of like, come on, what are you doing, he was owned by a syndicate at the time, and they were patient, they let me go with my gut when I said I need a year to get to know him and re-calibrate things and get us on the same page it takes a while for sure.. But then you find jumping stallions like Sandro establishing a dressage line through his son Sandro Hit, there luckily the bloodlines are not so close together they dont have to be so close together.. 101 The legendary breeding stallion Sandro Hit has passed away at age 28. Despite the versatility of his sire, on his breeding you would have expected that Sandro Hit was headed for a career in the jumping ring trouble was, he couldnt jump, and turned in a very poor performance test, but Dr Ulf Mller, who managed the dressage section of PSI, found the way to bring out his ability and establish a new dressage dynasty. Based on his successes in sport, Sandros Star was named the United States Eventing Association Stallion of the Year in 2017 and 2018. He is by the Oldenburg approved pinto stallion Semper, who is by Sandro, the Holsteiner stallion who is also the sire of Sandro Hit, Sandro Song and has a total of 36 approved sons, 308 approved mares, 27 states premium mares.