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Roundhay Dream Saskia - Don Ricoss / Body Check xx / Illustrious Prince xx
Champion Melbourne Royal Horse Show - 2 & 3 yr old warmblood filly
3rd Australian Warmblood Horse Show - 2 & 3 yr old warmblood filly
Born in Austrlia via frozen semen
Samaii's first ever bucksin tobiano foal
Oldenburg colt, born 4th June 2010. Bred by Sally Lister, Brackenspa Stud, Lincs, UK
Photos and video at 2 weeks old
New Foals!!!
This seasons foals are now arriving including the first crop from Royal Classic (Royal Highness/Florestan). Photos and further info can be found on each stallions progeny page:
Benetton Dream • Don Ricoss • Royal Classic • Samaii • Sambertino • Souvenir
Siangietino - Sambertino - SoPretty (Blue Hors Soprano / Cenzus)
Reserve Champion, 2010 Ayr County Show
Samaii - Sambertino / Brentano II
First competiton outing of 2010 - placed 2nd in L Level & 3rd in M Level, this was his first ever M level test!
Whatly - Sambertino / Goswita
Winner of Grade 3s & 3rd overall with 82.2% - BD Para Dressage talent spotting
Double win at Patchetts with 67.27% & 64.81% qualifying for the 2010 Winter Championships
2nd Grade 3 Restricted 2010 BD Para Dressage Winter Championship
Renatino - Sambertino / Droomwals
Champion USDF Region 7 Intermediare 1 Amateur Championships
Champion CDS Championship Intermediare 1 (Amateur)
Longacres Samara Fly - Sambertino / Tullibards Shakespeare
Licensed with the ZfdP
Breeder: Sally Harper, Brackenspa Stud. Owner: Mandy Sanderson, Longacres Stud
2010 Stallion Shows:
6.2.10 Hanoverian Private Stalion Show - Verden 5.00pm
21.2.10 Frischer Wind - Vechta 2.00pm
11.4.10 Gestuet WM stallion & progeny show - Gestuet WM 11.00am
St Moritz Junior - Premium Stallion born 2007
Another new stallion for Gestuet WM is the St Moritz son who licensed Premium at the 2009 Verden Hanoverian licensing. He will be available by chilled semen from us in 2010
Don Ricoss
Reserve Champion BEF Dressage Sire for 2009 with 100% of his foals being awarded First Premium for the second year running - Oct '09
Sambertino
100% of his foals were awarded First Premium in the BEF Futurity - Oct '09
Samaii
Successfuly completed his 70 Day Test in Germany and has become the first British Bred coloured stallion to do so. He placed 7th for dressage out of 29 stallions on test and is now life approved for warmbloood breeding - Oct '09
Silvana C - Samaii / Ringo (WKLP) / Niferak
Champion Pinto-Hunter foal at the 2009 ZfdP National Breeding Championship - Sept '09
Déjà vu LH - Don Ricoss / Hohenstein
Placed 3rd in the 2 year old colts with 75.3% at the French National Breeding Championships, Saumur - 27.09.09
Sambertino / Der Lord filly
Awarded foal Premium at the Oldenburg Foal Inspection - Sept '09
Don Rolieto - Don Ricoss / Balzflug
BEF Elite Premium Dressage yearling & East of England Reserve Champion Yearling Competition Horse - Sept '09
S Team Spirit - Samaii / Euphemism
Champion Yearling Competition Horse - Equifest 2009
Don Fabio du Payroll - Don Ricoss / Pik Solo
French Inter-regional Dressage Champion Foal with 81% - Aug '09
Sookie-Lynn - Samaii / Kaschmir / Lungau
Champion foal & Best in Show at ZfdP Pinto-Landeszuchtschau Weser-Ems - 25.7.09
Dixie Delight II - Don Ricoss / Warkant
Winner of the "Trophee ACS Foals" at the Le Mans foal showin France.
Judges included President of French Dressage.
Full sister Dixie Delight placed 4th at the 2008 French Breeding Championships despite being the youngest in the class at 2 months - 24.07.09
Samurai - Samaii colt born in Germany
A bay tobiano colt by Samaii out of Regentin (White Star/Star Regent xx) was born on 28.05.09 & awarded Premium foal at his Oldenburg inspection.
Breeder: Ilonka Danowski, Germany
Photo at 1 day old
Santano - Sandro Hit / Brentano II
Winner of 2 Elementary classes with scores of 74.00% and 70.71 which has qualified him for the British Dressage Summer Regionals. Breeder: Flax Lion Stud. Owner/Rider: Katrina Cantrell-Bennett - May 2009
Benetton Dream
Has qualified for the 2009 Bundeschampionat - he won the 5 year old qualifyer in Bremen-Oberneuland with a score of 8,3 - May 2009
Babybel - First Sambertino foal of 2009
Bay filly out of Elite Berolina (Brentano II/Wenzel II) born 15th March 2009 Full sister to Samaii
Tamberonie (Sambertino/Festival)
Winner of Premier League Prix St. Goerge at Myerscough
Renatino (Sambertino/Droomwals)
Ranked 2nd US Dressage Federation NA-KWPN 2008 rankings at Inter I & Prx St George (AA) & CDS "Horse of the Year"
Pionier (Sambertino/Tango)
11 yr old gelding owned & ridden by Ilona Mens, was 10th in the Grand Prix at 2008 Zwolle International show.
Sambertino
Reserve Champion BEF Dressage Sire 2007.
Lennox (Londonderry/Wolkenstein II)
Selected for the World Class Dressage Equine Pathway Programme, ridden by Daniel Greenwood.
The 4 year old chesnut gelding was bred by the Wahlers family and was trained and competed by Ecki - in 2007 he was sold to Clare Poole in the UK.
Results with Ecki include:
Champion 3 yr old - 2006 World Championships of Young Dressage Horses (mares & geldings)
Bronze Medal winner 2007 World Championships of Young Dressage Horses (mares & geldings)
2006 Video
Samaii (Sambertino/Brentano II)
Champion 3 & 4 yr old in his first Young Horse competition 26.08.07
Don Ricoss
Qualifies at Elmlohe for the 2007 Bundeschampionat for the 3rd year in a row 26.07.07
Tarmstedt Foal Championship
Vice Champion Hanoverian foal - Don Ricoss/Longchamp/Archipel ColtChampion ZfDP foal - Don Ricoss/Sambucco B/Kaschmir Don Ricoss/Velten Third colt, placed in the final round. 16.07.07
Don Ricoss
Wins L Level with a score of 8.8!!! 22.6.07
Sassalong Thistleton (Sambertino/Mitsubishi Video xx)
5 year old mare, ridden by Phoebe Buckley, won her first BE Novice & qualified for the 5 year PAVO Championships. 16.06.07
Tamberonie (Sambertino/Festival)
SSH stallion owned by Melanie Allen wins his second Advanced Medium with 71.05%. He has qualified for the BD Summer Regionals at Advanced Medium & Medium. Bold Heath 22nd July - Winner of Advanced Medium (73.69%) and first ever Advanced 100 (75%), qualified for BD Winter Regionals at Advanced Medium.
Papillon (Sambertino/Zonneglans)
Now competing ZZ Zwaar in Holland with Sabine Peters. Also winner of both Paralympic Grade IV including Kur, at Wanroj with scores of 71.29% & 73.9%2007. March 07
Papillon - FEI World Para Dressage Championships 2007
Grade IV Team Test - Silver Medal - 71.286%
Grade IV Individual Test - Bronze Medal - 68.710%
Grade IV Freestyle Test - Silver Medal - 73.307%
Sabine and Papillon were the highest placed members of the Dutch Team who finished 6th in the team reankings.
Samaii (Sambertino/Brentano II)
Premium stallion at 2007 ZfDP Licensing. One of only 2 stallions to receive this award. 31.03.07
2007 Sottrum Foal Show, Germany
Out of 70 foals all 3 Don Ricoss progeny qualified for the Foal Championship in July, with a Don Ricoss/ Graf Top being placed 5th overall. June 07
Hanoverian Foal Championships, Germany
A Don Ricoss/Carbid/Wiener Skat filly foal was placed a very creditable 6th place out of 72 qualified foals. July 06
Congratulations to Sambertino sons, Tamberonie and Whatly, who both qualified for the 2006 British Dressage National Championships.
Tamberonie a 6 year old coloured licensed SSH stallion, owned and ridden by Melanie Allen qualified at Novice Open. (Tamberonie and Melanie have now been selected for the UK "World Class Equine Pathway" )
Whatly a 7 year old gelding qualified at Open Medium.
Sambertino was the sire of 2, of only 4 coloured horses to qualify.
Papillon (Sambertino/Zonneglans)
Winner of the FEI "Hands in Hands" Cup with Anky van Grunsven and Krack C at CDIP**** Moorsele in Belgium and have been selected to represent Holland at the 2007 World ParaChampionships at Hartpury & the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.
Sabine Peters was also the winner of the FEI Para Individual Grade IV test with 70% on Papillon at Hartpury International Festival of Dressage CDIP in July 2006.
Sabine says "Papillon is wonderful and isn't scared of anything".
Santano (Sandro Hit/Brentano II)
Santano owned and ridden by Katrina Cantrell Bennett, did spectacularly well at the BWBS licensing, being awarded Reserve Champion at the stallion licensing 29.10.06
Don Ricoss
Wins the dressage section of his 30 day performance test!!! (Neustadt-Dosse)
Don Ricoss did brilliantly at Neustadt, scoring over 9 for both trot and canter, winning the dressage section.
He was the only 3 year old to get marks of greater than 9.0 for both trot and canter, out of 309 3 year olds 30 day tested in 2005!!!
His scores were:
Trot 9,13
Canter 9,38
Walk 8,00
Rideability 8,75
Temperament 8,75
Overall Dressage score 8,83
Pionier (Sambertino/Tango)
Congratulations to Pionier and Ilona Mens winner of his first Grand Prix. 20.5.07