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The beautifully build Canabis Z started his sporting and breeding career at Stud Zangersheide. Afterwards Canabis Z jumped for no less than six seasons at international level, mostly ridden by Spain’s Manuel Fernandez Saro. Canabis Z has been successful at many four and ve star competitions and won the Grand Prix of Vejer de la Frontera for example.

Canabis Z is a son of the legendary Holstein bred sire Contender, who still has a great in uence on today’s breeding. The genes of the valuable sires Silvester and Cor de la Bryere strengthen Canabis’ pedigree. In addition, Canabis Z was bred out of the strong, famous Holstein damline 990.

From Canabis’ rst crop, several offspring competes successfully at the highest level, such as the Olympic mare Cadjanine Z (Gregory Wathelet and nowadays Rodrigo Pessoa), Carolus Z (Henri Kovács, Cian O’Connor and today Bernardo Alves), who competed at the European Championships in Herning 2013, and WorldCup winner Carrabis Z (Richie Moloney). Like himself, Canabis Z’s offspring catch the eye with excellent re exes, technique, attitude and a great confirmation.

Camargo has got excellent genetics and proved himself in sport at the highest level. This son of Olympic stallion Canturo is bred out of the brilliant For Pleasure daughter Fit For Fun. Ridden by the Philippaerts brothers and Luciana Diniz, Camargo himself jumped at the highest level as well. With Portugal’s Luciana Diniz, Camargo won the Grand Prix of Eschweiler as well as a CSI5* 1.60m class in Calgary, Spruce Meadows. Camargo also scored podium finishes at prestigious shows such as CHIO Aachen, Liège and Chantilly – both with Luciana Diniz and Olivier Philippaerts. Another of Camargo’s great performances was the 4th place in the Global Champions Tour of Shanghai.

Ridden by Brazil’s Bernardo Alves, sire Canturo jumped at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and stood out for his unlimited scope and fantastic way of jumping. In breeding, Canturo produced many Grand Prix showjumpers, such as Good Luck (Cian O’Connor), Zypria S (Willem Greve), Cristy (Marcus Ehning) and Can Ya Makan (Shane Breen). Camargo’s dam Fit For Fun was even more successful in sport. Ridden by Luciana Diniz, Fit For Fun was for years one of the best showjumpers in the world. With her incredible attitude and brilliant reflexes, Fit For Fun won the CSI5* Grand Prix competitions of Rotterdam, Doha, Sankt Gallen, Al Rayyan and Basel. In addition, she came second in the Rolex Grand Prix of Spruce Meadows in 2017 and in the Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen in both 2017 and 2018. Furthermore, Fit For Fun competed at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the World Cup Final in Lyon in 2014 and the European Championships in Aachen and Gothenburg.

Besides the top performances of dam Fit For Fun, even more sport comes from the direct family of Camargo. For example, Fit For Fun’s full brother Flight of Ikarus also jumped at 1.60m level with Janne-Friederike Meyer and Justine Tebbel and half-brother Darco For Fun Z was approved by OS and Zangersheide.

With his two Olympic parents and his own achievements at the highest level, Camargo seems to have everything to develop into a valuable stallion in breeding. From a small number of coverings, Camargo has already produced some international showjumpers and his young offspring look very promising.

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Cantona TN is one of the new additions of Team Nijhof. This son of the world-class showjumper Codex One was a true eye catcher at the national shows as a 4-years-old and he has been approved by the KWPN with a score of 84.5 points. Cantona TN gained a 9 for rideability, while his canter, re exes, scope, attitude and talent as a showjumper were judged with an 8.5. His talent combined with his exceptional pedigree, Cantona TN seems to be a highly interesting new stallion at the stud.Sire Codex One, ridden by Christian Ahlmann, is among the very best of his generation; the Contendro I-son won the World Cup of Stuttgart, the Grand Prix-competitions of Valkenswaard, Berlin, Hamburg, Neumünster, Basel and above all the Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen in 2014. In addition, he participated at the London Olympics, the European Championships in Herning and the World Equestrian Games in Caen.

Cantona TN is a son of the Caretano-daughter Claudia Z, who already produced another two approved stallions. Claudia’s dam is the famous mare Larthago. This daughter of Carthago successfully jumped at 1.50m with Matthijs van Asten and is nowadays known as one of the best broodmares of Europe. Larthago produced no less than ve approved stallions: the 1.50m-showjumper Cevin Z, the 8-years- old 1.45m-jumper Dimitri Z (Kim Kristensen), the 6-years-old exceptionally talented Casago (Piergiorgio Bucci), Casago II and the famous Harley VDL, who performed at 1.55m-level with Jessica Kürten. In addition, several offspring of Larthago jump at international level: the 8-years-old Einstein at 1.45m level, Hopes are High Z at Grand Prix-level with Ruben Romp, Katharina Offel and Cara Raether, the 9-years-old Soren Z at 1.60m-level with Kasey Ament, Heartbreaker-son Uncle Sam at 1.45m-level with Koen Leemans and Bruce Z at 1.40m-level with Day Keymolen. Cantona TN has been approved by both the KWPN and Studbook Zangersheide and he seems to have all the qualities to match the performances of his highly successful relatives.

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Cero Blue TN combines this fantastic damline with his promising sire Chacoon Blue. This Chacco Blue-son is considered by many to be one of the successors of his famous. Cero Blue TN’s grandsire Balou du Rouet can be seen as one of the world’s leading showjumping sires.

Cero Blue TN is bred out of one of the most successful damlines from Holstein; his excellent pedigree goes back to the world-famous mare Fein Cera. This Landadel-daughter jumped at the very highest level with USA’s Peter Wylde and was officially crowned as the best showjumper in the world in Jerez.

The grand-dam of Cero Blue TN, Zera, jumped at 1.60m level with Pato Muente and later Victoria Vargas; Zera became world-famous when she won the Hamburg Derby in 2017. Zera’s grand-dam is the famous Fein Cera ridden by Peter Wylde, whose dam Cera also jumped at 1.60m-level with Paul Darragh and Otto Becker

Cero Blue TN jumps with outstanding technique, has great body use, and shows lots of scope. Cero Blue TN won several four-year-old classes in 2021. During the World Championships for young horses in Lanaken, Cero Blue TN showed that he can compete with the best horses of his year.

Cero Blue TN adds quality, charisma, rideability, and attitude to his offspring!

Chaplin is a fantastic example of Verdi TN’s offspring at the highest level. Ridden by reigning European champion and number two in the world Martin Fuchs, Chaplin is one of world’s most successful showjumpers. The stallion won no less than three CSI5* Global Champions Tour Grand Prix competitions: Mexico City in 2017, Madrid in 2019 and Estoril in 2019. Chaplin was also victorious at prestigious CSI5* shows such as Helsinki, Shanghai, Zurich and Doha.

For a decade, sire Verdi TN was one of the best showjumpers in the Netherlands ridden by Maikel van der Vleuten and took part in no less than eleven major championships, including two Olympic Games. Besides Chaplin, offspring such as New York, Chief, Cuidam, Varoune, Evita SG Z, Catwalk Harry and Fleurette compete at the highest level.

Chaplin’s successes are no surprise. Dam Jaltha B is a daughter of the ‘Preferent’ awarded Concorde and jumped herself at 1.35m-level. Her dam Caltha B produced among others the Grand Prix showjumper Twilight Zeldenrust and is granddam of the successful Personality Zeldenrust and Picolien Zeldenrust. Ridden by Wesley Heijdens, Personality Zeldenrust became European Champion for Young Riders in 2007, while Picolien Zeldenrust with Doda de Miranda won many international classes.

The now 14-year-old Chaplin has never been used for breeding before, but given his fantastic pedigree and brilliant sports career, he seems a very interesting addition to the stud. Chaplin has all the qualities as a showjumper and also distinguishes himself by his mentality, rideability and spirit in the arena.

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Concorde comes from very strong jumping lines on both sides. Sire of this stallion, who in jumping circles is known as Olympic Concorde, is the impressive dominant breeding stallion Voltaire, who via his sire Furioso II and Gotthard is bred to perform. Voltaire is the number 2 in the World Breeding Rankings for Showjumping Sires in 1996. Voltaire, through the performances of his offspring, stands very high in both the dressage and jumping indexes. Due to his high ranking position, Voltaire was given the ‘keur’ and ‘preferen’ predicates at a very early age. Concorde’s dam, Flyer, is by the legendary Marco Polo, one of the most influential Dutch stallions in breeding and jumping with representatives such as: Irco Polo, Pybalia, Marius, Orpheus, Mr LA, Pierrot and Recruut. Flyer is related to the international jumper Vivaldi, which under Melanie Smith was speed horse of the Year in 1980. Flyer produced at least 6 (inter)national jumpers. Concorde was himself an international jumper with Jos Lansink. They won the Grand Prix of Nordrhein-Westfalen at Aken and they were Champion of the Netherlands in 1994, 2nd in the Grand Prix of Amsterdam, 2nd Darmstadt, 2nd Lanaken, 2nd Helsinki and 2nd Gothenburg.

The last three years Concorde was the sire with the most offspring at the World Breeding Championships for young horses. The preferent Concorde has proved himself to be an absolute top sire of international sporthorses. His offspring Audi’s Jikke, Kathja, Conquest II, Larino, Viktor and Isabella proved themselves at the very top at Grand Prix level (1.60 m.) and World Cup jumping. In the Grand Prix of Rotterdam 3 from the top 8, had Concorde to thank as their sire. At the World Cup final at Las Vegas had 4 offspring in the finals. Concorde was the youngest stallion ever to be awarded preferent, due to his endless list of national and international children.. Concorde was elected “Horse of the Year” in 2004 and is the highest ranked KWPN stallion in the top ten of the WBFSH!

Concorde is only available by means of frozen semen.

Dorian Grey TN Z is a young stallion with a great future. He is a son of Dominator Z – Olympic prospect of Christian Ahlmann. Dorian Grey combines Dominator Z with another great stallion from Studfarm Zangersheide: the famous Chellano Z. In the third generation we come across the stallion Notaris who guarantees top quality horses when present in the damline.

Dorian Grey’s dam Cegetti Z jumped successfully in sport herself and also produced the international showjumper Darchello B ridden by Italy’s Paolo Zani. The Grand Prix showjumpers Phyra Z and Partner V2 were also bred from this same damline.

Two half-sisters of Dorian Gray received 85 points each during the studbook inspection.

Dorian Grey earned his breeding license in the spring of 2019 at Studbook Zangersheide. He stood out due to his excellent reflexes and great jumping technique.

Dorian Grey TN Z catches the eye under saddle with his extreme quality, technique, light-footedness, and athletic ability.

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Powerhouse Eldorado van de Zeshoek meets all the expectations in both sport and breeding. Ridden by Willem Greve, the son of Clinton is currently among the best combinations in The Netherlands, making several Nations Cup appearances. In breeding, Eldorado van de Zeshoek is undoubtedly a foundation sire in the making, with already three KWPN approved sons, namely Grandorado TN, Grodino and Highway M TN.

In addition, Eldorado van de Zeshoek’s dam Bijou Orai currently competes at 1.60m level with French rider Olivier Perreau. With the Olympic stallion Clinton as his sire and the highly successful Toulon as dam’s sire, Eldorado’s pedigree is more than outstanding.

At the beginning of 2015, Willem Greve took over the reins of Eldorado van de Zeshoek and immediately won the Grand Prix of Roosendaal. “Eldorado van de Zeshoek has unlimited scope and with his power he can jump all the classes in the world. Thereby he is competitive, so I’m very happy to have him in my stable!”, Willem Greve says about Eldorado van de Zeshoek.

Ridden by Niels Nanning, the excellent bred Elvaro shows a lot of potential for the highest level of the showjumping sport. The son of Calvaro catches attention with his enormous scope and extreme carefulness and thanks to those characteristics Elvaro ended up fourth in the nal standings of the KWPN Stallion Competition 2015.

Sire Calvaro jumped at the highest level with Jos Lansink, Michael and John Whitaker and has developed into a true top sire with famous offspring like Katchina Mail (Patrice Delaveau), Grafton (Conor Swail), Santiago de Blondel (Manuel Fernandez Saro) and Sarena (Ben Maher).

Elvaro’s dam April Love M is a daughter of the legendary Heartbreaker and jumped at 1.35m level herself. Heartbreaker is of an incredible value to the breeding of showjumpers, as a sire of top stallions like Toulon, Quasimodo van de Molendreef and Harley and of world-class showjumpers like Romanov (Bertram Allen), Dejavu (Bassem Hassan Mohammed) and VDL Groep Zidane (Leopold van Asten).

In addition, Elvaro was bred out of the direct damline of the KWPN approved stallion Londontimes, which jumped at the highest level with Kevin Olsmeyer and has proved to be valuable in breeding too. International top horses like Ultimo (Annelies Vorsselmans) and Tag Heuer (Geir Gulliksen) are also closely related to Elvaro.

Firestone is the wonderful result of top-class dressage sires Johnson and Florencio. Ridden by Hans Peter Minderhoud, Johnson is among the world’s best dressage horses. He contributed to the golden team medal at the European Championships in Aachen 2015 and represented the Netherlands at the Olympic Games in Rio
de Janeiro. Florencio has been world champion as both a ve- and a six-year-old, while in 2015 the KWPN awarded Florencio as ‘Keur’ sire. Florencio deserved this great title thanks to his offspring performing at Grand Prix level and the talented KWPN approved stallion Charmeur. The thoroughbred Painters Row xx and the valuable Saluut strengthen Firestone’s pedigree.

Firestone was bred out of the famous Bella- damline, which produced many successful showjumpers and dressage horses. Firestone’s full sister El also earned no less than 81.5 points the KWPN Mare Test and achieved an amazing score of 95 points for her trot at the KWPN Mare Inspections. As a 3-year-old, Firestone stood out due to his fantastic con rmation and movements, which earned him the title of reserve champion at the KWPN Stallion Show. Afterwards, Firestone earned 82.5 points in the KWPN Performance Test and makes a great impression with Joyce Lenaerts in the KWPN Stallion Competition. In Ermelo Firestone nished fth, in Roosendaal he ended up fourth and at the last competition in Zuidbroek, Firestone became third. Firestone’s rst foals seem promising: they show charm, charisma and great movements!

For years there has been searched for stallions with ‘free’ bloodlines for dressage horse breeding. Not only in this context is this excellent Fontaine TN an asset, he also impresses with his qualities and health. This Hanoverian bred eye-catcher 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. Finest turns out to be a champion maker and Fontaine TN carries also valuable genes from his damline. Both his dam Sky and granddam Gilette were declared Staatspremie-stute and Sky is a half-sister of the international Small Tour dressage horse Raptor 3 (by Rubin Royal) of Karen Böckmann. Granddam Gilette has also foaled two third level dressage horses. Damsire Samarant showed his qualities in the Small Tour under Andreas Helgstrand and has managed to be very valuable as a breeding stallion. The oldest descendants of this Sandro Hit son are performing on Grand Prix level, such as Salenga (Sarah Waldsperger), Sam Donnerhall (Anthony Astier) and Sir Simon 12 (Ulla Salzgeber). In the third generation we meet the Graf Grannus-son Ginsberg, who not only sired multiple international show jumpers but also the Grand Prix dressage horse Gringo of Sirpa Degerth-Kaldi. From this immediate family also descent approved stallions like Lividon GPF (s.Livaldon) and premium stallion Dream Maker (s.Damsey FRH). The talented Fontaine TN is free of influential breeding stallions as Jazz, Flemmingh, Gribaldi and is facing a great future for both sport and breeding.

• 2nd in Performance test Adeldheidsdorf 2018;
• Interior: 9,25
• Charakter/Temperament: 9,00
• Willingness to work: 9,50
• Trot: 8,50
• canter: 9,50
• walk: 9,50
• rideability: 9,00

Last year Florencio’s great in uence in breeding was recognised by the KWPN and Florencio received the prestigious title ‘Keur’. Again and again, Florencio’s offspring prove themselves: several offspring scores over 70% at Grand Prix level – including the approved stallion Florenciano, ridden by Hubertus Schmidt, nearly 40 sons of Florencio are approved stallions, including the KWPN approved Charmeur, his son Borencio won the Pavo Cup for young dressage horses twice and many times his daughters turned out as true stars at KWPN Mare Inspections. Sire Florestan I is an outstanding dressage ambassador of Westphalia, with many approved sons, like Fidermark, Fleurop, Fürst Heinrich, Faveur, Neostan, Flores, Freestyle and Flieder. Grandsire Weltmeyer is one of the most famous sires of Hannover with countless approved sons and offspring at the highest level of dressage, while great-grandsire Pik Bube is a world-famous sire too.

These outstanding dressage genes were expressed through Florencio at already a young age: in 2003 Florencio became reserve champion of Germany at the prestigious Bundeschampionat and as a 4-year-old Florencio became champion of Westphalia. Ridden by Hans Peter Minderhoud, Florencio became World Champion for young dressage horses in Verden in both 2004 and 2005. Later on, he dominated the Dutch VHO-Trophy twice at Prix St. Georges level.

Ridden by Zoï Snels, Floris develops in one of The Netherland’s most talented young showjumpers. With his huge scope and extreme carefulness, Floris proves to be competitive again and again and jumps clear round after clear round. Some common characteristics for horses from the famous Sina-damline, from which Floris was bred.

Ridden by Jeroen Dubbeldam, sire Quality Time was among the best horses in The Netherlands. Quality Time, bred by famous breeder Floris van Leuken, became Dutch champion in 2011 and one year later he won the Grand Prix of San Patrignano. Floris’ grandsire Vancouver brings in the genes of Le Tôt de Semilly and jumped Nations Cups himself with Wim Schröder. The direct damline of Floris is an unique one; dam Arsinaa is none other than the half-sister of Mac Kinley, the famous Olympic showjumper who won team silver with Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and achieved an individual fourth place at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. The approved stallion Baedeker (Heartbreaker x Concorde), who jumps at international level with Daniel Augusto Da Rios, and the approved international showjumping stallion Rocco (Fuego du Prelet x Purioso), ridden by Ahmed Tolba, are also closely related to Floris.

Team Nijhof proudly presents the Oldenburg vice champion For Dance x Zack. This spectacular son of the promising For Dance moves like a dream. In trot, Florida moves with a fantastic posture, lots of balance and a fantastic leg technique. In canter, he moves uphill with a lot of power and scope. On the lunge line, Florida TN impresses as well with his strength, tact and striking use of the front and hind leg. Therefore, it was no surprise that the young For dance was named vice champion of the Oldenburg stallion approval.

In addition to his talent for dressage, he has a highly interesting pedigree as well – especially for Dutch dressage breeding. Sire For Dance is a son of the proven Grand Prix stallion For Romance I and makes a great impression with his first offspring and with his performance in the young horse classes. In recent years, grandsire Blue Hors Zack has developed into one of the most influential dressage stallions of the moment and Diamond Hit and Rubinstein I have made their mark in dressage breeding world-wide.

Florida’s great-granddam Guanita II is the full sister of the Grand Prix dressage horse Rubel, ridden by Belgium’s Fanny Verliefden. This line produced even more dressage successes, including the world-famous Grand Prix dressage horse Doktor. Ridden by Shelly Francis, Dokter was among the best dressage horses in the United States for years and nowadays, the Diamond Hit son is successfully ridden by Rebecca Waite. Other famous horses out of NN’s family include the KWPN approved Team Nijhof stallion Sir Oldenburg, the Oldenburg approved Grand Prix stallion Grand Slam ridden by USA’s Mary Alice Malone and the Oldenburg and Mecklenburg approved Dargento.

It is all in the name: Guidam Sohn is an approved son of world-class sire Guidam – sire of Olympic medalists Authentic (Beezie Madden), Ninja la Silla (Rolf-Göran Bengtsson) and Vindicat W (Peter Charles and Jessica Springsteen). Successful showjumpers like Luidam (Billy Twomey), Lansdowne (Conor Swail) and Zinedine (Ludger Beerbaum) are also sired by the great Guidam. The valuable sires Zeus and Akteur strengthen the pedigree of Guidam Sohn, who also comes from a powerful damline.

Dam Fanakta also produced the international showjumper Naktibro, the AES approved son of Heartbreaker Sunny, who jumped at international level with Bart Bles and Jessica Rosa, and the 1.40m showjumper Anakta of Patrick Nisbett. Fanakta is also the granddam to Unato, who jumped at Grand Prix level with both Marcel Wolf and Sabrina Crotta.

Guidam Sohn himself was approved after a superb 100-day-test in the Czech Republic and won the Czech national title as a 5-year-old. Jos Lansink competed Guidam Sohn successfully in international young horse classes in San Patrignano, Valkenswaard and Lyon, but an injury ended Guidam Sohn’s sports career too early. From his rst crop of offspring, several jump successfully at international level, such as Boucherom, ridden by Lucy Davis, Quido Rebel, who has had many international top placings with Tim Hoster and currently Samuel Hutton and many more.

All eyes are on Grandorado TN, being one of the greatest talents of the G-year of the KWPN. In the KWPN Performance Test the son of Eldorado van de Zeshoek earned 85.5 points and he was already described as a phenomenon. Top-level rider Willem Greve discovered many world-class horses in his career and bought a share of Grandorado too.

“He is  a true natural. He is a rough diamond with all the potential, in my opinion”, Willem Greve states about Grandorado.

His unlimited scope and power, Grandorado inherited from his sire Eldorado van de Zeshoek, a son of Clinton which jumps at the highest level with Willem Greve. Dam Charmieque also jumped at 1.40m level with Willem Greve, after she scored 83 points in a mare performance test of the KWPN. Grandsire Carolus II jumped at Grand Prix level with both Thomas Voss and Schuyler Riley and has produced many international jumpers. Great-grandsire Baloubet du Rouet is also of top-class level, being a top sire and winner of three World Cup Finals and Olympic gold with Rodrigo Pessoa.

Grandorado was not only the champion of the KWPN Performance Test, but also won  the finals of the kwpn stallion competitions in 2016 and 2017! He also became second in the Stallion Competition in both Kronenberg and Zuidbroek.

In every way, I’m Special de Muze is unique. First of all his pedigree: sire Emerald has had countless victories with Harrie Smolders, including the World Cup of Washington in 2015, the Nations Cup of Falsterbo in 2015 and the Nations Cup of Aachen and Gijon in 2013. As a sire, the son of Diamant de Semilly x Carthago also does a great job; his oldest offspring compete already at 1.45m level. I’m Special Muze’s dam Walnut de Muze has also won a lot all over the world, ridden by Harrie Smolders. Just think of Grand Prix and Nations Cup wins in Madrid, Dublin, Doha, Wellington, Mechelen and Calgary. Ridden by Christophe Barbeau, Granddam Qerly Chin jumped the World Cup final in Milan and was reserve for the Olympic Games in Athens 2004. Afterwards, Qerly Chin turned out one of the best broodmares ever to be in Belgium.

Rider Zoï Snels confirms the great qualities of I’m Special de Muze. “I think he has a 100% score on every aspect: he is top careful, has scope, has a great rideability and has a super attitude. If he continues to develop like this, he is a horse for the future!” In 2013, I’m Special Muze jumped clear in all six rounds of the Belgian Pavo Stallion Competition, in 2015 he won the GMB Competition for six- and seven-year-olds in Drachten and in the same year he won the Showjumping Stallions Class at Indoor Brabant.

Ridden by Hans Peter Minderhoud, Glock’s Johnson TN N.O.P. has risen to be one of world’s best combinations in dressage. The son of Jazz takes in the 11th placing on the FEI World Ranking, was ranked 8th individually at the Olympic Games in Rio, won the golden team medal and individual bronze at the European Championships in Aachen. “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”, rider Hans Peter Minderhoud says about his number one horse. “When Johnson enters the ring, all people will sit up. He truly is a king!”

After the phenomenal performances of Johnson in Aachen last year, you could almost forget the bronze team medal at the World Equestrian Games in Caen 2014. And of course the victories in the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Spécial in Treffen, the second placings in the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle in Rotterdam, et cetera.

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. Through offspring like Krack C and Lingh, also Flemmingh has left its mark on today’s breeding of dressage horses. The offspring of Johnson make great impressions on all levels as well. The approved stallion Meggle’s Boston (Hendrik Lochthowe) already performs at Grand Prix level, while Bretton Woods (Matthias Alexander Rath) and Boston STH (Denise Nekeman) are close to it. Also on the KWPN shows, the offspring of Johnson does a fantastic job. Just think of Handsome O, the champion of the KWPN Stallion Show in 2015.

KOMME CASALL TN

Team Nijhof is proud to present their KWPN Performance winner Komme Casall. This beautiful and tall chestnut stallion combines a magnificent pedigree with an extraordinary jumping talent.

Sire Comme Il Faut and Marcus Ehning are one of the best jumping stallion in the world and they won for example the Grand Prix of Brussels in 2018. As a son of Cornet Obolensky out of the world famous mare Ratina Z, the genetic value of Comme Il Faut is superb. In breeding he adds replexes, technique and jumping ability to his offspring. Komme Casall is the 3rd approved son of Comme Il Faut in Holland. Dam sire Casall is without a doubt one of the best jumper stallions in his generation. He not only have a fantastic jumping career with Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, but also his offspring are turning out tob e world class. Casello, Casallo Z, Chesall Zimequest, H&M Chilli Willi, Wunschkind, Chat Botte; are only a few examples of super Casall-offspring.

The damline of Komme Casall descends from the famous Holsteiner damline 318D2, where grand dam Gracia III already gave the approved stallions; s Castelan I & II en Chello I, II & III. As well as the approved stallions Coriano, Diarado, Corofino I and many others.

In the KWPN Performance Test Komme Casall was the winner of the 50 day Performance test with an overall score of 86,5 points. He achieved a score 9,00 for scope, rideability and willingness to work.

Also technique, reflexes and cater were awarded with a 8,5. According to the judges, Komme Cassall has a super willingness to work, focus on the jump and an instinct to jump clear. With his excellent pedigree, strong dam line and extraordinary jumping talent this young stallions seems to have the complete package for modern jumper breeding.

KWPN 2018 Performance test winner: total 86,5 points.

Canter: 8,5

Reflexes: 8,5

Technique; 8,5

Scope: 9,0

Rideability: 9,0

Willingness to work: 9,0

Larino is a son of the sports horse producer of the 21st century, Olympic Concorde. Concorde already has a great number of children that perform at international level. Larino has in his pedigree four famous and successful showjumper producers. Larino’s dam Erina is a daughter of the famous Ramiro offspring, Armstrong. In the report the KWPN judge made, she is described as a very nice mare with a lot of expression. The stallion Larino is out of a lineage that produced many sports horses in the motherline. For example great grandmother Rosalinda (Cassy) got a 10 for jumping under the saddle at her IBOP in 1981. At an older age this mare won many 1.30 classes with Janny Horsey.

Grandmother Warina, by Ridder, is a ster-preferent-performance mare. She produced the international jumper Romulus, which was second in the Grand Prix of Gothenburg with Peter Geerink and the approved stallion Couperus. He is for example the sire of the famous stallion Mr. Blue, which jumps extraordinary well with Alice Haas. The very interesting motherline of Larino starts with the dominant Holsteiner stallion Normann. At Ermelo during the 70 day Performance Test, Larino was described by the jury as a stallion which jumps with a very good foreleg technique and a very good use of the back. Moreover Larino shows a lot of scope and a superb canter. Larino was Reserve Champion of the IAN-competition for 4 year old horses in 1997 in the Netherlands and also at the Finals of the UTV jumping class for 4 year olds. At the first round of the Stallion Competition at Giesbeek Larino was awarded two times a nine for his jumping technique and scope. In 1999 Larino and Peter Geerink started their international career by participating successfully in the Youngster Cup at Arnhem, The Hague and Mechelen and he was awarded ‘the coming stallion’. In 2001 Larino made his Grand Prix debut in style. He finished 2th in The Hague, 3th in Valkenswaard and he had a fantastic clear round in the nations cup in Rotterdam, as well as equal 6th in the Grand Prix. He was the youngest competitor at the Dutch Championships in Mierlo, where he finished 6th. His oldest offspring, Redefin and Siep, are making a big impact on the jumping scene by winning at the IAN-finals at Ermelo in 2002 and 2003. Larino’s offspring now have international publicity. Redefin was sold to Canadian Olympic rider Ian Millar and Rivel C. went to Kris Kappler in the USA.

Larino is only available by means of frozen semen.

Lord Z has influenced the Dutch breeding in a positive direction. His technique and mentality make this bloodtype jumper were a great contributer to our breeding program, especially for the mares that need blood. Lord Z is a son from the legendary Lord, who is also the sire of the famous international jumpers like Livius and Lugana. Grandsire Calando I also jumped at grand prix level and was world famous with Karsten Huck and Edgar-Henry Cueper respectively. Lord Z descends from the holsteiner line number 206. The dam of the international jumper Atlantic from Wout-Jan van der Schans is a full sister to Lord Z.

Lord Z himself jumped succesfully on the international circuit at grand prix level with victories and high placings in, for example, 1st Cannes, 1st Münich, 2nd Kuala Lumpur, 3rd Zürich etc. The oldest offspring of Lord Z are already jumping at grand prix level. The mare Nicolette, who won the grand prix of Madrid, is currently very famous with Robert Whitaker, but also, Lolfee, My Lord, Nigel, Lordana, Phillip, Little B, Liberty and Odea are succesfull in the international classes. Lord Classics (by Lord Z) won the Grand Prix of Leipzig with Marcus Ehning and Philip (by Lord Z) was 7th in the world cup jumping of Dubai. Lord Z is highly ranked on the german jumping index with 149 points and also has a high reliability. Lord was approved for Bayern, Zangersheide, Oldenburg International, Holstein, acc. KWPN.

Lord Z is only available by means of frozen semen.

Marius Claudius performed at the highest possible level for more than 7 years in a row. He is a top class performer that won i.e. the Worldcup qualifier in London and Oslo, the Grand Prix of Athens and the Grand Prix of Europe in Aachen and had high placings in many nations cups and grand prix. He is the most successful son of the legendary Concorde (by Voltaire) in showjumping. At the damside of Marius Claudius we and the precious jumping bloodlines of Nimmerdor, Legaat, Amor, Lucky Boy xx and the Cara-linaege (NL-098). From this famous damline also descend the international jumpers Armani (Guidam) and Je rey Welles and Kathja (Concorde) and Emile Hendrix.

The oldest offspring of Marius Claudius are very talented jumpers and his son Denzel vh Meulenhof is already approved in Belgium. In 2014 another son of Marius Claudius was approved for BWP. At the young horse classes in Birmingham two o spring of Marius Claudius did very well: Andersons Amaire Marius finished in 6th place and Scipio was 9th in the national 1.35 m. class.

Marius Claudius is only available by frozen semen.

Thanks to Starpower TN Germany’s best genes are available in the Netherlands! Ridden by Eva Bitter, sire Stakkato was among German’s best horses for years and his offspring perform as good as he did. Just to mention some of Stakkato’s world-famous offspring: Spartacus TN, Souvenir, Satisfaction I Filou de Muze and many other Grand Prix showjumpers. Grandsire Escudo I has also proven to be a valuable sire in Germany and Starpower’s dam Enjoy is no one less than the full sister to El Paso, who jumped at international level with both Markus Beerbaum and Daniel Heuer. Additionally, dam Enjoy already produced Cian O’Connor’s rising star Saphir and the international showjumper Pegasus Athleta. Granddam Wyoming jumped herself at 1.40m level and is the full sister of Grand Prix dressage stallion Frambeau and the aunt of Imke Schellekens-Bartels’ legenday Olympic Sunrise.

Starpower TN became the champion of both the 70-day test in Prüssendorf as the KWPN Performance Test. Starpower was approved by the KWPN with a score of 87 points, including a 9 for re exes, rideability and attitude and talent as a showjumper. Later on, Starpower TN and Hanno Ellerman jumped successfully in all the young horse competitions, and ridden by Zoï Snels, Starpower TN made his international 1.50m debut in 2016. At the World Championships in Lanaken for 7-year-olds, Starpower TN showed his enormous scope and potential for the major Grand Prix level.

Starpower’s oldest offspring catch the eye with their scope and easy way of jumping. Out of his rst crop, Iniesta TN was approved by the KWPN.

Everything indicates that Quality Time is going to be a true foundation sire of showjumpers. His son Floris TN has been approved by the KWPN and every year again sons of Quality Time earn tickets for the second and third round or even the performance test of the KWPN Stallion Selections. In addition, his daughters Féline and Fadessa H2 received fantastic scores of 83 and 86.5 points for the KWPN Mare Test IBOP.

The famous breeder Floris van Leuken bred Quality Time, who is a son of the well-known Quantum – sire to Grand Prix showjumpers such as Quintero la Silla, GK Quentin, Karatina and Quin Chin. In addition, Quality Time was bred out of an excellent damline as well: granddam Jessika II produced the valuable stallion Goodwill and out of this same Holsteiner damline 1463, the Olympic showjumpers Lanciano (Philippe Guerdat) and Lucilla II (Princess Haya) were bred. Ridden by Jeroen Dubbeldam, Quality was among the Netherlands’ best combinations. In 2011 they became Dutch champion and one year later they won the Grand Prix of San Patrignano. Last year the talented rider Zoï Snels took over the reins

of the experienced Quality Time. “Quality Time gets me to a higher level in the sport, I really owe that to him. Quality Time is careful and has unlimited power and has an dedication of 100%. He would always bring me to the nish, in any class. And this top attitude he passes on, because his offspring have it as well!”

Everything indicates that Quality Time is going to be a true foundation sire of showjumpers. His son Floris TN has been approved by the KWPN and every year again sons of Quality Time earn tickets for the second and third round or even the performance test of the KWPN Stallion Selections. In addition, his daughters Féline and Fadessa H2 received fantastic scores of 83 and 86.5 points for the KWPN Mare Test IBOP.

The famous breeder Floris van Leuken bred Quality Time, who is a son of the well-known Quantum – sire to Grand Prix showjumpers such as Quintero la Silla, GK Quentin, Karatina and Quin Chin. In addition, Quality Time was bred out of an excellent damline as well: granddam Jessika II produced the valuable stallion Goodwill and out of this same Holsteiner damline 1463, the Olympic showjumpers Lanciano (Philippe Guerdat) and Lucilla II (Princess Haya) were bred. Ridden by Jeroen Dubbeldam, Quality was among the Netherlands’ best combinations. In 2011 they became Dutch champion and one year later they won the Grand Prix of San Patrignano. Last year the talented rider Zoï Snels took over the reins

of the experienced Quality Time. “Quality Time gets me to a higher level in the sport, I really owe that to him. Quality Time is careful and has unlimited power and has an dedication of 100%. He would always bring me to the nish, in any class. And this top attitude he passes on, because his offspring have it as well!”

Spielberg is a dressage stallion to dream of. His conformation is almost ideal and he is a true ‘Strahlemann’. Thanks to his great movements, he obtained as only one of the few Westphalian stallions the title ‘Prämie’ stallion.
Sire Sunny Boy is an acclaimed son of Sandro Hit out of the Donnerhall-daughter Fantastica – the full sister of the legendary Don Schufro and Don Primero. Spielberg’s grandsire Rosier brings in the precious genes of Rubinstein I, who was bred out of the famous damline of Olympic champions Ahlerich, Rembrandt and Amon.
Through dam Rosiera, Spielberg goes back to Rondula, who is also the granddam of the Grand Prix dressage horse Last Minute, ridden by Ilka-Kerstin Geiss.

Besides a great size, Spielberg adds a fantastic mind to today’s breeding of dressage horses. Thereby Spielberg has a lot of rhythm and balance in his movements.
Spielberg was succesful in higher level dressage under the Dutch rider Joyce Lenaerts.

Spielberg’s oldest offspring also perform at respectable level: ridden by Fieke Houwen, Spielberg’s Cartier made his debut at Prix St. Georges level and ridden by Robin van Lierop, Denza Lenza also performs at this same level.

From 1-8 Verdi is available in fresh semen on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Verdi TN  is the best example of sport and breeding going hand in hand. For years, Verdi combines his career as a sire with a sports career at the very highest level. Last year, Verdi and his rider Maikel van der Vleuten jumped three clear round during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro! He already competed at the major championship; European Championships in Madrid 2011, Olympic Games in London 2012, European Championships in Herning 2013, World Equestrian Games in Caen 2014 and European Championship in Aachen 2015. In addition, Verdi took part in no less than three World Cup Finals, in which he finished twice as 6th and once as 7th! With Olympic team silver, team gold at the WEG and European team gold in his pocket, the 15-year-old Verdi is still going strong.

Besides his own performances, Verdi’s pedigree is also outtstanding. Sire Quidam de Revel is one of the most influential sires of the past decades and the same goes for Verdi’s legendary grandsire Landgraf I. Verdi was bred out of the famous Holsteiner damline 747a, which also produced Calato, VDL Bubalu, Vingino and many more world-class showjumpers and stallions.

It does not come as a surprise that Verdi is developing into a true foundation sire himself. From his first crops of offspring, one after another jumps at Grand Prix level and although his oldest progeny is only 10 years old, over 80 offspring by Verdi jump at 1.40m level or higher! In addition, his sons Farmgraaf and First Verdi were approved by the KWPN and Verdi produced numerous champions at KWPN Mare Shows.

Zacharov is the perfect example of performance breeding as we love to see nowadays. Zacharov’s pedigree include Olympic sire Clinton, the extremely competitive Lord Z, Stallion of the Century Nimmerdor, the legendary Almé and the indispensable Gotthard. In addition, Zacharov’s damline goes back to the well-known mare Antje Z. This daughter of Almé is a result of the same combination as World Cup Finalists and famous stallion Artos Z and Aerobic Z, sons of Almé bred out of the full sisters of Antje’s dam. Additionally, Antje Z stood at the base of Grand Prix horses like Toldine (Francie Steinwedell-Carvin), Shinto (José Maria Rega) and Plenty (Eliza Schuford). Zacharov’s dam Oldine already produced the international showjumpers Adventure (Riccardo Pisani), Uladine (Martina Meroni) and Carolus

(Jörg Peper), while her grandchildren Aldine (Jordan MacPherson) and Zsa Zsa (Patrick Spits) compete at 1.60m and 1.40m level. Ridden by Maikel van der Vleuten and Hanno Ellerman, Zacharoved already performed at international level at a very young age. Zacharov won the World Cup of Pezinok in 2013, the Grand Prix of Mierlo and the Gold Tour in Celje, while he already made his Grand Prix debut as an 8-year-old. Zacharov was placed in the top 10 at prestigious shows like Valkenswaard, Lanaken, Oliva, Lyon, Hamburg and Basel. As a sire, Zacharov stays loyal to his pedigree and his own fantastic performances. His oldest offspring have already made their international debut.

Zambesi is the result of sport horse breeding with a vision. The legendary Heartbreaker, who is world-famous for his reflexes and attitude, was combined with Calvaro Z, who stood out due to his unlimited scope. Zambesi’s dam Calanda Z jumped at international level with Mathijs van Asten, while granddam Alanda performed at international level with Pieter Kersten. Alanda is a daughter of Le Mexico and bred many top horses, such as It’s The Business (Geoff Glassard) and Galanda (Edwin Smits), who is again the dam to Now or Never (Piet Raijmakers).

As a youngster, Zambesi himself was already successful in showjumping: at the age of six he qualified for the finals at the World Championships in Lanaken and ridden by Sjaak Sleiderink he became three times second out of four competitions in the KWPN Stallion Competition, of which he won both the final and the overall standings in Den Bosch. Later on, Zambesi competed successfully at 1.45m level.

Zambesi’s offspring show great potential for the big sport. For example, the now six-year-old Fozz was acquired by Ashford Farm for top-rider Marlon Zanotelli in 2015, his offspring stand out in young horse competitions again and again and a son of Zambesi x Polydor became reserve champion of the Stallion Show in Westphalia. Just like Zambesi himself, his offspring show reflexes, a great attitude and a lot of power.

Convincingly, Poker de Mariposa became the vice champion of the 3-year-old showjumping stallions at the BWP Stallion Show 2018. The son of top sire Nabab de Rêve showed off a lot of scope and quality on the fence and seems to have a good ride ability for such a young horse. Poker de Mariposas pedigree is to dream of. Sire Nabab de Rêve has been one of the best producers of showjumpers in the world for years and his sons Vigo d’Arsouilles and Kashmir van Schuttershof continue this successful line of sires. Grandsire Berlin won team gold at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen in 2006 with Gerco Schröder and has become a foundation sire with offspring like Athena (Aniek Poels), Caspar (Emanuele Gaudiano) and Zilverstar T (Nicola Philippaerts). Great-grandsire For Pleasure is without a doubt one of the most influential showjumping stallions of the past decades.

The damline of Poker de Mariposa is exceptional: for years granddam Flora de Mariposa has been known as one of the best showjumpers in the world. Ridden by Pénélope Leprévost, the mare won a gold medal with the French team at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and won the five-star Grand Prix of Antwerp and the World Cup Qualifiers of Oslo and Lyon. Her daughter Ilena de Mariposa also performed at 1.45m level with Leprévost and recently the French rider Nicolas Delmotte took over the reins. Ilena de Mariposa is the dam of Poker de Mariposa, who is also closely related to former BWP champion Hermes de Mariposa. Ridden by both Henrik von Eckermann and Mohammed Al Hajri, Hermes de Mariposa competes at the highest level. Previously, Poker de Mariposas half-brother Nestor de Mariposa got already approved by the BWP and also the promising Matisse de Mariposa is closely related to this Nabab de Rêve-son.

With his excellent pedigree and very convincing showjumping qualities under the saddle, Poker de Mariposa seems to be a great asset for the breeding of showjumpers.

Opium JW van de Moerhoeve is of the jumping sensations of the year. His jumping ability combined with his incredible bloodlines make him a very suitable stallion for international breeding. His carefulness and quick reflexes are combined with a lot of scope and a super mind.

Sire Kannan is for many years already one of the best producers of international grand prix horses such as Nino des Buissonnets (Steve Guerdat), Molly Malone V (Bertram Allen), Quabri de l’Isle (Pedro Veniss), Tokyo (Christian Ahlmann), Quorida de Treho (Romain Duguet) and many others. In the pedigree of Opium there are many performance sires with stallions like Nabab de Rêve, Chin Chin and Quidam de Revel. His dam Ischgl de Muze jumped at international level with Joe Clee and she not only produced Opium JW van de Moerhoeve but also the approved stallion Mumbai van de Moerhoeve. Opiums grand dam is very famous in Holland. She is the mare VDL Groep Eureka and with her rider Maikel van der Vleuten she was senior champion of the Netherlands at Mierlo in 2014.

Great grand dam Beauty-belle van ‘t Roosakker is a daugther of the world famous Goliath Z-offspring La Belle van Sombeke. La Belle is the foundation mother of many international grand prix horses, amongst them Tabelle van Sombeke – dam of Glock’s London (Gerco Schröder), Golden Hawk (Shane Breen), Taran de la Pomme (Kevin Staut) & A Pikachu de Muze (Billy Twomey).

Opium JW van de Moerhoeve jumped super rounds at the World Championships for Young Horses at Lanaken and finished in 4^th place with Willem Greve. With his amazing jumping talent and top pedigree, the stallion Opium JW vd Moerhoeve will become a very valuable breeding sire.

At the highest level of showjumping, Spartacus has showed he has got all the qualities. Ridden by Marco Kutscher, Spartacus won the Grand Prix of Oslo in 2012 and became second in the Grand Prix of Leipzig and Geneva. Ridden by Henk van de Pol, Spartacus has also achieved many good results, including twice a fourth place in the three star Grand Prix competitions of Vejer de la Frontera and the tenth place at the Dutch Championships in Mierlo.

Spartacus’ pedigree was fully build on performance genes: sire Stakkato is the best stallion the Hanoverian Verband has had in years and produced an endless list of international showjumpers. Grandsire Grannus is considered to be one of the best dam’s sires of all time and still appears in the pedigrees of many world-class showjumpers at the highest level. Spartacus’ dam Galina earlier brought Elton John, a son of Acorado I who jumps successfully at Grand Prix level with Hergen Forkert. Via the sires Colorado x and Granit, Spartacus’ pedigree goes back to the famous mare Welfenglück, who performed successfully at international level with Herman Schridde.

As a sire, Spartacus develops himself in the best possible way: out of his rst crop of offspring several jump at international level and also Spartacus’ youngest offspring convince in age classes.