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	Olympic Ferro Sire: Ulft / Dam sire: Farn Color: black Height: 1,70m (16-3 hands) Born: 1987 Fee: Private Treaty Olympic Ferro is the highest placed KWPN (Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands) dressage stallion in Holland. Ferro and his rider Coby van Baalen form a magical couple. Out of the six stallions that have been approved in the stallion selection in Ermelo (2000) two were sons of Olympic Ferro: Paddox and Pyriet. In addition the KWPN previously approved six sons of Olympic Ferro: Kennedy, Metall, Negro, Paddox, Pyriet and Osmium. One son of Ferro was approved by the NRPS: Ferrolan. The British AES approved two sons of Olympic Ferro: Jazz Dancer and Lorenzo. This brings his total approved sons to 9 and at Den Bosch (2001) he has 9 sons competing for approval. He also has an American-bred son going into the Oldenburg approval in Germany. The offspring of Olympic Ferro do extremely well both in dressage and jumping. Olympic Ferro is the top stallion of the Netherlands and the pride of the KWPN. For the year 2002 eleven Ferro sons were appointed for the second examination in 's-Hertogenbosch. This is the most for all father animals. In the year 2001 2 stallions from Ferro were approved by the KWPN, it were Rousseau and Rhodium. At this moment Olympic Ferro is no.1 on the BN WORLD STALLION RANKINGS (dressage) During the first stallion examination in Ermelo, 9 young Ferro's were sent to the second examination 2000 in 's-Hertogenbosch (1-3 feb. 2001). With this achievement Ferro is the number one of all stallions in the Netherlands! On May 23 at Ermelo, The Netherlands, Ferro x Roemier passed the stallion exam with an 8 for his ability to become a dressage stallion!! Friday night February 2nd 2001 was Ferro's night, crowds gathered when Ferro and his sons entered the ring in Den Bosch (the Netherlands) for a show performance. Saturday February 3rd was another Ferro day, two Ferro sons were listed in the top 10 of best new stallions! Saturday evening an auction was held. One of Ferro's sons, Rambo, was sold for 300.000,- guilders to the US based Hilltop Farm!!! Osmium performed in the finals of the stallion competition in 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) from 1 - 3 February 2001. In the end he turned out to be the winner, 12 points ahead of number 2. An amazing and wonderfull three days at the stallioncompetition in Den Bosch .At the moment, Olympic Ferro is the third ranked horse worldwide, but he is ranked first on the dressage world rankings!!!! Unfortunately the Black pearl of the KWPN died from colic in 2005, he will never be forgotten, his progeny live on to tell the tales of this great champion! In Spain Jordi Domingo, rides Prestige, a son of Ferro, he rides at Gran Prix level with great success! At four years of age Ferro was Reserve Champion of his first National Stallion Jumping Competition, and went on to become a Grand Prix Show Jumper. His talents however were not just for jumping. His impressive career in Dressage is truly inspiring. In 1999 he was the Res. Dutch Champion, before winning Silver at the European Championships in Arnhem and then in Berlin becoming the winner of the World Cup. 2000 saw him as the winner of the World Cup Championships and winning many more Grand Prix's and Keurs at prestigious events throughout Europe. At the Sydney Olympics his dressage was without fault and he won a Silver medal for the Dutch team. Olympic Ferro has also proven himself as a prepotent sire of super progeny. The offspring of Ferro's do extremely well in both dressage and jumping. So far he has 8 approved sons. Landgraf I Born in 1966, Landgraf I belongs to the first vintage of his sire, Ladykiller xx, who produced another hero one year later in Lord, another of the most influential stallions in Holstein. Ladykiller xx was a very popular Thoroughbred stallion, born in England, and a descendant of the very famous stallion line of Phalaris - Fairway - Blue Peter - Sailing Light, combining with Hyperion. His dam also carried Phalaris-blood, as well as Son-in-Law. In spite of his famous ancestors - Ladykiller was a failure as a race horse. His performance genes were still there, of course, but they emerged not as speed but mainly as jumping talent with the occasional good dressage horse as well. All of Ladykiller's offspring could easily be recognised as such, and Landgraf was no exception. These horses have beautiful noble faces with large bright eyes, bay - brown coats - and they could jump! Landgraf had a very good temperament which he passed on, together with excellent movement. His dam, Warthburg, came from the stem No. 275 and accumulates the performance genes of Ethelbert, Aehill and Cicero, who are responsible for laying the foundation of the Holsteiner Sporthorse as the world's leading jumping stud book. Landgraf was licensed in 1968 along with twelve other sons of Ladykiller xx. Landgraf finished in 5th place with the comments 'a lot of presence, good gaits with excellent propulsion, good confromation and average hindquarters.' Landgraf was chosen to represent the Holsteiner breed at the 1972 German National Agricultural Show - and finished last. Following protests from the Holstein officials, this was converted into second place, and then in an elegant piece of gobbledegook to 'first place C'. Jumping is the field where he excells most as a sire. The list of his showjumping offspring is endless. A few names for example: Freestyle (formerly Lalique) won Aachen Grand Prix, Libero won the Dutch National title five times (!) and also the 1994 Volvo World Cup. The licenced stallion, Lacros, is another along with top performers: Lucky Luke, Lanciano, Landlord, Lausbub and Taggi. Nearly sixty colts by Landgraf I have been licenced for the Holsteiner stud book, like the champion of 1991, Linaro, and the dressage talent, Loutano. Some of his sons have already achieved top positions as performance sires, for example, Letus II, a jumping sire, and the versatile Landadel, who produced three champion stallions for the Oldenburger breed alone, and also the outstanding international showjumper, Le Cou Cou, a licenced stallion. So far, 340 broodmares by Landgraf I are registered in the Holsteiner stud book, 260 of these are in the Head Stud Book, 70 have been awarded the State Premium, and a considerable number have been champion mares at shows. Landgraf I was a legend already during his life time. His genes are securely ancored in the breed of the modern sporthorse. In his Stallion Book of the Holsteiner Warmblood Breed, Dr Dietrich Rossow comments: "Imposing appearance with enormous crest and neck carriage. Smooth total topline and much presence. Beautiful face with marvelous eye. Long, rather broad neck, long sloping shoulder. Withers, could be more clearly defined. Well shaped, muscular croup. Strong bone. Good in front. Slightly sickle hocked in youth (became very straight with age). Tied in below the hock and faults in the hind fetlocks. Good mover. Marvelous temperament. Phenomenal jumper; tight in front, lots of bascule, careful and talented. Great performance capabilities." "Offspring are of various sizes and usually late developers. In youth, the tall ones appear leggy and narrow. Nearly always passes on his face, type and also his hindleg faults. Amost all offspring are endowed with their sire's jumping ability. In the beginning they jump rather awkwardly with less than ideal form which improves with increased maturity. Seldom passes on his overly heavy neck. Huge number of international class jumpers. Up to now (the book was published in 1988) Landgraf is far and away the most important jumper sire in the world!" | The Dream | Breeding bloodlines/ Lineas de cria | | Return Home | KWPN HORSE SALES / VENTA CABALLOS | NATURAL EQUINE THERAPY CENTRE / CENTRO DE TERAPIA | CONTACT US | HERBS 4 HORSES HIERBAS + CABALLOS | videos |

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