Verdi

VERDI - KWPN - Holstein - Hannover - Oldenburg OS en OL - Unire
Bay - birth: 2002 - size: 172 cm
Fee : €1,500 + 6% vat

Does not carry the chestnut colour gene!!

Verdi is a son of the world famous sires: Quidam de Revel x Landgraf I x Calypso I and Rigoletto. Father Quidam de Revel is a legend on his own. He has an impressive list of palmares and he himself participated in the Olympic Games and in the meantime he is the sire of a lot of international jumpers and approved stallions over the whole world. Grandsire Landgraf I is as famous as Quidam and has a long list of international jumpers and approved stallinons. Verdi descends from the famous Holsteiner damline 474-a. A motherline that produced the approved stallions Calato, Colombo, Carlino, Loxgraf Go, Montreal, Aldato, Nimrod, Cavalier and Cicero. Also the international jumpers Brillante, Spiga, Dehlia, Kira, Deka, Ishan and Edminton are from this famous motherline. Verdi?s dam Clarissa is a full sister to the mother of the Holsteiner stallion of the year, Calato!!

Verdi has a beautiful conformation and has very long lines, as well as very good movement, in walk, trot and canter. Also important is his very nice and easy character. Verdi is a tall stallion with a seize of 1.72 cm. who jumps with a lot of scoope and shows a lot of technique at the jump. Verdi has everything to become the jumper sire of the future, both because of his type and because of his jumping ability. At the performance test at Ermelo in 2005 Verdi was described as a stallion with a lot of scoope and a stallion with a lot of potential as a jumper. Verdi is approved for KWPN and the Holsteiner Studbook.

Verdi's first offspring already produced two finalists at the world championchips in Lanaken. Many ofspring of verdi achieved high scores in jumping classes for young horses, mare tests and ibop tests.
Verdi is travelling all over the world. In 2011 he jumped clear in 5 of the 6 nations cups, and therefore he was selected in the Dutch Team to represent the netherlands in the European Championships in Madrid. Verdi won also the Grand Prix of Lummen, he was 3rd in the Global Championstour of Valencia and 5th in Abu Dhabi, 3rd in the grand prix of Falsterbro and 8th in the grand prix of Rotterdam. He also finished 2nd in the worldcup of Helsinki and 7th in Oslo and Leipzig. He is now qualfied for the final in 's-Hertogenbosch.