GREENVALE STUD BROODMARES

PRISCA: 1997

17hh, KWPN (Reg A) & AES pink papered. Bred by the world famous Margaret Hoeve, this mare has is supered. She has already produced some fantastic foals on the continent. She posseses an oustanding jump, wonderfully elevated paces & world class breeding.

Her sire, Athletico has got to be one of the most stunning and powerful stallions that has been on the International circuit for a long time, click on his name below to see footage of him

In foal to DICK Z due around 27/05/10, will be full brother or sister to foal below.

GREENVALE DAMICA: BAY FILLY BORN 19/04/09, BY DICK Z

Dam: Prisca 17hh, KWPN & AES: grey Dutch Warmblood who has produced some fantastic foals on the continent. Oustanding jump and paces. Has already produced graded sons on the continent.

Superb filly, very correct with fantastc paces and good bone. All the quality we expected, she will make at least 16:2hh. Full sister to GREENVALE DEBUTANTE.

(Has pink papers with Anglo European Studbook) - SOLD - microchipped, weaned and ready to go.

Sire of Athletico; Athlet Z (pictured below). The grey stallion Athlet Z was the first Hanoverian to be used in Holstein breeding for many years – although while he wore the Hanoverian brand, his bloodlines were a heady continental cocktail. His sire Almé was one of the treasures of French breeding, spirited away by Belgian breeder, Leon Melchior to stand at his Zangersheide stud, before returning triumphantly to France to end his days on Bernard le Courtois’ Brullemail Stud in Normandy. However on his dam’s side, Athlet Z descends from that pillar of Hanoverian breeding, Gotthard, and on the dam line, to an even earlier pillar – Feiner Kerl.
Athlet Z confirms the view, that a poor stallion performance test does not necessarily prevent a horse becoming a great stallion. You only have to look at the stallions, Grannus, Capitol I and Grandeur, for further proof of this.
However the Holstein breeders put their trust in the enormous jumping potential of this grey stallion and strongly utilized him for breeding. Athlet Z repaid their faith, by producing performance horses with exceptional frequency. His first crop produced the world-class horse Athletico with Ludger Beerbaum and many more were to follow, including Argentinus (Otto Becker), Athlet (Willi Melliger), Amadeus (Lars Nieberg), Avion (Werner Peters &. Ludger Beerbaum), Andolph (Claudia Vasall), Montreal (Wim Schröder) and Valeska (Dr. Michael Rüping).

THE DAM LINE: Corrada is by the world famous stallion CORRADO. This fabulous Holsteiner was a shooting star as a showjumper and as a sire. Referred to as an "Idol In Holstein", He achieved the best jumping index of his test lot (more than 137 points) at his stallion performance test. He achieved 10 points twice (loose jumping and aptitude for jumping in training). But he also achieved outstanding results for canter and rideability (rideability 8.0 twice). In showjumper classes Corrado progeny are almost unbeatable. Already in his first crops, he has 14 approved stallions. As a competition horse, he was always in the ribbons. In 1991, (as a 6 year old, Corrado competed in the Federal Championship for Showjumpers in Germany. He has won many Grand Prix and Nations Cup and World Cup competitions, e.g.; Aachen and Frankfurt, as well as being the German Champion Showjumper in 1994!

Corrado has won over 500,000 DM in his career and is consistently mentioned as one of Cor de la Bryere`s most important sons in addition to having the "highest competition earnings of any Cor de la Bryere offspring"! At the 1993 Elite Holsteiner sale at Neumunster, three 3 year olds by Corrado sold for an average of $60,000 each. In Germany in 1997, Corrado I progeny at 2-4 years of age were selling for over 100,000 each.

Corrado`s sire is Cor de la Bryere (Selle Francais) imported to Holstein - a true living legend in Europe. He is on the eternal top10 sires list and is a true Sire Of All Disciplines - Top International Dressage, Eventing and Showjumping winners (with an incredible jumping bascule).

Corrado`s dam-sire is Capitol I, (Holsteiner) another World Class Stallion, who is the sire or dam sire of many Top

Damsire: Corrado, jumping with Franke Sloothaak (pictured to the left)

International Showjumpers. According to the breeding value rating by the FN, Capitol I is one of the leading sires of Showjumpers in Germany today and is one of the few lines that carry the blood of Cottage Son xx. First and second place in the Aachen Grand Prix of 2000 were sired by Capitol I.

Babusche, Dam of Corrada is by the world famous stallion LORD. He won the stallion approval in 1969 and quickly became a successful sire. In 1994 alone, his progeny won over 355,000 DM in Germany. Lord’s lifetime progeny earnings exceed 3 million DM and include some of the worlds top names, including Armerica I, Top Seed (Anne Kursinski), Indeed (Anne Kursinski), Leperon, Lordon, Lord Z, Latinus, Montanus, Jump, BB Comtessa, Elmshorn, Landsohn, Lord Caletto, Ligorett and many others.

LORD was by The English stallion, Ladykiller xx, who was a success right from the start in his second career in Holstein. His first crop produced eight approved sons, including the great Landgraf; his second crop featured the licensing winner, Lord, while his third produced the German Showjumping Derby winner, Boy (ridden by Eddie Macken).

When the German Warmblood breeders in the 60s and 70s turned to the Thoroughbred for refinement and athleticism, there were a number of important stallions that played a key role in the shaping the modern sport horse – none was more significant than Ladykiller.

Ladykiller was born in England in 1961 but he was no star on the racetrack, racing three times in two years and rating only a 80.5 kilo handicap – which luckily for him, was 0.5 kilos more than the minimum required for a Thoroughbred stallion to be accepted into German breeding ranks. Before his death in 1979, he sired 35 stallion sons including the twin pillars of Holstein: Landgraf and Lord. Both it should be noted out of mares with a good percentage of Thoroughbred blood – Lord’s dam was a full blood, while Landgraf’s dam was 25% Thoroughbred. Ladykiller’s breeeding features all the usual suspects found on jumping Thoroughbred pedigrees – Blue Peter, Phalaris, Son in Law.
In his Stallion Book of the Holsteiner Warmblood Breed, Dr Dietrich Rossow had this to say about Ladykiller and his influence: "He was an averaged sized, clearly masculine type with a beautiful head, really heavy neck, good shoulder, rather flat loin, and a nicely coupled, heavily muscled croup. He had first rate legs and feet for a Thoroughbred and was an elastic mover. He was everything a state breeding program could wish for. With his 35 approved sons and 195 approved daughters, he has had the greatest impact of all on the Holsteiner breed. His best produce came through crosses with mares with some Thoroughbred blood. This was just the opposite case as with Anblick. When crossed with coarse, common mares, Laykiller produced accordingly. Today he must be viewed as one of the most important jumper sires of modern time. To enumerate all of his great performance offspring in the world of jumping goes beyond the limits of this essay. He sired fewer dressage horses. Whereas Marlon and Anblick influenced this Holsteiner modification phase more in the direction of riding horse types, Ladykiller offspring correspond more to performance, jumper types. As a rule, they are strong horses, they are not, at first, very tight with their front ends. This however, quickly improves with increasing maturity."
Despite the proliferation of C line horses in Holstein breeding, the Ladykiller line retains its pride of place, indeed Claus Schridde draws attention to its proliferation even on the one set of papers:
"Today it is almost a necessity of fashion in Holstein that a horse carries Ladykiller xx blood at least two or three times, whereby it occurs from time to time, that horses in the first generations are inbred five or six times to this invaluable foundation sire. All along, a certain measure of inbreeding has been a regular formula for success in Holstein breeding. Anyone looking more closely at Holstein bloodlines or respectively, the pedigree papers of individual horses down to the roots, is frequently taken aback about how frequently the same name literally jumps into one’s face in the earlier generations. Today, where fresh blood in Holstein does not take effect at all, continued inbreeding to the proven ‘classic’ Ladykiller xx is a piece of brinkmanship that demands a great amount of sure instinct by the breeders of Holstein." (from Selected Sires of Germany – A Yearbook of German Sires 2000.

In his review of the Holstein Upgraders, Jasper Nissen has this to say of Ladykiller as a stallion: "Passed on a good temperament, although sometimes a little hot. In spite of his early injuries he did not pass on any defects in the limbs. Produced numerous first class broodmares and licensed stallions, including the top progenitors, Landgraf I and Lord, Founded his own, wide-branched stallion line.

GREENVALE DEBUTANTE: AWARDED SECOND PREMIUM & WAS RESERVE CHAMPION AT 2009 BEF & AWARDED ELITE PREMIUM & HIGHEST SCORE AT BEF 2010 This striking grey filly by (DICK Z) was born 25/02/08. Her Dam: Prisca is a 17hh, KWPN & AES grey mare who has produced some fantastic foals on the continent and passes on her oustanding jump and paces to all her progeny

Deb is a very well grown filly standing at about 16:1hh now. She is very gentle and friendly, has Scope to burn and is a huge mover. All the quality we expected. She will make a minimum of 17hh, has Fantastic elevated and length of pace on her. (Has pink papers with Anglo European Studbook). Halter broken, good to catch, with farrier, wormed and vaccinated to date, good to load and travel - SOLD TO HUNTER JUDGE DAVID FRANCIS. 2009 born Full sister also for sale. - see below

(pics kind permission of Greenlees Equine)