01|2020 DER HANNOVERANER No. 01 | January 2020 Breeding New breeding value works Sport Prinz in winning mood Breeding Damaschino dances to victory Sport The new breeding value works With great anticipation, we waited for the results of the breeding value estimation of the German Equestrian Federation. After all quite a few changes had been implemented. The biggest difference is the insertion of a new breeding value called “Highest Achieved Level”. By Dr. Ludwig Christmann 2 Der Hannoveraner 01|2020 SportBreeding few changes were implemented for jumping classes in Neumünster/GER and Uggerhalne/DEN. A horses in the breeding value estimation of The 2008-born Sampras by Stakkato is one of the young horse-classes. The scores, which were ob- newcomers in the top ten. Dr. Jacobs GbR bred him tained in mare and stallion performance tests as in Bierbergen. On the damside, Sampras has a very well as in jumping and dressage horse classes for interesting pedigree with Achill-Libero H, Calypso young horses, are now the basis for the breeding II and Furioso II. The stallion Wallenberg, which value. In the past, stallion performance tests and stands at the breeding farm VDL in the Nether- mare tests were valued separately. This has now lands, is his right brother. The breeding farm Cal- been simplified; they are calculated together. Fur- laho in South Africa had bought Sampras on Ver- thermore, for the first time, the results from the den’s foal auction. He completed a good 70-day three-day sport test for stallions were integrated. test and stood at stud on the breeding farm Famos for two years before he moved to South Africa. He The list of the top ten jumping stallions, which only produced a few descendants, which are very were rated the highest nationwide, shows a strong successful. Sandokan LGST by Stakkato/Landor S dominance of Hannoveraner stallions. Just like last (breeder: Hans-Werner Schubert, Kötze) is out of year, Celle’s state stud sire Diacontinus by Diarado/ the superior damline of Norm. In 2013, Sandokan Contendro (breeder: Klaus Jürgens, Sehnde-Bol- LGST was the national champion of five-year old zum) is leading the way. Breeders of Hannoveraner jumpers with rider Eva Bitter. His oldest sons in horses used him a lot last year. Even though his competition are five years of age and have suc- oldest descendants are now only five years of age, cesses in jumping horse classes up to the L-level. 61 stallions and mares, which were evaluated in performance tests, and 148 horses, which partici- Producers of international caliber pated in young horse-classes, offer a broad basis It becomes increasingly more apparent that Han- for a reliable breeding value estimation. Numerous nover has a stallion of international caliber in Stak- descendants of Diacontinus already successfully kato Gold (breeder: Arend Kamphorst, Prieros). The compete in jumping horse classes at the M-level. stallion, which is stationed at Stud Sprehe, is The genetics of Stakkato especially imprint the list among the highest graded producers in every type of top jumpers though. Stakkato himself continues of breeding value estimation. He is among the top to be in the top group. His sons Stanley, Stakkato ten in the breeding value estimation of young Hann.Pr.A. Sally celebrated her Gold, Sampras and Sandokan LGST join him. Re- horse-classes and, with his breeding value Highest first international top results with garding Perigueux, we find Stakkato as the dam’s Achieved Class (HEK) of 167, he ranks among the rider Finja Bormann, and with these sire. In the young horse-jumping classes, Stakkato top one percent in this particular breeding value helped her sire Stanley to obtain and his descendants benefit from the very good estimation-method. Last year, he was the best Ger- second place in the breed value technique. Bascule, technique, carefulness and ab- man stallion in the FN-breeding value estimation estimation. Photo: Lafrentz solute performance willingness are the attributes, for competition. His heredity is no coincidence, if which Stakkato reliably passes on. you look at the pedigree of his dam. There you not only find performance producers like the Hanno- Celle’s state stud sire Stanley by Stakkato/Loredo veraner Stallion Of The Year Werther, but also (breeder: Wilfried Berg, Burgdorf; line of Adda) of- Achill-Libero H and Calypso II. The dam Werther- ten stood in the shadow of other sons of Stakkato roeschen successfully competed at the internation- during the past years. His performance predisposi- al level up to 1.60 m. Already numerous interna- tion is very well secured on the damside of his tionally successful horses descend out of the pedigree via Loredo, Graphit and Gotthard. His damline of Algave. damline is one of the best, which the region of jumping horses Burgdorf-Hänigsen has to offer. 89 Stakkato Gold offers a good transition to competi- descendants of the 2006-born stallion successfully tions. The German Riding Federation publishes competed in jumping classes for young horses, three breeding values: young horse-classes, com- twelve were evaluated in breed classes. His oldest petitions and the new breeding value called high- descendants are now eight years of age; several of est achieved level (HEK). To keep the clarity, we do them already have successes at the S-level. Premi- without the breeding value competition in the ex- um aspirant Sally probably is one of the most suc- tensive chart. Instead we list the new breeding cessful. She is out of a dam by For Edition. Bonja value highest achieved level (HEK) in the charts. Bormann already won numerous classes at the S- The Holstein stallion Cumano, which became the level with her including international 2*-jumping world champion in Aachen/GER with rider Jos Lan- sink in 2006, holds the lead of the top-ten in the breeding value HEK. Even though he does not have Stakkato Gold developed into a producer of the largest number of descendants, but a large international class. Photo: Beelitz percentage of his offspring are successful in inter- Der Hannoveraner 01|2020 3 Breeding Top list Jumping national competition. Nine out of 30 descendants have successes at the S***-level, three at the The top list jumping (stallions, which were entered in the HB I – stallion book I – of the S****-level. The top ten-list otherwise is a mirror Hannoveraner Verband and with a FN-breeding value highest achieved level of at least 145 or young horse classes of at least 133 and/or a Hannoveraner breeding value of at least 140 (the image of the competition situation, with which not best 5% in each case). only the Hannoveraner horses but also the entire breeding program of German jumping horses are Hannoveraner breeding values Hannoveraner breeding values FN- breeding values faced. Only two stallions on this list are stationed mare performance test/auction mare inspection in Germany: Cornet Obolensky and Chacco-Blue. The others were used or originated in Belgium, France and the Netherlands. They are stallions, Name points Jumping which are well known as producers of horses of Dressage BV highest riding horse certainty (%) certainty (%) Accuracy (%) Accuracy (%) Accuracy conformation achieved level / BV young horses/ international caliber. Chacco-Blue is a great exam- Balou du Rouet 147 73 91 92 105 95 134/96 147/99 ple that the new breeding value highest achieved Calido 152 98 97 112 86 97 135/98 132/99 level has the desired result. With a breeding value of 173, Chacco-Blue is identified as a top producer Canoso 133/82 124/89 for international competition. It confirms his lead- Capistrano 141/85 139/88 ing position in the list of producers of the WBFSH. Cash and Carry 112/89 152/94 His breeding value competition is 138. Even Casiro 137/91 124/96 though this is also clearly positive, it does not cer- Castino 133/83 103/85 tify exceptional heredity. Cellestial 146/94 146/98 Chacco-Blue 158 80 90 87 98 95 141/96 173/99 The situation with For Pleasure is similar. The Colestus 139/91 134/96 breeding value highest achieved level of 161 re- Colman 135/96 138/99 flects much more how his offspring perform in horse shows all over the world as the breeding Comme il faut 145/92 157/96 value for competition does, which is estimated at Comte 142 98 90 116 112 90 142/90 101/92 139. Baloubet de Rouet is an example that the re- Cornado 145/90 163/95 sults in jumping horse-classes do not always make Cornet Obolensky 147 72 86 73 133 87 147/97 179/99 a statement about the successes in international Cornet's Prinz 125/87 149/90 competition. His breeding value young horse class- Coupe de Coeur 134/88 150/94 es is estimated at 126. As a producer of interna- Diarado 135 72 85 97 108 90 141/96 135/99 tional sport horses, the Olympic champion from Douglas 143/84 153/89 Athens/GRE has a HEK-breeding value of 183 and Edward 130 114 86 90 97 89 136/87 114/85 with that belongs to the top group. The results of 266 descendants were entered into his breeding Eldorado van de 136/79 158/92 Zeshoek value estimation young horse-classes. In spite of Fly High 147 65 80 53 77 80 123/86 135/91 this, both breeding values are important and Forsyth 147 79 76 66 109 78 125/89 144/94 meaningful. In addition to jumping ability, the style Graf Top 145 74 98 96 110 97 133/96 118/98 at the fences and the rideability are crucial in the young horse-classes.