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Volume 1, Issue 2 “Your Foal Is Our Goal” July 2005

Stallions on SES Roster Sire World Cup Winners

Stallion Nicks for Shutterfly (Han), under world. Shutterfly’s sire, extended trots, good can- mares: the expert guidance of Silvio, is by Sandro, by- ters and well-executed Meredith Michaels Beer- Sacramento S., xx and half passes. Salinero won • Weltmeyer baum, dominated the out of Gelbkatze by competi- Gepard, making individual gold at the • Der Lord tion to be the source of his 2004 Olympics. Salieri is by Salvano, out of the • Laptop crowned jumping prowess the obvious. Silvio is Servus mare, Samtbeere. • San Brasil world’s entered into the He was a class S show- jumper and is noted for • Fabriano best Hanoverian show- Jumping Horse being a versatile sire of • Wanderer jumper Breeding Pro- and jumping . • Wolkentanz at the gram. His off- FEI Silvio spring are known Once again, Brentina World Cup champi- for their performance ca- (Han), by Brentano II/ onship in Las Vegas, NV pabilities and versatility. Lungau, delighted audi- Sport News on April 24, 2005. Shut- Baloubet du Rouet and ences as she demon- Editor: Carol Austin terfly, by SES-offered Parco, also on the SES strated her continued sire, Silvio (Old), and out excellence on the world Published by: The Mondo Press of the Thoroughbred roster, finished 7th and 10th, respectively. dressage stage under Submissions, comments and mare Forrest xx, has rider Debbie McDonald. suggestions to: enormous scope and tech- Keltec Salinero (Han), Their third-place finish in [email protected] nical ability. He had only sired by Salieri (Han), the final was the only one rail down during the out of the Lungau mare, performance to bring the entire competition, help- SPS Luna, was champion entire audience to its feet Inside this issue: ing Michaels Beerbaum of the FEI World Cup in a spontaneous stand- become the first woman Dressage Final. His per- ing ovation. Barclay II ranked number one show- Around the Farms 2 formance was marked by (Han), by Brentano II, jumping rider in the precision, vigor, energetic placed ninth in the final.

Embryo Transfer with 2 Frozen Embryos Graf Grannus Hanoverian 2 Rotspon Favored by Breeders in 2005 of the Year 2004

Stallion Spotlight— 3 In 2005 Rotspon was once Rotspon won the 1998 Pictured at left: Sandro Hit again the top-selling stal- stallion lion on the SES Stallion test with a dressage Roi Noir Stallion Evaluation by 3 Roster. This respected score of 148.82. His Sire: Rotspon Test & Competition son of Rubinstein I, out of sire value for dressage Dam: Chatari, SPS Antalia, by Argen- is 155.94. Rotspon is by Coir Noir Sperm Membrane 3 tan, sires lovely foals with noteworthy for his Integrity Breeder: Liz Jenner, beautiful heads, long excellent quality fro- Acampo, CA Registry News & Notes 4 sloping shoulders, and zen semen and high Photo: Pam Cohn Recommended Reading long, well set up necks. conception rate. PAGE 2 SPORT HORSE BREEDING NEWS VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2

Around the Stud Farms

Gestuet Famos in 2002, second in the Bundescham- Paul Schockemoehle pionate in 2004, and a finalist in Contendro is the most well known 2003. He will compete again in Sir was a very popular stallion of the Famos lineup, but 2005. young stud from the Schockemoehle this high-class has been 2005 offering. Stallion station man- busy at prestigious sales, purchas- Gestuet Vorwerk ager Christoph Hinkel reports that ing more for stud he sires foals with good elasticity duty. Noteworthy among This esteemed stallion and suspension and does not need their recent purchases are station continues to any “special” mares to get them. Don Marco, Export and stand some of the world’s (See Sandro Hit article on page 3.) Showdown. best sires. Relevant, Re- van, Roadster and Royal Linalux Equine Boeckmann Stallion Station Diamond are mainstays of their lineup. A breeder In 2005, SES was proud to receive In 2006, frozen semen from reported a conception the first USA shipment of frozen the , with frozen semen from semen from Linalux Equine in Don’t Forget, will be avail- deceased Rubinstein I in Ciney, Belgium. The facility offers able from Boeckmann’s 2005. frozen semen from a battery of elite through SES. This noble Don’t Forget international showjumpers, such as pony was champion of the Riding Baloubet du Rouet and Parco. Pony koerung at Aachen, ,

Embryo Transfer with Frozen Embryos

Embryo transfer with fresh em- Reproduction, in Pullman, WA, vit- ing on the study. In one study, eight bryos has become commonplace. rification (rapid freezing in the of ten embryos collected at a The use of frozen embryos lags be- presence of a high concentration of smaller size resulted in pregnancy, hind because equine embryos are cryoprotectant) is most likely the while seven embryos collected at a larger than other species, and are best way to freeze embryos. Most later stage yielded only one preg- more sensitive to the freezing me- frozen embryos have been used nancy. Frozen embryos are stored in dium (cryoprotectant) and the freez- within a few days of freezing, but the same 0.5 ml straws used for ing rate. Embryos under 300 mi- Tibary is aware of an embryo stored frozen semen. crons in diameter have yielded the three years which resulted in a best results. The optimum time of pregnancy. Tibary also stated that collection is 6.5 days. According to pregnancy rates using frozen em- Dr. Ahmed Tibary, of WSU Equine bryos vary from 0 to 45%, depend-

Graf Grannus Hanoverian Stallion of the Year 2004

The state stud stallion, Graf Grannus has sired 44 State won the Hanoverian licensing Grannus, was awarded Stallion of Premium daughters and 19 1995. Graf Grannus has a the Year status by the Hanoverian licensed sons. One son, Graf sire value for jumping of Verband, for playing an important Top, sired the high-priced 130.51, and a 156 jumping role in Hanoverian breeding. His showjumper of the 2005 index on the basis of the sire, Grannus, by Graphit/Ozean is Verden Hanoverian auction, Hanoverian Mare and Auc- an important world-class show- where his daughter Graf- tion evaluations. Three jumping stallion, and his dam Gold- inia, out of Narew xx, was crosses to jumping scion Got- maedel by Goldloewe/Goya also was knocked down for 140,000 thard and black color add to a successful showjumper. Graf euros. Another son, Golden, his appeal. VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 SPORT HORSE BREEDING NEWS PAGE 3

Stallion Spotlight ~ Sandro Hit

Sandro Hit (Old) was bred and jumping competition under Franke son Royal Dance. Loretta was sired born to be a jumper, but surprised Sloothak. His dam is by Gepard, a by Ramino, Adelheidsdorf perform- his connections by becoming a pre- son of the dominant sire of show- ance test champion of 1983. Ramino mier dressage competitor and estab- jumpers of his era, Gotthard. San- has proven himself an outstanding lishing his own “S” bloodline. After dro Song gave indication of the sire of broodmares, with Loretta a lackluster stallion test dressage capabilities adding much luster to his reputa- at Medingen in 1997, of the family by com- tion. where he finished 16th peting in dressage to out of 33, scoring 99.8, intermediate level. Though Sandro Hit’s pedigree is Sandro Hit blossomed deep with showjumping bloodlines, under the expert guid- Sandro Hit’s dam, preliminary attempts revealed little ance of Schockemoehle Loretta, has been a jumping ability. According to Dr. dressage manager, Dr. stalwart producer of Mueller, he made a nice jump, but Ulf Moeller. The two stallions, producing had no scope. Fortunately, Muehller won the six year old Diamond Hit (Reserve decided to try him at dressage, and Bundeschampionate dressage World Champion five year old dres- the rest is history. championship in 1999. sage horse, to the cover of Don Schufro), and Royal Hit (1-c pre- Sandro Hit is a “stamping sire,” Sandro Hit’s sire, Sandro Song, mium at the 2002 Oldenburg stal- siring uphill, pretty horse with out- competed in international show- lion licensing), by the Rohdiamant standing rideability, lots of cha- risma and his glistening black coat.

Stallion Evaluation by Performance Test & Competition

Stallions are approved for breeding Non-performance traits such as con- tion data. based on their performance test, formation are also evaluated at test, field test, competition results, or a especially as they relate to function Competition “testing” allows stal- combination of all three. Duration and other breeding objective traits, lions who have competed in riding of performance testing is generally such as sport performance, longev- sport competitions at higher levels 30 to 100 days, but can range from ity and health. (M and S levels) to be approved for eight days (Sweden) to 11 months breeding based upon their show (Germany). Station performance Field competition tests have a lower results. The disadvantage of this tests yield results with high heriti- accuracy, due to a shorter test pe- method is that data can only be re- bility, such as gaits, rideability and riod and the bias of pre-training. corded later in life, and horses in jumping, which have a high correla- Field test data has a lower herita- competition have been highly prese- tion to competition. bility and correlation with competi- lected.

Sperm Membrane Integrity

Though post-thaw motility is right- integrity has been reported It is hoped that studies un- fully considered the most important to be a more accurate pre- derway at the Center for indicator of frozen semen quality, a dictor of fertility than sperm Equine Health at UC new study conducted at Texas A & motility. Although some Davis, CA, will identify the M University revealed important sperm may seem morpho- mechanisms that result in new information for the advance- logically normal and motile, cellular damage during ment of equine artificial insemina- membrane damage could freezing and the informa- tion. Dr. Steven P. Brinsko, con- render them incapable of tion will then be used to ducted the study. Brinsko said, fertilization.” develop improved techniques for cryo- “Assessment of sperm membrane preservation of equine sperm. SES SERVICES Stallion documents for the current breeding season will be sent out SUPERIOR EQUINE SIRES, INC. soon. Please let us know what your needs are, i.e. with which registry you intend to register your foal. An online stallion document request form will 1626 Orin Rice Rd be available on the “forms and contracts” page by August. Rice, WA 99167 USA AHS Stallion Report—If you have conceived a foal this year, which you plan to register with AHS, you must submit the information for their stal- Toll free: 877-833-1666 lion report by 10/15/05. An online stallion report form will be available on Phone: 509-738-6641 the “forms and contracts” page by August. Fax: 509-738-2322 E-mail: [email protected] AHS Stallion Certificates must be issued by the semen agent the year the mare is inseminated. An online stallion document request form will be available on the “forms and contracts” page by August. Or, you can send the information via email or snail mail or call 877-833-1666, 509-738-6641. Link your farm: www.superiorequinesires.com/link_submission_form.htm Free Classifieds for SES-sired foals and SES suppliers: www.superiorequinesires.com/classifieds.htm

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