ABDULLAH

Abdullah was recently honored as one of the top 50 horses of the century by "The Chronicle of The Horse". The gray Trakehner stallion will best be remembered for his 1984 Olympic performance in show jumping with his rider Conrad Homfeld. Their brilliant clear round in the Team Competition clinched the first and only team gold medal for the United States. They went on to win the Olympic silver medal in the individual competition.  Abdullah and Conrad continued to re-write the record book by winning the 1985 World Cup in Berlin and at the age of 15 yrs they again won a first and only Team Gold medal at the 1986 World Championships, Aachen, where Abdullah was the leading horse of the competition.

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  G. RAMIRO Z
 
17.1  hh Bay Holsteiner

G. Ramiro Z has become world famous world wide and is duly called the "Euro-stallion" of his day. Preferent Ramiro decends from the famous male linage combination Rainmond - Ramzes x - Rittersporn xx.  Ramiro's dam is Valine, who acquired international fame as a show jumper by the name of Corrale under Lutz Gossing.  She is a daughter of the reputable thoroughbred Cottage Son, who became famous through his son Consul.  In 1969 Ramiro was the absolute top stallion of his performance year and was not only used for breeding but was successfully show-jumped. On the basis of his breeding efforts that had earned him worldwide fame, he was declared horse of the year at jumping Amsterdam in 1992.  Ramiro Z progeny can be described with one word: sublime.  In the Netherlands his sons Almiro, Armstrong, Bernstein, Dageraad, Damiro, Elmero and Zeoleit were approved. His daughter Ratina Z is the dream of the show jumping world, winning both gold and silver at the Barcelona Olympics and, under her new rider Ludger Beerbaum, claimed the Volvo World Cup of 1993.

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  INCOGNITO
 
1990 16.1 hh Dutch Stallion KWPN

Incognito is an incredibly talented up-and-coming young stallion, having won many championships through Prix St. George.  His sire, Columbus (a son of Lucky Boy), is an exceptionally talented jumper, having received an 8.5 mark for jumping at his testing, and in 1987, was Reserve Champion of the Performance Test at Ermelo.  In 1991, Columbus won the National Stallion Jumping Competition in Holland.   On the dam's side, Incognito inherits his dressage talents through the famous Aktion lines. Incognito's dam Fastrona has produced many successful sport horses as well another Approved stallion, Nexxus (by Wallstreet), and a KWPN Select Sale stallion by Sunny Boy (by Sandro Hit).   He is also Sire of Heather Mason's mare Integrity.

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R. JOHNSON

1991 17.0 hh Approved Dutch Warmblood (NRPS)

Due to his enormous jumping talent, fabulous movement, natural athletic ability and golden temperament, R. Johnson has become a popular sire for breeders interested in producing quality jumper, hunter, dressage and combined training prospects.   He is also the son of legendary G. Ramiro Z has been called the "Stallion of the Century" recognizing the consistent excellence of his offspring.  Johnson breeds with a high degree of hereditary reliability, passing on his short, strong back, powerful hindquarters, uphill conformation, outstanding temperament and startling athleticism.   Johnson's jumping ability was described by the NRPS judges at his approval, as of potentially "international quality".  He is a stunningly powerful, scopey jumper with impeccable technique and a strong desire to jump cleanly and carefully.

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ULFT

Ulft is a Dutch Warmblood "keur" sire.  The predicate "keur" means that Ulft has produced offspring of the best quality.  His offspring excels in both show-jumping and dressage.  Many horses by Ulft have won international shows.  Ulft is known around the world as a top sire of both dressage and jumping horses.  He is a prodigious sire, producing such offspring as Olympic Ferro, Caesar, Disney, and Utopia to name a few, and he has numerous approved sons and keur daughters.   Ulft is a very compatible cross with the sporthorse mare which can be found in America, improving on their temperament, faits and athleticism.  Ulft is by Le Mexico, who also possessed phenomenal jumping ability.  At his performance test, Ulft broke records for not only jumping, but also dressage.  He was the first stallion at the test in Ermelo to receive a 9 for dressage.  At the 1983/84 Stallion Championships in Holland he was Reserve Champion of Category A.

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