WBS-UK   Nomination Form 

2006 Liver chestnut 17hh Stud Fee £ 800 + V.A.T. Chilled Semen                                                  

Suzanne riding Diaggio 2013

Suzanne riding Dimaggio 2003

This tall, elegant son of Dimaggio has a beautiful head and neck and is strikingly uphill with outstanding paces for international dressage. So like his sire to ride, he is a very exciting addition to our breeding stallions.

Winning at PSG and ready to compete at Grand Prix. He has good trainability, is very kind and willing and is a pleasure to handle and ride. Diaggio stamps his foals with his beautiful features and dynamic paces.

His dam sire, Florestan, was champion at the 1988 Rhinelander Stallion Licensing and won the Stallion Performance Test in Warendorf the following year with 129,02 points.

He sired 88 approved sons and more than 2000 offspring are registered as sport horses. Many of them are World Young Horse Champions, Bundeschampions as well as Grand Prix horses: e.g. French Kiss, Fazzino, Florencio, Fidermark, Furst Fabio, Ferrara, Torricelli, etc.

Akzent II was prized for carrying on the ‘type’ of the Trakehner Absatz: a noble head and appealing face, ideal neck and saddle position and a good shoulder, combined with soft-to-the-ground way of going. His dam was by the Thoroughbred, Waidmannsdank, who was one of the most influential Thoroughbreds of the post-war period in Hanover.

Akzent II was regarded as one of the best producers of rideability in his day and is the dam's sire De Niro.

Dimaggio

Frozen available via Elite Stallions

1995 - 2015 Liver Chestnut  16.2hh   Studbooks - Hanoverian, Oldenburg, Westphalian, BWBS

Dimaggio was one of the most successful Dressage stallions of modern times. Amongst his list of achievements was the highly sought after title of  “World Breeding Champion” which he won in 2000 with an overall score of 9.5. This is a very prestigious competition contested every year by the biggest names in dressage. He scored an index of 133.39 in the dressage at his stallion licensing.

Other achievements included winning the International Shearwater Championship in 2000 along with the Prevac Pro Potential Dressage Horse Championships. He went on to win at Prix St Georges and Inter 1 with over 70%. Leading Dressage Sire BEF Futurity 2010.

BRITISH HANNOVERIAN HORSE SOCIETY - 2011

John Shenfield writes:

"Dimaggio has now established himself as the best sire for dressage ever to stand in Great Britain." 

Offspring successes/news include:-

2018

 The year ended with a British Bred Dimaggio gelding, Duke of Britain, winning the Grand Prix Freestyle at London Olympia. Ridden by Frederic Wandres they scored 80.303%

In the summer two Dimaggio offspring won medals with Team GB at the FEI World Equestrian Games.

Emile Faurie rode Done Di Maggio to help the team come home with a bronze medal & Olympic qualification. Their run up to the games included scoring a double victory at the Aachen CDI3* and podium places at Fritzens CDI4* with 74%+ scores.

Erin Orford (Grade III) rode Dior UKH to help the para dressage team come home with a silver medal. Dior was bred here at the stud and it has been a real pleasure watching her perform on such a big stage.

- he sired three of the top six, 6 year olds dressage horses at the World Breeding Championships

- Half Moon Delphi won team bronze for GB at European Championships and was 4th in World Cup Qualifier at Olympia

-the highest scoring dressage 3 year old in BEF Futurity evaluations and also the second highest scoring dressage foal

- a 2007 gelding son selling for €700,000 at auction

- 2 British Dressage Winter Championships

- 8 British Dressage Winter Regional Championships and 6 Reserve Championships

- 3 qualified for the German Young Horse Championships - (Bundeschampionate) in Dressage

- Winning at Grand Prix with 70%+ scores

- 2 British Dressage Winter Championships and 3 Reserve Championships

- 6 British Dressage Winter Regional Championships and 3 Reserve Championships

- 5 qualified for the German Young Horse Championships - (Bundeschampionate) in Dressage

2011

- 3 British Dressage National Champions and a Reserve Champion

- 2 progeny selected to represent GB at the Junior Riders Europeans

- Top auction price of €240,000 at Oldenburg EliteSale

- Gelding sold at PSI auction for €360,000

- Austria select 1 of his stallions to represent them at the WBFSH Young Horse Dressage championships

- 3 qualified for the German Young Horse Championships - (Bundeschampionate) in Dressage

- BEF Futurity Top Dressage Sire

- 15 progeny at the National Dressage Championships, overall dressage champion at the BHHS show

- Burghley Young Event Horse 5 Yr Old Champion

- 2 progeny represented GB

- 7 BD Regional Winter Championships & 2 Reserve Champions

- 5 BD Regional Summer Champions & 2 Reserve Champions

- an eventer competing at 3*CCI

- 3 more licensed sons in Germany and a €200,000 top auction price

- British Young Horse at Hickstead:-

          National 5 Yr Old & 6 Yr Old Reserve Champions

          International 6Yr Old Champion & 5 Yr Old Reserve Champion

- 5 qualified for the German Young Horse Championships - (Bundeschampionate) in Dressage

3 winners in Top British Breed Horse Awards – two Dressage; one Eventing; 7 offspring at BD's Summer National Championships including the Advanced Medium National Champion. Highest priced horse at the Hanoverian Elite action at €320,000. Another son, Diamo Gold, is premium licensed by Oldenburg

Winning all three age categories at the Top British Breed Dressage Horse Awards. Shearwater National 6 year old Dressage Horse Champion, 2nd Reserve Champion at the Oldenburg Stallion Licensing

British Dressage Nationals the NFU Mutual Prelim Champion

British Hanoverian Show – Champion 3 year old mare, BWBS Stallion Licensing - Keystone Don  Amore - Reserve Champion,  Licensed son, Dynamic in Germany, At the Elite Auction, Vechta his colt foal sold for €33,500 to Ann Kathrin-Linsenhoff, the German dressage team member. And another Dimaggio colt sold for €28,000 to Blue Hors the famous Danish stud, standing Don Shufro and Cavan

Champion BWBS stallion - Woodlander Del Amitri, Champion Sports Horse - Treliver Decanter, Champion Colt - British Hanoverian Show, Champion filly 2 year old  and Champion colt two year old - British Dressage Breeding Championship

2013 Liver Chestnut  16.1hh Stud Fee £ 700 + V.A.T. Chilled Semen                                                          

2011 Bay 16.1hh Sold to Germany                                                         

Rhondeo                                                                                

Sadly Rhondeo died in January 2015 and we have no frozen available

2002 - 2015 Bay 16.2hh Studbooks - Oldenburg, BWBS

Keystone Rhondeo and Suzanne

the highest scoring dressage yearling in BEF Futurity evaluations

qualifying for National Championships

winning Summer Regional Championships

qualifying for Winter Regional Championships

                                                                                                            

1998 - 2018 Dark Bay 16.1hh   Retired from Stud - Summer 2012                    Studbooks - Hanoverian, BWBS                        

Walentino was the Champion at his stallion licensing and the Champion Dressage Stallion at his Performance Test in Germany with a very high index of 138.06.  He received the top mark of 10 for his rideability and outstanding paces mark.

“You rarely see a horse with such fantastic movement & charisma” – Carl Hester

His own successes include 2005 National Advanced Medium Music Champion and Regional Advanced Medium Champion; 2008 Dressage Masters Intermediaire II Reserve Champion. 2010 he competed at Grand Prix. He also had a number of wins at Prix St George with over 70% and had a natural talent for piaffe and passage.

His sire is the renowned Weltmeyer. He was the National Young Horse Champion, Approval and Stallion Performance Test Champion as well as the German Agricultural Champion. Weltmeyer is one of the most recognised dressage stallions in the world and is well-known for producing big movers.