SIRE - CARTHAGO Z Carthago Z is the son of Capitol I, one of the great modern Holsteiner showjumping sires. Unusually for a Holstein jumping sire, Capitol carried no Cor de la Bryère blood, but he was richly endowed with the heritage of two great Thoroughbred descendants of the Bay Ronald line - Cottage Son xx and Manometer xx, he also carried a double cross of the influential anglo-arab, Ramzes. Capitol I sired Cassini, Campione (and full brother, Cathleen, ridden by Meredith Michaels - now Beerbaum), Calato Z, Curtis (Mändli), Cliquot (Kirchof). With an index of 182 he head the FN young jumping stallion ratings. Capitol's grand dam Retina was a Hamburg Jumping Derby with Fritz Thiedemann. His dam, Folia, showed great jumping potential herself, and produced the licensed stallions Latus I and II, as well as the two Capitols, and famous daughters Kausa, Lektion (eventing) and U-Capitola (dam of Lord Capitol). Folia's dam, Vase, was a full sister to Romanus who competed with success with Hans Günter Winkler, despite the horse's aversion to water jumps. The dam sire, Calando I stood at several breeding stations in Holstein before pursuing a performance career that culminated in a German Championship with Karsten Huck. After jumping successfully in Luxembourg, Calando I returned to breeding duties in Holstein. At his performance test, Carthago Z earned a 9.5 for free jumping and a 10 for jumping talent!!! Carthago Z finished in 11th place at the Atlanta Olympic Games with Jos Lanskink and the pair were members of the Dutch team at the Sydney Games. In all the combination competed in 15 Nations Cups. In 2001, the stallion, who had been leased to Leon Melchior since 1995, returned to his birthplace in Schleswig-Holstein and the Holsteiner Verband. Carthago is already the sire of numerous approved sons and although he is no longer fertile he continues to sire foals for a while, thanks for the stock of frozen semen. He is retired on an island in the North Sea, with a couple of mares for company. His progeny includes international showjumpers, such as Cim Christo at the 2004 Olympics under the Korean Bong Gak Sohn, as well as Kira III/Ludo Philippaerts/BEL, VDL Groep Spiga/Leopold van Asten/NED, Caitano/Ulrich Kirchhoff, Campus/Steve Guerdat/SUI, Cristallo/Alois PollmannSchweckhorst, Caya/Sheila Burke/USA, K-Carrera/Michael Aabo/NOR, Charlottenhof's Classix Girl/Sören von Rönne, and Hofgut Liederbach's Cathleen/Pia-Luise Aufrecht. According to Harm Thormälen, whose family bred Capitol: "The Capitol horses have scope – scope and easy to handle. Amateurs can ride the Capitol horses. Sometimes they are not 'blood' enough, they need blood. In his last years Capitol was only allowed to breed to mares with Thoroughbred blood. The mare sire had to be Thoroughbred, or otherwise Cor de la Bryère – so Capitol got very good mares. It was top management by the Holsteiner Verband, with very good results in the sport. The children of Capitol have won the most money in the sport of any stallion in the world." Carthago Z by Capitol I out of a mare by the Cor de la Bryère son, Calando I - competing with Jos Lansink at the Sydney Olympics

DAM SIRE - GALANT DE LA COUR While Galant de la Cour is a Selle Francais, his motherline is full of thoroughbred. The dam's sire produced many showjumpers in France. He was a private stallion in France, and as the French prefer to use the state stud, he didn't cover too many mares. You find many international sport horses like "Mariachi" (Luziana Diniz, Athens 2004) with Galant de la Cour as the dam's sire. He combines thoroughbred with the most important showjumping producer in France, Ibrahim, son of The last orange who is a legend in France. The rest of his motherline is also thoroughbred with bloodlines guaranteeing jumping ability and sportive horses. Kebah xx is well known in France as well as in the Netherlands and Belgium.

 

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