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Acolito
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Acolito was discovered
at the Verden Foal Auction in 2004, and his pedigree is an
arrangement of finest international show jumping bloodlines.
His sire Acord II won his stallion performance test and was
federal vice champion. Armonia La Silla (Rolf-Göran
Bengtsson), the licensed VDL Atlantic (Wout-Jan van der
Schans) and Adolfo FRH (Henrike Konzag) are some of his
successful, advanced level offspring. His dam’s sire,
Contender, won his stallion performance test, and he is the
number one Holstein state stud stallion. He is the sire of
the winner of the Holstein stallion licensing in 2006, and
he ranks at the top of the show jumping breeding evaluation.
Almé Z and Ramiro are famous stallions from the Zangersheide
Stud and represented in third and fourth generation. They
became well-known in the 80s. His great-granddam is the
famous mare Rinnetou Z, one of the most successful
international show jumping horses of her generation under
Piet Raymakers. She has a perfect show jumping background
with Winnetou and Wolfsburg, the two black Hanoverian
stallions who are well-known for their excellent show
jumping prepotency. Rinnetou Z is also the
great-granddaughter of the fabulous Fairness/Hartwig
Steenken (by Flußfischer – Despot – Alcantara II).
Rinnetou’s dam Wanda Z and the granddam Wencke Z were
successful Zangersheide mares, and they have spread this
line to other breeding areas. The stallions Amaretto I
(privately owned stallion in Rhineland, Netherlands;
successful at international level with Hugo Simon), Amaretto
II (privately owned stallion in Rhineland, Hanover, USA),
Amaretto IV DZ (privately owned stallion in Rhineland), the
winner of his stallion licensing Apricot D II (privately
owned stallion in Rhineland), Chardonnay Z (Zangersheide),
Pilaro (privately owned stallion in Westphalia) and Rival Z
(Belgium) and the internationally successful top-class
horses Absolom Z/Michael Whitaker (GBR), Apricot D/Hugo
Simon (AUT), Cornelis Z/Thomas Ehrenrooth (NL), Rhodos
Z/Peter Geerink (NL) and Zalza/Nick Skelton (GBR) descend
also from this line. It’s hard to imagine a better lineage.
The inbred component to the foundation sires Almé Z, Cor de
la Bryère and Ramiro is also obvious. Acolito presents a
tremendous technique and scope at the jumps and his basic
gaits are of first-class quality. Even though he has been
only a short time under the saddle, his rideability can
hardly be topped. He is a promising breed stallion as well
as a successful future star in the show jumping course.
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