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On his way to stardom

On his way to becoming a star sire, 2010 was the year of Desperados: By winning the German Dressage Derby in Hamburg he made his international breakthrough, crowning his achievements in sport so far. But there was one highlight after the other in breeding as well.

Stations of his career: Desperados was a premium stallion at the Hanoverian December licensing in 2004 in Verden. He had taken his 30-day test before in Schlieckau, finishing with the highest scores (including a 9.5 for his canter and a 9.0 from both of the guest riders). Numerous victories in tests for young riding horses, including the 2004 Hanoverian Championships in Verden as well as bronze twice at the Bundeschampionat in Warendorf in 2004 and 2005 are on record. Selectively further trained, he won and placed among the best in St. Georg and Intermédiaire I, also in Hamburg and Neumünster under Falk Rosenbauer. In 2009 the duo successfully competed in the Final of the Nürnberg Burg Pokal. In 2010, Desperados not only won the German Derby but also a qualifier in the Medien Cup and then placed in the Final.

In breeding, Desperados is as safe as a bank. Destano, Derby Dancer and Double Joy were the first of his sons to be licensed in 2009. 2010 was no different: In Verden his sons Decurio (premium stallion) and Download were licensed, in Zweibrücken Dream Diamond, und in Westphalia another Desperados son also stole the show.

But the most convincing offspring right now is his daughter, Doris Day, who became the Hanoverian Champion in Verden with Hermann Burger and Bundeschampion in Warendorf. Several daughters have received a State Premium and according to the German FN's predicted breeding value statistics, Desperados immediately became established among the top five percent of all German stallions with 144 points.

His offspring are born with good looks, good type and very good movements and the many foal shows and auctions in Germany have had absolutely top foals in their collections. His son Desert Storm was the star of the foal collection at the Fall Elite Auction in Vechta, selling to Switzerland for 28,500 Euros. In Verden, a filly was sold for 26,000 Euros.

The black Hanoverian stallion De Niro won the I-a main premium in Oldenburg in 1997 for his own record in sport and the quality of his first crop. By the time De Niro was seven, he made a successful debut in the Grand Prix dressage ring and later collected numerous first place ribbons in Nations Cups, the German Dressage Derby and at the German Championships for Professional Riders. In 2008 he was bestowed a special honor: the "Hanoverian Stallion of the Year" award. His dam, Wie Musik, is by Wolkenstein II. This chestnut stallion was the Reserve Champion of the 1992 licensing in Verden, 1993 Bundeschampion of German Riding Horses in Mannheim and won his stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf in 1993. A full sister of his dam Wie Musik, named Wie Platine, took third place in the 2001 Bundeschampionat for German riding horses. Through Matcho AA and Pik König you find heroes from the traditional Oberndorf Station on the dam's side of the pedigree. The black, French Anglo-Arabian stallion, Matcho AA, won his stallion performance test and is a sire of pronounced versatility. Pik König, the fourth link in his chain of ancestors, has gained a reputation as a maker of dressage horses and show jumpers of the very first order. The Hanoverian dam line 53/Foersaci (by Förstergruß I-Lorenz-Amandus-Lorval-Alpenprinz-Julius-Süd-Y. Gameboy) is also the origin of the licensed stallions Condiro (State Stud Warendorf), Don Marcello (private stallion Hanover), Don Placido (AUT), Foster, Limonit and Mister A (both State Stud Celle), Londontower (private stallion Mecklenburg), Moseltal and Rocko Barocko (private stallion Mecklenburg) as well as the successful show jumpers Akrobat/Henrike Konzag and Rosalinde/Eric Lamaze/CDN.