Showdown is an impressive premium stallion with scope and nobleness, extravagant in type with the desired refined bloodlines. His movement is distinguished by a high degree of elasticity. Even his walk and canter leave nothing to be desired. His extremely popular sire, Sandro Hit, was Bundeschampion of six year old dressage horses and World Champion of young horses in Arnheim, the Netherlands. He has sired several Bundeschampions, including Poetin, Sandro Classic and Show Star, as well as approval winners Sir Willson, Sandrit, Stedinger and Samba Hit II. Showdown's dam, Goldfee, is a daughter of the highly esteemed Gotthard son, Goldstern, who was one of the best sires in modern day breeding history and fit perfectly in not only dressage but also jumper pedigrees. The dam's side of Showdown's pedigree has a highly interesting breeding variation: Showdown is a product of a particularly successful branch of the widely branched Thoroughbred family 11, making him closely related to numerous prominent horses in Thoroughbred breeding, some of which have also left clear marks in warmblood breeding as well, such as Abary xx, Acatenango xx, Agavit xx, Black Sky xx (sire of Bolero) and Game Fox xx.