Since being imported to the U.S. by Willy Arts of DG Bar Ranch, Contester's career has been marked by numerous victories and championships. Some highlights include 2005 CDS 4th Level Reserve Champion, 2004 West Coast FEI 6-year old Champion, 2002 USDF Horse of the Year Mature Stallion, 2001 USDF Dressage Sporthorse Breeding Champion, Northern California 3-year old Champion and 2000 USDF 2- year old and Northern California Champion. Contester is the sire of our 2007 KWPN-NA gelding Corazon out out of the talented and lovely mare Wazzup.

USDF ranked Davignport 4th out 127 stallions based on the success of his offspring in dressage. This ranking also included European stallions producing dressage horses in the U.S. He received scores of 8 for impulsion and elasticity at his stallion licensing and also had free jump scores of 8. He has numerous wins in the dressage ring and is currently winning at Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire under Olympic rider Bent Jensen. Davignport is the sire of our 2005 mare Devon SBF.

The Olympic dressage stallion Donnerhall is probably the most influential sire of his generation worldwide in both breeding and competition sport. He was double team world championship winner, 1994 German Champion, 1997 European team champion as well as individual bronze medal winner of the 1994 world championships and the 1997 European championships. Donnerhall has founded a dynasty of world-class significance and has more than 80 approved sons to date and numerous States Premium Mares. Donnerhall is the sire of our Oldenburg mare Ginger Ale.

Donnerlück’s pedigree contains many world-class sires that have won top dressage and jumping titles in Europe. He holds an outstanding performance record with numerous First Place wins and National Awards through Fourth Level Dressage. He is currently competing at Prix St. Georges level with scores to 71.25%. Donnerlück is the sire of our Premium Oldenburg N.A. Mare Primadonna.

Champion of his KWPN Stallion Performance Test, the late stallion Ekstein was one of the leading producers of international showjumpers in the world. To date, his most famous offspring are the Olympic showjumpers Hickstead who was the 2008 Individual Showjumping Gold Medalist ( Canada) and Joel who represented the Netherlands showjumping team in 2004 and won the 2002 Dutch Championship and was reserve champion in 2001. He is the sire of 5 approved sons and the damsire of at least 3 approved stallions including the 2005 KWPN Champion Stallion Vico. Ekstein was the sire of Walt Frazier M2S and we extend heartfelt sympathies to our friends at Morningside Stud in Ireland over his loss.

Star of the Celle parade, Hanoverian licensing champion Escudo II is one of only two stallions standing in North America who appear in both the top list of Jumpers and top list of Type. Escudo II is in the Hanoverian Jumper Breeding Program and has the highest breed value for Type of any Hanoverian stallion (151 Type and 134 Conformation). His FN rating is 103 for dressage and 128 for jumping. Escudo II is a highly versatile Class I stallion who completed his testing at Adelheidsdorf with a score of 125.63 (117.56 for dressage and 125.73 for jumping) placing him 4th out of 43 stallions. Escudo II is the sire of our 2009 colt Eireheart out of Wazzup (Heartbreaker x Landgraf).

Fabuleux is by the versatile Hanoverian sire Fabriano out of SPS Auguste (Augustinus xx / Absatz) Fabuleux desends from six generations of States Premium mares on his dam-line. At his testing in Adelheidsdorf he was awarded Class-I status and received a score of 130.45 points in the dressage portion, with scores of 9 for walk, trot, temperament, willingness to work and a 10 for his canter. Fabuleux is the sire of our 2009 filly Fashionably Late out of Devon (Davignport x Hill Hawk xx).

The star of the 2004 Westphalian stallion licensing, Fidertanz left the arena to a standing ovation and became champion. His sire Fidermark, son of the legendary Florestan I, won the stallion performance test in 1995, was National Young Horse Champion, and winner of the Optimum and Grand Prix tests. His damsire Ravallo also won the stallion performance test with a total index of 155 points. Fruhlingstraum II is considered one of the pillars of Westphalian breeding. Fidertanz' dam, grand dam and grand-grand dam were all states premium mares with many approved stallions and highly successful sportshorses stemming from this line.

This exceptional young stallion descends from a family unparralleled by others. His sire Don Davidoff and damsire Sandro Hit were both World Champion Young Dressage Gold Medalists under Dr. Ulf Moller. Don Davidoff (Don Gregory x Rubinstein) was Champion at ages 3,4 and 5 as well as 2000 Oldenburg Licensing Champion and German National Champion of the 5-year old division. Damsire Sandro Hit needs little introduction. With over 65 approved sons to date, he is without question one of the world's leading influences on the production of international dressage horses. Davidoff Hit's wealth of genetics continues further into his motherline bearing many of Germany's finest including maternal grand dam Fantastica who is a full sister to Don Schufro and produced Champion Grand Prix horse Cappucinno 16 and the PSI stallion Sunny Boy by Sandro Hit. Imported to the US in 2006, Davidoff Hit made his sport debut in 2007 with Susanne Hassler (Hasslerdressage.com). He is the sire of our beautiful filly Dahli out of our prized Oldenburg mare Ginger Ale.

Owned by Team Nijhof in the Netherlands, Heartbreaker is by the world famous preferent stallion Nimmerdor. He was recently awarded the keur predicate for producing international showjumpers and currently leads the KWPN jumping index with a staggering score of 168 points. To date, Heartbreaker has more than 10 approved sons and numerous ster daughters. He is the sire of our KWPN mare Wazzup.

Undoubtedly one of history's most important sires, Landgraf produced a dynasty of more than 130 approved sons, 90 States Premium Mares and 46 international showjumpers competing at the highest level of the sport. Landgraf is the dam-sire of our KWPN mare Wazzup.

Pointmaker has produced champion foals in futurities and inspections from his first foal crop. He is one of three full brothers that are approved breeding stallions, attesting to the top quality cross between Pik Bube I and Wenke. As a young horse, Pointmaker won the Ultimate Sport Horse Challenge, which included dressage and jumping, Oldenburg Third Level Horse of the Year and numerous High Point awards at Fourth Level. He is currently showing Prix St. Georges. Pointmaker is the sire of our 2006 Oldenburg filly Pik Nik.

Sire of our Hanoverian mare Ryka, the imported Hanoverian stallion Regazzoni is one of the best sons of the immortal Rubinstein I. Winner of his 100-day stallion performance test in Muenster-Handorf Germany in 1994, he thereafter became federal vice-champion German riding horse in 1995 and won the finals of the 1996 five-year old German Dressage championship.

Rosenthal is by the legendary stallion Rubinstein I and is a full brother to Rubin Magic, a licensed Hanoverian and Oldenburg stallion that stands in Germany. He has numerous wins at dressage competitions and competed at the Bundeschampionate in 2000. Over 90% of Rosenthal’s foals were awarded premium in 2004 including Reiner K and Rumors, top USDF Colt and Filly of the Year. Rosenthal is the sire of our 2005 colt Rodon out of Ginger Ale.

Reserve Champion of his 1997 stallion licensing in Verden and Champion of the 1998 Adelheidsdorf Stallion Performance Test with an overall score of 145.67 (148.82 for dressage and 118.74 for jumping), Rotspon has already begun to create his own branch of the Rubinstein I dynasty with several approved sons, daughters and offspring currently in competition. His damline boasts such superior broodmare sires as Argentan I, Pik Bube and Wendekreis. In 2005, Rotspon received a Breeding Value Index of 155 points, with the assurance of 97% heritability, from the German Equestrian Federation. Rotspon is the sire of our striking 2009 colt Royalton out of Ginger Ale (Donnerhall x Genever x Lungau).

Roven is an offspring of the famous American thoroughbred sire Lefty, the Argentinian sire Pretencioso and the Irish stallion Samos III xx. The family tree of Roven goes back to 1890 and shows a lot of winners. The stallion Roven is an elegant, long-ligned thoroughbred stallion, with big and powerful movement who is making a significant contribution to the KWPN breeding program. Roven made his Grand Prix showjumping debut in 2004 with Dutch rider Peter Geerink and is owned by Team Nijhof in the Netherlands. Roven is the sire of our KWPN gelding Walter O' Hara.

Perhaps I'm a bit premature, but am willing to bet the farm Royalton is the future of SBF. He took my breath away from the moment I laid eyes on him and continues to be my inspiration each and every day. Royal is by the German Hanoverian stallion Rotspon (Rubinstein x Argentan x Pik Bube) and out of my late foundation mare Ginger Ale (Donnerhall x Genever x Lungau). The main photo was taken at six months of age when he was already showing a talent for piaffe and passage. The mares can't keep their eyes off him and we have to pinch ourselves every day he is ours. To visit his album, click on Royalton.

The late Elite Hanoverian stallion Walk on Top proved to be successful in dressage and showjumping as well as having an impressive show record in eventing. He received outstanding scores at the 100-Day stallion test with 9’s for temperament, trot, jumping and working ability and a 10 for his walk. We feel privileged to have one of his 2005 foals-Warhol SBF-out of Primadonna.

Worldy was reserve champion of the 2000 Adelheidsdorf stallion performance test where he won the dressage portion. However, his movement, rideability and eagerness to perform resulted in above-average showjumping evaluations as well. Type, nobility and expression, combined with a compact, well-shaped conformation and expressive riding horse points are the remarkable features of this extraordinary stallion. Worldly's sire the legendary Weltmeyer continues to almost single-handedly reshape the Hanoverian breed. He was the 1986 winner of the stallion licensing in Verden, and the 1987 winner of the stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf. In the same year Weltmeyer also won the three-year-old stallions classification at the Federal Championships of German Riding Horses in Warendorf. In 1988 he was honored in Verden as best stallion of his age-group and awarded with the "Freiherr von Stenglin-Prize". One year later he became DLG Champion 1989 in Frankfurt. And last but not least he became "Hanoverian Stallion of the Year" in 1998. Worldly's damsire Brentano II was champion stallion at the stallion licensing in Verden 1985 and runner-up in the stallion performance test in 1986. In 2003 Brentano II was named "Hanoverian Stallion of the Year. Worldly is the sire of our 2005 mare Worldpass.