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California is the model of a modern
sporthorse. She has uphill movement with
strong knee action and a quick hind leg.
Elegant in type she still has sufficient
substance to carry even a large rider. She
was the High Point Champion with 72% in
First Level at her only dressage show. She
then went on to become Training Level 1
Champion at her first A rated Hunter/Jumper
show. As is our custom we breed the very
best of what we produce. California was
therefore retired from the show ring and
entered the breeding shed. Her first foal Sri
Lanka by Sir Donnerhall is exactly what we
would expect from the great mare.
California's sire Contender proved to be one
of the most influential sons of Calypso II by
Cor de la Bryere. Contender won the 1987
Adelheidsdorf stallion performance test with
a jumping index of 146.62. He went on to be
the 1-b main premium vice-champion in
Oldenburg on the basis of his excellent first
crop of foals.He is now one of the most
sought after stallions in Germany today. He
has produced 80 approved sons, and 59
state premium mares including Riconda who
won the Elite Mare Show at Rastede in 1993.
As at 2006, in Holstein, Oldenburg, Hannover
and Rhineland, Contender has produced 782
registered mares, 498 successful offspring
in the sport.
Contender spent his first three years at stud
in Oldenburg before moving to Holstein. An
impressive number of his first foals went on
to international careers: Niko (Geoff
Billington). Copa d’Oro (Yves Houtackers)
and Maria Callas (Ben Schröder) – there is
also Herbert Blöcker’s eventer, Chicoletto.
Contender was ranked third in the list of the
world's best showjumping sires in 2004.
California's mother was the Elite Mare
Shalimar. She was purchased at the Verden
Elite Foal Auction in Germany to be one of
Canterbury Court’s foundation mares.
Shalimar was the Mare Champion at Santa
Rosa as a two year old and missed being the
Golden State Champion by .005 points. She
passed her mare performance test under a
14 year old rider and then showed on a local
hunter-jumper circuit. Her sire Spitzweg, a
grandson of the Thoroughbred improvement
sire Sudan, was used for only a short time
but is noted for producing improved type and
dressage movement.
The grandam Goldmaus by Grand Royal was
the first foal of Aphrodite II. She was
awarded the state premium as a 4-year-old
at the mare show in Ettenbüttel, but couldn't
accept it due to a sickness shortly before
the performance test. She got 5 foals in 5
breeding years and died in 1995 after a
strong colic.
Her first filly Shalimar (born 1991) by
Spitzweg was sold via the Verden foal
auction to California.
Her two daughters born in 1993 and 1994,
the state premium mares and full sisters
Caracalla I and Caracalla II by Calypso II,
both have a licensed son by Stakkato -
Spaceman out of Caracalla I and Stalypso
out of Caracalla II.
Stalypso was sold at the Elite Foal Auction
for the record price of 55,000 Eros. He was
licensed and recently won his 30 Day Test
with the incredible jumping score of 9.975!
He is owned by the private stud Gestute
Sprehe. Video of Stalypso.
Aphrodite II was born in 1981 as a daughter
of St.Pr.St. Wolke. She had 13 foals in 15
breeding years. Her full sister Aphrodite I
competed successfully in both the Young
Rider Championships and the German
Championships.
The state premium mares Chiara and
Cosmopolitan, both by the Holsteiner sire
Calypso II, the licensed stallions Clochard,
by Calypso II, and For Fashion, by For Expo
2000, and the successful show jumpers
Chappelou M and Calero (also by Calypso II)
are outstanding descendants of Aphrodite II.
She has produced both dressage horses and
show jumpers.
Aphrodite's black stallion "For Fashion",
*1999 by For Expo 2000 was licensed at the
Second Hanoverian Stallion Licensing in
Verden on October 26th, 2002. The stallion
was owned by Dr. Rolf-Peter Schulze. On
November 05th/06th, 2003 "For Fashion"
placed 10th with 104,01 points in the 70-day-
test for private stallions in Adelheidsdorf. He
was later sold to the USA.
sporthorse. She has uphill movement with
strong knee action and a quick hind leg.
Elegant in type she still has sufficient
substance to carry even a large rider. She
was the High Point Champion with 72% in
First Level at her only dressage show. She
then went on to become Training Level 1
Champion at her first A rated Hunter/Jumper
show. As is our custom we breed the very
best of what we produce. California was
therefore retired from the show ring and
entered the breeding shed. Her first foal Sri
Lanka by Sir Donnerhall is exactly what we
would expect from the great mare.
California's sire Contender proved to be one
of the most influential sons of Calypso II by
Cor de la Bryere. Contender won the 1987
Adelheidsdorf stallion performance test with
a jumping index of 146.62. He went on to be
the 1-b main premium vice-champion in
Oldenburg on the basis of his excellent first
crop of foals.He is now one of the most
sought after stallions in Germany today. He
has produced 80 approved sons, and 59
state premium mares including Riconda who
won the Elite Mare Show at Rastede in 1993.
As at 2006, in Holstein, Oldenburg, Hannover
and Rhineland, Contender has produced 782
registered mares, 498 successful offspring
in the sport.
Contender spent his first three years at stud
in Oldenburg before moving to Holstein. An
impressive number of his first foals went on
to international careers: Niko (Geoff
Billington). Copa d’Oro (Yves Houtackers)
and Maria Callas (Ben Schröder) – there is
also Herbert Blöcker’s eventer, Chicoletto.
Contender was ranked third in the list of the
world's best showjumping sires in 2004.
California's mother was the Elite Mare
Shalimar. She was purchased at the Verden
Elite Foal Auction in Germany to be one of
Canterbury Court’s foundation mares.
Shalimar was the Mare Champion at Santa
Rosa as a two year old and missed being the
Golden State Champion by .005 points. She
passed her mare performance test under a
14 year old rider and then showed on a local
hunter-jumper circuit. Her sire Spitzweg, a
grandson of the Thoroughbred improvement
sire Sudan, was used for only a short time
but is noted for producing improved type and
dressage movement.
The grandam Goldmaus by Grand Royal was
the first foal of Aphrodite II. She was
awarded the state premium as a 4-year-old
at the mare show in Ettenbüttel, but couldn't
accept it due to a sickness shortly before
the performance test. She got 5 foals in 5
breeding years and died in 1995 after a
strong colic.
Her first filly Shalimar (born 1991) by
Spitzweg was sold via the Verden foal
auction to California.
Her two daughters born in 1993 and 1994,
the state premium mares and full sisters
Caracalla I and Caracalla II by Calypso II,
both have a licensed son by Stakkato -
Spaceman out of Caracalla I and Stalypso
out of Caracalla II.
Stalypso was sold at the Elite Foal Auction
for the record price of 55,000 Eros. He was
licensed and recently won his 30 Day Test
with the incredible jumping score of 9.975!
He is owned by the private stud Gestute
Sprehe. Video of Stalypso.
Aphrodite II was born in 1981 as a daughter
of St.Pr.St. Wolke. She had 13 foals in 15
breeding years. Her full sister Aphrodite I
competed successfully in both the Young
Rider Championships and the German
Championships.
The state premium mares Chiara and
Cosmopolitan, both by the Holsteiner sire
Calypso II, the licensed stallions Clochard,
by Calypso II, and For Fashion, by For Expo
2000, and the successful show jumpers
Chappelou M and Calero (also by Calypso II)
are outstanding descendants of Aphrodite II.
She has produced both dressage horses and
show jumpers.
Aphrodite's black stallion "For Fashion",
*1999 by For Expo 2000 was licensed at the
Second Hanoverian Stallion Licensing in
Verden on October 26th, 2002. The stallion
was owned by Dr. Rolf-Peter Schulze. On
November 05th/06th, 2003 "For Fashion"
placed 10th with 104,01 points in the 70-day-
test for private stallions in Adelheidsdorf. He
was later sold to the USA.
| California C Contender - Spitzweg - Grand Royal - Absatz 1999 Hanoverian Bay Mare 16.2 1/2 |
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