One of his daughters Hot Summer won a dressage tournament at the age of 7 with 9.8 points. I would def contest this on the dressage front - Sandro Hit has had hundreds if not thousands of foals, and when I last checked, only two of them (Sancisco & Salieri) had competed grand prix -. The stallion's competition career quickly came to an end. Not surprisingly, Ulf is one of his greatest fans: I think he is really a revolution in the breeding. Sandro Hits dam, Loretta has been an excellent stallion producer bred to Don Schufro, she produced Diamond Hit who was Reserve World Champion Five Year Old Dressage horse and Bundeschampion in 2002; bred to the Rohdiamant son, Royal Dance, she produced Royal Hit, the 1-c premium stallion of the 2002 Oldenburg stallion licensing, and now a successful sire in his own right. Sandro Hit was the grandsire of three of the Five and Six year old dressage finalists, the dam sire of four, and the great dam sire of two. Floraldiks dam also produced the successful 4* horse, Long Island T. Under Boyd Martin, Long Island T ended 2018 as USEA Horse of the Year with top placings at Carolina International, Pine Top, Jersey Fresh, Bromont, and Fair Hill International. That feeling is the most important thing, and I think as a rider, there are always things you can fix but the quality of the horse must make this work worthwhile. What qualities does he give his young stock? Sonntagskind was the only stallion the USA approved for breeding with the American Hanoverian Society in 2009 and was the highest scoring stallion accepted into the ISR/OLD NA breeding book with an incredible 229 points. Soprano is licensed and approved for breeding by: German Oldenburg Verband (GOV) Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society (GOV USA) Danish Warmblood. In 2017 and 2019 Sandro Hit ranked second on the WBFSH Dressage Sire Ranking, in 2019 he was third. Originally licensed in Oldenburg, Florenz convinced with his first foal crops as a producer of modern type, long lines, and functional, uphill movement. In 2008, filly Star Charmer, earned Gold Premium status with the RPSI. 172cms . Three year old St. Emilion was sold at the P.S.I. Damline -Sandro Hit's mother, Loretta, is one of the best breeding mares in the world. He was 4th at his first winter regional championships and also took 4th at the Winter Championships. Many successful sports hores fathered by this blood stallion can be found like for example Lesotho/Ellen Schulten-Baumer, Le Bo/Carola Koppelmann and Le Primeur/Line Wettstein/SUI. This is the case with his most successful descendant, which carries the Hanoverian brand. His foals go for rediculous money. He wouldnt be so popular if he wasnt adding something people want. A big tendency to pace when tense. The Gold Medal German team included Sandro Hit son Showtime FRH. 1500.00. The same pedigree combination (Sandro Hit x Donnerhall) had already produced the Licensing Champion of the Hanoverian society in Verden the previous month. In 1999 he became Six-Year-Old-Dressage-Horse-World-Champion, and winner at the German Federal Championships in Warendorf. San Amour I came third at the Oldenburg licensing in 2006, won the main premium in 2008 and was placed in the final of the German Championships in 2009 with Dr. Ulf Mller. The black stallion may never have competed after his success as a six-year-old, but he has certainly been a dominating influence in young horse classes. Off to a confident start for the 2020 season, Faramund placed 2nd in the competitive PR division at Pine Top and a 1st place finish in the PR division at Redhills International with Young Rider, Emma Keahon. [4], "Legendary Stallion Sandro Hit Passed Away", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sandro_Hit&oldid=1064917098, This page was last edited on 10 January 2022, at 21:26. Homozygous Black He consistently passes on long, elegant legs, beautiful heads and nice, clean throat latches and modern frames. The descendants of Sandro Hit have long since conquered the biggest championship stages around the globe. The index is also influenced by the other scores in gaits, the score for type and also by competition results in dressage due to the genetical relationships between these traits. . With Ulf in the saddle, Sandro Hit dominated the six year old dressage championship at the 1999 Bundeschampionate. Gepard was a son of the great sire of showjumpers, Gotthard. 2009 North American 30 Day Stallion Test Champion! Once upon a time people thought you could only breed dressage horses with Donnerhall, Weltmeyer and Rubinstein. He was Bundeschampion and World Champion as a six-year-old in 1999, dominating both competitions from start to finish. Soliman du Hus, a Sandro Hit son sold to France. It looked for a while as if he was just a Young Horse sire, but now there aresome very successful FEI level Sandro Hits. But Sandro Hits time was limited he was in huge demand in the breeding barn, so much so, that for the first time, Paul Schockemhle started thinking about keeping and standing his young stallions rather than selling them on. 2020 Superior Equine Sire, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The first cross that really worked was with the mare Poesie based at Neustadt-Dosse, the Brandenburger Stud in the former East Germany. A month later Mller and Sandro Hit also won the 1999 Bundeschampionate in Warendorf. According to Ulf: Sandro Hit was the stallion that gave Paul Schockemhle the idea to run the breeding stud seriously. Before he owned Don Schufro, but then he got a good offer, and sold him. Sonntag has not only proven himself in the show ring, but has also proven himself in the breeding shed. JavaScript is disabled. Many of them also competed, like Sir Donnerhall I, Vice World Champion and German Champion, Sancisco OLD, victorious in Grand Prix, San Francisco OLD, German Champion, auction top price and victorious at advanced (S) level, Sorento, Burg Cup finalist as well as Sir Donnerhall II and Sir Skyfall OLD, both placed at the World Championships for young dressage horses. On the 2020 standings, he was still in 3rd place, while his son, San Amour (Plaisir dAmour) moved into 9th spot. I often talk to breeders about this. Samba Hit III has won at Premier League Inter 11, many wins at Inter 1, placed 4th at the Nationals, 2nd CDI at Hartpury. Height: 172 cm. We have a Sandro Hit son who stands with us (Samba Hit III), and he has a great temperament, so I'd go with those who say that the temperament is fine. It was a whole year before we put him in the ring and everyone was kind of like, come on, what are you doing, he was owned by a syndicate at the time, and they were patient, they let me go with my gut when I said I need a year to get to know him and re-calibrate things and get us on the same page it takes a while for sure.. It is Dorothee Schneiders Showtime FRH (life earnings: 230,697 Euros), a team Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Watch for Sonntag in the show ring, Tel: Juliana Whittenburg (813) 390-6730. Very uphill and amazing to watch actually made me want to do dressage watching him work he looked so easy and effortless. Sandro Hit is himself a German national champion and World Champion of six-year-old dressage horses and has trained up to Grand Prix. Located in: Germany. He was licensed at the 1995 Oldenburg Stallion Licensing in Oldenburg and only did his 100-day stallion performance test two years later in 1997 in Medingen. The index for canter is based on the score for 'canter' (loose) evaluated at the 3-year old test and 'canter under rider' evaluated at the quality test. In 2007, a Sandro Hit x Donnerhall x Classiker son was the Champion of the Oldenburg Stallion Licensing. Sir Donnerhall and Ulf Mller like his sire, a star at the Bundeschampionate. I'm in the camp of disliking Sandro Hit. The index for jumping is is based on competition results in jumping on a regional,-national-and elite level. His work ethic, natural ability and temperament resulted in an impressive trainability, which enabled him to reach Grand Prix training level in just 2 years! The Horse Magazine 2018 - All Rights Reserved. Olympic Valegro. In 2006, a Sandro Hit foal sold for a record 103,000 euros at the Verden Elite Hanoverian Mare and Foal sale.[2]. Additionally, Sandros Star won the Stallions Four Years and Older class, was named Champion Stallion, High Score Born in the USA for Stallions, and Champion Stallion for the USDF/GAIG East Coast Finals at Dressage at Devon in 2017. Sire -Sando Song was a grandson of winning racehorse Sacramento Song xx, bringing in that all-important dash of Thoroughbred to refine the pedigree. Even now, twenty one years after his emergence as a young horse superstar, no other stallion polarizes the breeding community like Sandro Hit. The index for Technique in jumping is based on the score for 'technique and ability' at the 3-year old test and quality test. The Sandro Hit stallion Starlight won the triple crown of the 2008 Dressage at Devon - Stallion Champion, Mature Horse Champion and Grand Champion of the Breed Show. He stood in Oldenburg from 1983 to 1987, while at the same time competing in showjumping with Melanie Ktter. That means after five or six months, you have a horse that is nicely broken in, but it cost you a lot, and still, if it is not top quality, it is too young to sell to an amateur. Since 2016, Sandro Hit ranks among the prize-money millionaires, with 167 descendants registering success at advanced levl, and he is currently third on the WBFSH Sire Rankings, having been in the top ten every year since 2012. In this instance, frozen can be offered on the same terms for most stallions, but we advise that you also have a second-choice stallion in mind also standing at Schockemhle, in case your first-choice stallion cannot be supplied. Sandro Hit has produced over ten Bundeschampions to date and at the 2011 World Championship for Young Dressage Horses he presented numerous finalists such as Showtime, Sunday, and Soulmate. 1,061 descendants obtained placements in dressage 204 of them in classes at the S-level. The whole breeding character has changed in Germany. Sandros Star returned to the US Eventing scene in 2017 with notable top finishes at the Intermediate/2* level including a win at the Fair Hill CIC, 4th at the American Eventing Championships in Tryon, and a 13th place finish at Fair Hill International CCI. Sandro Hit produced several champion stallion among his more than 100 licensed sons. Sandro Hit's offspring are high in blood, modern, harmonious, equipped with excellent movement and a fascinating appearance and shine. He stood approximately 17 hands (68 inches, 173 cm). His sons and grandsons pass on his excellent genes and their offspring include many top competition and breeding horses. But it is when we examine the list of dam sires that Sandro Hit really has the numbers. HoweverSandro Hit had been bred to such a huge amount of mares, he had easy access to top broodmares thatproduced high quality offspring easily making it tointernational Grand Prix level. Indeed there are those who suggest that because of Mr Schockemhles ability to promote new stallions, and manipulate the market, PSI is becoming the de-facto National Stud of Germany but back to Sandro Hit. Fitness is something I have found to be incredibly important for him we cross train, we do hills, lots of stuff like that because without that strength he would definitely struggle. In 2019, Sandros Star was selected for the $50,000 Aiken Grand Prix Eventing Showcase and finished 3rd under British Olympic team rider William Fox-Pitt. He is a grumpy boy though and his fee is one of the more expensive ones but I guess the foal would be worth more with that breeding. The index for Temperament in gaits is based on the score for 'temperament and overall impression' at the . In 2017 and 2018, he was second in the WBFSH ranking of the most successful dressage stallions, and has been placed third since 2019. Now they dont have to do that 100 day test and I think that is very good decision. Fidertanz himself is a son of the Bundeschampion and Grand Prix stallion Fidermark I and is out of a daughter of Ravallo, a stallion noted as the producer of offspring successful both in Dressage and Jumping. Samba Hit I has been an extremely successful competitor on the small tour with Christian Flamm in the saddle. At 6 years of age, Sandro . Sandro Hit's son San Amour won the main premium title by a wide margin, his full sister, Victoria, won the Oldenburg Regional Championship, and the full sister to Poetin took the reserve champion mare title for competition horses. The legendary breeding stallion Sandro Hit has passed away at age 28. 9 December 2021 #2. It's silver for Team USA! Temperament will be key as it's for an experienced amateur. There was a big discussion about Sir Donnerhalls hind legs, but the whole time I rode him, the horse was able to carry himself, and I think a horse is only able to carry himself when he is in balance and when he is using his hindlegs. I was interested in the sandro hit line for my mare originally, I got lots of dvd's from studs with licensensed sons by him, but each and every one of them had imo poor hind leg movement, which ultimately put me off the line. Sonntagskind is the embodiment of 3 of the most famous dressage horses who have ever lived. In 2019, Showtime FRH won team gold and double silver in the individual finals of the European Championships. Sandro Hits sire Sandro Song is out of Antenne II by Gepard, who left a lasting imprint on Paul Schockemhles mare band. He too has successful descendants, a total of 1,067 dressage stars, including 210 with victories and placements at the S-level. Santo Hit holds a very convincing competition record from limited outings. Is it a problem that breeders are breeding for foals because the big prices at the foal auctions and there the money is for the foal with extravagant front legs, but maybe a little hollow in the back and when it grows up, not the nicest horse to ride? Sempatico's grand sire is Sandro, the Holsteiner stallion who also sired the great Sandro Hit. That is primarily for economic reasons, a three year old dressage horse that has good movement, you sell even better than a five year old jumper.. 2008 Black Oldenburg Stallion - (Sandro Hit x Rubinstein x Feingau) Fee: $1,500 - Booking Fee Included, Collection Fee: $170. He has lived out in various herd settings with mares & foals to field breed, and currently in with our other 3yr old Friesian stallion and yearlings (photos available lol) at home with only 3 strand electro-braid, or even recently alone a big . 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