The Challenger stallions, champions and renown sires available for your great mares!

We know that it’s really difficult to get some of the straws of the star stallions presented a few weeks ago, so we thought about you and we would like to present you the « challenger » stallions, sport champions and renowned sires, available at their respective distributors. EMERALD VAN'T RUYTERSHOF is one of Harrie Smolders his stars, they won the LGCT of Chantilly last year. They won the Grand Prix of Bordeaux this year. His son Igor is competing at the highest level with Jos Verlooy. CRISTALLO I might not be the flashy 1m60 jumper, he jumped at 1m50 under the saddle of Henrik von Eckermann but he sired the sensation of the World Cup final of 2016 in Gothenburg; Cristalline under the saddle of Chris Chugg, currently under the saddle of Adrienne Sternlicht. He will pass on scope to his offspring. COMME IL FAUT, the son of two amazing parents; Cornet Obolensky and the world famous mare Ratina Z who competed under the saddle of Piet Raijmakers and Ludger Beerbaum. Comme il Faut himself is competing at 1m60 under the saddle of Marcus Ehning. BIG STAR carry his name very well, he is the Olympic Champion of 2016 under the saddle of Nick Skelton. This exceptional stallion is passing his athleticism and incredible temperament onto his offspring. CASALLO Z has jumped at 1m60 with Piergiorgio Bucci, the oldest offspring of this beautiful stallion are two years old. So far it looks they inherited the looks of their father and the movement of Casallo Z his damline. CICERO Z van Paemel jumped at 1m60 under the saddle of Dirk Demeersman, his son Icos is jumping at 1m60 under the saddle of Olivier Philippaerts. He passes on a great character to his offspring and they are easy to work with. CATOKIi had through his life several riders who all speak very positive about him, his best years were under the saddle of Philipp Weishaupt. They competed at 1m60. Catoki passes on his amazing character to his offspring and the willingness to perform. For example Catch me if you can 21 under the saddle of Laura Klaphake. THE FAVORITES OF THE TEAM - THE WORD OF THE SELECTION TEAM Olivier Jouanneteau's favorites: NERVOSO : "Nervoso brings strength in the back thanks to Galoubet A as dam's sire" - "He also brings respect and jumping quality which I can attest by seing its current products in competition!" APARDI : "Great champion that brings a lot of scope and a great model. It's new blood that changes from the current bloodlines." - "The mares with good reflex with fit great with this stallion". Xavier Leredde's favorites: UPSILON : "The best products of Upsilon that I have seen are from the mares with blood" Upsilon gives a great model with a lot of flexibility. FALCONE ROUGE, owned by a German stud : "Falcone will bring the blood that is necessary for sport horses. The mares shouldn't be too tall, but he's a wise choice for most of the mares that need more blood". The Team Ekestrian's favorites: CORNET OBOLENSKY : "Brings a lot of blood and chic in each of his offspring" "His offspring consist of many champions that confirm his exceptional reproductive capacities" "Always a safe bet if you wish to go online. We have seen less of his products the past year, but they are for sure always wanted!" ULTIMO VAN TER MOUDE: “Great career in the USA, Ultimo is a great sire too. We can mention Quartz Rouge of course, former pillar of the French team, but also Rouge de Ravel, currently performing and winning in CSI3* and Nations Cup with Guy Williams. There's also Quincy du Phare, winner in CSI2 and 3*, mother of one of the lot sold at the last auction, a beautiful filly by Cornet Obolensky sold to the USA." Adriana’s favorite DIAMANT DE SEMILLY : “He showed the world he is a fighter, from a foal until now as a 27 year old. It is a miracle that he could still produce after having three colic surgery’s and in Hamburg were competing six of his offspring at 1m60 level. His blood will never be out of fashion.” CLICKSEM / DINKEN : “As upcoming talent/favorite as a breeding stallion I want to mention two stallions that are very close related to each other. Clicksem has a international jumping career and has very young offspring, he is very noble and has an excellent willingness to perform. Dinken is a halfbrother to Clicksem his mother. His offspring are also young and they seem to have a very high willingness to perform. These two stallions will upgrade the rideability and are very modern.” Article written by Adriana Van Tilburg.