Licensed Oldenburger

Born:1998 Height: 170cm

Standing at Stud: Gestut Schlossacker

Sir Oldenburg was the declared darling of the Oldenburg Stallion Days of 2000 where he was decorated with the I-e premium.

From the World Champion stables of French Kiss, Sir Oldenburg is destined for a Successful career in Dressage. Being trained by Katrin Burger until early in 2006, he is now continuing to impress under his new rider.

His sire Sion produced numerous horses for advanced class competition sport at the Oldenburg Bührmann station in Döhlen. His approved son Sterntaler gained second place in the Nuremberg Burg Cup under Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff and attained a number of wins right from the start of his first international Grand Prix season. Solong collected placements in advanced (S) class showjumping under Stefan Geue. The life winnings of Sion's offspring amounted to around Euro 400,000 in 2004. Sion also presented further approved sons, Sintender, Seidon, Shine On, Skywalker and Sir Charles. His daughter Viktoria B was champion of the 1995 Oldenburg Elite Mare Show in Rastede. Tasmina and New Generation won the I-d and I-e premiums in the Diamond Ring.

The damsire Contender, who was the 1987 stallion performance test winner in Adelheidsdorf, developed into an exceptional sire during his three-year covering stint in Oldenburg and has become one of the most sought after stallions nation-wide, since his return to the Holstein breeding region. He already presented esteemed stallion sons in Oldenburg and continued his siring career in Holstein without a break. He transmits himself with great diversity both in dressage and in showjumping.

The advanced (S) class showjumper Tin Rocco in the third generation was recruited for breeding by way of his performance record in showjumping, injected the best genetic potential into the pedigree.

The mareline, is impressive through and through with state premium mares and elite mares with Dutch roots.The mareline is based on the mare Gunetta (by Alex-Ritmeester). This bloodline also produced the I-b premium stallion of the 1984 approval Grand Slam, as well as Sattrick, who was a member of the Austrian team that took part in the 2004 European Young Dressage Rider's Championship, as well as Rubellit, who was successful in the 2003 Hamburg Dressage Derby.

Performance record:

Sir Oldenburg was premium stallion of the Oldenburg Stallion Licensing in 2000. He completed the 30-day test in Neustadt/Dosse the following year, as third of his test lot, became champion of the Oldenburg State Championship of three-year-old stallions and participated in the Federal Championship. He became Oldenburg state vice-champion and won the bronze medal at the Federal Championship in 2002. In 2003 and 2004 respectively, Sir Oldenburg also qualified for the Federal Dressage Championship, which makes him one of the few horses that have won a ticket for Warendorf four times in a row. Sir Oldenburg moreover attained second place in the semi-finals and was placed twelfth in the finals as a six-year-old.

Breeding record:

Sir Oldenburg was awarded the Young Stallion's Premium of the Baden-Württemberg Association, as a result of his outstanding first batch of foals. He also presented a finalist at the German Foal Championship in Lienen, as well as the vice-champion of the South German Foal Championship, run by the Oldenburg Association in Gärtringen and the runnerup of the State Foal Show in Offenburg. One of his daughters scored 9.4, gaining qualification for the German Foal Championship at the Schlossäcker studfarm in 2004 and furthermore, became vice-champion in the finals in Lienen. Two sons from his first batch of foals, Schwabenstolz and a further stallion, received positive approval in the premium ring, at the second South German approval in Munich-Riem at the beginning of 2005.

Born: 1987 Height: 16.2h Standing at Stud: Fairwind Farms

Sirocco's dam Dominga is by the legendary Donnerhall son Donnerschlag who has the reputation as the Dressage Sire of the Century'.

For many years Donnerschlag was the top sire of the famous Gestuet St. Ludwig of Germany, where he left a distinct mark on an era of breeding. His sire DONNERHALL was a stallion of legendary proportion and index rated as the World's leading sire of Dressage Horses. Pirola, his dam, was a full sister to the famous PIK BUBE I. Donnerschlag has produced numerous approved sons, including Dream of Heidelberg, Donnerwind, Donnerluck, Donnerfuerst, Diamond Dancer, Diamond B, Don Stephano & Donnergold.

Donnerschlag was rated top of the 1995 FN Breeding Index for Dressage achieving a score higher than ever before. Many of his foals were winners and Gold Medal achievers in Rheinland. In 1998 a Donnerschlag son won at the French Dressage Championships, whilst the Licensed stallion son Don Stefano was highly successful at the Bundeschampionships in Showjumping.

Donnerschlag was successful himself at Grand Prix Dressage and had top ratings for years with his breeding index in both Dressage & Showjumping.

In 2000, Donnerschlag was sold for a multi-million dollar amount to Fairwind Farm in the USA where he continues to stand at stud and produce exceptional progeny. Before leaving Europe he produced 17 acclaimed European State Premium Mares.