stallion portrait no. 1 - wbfsh · by anabel balkenhol, and desperados by de niro wins the german...
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De Niro’s Career Highlights
1997: ReserveChampionofthestallionperformancetestinAdelheidsdorfwithanoverall141.93anddres-sagewinnerwithascoreof145.41
2000: SuccessfulatGrandPrixattheageofseven2001: WinneroftheGermanChampionshipsforProfessionalRidersunderDolf-DietramKeller2002: InternationalwinsinGrandPrixandGrandPrixSpecialinSaumurandBerlin2003: WinneroftheGermanDressageDerbyinHamburg2004: SireoftheHanoverianLicensingChampioninVerden,Dancier,followingtwovicechampionsinprevi-
ousyears.2005: DamsireoftheHanoverianLicensingChampioninVerden.2006: Sireofthelargestcontingencyofoffspring(14)attheBundeschampionateinWarendorf.2007: DeverauxbyDeNirobecomestheWorldChampionofthe6-year-olddressagehorses.2008: HanoverianStallionoftheYearwithseveraloffspringalreadysuccessfulatGrandPrix.2009: TwooffspringintheEuropeanChampionships.2010: 5thontheWBFSHDressageSireRankingwith10successfuloffspringcompetinginternationallyat
GrandPrix.DablinobyDeNirowinsteambronzeattheWorldEquestrianGamesinKentuckyriddenbyAnabelBalkenhol,andDesperadosbyDeNirowinstheGermanDressageDerbyinHamburgunderFalkRosenbauer.
2011: Offspringearnover230,000Euroinwinningsin2011pushingthetotalwinningsofDeNiro’soff-springoverthe1millionEuromark.
2012: Atotalof6offspringtraveltotheOlympicGamesinLondon.ForGermany:DesperadosriddenbyKristinaSprehe,DablinounderAnabelBalkenhol,aswellasthereservehorse,D’AgostinoriddenbyFabienneLütkemeier.ForSpain:DelgadoriddenbyBeatrizFerrer-Salat,forBelgium:DonnerfeeunderClaudiaFassaert,andthereservehorseforCanada:DevonLriddenbyDianeCreech.
STALLION PORTRAIT
No. 1 of the WBFSH Dressage Sire Ranking 2012
Sinceafantasticstarttohiscareer,DeNirohasbecomealegendasadressagesire,andhehasbeenverysuccessfulintopsporthimself.Inhiscareerasasire,DeNirohasproducedover70licensedsons,andhehasnumerousoffspringsuccessfullycompetinginthedressagearenasworldwide.
DeNiroisreferredtoas“theembodimentoftheHanoverianstallion.”DeNiroisanexceptionalstallionofsuperlativetypeandperformance.HeisawonderfulcombinationofthebestbloodlinesofOldenburgandTrakehner,withadashofThoroughbred,insuringsuc-cessasasireofnoblesporthorses.
Born: 1993Breed: HanoverianBreeder: BrigittePahlOwner: KlosterhofMedingenApproved: Oldenburg,Hanover,Westphalia,
Rhineland,Saxony- Anhalt,Mecklenburg-WesterPomerania,SwedenandFrance.
DENIRO
At the age of eight De Niro won the Hamburg Dressage Derby under Dolf-Dietram Keller.
Hanoverian Stallion of the Year “De Niro” is now top-ping the WBFSH sire rank-
ing in dressage.