Anyone familiar with Holstein will nod knowingly at the mention of “Stamm 3615.” Anyone interested in show jumping breeding and competition knows that when people talk about Zera by Cero and Fein Cera by Landadel, it refers to the winner of the German Show Jumping Derby, the “World Champion of Horses” from Jerez in 2002, and the Olympic team champion from Athens in 2004. Behind them lies the bloodline that has been cultivated for generations by the Thormählen family in Kollmar, not far from Elmshorn, and which has already produced many internationally successful show jumpers.

Clarimero: National Champion from a Famous Lineage

And it looks as though there’s another horse set to carry on the family tradition: Clarimero by Clarimo-Catoki (breeder: Bettina Friemel). Ridden by Alexander Schill from Ichenheim in Baden-Württemberg, the gray galloped to the title for seven-year-old show jumpers in Warendorf. The pair completed the course in 39.4 seconds, beating the previous record of 39.84 seconds. That record had been set by team world champion Sophie Hinners, riding the OS gelding Ubiko by Uriko-Quality (breeder: Ingo Klassen), at the start of the jump-off.

The bronze medal also went to the Oldenburg-International Show Jumping Breeders’ Association: In this case, a two-legged Derby winner—Marvin Jüngel—was in the saddle. He rode the licensed stallion Dr. Don, a son of Harrie Smolders’ successful stallion Don VHP Z (breeder: ZG E. u. L Scholl). The pair were the second-fastest, but had one knockdown.

Statistics

: Seven horses advanced to the jump-off; 32 horses started. The Oldenburg-International Show Jumping Breeders’ Association had the largest contingent (11). Eight Holsteiners, seven Westphalians, four Hanoverians, and one horse each from the DSP and the Rhineland rounded out the starting field.

Three horses in the top ten were descended from the French stallion Hors la Loi, whose bloodline—via the Netherlands and the stallion Untouchable—brought the initial letter “U” to Holstein and Westphalia.

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