The pedigrees of the candidates for the DSP Stallion Days Munich-Riem 2026

92 stallions, 57 with a focus on dressage, 35 whose future lies in show jumping – this is the lot that the licensing commission, consisting of Torsten Große-Freese (Bavaria), Dr. Carina Krumbiegel (Baden-Württemberg), Antje Lembke (Brandenburg-Anhalt), Lynn Sander (Rhineland-Palatinate-Saar) and Christian Kunitz (Saxony-Thuringia), was presented with this week at the DSP Stallion Days in Munich-Riem. Jörg Schrödter and Andy Witzemann were once again appointed as sport judges for the dressage stallions and show jumping stallions respectively.

It is remarkable that only three of the 92 youngsters are only being licensed and are not for sale. All the others will find new owners at the auction.

Cor de forever

13 of the 35 show jumping stallions can be traced back to Cor de la Bryère, divided into four lines: Caletto I with the lines Calido (1) and above all Chacco-Blue (3), Corrado I via his grandson Cornet Obolensky (4), Calypso II via Contender or the type maker Conthargos (4), who is still omnipresent even after his death, and Constant and Chin Chin via the 1.60 successful KWPN stallion Zapatero VDL and his son Martini VDL (1).

Cor des Zeitgenosse Capitol I sends three offspring into the race, one each via Carthago Z, Clarimo and Cardento.

Diamant de Semilly has the second highest number of offspring, two of them by Emerald van’t Ruytershof, who is well on his way to becoming a stamp stallion like his sire.

The Furioso II-son Voltaire is experiencing a boom in Munich-Riem thanks to his great-grandson Denzel v’t Meulenhof. This sire from the Nijhof station, himself successful at advanced (S) level, also carries Cor de la Bryère genes via Chin Chin, as his granddam is none other than the highly successful Qerly Chin, who produced eleven (!) international show jumpers and three licensed stallions, with the five-star successful Jenson van’t Meulenhof standing out. So there are plenty of good genes to be found in three youngsters in Munich. Voltaire is represented once again as the grandfather of the Bachl stallion Vingino.

Heartbreaker, whose offspring are characterized among other things by their ambition, has been entered three times, twice of them over Kent Farrington’s 5*-winning Jasper, who is now at home at the Völz station.

Tangelo van de Zuuthoeve produced such great horses as Tobago Z and Darry Lou. There is an offspring of the latter in this year’s Munich licensing lot, another Tangelo representative is by Vigaro and Tangelo van de Zuuethoeve, born in 1996, is still the sire himself.

The KWPN stallion Mr. Blue is represented three times, twice by the Holsteiner Verband stallion and Nations’ Cup winner Plot Blue and once by the Dutch Olympic show jumper Zirocco Blue.

The otherwise so frequently occurring Almé blood via Baloubet du Rouet only appears once in the paternal pedigrees this time, via Blue Diamond, who is stationed with the Schadock family.

Ferro beats Vivaldi among the dressage stallions

Vivaldi’s blood dominated the dressage lot at most German licensing venues, especially over Vitalis. Not so in Munich-Riem. Ferro dominates the scene here with 14 representatives. The majority come via Zack – four times via Sezuan or his sons Janeiro Platinum (1) and Secret (3), four times via Zackerey and once via Zalando.

Valegro sire Negro has another direct son in the lot. The Ampere son and thus Ferro great-grandson Franklin has established a new F-line in Germany. He is represented four times and is therefore the only one to bring Ampere into the paternal pedigrees.

Speaking of F – Florestan ‘s genes are flourishing as ever. The NRW state stud stallion is represented by 13 youngsters from three different lines. Five go back to Fürst Heinrich, six to Florencio, two to Fidermark and his son Fidertanz.

Fürst Heinrich is present twice via Fanegro by Farrell, once via Fabletic by Frascino, then via the Fürst Romancier grandson Flashbang and via Fürst Samarant.

Florencio is at the start twice with Floricello sons and four times with Floricello grandsons, all via Feliciano.

The Fidertanz son Filox is a licensing candidate. Fidertanz is represented once by his great-grandson Fynch Hatton, who represents the Franziskus line.

Vivaldi may not be the dominant stallion this time, but his offspring remain popular. There are ten of them in Munich, with the majority (8) coming via Vitalis and one each via Dream Boy and Ibiza.

Grand Prix stallion Escolar is represented five times, once directly, once via NRW Champion Stallion Extra Gold, who is attracting attention with his first licensing year, and three times via Escamillo. The latter is probably the Escolar son who will ensure that the E-blood retains a firm place in the paternal pedigrees of dressage sport and breeding for generations to come.

The most formative Donnerhall-son is probably De Niro. He is present in Munich with three descendants. Donnerhall also appears once via De Chirico.

Benicio has established himself as the most important Belissimo M representative for the Bolero line, mainly thanks to his son Bonds. There are two direct Benicio sons in Munich and one via Bonds.

The T for Totilas brings three youngsters into the catalog, once with a direct son and twice via Toto Jr. Another time the Trakehner stallion Gribaldi appears via Millennium and his son, the 2014 Oldenburg champion stallion Morricone I.

Other former grandees of dressage horse breeding are few and far between in the Olympic Hall this time. One licensing candidate goes back to Sandro Hit via Sir Heinrich. Quaterback is present with a son. Last but not least, the double dressage horse world champion Red Viper could ensure that the Rubinstein bloodline is preserved. He is also represented in the lot with an offspring.