- Skills / Disciplines
- Dressage, Equitation, Eventing, Fei, Field Hunter, Field Trial, Hunt Seat Equitation, Hunter, Hunter Under Saddle, Jumper, Jumping, Hunter Jumper, Performance, Project, School, Show Experience, Show Hack, Show Jumping, Sporthorse
Additional Comments
You don't get a better pedigree than this! Both parent lines successful in the top of the sport!
Velantis (Vitalis x Floriscount) x Holiday Cheer (Herzensdieb x Calme)
About the sire:
About his sire:
Velantis N, a 2018, 17.2 hh Hanoverian stallion by Vitalis, is an exciting new choice for North American breeders. When paying attention to the European breeding scene, you can’t help but notice that Velantis’ pedigree combination is highly sought after.... (read more) Those horses carrying his lines show quality, ridability and are sold at record prices. Vitalis and Floriscount produced numerous top licensing candidates and sales for several European breed societies. Besides the high scores and rapid ascend to top performance, the ridability and ease in which they adapt to their environment is unequaled making these young horses fantastic for anyone to ride and own. That is what Christiane Noelting, breeder and owner of Velantis had in mind when combining these genetics which started with the importation of Velantis’ impressive Dam “Fleur D’Amour”
Velantis himself is true to his proven pedigree. Christian Hartung, his rider, says: "Working with Velantis has been an amazing experience from day one. He is very intelligent, focused, and a quick learner no matter what I ask of him. I was very impressed with how brave he is – showing in the large indoor in Rancho Murietta the first time at barely 4 years old, he did not even flinch. At the end of the season, we walked into the Equidome to receive our Championship awards at the LA Equestrian Center, I didn't have to worry about him being distracted by the surroundings or other horses."
During his 2022 show season debut as a 4 year old, Velantis received scores in the 70% - 80% range winning both the CDS and USDF Open Training Level Championship at the California Annual Show in Burbank with scores near 80%. An impressive first season in the showring was followed by the stallion licensing and a successful stallion performance test scoring 8,7.5,8,8,8 -7.9 overall, ranking him as youngest and top 5 out of 17 stallions presented in North America.
In 2023, Velantis continued his show successes by defending both Championship titles at the California Annual Show. This time at the First Level Open division, he earned blue ribbons for both CDS and USDF with scores of 75%! Earlier during the season, Velantis qualified for the Festival of Champions show in Chicago, USDF's Young Horse National Championships. With scores as high as 87.5% at the FEI 5-year-old tests, he was one of the top qualifying youngers for Chicago and also completed the requirements for full stallion approval.
The 2024 Show Season turned out to be the most successful show year thus far and marked Velantis' State Championship Title hattrick. For the third year in a row, he won all his championship classes, making him the CDS and USDF Region 7 Champion. At the same Championship Show, Velantis also won the 6 year-old Futurity for upcoming Dressage Talents in California. His most impressive achievement however occurred earlier in the season, where he received an unheard-of 91.8% at the FEI Young Horse 6yo Test, during a qualifier for the annual Festival of Champions in Chicago.
Highlights
2024 FEI Young Horse 6yo Test with 91.8%
2024 Winner USDF Dressage Horse of the Year Award as highest performing Second Level horse in the US
2024 Winner USDF All-Breeds Open Award as highest performing Second Level Hanoverian in the US
2024 CDS Young Horse Futurity Winner - 6-year-old division with a combined score of 75.88%
2024 USDF Region 7 Second Level Champion Open Division with 75.23%
2024 CDS Champion Second Level - Open Division with 73.51%
2023 USDF Region 7 First Level Champion Open Division with 75.9%
2023 CDS Champion First Level - Open Division with 75%
2023 Show Season 87.7% at 5yo-Test
2023 qualified for the Festival of Champions top-6 in the nation
2022 Licensed and Tested for Hanoverian US
2022 USDF Region 7 Training Level Champion - Open Division with 77.24%
2022 CDS Champion Training Level - Open Division with 78.79%
About the dams pedigree:
At his Trakehner Licensing, Herzensdieb was awarded Champion Stallion. “This stallion is not just moving, but dancing,” was the enthusiastic comment. Trakehner Verband Breeding Manager Lars Gehrmann added, “Endowed with the aura of something special, this stallion embodies the classical Trakehner upgrader type.”
He was Reserve Champion of his 70-Day Test scoring above champions from Hanoverian, Oldenburg, Westfalen and Holsteiner licensings. He won the Trakehner Championship for 3-year-old stallions, qualified for the Bundeschampionat for 6-year-old dressage horses and then trained up to the Advanced Level.
E.H. Herzensdieb, Trakehner stallion
Sire Tambour won his stallion licensing and was highly successful in both advanced level dressage and jumping. He then went on to become a successful sire producing auction horses, Premium mares and successful sport horses.
Herzensdieb’s dam, St.Pr./El.St. Herzensfreude, scored 9.11 at her Mare Performance Test and was successful in dressage competition. Granddam, SPS Herzenslust, Champion Mare in Schleswig-Holstein, won her Mare Performance Test. This noted damline has produced several licensed stallions, successful dressage horses and highly awarded mares.
Herzensdieb has an FN breeding value dressage of 142 points and is in the top 10% of German dressage sires. He was honored with the prestigious Elite Hengst title (E.H.) by the Trakehner Verband.
Herzensdieb stamps his offspring with his elegant type and exceptional rideability. Many daughters including Heartbreaker, Harriet and Helmi have won honors at large mare shows throughout Germany. Daughter Elfenzauber qualified for the Bundeschampionat for 6-year-old dressage horses. He has two licensed sons; Herzenswunsch was 2012 Champion of Southern Germany, Horse of the Year in Berlin-Brandenburg and a multiple Bundeschampionat finalist. Hollywood made his successful CDI Grand Prix debut in 2019 with Helen Langehanenberg. In the U.S., Hannigan L had a stellar year at Fourth Level at large shows with rider Mike Suchanek.
He is approved Trakehner, AHS, HV, ARS, GOV, Southern Germany, Danish and Swedish registries.
This foal will be born and raised in large field in a herd environment. This establishes the foundation for understanding horse herd behavior and creates a healthy brain from day 1. Not only that, but because of growing up in a healthy herd environment, the foals joints are allowed proper development and consistent movement. Foal will be registered, branded, and microchipped Westfalen NA.
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Oak Hill Stables
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