He has produced top-priced auction foals and horses with more than 190 licensed stallions in Germany alone including several champion stallions, state premium mares, championship winners, and numerous Grand Prix winners. Also thought I had better add as everyone here seems to have forgotten that he has produced the largest number of successful showjumpers and dressage horses ever. Poetin at the Bundeschampionat with Kathrin Meyer Zu Strohen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFMOSB4q6UI. Sandro Hits half brother, Diamond Hit (Don Schufro / Ramino) is dam sire three times, even Sandro Hits sire, Sandro Song gets a mention, dam sire of Powerpoint de Tamise (Dark President). 2018 saw a move up to the 4* level, with a 3rd place at Rebecca Farm and a top 20 finish at Plantation Field International. Since 2016, Sandro Hit ranks among the prize-money millionaires, with 167 descendants registering success at advanced levl, and he is currently third on the WBFSH Sire Rankings, having been in the top ten every year since 2012. Sandro Hit is a clear foundation sire who has become the name behind the S-line. He was an influential sire at the last WEG in Tryon, as Gemma Alexanders chart demonstrates: In the Grand Prix at the 2018 WEG Sandro Hit was represented by his grandson, 13thplaced, Sammy Davis Jr (San Remo / Wenckstern), and in 14th, his son, Salvino (Donnerhall). Five of them competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio/BRA, including Showtime FRH/Dorothee Schneider, who became team gold medalist and came sixth in the freestyle, and Santano II/Christopher Burton/AUS, eventing team bronze medallist. He gives his colour, and he gives outstanding rideability, and he gives something that is difficult to say in words, he makes proud horses. She is a fantastic mover, from her I have a number of top foals. Once upon a time people thought you could only breed dressage horses with Donnerhall, Weltmeyer and Rubinstein. Santano and Christopher Burton on course at Rio and on their way to a medal. Sire Fidertanz (Fidermark I Ravallo) was proclaimed Champion of 2004 Westphalian licensing, won his 30-Day Stallion Test, and was Vice Bundeschampion of the Three-Year-Old Riding Stallions in 2005. He also has a slow hind leg and passes this on too. It is also influenced by the other scores in gaits, the score for Riding horse type and the competition results in dressage due to the genetical relationships that exist between these traits. In 2019, the pair won the American Eventing Championships at the Advanced level. This filly is by the spectacular stallion, Sandro Hit. Sempatico's grand sire is Sandro, the Holsteiner stallion who also sired the great Sandro Hit. In 2006, a Sandro Hit foal sold for a record 103,000 euros at the Verden Elite Hanoverian Mare and Foal sale.[2]. Legs: 101 Legs. He produces chic, modern, strong-moving progeny, who are gifted with captivating charm and are conquering the market. In his first foal crop, we saw offspring of a well-balanced model, attractive type, correct conformation, and elastic movement with good power from the hind leg. Temperament 2 / 10; Ad Number 1467400; Ad Created Dec 1st 2022; Last Update Dec 1st 2022; View Farm Directory Listing: Eclipse Sporthorses LLC. One of the most outstanding examples is Sir Donnerhall, who also tops the FN breeding stallion rating (pictured in the last image with Sandro Hit). In 2017 and 2019 Sandro Hit ranked second on the WBFSH Dressage Sire Ranking, in 2019 he was third. I have been around a few horses with SH as their grandsire and all had good temperaments so maybe thats more down to the mares and handling as others have said. 17hh 2005 Licensed Oldenburg 30 day Performance Tested Santo Hit's Sire Sandro Hit has shaped modern dressage breeding, producing beautiful uphill types with light footed elegant movement and an enchanting charisma. He has an amazing amount of presence, huge ground-covering gaits, and fantastic conformation. Also from the dam line comes the CSI 4* (Grand Prix) horse Black Swan Special and the PSG/I1 successful Lili Marlene. As said above if you are looking at that sort of money on a stud fee there are others just as fashionable but better, out there. Sire -Sando Song was a grandson of winning racehorse Sacramento Song xx, bringing in that all-important dash of Thoroughbred to refine the pedigree. I used to work at Schockemoele and his semen has one of the best percentages. He has an amazing amount of presence, huge ground-covering gaits, and fantastic conformation. Oldenburg horse temperament is one of their best traits since they are smart, hard-working, and social equines. One of the most outstanding examples is Sir Donnerhall, who also tops the FN breeding stallion rating. You either love him, or you hate him indeed there are some who rudely add the letter S to his suffix, but there is no denying his influence. Sandro Hit is a mordern, elegant stallion with a harmonious topline, well-developed frame and strong limbs. Sandro Hit has produced over ten Bundeschampions to date and at the 2011 World Championship for Young Dressage Horses he presented numerous finalists such as Showtime, Sunday, and Soulmate. While the 1990s were dominated by breeding legends Donnerhall and Rubinstein, the 2000s were dominated by Sandro Hit and his offspring. 1993 2021 169 cm Black Breeder: Gabriele Harder-Brune, At the 2020 Bundeschampionate Sandro Hit was influential on the showgrounds at Warendorf where he made his name but mainly on the dam line. Faramunds dam Donna Gloria also produced the States Premium mare Signorina (Sir Donnerhall I), herself the dam of Faithful Rose (Fidertanz), sold to Canada through the 2017 Klosterhof Medingen Fall Auction. . The year culminated with an exciting win in the $50,000 Devon Arena Eventing class. They were also World Young Dressage Horse champions at Arnheim that same year before the black stallion retired to a sensational stud career. This was to be expected, what is perhaps slightly more surprising has been Sandro Hits success at a sire of Olympic Grand Prix medallists, in Tokyo, his collection included the team gold medallist, Showtime FRH (Rotspon), and all three of the silver medal winning American team, Salvino (Donnerhall) and grandsons, Suppenkasper (Spielberg) and Sanceo (San Remo). He too has successful descendants, a total of 1,067 dressage stars, including 210 with victories and placements at the S-level. Lorettas dam, Lassie is by Welt As who was the sire of international showjumping star, Leroy Brown, and dressage star, Bonfire. Sandro Hit was a successful and accomplished Oldenburger stallion from Germany. Maybe that has something to do with the test. Few stallions have managed to become a legend during their lifetimeand then there is Sandro Hit. Suddenly the breeders are aiming not for a place in the Elite Riding Auctions for three and four year old horses, but to sell their foals at auction while they are still foals, and they are getting good prices. Please note: Schockemhle prioritise mares on site in Germany for chilled semen from their stallions, so popular stallions may be unavailable in the peak of the season with no notice. "It was a hard goodbye. I believe he can produce offspring with not great temprements that are also quite quirky. In the 2000s Sandro Hit had a full breeding book, year after year, even when his sons Sir Donnerhall and San Amour began taking over the lead role in Schockemhle's stallion station, which they later shared with Furstenball and now Vitalis. Sandro Hit was six year old Dressage World Champion and is extremely well presented through him offspring in both breeding He was licensed at the 1995 Oldenburg Stallion Licensing in Oldenburg and only did his 100-day stallion performance test two years later in 1997 in Medingen. In 2002, he produced Sir Wilson and Stedinger, two Champion stallions. Several Sandro hit grandsons competed in Tokyo, amongst them Sir Donnerhall II (Morgan Barbancon), Sanceo (Sabine Schut-Kery), Sambuca (Heike Holstein), Suppenkasper (Steffen Peters), Scolari (Shingo Hayashi), Sebastien (Lindsay Kellock), and Samhitas (Kelly Layne). Santo Hit has qualified for every summer and winter regional championships with scores up to 77% and many wins. Auction in 2008 for EUR 550,000. Originally licensed in Verden in 2012, Faramund was sourced the following year in Germany by Hannah Salazar and was subsequently imported to the US. Many successful sports hores fathered by this blood stallion can be found like for example Lesotho/Ellen Schulten-Baumer, Le Bo/Carola Koppelmann and Le Primeur/Line Wettstein/SUI. His work ethic, natural ability and temperament resulted in an impressive trainability, which enabled him to reach Grand Prix training level in just 2 years! Sandro Hit established the pattern of the hot PSI stallions breeding 600 to 800 mares in a season, and as a result, there are Sandro Hits appearing everywhere and a fair proportion of them have been successful. The descendants of Sandro Hit have long since conquered the biggest championship stages around the globe. Good luck whatever you chose. By: Sandro Hit - Plaisir d'Amour. In 2017 and 2018, he was second in the WBFSH ranking of the most successful dressage stallions, and has been placed third since 2019. What mare lines does Sandro Hit cross on? At the moment I think we can offer every breeder in the world, a stallion for his special mare, because we have such a variety of stallions.. This is the case with his most successful descendant, which carries the Hanoverian brand. The Rio 2016 were a showcase for Sandro Hit; his son Showtime FRH was part of the German gold medal-winning team, and sixth individually, while Santano II was team bronze medallist in eventing for Australia, finishing fifth individually having led overnight. Successful through Grand Prix Dressage, Fidertanz has gone on to even further acclaim as a sire: over 30 licensed stallion sons, Elite Mare Show champions, Bundeschampions, auction price highlights, and several offspring at the FEI levels of Dressage including the Grand Prix stallions Franziskus and Foundation. Soprano is EVA Negative. Now I think half the breeders have no background in agriculture, if they have a three-year-old horse they have to give it to a trainer, and this is hundreds of Euros, a month. Sandro Hit was the first stallion where he got a really really big offer and said, no, I keep him. He is an incredible athlete and is a spectacular horse for the most discerning professional, but can take care of the most timid riders as well. Sandro Hit at age 27 in his paddockSandro Hit sired numerous offspring that won titles, medals and trophies in sport. Sandro Hit had five representatives on the first entries for Rio list, his son, Sir Donnerhall (Donnerhall) had two, while two other sons, Sandreo (Flemmingh) and Stedinger (Landadel), each had one. Years ago, the children of the breeders were riding the product for one year, to show them a little bit. He possesses greatness throughout. Sandro Hit was the grandsire of three of the Five and Six year old dressage finalists, the dam sire of four, and the great dam sire of two. With a HEK-breed value of 155, Sandro Hit is clearly rated positively. In the 2015 Hanoverian stallion book, Sandro Hit was recorded to have sired 1,087 competition horses with winnings of 744,268 euros and as of 2016 he has produced 1138 competition horses with total winnings for 887,913 euros. Since 2012, he has been part of the illustrious circle of the world's best dressage sires. Also with Don Schufro, or Ahlerich, whatever, all these horses had a weak point, every horse in the world has a weak point but the rider who is going to invest himself in the training, he must know if he can live and work with that weak point., In the final round at the World Young Horse Championships, you could see that Sir Donnerhall was able to use his hind leg, and for sure, in the development, it will become better and better. Schockemohle counts the amount of licensed sons over 200. seheut@aol.com or (410) 274-5252. Samba Hit III has won at Premier League Inter 11, many wins at Inter 1, placed 4th at the Nationals, 2nd CDI at Hartpury. Sandro Song: Sandro: Antenne II: Loretta: Ramino: . An absolutely new bloodline he has more than 65 sons now. Indeed there are those who suggest that because of Mr Schockemhles ability to promote new stallions, and manipulate the market, PSI is becoming the de-facto National Stud of Germany but back to Sandro Hit. Further he produced about 182 state . It is also influenced by the other scores in gaits, the score for Riding horse type and the competition results in dressage due to the genetical relationships that exist between these traits. Floraldiks dam also produced the successful 4* horse, Long Island T. Under Boyd Martin, Long Island T ended 2018 as USEA Horse of the Year with top placings at Carolina International, Pine Top, Jersey Fresh, Bromont, and Fair Hill International. Damline -Sandro Hit's mother, Loretta, is one of the best breeding mares in the world. Sandro Hit produced several champion stallion among his more than 100 licensed sons. Weltruhm displayed his high class talent for dressage when he reigned supreme in the dressage section of his performance test with 144.03 points. In 2001, 5 of the top 10 foals in Germany were by Sandro Hit, including a Federal Champion and two Vice Champions. Sandro Hit has sired numerous approved stallion sons, Bundeschampions, World Champions and Olympic Grand Prix Dressage horses, while Landadel is widely recognized as one of the most influential sons of the Holsteiner stallion Landgraf. These initial qualities were proven further at his 70-Day Stallion Test in 2012, highlighted by scores of "10" for cross-country gallop and cross-country jumping, "9" for canter and stadium jumping ability, and "8.5" for temperament and willingness to work. Her sire, Adlerorden was a top jumping sire in Westfalia, siring stars like Argonaut 7 with Bernard Kamps. Loretta's sire, Ramino, was five-time Italian Show Jumping Champion, and Welt As, Loretta's damsire, produced Olympic gold medallist Bonfire. The most successful have been Dorothee Schneiders two: her Rio ride, Showtime FRH (winnings 125,772) and St Emilion (winnings 54,834. Sandro Hit, 2011 Leading Dressage Sire in the U.S.A. Sandro Hit, USEF Dressage Sire of the Year 2010, Sandro Hit: Example of the Perfect Dressage Horse, Sandro Hit Hits Heaven in Second 6-year old Qualification Round, Roval Investment and Sandro Hit World Young Horse Champions, European Young Riders/Under 25 Championships, European Children / Junior Riders Championships, World Championships Young Dressage Horses, Effect of Noseband Positioning to Fascial and Neural Dynamics of the Head. Sandro Song, his sire, was champion of his licensing in 1990 and main premium champion 1992, while his dam, Loretta, has passed on her genes to significant licensed sons like Royal Hit and Grand Prix winner Diamond Hit (who is sire of the 2011 NRW champion stallion). Loretta's sire, Ramino, was five times Italian Show Jumping Champion, and Welt As, Sandro Hit's maternal great-grandsire, produced Olympic gold medallist Bonfire/Anky van Grunsven. He is also the sire of 173 jumpers, with 6at S level. 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