Sonntag has not only proven himself in the show ring, but has also proven himself in the breeding shed. Sandro Hit was the most represented stallion at the 2020 Olympic Games. He is producing uphill horses, producing pretty horses, even with some ugly mares. His leading performer was Showtime, third individually in the world dressage standings, backed up in 18th by Salvino, who has won a string of Grand Prix classes with American, Adrienne Lyle. The index for dressage is is based on competition results in dressage on a regional,-national-and elite level. Sonntagskind - Hanoverian Reference Sire by Sandro Hit, 2009 Champion North American Stallion Test, With these bloodlines you need look no further. Under saddle, he shows top rideability and gaits, good jumping technique and scope, and a natural ability for cross-country. Sandro Hit. In the 2021 Hanoverian Stallion Book, Sandro Hit, is recorded as the sire of 1288 competition horses, with winnings of 1,564,309, with 204 S level dressage progeny. He finished his 30-day stallion test with the highest Dressage index and multiple scores above 9, including a 9.5 on rideability and a 10 on walk. Alain Seheut. 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. This is what makes Sandro Hit super super interesting because this is a line that fits all the prominent lines, so now you have a new choice.. He has a kind willing temperament and loves woking with his rider, he has a huge heart, These attributes he also passes down to . With a HEK-breed value of 155, Sandro Hit is clearly rated positively. On the 2020 standings, he was still in 3rd place, while his son, San Amour (Plaisir dAmour) moved into 9th spot. Sandro Hit foals and horses are regularly sold at auction for prices in excess of EUR 100,000. He has concentrated on his dressage so only a few progeny but they are out there doing well. Now they dont have to do that 100 day test and I think that is very good decision. In Sonntag's first foal crop in 2007, all foals were premium and filly, Heaven Sent was the North American Reserve Champion Filly on the BWP Keuring Tour. So the breeders have to produce a foal that they can sell. 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. Sandros Star received an impressive final index of 115.32, placing fourth overall. On the 2019 WBFSH sire standings, Sandro Hit was in 3rd place behind Jazz and Johnson. 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. His fans point to the charisma and presence of his offspring, their fashionable dark colouring and an impressive canter, all exhibited by his many Young Horse class winners his detractors point to an outbehind trot, a wicked walk and a dubious temperament. The enumeration of his licensing winners, premium stallions and stallion market top prices would go beyond any scope. We have a Sandro Hit son who stands with us (Samba Hit III), and he has a great temperament, so I'd go with those who say that the temperament is fine. That was his idea before he had good stallions, but if he had a good offer whoosh they were gone. Sandro Hit is a groundbreaking stallion who is influencing dressage horse breeding the whole world over. Index for height is stated in cm as a standard deviation from each gender's average. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . 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. Diamond Hit who was reserve champion at the World Young Horse Championships is also from that mare, and Diamond Hit is probably better than Sandro Hit.. Okay he might be bred like a jumper, but he cannot jump. 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. The index for canter is based on the score for 'canter' (loose) evaluated at the 3-year old test and 'canter under rider' evaluated at the quality test. The index is also influenced by the other scores in gaits, the score for type and also by competition results in dressage due to the genetical relationships between these traits. Sandro Hit wins the 6 year old class at the first ever World Young Dressage Horse Championships in 1999. According to Ulf: Sandro Hit was the stallion that gave Paul Schockemhle the idea to run the breeding stud seriously. 95130. 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. In this instance, frozen can be offered on the same terms for most stallions, but we advise that you also have a second-choice stallion in mind also standing at Schockemhle, in case your first-choice stallion cannot be supplied. He is a groundbreaking stallion who is influencing dressage horse breeding the whole world over. Sandro Hits son Seebach (Caprimond) also has one. Hmmmmm. Santo Hits Sire Sandro Hit has shaped modern dressage breeding, producing beautiful uphill types with light footed elegant movement and an enchanting charisma. In January2000 he was competed one final timeat the Zwolle International Stallion Show and as of them breeding was his daily business. The grand-dam Antenne won numerous Grands Prix with George Ahlmann. There are 18 horses that have won more than 10,000 in dressage, headed by Showtime FRH with 230,697 with the next most successful, another of Dorothees team, St Emillion. Sandro Hit's son San Amour won the main premium title by a wide margin, his full sister, Victoria, won the Oldenburg Regional Championship, and the full sister to Poetin took the reserve champion mare title for competition horses. I believe he can produce offspring with not great temprements that are also quite quirky. Sandro Hit's offspring are high in blood, modern, harmonious, equipped with excellent movement and a fascinating appearance and shine. Sonntags foals are already making their mark at inspections and breed shows. While the Sandro Hits have got a lot of strengths, it is generally not behind, the stallion himself was never the most engaged of horses, is that something you have to think about when you are training a Sandro Hit, developing that power behind? Elite Stallions - Stallion Sandro Hit Oldenburg by Sandro Song Semen price Excl VAT: 1500.00 1,376.15 + Frozen Courier & Health Papers Excl VAT: 150.00 130.00 Terms - 1500+VAT, allowing unlimited attempts with frozen semen, for one named mare in one breeding season. I was interested in the sandro hit line for my mare originally, I got lots of dvd's from studs with licensensed sons by him, but each and every one of them had imo poor hind leg movement, which ultimately put me off the line. The index for Legs is based on the scores for 'legs' evaluated at the 3-year old test and quality test. 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. 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). 30 day Performance Tested. It is certainly a development that has its critics who point to the fact that Sandro Hit quit the competition arena in his six-year-old year the year that for most dressage horses, the work starts to get interesting. 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. For more information see: www.elitestallions.co.uk/index.php?id=13&singleid=28&L=0He's a Bundeschampion and Dressage World Champion with a phenomenal breedin. Sonntagskind is the embodiment of 3 of the most famous dressage horses who have ever lived. From his first crop of foals comes licensed stallions Sunny Boy, Sandro Ace and Sommerlier, the next year Samba Hit I, Sandro King, and Show Star followed amongst others. He gives his colour, and he gives outstanding rideability, and he gives something that is difficult to say in words, he makes proud horses. 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. He scores well for canter (146) and trot (133) but less well for walk (104). \rSandro Hit is a top sire who produces absolutely first rate offspring. Sandro Hit absolved his stallion performance test in Medingen in 1997 and in 1999 he became federal champion six-year old dressage horses as well as world champion juvenile horse in Arnheim. [4], "Legendary Stallion Sandro Hit Passed Away", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sandro_Hit&oldid=1064917098, This page was last edited on 10 January 2022, at 21:26. Anyone got anything by Sandro Hit? Her sire, Adlerorden was a top jumping sire in Westfalia, siring stars like Argonaut 7 with Bernard Kamps. Dorothee Schneider who rode Sammy Davis Jr at Tryon, also competes, Sandro Hits most successful son, Showtime FRH (out of a Rotspon mare), not surprisingly, Dorothee loves the S line: Yes, I have a few horses with the S blood, Sammy Davis Jr, St Emilion, Showtime FRH, all horses with S blood, and for me, they all have a big character and when you have that character on your side, and you can work together, they want to work. Ultra: Donatella M: Dressage Royal: Grace S: Horse information Competition results Breeding values Offspring (1) Breeding values. Schockemohle counts the amount of licensed sons over 200. On the Hanoverian rankings, his score for type is 132, with a dressage ranking of 130 as against a jumping index of 85. What made you decide that Sandro Hit would make a dressage horse there is not a lot of dressage on his pedigree? "It was a hard goodbye. This filly is by the spectacular stallion, Sandro Hit. He has a super ability to lengthen, sit and collect with power and suppleness and shows a particular talent for piaffe. ", Photos Dirk Caremans - Mary Phelps - Astrid Appels - private, Related Links Poetin at the Bundeschampionat with Kathrin Meyer Zu Strohen. Perhaps, Sandro Hit can be blamed for the current fashion of breeding to young sires either licensing winners, or winners at the Bundeschampionate. It's silver for Team USA! That is the really good thing with Sandro Hit, we have outstanding offspring from Donnerhall mares, from Rubinstein, from Weltmeyer, from Brentano, from Holstein bloodlines, like Calypso. Sonntagskind is already showing that he has what it takes in the show ring and in the breeding shed to be a fantastic show horse and stallion. His foals are easy and level headed and are a pleasure to be around, the rideability, bravery and calm temperament that comes through so consistently and dominantly to his offspring make them a pleasure to train and compete. Sandro Hit became Paul Schockemohle's flagship dressage stallion that heralded a new age of commerce for his stallion station. Three relatives of Sandro Hit competed on Team USA at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics--son Salvino, grandson Sanceo and great-grandson Speilberg! How to Watch Dressage at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo? Sandro Song is one of a select few stallions that has been both champion of his licensing and the Hauptprmie winner (awarded to the best first crop of foals). I just wondered what the man himself was like! The next most prolific dam sire is Fidertanz (Fidermark / Ravallo) with four. One of his daughters Hot Summer won a dressage tournament at the age of 7 with 9.8 points. 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. 2005 The black stallion may never have competed after his success as a six-year-old, but he has certainly been a dominating influence in young horse classes. Before he owned Don Schufro, but then he got a good offer, and sold him. Ulf told me how the turnaround was achieved, Ulf and Sandro Hit at the Bundeschampionate. In 2001, 5 of the top 10 foals in Germany were by Sandro Hit, including a Federal Champion and two Vice Champions. 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. Sempatico's grand sire is Sandro, the Holsteiner stallion who also sired the great Sandro Hit. 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