Firestone

Firestone is the wonderful result of top-class dressage sires Johnson and Florencio.

Johnson, ridden by Hans Peter Minderhoud, is among the world's best dressage horses. He contributed to the bronze team medal at the World Equestrian Games in Caen in 2014 and the golden team medal at the European Championships in Aachen 2015, where Johnson also earned an individual bronze medal. Florencio has been world champion as both a five- and a six-year-old, while last year the KWPN awarded Florencio the prestigious 'Keur' sire. Florencio deserved this great title thanks to his offspring performing at Grand Prix level and the talented KWPN approved stallion Charmeur. The thoroughbred Painters Row xx and the valuable Saluut strengthen Firestone's pedigree.

Firestone was bred out of the famous Bella-damline, which has produced many successful showjumpers and dressage horses. Firestone's full sister Elfi also earned no less than 81.5 points at the KWPN Mare Test and achieved an amazing score of 95 points for her trot at the KWPN Mare Inspections.

As a 3 year old, Firestone stood out due to his fantastic conformation and movements, which earned him the title of reserve champion at the KWPN Stallion Show. Afterwards, Firestone earned 82.5 points in the KWPN Performance Test and made a great impression with Joyce Lenaerts in the KWPN Stallion Competition. In Ermelo, Firestone finished fifth, in Roosendaal he ended up fourth and at the last competition in Zuidbroek, Firestone became third. Firestone's first foals seem promising: they show charm, charisma and great movement!

Zacharov

Zacharov is the perfect example of performance breeding as we love to see nowadays.

Zacharov's pedigree includes Olympic sire Clinton, the extremely competitive Lord Z, Stallion of the Century Nimmerdor, the legendary Almé and the indispensable Gotthard. In addition, Zacharov's damline goes back to the well-known mare Antje Z. This daughter of Almé is a result of the same combination as World Cup Finalists and famous stallion Artos Z and Aerobic Z, sons of Almé bred of out of the full sisters of Antje's dam. Additionally, Antje Z stood at the base of Grand Prix horses like Toldine (Francie Steinwedell-Carvin), Shinto (José Maria Rega) and Plenty (Eliza Schuford). Zacharov's dam Oldine already produced the international showjumpers Adventure (Riccardo Pisani), Uladine (Martina Meroni) and Carolus (Jörg Peper), while her grandchildren Aldine (Jordan Mac Pherson) and Zsa Zsa (Patrick Spits) compete at 1.60m and 1.40m level. Ridden by Maikel van der Vleuten and Hanno Ellerman, Zacharove has already performed at international level at a very young age.

Zacharov won the World Cup of Pezinok in 2013, the Grand Prix of Mierlo and the Gold Tour in Celje, while he already make his Grand Prix debut as an 8-year-old. Zacharov was placed in the top 10 at prestigious shows like Valkenswaard, Lanaken, Oliva, Lyon, Hamburg and Basel. As a sire, Zacharov stays loyal to his pedigree and his own fantastic performances. His oldest offspring have already made their international debut.