Volantis FLS, `Ben` is a 2020 bay Hanoverian gelding by Elite stallion Valentino.

He is a handsome, modern colt with a powerful hind end and super freedom of shoulder. While Ben was bred for jumpers, he could easily excel in dressage or hunters. He has plenty of talent and should go far in the correct hands. He is expected to mature to approx 16.2+ hands.

Ben's sire, Valentino is a very striking modern type stallion with a lot of presence and is also very well known for his intelligent kind nature. A powerful jumping stallion who earned a spectacular 9.6 for jumping ability and 9's for temperament and willingness at the 2005 Stallion Performance Test in Adelheidsdorf, Valentino easily won the jumper division of the test, and was the Reserve Champion overall out of 48 stallions. In the Show Jumping portion Valentino scored 141.47, for the dressage phase he scored a 121.09 and overall Valentino scored an impressive 136.89. Valentino went on to very successfully compete up to advanced S level show jumping under Karen Biermann. In 2012 the pair placed 4th in the Kl.S* in Kemnitz.

His dam, Elegant, is an Elite Hanoverian mare who is also in the AHS Jumper Breeding Program. For her mare performance test, she received an overall final score of 7.36, boasting a score of 8.5 for Jumping Ability and 8's for both Jumping Technique and Rideability. Elegant also had a competition career prior to being a broodmare. She competed in rated jumpers, ranging from 1.0m - 1.15m. In the winter of 2014, she was invited to participate in the first Sarasota Modern Pentathlon World Cup where she was ridden by all sorts of riders from different countries.