Photo: OL Champion Stallion 2023 by Bon Courage - Sezuan - Dimaggio. (OLD Art)
PART OF OLD PRESS RELEASE
The brilliant Champion Stallion of the 2023 Oldenburger licensing is the Bon Courage - Sezuan -Dimaggio - Landadel offspring bred by Jürgen Fetzer in Zimmer/Baden Wuerttemberg and exhibited by Rothenberger Ventures GmbH in Bad Homburg. The champion stallion of 2012 Follow Me by Fürstenball and the main premium winner of 2019 Follow’s Him Schönweide by Follow Me were also bred by Jürgen Fetzer. Out of the line of this years’ champion is the triple European Champion of the under 25’s of 2016 Deveraux OLD by De Niro under Sanneke Rothenberger and the Olympic bronze medallist 2016 Roosevelt by Rotspon under Allison M. Brock, USA.
Breeding director of the Oldenburger Verband Bernhard Thoben about the champion stallion: „This stallion shows a lot of expression, one of the highlights throughout the licensing process certainly being the work on the lunge. Presenting himself with incredible suppleness and elasticity it was a pleasure to watch him. Built with a strong foundation this strong stallion simply brings everything with him that is needed to succeed.”
H2R NOTE: Sold at the auction for 1.250.000 euro to Gestüt Schönweide.
The son by Bonds - Bretton Woods - Gribaldi/Trak. - Arogno/Trak. bred and exhibited by Först & Besecke GbR, Kamen, Northrhine Westfalia, ist Vice Champion of the Oldenburger dressage stallions. Sire Bonds was Champion Stallion at the Oldenburger Stallion Days 2015 in Vechta. The lacquer black stallion by Totilas - Sir Donnerhall - Don Schufro - Friedensherr, bred by Reay Campbell, Scotland, and exhibited by Gestüt Schafhof, Kronberg, was able to secure the Ic-premium. His sister Shadow Fairy Caledonia was awarded the Ic-premium at the elite broodmare show and won bronze at the Bundeschampionate of the three-year-old mares and geldings in Warendorf.
