Ferro - Dutch Warmblood
Pik Bube I - Hanoverian
Ferro was extremely well bred with a good character
and very good powerful hind legs. He was first in his
stallion test.
Ferro produced 8 KWPN Approved stallions such as
Rousseau, the winner of his stallion test and producer
of a winner of Stallion test as well, the Keur stallion
Negro, and the famous stallions Metall and Rhodium.
His grandsons have also been successful in the difficult KWPN stallion licensing. Ferro has been granted
the rare KWPN title of "Preferent" which is the highest
predicate a stallion can have.
Although Pik Bube was only shown during the 1980
season, he was successful 11 out of 12 times. Pik
Bube was an excellent sire in his own right, producing licensed sons. But, perhaps his greatest contribution to dressage breeding was from his mares. Pike
Bube was half of a rare "magic cross" with the great
Donnerhall. Producing such stallions as Don Schufro,
Don Primero, Duntroon, Davignon, and others.
This beautiful and successful sire died tragically while
being ridden at the age of 18.
Rubinstein I - Westphalian
Weltmeyer - Hanoverian
Although Rubinstein died young at the age of 14, he
is still one of the most influential sires to come from
the mid 1980's dressage "golden era" of breeding.
This superbly bred stallion was a great performer and,
perhaps, an even better sire. His famous licensed sons
include Rhodiamant, Royal Diamond, and Olympic
competitor Relevant (ridden by Lisa Wilcox).
A strong supporter of the Hanoverian W-line, Weltmeyer continued the strong genetics he received
from sire World Cup I and passed them on to his
many sons and daughters, including Wolkenstein
II. During the 1990's, Weltmeyer was a wildly popular sire for breeding horses and sport horses alike,
with quality foals preselling for sometimes as much
as $20,000.
Frozen semen is still available for Rubinstein world
wide.
His frozen semen is reportedly of excellent quality
and is widely available through seme