DRESSAGE BLOODLINES at the 2012 Olympics
what bloodlines are prevalent and if any breeding trends are developing. So let’s see what we can learn by examining the pedigrees of the 50 horses that competed in dressage at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. It is worth noting that eight dressage horses returned from the 2008 Olympics: Clearwater (team bronze and individual 21st in 2008 and on 4th place team in 2012), Digby (team bronze and individual 14th in 2008 and individual 12th in 2012), Floresco (individual 23rd in 2008), Mistral Hojris (individual 17th in 2008 and team gold plus individual bronze in 2012), Randon (individual 22nd in 2008), Ravel (individual 4th in 2008 and individual 17th in 2012), Whisper (individual 34th in 2008) and Salinero (individual gold in 2004 and 2008 plus team silver in 2008 as well as individual 6th and team bronze in 2012). The top 18 dressage horses are in bold. Ancestral sires are noted
T in italics.
RELATIVELY OLYMPIC Aside from those horses competing at the 2008 and the 2012 Olympics, there were three dressage horses in 2012 that were sired by Olympic competitors in 2008. Solos Carex, who was individually 12th at the 2008 Games, is
the sire of Scandic, 14th individually at the 2012 Olympics. Don Schufro, team bronze and individual 11th in the 2008 Olympics, is the sire of Dorina. And Lancet, who was individual 7th at the 2008 Games, is the sire of Uzzo.
GOLD Valegro
Individual and team Gold medalists Valegro and Charlotte Dujardin from Great Britain.
Valegro, a 2002 KWPN gelding, won both team and individual gold and is by the Ferro son, Negro. Ferro (Ulft x Farn) was the KWPN Horse of the Year in 1998 as well as being a member of the silver-medal dressage team at the 2000 Games, earning 2nd at the 2000 World Cup Finals, sustaining injuries in 2001 and placing 5th individually at the 2002 WEG. He
he Olympics roll around every four years and provide us with a glimpse at most of the world’s best horses. They also provide us with the opportunity to see
SILVER Parcival
by Judy Wardrope
was found in the pedigrees of three other dressage horses at the 2012 Olympics: Painted Black (Spanish dressage team), Undercover (Dutch team silver) and Uthopia (British team gold and individual 5th). Valegro is out of a mare tracing to Voltaire (ancestor to 5 jumpers and 1 dressage horse at the Games) and Ladykiller (ancestor to 18 jumpers, 6 dressage horses and 7 eventers at the Games).
Parzival and Adelinde Cornelissen, Silver individual medalists and team Bronze medalists from the Netherlands.
Parzival, a1997 KWPN gelding and reigning World Cup Finals champion, was sired by Jazz, who also sired Vira, an Olympic eventer in 2012. Jazz was a competitor at the 2002 World Equestrian Games, the 2006 KWPN horse of the year and a leading sire of dressage horses. Jazz’s sire, Cocktail, was also an international dressage competitor, as
was Cocktail’s sire, Purioso. Jazz’s dam traces to Nimmerdor (ancestor to 14 jumpers, 3 dressage horses and 4 eventers at the Games) and Amor (ancestor to 5 jumpers, 2 dressage horses and 3 eventers at the Games). Parzival’s dam is by Ulft and out of a mare by Roemer. Ulft
(Le Mexico x Pericles) is ancestor to other Olympic competitors: Mistral Hojris (individual bronze and team gold), Painted Black (Spanish team), Undercover (team silver) and Uthopia (team gold and individual 5th)—all of them dressage horses. Roemer, a dressage-only ancestor at the Games, also appeared in the pedigrees of Undercover and Uthopia.
BRONZE
Mistral Hojris
Mistral Hojris and Laura Bechtol- sheimer earn Bronze individually and team Gold for Great Britain.
Mistral Hojris, a 1995 Danish Warmblood gelding, upgraded from individual 17th in the 2008 Olympics to individual bronze and team gold in 2012. His KWPN sire, Michelino, is by Michelangelo, a Trakehner and grand prix competitor that sired several dressage horses and also appears in the pedigree of Scandic (individual 14th in 2012).
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