De Niro's sire, Donnerhall, holds the highest dressage
breeding value index (271) of all stallions. He placed second among 70 stallions
at his performance test and went on to become DLG Champion in 1986. Donnerhall
won more than 65 FEI Level and Grand Prix competitions and competed successfully
until he was retired at 17-years of age. De Niro's dam was a successful dressage
competitor producing an Approved stallion in Westfalia. His dam's sire, Akzent
II, is regarded as one of the best sires of rideability in modern sport horse
breeding producing many Approved stallions and expensive auction horses.
De Niro was Reserve Champion of the 1996 Stallion Performance
Test in Adelheidsdorf with an excellent overall score of 144,93. He scored 9s in
all three gaits and was awarded the highest scores for rideability (9,67)
finishing the riding portion of the test with a total of 145,41 points. He was
also one of the best jumping stallions at the Verden stallion market in 1995.
De Niro is an extremely popular sire in Germany due to his
outstanding movements, extremely high rideability and beautiful type. His foals
are consistently elegant, modern type, show excellent conformation as well as
outstanding movement. His first foal crop got an overall note of 9 by the
Oldenburg commission and based on the exceptional quality of his foals, he
received the "Hauptpraemiensieger" (Main Premium Champion) award in
1997. From his first foal crop, four of his sons were licensed; one in
Westphalia, one in Hannover, who was taken into the first lot by the State Stud
Celle and two in Oldenburg, both of which were sold for very high prices to
Sweden. As an 9 year old, he has 14 Approved sons. De Niro continues to produce
high priced auction horses at Vechta and Verden. At the Elite Auction in Verden
in April 2000, the colt Day Dream, by De Niro, was the top auction foal selling
for DM45,000. In April of 2001, the two high priced foals were by De
Niro and sold for DM41,000 and DM31,000. Of the 5 high priced foals, 4 were by
De Niro. At Vechta, a De Niro filly sold for DM70.000,- . In 1999, De Niro won
many dressage shows at the Fourth Level and has qualified more than once for the
German "Bundeschampionate". Today, De Niro continues to advance in
dressage while competing at the FEI levels. He has been winning at the Grand
Prix Level since he was a 7 year old.
Summary of Stallion Performance Test Adelheidsdorf
1996: overall score 141,93/ 2nd out of 50;
dressage score 145,41/1; jumping score 117,75/11
DE
NIRO:
Hanoverian, black, 1993, 171cm
Life
Number: 31-05900-93
Stationed
at Klosterhof - Medingen
and HengststationBoeckmann.
In
2000 he was declared the best new generation German Grand Prix horse.
Winner
of the German Championships of professional riders in Verden
under Dolf-Dietram Keller.
At
8 years of age he has already sired 19 licensed sons taking him to the forefront
of today's breeding in Germany .
Sire
of Vice Federal champion in 2001 - Del MartinoDe
Niro is a son of Donnerhall, who became a figurehead of the more recent
Oldenburg breeding history, as double world champion and a top class hereditary
transmitter of dressage horses. The dam Alicante , who was herself a successful
dressage horse, had earlier produced the full-De Niro brother Dimension. The
damsire Akzent II is regarded as one of the best procreators of rideability
horses of modern day horse breeding. The pedigree is consolidated well by the
strong performance thoroughbred Wiesenbaum xx and the siring legend Ferdinand.
The damline is identical in its origins to that of the stallions Dewett (Zweibrücken
state stallion), Gomez (Dillenburg state stallion), Laurion (private stallion
Oldenburg ), Wapiti ( Celle state stallion) and Wogenbrecher (private stallion
Hanover ). Laurion’s full-sister, the international showjumping derby winner
Landdame FRH/ Franke Sloothaak, also represents this dynasty.
De
Niro was one of the best jumping stallions at the
1995 Verden stallion market and ranged among the
top at the 1996 stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf,
where he received the highest rideability score and
became overall second in performance class I. De Niro
has meanwhile won dressage competitions at the elementary and intermediate
levels and qualified for the national dressage championships of 1998 and 1999.
Merely aged seven, he already won Prix’ St. Georges, Intermédiaire
I and II as well as Grand Prix events during the 2000 season. In 2000, he was
furthermore declared the best new generation Grand Prix horse and in 2001, he
won the Championship of German Professional Riders, ridden by his trainer Dolf-
Dietram Keller. This was followed in 2002, by wins
in international Grand Prix events. De Niro was
awarded the I-a main premium by theOldenburg
Association in 1997 as a result of his overwhelming breeding value rating.
His
progeny dominate the foal markets in Medingen, Vechta
and Verden as evidenced by his son Day and Night,
who was sold for the sum of DM 140,000 in Medingen
in the year 2000. His sons are furthermore very popular at the approvals,
demonstrated inter alia, by Der
Lord, who went into the services of the Lower Saxon state stud of Celle
and Divino de L, who is covering in
Baden-Württemberg. Then there are De Vito, Donautanz
, Depardieu (runnerup
of the 2000 approval in Oldenburg and state champion in 2002) and Degas, who
are stationed as loose box neighbours of their sire
at the Hamstrup respectively Medingen
stations, furthermore, Dionysos in
Schleswig-Holstein, D-Online in Hesse, De Luxe
in Saxony as well as Diego Velasquez and Dante Alighieri in Austria. The son
Desert Moon, who is not being utilised in breeding
yet, was third at the Hanoverian approval of 2001 and was the top lot of the
2001 stallion market at the knock-down price of DM 530,000. The likewise
approved Donautanz came third in the 2002 federal
championship of three-year old stallions. De Niro’s
daughter Die Weingard became I-b diamond ring mare
at the 2000 Oldenburg Elite Mare Show in Rastede. In 2001, his daughter Edina
unequivocally won the Oldenburg Elite Mare Show at the same location.
100
day tested 1996 Adelheidsdorf
Total:
141.93 (2nd)
Dressage
145.41 (1st)
Jumping
117.75 (11th)
Two
of De Niro's sons: De Vito (left) and Vice Champion
Depardieu (right)
De Niro Hanoverian Stallion of the
Year 2008
An impressive, brilliant
appearance in the dressage ring
Privately owned stallion De Niro is the Hanoverian Stallion of the Year
2008. The Donnerhall/Akzent II-son was bred by Brigitte Pahl, Fockbek, and
licensed in Verden in 1995. Since that time, he has been standing at
Klosterhof Medingen. With this annual award, the Hanoverian Society and R+V/VTV
insurance company honours important breeding stallions. At the Verden
Stallion Market, breeder Brigitte Pahl was honoured with the Wohlklang-statuette
and a cheque.
De Niro was born in 1993, and at the Stallion Approval in Verden in 1995, he
was already one of the most popular and fascinating stallions. One year
later, the black youngster completed his stallion performance test in
Adelheidsdorf with the highest dressage score. Riding instructor
Dolf-Dietram Keller trained him up to Grand Prix-level. In 2001, De Niro won
the German Championships of professional riders and in 2003, the German
Dressage Derby in Hamburg. Since 2006, he has been successfully competing
with his young rider Theresa Wahler. De Niro’s dam Alicante was successful
up to medium level with Susanne Pahl, the breeder’s daughter. She was an
active brood mare for only a few years. The impressive result: Her four sons
are successful competition horses, two of them, De Niro and his right
brother Dimension, are approved stallions.
De Niro passes on his excellent rideability and fantastic movements as well
as type and expression to his progeny. 1,341 offspring are registered with
the Hanoverian Society. 14 of his 22 approved sons are registered with the
first-class stallion book, 99 daughters were awarded state premium mare. He
is the sire of 123 Verden auction foals and of 109 horses sold at riding
horse auctions. 434 progeny achieved placements in the dressage ring up to
advanced level and contributed to De Niro’s fantastic dressage breeding
evaluation of 147 points. Together his sons, he has an incredible impact and
influence on breeding.
The Celle state stud stallion Dancier won his Stallion Licensing and
stallion performance test. Desert Moon and De Janeiro were reserve champions
in Verden. De Noir is one of the most popular stallions in Denmark.
Maternal lines featuring De Niro in the pedigree are also very popular. His
daughter De Nira is the dam of Hotline, the champion stallion of the
Stallion Licensing in 2005. Hotline was the most expensive stallion ever
sold at a breeding association’s sales event. Donner de Nero is the dam of
the reserve champion of the Stallion Licensing in 2007, Fürst Nymphenburg,
who won the stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf in 2008.
Hanoverian
Breeding News
De Niro, Hanoverian Stallion of the Year 2008
October 28, 2008
The privately owned stallion De Niro is the Hanoverian Stallion of
the Year 2008. The Donnerhall x Akzent II-son was bred by Brigitte Pahl,
Fockbek, and licensed in Verden in 1995. Since that time, he has been
standing at Klosterhof Medingen. With this annual award, the Hanoverian
Society and R+V/VTV insurance company honours important breeding
stallions. At the Verden Stallion Licensing and Auction, breeder
Brigitte Pahl was honoured with the Wohlklang-statue and a cheque.
De Niro was born in 1993 and at the Stallion Approval in Verden in 1995
he was already one of the most popular and fascinating stallions. One
year later, the black youngster completed his stallion performance test
in Adelheidsdorf with the highest dressage score. Rider Dolf-Dietram
Keller trained him up to Grand Prix-level. In 2001, De Niro won the
German Championships for professional riders and in 2003 he reigned in
the German Dressage Derby in Hamburg. Since 2006, he has been
successfully competing with his young rider Theresa Wahler.
De Niro’s dam Alicante was successful up to medium
level with Susanne Pahl, the breeder’s daughter. She was an active
brood mare for only a few years. The impressive result: Her four sons
are successful competition horses, two of them, De Niro and his full
brother Dimension, are approved stallions.
De Niro passes on his excellent rideability and fantastic movements
as well as type and expression to his progeny. 1,341 offspring are
registered with the Hanoverian Society. 14 of his 22 approved sons are
registered with the first-class stallion book, 99 daughters were awarded
state premium mare. He is the sire of 123 Verden auction foals and of
109 horses sold at riding horse auctions. 434 progeny achieved
placements in the dressage ring up to advanced level and contributed to
De Niro’s fantastic dressage breeding evaluation of 147 points.
Together with his sons, he has an incredible impact and influence on
breeding.
The Celle state stud stallion Dancier (by De Niro x Lancier) won the
Stallion Licensing and performance test. Desert Moon and De Janeiro were
reserve champions in Verden. De Noir is one of the most popular
stallions in Denmark. Maternal lines featuring De Niro in the
pedigree are also very popular. His daughter De Nira is the dam of
Hotline, the champion of the Stallion Licensing in 2005. Hotline was the
most expensive stallion ever sold at a breeding association’s sales
event. Donner de Nero is the dam of the reserve champion of the Stallion
Licensing in 2007, Fürst Nymphenburg, who won the stallion performance
test in Adelheidsdorf in 2008.
Registered with Hanover
, Oldenburg , Westphalia , Berlin-Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Rhineland ,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Australian Warmblood Horse Association. Eligible with
Hanoverian Horse Society of Australia .
De
Niro is a son of Donnerhall, who became a figurehead of the more recent
Oldenburg breeding history, as double world champion and a top class hereditary
transmitter of dressage horses. The dam Alicante , who was herself a successful
dressage horse, had earlier produced the full-De Niro brother Dimension. The
damsire Akzent II is regarded as one of the best procreators of rideability
horses of modern day horse breeding. The pedigree is consolidated well by the
strong performance thoroughbred Wiesenbaum xx and the siring legend Ferdinand.
The damline is identical in its origins to that of the stallions Dewett (Zweibrücken
state stallion), Gomez (Dillenburg state stallion), Laurion (private stallion
Oldenburg ), Wapiti ( Celle state stallion) and Wogenbrecher (private stallion
Hanover ). Laurion’s full-sister, the international showjumping derby winner
Landdame FRH/ Franke Sloothaak, also represents this dynasty.
