Locarno Stud Horse

LOCARNO NEWS and HIGHLIGHTS:

BREEDING SEASON 2010/2011

Again I got some interesting foals this season.

Most exciting are naturally the AI foals, 2 of them:

Carisma by Indoctro out of Locarno Nicole by Rabino /Django (Moorland xx-Noble Chieftain)/Rock Council/Signification

A colt with a real Holstein trot and wonderful canter, lots of presence and quality.

Then:

“Love Affair” by the upcoming top Holstein stallion “Catoki” (Chambertin/Silverster). He really is a top, top stallion in Germany today, competing also on international level,out of “Locarno Lili Marlene” by Rico (Voltaire/Burggraf)/Drosselklang/Loredo (AI Lord Holstein/Capitano)

Locarno Shogun gave me 2 lovely colts, both in his dark bay colour, longlegged and important.

“Ambassador” out of the mare “Locarno Antigone” by Consuelo,which won the Namibian licencing 3 years ago, and “Real Magic” out “Locarno Rhapsodie by Dolman? Doloriet.

2 Consuelo colts out of Conti (Contender Mares) eg “High Noon” by
Consuelo/Conti/Graveur/Sovereignety xx/Mashamxx

Locarno Ambassador Locarno High Noon

CARISMA by Indoctro x Rabino (Ramiro) x best SA thoroughbred, certainly a very special horse.

Love Affair - a very valuable little filly: AI by Catoki (Cambridge/Silvester), one of the best young Holstein stallions out of Lili Marlene by Rico (Voltaire?Burggraf) –Drosselklang

FOALS 2009/2010

This year I have a particularly good crop of foals by my stallions - Locarno Shogun, Caprivi and Challenger, as well as Consuelo.

Shogun gave me 4 excellent little colts out of mares by Graveur, Drosselklang and Lindenberg.

"CAN DO IT" BY LOCARNO SHOGUN OUT OF LOCARNO FINESSE BY LINDENBERG / ESPLENDOR XX / GAMBUT XX

This foal, in my opinion, comes very close to the ideal German breeding is aiming at: noble, big-framed, long-legged, lots of expression.

Surely stallion quality.

LOCARNO CAPRIVI gave me 2 very good colts, the one out of Nocturne by Consuelo/Graveur/Django (Moorland 2/Noble Chieftain) /Rock Council/Signification

"CELEBRITY"

is a colt of great quality and personality, surely also stallion quality!

CHALLENGER gave me a very good colt out of a Wunderbar/Drosselklang mare, and a filly with lots of expression out of "Locarno Lulu" by Rico/Wunderbar/Loredo (AI, Lord Holstein)

"LETS GO"

CONSUELO gave me a colt, which you simply cannot miss to see, with extravagant movements, out of a Conti/Drosselklang/Spanish Doubloon xx mare

"ROMANTIC LOVER"

INTERESTING REMARKS BY THE VISITING JUDGE MR VAN MIERT FROM BELGIUM:

"About the horses I saw, I have mixed feelings..................

I was a little surprised to see sometimes the old fashioned type of horses.

The young generation of imported horses is of much better quality compared to the older ones...........................

When the SA breeders asked me how to organize horse breeding in SA, I have a personal view:

I should select a limited number of thoroughbred mares. Out of these mares I should breed foals, combined with top European stallions."

This is exactly the recipe I followed in my breeding, thank you to Mr. van Miert, that he endorsed this.

We need the thoroughbred in our warmblood breeding. I was fortunate enough, to be able to secure the best possible bloodlines for my breeding: Noble Chieftain, Signification, Jerez, etc.

I don't know, whether that would still be possible today.

And: not every imported horse is a good horse. Europe is full of second class and third class horses and for the first class ones you really pay....in Euro!

LICENCING 2009

We presented 2 mares, "Fantasy" by Locarno Shogun" out of "Flash Dancer" by Drosselklang.
She achieved 7.25 as mark with 8.0 for scope and 7.5 for technique.
and
"Boheme" by Consuelo -Rabino (AI) -Athletico (AI)
She achieved 7.52 as mark, and got the price as the best jumping mare of the central licencing with 8.5 for scope and 8.0 for technique.
It is amazing with what ease she cleared any height.

                  Fantasy                                                            Boheme

MY FOALS 2008/2009

I felt it necessary to introduce 2 now bloodlines into my breeding.

a.   "Quidam de Revel"
This Jalisco son has become one of the most important stallions in international jumping.
2 grandsons were winners and second at the Olympics 2008.
However his offsprings are normally very difficult horses, only for professionals. Therefore I was looking for a stallion of this line with a good temperament, and chose "Quintender" by "Quinar"-"Contender.
I put him to a "Rabino (AI) mare, and got a very nice colt.

b.   The blood of "Caletto" is of extreme importance in Holstein. I chose the stallion "Chacco Blue" by Chambertin (Cambridge) x Contender.
He is one of the best young stallions in Germany in breeding and sport. He wins big competitions under Alois Pollmann-Schweckhorst and sires foals of highest quality.
I got a beautiful colt out of a Consuelo-Graveur mare.
But then the problems started. The dam of the Quintender foal "Quickstep" got an infection in her udder, and did not have enough milk for the foal.
The "Chacco Blue" foal "Chaccoelo" got pneumonia, when 10 days old.
We had to treat him for 2 months morning and evening with antibiotics.
We have been milking other mares now for 5 months every day and giving the milk to "Quickstep".
Only now both foals have started to recover, as can be seen on the pictures.
That is the other side of breeding!

My own stallions gave me some exciting foals, particularly "Challenger" .

                        Quickstep                                                 Chaccoelo


     Foal Challenger - Flash Dancer                             Foal Shogun - Arkona

OLYMPICS 2008

The selection of the German team again shows, how spot on my stallions are.

Jumping: Shutterfly, the Number1, is by Silvio (Sandro) / Gepard, same as Sandro Song, the grandsire of “Locarno Shogun”

‘Coester” is by Calato, who is bred out of a half-sister to Uniform/Livree, the dam of “Locarno Caprivi”. ”Calato” is by “Capitol”, Caprivi is by “Indoctro”, a son of “Capitol”

‘Montender” and ‘Checkmate” are both by “Contender”, the grandsire of “Locarno Challenger”. Grandsire of “Challenger” is Rabino by Ramiro/Calypso 2/Ladykiller, whilst “Contender” is by “Calypso 2/Ramiro/ Ladykiller” You see the close line breeding of “Challenger” to Contender/Ramiro!

Dressage: Satchmo is by Sao Paulo,who is by Sandro/Gepard again!!

LICENCING 2008

Locarno Stud could repeat its successes of the past years during the Namibian Licensing 2008.

“Locarno Antigone” by Consuelo/Diavolo won the licensing for mares (beating over 80 mares” with an 8.0 for jumping, good marks for walk and canter, and a 9.0 for the most exciting trot!

‘Locarno Challenger” won the licensing of the stallions with a 9.0 for jumping ability, given for a most powerful jump.

With that we would repeat the successes of the past years:

2004 “Locarno Musica” by “Consuelo” out of “Montezuma” by Graveur /Montesanoxx won the licensing for mares with a 9.0 for jumping ability.

2005 “Locarno Shogun” won the licensing for stallions.

2006 we did not participate.

2007 “Locarno Montana” by “Acclaim” out of “MOntezuma” by Graveur/Montesano” won the licensing of the mares with a 9.0 for her jumping of international class. She is now in foal to “Locarno Caprivi”.

“Locarno Montezuma” has therefore already produced the winning mare for our licensing twice. (And there are 2 lovely fillies to come: “Locarno Medaillon” by “Seeis Connoisseur” and “Locarno Menuett” by “Locarno Challenger (she survived an attack by a cheetah!!)

LOCARNO HORSES IN THE SPORT

As our breeding concentrated mainly to build up our stock of good mares, we on only have few horses in the sport, but they are doing well “ LOCARNO CRESCENDO” by “Athletico AI/ “Queen & Country xx” is produced by Mrs. Sisca Ploughmann in dressage, and is now rated as the Nr. 5 in Elementary Dressage in SA.

LOCARNO CRESCENDO

“LOCARNO NAUTILUS” by Consuelo/”Night Romance” won the 6 bar event in Omaruru /Namibia in 2008. “Night Romance” is one of our most important base mares.

“LOCARNO SUPERSTAR” by “Consuelo”/”Solitaire” by Drosselklang/Morn againxx/Jerez/Giafar” was sold to a junior in Namibia 2 years ago. Roger Hessen rode him at a show in Namibia in June 2008 and won 2 D-grade classes.

He is on the way to SA for a considerable sum of money.

LOCARNO MANJANA

By “Acclaim”/Drosselklang/Montesanoxx was bought by Mrs. Joan Erasmus I 2006.

Although he was bought for jumping, he went in May 2008 to the Autumn Gold Show into showing classes. He won, and the international judge was very impressed by his type and movements, The judges suggested, that he should be presented for full licensing right away. His jump is as good. A very special horse.

2 Younger half brothers by “Locarno Shogun” ,Monte Carlo and “Magic Moment” are still with me. Magic Moment” jumped over a gate of 1.40M as a yearling!

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