Solitair

Three generations of breeding champions in his pedigree for both show jumping and dressage

Breeding

His sire Voltaire jumped internationally under Jos Lansink and Emile Hendrix. Voltaire, is one of the most influential showjumping sires of the present day, and is the result of crossing two outstanding bloodlines: Furioso 11 and Gotthard. Furioso 11 produced over 200 state premium mares and at least 70 approved stallions of which several are standing at stud in other continents. One can easily say that Furioso 11 has influenced the breeding industry worldwide. The full brother of Furioso 11 is the French stallion Mexico. His son Le Mexico is a familiar name in breeding and frequently appears in the pedigrees of showjumping superstars. The dams sire Gotthard is, now more than 15 years after his death, almost a legend in German sport horse breeding and his name is simply a synonym for the Hannoverian showjumper. Offspring such as Goldika, Goya, Queensway and Genius to name but a few of the best of Gotthard’s top class performing progeny. Gotthard’s strength is continued in his sons and grandsons but also indirectly on the dam side of, for example, Grundstein and Grannus. Solitair was bred out of the keur mare Nigrante, a daughter of the legendary Holsteiner stallion Libero H (Landgraf I) . He is one of the most influential stallions of the last decade both in sport and in breeding. With Jos Lansink, Libero H won an very impressive series of World Cup competitions and Grand Prix, highlight being the victory in the 1994 World Cup finals at 's-Hertogenbosch. His fighter's mentality combined with his technique and incomparable reflexes made this stallion virtually invincible that season. In 1983, Libero H was licensed by the ZfDP in Germany under the name of Achill 81 after his ancestor Achill 1265 which can be found 41 times in his pedigree. From this period, we also remember the successful showjumping mare Libera ridden by Jos LansinkOf the small group of Libero H 's offspring, a great many are very successful in international showjumping. Iowa, Ikoon, Iris, Coonawarra, Luc and Liberty are some examples. In his dam's line Solitair carries a large amount of blood via the influential progenitors Abgar xx and Pericles xx after which the line goes back to a full sister of the licensed stallions Nominaal and Sollewijn (Pericles xx).This lineage also produced the licensed stallions Largo (Le Faquin xx), Hilton (Antonio) as well as the Grand Prix jumper Figaro (Leslie Steele).

Performance

Solitair is a jumping talent with super movement and a very appealing conformation to boot. At his performance test in Ermelo he received an eight and a half for his canter and for walk, trot and talent, all eight's.

Progeny

The offspring report that was published praises Solitair’s foals for their correct exteriors their charisma, and their super movements. Foals were all dark bay, and showed lots of movement. Solitair brings lots of expression to his offspring too. His foals in 2006 were fetching up to 40000 euro in Oldenburg Solitair does not breed chesnuts.

Pedigree

Dam Sire- Maximillian Saluut Breeder: M Turnbull

Contendro I- For Pleasure

Ahorn Z- Sit this One Out xx