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Desperado was honoured with Grande-Prize

Apr 17, 2012

The De Niro/Wolkenstein II-son Desperados was honoured with the
Grande-Prize on the occasion of the 126th Elite Auction. The successful
dressage stallion was bred by Herbert Schütt from Hemmoor. The Sprehe Stud
purchased the black youngster at the Stallion sales, and meanwhile, he
counts among the best young german dressage horses under Kristina Sprehe
with a fantastic future career for both of them being certainly no
coincidence. Besides, Desperados will participate at future horse shows with
the name supplement "FRH", the abbreviation for the Hanoverian Supporters
Club.

Desperados left the Stallion Licensing in Verden without being accepted for
breeding, but he was nevertheless sold at a top price of Euro 104,000. A
unique career in breeding and sports started. In 2004, further matured and
developed under the rider, the impressive Desperados was not only licensed,
but also honoured as Premium stallion. From that point on, his career was
simply exemplary. He won the bronze medal at the Bundeschampionate for
riding horses at the age of three and four. Further advanced by Falk
Rosenbauer, first international placements at the age of only seven
followed. In 2011, Kristina Sprehe sat down in his saddle. Meanwhile, the
privately owned stallion has been successful in dressage tests up to
international Grand Prix-level, and in 2011, he was honoured with the
Otto-Lörke-Prize for the best german Grand Prix futurity prospect.

Desperados' own accomplishments are amazing, and his breeding balance is as
impressive. Desperados presented the winning mares of the Herwart von der
Decken-Show two times in a row: Doris Day and Delany in 2010 and 2011. Doris
Day even topped the success of her sire at the Bundeschampionate when she
won the title in 2010. A dressage breed value for dressage of 130 points
underlines his breeding qualities. Five of his sons are already licensed for
Hanover, among them the Premium stallions Destano and Divine Etincelle.
Desperados is on his way to the top in breeding and sports.

Since 2009, the Grande-Prize has been awarded to Hanoverian stallions in the
important age of ten to twelve, a time when first reliable information about
his hereditary qualities will be available as the eldest offspring of a
stallion can then be judged under saddle. The breeder of the stallion is
honoured with this prize. The naming is meant to honour the hereditary
accomplishments of the trademark stallion Grande.

Source Hannoveraner Verband