- British Warmblood
- Bay
- Gelding
- 4 years
- 16.2 hands
- Verden’s sire is the legendary Vitalis
- His dam combines the dressage legends Sandro Hit and Donnerhall
- He is the whole package – temperament combined with presence and correct movement
Verden’s sire Vitalis is an incredibly popular stallion, having already produced 33 licensed sons. The dam is a homebred mare by Sunny Boy, an exceptional sire by the Sandro Hit x Donnerhall combination.
Sire: Vitalis
Vitalis has already sire 33 licensed sons, with several becoming Premium stallions.
One of the most well known is Valverde ridden by Eva Möller, who became German Champion and came fourth at the World Championships for young dressage horses.
Villeneuve with rider Dorothee Schneider was Vice World Champion. Victoria's Secret became 2016 World Champion in Ermelo after winning the German Championships the year before.
Vitalis was Champion Foal in the Netherlands in 2007. He won the dressage index of his stallion performance test. Vitalis was placed at the World Championships and Pavo Cup final.
In 2016, ridden by Isabel Freese, he won the Burg Cup Final in Frankfurt and the "Stallion of the year" competition at Inter I level at the World Championships in Ermelo. Vitalis was Vivaldi's first licensed stallion.
His dam Tolivia was the 3-year old Champion Mare in the Netherlands.
Damline
The dam Faside Sundance carries some of the best names in dressage in her pedigree - Rohdiamant, Rubinstein, Sandro Hit and Donnerhall.
Sundance is by the first approved son of Sandro Hit out of one of the most successful dam lines in Germany of the Finnlanderin/Vornholz Stud.
Her sire Sunny Boy's dam Fantastica is the full-sister to the German Federation's dressage breeding champion and international Grand Prix winner Don Schufro.
After winning his 30 day stallion test with a top score in the dressage and jumping index, Sunny Boy won the final at the national young horse championship of the six year old dressage horses and has long since accumulated many victories at Advanced level. Sunny Boy's offspring wow the crowds with the utmost modern, spectacular gaits and correspondingly top-priced premium stallions (Oldenburg: 120,000 Euros, Westphalia 180,000 Euros). To date Sunny Boy has over 15 approved stallions to his name, accompanied by numerous award winning mares.
The grand dam is by the 2001 British Warm Blood Society Champion stallion Rosenburg who is by the dressage sensation Rohdiamant, considered by many to be the best son of the legendary Rubinstein. Roulette's dam is a Swedish bred Oldenburg by Pik Trumpf, half sister to Pastiche, the dam of Donnersong. Her grandsire is the outstanding Celle State stallion Pik Konig who also sired the Dressage legend, Pik Bube.
Verden leads, loads into a trailer and picks out his feet. He is used to living out in a herd but is also good to come into the stable.
He is used to wearing rug in winter. Verden would suit a either keen amateur looking for a top class horse to compete, or a professional home. He is very handsome and has three great paces.
He is wormed, vaccinated for flu and tetanus, microchipped and passported WBS-UK.
Prices are negotiable to competitive homes and for multiple purchases.