- Warmblood
- Bay
- Filly
- 2 years
- 16.2hh / 168cm
- Superb filly with world class breeding & outstanding parental credentials for a serious SJ career.
- This filly exhibits pure power, amazing grace; she has the physical attributes & brain to excel
- If you are looking for a tremendous attitude, fabulous temperament & exceptional brain - she has it!
This two year old represents a rare opportunity for someone to buy a genuinely exciting prospect for big classes and world class competition. She is only available due to retirement and looming emigration.GFS Olympia has the pedigree of a born champion with both a dam and sire who are proven in top performance, and it shows!
Olympia has a fantastic attitude, lovely temperament and is an absolute professional to deal with in all ways. She is intelligent, willing to cooperate and she has a great brain. She integrates in any company, often has the most sensible attitude and is a calm, sensible and willing youngster who is delightful to handle.
She is pure power and built like an elite athlete; she has huge ground covering paces, tremendous balance and style with substance! Olympia has been bred to jump and with the right rider, opportunity to excel and correct training, she stands a very good chance of going to the top. This two year old is full of confidence, calm, relaxed and highly trainable. She has been professionally handled from day one and has impeccable manners in and out of the stable. She is a delight to work with and has a genuine, friendly nature that is always showing positive.
Her sire, Ahorn is descended from the famous Holstein family 242, and is related to Joost, Alcatraz and Locarno.
His sire Nimmerdor needs no introduction and his dam M.Hyazinthe by Ladykiller produced 4 approved stallions, and so far, 3 international showjumpers. Ahorn competed at the top international level, consistently placing in World Cups and Grand Prix competition. He represented the Netherlands in Nation's Cup competitions and was short-listed for the Barcelona Olympics, which earned him the prefix 'Olympic'.
Ahorn's offspring perpetuate their sire's success, with a large number competing at international level. Ian Millar's Grand Prix jumper, Promise Me's damsire is also Olympic Ahorn. Olympic Ahorn is also the sire of Feizal (Mario Deslauriers), Eurocommerce Geneve (10th at the 200d World Cup Final) and Iron, who represented Italy in the 2000 Olympic games.
Ahorn is a fantastic producer of broodmares. He is the sire of European Champion mare Helena, reserve European Champion Korenbloem, Dutch Champion mare Haciende, Firette who was a 5-time UTV qualifier, and Geminka keur who is the dam of Dutch dressage star Kelvin. At the 1996 World Championships for young horses at Lanaken, Ahorn was the only KWPN stallion to have two progeny placed. He is also the sire of Neckar, the top priced horse at the 1998 Equilibra Challenge auction.
As well as top competition horses, Ahorn has produced 8 graded sons. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Dutch breeding, Ahorn has been awarded Preferent status by the KWPN.
Dolanda the dam of this foal is an eleven year old retired International Grade A show jumper with winnings in excess of £22,000 having jumped consistently up to 1.40. On the Sunshine Tour she won ten out of her twelve classes.
She was sired by Ultimo (Phin Phin/Burggraaf) and out of a Wellington - Nimmerdor dam. This is a sire who remains high on the index despite not having sired large numbers before being sold to China. He had great success at 1.45 and 1.50 in Austria.
His sire Phin Phin, son of Olympian Chin Chin was a GP stallion with numerous international wins at both 1.50 and 1.60.
Her dam is by Wellington, his dam Patty is by the famed thoroughbred Lucky Boy and competed up to Z level in dressage as well as having national success jumping at 1.30.