Check out the complete collection of horses for the 2003 P.S.I. Auction. Each horse is presented and described as well as featured with a photo.
Catalog Number 1: Don Capone
Breed: Oldenburg
Gender: Stallion
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Chestnut
Sire: Don Gregory
Dam Sire: Caprimond
Description:
Don Capone is a 17.0 hh Oldenburg bred stallion, who has been licensed. This beautiful elastic mover is an exceptional horse for people with an exceptional taste.
Don Gregory is a Donnerhall x Graphit sire owned and standing at Gestut Vorwerk, home base of American USET rider Lisa Wilcox. Known for his suppleness and excellent rideability, Don Gregory passes on great movement and character to his offspring.
Dam Sire Caprimond is one of the few Elite Sires of the Trakehner Verband. Caprimond is by Karon out of Capri VI (by Mackensen), which means that he carries a bloodline that represents tradition and the finest selective breeding of the Trakehner Verband. Caprimond passes on a beautiful eye, elegance in movement, and willingness to compete.
Don Capone is a great blend of Oldenburg and Trakehner bloodlines, which make him destined to be a top competition horse and breeding stallion.
Catalog Number 2: Lifestyle
Breed: Bavarian
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Bay
Sire: Lord Sinclair
Dam Sire: Lauritz J
Description:
Lifestyle is a 17.0 hh beautifully developed Bavarian gelding with a wonderful character. Forward and willing, this horse is an international calibre mount.
Sired by Lord Sinclair, Life style carries highly interesting performance blood. Lord Sinclair was double Bundeschampionate champion and a PSI auction horse himself (sold for 2,800,000 DM to Hong Kong). Lord Sinclair is a proven elite sire passing on his talent and quality.
Lauritz J is a Holsteiner sire by Lorenz x Moltke and is a proven performer. He has been a successful international show jumper, as well as a renowned sire, passing on scope, character and strong gaits to his offspring.
Catalog Number 3: Lindgren
Breed: Oldenburg
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Bay
Sire: Levantos I
Dam Sire: Carprilli
Description:
Lindgren is a fabulous 4-year old Oldenburg gelding which steals your heart with his delightfully supple movements and great disposition
Sired by Levantos I, Lindgren carries a top bloodline constellation in the sire line. Levantos I was the 1992 Reserve Champion at the Holstein approval in Neumünster. With Liostro, Ladykiller xx, and Cantus - Holstein line 4705 - in his background, Levantos I is a superb sire who is ranked in the top when it comes to versatility in the breeding value assessment by the German Equestrian Federation.
Dam sire Carprilli (Calypso I x Aldato) has already sired 13 licensed sons and passes on solid conformation and three strong basic gaits to his offspring. Carprilli is proven sire with multiple champion stallions, foals and mares in the breed and show ring in Germany.
Catalog Number 4: Warm Welcome
Breed: Hanoverian
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Bay
Sire: Walt Disney
Dam Sire: Amerigo Vespucci xx
Description:
Warm Welcome is a horse to die for! PSI describes the 4-year old Hanoverian as a possible successor of the Grand Prix horse Weinrausch, but in fact he should be praised for the fortés he's showing right now. What a canter! If there is one reason to order the PSI video tape, it is just to see the canter of this phenomenal horse. Of course excelling in his three basic gaits, Warm Welcome is destined for the international ring; one has not have to be clairvoyant for that.
Sired by Walt Disney, Warm Welcome carries foundation Hanoverian bloodlines that go back to World Cup I (Woermann x Sender). Walt Disney, who is currently standing at stud in Denmark, is known to produce excellent get when paired with blood type (TB, Trakehner) mares. With the thoroughbred Amerigo Vespucci xx as dam sire, Warm Welcome fulfils the requirements of knowledgeable breeding.
Catalog Number 5: Watson
Breed: Westfalian
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1997
Color: Bay
Sire: Weinzauber
Dam Sire: Damenstolz
Description:
Watson is a 6-year old Westfalian gelding and the "oldest" horse of the 2003 PSI Auction Collection. He is very advanced in training level and is ready to go Prix St Georges. Watson is an excellent horse for Young Riders who want to be launched into the Champion's orbit, or for riders who have the ambition to compete at FEI level and claim trophies and ribbons. Watson is a beautiful chestnut gelding with three outstanding paces.
Watson is an experienced show horse and was competed by Sandra Frieling. He qualified for the 2003 Bundeschampionate and finished in a respected fourth place overall at the Championships. The Bundeschampionate were won by another PSI auktion horse, Poetin.
Sired by Weinzauber and out of a Damenstolz dam, Watson is pure Nordrhein Westfalen product. Weinzauber is by Weinberg, who is sire of multiple Grand Prix champions, such as Guenter Seidel's Nikolaus.
Catalog Number 6: Lord Optimist
Breed: Oldenburg
Gender: Stallion (licensed)
Year of Birth: 2000
Color: Dark Bay
Sire: Lord Sinclair
Dam Sire: Cagliostro xx
Description:
The tall 3-year old Lord Optimist is a horse that will make your day: beautiful, modern, elastic and replete with talent.
This dark bay Oldenburg stallion is licensed and was 30-day performance tested in Schlieckau, Germany, in April 2003. He achieved a total score of 8.02 points and showed almost equal talent for dressage as for show jumping. During the 2003 show season, Lord Optimist was competed by Stefanie Kerner, who showed him at the Oldenburg Regional Championships in Rastede. Kerner scored twice 8.2 points and finished second twice in the 3-year old Riding Horse Class for stallions.
Lord Optimist is by the renowned Bavarian stallion Lord Sinclair who passes on suppleness, elasticity and rideability. The dam sire Cagliostro xx infuses refinement and nobleness into Lord Optimist's bloodlines, making him a top level dressage horse and breeding stallion.
Catalog Number 7: Dream Rubin
Breed: Baden Wurttemberg
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Liver Chestnut
Sire: Dream of Heidelberg
Dam Sire: Rubinstein
Description:
PSI described this horse as a "Chocolate Chestnut of the best quality in a small package." If you are a small adult or a junior/young rider who needs sky-is-the-limit-quality in a small package, than Dream Rubin is your dream horse. Although this gelding doesn't stand too high, he has movements of a large framed dressage horse. Electric, supple and obedient, Dream Rubin is a horse that is goin places!
Sired by St Ludwig's pride stallion Dream of Heidelberg (Donnerschlag x Heidelberg) who also sired the licensed stallion Dormello, one of Germany's most popular at stud at the moment. Dream Rubin's dam sire Rubinstein needs to further explanation. Together with Weltmeyer and Donnerhall, Rubinstein has been one of the most influential sires in dressage breeding over the past decade.
Catalog Number 8: Limited Edition
Breed: Westfalian
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Dapple Grey
Sire: Lord Sinclair
Dam Sire: Democraat
Description:
Limited Edition is a natural talent with simply stunning movements, making him a superb prospect for the 2004 Bundeschampionate or any FEI Young Horse Class for the upcoming show season.
PSI has gone Dutch with this Westfalian branded Limited Edition. Sired by the Bavarian multiple Bundeschampionate champion Lord Sinclair, Limited Edition enherited suppleness and elasticity from his sire.
Limited Edition is out of a KWPN mare by Democraat, a licensed sire from the Netherlands, who was briefly competed by Olympic Champion Anky van Grunsven. Democraat is proven foundation stallion with offspring in the international Grand Prix ring, such as Gestion Jup, and get performing at Prix St Georges level, such as Hunter and Dunhill.
Catalog Number 9: Spotlight
Breed: Oldenburg
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1998
Color: Bay
Sire: Sevillano xx
Dam Sire: Weltmeyer
Description:
The 5-year old Oldenburg gelding Spotlight was Reserve Champion at the Regional Championships in Oldenburg and qualified for the 2003 Bundeschampionate. He's Fourth level ready and an interesting FEI prospect. At the 2003 Westfalenwoche, Sandra Frieling scored a 7.5 aboard Spotlight and finished 9th in the qualifying round for 5-year old young horses.
Spotlight is by the Thoroughbred stallion Sevillano xx who has been appreciated by the international press. "Sevillano xx (by Alpenkönig xx out of Serenade xx by Chief xx) is a very successful sire in Oldenburg and also had his first son approved in Neumünster, the premium Donaufischer. It was unbelievable to see him move, espcially keeping in mind that he is a TB. His hind leg activity was exemplary and the spectators rewarded him with several rounds of applause."
Dam sire Weltmeyer needs to further explanation. This proved Hanoverian foundation sire has sired multiple Grand Prix dressage horses and un uncountable amount of licensed sons and St. Pr. mares.
Catalog Number 10: Lots of Fun
Breed: Hanoverian
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Bay
Sire: Longchamp
Dam Sire: Condor M
Description:
Lots of Fun is a lovely 4-year old tall Hanoverian gelding with three fantastic basic gaits and an even more impressive character. Always willing to work, this horse can be counted on all the time.
Lots of Fun's sire Longchamp is by the Thoroughbred Lauries Crusador xx and competed at the German Bundeschampionate. Dam sire Condor M was successful at S-level under legendary rider Dr. Reiner Klimke.
Catalog Number 11: Santa Claus
Breed: Rhinelander
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 2000
Color: Bay
Sire: Sandro Hit
Dam Sire: Mackensen
Description:
The three year old Rhinelander gelding Santa Claus has everything in store to become a wonderful dressage horse. Rhythmical gaits, a great disposition and correct conformation. Santa Claus makes a greay Christmas Present for any ambitious dressage rider!
Sired by World Young Horse Champion Sandro Hit, Santa Claus found additional refinement and athleticism in his dam sire, the Trakehner elite sire Mackensen.
Catalog Number 12: Wiener Charme
Breed: Hanoverian
Gender: Mare
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Dark Bay
Sire: Waldstar xx
Dam Sire: Gloster
Description:
First mare in the 2003 P.S.I. Collection is catalog number 12, the divine 4-year old Hanoverian star Wiener Charme. This dark bay mare is very uphill, has three expressive basic gaits and is a real show star.
The necessity of infusing thoroughbred in the traditional German bloodlines is clear from the large list of xx pedigreed horses in this P.S.I. Collection. Wiener Charme is sired by Waldstar xx, who is a proven stallion with two Bundeschampionate Champion offsprings. Gloster sired the 1997 Bundeschampionate winner Gonzales.
Catalog Number 13: Leporello
Breed: Holsteiner
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1998
Color: Bay
Sire: L'Ombre
Dam Sire: Calando I
Description:
Leporello is the first Holsteiner in the 2003 PSI Collection. According to P.S.I. this 5-year old shows exquisite talent for the piaffe and passage.
Catalog Number 14: Winter Magic
Breed: Oldenburg
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Bay
Sire: Wolkentanz II
Dam Sire: Ex Libris
Description:
Winter Magic is a delightful four-year old Oldenburg gelding with an extraordinary canter. He's definitely fit for the international dressage ring.
Sired by Johannes Westendarp's World Young Horse Championships' participant Wolkentanz II, Winter Magic enherited suppleness and beauty. The KWPN dam sire Ex Libris (Elan xx x Principaal) is a proven performance sire whose offspring is known for its high rideability. Ex Libris won the 1991 stallion performance test in Medingen, scoring 9.0 twice for rideability and for basic gaits.
Catalog Number 15: Rotano
Breed: Hanoverian
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 2000
Color: Dark bay
Sire: Rotspon
Dam Sire: Brentano II
Description:
Rotano is a three-year old gelding of supreme talent. At the CDI Verden, Rotano finished second in the Hanoverian Championships for 3-year olds under Eva Möller. Rotano scored 9 for his walk and trot, 8.5 for his canter and 8.6 overall. At the 2003 Bundeschampionate, Rotano finished seventh overall with 42 points.
Sired by the 1997 Licensing Champion and 1998 Stallion Performance Test Winner Rotspon, Rotano has inherited rideability and beauty from his sire. Brentano II is the 2003 Hanoverian Sire of the Year and has produced world class dressage horses such as Brentina and Poetin.
Catalog Number 16: Weissager
Breed: Rhinelander
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Bay
Sire: Welt Hit I O
Dam Sire: Onyx
Description:
Weissager is a four-year old dressage talent with a beautiful front leg. He is second level trained and will be a super adult amateur dressage horse for riders with great ambition. He's uncomplicated and simple to ride.
Weissager is by Hof Kasselmann's proud stallion Welt Hit O (Weltmeyer x Hill Hawk xx) who unfortunately passed away last year. Onyx is a KWPN sire who can be retrieved in several dressage horse lines. He is the grandsire of approved stallion Nero (Balzflug x Onyx) and Jacorde (Concorde).
Catalog Number 17: Showbiz
Breed: Oldenburg
Gender: Stallion
Year of Birth: 2000
Color: Bay
Sire: Sandro Hit
Dam Sire: Ex Libris
Description:
This three-year old Oldenburg stallion offers perspective as a dressage horse and breeding stallion.
Showbiz is by Sandro Hit, who delivered 12 colts for the 2003 Oldenburg Licensing and sired the Ic Premium stallion this year in Vechta. Dam sire Ex Libris, who is currently up for stud in Australia, has become a highly respected stallion for the KWPN and Oldenburg verband producing top level performance horses.
Catalog Number 18: West Coast
Breed: Hanoverian
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1998
Color: Bay
Sire: Warkant
Dam Sire: Eiger
Description:
West Coast is a massive five-year old gelding destined to make into the 20 x 60 arena for the upper level tests. This bay gelding has superb foundation Hanoverian bloodlines. He is by the 2002 Hanoverian Sire of the Year out of dam sire Eiger I, who was the 1999 Hanoverian Sire of the Year. West Coast's foundation lines guarantee top class breeding.
Catalog Number 19: Liebeszauber
Breed: Westfalian
Gender: Mare
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Bay
Sire: Laurentianer
Dam Sire: Schöning
Description:
The second mare of the P.S.I. collection is Liebeszauber, a charming ballerina bred with the noblest blood, whose name means love magic. Nomen est Omen.
Liebeszauber is by the Young Horse World Champion Laurentianer (by Lauries Crusador xx) who is currently being competed at Intermediaire I level under the Dutch Marlies van Baalen. Liebeszauber's dam sire is Schöning.
Catalog Number 20: Doctor
Breed: Oldenburg
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1998
Color: Chestnut
Sire: Don Gregory
Dam Sire: Corlando
Description:
Doctor is a five-year old Oldenburg gelding who has been praised for his great work ethics and intelligence. Extremely easy to ride and train, Doctor is a very enjoyable dressage horse
Doctor is sired by Gestut Vorwerk's Don Gregory, who is renowned for his pleasant character and the many approved sons, champion stallions, State Premium and Brilliantring mares, Champion mares, top auction horses, German Champions and a World Champion he has fathered. Dam Sire Corlando is a famous Oldenburg show jumping sire going back to the Holsteiner breeding line of Calypso II.
Catalog Number 21: Golden Choice
Breed: Hanoverian
Gender: Mare
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Chestnut
Sire: Grand Cru
Dam Sire: Westbury
Description:
Golden Choice is a delightful Hanoverian dressage mare who has a gifted moving mechanism with an incredible talent for collection.
Golden Choice is by Grand Cru, who is by Grand Garcon out of Athene, the dam of the Dressage World Cup Champion 1998 Walk on Top. Dam sire Westbury is by Wenzel x Aderlass, making Golden Choice a breeding brother of Walk on Top through Wenzel and Athena. Walk on Top has always been considered a prototype of the modern sport horse.
Catalog Number 22: Lord Voltaire
Breed: Rhinelander
Gender: Stallion
Year of Birth: 1999
Color: Bay
Sire: Lord Sinclair
Dam Sire: PRH Voltaire
Description:
Lord Voltaire is a licensed and performance tested Rhinelander breeding stallion made for the dressage ring.
Lord Voltaire is infused with blood of two foundation sires: double Bundeschampionate champion Lord Sinclair as well as Oldenburg/KWPN preferent sire Voltaire.
Catalog Number 23: Paradise Valley
Breed: Hanoverian
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1998
Color: Bay
Sire: Pik L
Dam Sire: Wittelsbach
Description:
Paradise Valley is a beautiful 5-year old Hanoverian gelding with dressage qualities of a very high level. Paradise Valley qualified for the 2003 Bundeschampionate under Sandra Frieling.
Paradise Valley's sire Pik L is currently competing at Intermediaire I level in the United States and was sold to Ann Whitten through P.S.I. He became Intermediaire I Horse of the Year in the States this year. Wittelsbach is by the Thoroughbed Wiesenbaum xx
Catalog Number 24: Worthwile
Breed: Oldenburg
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 1998
Color: Chestnut
Sire: Wenckstern
Dam Sire: Welt As
Description:
The 5-year old Worthwile will definitely be worthwile buying. This lovely chestnut gelding has great balance and self-carriage and is a wonderful future prospect.
Worthwile is sired by Wenckstern (by Weltmeyer) out of a Welt As dam. Welt As gained world fame as the breeding sire of the Olympic Dressage Champion Bonfire.
Catalog Number 25: Livin' Easy
Breed: Bavarian
Gender: Gelding
Year of Birth: 2000
Color: Dark bay
Sire: Lanciano
Dam Sire: Donnerschlag
Description:
Livin' Easy is a gorgeous dark bay gelding with rhythmical uphill gaits. This three-year old gelding is a talented dressage horse with Bundeschampionate qualities.
Sired by Lanciano, Livin' Easy has the same father as elite stallion Lord Sinclair. Dam sire Donnerschlag, who is now breeding in the U.S.A., is the most famous son of Donnerhall. Donnerschlag's son Dublin was sold through the 2002 P.S.I. auction for 270,000 €
Catalog Number 26: Dreamcatcher
Breed: Oldenburg
Gender: Stallion
Year of Birth: 2000
Color: Dark bay
Sire: Day Dream
Dam Sire: Rubinstein
Description:
Dreamcatcher will probably be the second biggest highlight of the 2003 P.S.I collection of dressage horses. Dreamcatcher is an athlete with power and dynamics who already has show experience and has been licensed. Miriam Henschke competed Dreamcatcher at the 2003 Bundeschampionate and finished in a distinguished third place scoring 9.0 for trot and canter, 8.5 for walk, 9.0 for rideability and 9.25 overall.
Dreamcatcher is by the Oldenburg sire Day Dream (by Don Gregory) who was the top auction horse in Vechta in 1996. Day Dream is currently trained at Grand Prix level and was one of the most impressive appearances at the 2003 Althengst Parade at the Oldenburg Stallion Licensing. Dreamcatcher's dam sire is the elite foundation sire Rubinstein.
Catalog Number 27: Poetin
Breed: Brandenburg
Gender: Mare
Year of Birth: 1997
Color: Dark bay
Sire: Sandro Hit
Dam Sire: Brentano II
Description:
Never before did P.S.I. had such an interesting horse up for auction as Poetin. The 6-year old mare was Bundeschampion as a three year old, reserve champion as a four year old, and World Champion AND Bundeschampion as a six-year old. Poetin is the paragon of a modern sport horse: elegance, superb conformation and breathtaking gaits.
Poetin was of Sandro Hit's first crop of foals and bred by the Brandenburg Landgestut. Dam Poesie is by Brentano II, the 2003 Hanoverian Sire of the Year. Poetin is a mare that makes poetry happen in the show ring. She's a unique piece and is reason enough to visit the P.S.I auction, even if you are not into buying a horse!