Hip Hop Named Swedish Warmblood Elite Stallion

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Swedish Warmblood Breeding News

The versatile Swedish warmblood licensed stallion Hip Hop has been proclaimed elite stallion based on his high quality hereditability and the achievements of his offspring in sport.

To be named a Swedish Warmblood elite stallion offspring has to be competing at S-level with at least 30 of them actively competing in sport. The oldest needs to be at least 7 years old and the sire needs to have a breeding index of 130 in show jumping or 125 for dressage.

Hip Hop is bred by Gunhild Persson and owned by Mazurkas HH. The 17-year old Swedish warmblood is by Felciano out of Mazurka (by Electro x Hertung x Jovial).

Hip Hop's oldest offspring is now 12 years old and his most succesful get is competing at international S-level in show jumping. Amongst them are jumpers Flecu, Juliana, Sundance and Cha Cha Cha. Swedish eventing mare Alice won the Breeder's Trophy as a 4, 5 and 6-year old.

Hip Hop's best performing dressage offspring is Isac (by Hip Hop x Master) who won the Swedish Young Horse Championships three years in a row and who was a finalist at the 2010 and 2011 World Young Horse Championships in Verden, Germany, under Minna Telde.

Minna Telde and Isac The Swedish Warmblood society also gave the A-status to four older licensed breeding stallions: Belamour (by Belissimo M x Lord Sinclair), Johnson (by Jazz x Flemmingh), Floricello (by Florencio x Dormello) and Quaterback (by Quaterman x Brandenburger).

Two dressage stallions, who are no longer standing up for stud, also received A-status: D-Day (by Donnerschwee x Welt As), who was gelded in 2007, and the late Heslegards Rubin (by Rubinstein x Inschallah AA) who died in April 2014.

The A-status is allocated to sires who have been able to produce offspring that is competing at a national level. They have to have scored at least an index of 130 in show jumping or 125 in dressage in the BLUP-test and at least 25 young horses have to have been tested, of which at least 10 need to meet the criteria.