De Niro Tops 2018 WBFSH Dressage Sire Ranking

Mon, 12/10/2018 - 11:27
Hanoverian
Dolf Keller and De NIro win the 2003 Hamburg Dressage Derby :: Photo © Ridehesten

For the fourth year in a row an for the sixth time in total, the Hanoverian stallion De Niro has topped the WBFSH Dressage Sire Ranking. 

De Niro (by Donnerhall x Akzent II x Wiesenbaum xx) scored far less points on the 2018 Sire Ranking compared to 2017 (32,943 points), his 2018 total of 22,871 points was still far enough for a strong lead on the board.

Grand Prix horses contributing to De Niro's top ranking are Deep Impact, Delatio, Delgado, Super Nova and Darko of De Niro.

The Top 10 Dressage Sire Ranking has the same three stallion in the top three as last year's rankings, but there are also four new comers.

New comers in the top 10 are the KWPN stallion Johnson (by Jazz), the Oldenburg stallion San Remo (by Sandro Hit), the Oldenburg stallion Diamond Hit (by Don Schufro) and the Hanoverian stallion Dimaggio (by Don Primero).

WBFSH Top 10 Dressage Sire Ranking

1 (1) DE NIRO - 22871
2 (2) SANDRO HIT - 19850
3 (3) RUBIN-ROYAL - 18237
4 (5) JAZZ - 14154
5 (6) DON FREDERICO - 12783
6 (12) JOHNSON - 12783
7 (11) DIAMOND HIT - 9459
8 (43) SAN REMO - 9456
9 (21) DIMAGGIO - 9423
10 (8) STEDINGER - 8635

Complete ranking here.

Photo © Ridehesten

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