The Westfalian foundation stallion Florestan I has passed away at age 26 at his home Landgestut Warendorf in Germany on Tuesday 2 January 2011. The stallion stopped breeding three years ago and was enjoying his retirement at the stud farm.
Bred by Grit and Eberhard Schulte-Böcker in Geilenkirchen, Germany, Florestan was by Fidelio I out of Raute (by Rheingold x Garamond).
The bay was the champion of the 1988 Rhinelander stallion licensing and was immediately bought by the Landgestut Warendorf. He won his Stallion Performance Test in Warendorf with a total index of 129,02 points and was winner of the dressage and show jumping division.
Florestan became a true foundation stallion stamping his offspring and creating a breeding line of his own. He was the runner up on the 2011 WBFSH Dressage Sire Ranking thanks to his successfull offspring competing at Grand Prix level dressage. More than 2,000 offspring are registered as competition horse in Germany.
Ninety sons are licensed for breeding (Fidermark, Florencio, French Kiss, First Dance, Festrausch, Fleurop, Florentinus V, Floresco, Florestano, Florianus, Florett As, Furstenreich, Furst Heinrich, etc. )and 222 daughters were proclaimed State Premium mares. In his last breeding year at the station in Bad Sassendorf, Florestan still covered 130 mares naturally but his fertility had decreased immensely at the end of his breeding career.
Florestan was one of the first stallions to cover more than 500 mares in one season. The bay stallion achieved this record in 1996.
Photo © Bernd Eylers - courtesy Landgestut NRW
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