- Brentano II
Brentano II is an influential stallion who has sired several
dressage horses. His offspring include the Olympic medalistBrentina , and now-deceasedPoetin .* Foaled:
1983
* Height: 16.1¾ hh
* Color: Chestnut
* Markings: Star, sock LF, half-stocking both hind
* Breed:Hanoverian
* Breeding: by Bolero, out of Glocke by Grande
* Breeder: Dr. Max Schulz-StellenflethBreeding
Brentano II is by the stallion Bolero, who was a very successful dressage horse and sire, and a foundation sire for the B-line. His dam, Glocke, by Grande and is from a notable mare line from Hanover. The combination of Bolero and Grande is well-known to produce dressage horses.
Success
As a two-year-old, Brentano II was champion at his stallion licensing held at Verden. In 1986, he was second at his stallion performance test, finishing with a score of 129.97. At four, he finished in fourth place at the Federal Championships of the German Riding.
Brentano II was trained to the Grand Prix level of
dressage . He was later named Hanoverian Stallion of the Year in 2003.Results from his stallion performance test
Performance Test: 1986, Adelheidsdorf:
* Overall score 129.97 (2nd of 32)
* Dressage score 141.41 (1st)sex
* Jumping score 105.20 (15th)Progeny
*
Brentina : Team & Individual Gold at 1999 Pan Am Games, 2001 achieved highest Grand Prix score for an American horse. Part of silver-winning US Dressage Team at the 2002 Olympics.
*Poetin : One of the most expensive dressage prospects to date (sold for over $2,000,000), winner of the World Breeding Championships Dressage of Young Horses and the Federal Championships, before her untimely death. Brentano II was her dam-sire.
* Bone Dea II: Champion mare at the 2000 Ratje-Niebuhr-Show (Hanoverian Broodmare Show)
* Brasseur P
* Bandito
* Bon Jovi
* Barclay: Olympic competitor with rider Swen Rothenberger
* Bernstein
* Brentano Ultimo : Last Offspring of Brentano II (Sire) and Weltmeyer (Dam-sire) which both retired in 2006. Chestnut Colt born May 2006 (Video Clip and photos available at [http://www.vonhermsdorf.com/fohlen/brentano_weltmeyer.htm] ).
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