Presented on July 31, 2008 at the Vhw Inspection held at Southlane Farm in Vankleek Hill, This Lovely Filly was awarded Canadian Hanoverian Breeders Club of Eastern Ontario - Champion Filly 2008. Her Sire is De Niro (Donnerhall) who was Awarded Hanoverian Stallion of the year in 2008. Her Dam is Laura (Longchamp/Maurice). Our filly is a lovely black/bay, correct filly, with nice straight legs, a lovely head and neck set, built uphill with a great topline and hind end. She is a real nice package ! It is hard to flaw this dressage bred filly. We were so pleased with the cross of De Niro to our mare Laura, that Laura was bred back to De Niro for a 2009 foal. Our 2009 filly (full sister to this filly) was awarded Top foal and Top Dressage Bred Foal at the 2009 Vhw Hanoverian Inspection. This cross proved again to produce a fantastic foal. The Sire De Niro is 16.3 H.H. / Dam Laura is 16.1 H.H. This filly should mature in the same height range. This filly is very dark Bay, close to Black in color.
Sire De Niro was awarded Hanoverian Stallion of the year 2008. De Niro is a Hanoverian stallion who is one of the most sought-after sires in Germany. He is a strong, athletic stallion with a fantastic temperament and trainability that passes through to his offspring.

In 2000 De Niro was declared the best new generation Grand Prix dressage horse, having won at Prix St. Georges, Intermediare I and II and Grand Prix - all at the age of seven! He can also jump, and was considered one of the best jumping stallions at the Verden stallion market in 1995. He was Reserve Champion of his Stallion Performance Test with the best dressage performance. De Niro was awarded the I-a main premium by the Oldenburg Association in 1997 as a result of his overwhelming breeding value rating.
De Niro is approved in the following registries: Hannoverian, Oldenburg, Westfalen, Rheinland, Sachsen-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Swedish, Denmark and Frankreich. De Niro is an incrediblely athletic horse with a very friendly disposition. He produces extremely talented offspring. De Niro has an amazing show and breeding record.

1997 Vice-champion at the SPT in Adelheidsdorf with a total index of 141.93 and rideability champion!
2000 Successfully shown at Grand Prix, by the age of 7

2001 Champion at the German Championship for Professional Rider with Dolf-Dietram Keller

2002 Winner of international Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special tests in Saumur and Berlin

2003 Winner of the German Dressage Derby in Hamburg

2004 Presented the champion stallion, Dancier, at the stallion licensing in Verden

Meanwhile De Niro has already got more than 60 approved sons. His offspring are highly popular all over the world reaching top prices at all auctions.His son, DeFacto, out of a Walt Disney mare was licensed Premium at the 2001 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing in Verden Germany, and brought the highest price (530,000 DM) at auction. His son Daily Pleasure (dam from Ehrenmarsch) became predominantly German Champion of the 4 year old dressage horses. In.2004 in addition to two vice-champion stallions De Niro also presented the champion stallion at the stallion licensing in Verden, named Dancier. At the German Young Horses’ Championship in 2005 his offspring were highly successful.In 2005 In Verden De Niro (dam sire) presented the top-priced (800,000 Euro) stallion champion. In 2006 with 14 descendants De Niro presented the highest quota at German Young Horses’ Championship in Warendorf and returned to Grand Prix sports.

Location/Year: Adelheidsdorf/1996
Total Number of Stallions Tested: 50
Total Index: 141.93
Place: 2 nd
Dressage Index: 145.41 Place: 1 st
Jumping Index: 117.75 Place: 11th

Hanoverian Breeding Values
(obtained from the 2007 Hannoveraner Jahrbuch Hengste)

Breeding Values Studbook Inspections
Riding Horse Points/Typeness= 125
Limbs (Conformation)= 133

Breeding Values Mare Performance Test
Dressage= 131
Show Jumping= 61

De Niro's sire Donnerhall, was a most outstanding stallion combining a sports career at international Grand Prix level with a remarkable breeding performance. Hardly a stallion has had a greater lasting influence on contemporary German dressage sport and the breeding of dressage horses than that of the recently deceased Donnerhall. The Oldenburg stallion was a German champion and came third in the world freestyle championships. He was also team world champion in The Hague in the Netherlands. He moreover came individual third and team champion at the 1997 European dressage championships in Verden. In 1998 he became team world champion in Rome. The dam Alicante, herself a successful dressage horse, earlier produced the full De Niro brother Dimension, who has a fine reputation as a sire in Westphalia. The dam's sire Akzent II was regarded as one of the best producers of rideability in modern day horse breeding. He has frequently made the news by his presentation of sensational stallion sons and expensive auction horses. He is also the dam's sire of stallions, apart from the dam's sire Akzent II was regarded as one of the best producers of rideability in modern day horse breeding. He has frequently made the news by his presentation of sensational stallion sons and expensive auction horses. He is also the dam's sire of stallions, apart from De Niro and Dimension, the esteemed sires Gralshueter, Carismo, Welton, Trend, Pik Labionics, World Man G, Grannus As and Gracieux. The pedigree is strengthened by the performance thoroughbred Wiesenbaum xx, who established his position through his sons Wiesengrund, Wittelsbach and the legendary sire Ferdinand. The dam line is identical in its origins to that of the stallion Dewett (Zweibruecken state stallion), Gomez (Dillerburg state stallion), Laurion (private stallion Oldenburg), Wapiti (Celle state stallion) and Wogenbrecher (private stallions Westphalia). This dynasty is also represented by the international showjumper Landdame (Franke Sloothaak) who is Laurion’s full sister.
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