Fun, sporty, and honest, this beautiful mare is on the way up. Edin is a straightforward ride with an excellent foundation of professional training. She is going well in shows and ready for a child/adult amateur to continue her development as a fabulous jumper/hunter prospect.

Edin's pedigree is a veritable who’s-who of jumping prowess. She is a well-behaved, resilient mare who follows the fashion of her Cardento and Nimmerdor kin as a brave, athletic, and sensible horse. After several years as a brood mare, Edin has resumed her career in sport and is going well under saddle.

Sire: Olympic Cardento, grey Holsteiner by Capitol I is a 17 h (173 cm) is an Elite stallion from a superior line of jumpers. Three silver medals—2004 Olympics, World Cup, and European Championship—reside in his trophy case. Cardento offspring compete in international venues under world-class riders. He has high jumping indices in the studbooks of KWPN (148), Sweden (165), and Germany (154). Cardento semen is now rare, as the 1992 stallion is retired at VDL Stud in the Netherlands.

Dam: Edin comes from a superb mareline. Her dam KWPN mare, Lidin Elite, is a rare direct daughter of Nimmerdor. Lidin has produced many well-conformed, attractive, and powerful offspring at Carnival Hill Farm in New Hampshire. Lidin was imported from the Netherlands following successful competition at national level Z (4’ 3”) jumping and transitioned to broodmare duties. Lidin’s dam, the Prestatie mare Cilia, was by the Keur stallion Uniek. Uniek was sired by the Preferent stallion Uppercut xx. Lidin’s sire, Nimmerdor, was one of the best showjumpers of his era. Highly placed in the Dutch and WBFSH jumper sire rankings, Nimmerdor also sired successful dressage horses. This superstar of the VDL Stud breeding program was awarded the title of “KWPN Stallion of the Century” in 2000. Nimmerdor’s profound influence in the KWPN continues in his 18 approved sons and 39 approved grandsons.

Another Cardento daughter with Nimmerdor in her damline, Fame VDL, topped the sales at the September 2015 Dutch Sport Horse Sale. Edin comes from the same superb gene pool and shows all the traits of a focused performer who can “dig down” to use her grit when the going gets tough.