Eclipse by Ehrentusch has produced a handsome boy by the legendary Don Frederico! He is a fantastic upper level dressage prospect who has the best characteristics of both of his exceptional parents. He has inherited his mothers strong body and joints, power, and quiet temperment, and his fathers elacticity, movement, and classic good looks. This boy is strong, healthy, and correct. He is inquisitive, sweet natured, and confident. Don Quixote is registered and branded Hanoverian.

Quixote has been handled daily from birth, is easy to handle and loves attention. He is always the first at the fence to want attention and is very personable. He stands quietly for grooming, ties, and is well behaved for the vet and farrier work. He is UTD on vaccines, trims and deworming. Quixote has been lightly started with basic ground work, lunges with side reins, long lines and has been backed. He has handled the training like a pro, is eager to learn, and loves to work.

His sire is the elegant and impressive Don Frederico who became Champion of the 1999 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing. This "eye-catcher" completed his stallion performance test as runner-up with the amazing score of 151.67 points in the dressage section. He also constantly improved his qualities during the test, proving his excellent mental qualities.

Don Frederico convinces by his excellent rideability and his very good basic gaits which will impress all dressage riders. He is a member of the Celle black horse dressage quadrille. His offspring are also demonstrating dressage excellence. In 2005, Dantonisius and Dark Carlotta were Champion and Reserve Champion Four Year Old Riding horses (mares and geldings) at the Bundeschampionate. Don Frederico was rated by the German Equestrian Federation as the second most valuable sport horse breeding stallion of 2005, based on his Breeding Value Index of 174 points, with an assurance of 89% heritability.

In 2009 he was awarded the Grande Prize of the Hanoverian Verband in part because of the resounding success of offspring such as the internationally successful Grand Prix gelding, Don Johnson (mv Warkant) ridden by Isabell Werth, and the Olympic team silver medalist, Diva Royal (mv Warkant), ridden by Dorothee Schneider. Don Johnson and Isabell Werth have won many top CDNs and CDIs including the Grand Prix Special at the 2012 CHIO Aachen and the 2012 Vienna Masters CDI4* Grand Prix. The 10 yr. old mare, Diva Royal, and Dorothee Schneider made their debut at the Olympic Games and impressed everyone with a final Kur score of 81.661 placing 7th in the world.

Don Quixote's dam Eclipse is by Ehrentsuch. Ehrentusch was the champion of the 1987 stallion performance test at Warendorf finishing first in both the dressage and jumping sections. At the 1989 DLG show in Frankfurt, he was reserve to Weltmeyer.

Ehrentusch has been a consistent sire of young horses at the Bundeschampionate – including Ecciavelle, Euro Design, I Cestelli and Espania. He has also produced a number of top priced auction horses, 33 state premium mares, and ten licensed sons including: ECU, Ehrentanz I & II, Ehrenwert, Edinburgh, Ehrenwort, Escobar, Externstein, Ehrenpreise and Ehrenmarsch. He has been a producer of really top dressage horses, like Etienne, a member of the bronze medal winning US team at the Sydney Olympics with Christine Traurig, Eichendorff, a Grand Prix winner with Victoria Max Theurer and Egalite, ridden by Nina Stadlinger for Austria at the 2006 WEG… he has also produced the international carriage horse, Excalibur W, driven by Josef Dobrovitz for Hungary. His showjumpers include: Emily with Rene Tebbel, Escada and Horst-Klaus Heleine and El Paso of Kenia with the Irishman, Denis Lynch.

On the WBFSH dressage stallion standings for 2007, Ehrentusch was in 9th place with five representatives, the most successful being Austria’s Egalité with Nina Stadlinger however by 2013, he had slipped to 43rd, with points from Eichendorff, and Isabell Werth’s El Santo.

This exceptional dressage prospect is available for sale to a serious show home for $20000 Canadian dollars (now $15000 US dollars with exchange) which includes his registration and German Verband passport.