This one should not be missed and the owner is motivated. May 2021 Black Dutch colt by Gaudi (Totilas x DeNiro) out of a Idocus x Metall Mare. Definite Stallion Prospect. Super personality that has a lot of presence. 3 very good clean gaits. Very good to handle. This one has the bloodlines that speak to the very best FEI horses in Europe. Located in Maryland this one will not last long. PM for more information.
About his sire:
GAUDI is the first Totilas offspring standing in the USA. Imported in January 2018 by Shooting Star Farm, his dam is the elite preferent prestation mare Annabel, by De Niro. Bred by the Jansen family at Stable Joppe in The Netherlands, Gaudi has an exceptional pedigree. His dam also produced the KWPN licensed stallions Bretton Woods and Chagall D&R, and from these same dam line comes the licensed stallion Four Legends KS. Annabel leads the KWPN index for dressage mares. She has produced top sport and keuring horses.
About the mare line:
IDOCUS is a 16.3h "Approved" Dutch Warmblood Stallion He is also approved ISR & Oldenburg N/A and by the Oldenburg Verband
Idocus has been presented at the Hengstkeuring in Den Bosch in Febuary 2001. He was accepted to go to Ermelo for the short 3 week test of the 70 day stallion performance testing. He was reviewed by the stallion committee and was named an "Approved" stallion at the end of his testing on March 31st, 2001. I am proud to announce that Idocus is the first stallion to be born in the Netherlands, "made" in the USA and returned to the Netherlands for Approval!
Idocus has been ridden by Marlies van Baalen, the daughter of the renowned rider of Olymic Ferro, Coby van Baalen. Idocus was unable to leave the training and testing grounds of Ermelo for quite some time due to the Hoof and Mouth Disease that was spreading throughout Europe at that time. Even though Idocus was being shown at the Grand Prix level before his approval we thought it best to bring him back slowly. He has been showing at Prix St. George and Intermediare I for the remainder of 2001. Idocus has had a very successful show career so far in 2002 as an International Grand Prix stallion.
Metall is recommended as a dressage sire for the highest demands. With his son, Uthopia, he has already made dressage history by passing on his lightness and movement, as well as a talent for piaffe and passage. Metall is an impressively built stallion who competed successfully up to Prix St. Georges and has produced several Grand Prix horses and licensed sons, the most striking of which is, without a doubt, Uthopia.
Uthopia won Team Gold at the European Championships in Rotterdam and Silver in both the Grand Prix Freestyle and the Special. He often received a 10.0 for his trot work. This was also the case when he won team gold and was placed 5th individually overall (3rd in the Special) at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Métall has also produced licensed stallions like Special D, Maserati, Memphis, Modjo, Uthopia and Ufo. Numerous progeny are not only competing successfully at advanced level in the dressage arena, but also in jumping where horses such as Rentall ridden by Kate Levy are successful in the 1.50 m classes. Metall's daughter Rabiola was the celebrated Grand Champion at Devon in 2006. In addition, his son, Ucento, placed himself in the medal ranks at the European Young Rider's Championships in 2009 and 2010.
According to the KWPN, Métall rightly received a very high breeding value and is noted for having nearly 40% Thoroughbred blood.
Metall's sire, Ferro, achieved the team silver medal as member of the Dutch team at the 2000 Olympic Games, placed sixth at the World Championships in Rome, and was second at the World Cup final in 1999. Ferro has produced numerous top horses. In the dressage world ranking of the WBFSH, he ranked fourth for dressage. His licensed son Rousseau was himself Vice World Champion for Young Dressage Horses and managed the masterpiece of presenting the KWPN champion stallion for the third time in a row.
Metall's dam's sire, Ramiro, belongs to the most famous sires in the world and produced numerous international championship horses like Olympic gold medalist Ratina Z. Metall stems from the Dutch mare line 8, well known as the Reina line, which belongs to the best mare lines in Dutch breeding. This line produced the stallions Bonaparte Z, Charmeur, Drakdream (performance test winner), Eros, Fuerst Frederik, Johnson (stallion champion), Kapriool, Mendel, Sir Primeur, Sultan, Udarco, and Waldo.
In 2013, Metall presented his offspring, and as expected, they were brilliant in type with outstanding gaits. Metall: the appearance of a Thoroughbred combined with top Dutch genetics.