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This son of Comme il faut embodies archetypical Holsteiner type and presents himself as a model stallion with regard to type and athleticism. Charaktervoll is a youngster attracting the breeders’ attention not only through his successful outings in competition but also his excellent offspring.
The young stallion is able to present himself to best advantage in all three gaits thanks to his well-constructed rectangular frame with a strong top-line and correct legs. His strong hind leg and back not only enable him to move with the desired up-hill tendency but also provide him with exceptional jumping potential. His excellent canter is a requirement for an optimum jumping process. His strength allows for the desired push at take-off in combination with a very good technique and great carefulness, and particularly impressive hind leg technique. Under the rider, he shows convincing throughness and excellent rideability.
Charaktervoll displays Holsteiner type, with good depth of body, yet athletic and with a smoothly connected topline. His first foal crops have been particularly striking with regard to canter, which he has been able to improve very much. Charaktervoll himself excels at canter. Moreover, he is expected to pass on his propulsive power to his offspring.
Euro 350,- + VAT
plus Euro 400,- + VAT when pregnant
plus Euro 100,- + VAT Foal fee
Euro 350,- + VAT
plus Euro 850,- + VAT when pregnant
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Sire
Comme il faut’s breeding is a combination of international top successful bloodlines. In addition to his Olympic level own performance, his sire Cornet Obolensky has been one of the best jumping sires in the world for years now with exceptional horses like Clooney, Cornet d’amour, Cornado I and Cornado NRW attesting to his quality as a sire. His dam Ratina made Olympic history as well. Her achievements with Piet Reymakers and Ludger Beerbaum include winning individual and team gold at the 1997 Mannheim Europeans, individual silver and
team gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and team gold at the 1994 Den Haag WEG.
Already at the Warendorf National Championship Comme il faut had stood out for his quality and carefulness. Later he went on to compete at international top level with Marcus Ehning, with his performance at the 2019 Rotterdam Europeans the crowning glory of his career.
Damline
Charaktervoll’s damline is influenced by successful international stallions, proven and reliable dams and an internationally successful Holsteiner mare family. The stallions in the tail female line, Contendro I, Capitol and Caletto II, are high-profile international sport horse sires, all of them, with highly successful offspring up to Olympic level. Dam, second dam, and third dam have all produced show jumping offspring with S level achievements.
Mare family 474 has produced top level sport horses and breeding stock time and again. The doubtless most well-known current representative of this family is Q-Verdi, ridden by Maikel van der Vleuten.
Own Performance of Charaktervoll
Charaktervoll was given a jumping weighted total mark of 8.58 in the Neustadt upon Dosse stallion performance test.
He received 9.5 on his willingness to perform, and 9.0 on his jumping ability and temperament. He completed sport testing at Münster-Handorf with a final mark of 8.96 - canter 8.6, ability 9.2, technique 8.7, rideability 9.3 and overall impression 9.0.
Charaktervoll’s first showing season in 2021 was very successful. In June, he became State Champion of the four-year-old jumping horses. He started in five classes, winning four of them at scores up to 9.2. Five-year-old, he qualified for the Warendorf National championship with Lars Bak Andersen and placed in young horse jumping classes up to M* level.
Test results
Sport test 2021 in Münster-Handorf: weighted jumping final score 8,96
Sport test 2022 in Verden: weighted jumping final score 8,88
Offspring of Charaktervoll
Charaktervoll’s first foals have demonstrated convincing type. In 2022, a colt by Charaktervoll out of a Cassini II dam (Deike Ahsbahs, Bokel) placed third in the Holsteiner state foal championship in Bad Segeberg.
