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This seven-year-old Kannan son totally embodies Holsteiner type and shines in particular with his very good basic gaits; moreover, he attracts attention through extraordinary ability and his careful jumping.
Keaton has performed convincing all along the line, chalking up excellent results in young horse jumping classes including at the National championship 2021. As a sire, he has already produced interesting and widely noticed stallion candidates from his first crops. Keaton offspring have been repeatedly attracting attention at foal shows due to their good and elastic movement.
Keaton provides the breeders with a genetic alternative combining top-class French genes with a proven damline know championship produce, which makes him a very interesting stud option for many Holsteiner mares.
He appears to be reliable in passing on his quality movement and jumping potential to his offspring. Even though mares should be sufficiently modern, height should not be an issue. As his sire Kannan might come through all the same, he is best bred to modern mares. He is sensitive, yet good-natured – another point in favour of using this stallion other than to improve sport horse qualities.
Euro 350,- + VAT
plus Euro 450,- + VAT when pregnant; plus
Euro 100,- + VAT Foal fee
Euro 350,- + VAT
plus Euro 850,- + VAT when pregnant
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Sire
Keaton exemplifies the successful breeding philosophy to breed exceptional international outcross stallions on proven Holsteiner damlines.
His sire Kannan has been officially ranked among the top sires in the world for years, with sport horses like Olympic winner Nino de Buissonnets, Quabri de L’Isle and Molly Malone an obvious reflection of his sire qualities.
Damline
His dam sire Contendro I used to be one of the most frequently used stallions in Germany with successful showjumping offspring like Codex One, Conthendrix and Holiday by Solitour. Contendro I has also established an excellent reputation for his eventing offspring, with the Contender son topping the 2018 WBFSH eventing sire ranking.
The damline was bred through famous stallions like Ramiro and Landgraf I, as well as the TB sires Der Löwe and Royal Wash, with the mare Nigella a half sister to the licensed stallions Lancer I-III.
The Holsteiner studbook has seen Keaton’s mare family 4847 come to the fore again and again through sport horse produce like Carlos Boy and Lysander and the licensed stallions Cascadello I+II, Lancer I-III and Cachas.
Own Performance of Keaton
Keaton completed 14-day ability assessment with flying colours. The judges awarded him 10.0 on character, 9.75 on temperament, 9.5 on willingness to perform and 9.0 on jumping aptitude, resulting in a jumping weighted total mark of 8.68.
In his first showing season, Keaton chalked up many top finishes in young horse jumping classes at A level under the saddle of Lisa-Minou Eggers.
At five-year-old, Keaton won several young horse jumping classes up to M* level scoring as high as 9.2. He performed brilliantly at the Warendorf National Championship, jumping clear in all three classes. In the final, he placed an excellent sixth with Massimo Bonomi.
Six-year-old he continued his streak of success as he won and placed in young horse jumping classes up to M level and again qualified for the National Championship.
Test results
14-Tage-Test 2019 in Schlieckau: Gesamt 8,23; Dres. 7,46; Spr. 8,68
Offspring of Keaton
Keaton has had very interesting and typey foals in his first crops. Kanada, a typey Keaton filly out of a Clarimo dam (Lass KG, Leck) realized 15,000 euros when she was sold through the Holsteiner foal auction at the Hamburg Derby.
