Acorado II
His sire Acord II, a stallion performance test winner and federal vice-champion show jumper already attained Europe- wide fame at a relatively young age. His first few crops of foals resulted in numerous approved sons, including diverse champion stallions. Earlier on, his dam Doreen XIII had been mated with Acorado I, to produce Acorado II's older full-brother, who was the stallion performance test winner in Adelheidsdorf in 1997. In 1999 and 2000, Acorado I had wins in series in show jumper tests at elementary and intermediate levels, before competing successfully in the federal German show jumping championships in the same years. The damsire Corrado I had international successes under Franke Sloothaak in Nation's Cups and top level championships. Numerous Corrado I sons have thus far been approved and are actively performing stud duty in different German breeding regions. Corrado's progeny have established themselves well in the show jumping sport. Ramiro too made a name for himself on the international stage, both in speed show jumping and in puissance classes, winning Grand Prix' competitions. Apart from Alme Z, Ramiro was the second stallion to exert a substantial influence on horse breeding not only in Europe, but world-wide. In addition to the more than 60 approved sons, Ramiro presented famous competition sports horses such as Fatinitza 6, Ramiros Girl, Ramzes 6, Ramira, Riva, the twofold federal championship mare Rosella G, Rinnetou Z and the multiple success horse Ratina Z. A number of these derive from the combination Ramiro-Alme Z, which in a broader sense also applies to Acorado II. Acorado II stems from bloodline 776, which is the bloodline that also brought forth Ramiro himself. This lineage which is one of the most important and distinguished in Holstein per se, produced inter alia, the stallions Calvados I and II, Captain Incipit, Carlos DZ, Colorado, Comanche D, Cortino I and II, Explorer, Highvalley, Koriander, Landos, Lauritz I, Lipari, Lord Incipit, Lordanos, Los Alamos, Louis J, Lucky Mind, My Lord, Noble Boy, Rocco, Rossini, Rouletto, Schampain and Sirius Son as well as the international prime quality horse Tatjana 56/1. Miinzner resp. L. Diniz.
Acorado II was approved in Neustadt/Dosse in 2000, where he became vice-champion. Thereafter, he absolved his stallion performance test in performance class I, likewise in Neustadt/Dosse. In 2002, he had his debut in the jumping sport and had series wins in show jumper tests in the novice and elementary classes with scores up to 8.8.
SIRE: Acord II was another stallion discovered by master stallion master, Maas J. Hell and he has stood at the Stall Hell from 1992 to this day, standing jointly with the State Stud Celle from 1994 onwards.
Acord II easily won his performance test in 1991, scoring 9.5 to 10 for showjumping, and 9 to 9.67 for rideability. His overall score was 146.04 scoring 138.26 in dressage and 148.47 in jumping.
He went on to the 1992 Bundeschampionate in Verden where he was reserve champion behind Franke Sloothaak and the Caletto I son, Calero. That year, five sons of the Zangersheide stallion, Ahorn Z {not to be confused with Weipke van der Lageweg’s Ahorn by Nimmerdor} qualified for the Bundeschampionate.
Acord II followed in the distinguished footsteps of his older brother, Acord I, who was an international showjumper in The Netherlands before being sold to the USA. His younger brother, Acord III was the champion stallion in Brazil. Acord II continued to compete up to Advanced level for winnings of Euro 4,029, however his progeny have won over a quarter of a million euros, with 327 jumpers who have placed in competition, and 47 dressage horses. As of 2003, Acord II has an FN jumping ranking of 143, as against his dressage ranking of 106. The Hanoverian Stallion book for 2003 records that on the basis of mare tests and auction evaluations, he has a dressage score of 99 but a jumping score of 149 – with a negative trot score of 86, but a positive canter score of 129.
Acord II is out of Ribecka, who was a champion mare in Holstein. Mandarin in the fourth line of her pedigree is out of Holle, who was also the grand-dam of Ramiro. Mandarin’s daughter Urbine is the grand-dam of the international jumper and supersire, Burggraaf. On the other side, the line travels to that hugely influential Thoroughbred, Ladykiller, through his son Lancaster, who also carried the blood of the anglo arab, Ramzes and was himself a showjumping competitor. Ribecka was by one of the most influential sons of Cor de la Bryère, Calypso I.
Ahorn Z is Zangersheide through-and-through being out of THE foundation mare of the stud, the legendary Heureka. Stud principal, Leon Melchior purchased the mare from German showjumping champion, Hermann Schridde (1964 Tokyo Olympic reserve-champion and 1965 European Champion} just after he and Heureka won the 1970 Aachen Grand Prix. She was bred to the stallion Melchior ‘pinched’ from France, the great Almé to produce Ahorn Z.
Acord II has produced more than 40 stallion sons, one of the more famous is Broere VDL Atlantic, who was the Six Year Old Jumping Champion at the 1999 Bundeschampionate with Ulrich Kirchhoff. Another stallion son to shine with Kirchhoff is Action Hero - like Atlantic, he is based in Holland. In Germany his stallion sons are Acorado, Antaeus, Alboretto, Ars Vivendi, All in One and As di Villagana.
As of 2003, Acord II has produced 60 dressage competitors and 404 jumpers (52 to advanced level} for winnings of Euro 736,475.
Acord II’s entry in the Hanoverian Studbook includes the comment: "His first foals are impressive with a strong, correct conformation and above average floating movements." In 2003, Acord II was ranked 9th on the Hanoverian jumping stallion standings.
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