Askari (Stallion)

Askari (Stallion)

His sire Acord II, a stallion performance test winner and vice-champion at the federal show jumping championships already attained Europe-wide recognition at an early age. His first few crops of foals resulted in numerous approved sons, including diverse champion stallions. Acord II has already led in the nation-wide German National Equestrian Federation (FN) breeding value rating for show jumping a number of times. The blood impressed dam sire Lavall I began his siring career at the Holstein Association before becoming both a breeding and a sports stallion in Denmark. Lavall I, who is stationed as a state stallion in Moritzburg today, has transmitted himself in an exceptionally versatile manner. He has moreover been successful in competition sport on the course up to advanced level. The grandam Tibris is a full-sister of the sires of distinction, Calypso I, II, III, IV and V. There are also close kinship relations to the erstwhile double federal cross-country championship winner Calgary (1990 and 1991), who was ridden by Herbert Blocker parallel to his stud duty. The dam of the Calypso brothers was moreover the full-sister of Granat (by Consul), who in his day, was one of the most successful dressage horses in the world under the Swiss rider Christine Stiickelberger. Bloodline 6582 also brought forth the stallions Flamberg (Holstein Association, the Argentine), Lehnbach (private stallion Saxony) and Limmerick (private stallion Hesse, Britain). Lehnbach is a successful international three-day eventer, whilst his sister Gerlis (by Lavall II) won a number of show jumper tests and qualified for the Federal Championship.

Askari absolved his stallion performance test in Neustadt/Dosse in 2000, where he sovereignly won the partial index for jumping and came overall third of a large age group of fellow contenders. In 2001, he had a considerable number of wins in novice and elementary class show jumper tests. He continued these successes in 2002 in the elementary and intermediate classes. The peaks of his young career as a show jumper so far, are his becoming Schleswig-Holstein state show jumping champion and the federal vice-champion five-year old show jumper.

Askari's first covering duties began as a leased stallion at the Brandenburg state stud of Neustadt/Dosse in 2000 and 2001. He presented five foals at the foal championship of the Berlin-Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt horse breeder's associations in 2002, four of which reached the diamond ring heat. One of the fillies became vice-champion. Askari has been at stud at the Hell station in Holstein since 2002.

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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