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A Gentleman
in the Stables;
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A
Lion
in the Arena
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"Lord's
Orion"
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A
Solid, Consistent Performer
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Lord's
Orion
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| Holstein
Stallion by "Lord" (Germany) |
Open
Jumper
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Shown
Internationally in Europe, USA &
Canada
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Possesses
Ideal Characteristics for Hunters,
Jumpers,
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Dressage
& 3 Day Eventers
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| Reduced
for Soft Market |
Was
$2000 |
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Stud Fee: |
Now
Only $1500 |
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| Artificial Insemination
/ Cool Shipped Semen |
| Breed Registration: 21
01769 89 |
Lovettsville,
Virginia (Loudoun County)
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Disposition:
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Characteristics:
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- Bold,
Careful, Clean Jumper
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- 12'
Stride Perfectly Suited
for Show Jumping
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- Classic
Jumping Technique
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- Solid,
Substantial Bone
Structure
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- Well-Constructed
Muscular & Tendons
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- Handsome,
Appealing Looks
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Sire of
"Lord's Orion"
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"Lord"
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Sire of "Lord's
Orion"
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"Lord"
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World Class European Grand Prix Jumper
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Day Eventer |
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Excerpts
from the Equine
Direct Profile
on Lord:
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| The English stallion, Ladykiller was a
success right from the start in his second career in
Holstein. His first crop produced eight approved sons,
including the great Landgraf; his second crop featured
the licensing winner, Lord, while his third produced the
German Showjumping Derby winner, Boy (ridden by Eddie
Macken). Lord’s dam sire, Cottage Son was another of
the excellent band of Thoroughbred stallions that played
such a key role in producing the modern Holsteiner. |
| His first crop produced the international
showjumper, Livius who won the 1980 German Showjumping
Derby under Peter Luther, and then team medals at the
1981 European Championships, the World Championships of
1982 and the 1984 Olympic Games. In fact the showjumping
family Luther has been instrumental in the success of
Lord – Peter Luther’s sons both starred on Lord
progeny – Thieß rode the licensed stallion, Lord
Incipit with great success, and Haucke Luther was a star
in the puissance with Lyra 20. Other successful
competitors by Lord include Luguna (K. Huck), Lafeyette (H.
Schmidt), Actrice (C. O. Nagel), Lusius (E. Gundel) and
Pedro who competed at the World Championships in Dublin
with Thomas Frühmann, Loyal 9 (P. Nagel-Tornau) and many
more. Successful sire sons include Lantaan in Holstein,
and the sadly short-lived, Lord Liberty in Oldenburg. |
| Lord won the stallion approval in 1969 and
quickly became a successful sire. In 1994 alone, his
progeny won over 355,000 DM in Germany. Lord’s
lifetime progeny earnings exceed 3 million DM and include
some of the world’s top names, including Armerica I,
Top Seed (Anne Kursinski), Indeed (Anne Kursinski),
L’Eperon, Lordon, Lord Z, Latinus, Montanus, Jump,
BB Comtessa, Elmshorn, Landsohn, Lord Caletto, Ligorett
and many others. |
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Grandsires
of "Lord's Orion"
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| "Ladykiller" |
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| Sire of "Lord" |
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| "LadyKiller" |
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| Paternal Grandsire of
"Lord's Orion" |
| A Prolific Thoroughbred
Very Popular with North European |
| Warmblood Breeders for
Infusing Selective TB Traits |
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Excerpts
from the Equine
Direct Profile
on Ladykiller:
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| Ladykiller xx embodies the powerful type of
the thoroughbred. He was a strikingly handsome stallion
with pronounced masculine attributes. He had an excellent
mastery of the three basic gaits and was imbued with the
very best character and temperament values. Of the
enormous number of thoroughbreds that were applied in
breeding in the 1960s and the early 1970s he turned out
to be the best by far. The sires who came before him such
as Anblick xx and Cottage Son xx who performed stud duty
as contemporaries of Ladykiller xx like the stallions
Manometer xx and Marlon xx, also founded their own
stallion lines. None however was as convincing on such a
broad basis as Ladykiller xx. |
| He clearly transmitted himself his marked
type the magnificent head correct and powerful foundation
and excellent jumping ability in regard to capacity
manner of jumping leg technique and above all spirit. A
number of his progeny were conspicuous because of their
light tan colour with green legs as well as the
occasionally open kidney region. His chestnuts were
consistently even nobler than his bay progeny. Particular
successes were achieved by mating with mares that were
also of noble blood. Thus his best stallion sons by far
Landgraf I and Lord were both bred out of mares who
themselves had significant proportions of the best
thoroughbred blood. |
| Landgraf I became the most important sire of
showjumpers of the twentieth century. The Holstein
Breeder’s Association erected a life-sized bronze
monument in his honour on the precincts of the
association centre in Elmshorn the unveiling of which
Landgraf I attended personally. Lord was approvals
champion and likewise sent a whole armada of progeny to
victory on the great showjumping courses around the globe.
The fact that he was a three-quarter bred may be the
reason why his hereditary transmission was not always of
a completely harmonious type. |
| Even though Ladykiller did not really sire
dressage horses he produced a son Lido whose forte in
hereditary transmission was exactly in the field of
dressage. It would be hard to find another Holsteiner who
procreated dressage horses for the very highest demands
as this stallion. In the Netherlands the Ladykiller xx
son Heidelberg who was named after his damsire became the
pacemaker of the breed. The sires Lorenz Lagos Ladalco
and Lamour all also went to Holland following their
successful above average covering periods in Holstein.
Today it is almost a necessity of fashion in Holstein
that a horse carries Ladykiller xx blood at least two or
three times whereby it occurs from time to time that
horses in the first generations are inbred five or six
times to this invaluable foundation sire. All along a
certain measure of inbreeding has been a regular formula
for success in Holstein breeding. Anyone looking more
closely at Holstein bloodlines or respectively the
pedigree papers of individual horses down to the roots is
frequently taken aback about how frequently the same name
literally jumps into ones face in the earlier generations.
Today where fresh blood in Holstein does not take effect
at all continued inbreeding to the proven classic
Ladykiller xx is a piece of brinkmanship that demands a
great amount of sure instinct by the breeders of Holstein. |
| "He was an averaged sized, clearly
masculine type with a beautiful head, really heavy neck,
good shoulder, rather flat loin, and a nicely coupled,
heavily muscled croup. He had first rate legs and feet
for a Thoroughbred and was an elastic mover. He was
everything a state breeding program could wish for. With
his 35 approved sons and 195 approved daughters, he has
had the greatest impact of all on the Holsteiner breed.
His best produce came through crosses with mares with
some Thoroughbred blood. This was just the opposite case
as with Anblick. When crossed with coarse, common mares,
he produced accordingly. Today he must be viewed as one
of the most important jumper sires of modern time. To
enumerate all of his great performance offspring in the
world of jumping goes beyond the limits of this essay. He
sired fewer dressage horses. Whereas Marlon and Anblick
influenced this Holsteiner modification phase more in the
direction of riding horse types, Ladykiller offspring
correspond more to performance, jumper types. As a rule,
they are strong horses, they are not, at first, very
tight with their front ends. This however, quickly
improves with increasing maturity." |
| Despite the proliferation of C line horses in
Holstein breeding, the Ladykiller line retains its pride
of place, indeed Claus Schridde draws attention to its
proliferation even on the one set of papers: "Today
it is almost a necessity of fashion in Holstein that a
horse carries Ladykiller xx blood at least two or three
times, whereby it occurs from time to time, that horses
in the first generations are inbred five or six times to
this invaluable foundation sire. All along, a certain
measure of inbreeding has been a regular formula for
success in Holstein breeding. Anyone looking more closely
at Holstein bloodlines or respectively, the pedigree
papers of individual horses down to the roots, is
frequently taken aback about how frequently the same name
literally jumps into one’s face in the earlier
generations. Today, where fresh blood in Holstein does
not take effect at all, continued inbreeding to the
proven ‘classic’ Ladykiller xx is a piece of
brinkmanship that demands a great amount of sure instinct
by the breeders of Holstein." (from Selected Sires
of Germany – A Yearbook of German Sires 2000, see http://www.horse-gate.com/
for information) |
| Click on this link for the entire Equine
Direct profile on Ladykiller:
Equine Direct's Ladykiller Profile |
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| "Farnese" |
"Farnese" |
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| Sire of
"Nicol" |
A
Principal Stallion of the "F" Line |
| Maternal
Grandsire of "Lord's Orion" |
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"Farnese"
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Sired a
Number of Notable Horses including Fantus,
Fernando, Fridericus, Ramirha
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"Lord's
Orion"
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A Consummate
Sporthorse:
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Brave, Powerful,
Aggressive, Cooperative, Craftful, High
Mental Acuity, Deeply Involved in the
Sport as Clearly Demonstrated in His
Brilliant Comprehension of the Sport,
Dedication to Training, and Spirited
Performance in the Arena;
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"Lord's
Orion" has inherited many of Lord's
best traits that made him such an
outstanding Jumper & 3 Day Eventer.
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Classic Blood Lines
with Opportune Diversity:
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Late in Lord's Life, "Lord's Orion"
is the One of the Last Remaining First
Generation Active Studs by "Lord"
in the USA, Providing the Most Direct
Linkage to Classic Blood Lines (Lord,
Farnese) that Are Not Convoluted with
Other Primary Lines, such as the more
common, high-quality "Landgraf",
"Capitol", "Caletto"
and "Calypso" Lines, Thereby
Offering Both High Quality Stock and
Diversification in the Ancestry / Genes |
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"Lord's
Orion"
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"Lord's
Orion" with Stablemate
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| Intelligent,
Attentive, & Handsome Too! |
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Uncommonly
Sociable, Socialized, & Tolerant; |
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A
Truly Remarkable Disposition
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All
Experienced Horse People that Have Seen Him
Interact with Other Horses, including Many
Trainers, Breeders, and Vets, Have Marveled at
His Gentle, Well-Mannered Nature that is Combined
with Wisdom and Confident yet Kind-Spirited (Alpha-Stallion)
Dominance;
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He
is the Undisputed Alpha with Only a Subtle
Whisper with which he
commands his due respect.
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"Lord's
Orion" is the culmination of hundreds of
years of selective breeding intended to develop
exactly these traits.
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"Lord's
Orion" is Not Only One in a Thousand...
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He
is One of a Kind.
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These
are the Types of Traits that Should
Be Passed On.
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Now
Available for Breeding After Showing
Internationally in his Lengthy, Reputable Career
in Show Jumping.
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| Lord's Orion Information |
| Registered
Name: |
Lord's Orion |
| Breed: |
Holsteiner |
| Breed
Registration: |
21 01796 89 |
| FEI No: |
0012731 |
| Sire: |
Lord (1967) |
| Sire Origin: |
Schleswig Holstein,
Germany |
| Dam: |
Nicol (1976) |
| Dam Origin: |
Orion Farm, Germany |
| Sire Of Dam: |
Farnese (1960) |
| Age
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20 Years / 1989 |
| Height: |
16.1 HH |
| Color: |
Dark Bay |
| Features: |
Handsome face with
star and snip, strong bone structure, excellent
muscular development |
| Accomplishments: |
International Open
Jumper (Europe & North America) |
| Stud
Fee: |
$2000 => Special, Limited Time,
Reduced Rate $1500 |
| Pedigree: |
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Lord's
Orion's Known Offspring
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| Lonzo 49 (Anja
Schöning; Germany; Dressage) |
| Kyra 77 (Britta
Becker; Germany; Dressage) |
| Mr Bean 20 |
Deutsches Reitpferde (Show Jumper)
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More on the
way from the 2007 breeding season!
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Lord's
Orion Links
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"Lord's Orion": All Breed
Pedigree Link
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"Lord's Orion": Sporthorse
Data Pedigree Link
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"Lord": Sporthorse Data
Pedigree Link
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"Lord's Orion": Allevare
Cavalli Pedigree Link
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Equine Direct Profile: Lord
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Lord's Offspring
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Thanks to
the Lovettsville
Horseman's Association
for their ongoing support!
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| Thanks to Virginia
Equestrian for
their ongoing support! |
| Thanks to the Polo
Center website
for their ongoing support! |
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images and designs on this website are Copyright 2008
Christopher Ruel, All Rights Reserved. |
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