Produced by Olympic gold medal winner Wendy de Fontaine/Isabel Werth
This stallion is a master of his discipline under the saddle. Sénégal de Fontaine unites the performance horse bloodlines of the some of this century’s most influential sires Donnerhall, Rubinstein, Ferro and Sandro Hit and he was impressive in every respect at his 35-day test in Denmark, ranking fifth overall with a total of 828.5 points. Sénégal de Fontaine was licensed as a sire for Denmark at the age of four in 2014.
The first crop foals that were sent to auction proved to be very popular with bidders.
The sire Springbank II VH was Danish champion stallion and stallion performance test winner (10 for rideability and prospects), won the Swedish Young Horse Championships three times in a row and the Danish Dressage Horse Championships twice, and took fifth place at the Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses as a five-year-old with a total score of 9.18 (9.5 for canter and overall impression). In 2020, he won the qualifier for the Danish Dressage Horse Championships for six-year-olds. However, the final could not be held due to the coronavirus pandemic, just like the Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses, for which Springbank II VH was nominated. Under his new owner Yara Reichert, he easily made the leap to advanced-level at the age of seven and ranked twelfth at the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in Verden. This was followed in 2022 by his first victories and top placings in the international Small Tours of Hagen a.T.W., Stadl Paura/AUT and Samorin/SVK. In 2023, Springbank II VH placed seventh in the Louisdor Prize Final for young Grand Prix horses in Frankfurt. The licensed sons of Springbank II VH also include the reserve stallion performance test winner Åtoftens Springtime.
Sénégal de Fontaine is son of Olympic team gold and individual silver medal winner Wendy de Fontaine under Isabell Werth. In 2019, the Sezuan daughter won bronze at the World Championships for five-year-old dressage horses under Andreas Helgstrand/DEN. In 2021, she placed sixth in the final for seven-year-old dressage horses. In 2023, she also won the Grand Prix Freestyle in Aalborg/DEN and placed in the World Cup Freestyle in Herning/DEN and Stuttgart. Her son Ferdinand de Fontaine (by Franklin) has also already been licensed. He was a premium stallion in Mecklenburg in 2022.
His damsire Sezuan was world champion for young dressage horses at the age of five, six and seven and is undoubtedly one of the most sought-after dressage stallions of our time. Under his trainer Dorothee Schneider, he also won international competitions up to Inter I. He has since been trained up to Grand Prix level with the help of Patrik Kittel/SWE. The Danish champion stallion, record stallion performance test winner, Danish Dressage Horse Champion, Elite Stallion and Stallion of the Year in Denmark also dominates the breeding scene. He produced the two-time record HPL winner Sezuan's Donnerhall, the two-time premium stallion, HPL winner, Bundeschampion, winner of the four-year-old competition at the Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses and now successful at advanced-level dressage under Isabell Werth So Unique, the Vice World Champion of Young Dressage Horses and Bundeschampion Secret, and the reigning Louisdor Prize winner DSP Sheldon Cooper under Carina Harnisch, to name just a few highlights.
The Danish Trakehner dam line O274 Venus vom Schimmelhof 652 produced Danish champion mare, dressage horsecChampioness and two-times Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses fourth-placed Valerie B (by Revolution), the winner of the Aage Ravn Challenge Cup and Elite Stallion Rambo (by. Racot), licensed stallions Vanguard (by Hunnenkönig) and Vasco (by Traum), international Grand Prix dressage horse Lux Stensvang (by Lobster)/Sean Sierra Keasler/USA and the two elite mares Viola Stensvang (by Solos Landtinus) and Vanessa Stensvang (by Lobster).
The foundation mare produced dressage champion and two-times world championship fourth rosette winner Valerie B
