For the third year in a row, Sir Donnerhall I counts amongst the top ten most successful dressage sires worldwide according to the ranking of the World Breeding Federation WBFSH. Sir Donnerhall I’s ranking in the top 50 of the world’s best eventing sires proves that he transmits exceptional willingness to perform.
He has produced over 70 horses that are successful in Grand Prix, including Samhitas/Kelly Layne/AUS, who took part in the Olympic Games, Valentine/Ashley Holzer/USA, Willingapark Sky Diamond/Jayden Brown/AUS and Sir Caramello OLD/Anush Agarwalla/IND, who all took part in the World Championships, Santiago Song/Thibault Vandenberghe/BEL and Sangraal/Stella Hagelstam/FIN, who took part in the European Championships, Serenade MF/Alice Tarjan/USA, Valentine/Ashley Holzer/USA and Syriana/Jessica Dertell/AUS who were successful in World Cup Freestyles, and Siebenstein/Mirelle van Kemenade-Witlox/NED, who was placed in Nations Cups. Sir Hohenstein/Bianca Nowag/GER won team gold and silver in the freestyle at the European Championships for U25 Grand Prix Riders in Marignano/ITA.
Again and again Sir Donnerhall I has set unique records with his heredity. In addition to Special Diva OLD (2014) and Smirnoff (2016), their full siblings Cindy OLD (2013), Sir Heinrich (2014), Candy OLD (2017), Caty OLD (2018) and Casey OLD (2020) won gold medals at the German Championships. Candy OLD and Casey OLD were also Oldenburg Champion Mares and thus lead the crowd of over 420 award winning daughters of Sir Donnerhall I. Candy OLD also won the bronze medal at the World Championships for young dressage horses (5y.o.). Sa Coeur became double World Champion, price highlight of the P.S.I. Auction, with a knockdown price of 2.31 million euros and has been placed in international Grand Prix competitions. He is only one of the many auction price record holders by Sir Donnerhall I.
He has produced over 100 licensed stallions, including numerous champion and premium stallions as well as Sir Olli/Enrique Cruces Fernandez/ESP, bronze medallist at the World Championships for young dressage horses and successful in Grand Prix.
Many of Sir Donnerhall I’s daughters have produced stallions, as can be seen with our Champion Stallions Dynamic Dream, Feinrich and Fynch Hatton, Don Romance PS, who was placed third at the Regional Championships, our stallion Sezuan’s Donnerhall, double stallion performance test record winner, our young star Total Diamond PS, as well as Glock’s Total U.S./Edward Gal/NED, placed fifth at the Olympics, and Force Majeure ex. Fürst Bayram/Frederic Wandres/GER and Yara Reichert/GER, 1.7-million-euro price sensation of the P.S.I. Auction, Oldenburg Regional Champion, placed eleventh at the German Championships for young dressage horses and already placed in advanced (S) level competitions. The Oldenburg Champion Mare, German Champion and P.S.I. record top price Fasine OLD and her full brothers, the licensed stallions For Romance I and II, have a dam by Sir Donnerhall I. At the German Foal Championships in 2019, Sir Donnerhall I produced another exceptional foal, the second placed filly. In 2021, Sammy de Luxe won the Austrian Warmblood Foal Championships.
Sir Donnerhall was third at the Oldenburg licensing in 2003, winner of his stallion performance test and awarded the Ia main premium in 2005, and German Champion and Vice World Champion (5y.o.) in 2006. He is now trained to advanced level. Due to the high breeding demands, he was no longer competed.
His sire, Sandro Hit, World Champion and German Champion, very quickly made a name for himself as a foundation stallion in dressage horse breeding.
His dam, St.Pr.St. Contenance D, also produced his full brother, Sir Donnerhall II/Morgan Barbançon/ESP, licensed stallion, fourfold World Cup finalist and World Championship, European Championship and Olympic participant, Rubberball (by Rubinstein), AES licensed stallion and Stratege/Cora Jacobs, also successful in Grand Prix.
His dam’s sire is the sire of the century Donnerhall.
