RoundThorn Primavera, Born in 2020, To make 16.3hh, ISH Filly by Colandro (Contendro 1 x Calando 1 x Ramino), Prize winning Stallion in Holstein Stallion Approvals with both 4* Showjumping & 4* Eventing Progeny, out of Ceres RoundThorn (Verdi x Manhattan x Celano).
Grand-Dam is half sister to Vridolin 2, 1.60mt SJ; and full sister to Utan, 1.20mt SJ.
RoundThorn Primavera sold to Rodney Dundee, Ballyclare, Co. Antrim.
Colandro is the emerging top level show jumping sire. Prize winning stallion in Holstein Stallions Approvals, son of current World No. 1 Evening sire, Contendro.
Colandro is the proud son of Contendro 1 and from the dam line of Locarno (1.60m) Ellen Whittaker. Colandro bears a striking resemblance of his globally renowned father.
Contendro 1 is presently the WBFSH No. 1 Ranked Eventing Sire and WBFSH No. 17 Show jumping sire.
Bred by Stal Retto, Colandro is still owned by his breeders Pieter and Gerdia Dolfsma. Gerdia competed Colandro herself, up to 1.30mt. At the Holstein Stallion Licencing 2004, Colandro, became 2nd Reserve Champion. In Ireland 2017, Colandro became fully approved by HSI with 4* Showjumping and 4* Eventing progeny performance ratings.
With a wonderful temperament, limbs and hooves, it was not surprising that Colandro met the complete clinical and radiological soundness tests at 15 years old, to gain "Approval" status.
DamSire: Verdi (Quidam De Revel - Landgraf I - Calypso I)
Verdi is a son of the world famous sires: Quidam de Revel x Landgraf I x Calypso I and Rigoletto. Father Quidam de Revel is a legend on his own. He has an impressive list of palmares and he himself participated in the Olympic Games and in the meantime he is the sire of a lot of International jumpers and approved stallions over the whole world. Grandsire Landgraf I is as famous as Quidam and has a long list of International jumpers and approved stallinons. Verdi descends from the famous Holsteiner damline 474-a. A motherline that produced the approved stallions Calato, Colombo, Carlino, Loxgraf Go, Montreal, Aldato, Nimrod, Cavalier and Cicero. Also the International jumpers Brillante, Spiga, Dehlia, Kira, Deka, Ishan and Edminton are from this famous motherline. Verdi’s dam Clarissa is a full sister to the mother of the Holsteiner stallion of the year, Calato!!
Verdi has a beautiful conformation and has very long lines, as well as very good movement, in walk, trot and canter. Also important is his very nice and easy character. Verdi is a tall stallion with a size of 1.72 cm, who jumps with a lot of scope and shows a lot of technique at the jump. Verdi has everything to become the jumper sire of the future, both because of his type and because of his jumping ability. At the performance test at Ermelo in 2005 Verdi was described as a stallion with a lot of scope and a stallion with a lot of potential as a jumper. Verdi is approved for KWPN and the Holsteiner Studbook.
Verdi’s jumping capacity was assessed with a score of nine or higher in all the KWPN Stallion Competitions and he is the overall winner of his year with his rider Maykel van der Vleuten in 2006-2007. The first crop of foals by Verdi are big, long-lined foals with a lot of presence, they have a very good trot and a noticeably excellent canter.
2nd DamSire: Manhattan, (Burggraaf - Abgar xx - Camillus)
Manhattan's sire, the stallion Burggraaf is well known for producing showjumpers and good type horses with a lot of movements. His son S'Blieft won the very difficult showjumping Grand Prix of Calgary with Lesley Burr. But also the Burggraaf offspring Florijn became 3rd in the Kir to Music at Parker and 12th at the Dressage Worldcup Qualifier at Carsbad (USA) with his rider Dennis Callin, also the talented horses Burggravin, Henza, Dumbo, Hevalientje, Jumper and Graaf are by Burggraaf. Manhattan's dam sire is the famous thoroughbred Abgar xx, one of the most influential Dutch sports horse producers. The damline of Manhattan is one of the most famous within the Netherlands, as famous as his breeder Mr. Huisman from Ter Aard.
This special motherline has produced the talented show-jumper Carrera (v. Joost), which won with Jean Claude Vangeen-Berghe the Grand Prix of Aken, also Valeur D. (v. Abgar), which two times won the Derby of Eindhoven with his rider Wout-Jan van der Schans, the International jumper Bonius with Rick Hemeryck and the national jumper Jogger with Magreet Boekee are out of the same lineage. Dam Utopia is an extremely nice keur mare and a very good example of successfully crossing a Groninger mare with a thoroughbred. Manhattan was reserve champion of the performance test in Ermelo and also reserve-champion of the stallion competition in 1999. In 2001 Manhattan achieved high rankings in 1.35 competitions: for example 2nd Hertogenbosch, 2nd Denekamp, and many placings in the top 3 in the Twente Cup qualifications and the Final. Manhattan was the winner of the 7 year old Championships at Etten-Leur at 1.40 m. level and than made his International debut in Leeuwarden with a second place! At Barcelona he finished 4th and 6th! Due to an outstanding foal report plus excellent results in auctions, championships and keurings Manhattan offspring are very much in demand. Manhattan’s daughter Solita won the freejumping finals at Ermelo. His sons Stetter and Skik were successful in the competitions for 4 year olds at CHIO-Geesteren and Ermelo. From Manhattan’s crop a very high percentage of colts have been selected for the stallion selections in Hertogenbosch. The offspring of Manhattan are very beautiful types with extremely good movement and superb jumping abilities. Manhattan is the highest ranked M-stallion on the jumping index!!
