RoundThorn Romance, Born in 2022,16.2hh, Bay ISH Colt by Colandro (Contentro 1 x Calandro 1 x Romino) out of Amour RoundThorn, (Sandreo x 00 Seven x Samber), Renowned Ster & Premier Dressage mare with almost 300 Dressage Ireland points; having competed successfully at Advance Medium level before retiring sound to stud.
Sire: Colandro (Contendro 1 - Calando - Romino) Prize winning Stallion in Holstein Stallion Approvals; Colandro is the emerging top level show-jumping sire and son of current World Number 1 Eventing sire, Contendro 1 and from the Dam line of Locarno (1.60m) Ellen Whittaker.
Amour RoundThorn, was awarded prestigious ‘Ster’ at KWPN Grading 2008 as well as Champion Dressage Horse; also awarded ‘Select’ status and a 2* Dressage Merit based on her own performance in the Irish Sport Horse Studbook.
Sire: Colandro (Contendro 1 - Calando 1 - Romino)
Horse Sport Ireland Approved.
4* Show Jumper & 4* Eventing Sire.
WBFSH Top 100 Ranked Show Jumping and Eventing Sire, 2017.
DamSire: Sandreo (Sandro Hit - Flemmingh - Ahorn)
Sandreo is approved by both the KWPN and the NRPS. During his performance test in Ermelo he made an extraordinary impression coupled with a beautiful and balanced character. He won both the final and the total stallion competition in 2005 at ¹s-Hertogenbosch with Hans Peter Minderhoud. Sandreo¹s first crop got an excellent report and his foals were described as beautiful types with a lot of movement and a lot of expression. His sire Sandro Hit has won several titles in Germany in the Bundeschampionat as well as being World Champion. This popular stallion is also the sire of the World Champion, Poetin. Dam Prettify has produced one stallion, which was sent through to the second round of the stallion inspections. She is a daughter of Flemmingh who was declared 'keur' on the grounds of the dressage ability of his progeny, for example the Grand-Prix horses, Krack C and Lingh
2nd DamSire: 00 Seven (Rubenstein 1 - Doruto - Amor)
OO7 was the highest ranked dressage horse ever at the stallion approvals in Holland: Walk 8, Trot 9, Canter 9, General Dressage Score 9. In 2005 his Dressage index was an impressive 204 - at that point the highest index ever in the KWPN studbook. His sire is the well-known dressage stallion Rubinstein I, who has performed at Grand Prix level. Rubinstein I has sired almost 70 approved breeding stallions. OO7 was selected for the performance test at the 1999 KWPN stallion show in Den Bosch. He was described as a "Genetic dressage ace with an appealing type and light-footed movement with much impulsion, self carriage and balance. Unique combination of bloodlines thanks to first rate sires such as Rubinstein I and Doruto, the world's best producer of dressage horses".
