Caressini won the Westphalian Young Horse Championships as well as the national title with top marks in 2015 under Christian Kukuk. So the judges pulled top numbers for his perfect rideability and endless jumping capabilities. Easily he was the most athletic grey stallion in the final in Warendorf with scores of 9.1 and 9.4. In 2016 Caressini had his first international placings and qualified again with a score of 8.5 for the National Championships. However he was not able to compete in Warendorf, due to his rider’s injury. The father Carento is a son of the important Caretino and closely related to the 1.1 million Euro horse and OS jumping winner Le Champ Ask and the Westphalian jumping championess for mares in 2010, Cristalies. Through the stallions Contender and Lorenz we see a triple connection in his pedigree to the Holstein import of the century, Cor de la Bryère. Carento placed twice in the National Championship for jumping horses. After this he started his career in the USA. He has three sons certified for breeding, among them the reserve Westphalian Champion of 2015 Cariscar. The mother U-Cassina was highly praised for her rideability and free-jumping in her broodmare ability test, and earned a final score of 9.5 and had also the certified stallion Cronau with Cristallo I. Holstein line 2004.

With Comme le père it comes full circle. His father, Comme il faut, has been bred in Riesenbeck by Ludger Beerbaum. The mother Ratina Z won with Ludger Beerbaum the team gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta/USA and also at the WEG 1994 in Den Haag/NED. Furthermore she won double gold at the 1997 European Championships in Mannheim, in 1993 the World Cup final in Gothenburg/SWE and in 1996 the Aachen Grand Prix. From the dam-line of Comme le père comes the mare Padua. With her, Ludger Beerbaum and Ralf Schneider have been able to achieve numerous victories and placements in international competitions. His father, Comme il faut, has been successful in international competitions under Marcus Ehning. In 2016 he won the Global Champions Tour stage of Vienna/AUT and the Riders Tour stage in Paderborn. Almost 15 of his sons have already been licensed; first offspring are successful in advanced level show-jumping classes like e.g. Comilfo Plus Z/Christian Ahlmann. The mother Completta is a full-sister to the licensed Completto. Her half-siblings Caligula de Hus (by Carolus II)/Luiz Felipe de Azevedo Filho/BRA and Come Alone (by Come On)/Clara Darty /FRA have placed in international competitions. Her half-sister Calin (by Clinton I) is the grandmother of the licensed stallion For Complete (by For Pleasure). Completta has been successfully presented in show-jumping competitions. Her son, King Quidam (by Quidam de Revel), has already placed in show-jumping competitions up to medium (M) level. The dam-sire is the famous stallion Contender. 127 of his sons have received their approval, more than 110 daughters have been awarded state premium. The more than 400 advanced level (S) successful offspring, such as the top horses Chiara/Ludger Beerbaum, Colore/Hans-Dieter Dreher, Checkmate/Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Montender/Marco Kutscher, Controe/Marco Kutscher, Con Air/Otto Becker and Constantin/Markus Beerbaum, have so far reached lifetime-earnings of more than 9.3 million Euros. The third father is the Westphalian famous stallion Pilot. 84 of his sons have been licensed. The lifetime-earnings of his descendants amount to 4 million Euros, collected by the 230 advanced level (S)-successful offspring, such as P.S. Priamos/Ludger Beerbaum, Pia Lotta/Edwina Tops-Alexander/AUS, Poker/Otto Becker, Power-Light/Alois Pollmann-Schweckhorst and many more. The great-grandmother Pink Floyd has brought the licensed and medium level (M) show-jumping successful Pirate (by Pilot), Conduro de Cuvry (Contender), who has been licensed in France and the medium level (M) show-jumping horse Pilatus (by Phantom). Her daughter Ascona Adelheid has become the mother of the AES-licensed stallions Robin Adelheid (by Robin II Z) and Zahr Adelheid (by Zandor Z). Pink Floyd is also the full-sister of the licensed and internationally successful Poor Boy/Beat Maendli/SUI. Her full-sister Sora la Silla has been successful under Jan Tops/NED and has brought the Olympic Game horse Sancha la Silla (by Chin Chin)/Daniel Bluman/COL and the World Cup show-jumping horse Zodiac (by Zeus)/Holger Hetzel. Pink Floyd's full-sister Padua has won with Ludger Beerbaum and later with Ralf Schneider advanced level (S) competitions (earnings 177.354 Euros) and has brought, under her breeding-name Pusteblume, the licensed stallion Zandor (by Zeus)/Jos Lansink/BEL. From the Holstein dam-line 4965 come the licensed stallions Rivaldo Adelheid Z (

European Championship fifth placed, three-times German Champion, 125 placings in World Cups, Nation Cups and Grand Prix, 16 of them have been first places and almost 550.000 Euros price money – Coupe de Coeur belongs to the illustrious circle of the most successful show jumper stallions in the world. And he passes his outstanding talents on. Eleven of his sons have been licensed, including licensing winners and stallion performance test winners, as the Stakkato-award winner Complete. He has produced many international successful horses like Coester, Coupe de Alb and Coupe d‘Or. Among his numerous premium daughters, Queentina, the Oldenburg-International reserve champion mare and advanced level winner, stands far out. The offspring of Coupe de Coeur placed at top shows around the world, led by the under Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum in Wellington/USA, Helsinki/FIN and Calgary/CAN successful Comanche as well as Club de Coeur, As de Coeur, Coupis, Coupe de Alb and Casa Ciara. His sire Calido I, a son of the famous Cantus, is one of the main advertisements for the Holstein breed. The dam Adele has also produced the licensed stallion Russel (by Corofino I)/Nick Skelton/GBR and six further advanced (S) level show jumpers, with the underlying inheritance security of Coupe de Coeur.

Hermes de Lux was a jumper star and the spectator’s darling at the Holstein licensing in 2011 in Neumuenster. In 2012 he took his stallion performance test in Neustadt/Dosse as best jumper stallion and 2nd reserve champion: 9.25 (ability to jump), 9.0 (walk), 8.63 (character and rideability), 8.9 (final score with emphasis on jumping), 8.51 (weighted final score). He has won in youngster competitions under Christian Kukuk, including the National Championship qualification and he successfully debuted in the international Youngster Tour as seven-years-old in 2016. Hermes de Lux‘ sire Hermés d’Authieux AA is one of the best advertisements for the French Anglo-Arabian breed. His dam G-Manjana EGE has also collected ribbons in courses. Not only Carthago Z but also Literat who is found in third generation are both time-tested guarantees for performance in Holstein breeding. Granddame California III as well as the great granddame Palme both have produced show jumpers. Holstein performance line 5000.

Zinedine made a really spectacular debut as stallion. Right from his first foal year he presented the winner of the OS licensing in Vechta, who was later offered at the stallion market for the top prize of 215.000 Euros. Also at other licensing dates, outstandingly jumping sons of Zinedine have been part of the stallion collections. A daughter won the free-jumping competition in Verden. After initially competing in sport in Poland, Zinedine was carefully prepared by Ludger Beerbaum for upper level courses. In 2014, facing fierce competition, Zinedine took second place in the Grand Prix of Paris/FRA and London, fifth place in the Grand Prix of Shanghai, proving his unlimited talent. Later Zinedine won at the World Cup shop in Zuerich/SUI, took fifth rank in Shanghai/CHN and placed at the CSI5* in St. Gallen/SUI and at the CSI4* in Wiesbaden. His sire Guidam (by Quidam de Revel) has produced many championship offspring and was awarded as the „Stallion of the year“ 1996 in the Netherlands. Dam Unadonja has won ribbons in show jumping up to 1.45 meter with Shane Sweetnam/IRL. The Holstein dam sire Heartbreaker belongs to the world’s best show-jumping sires.