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Diamant de Semilly x Cardino x Capitol I

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Pedigree: 1st Dam, S-Capitola herself was victorious in jumping up to 1.35m and had countless placements in her sports career, before she now passes on her important Holstein genes to her offspring. Capitola has everything a Holstein mare can have in hereditary assets. Via sire Cardino and mother Irina B, the bloodlines of the two legends Capitol I and Landgraf I, which is accomplished with the genes of the thoroughbred sire Sacramento Song xx. Bloodlines that made Holstein what it is today.

With Con Quidam RB, a son of Quinar from 2006, Capitola already brought a highly talented young show jumping competitor, who together with his Dutch rider Sanne Thijssen competes successfully in 1.60m tests on the international stage.

Sire Diamant de Semilly is a legend with a unique story. The successful stallion by Eric Levallois from France came to the Semilly stud immediately after his birth. His mother did not survive the birth, so Diamant had to be raised up by hand. Diamant later developed into a top athlete with success at world level. In 2002 he became team world champion and won the French Championship in the same year. At the European Championships in 2003, he won the silver medal with the French team.

Today Diamant de Semilly is one of the best sires in the world (according to the WBFSH ranking even the best in 2015 and 2016) and together with Kannan he was number 2 in the FN breeding value table directly behind Heartbreaker in 2017. His probably best-known and most successful descendants are Quickly de Kreisker, Don VHP and Emerald N.O.P.. All are among the top 50 of the world's jumping elite.