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| New video clips from 2008 Show are being added to the stallions webpages. 2008 FOALS !!! Don Ricoss - Elite Berolina (Brentano II) Bay colt born 30.03.08. Pictures Don Ricoss / Prince Thatch Chestnut colt born 17.03.08. Pictures Don Ricoss - Goldfee (Goldstern/Mon Fils xx) Black filly born 10.03.08. Pictures PIONIER (Sambertino/Tango) 11 yr old gelding owned & ridden by Ilona Mens, was 10th in the Grand Prix at 2008 Zwolle International show.  SAMBERTINO Reserve Champion BEF Dressage Sire 2007 LENNOX (Londonderry/Wolkenstein II) Selected for the World Class Dressage Equine Pathway Programme, ridden by Daniel Greenwood. The 4 year old chesnut gelding was bred by the Wahlers family and was trained and competed by Ecki - in 2007 he was sold to Clare Poole in the UK. Results with Ecki include: Champion 3 yr old - 2006 World Championships of Young Dressage Horses (mares & geldings)Verden Bronze Medal winner 2007 World Championships of Young Dressage Horses (mares & geldings) 2006 Video 
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2007 Sottrum foal show out of 70 foals all 3 Don Ricoss progeny qualified for the Foal Championship in July, with a Don Ricoss/ Graf Top being placed 5th overall. June 07 |
| Don Ricoss/Carbid/Wiener Skat filly foal was placed a very creditable 6th place at the Hanoverian Foal Championship out of 72 qualified foals. July 06. |
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| DR - Carbid Foal Championship Video Clip |
Congratulations to Sambertino sons, Tamberonie and Whatly, who both qualified for the 2006 British Dressage National Championships. |
| Tamberonie (Sambertino/Festival) a 6 year old coloured licensed SSH stallion, owned and ridden by Melanie Allen qualified at Novice Open and Whatly a 7 year old gelding qualified at Open Medium. Both Tamberonie & Whatly are now winning at Advanced Medium. Tamberonie and Melanie have now been selected for the UK "World Class Equine Pathway" At the BD National Championships, Sambertino was the sire of 2,of only 4 coloured horses to qualify. |
PAPILLON (Sambertino/Zonneglans) and Sabine Peters win the FEI "Hands in Hands" Cup with Anky van Grunsven and Krack C at CDIP**** Moorsele in Belgium and have been selected to represent Holland at the 2007 World ParaChampionships at Hartpury & the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. |
| Sabine Peters was also the winner of the FEI Para Individual Grade IV test with 70% on Papillon at Hartpury International Festival of Dressage CDIP in July 2006. Sabine says "Papillon is wonderful and isn't scared of anything". View_Horse_&_Hound_Article View_Dutch_Paralympic_site |
SANTANO - (Sandro Hit / Elite Berolina (Brentano II) |
| Santano owned and ridden by Katrina Cantrell Bennett, did spectacularly well at the BWBS licensing, being awarded Reserve Champion at their 2006 stallion licensing. |
DON RICOSS wins the dressage section of his 30 day performance test!!!(Neustadt-Dosse)2005. |
| Don Ricoss did brilliantly at Neustadt, scoring over 9 for both trot and canter, winning the dressage section. He was the only 3 year old to get marks of greater than 9.0 for both trot and canter, out of 309 3 year olds 30 day tested in 2005!!! His scores were: Trot 9.13 Canter 9.38 Walk 8 Rideability 8.75 Temperament 8.75 Overall Dressage score 8.83 |
Congratulations to Pionier 1997(Sambertino/Tango)and Ilona Mens winner of his first Grand Prix |
| 1st place Grand Prix 20.5.07 - Uitslagen |
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Congratulations to RENATINO (Sambertino/Droomwals) and Gundi Younger in California. |
| 2007 Prix St George - 2nd place at her first time out. 2005 Renatino, owned and ridden by Gundi has for the second year running become NA/WPN Dressage Champion- along with California Dressage Society Horse of the Year, Reserve Champion - 3rd level(Amateur) California Dressage Society Horse of the Year 3rd Place 2nd Level-Amateur US Dressage Federation Horse of the Year 5th Place - Amateur 2nd level. |
Zamurai and KB Etoile de Lumiere (Sambertino)1st and 2nd Dressage yearling colts and 1st Premiums, Baileys/British Breeding Futurity Show.2005 |
| Both Zamurai with an overall score of 8.4 and KB Etoile de Lumiere( KB Arc en Ciel) with an overall score of 8.3,won 1st Premium at the Baileys Horse Feeds sponsered British Breeding Futurity Scheme show at Keysoe on 22/9/05. Zamurai was also the only coloured yearling. Zamurai was also placed 3rd overall(owner/breeder). |
Don Ricoss Vice Champion CDN Championship for 4year olds Verden. January 2006 |
| Don Ricoss in his first competition of 2006, with rider Isobel Bache, was Vice Champion in the 4 year old Championship at Verden with a score of 8.6!! His scores were. 8.0 walk,9.0 trot,9.0 canter.He was beaten to first place by 0.1! |
DON RICOSS does it again!!! |
| At a very wet Elmlohe show today, Don Ricoss again won his 3 year old Material class with a fantastic overall score of 8.8!!!!! He then went on to win Champion 3 and 4 year old at the show,with scores of: 9.0 trot,9.0 canter,8.5 walk 8.5 suppleness,9.0 overall impression.Total score of 8.8 again!!!!! 30/7/05 |
DON RICOSS WINS 3 YEAR OLD STALLION CLASS IN VERDEN!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Don Ricoss (Don Frederico/Weltmeyer) did spectacularly well at the World Championships for Young Horses winning the 3 year old Hanoverian stallion class!!!! 2/7/05 Don Ricoss was Vice champion in Finale Hannoveraner Championat 2005 (3 year old stallions)3/7/05 |
ZAMURAI (Sambertino/Brentano II) 2nd place yearling colt at the BD Young Horse Championships!!!! |
| At his first show Zamurai (handled by Dinah Webb-Bowen) had a brillant result taking 2nd place in a large yearling colt class for potential dressage horses.Judge Clem Somerset Longdean Stud. (25/06/05) |
Don Ricoss wins second competition!!!! |
| Don Ricoss again won the material class on his second outing, with an overall score of 8.8 !! Sottrum 11/6/05 |
Sambertino wins again!! |
| Ecki and Sambertino were competing in Bremen this weekend where he won one class and was 2nd in 2 others!! 5/6/05 |
Sambertino Crowned Landkreis Dressage Champion- Rotenburg |
| Sambertino ridden by Eckhard Wahlers took double 1st at the Rotenburg Championship show and went on to win the Landkreis Dressage Championship 2005. |
1st Sambertino foals of 2006 and first 2 foals in Canada!! |
| March 16th Tobiano filly out of Burywood Chess(Centyfor) March 29th Tobiano filly out of Shabloo (Shaab) April 18th Tobiano colt from Annie (Tullibards Shakespeare) April 23rd Tobiano filly out of BWP mare Angel (Denver) April 24th Tobiano colt from Ruby Tuesday April 18th Bay filly out of Mercredian (Adios) CANADA April 26th Tobiano filly out of Valencienne (Jazz) CANADA April 27th Tobiano filly from Braeburn( Primitive Hill) May 12th Bay colt out of Cassandra Rose May 18th Bay filly out of Abergillan Farina (Fulton) All the above foals were conceived by frozen semen New trot clip of Zamurai on VIDEO page |
