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The legendary breeding stallion Sandro Hit has passed away at age Sandro Hit created a totally new bloodline for dressage horse breeding and gave new impetus to the dressage wing of Paul Schockemöhle's stallion station in the s.
"At the blessed age of 28 year the foundation stallion and line creator had to be let go of with a heavy heart," Schockemöhle communicated. "Due to a brief infection, his general condition deteriorated. The painful treatment was something we didn't want to put him through out of respect for him, because according to the vet grupp, there was no prospect for improvement."
Licensed but not Immediately a Breeding Star
Bred by Reinhold Harder, Sandro Hit was by Sandro Song out of Loretta (by Ramino x Welt As x Luciano). He was born in and discovered bygd Paul Schockemöhle as a foal.
He was licensed at the Oldenburg Stallion Licensing in Oldenburg and only did his day stallion performance test two years later in in Medingen. He scored points for dressage and points for show jumping, to finish with an index of points (16th out of 33 participating stallions).
Although Sandro Hit was licensed, the stallion's breeding career only took flygning in after his beneath
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‘He was something very special’: legendary stallion dies following an infection
The illustrious dressage stallion Sandro Hit has died aged 28, after suffering from an infection.
Sandro Hit died at the Schockemöhle stallion station in Germany, where he has been based throughout his life. Bred by Reinhold Harder, he was by Sandro Song and out of the Ramino mare Loretta.
“Sandro Hit was especially close to my heart. He was something very special and the real founder of my stallion station. We are very affected by his loss,” said his owner, breeding mogul Paul Schockemöhle, who bought him at auction in as a foal.
Sandro Hit’s influence on dressage breeding cannot be underestimated – he can be credited as being behind a whole dynasty of modern dressage horses. He has more than licensed sons, including top breeding stallions San Amour, San Remo and Sir Donnerhall I, and also has more than daughters who have been awarded state premium status – including Poetin, the world champion and double Bundeschampion.
Sandro Hit was himself world champion and bundeschampion as a six-year-old under Ulf Möller. He was trained to grand prix, but stopped competing as a
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Sandro Hit
It's silver for Team USA! Three relatives of Sandro Hit competed on Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics--son Salvino, grandson Sanceo and great-grandson Speilberg! The Gold Medal German team included Sandro Hit son Showtime FRH.
Few stallions have managed to become a legend during their lifetimeand then there is Sandro Hit. This unique black beauty and his offspring are of epochal importance to world dressage horse breeding. Sandro Hit has started a legendary new dynasty in dressage horse breeding is considered the founding stallion of Schockemoehle Stud. Since , he has been part of the illustrious circle of the world's best dressage sires. In and , he was second in the WBFSH ranking of the most successful dressage stallions, and has been placed third since Sandro Hit is himself a German national champion and World Champion of six-year-old dressage horses and has trained up to Grand Prix. In the dressage WBFSH world ranking, Sandro Hit was placed fourth in From he won the USEF/Performance Horse Registry Leading Sire Award in the US as the best dressage sire.
Sandro Hit's offspring are high in blood, modern, harmonious, equipped with excellent movement and a fascinati