Luke looks like his maternal dam and if he has her ability and carefulness coupled with Luis power and scope he is an outstanding show jumping prospect for the future.
SIRE:- Lord Luis 2003 16.2 hh 168cm (see Stallions)
Luis was imported from Germany as a foal. He has been successfully shown in hand in sports horse classes and was presented for grading with the AES in Nov 2005 where he was licensed. He has a wonderful temperament, fantastic paces and a huge scopey jump showing a classic technique. Luis sire Laptop was placed first at his stallion performance test by some considerable lead gaining a score of the perfect 10 for his excellent canter. He was 2nd in his group for dressage with a score 139.88 points and 3rd in his group for jumping with a score of 130.75 points. He has already produced 6 approved sons and has several horses competing at the highest level in show jumping and dressage. Luis full sister was awarded State Premium status and his grand dam St Pr Atlanta gained 9’s in her jumping at her mare performance test.
DAM:- Millfield Selma 1999 16.0 ½ hh 160cm KWPN ster (see Broodmares)
Selma was bought as a potential eventer and broodmare because of her fantastic pedigree and her very light, modern type frame. She has however shown fantastic scope and ability show jumping, qualifying for all the novice competitions in her first season in 2006/7. Not only is she ultra careful but has a fantastic temperament. Her sire, Lux Z was one of the most successful stallions in international showjumping. with Jerry Smit, Lux Z participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and he won the Pulsar Crown competitions in Valkenswaard and Cannes bringing Lux Z's total winnings to more than a million euro. His sire, Lord Calando (Lord), is just like the world-famous jumping stallion Carthago Z (Capitol I), bred out of Perra (Calando I). Lord Calando is the sire of many international showjumping horses. The Hanoverian stallion Lux Z was bred at Zangersheide Stud Farm out of the Holstein mare Apocalypte Z (Ahorn Z), a product of lineage 2543. Lux Z has produced foal class champions, mare class champions and showjumping competition winners and in the Netherlands, Lux Z supplied no less than five licensed sons including Lupicor-H and Non Stop.
Selma’s dam line is a Holstein one from the stamm 4705 which produced Rocadero, Levantos 1 & 11 and Catoki.The dam Landjuweel is by Calato who is one of the most accomplished sons of the sire of show jumpers Capitol I, who passed his exceptionally great aptitude for jumping. Calato was bred out of a daughter of the Holstein sire of the century, Landgraf I.
The grand dam Brasilia was also by the infamous Landgraf 1 and the great grand dam Ucera is by Calypso 1who like no other Holstein stallion, presented exceedingly versatile progeny. Ucera also produced the stallion Land Earl and her daughter Fucera produced the stallions Chalan and Chateau.
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