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Wolkenglanz July 2007 photo credit to Bob Langrish |
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Trot - May 2007 Photo credit to PrettyBird Studio. |
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Canter - 1999 Wolkenglanz schooling in Germany as a 3 year old. Susanne Meyers up. |
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WOLKENSTEIN II - SIRE OF WOLKENGLANZ Wolkenstein II (Weltmeyer x SPS Wolke/Wendekreis) is a proven sire of performance horses. His own performance record is exceptional. He was Reserve Champion of his Licensing, German Riding Horse Champion & 100-Day Test Champion (139.6 pts.). Wolkenstein II’s dam line produced the Celle stallions Garibaldi I and II as well as Brentano I and II. He has tremendous presence and a wonderful temperament. He has exhibited outstanding dressage ability as well as potential in jumping as well.Wolkenstein II's paternal grandmother is by Wendekreis, sired by Ferdinand. Wendekeris is regarded as one of the most influential stallions of the past few decades and is well known as a producer of riding horses with excellent trainability. He was a noted producer of sport horses and sired over 50 approved stallions and 400 Main Studbook Mares in Germany including Werther, the 1992 Hanoverian "Stallion of the Year". His own offspring are following in this tradition. He has had 19 stallions licensed in only three seasons, several have gone on to be Champions and Reserve Champions of thier respective Stallion Performance Tests. Wolkenstein II has 49 States Premium Mares in Germany also excelling at breed shows and competitions. |
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WELTMEYER - GRANDSIRE OF WOLKENGLANZ Weltmeyer has an outstanding performance record. After winning the 1986 stallion approval in Verden, he went on to become the best 3-year old German riding horse in Vechta in 1987 and won the 100-day stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf with exceptional scores in all disciplines. (143.96 overall)Weltmeyer began an incomparable career as a sire from the onset. He has more than 60 approved sons and 190 state premium mares to boast. His son, Wolkenstein II, was also the Federal Riding Horse Champion and stallion performance test winner. In 1998 Weltmeyer was named Stallion of the Year. For years Weltmeyer has been leading in the FN breeding value rating for dressage and his progeny are also above average in show jumping. He is considered by many to be the Hanoverian Sire of the Century. |
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WORLD CUP I - PATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE OF WOLKENGLANZ Feiner Kerl and Flavius, both sons of Fling founded separate branches of the F-line. Two prominent members of the Flavius branch, which since 1989 has been designated the W-line, are Woermann and his son World Cup I. World Cup I is known for powerful movers and jumpers. He was the sire of Walt Disney who won his perfomance test in 1989 but his most famous offspring is the phenominal Weltmenyer whose quality as a sire is reinforced with each new generation. |
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BOLERO-MATERNAL GRANDSIRE OF WOLKENGLANZ Wolkenglanz's dam, Bianca, was sired by the famous Bolero (Black Sky xx/Baronesse/Bleep xx). Bolero is a classic example of the refining influence the Throroughbred has had on the modern Hanoverian. Although three-quarter Thoroughbred himself, he retained the quality and movement of his Hanoverian ancestors. Bolero stood at stud for only nine years yet has to his credit 51 approved stallions, 73 States Premium mares and numerous top dressage horses.Bolero has been called a guarantee for...”Easy to ride horses of elegant type and with a special aptitude for dressage.” (A. Hengst Deutschlands) His line consistantly produces horses with good shoulders and withers, modern toplines and elastic action. Although Bolero died early, he ranked third (1990) in national dressage ranking of his age group. |
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THE B-LINE Bolero by Black Sky xx was the founding sire of a new B-Line in the 1990's. He was a three-quarter Thoroughbred stallion whose breeding career was short lived at his early death of twelve years of age. He had a profound impact in the Hannoverian breeding area in the 1980's.His success as a sire of sires is reknown and his sons have been exported to numerous countries around the world. His offspring out of Grande, Argus and Duellant mares in particular were consistantly horses with good shoulders and withers, modern toplines and elastic action. His daughters consistently won at major shows and were awarded States Premium. His offspring were known as the "Bolero Boom". From his first group of five sons to attend the Verden licensing, four were selected and his sons continued to excel throughout the 1980's. In 1986, the German Riding Horse National Championship was won by Boruschkin, later sold at the Verden auction for 110,000 DM. This success contiuned with further record auction prices. In 1986, the DLG Championship was won by the three-year-old Bolero daughter, Batumi. |
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CORDOBA - OUT OF BIANCA, DAM OF WOLKENGLANZ Wolkenglanz's Dam, Bianca, also produced Celle stallion, Cordoba (Cavalier/Cardinal xx) sire of AHS Elite Stallion Cabalito and FEI dressage star Worley (World Cup). Cordoba placed fourth in his stallion performance test. Due to his outstanding dressage qualities, he became a member of the famous Celle Chesnut Quadrille as a 6-year old. He has been standing at Celle since 1993. |
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CORDOBA - A SUCCESSFUL SIRE He is well known for passing on his characteristics of elegance and outstanding movement. Cordoba has 292 registered offspring including 23 States Premium mares, 57 approveed mares and 98 registered competition horses according to der Hannoveraner Jahrbuch Hengste 2005 Stallion Yearbook.Bianca, Wolkenglanz's dam and dam of Cordoba, is the daughter of the dominant sire Bolero. With World Cup I she produced the successful upper level dressage horse Worley. She is the full sister to the Westphalen stallion Beethoven. Sires in her maternal line make her pedigree almost predestined for dressage horses. Stallions of this line include Akzent I, Dezember, Frustra II and Ablanz/T. Also well noted in the pedigree of Cordoba and his dam Bianca is the carefully thought out influence of the Thoroughbred sires, Bleep xx, Black Sky xx, Cardinal xx, and Nearco xx. |
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