While stallion viewings on the ITM Irish Stallion Trail and La Route des Etalons plus the chance of viewing stallions at Newmarket was underway this past week, Gestut Schlenderhan's stallion base at Zieverich in their hometown of Bergheim hosted the eighth edition of its own stallion show.
In the crispy cold, but beautifully sunny weather, the visitors flocked to the location to be greeted by coffee and cake plus a warm soup and a raffle which made €3,000 to be donated to a children's hospice.
The four stallions on display were in alphabetical order: the Gestut Fahrhof based, juvenile Group 1-winning bay Alson (Ger) who will be represented by his first runners this year. The leading son of the four-time champion sire Areion (Ger) is out of a Galileo (Ire) group-producing daughter of G1 Preis der Diana heroine Amarette (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}). The young Adlerflug (Ger) horse Alter Adler (Ger) is one of three sons by his sadly deceased sire at stud in Germany with his first foals on the ground this year. The first four dams in his pedigree are all stakes performers and stakes producers, most notably the dual Classic-winning champion mare Alte Zeit (Ger) as the leading daughter of sure legend Surumu (Ger).
Gestut Schlenderhan's own proven Group 1 sire Guiliani (Ire) marks the champion sire Tertullian's best son and was bred from the Group 1 winning and producing Monsun (Ger) mare Guadalupe (Ger), herself also the third dam of the 2024 G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes hero Goliath (Ger). Last, but not least, Gestut Ittlingen's Group 1 winner Neatico (Ger) (Medicean {GB}) was presented. The descendant of the high-class racemare and producer Virunga (Fr) has sired a stakes winner and a Group 1 performer from very small crops and is now being well supported. Next Saturday, January 25th, Gestut Rottgen will host its annual stallion show along with diverse presentations and lectures.
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