Imilian du Winsmore
After a long wait, our first colt arrived in June of 2008. He is
sired by Aslan and out of our mare, Dorina H.
Aslan is young stallion, standing at Jump Start Farm in
Lexington, Kentucky. He is already proving himself as a
performance horse, with his extravagant gaits and multiple awards.
Aslan is out of the extraordinary mare, Jete. who carries the legendary blood of
Schleswig, Holstein and is also the dam of approved stallion,
Balta' Czar, Aslan's older brother.
Aslan is
sired by Alla' Czar, an imported
Dutch Warmblood stallion. Alla' Czar was named
USEF's Hunter Breeding Stallion of the Year from 2002 - 2006, and
unprecedented accomplishment for any stallion. Alla'
Czar competed in the late 1980's through 1990's in Hunter and
Equitation and won many Championships. In Dressage, Alla'
Czar competed through Prix St. George. Alla' Czar is
sired by Zeus, out of Renetta (sired by
Legaat). The Zeus/Marco
Polo breeding combines two of the most successful lineages found in
Europe that produces exceptional jumpers.
Zeus is a
balanced mix of Selle Francais and Anglo Arab blood. His sire,
Arlequin is a distinguished sire of international
showjumpers and eventers. Zeus' full brother, Figaro
(ridden for Zangersheide by Harry Wouters Van Den Oudenweyer) and
sister, Diablesse (ridden by J. P. Bonneau), won at
international level, as did several other offspring by Arlequin.
Imilian's dam, Dorina H was imported
from the Bavarian region of Germany as a Grand Prix Jumper and comes from a highly coveted proven performance
lineage, generally only found in Europe that combines quality
movement, powerful athletic ability and excellent type.
Dorina H is sired by Alexis Z, out of
Domgoettin, who is sired by Diskus.
Alexis Z is the most successful
producing Alme Z descendant, who exerted an
enormous influence of horse breeding in the South West region of
German. Initially, Alexis Z was only used to
cover the privileged mares of the Drachenhof stud. His progeny
can be found in Holstein, as well as Hanover. Alexis Z,
himself a Grand Prix jumper also followed in the tradition of his
dam, Wonne, a Hanoverian mare, who was a successful
international show jumper under Peter Schmitz. Famous examples
of his offspring like Apricot D, Amaretto D
and many more brought him the nickname "Landgraf of the south" and
made his owner, (Drachenhof/Rombelsheim) to one of the most
successful breeders of Germany.
Alexis Z is by the Selle Francais stallion, Alme Z,
who is part of the elite few "Stallions of the Century" and is also
known as the "Sire of World Breeding". Alme Z,
son of the great French stallion, Ibrahim,
influenced showjumping bloodlines all over Europe. A
successful international showjumper himself, with Francois Mathy and
Johan Heins, Alme Z is the only stallion to have
sired two World Champions and three Olympic horses.
Domgoettin is sired by the
Hanoverian stallion, Diskus.
He was the only son of Domspatz to stand at the
Celle state stud. Diskus also produced a
number of successful show jumpers on the European national levels,
like Denizen (Tim Grubb), Doreen
(Jan Tops/Tjark Nagel), as well as The Natural
(1987 World Cup winner with Katherine Burdsall).
Domgoettin is out of Grey
Lady, sired by Gotthard, who is
truly one of the great stallions. For several years,
Gotthard was the leading sires of showjumpers in Germany
and has been very influential as a broodmare sire.