Lordship

Date of Birth: 1990
Breed: Holsteiner
Height: 16.3hh
Stud Fee: $Private Treaty- Frozen Semen Only
Booking Fee: $
Discounts: Premium Mares and Multiple Bookings

Breed Approvals: AHHA

Comments: Lordship was the first warmblood stallion acquired by October Hill Farm, selected from among a dozen options to be our flagship breeding stallion. A beautiful, kind, and playful individual of enormous personality and charisma, Lordship charmed his visitors, earning friends and fans wherever he went.

Bred by famed Holsteiner breeder Lothar Voelz, Lordship earned approval and premium status from the Holsteiner Verband, and later finished 5th in his stallion testing at Medingen in 1993. After returning from a lease to a Danish breeder, Lordship was purchased and imported by October Hill Farm in 1998.

By the very respected stallion Lord Calando, Lordship excelled in both dressage (as did the Lord Calando son Lacantus) and in jumping (as did the Lord Calando son Lux Z), and produced many foals with the ability to perform well in both of these disciplines.

Sadly, Lordship was lost in October of 2007 due to complications arising from the injuries which forced him into retirement. He is missed daily, but lives on in his foals.




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Lordship produced three crops of foals in Europe , from 1993 to1996. before he was leased for breeding to Denmark. During his short time at stud in Germany, Lordship produced over 18 premium foals and now has thirteen daughters registered as broodmares with the Verband. In 1999, Lordship's most successful daughter Lucile, out of a Corleone mare, won reserve champion non-local mare at the Schleswig-Holstein mare show, and later produced the approved stallions New Lord, by Newton, and Casillas, by Colman. Lordship is also the maternal grandsire of the stallion Sir Isaac (also by Newton), who stands in the United Kingdom. In 2000, Logik HS, by Lordship, earned a Bronze medal at the Danish Elite-Grading Show. Several Lordship offspring have excelled in the jumpers in Europe, including the Grand Prix horse Le Joli 2.

In 1999, Lordship was ranked 2nd in Pferd+Sport magazine as a producer of jumper horses. In the young stallion ranking, Lordship placed 2nd in breeding values for the sport, behind 1st place Corofino and ahead of 3rd ranked Riverman (Redfort). The significance of this ranking can be understood when comparing the number of offspring used to calculate the ranking. While Corofino and Riverman had 74 and 20 offspring respectively competing at the uniform level, Lordship had only 10. The breed values are created by computer programs developed by the German Equestrian Federation to register starts and placings on horse shows for central processing. Thus, the breed values in this ranking show the success of offspring in relation to the number of offspring in competition.

Many Lordship offspring have received premium status, including the premium select mare Phamous (50 points) and the premium mare Rollergirl(48 points). Other premium foals include Landonn I, Landonn II, Remarkable Gal, Riga, Tallulah, L’Ordinance, Laretto, Lakota, and Wasabi. Lordship offspring are competing in the United States in a variety of sports. Lightning Speed(aka Lord Lightning,) by Lordship out of an Alcatraz mare, placed in several Grand Prix, including a 5th in the $25,000 Memphis in May Grand Prix, and 7th in the $35,000 Oaks Blenheim Classic. The stallion Lord of the Dance, by Lordship, owned by Fran Selby, is currently competing successfully in mid-level dressage. Other offspring in sport include CR Nirvana and CR Roxanne owned by Clear Round Showjumpers of Texas. Lord Legat competes successfully in amateur dressage in California. Many foals are also being shown in the USDF Breeders Championships series, and some are showing up in the hunter ranks as well.

Lordship passes on his size, color, type and movement with consistency, and all foals carry his gracious face and large eye. All have exhibited correct, elastic and ground-covering gaits and consistently offer trainability and rideability.

Tallulah

Lordship/Madeline/Ariadus

Rumpus

Lordship/Lasso/Caracas

Rollergirl

Lordship/Lavitta/Cassini I

Phamous

Lordship/Gemma/Contender

New Lord

Newton/Lucille/Lordship

Lucille

Lordship//Corleone

by Lordship out of a Corleone mare. She was the Reserve Champion Non-Local mare at the 1999 Schleswig-Holstein Mare Show.

Logik

Lordship//

Lightning Speed

Lordship//Alcatraz

Landonn II

Lordship/Madeline/Ariadus

L'Ordinance

Lordship/Indhira/Linaro

CR Nirvana

Lordship//

Wilhelmina HFH

Lordship/Dulcy/Rico

Lord

Lord has been one of the most influential sires in the history of Holstein , bringing extraordinary jumping abilities and spectacular movement to the breed. Lord was the Champion of the 1969 Verband approvals and later competed in advanced three-day eventing under Herbert Bloecker. Lord has sired winners of over one million Deutschmarks, including his most well-known son Livius (Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics, European Championships, 1st Nations Cup Rome, Hickstead, Spruce Meadows, etc. 1st Grand Prix of Rome, Ox Ridge Grand Prix, Grosser Volvo Deutchland Preis, Everest Double Glaxing National GP, etc.). Lord is found in countless pedigrees of Holsteiner horses around the world.

Calando I

Calando I, who was shown to international success and the German Jumper Championships by Karsten Huck, is the sire of the Canadian Team horse Conejo, the sire of the showjumper stallion Careful (Barcelona Olympics), and is damsire to Canturo, the father of Canto, 2004 Champion of the Holsteiner Verband Approvals in Neumunster .

Lord Calando

Lordship is by Lord Calando, a son of the great Holsteiner sire Lord by Ladykiller, who is considered to be a pillar of Holsteiner breeding. Lord Calando's other approved sons include Lacantus, FEI-Level Dressage horse, and Lux Z, who competed in the Sydney Olympics for Italy and won Pulsar Crown competitions in Valkenswaard and Cannes. Lord Calando's mother, Perra, by Calando I, is also the dam of the fabulous Carthago Z (by Capitol I), who competed at the Sydney Olympics with Jos Lansink. Both Hilltop Farm's young stallion Royal Appearance and Ludo Philippaerts Chatman boast Lord Calando as their damsire, as do many other successful sporthorses around the world

Caletto II

Lordship's dam is Vakanz, a daughter of the most important Cor de la Breyere son Caletto II, who stood at stud only four short years before a tragic accident took his life. Vakanz is also the mother of the approved stallion Lord Calidos (Lord), who stood at the Holsteiner Verband.