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Mezcalero
Date of Birth: 1987 Breed: Dutch Warmblood Height: 17.2hh Stud Fee: $1,600 Booking Fee: $250 Discounts: Premium Mares and Multiple Bookings
Breed Approvals: AHHA, RPSI and BWP
Comments: Mezcalero is the son of the world-renowned Voltaire, who has gained acclaim both as a successful international competitor and as a sire of supremely successful offspring. Mezcalero's damsire is the incomparable Ramiro, who stood in Holland, Germany, Westfal, and Zangershiede, and was names Horse of the Year in Holland in 1992 due to his breeding success for Leon Melchior. A more successful sire than Ramiro is seldom seen.
Mezcalero, like his father and many successful brothers and sisters, has competed and placed internationally, with appearances at such prestigious competitions as Aachen, Arnhem, Monterrey, Luxembourg, Lisbon, and Jerez, and in many world cup qualifiers. He represented Mexico in the 1998 World Equestrian Games, and jumped in many Nations Cup competitions under rider Frederico Fernandez. Mezcalero is the sire of the 5 Year-Old Jumper Champion in Spain, the 2002 IJF East Coast Champion, and the 2004 and 2005 YJC Western Regionals Champion Apache, and of many other successful Sporthorse offspring both here and abroad. Mezcalero's bloodlines and popularity and an individual have been so sought after the semen has been exported to Europe for use there.
For the length of his jumping career, Mezcalero was the personal mount of Mexican Team rider Frederico Fernandez. This outstanding duo put in clear rounds at some of the toughest international venues in the world. Following his retirement from competition, Mezcalero was sold to US interests. His offspring are now making a great impression in the sport.
Mezcalero career highlights include--
1996
2nd, World Cup Qualifier, Mexico City 4th, Grand Prix of Jerez 8th, Grand Prix of Jerez 3rd, Grand Prix of Madrid 8th, Grand Prix of Madrid 7th, Grand Prix of Lisbon 5th, Bradley Cup Con de Los Andes
1997
8th, World Cup Qualifier, Monterrey Qualified for the World Equestrian Games in Rome 3rd, Grand Prix, Nations Cup
1999
4th, World Cup Qualifier, Mexico City 10th, World Cup Qualifier, Quebec 3rd, Grand Prix of Jalapa, Qualifier for the Pan American Games
2000
2nd, Grand Prix of Mexico
2001
3rd, Grand Prix of Monterey
Offspring
Mezcalero has produced in foals in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. His semen has been shipped to Europe for private use. Some of Mezcalero's offspring have achieved considerable noteworthy mention due to their sport success.
On Star
Mezcalero//
His son On Star was an IJF champion with rider Heather Caristo in 2003.
Mississippi LS
Mezcalero//
Another upcoming sensation is Mississippi LS, owned by Mexican team member Jorge Versuyvel and ridden to all his recent successes by Jorge’s teenage son, Angel Karolyi. Mississippi was the winner of the $10,000 Six Bar Challenge at Thunderbird Show Park in August, and also won the Canadian Young Horse championships for 7 Year Olds. He also competed in the North American Young Horse championships in Monterrey, Mexico, narrowly missing qualification for the final.
Memphis HH
Mezcalero/Lantana Melodie /Lonely Boy/Farnese out of a Monsun mare
2008 filly by Mezcalero bred by Alison Maskell of New York. Site champion of Winley Farm AHHA inspection.
Apache
Mezcalero/Escada xx/Centaine xx
Among these is Apache, owned by USET rider Richard Spooner. In 2004, Apache won the YJC Western Regional Championships in the 5 YO section, and repeated this accomplishment as a 6 YO in 2005. He then progressed to Grand Prix level competition, participating in weekend classes in the second have of Thermal 2007.
Placings at that show include a 2nd, a 4th, and a 6th place finish in the three $30,000 Ariat Grand Prix, as well as a 2nd in the $75,000 Prix in week IV and a 9th in the $75,000 in week V. Immediately after Indio, Apache appeared in the Wellington Finale, placing 4th in the FEI Medium Tour Speed Stake, and then went on to Tampa where he was 4th in the $25,000 WEF Challenge Cup CSI. Soon after, Apache traveled to Italy in the summer of 2007 to compete in international high performance.
Ancestors
Voltaire
Mezcalero is by the beloved Dutch stallion Voltaire, one of the first performance stallions to go on and prove himself equally important as a breeding stallion. Voltaire won at the highest levels of showjumping, with Nations Cup wins at Calgary, Stockholm, Hertogenbosch, Lanaken, Helsinki, Wiesbaden, and Wembley. In 1989, he was the winner of the Grand Prix of Berlin. Voltaire, as a breeding stallion, became known for passing on his jumping ability and his wonderful stable manners. He was represented by a staggering twenty-eight jumpers in the WBFSH standings for 2000-2001, and was ranked 9 th in the top fifty sires in the ten years from 1991 to 2000. Today his progeny, including at least 33 approved sons, continue to excel in sport around the world and to produce more great horses; in the USEF sire rankings, Voltaire has been ranked the number one sire of hunters from 2003 to 2004, and was ranked 4 th as a jumper sire in 2003, and 8 th in 2004. Some of his sons, such as Concorde, Equador, Gershwin, Julius, and Farmer, are also consistently found in these rankings.
Furiso II
Voltaire is by the French stallion Furioso II, one of the first of such stallions to be imported to Germany to provide some much-needed Thoroughbred influence. Standing in the Oldenburg region, he easily won his 100-Day test, and was later approved for breeding in Hannover, Rhineland, Hessen, and Westfalia. Furioso II had winners in all disciplines; some noteable ones are FBI, Heissman (Michael Matz's Horse of the Year and 4 th at the Barcelona Olympics), and For Pleasure (ridden by Lars Nieberg to Olympic team Gold in Atlanta, and by Marchus Ehnning to team gold in Sydney). In dressage, Furioso II's son Purioso is the sire of Cocktail (Anky van Grunsven's Grand Prix mount). Furioso II, who died in 1986, sired a total 81 approved sons, 96 dams of approved sons, and has progeny earnings of DM9,000,000.
Gotthard
Gogo Moeve by the great Hanoverian stallion, Gotthard. Gogo Moeve was the dam of successful competition horses Fandango R, PS Falkan and Petite Fleur. Her dam sire is the English Thoroughbred, More Magic xx, who was the sire of 1980 Moscow Olympic dressage gold medallist, Mon Cherie. Gotthard was for seven years the leading sire of showjumpers in Germany, and he sired over thirty-four licensed stallions and twenty six States Premium mares. He also sired numerous showjumpers, among them Goldika, Goldfink, Golden Gate, Goya, and Galipolis. Gotthard is also noteable as a damsire, having produced the mother of World Cup Winner The Natural, as well as the mare Gandria, one of the Hanover region's most decorated broodmares (she is the dam of October Hill's Amaretto D II)
Ramiro
Ramiro, one of the most influential jumper sires in the world. Bred and raised in Holstein, Ramiro has had considerable influence in many breeding regions. He is the sire of the incredible international show jumper Ratina Z, United States Olympic Medalist Royal Kaliber, and is grandsire to Athens Olympics super stars Montender and Butterfly Flip. Besides these names, there are hundreds more offspring competing and winning all over the world.
Marco Polo
Marco Polo was brought to Holland in 1964 as an upgrade sire. While not popular at first, it was soon apparent that Marco Polo's progeny had hereditary jump. The first horse to really announce the arrival of a new jumping sire was the mare, Elzette, who teamed with a 15 year old Franke Sloothaak became Royal Dutch Federation Champion in 1973. The following year, Franke rode Marco Polo to become Champion of the Young Riders. Other successful offspring were Jonker Arno (Henk Nooren), Polo Boy (Katie Monahan), Vivaldi (Melanie Smith), Pybalia (Phillippe Guerdat's Olympic mount in 1984 as well as in Seoul), and Marius (Caroline Bradley's Birmingham Grand Prix winner and 1977 British Showjumper of the Year). Marius went on to sire Milton, perhaps the most famous showjumper in history. Marco Polo was also successful as a broodmare sire; one of his daughters was bred to Voltaire to produce Concorde, and both Hap Hansen's Dalfsen and Debbie Schaffner's Den Ham were from Marco Polo daughters.
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