Telvera’s pedigree is excellent in part because many of the stallions we like to see in a pedigree are ideally located for linebreeding to, either in Telvera’s crosses or those with her offspring.

With this insight in mind, I’d like to point out the 1.60 m jumper Ahorn Z (Nimmerdor/Ladykiller xx). Illustrious international career aside, several of his offspring jumped to international heights – including Ursula XII (3rd, World Cup Finals, 2004), Dublin, Feizal, and Ivor. In addition to this, he brings in Nimmerdor (jumped to 1.60 m) and Ladykiller xx (sire of Lord and Landgraf I) both of which are excellent progenitors of blood and boldness. This provides an excellent anchor to breed back to in future generations.

Also on top through her sire Matterhorn, we find Ramiro Z (Raimond/Cottage Son xx), as in the Ramiro that founded the “R” sire line with sons such as Roman, Rigoletto, Ronald, and Raimond. He also jumped to 1.60 m before producing international competitors such as Rebel I, II, and II Z and Ratina Z! Ratina Z you may recognize either from the breeding shed (producing Comme il Faut!) or from her superstar career, winning the World Cup Finals, the European Championships, the Grand Prix of Aachen, individual Olympic Silver, double Olympic Team Gold, Team Gold at the WEG, and twice team gold at the European championships. To quote The Holsteiner Horse, “(Ramiro’s) progeny were very uniform, true-to-type and of good character, were trustworthy and easy to ride. Raimond sired well over 120 daughters who were held in high esteem, especially when they were out of Thoroughbred mares.” He became known as an excellent progenitor of type and conformation.

Le Mexico produced solid horses substance and strength, deep chests and curved ribs. Despite passing away young, he produced several international competitors including Lucinda, Opstalan’s Peckwush, and Fliegette of Noordland.

I will let the words of Johan Hamminga speak of Amor; “Amor was a very nice stallion with a long neck, for that time, he was so modern – even today when you see in the dam line, Amor, it is much valued. They are very sound. Amor was a difficult horse, like Jazz now, but when you trust the horse, and the horse trusts you, it’s okay. The Amors were so hard, so good in the constitution, so good in the legs – never lame, never. They have a high tolerance of pain… he was a very important stallion for us.”

Of Inschallah, a large-framed horse with enormous gaits, he produced more rounded movement and knee action than previous horses of the time had. He was also known for his excellent, kind temperament and tendency to pass it on, so he became enormously influential in dressage circles as an alternative to some of the other excellent moving but poor tempered stallions of the time. In fact, his offspring brought in almost a million DM – in a time when a million dollars was a large fortune!