Sire Argentan

Sire Argentan

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ARGENTINUS

You would have to look for a very long time to find a top international show jumping competition in which there are no off-spring by Argentinus. This Grand Champion has added yet further highlights to his unbelievable number of world class show jumpers: Air Jordan Z took second place in the World Cup and Special Ed won individual gold for Canada under Jil Henselwood in the Pan American Games.

Even in his 27th year of life, the highly prized Argentinus was as much in demand as ever.

His name is synonymous the world over for jumping quality, rideability as well
as a capacity for movement. It's certainly not just a matter of course to be able to produce show jumpers as well as dressage horses that stand in the stables of medal-winning riders. Not very many stallions have ever achieved this. But Argentinus was simply one of those sires that are only born once in a decade.

He was awarded the I a main Premium on account of his superb progeny in 1984.

In 1996 he was the youngest millionaire of Germany’s top stallions, and is meanwhile the most successful living sire in Germany.

Argentinus is omnipresent whether it is in breeding or sport, at mare shows or Approvals, in the dressage arena or on the showjumping course.

More than 30 of his sons have been Approved, including Arko III (private stallion GBR; eleventh in the 2004 Olympic showjumping final under Nick Skelton/GBR, and third most successful showjumper of the season) and Adlantus As FRH (private stallion Hesse; with his rider Lars Nieberg part of the German showjumping team at the WEG in 2002 Jerez/ESP, which took fourth place). Furthermore, he presented Asti Spumante (state stallion Bavaria; under Thomas Mühlbauer winner of the 2004 Grand Prix in Munich), Anchorman (highest-priced showjumper in Vechta and successful in Nations Cups), Air Jordan (successful with Edouard Mathé/FRA in the tournament series Sires of the World), August der Starke (stallion performance test winner, price record holder of the Vechta auction and under Victoria Max-Theurer/AUT on the way to Grand Prix dressage) and St. Ludwigs Aquilino/Eva Senn/SUI. Other well-known horses produced by Argentinus are Anka, who came second in the Riders Tour with Marcus Ehning, Irish Independent Annabella/Cian O´Connor, the World Cup qualification winner Special Ed/Jill Henselwood/CAN, as well as Acajou/Toni Hassmann, and Anastasia III/Bill Twooney/IRE. The most famous Argentinus progeny in the dressage sport are Heike Kemmer’s European team gold winner Albano, the European young riders’ champion Achill/Benjamin Werndl, the three times Paralympics world vice-champion Fabiola/ Hannelore Brenner, the federal champion and up to Grand Prix trained Amaretto 50, as well as Aleppo S-OLD/both Isabell Werth.