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ASKARI

Askari was Reserve Champion at the Bundeschampionat in 2002, 1^st Reserve Champion of the Bundeschampionat 2003 and was Reserve Champion of his Licensing in 2000

Askari received 152 points (76%) in the integrated breed value estimation of the National Federation (FN). In addition to his performance at the stallion test and at horse shows, the results of six performance-tested mares were recorded.

This stallion is an amazing competitor and is proving himself to be an ideal jumping sire.

Five of Ahorn's progeny qualified for the Federal Showjumping Championship in Verden in 1992, with Acord II finishing as Vice Champion. His brother Acord I from Ahorn Z’s first crop of foals was an international show jumper in the Netherlands before being sold to the USA. Notwithstanding this, he presented some outstanding offspring in Germany from the short time that he was stationed in Bavaria. In 1996 the youngest full-brother Acord III was Champion Stallion in Brazil. Acord II’s Dam State Premium mare Ribecka was Champion mare of her age-class in Holstein. She belongs to the bloodline of probably the  most versatile Holstein sire of the post-war period via her sire Calypso I. The Granddam Gerlis moreover produced the sire Chicago , whilst the Grandam's sire is Lancaster, a stallion with a high proportion of thoroughbred blood (combination of Ladykiller xx and Ramzes), who was himself an active show jumper. The Marder son Mandarin in the fourth generation is out of an interesting Dam line, as his Dam Holle was also the Grandam of Ramiro. Mandarin's daughter Urbine is also the Dam of the Approved stallion Freeman and Granddam of the association owned successful show jumper and sire Aktionar, as well as the international show jumper and successful sire, Burggraf who is stationed in Holland. The Dam line furthermore produced the stallions Acobat I, II and III, Ladys King, Avero Bavaria Luchs, Catango Z, Charisma, Silverstone, as well as Athletico (Celle State Stallion).

Acord II convincingly won the Stallion Performance Test in 1991 scoring 9.5 to 10.0 for show jumping and 9.0 to 9.67 for rideability, and was the 1992 Holstein show jumping Champion in Bad Segeberg and German Vice-Champion in Verden in 1992. He was moreover the most successful five-year-old stallion in Germany with a tally of 21 wins. He continued his sporting career winning intermediate grade-A showjumping competitions and achieving placements in the advanced class.

Acord II is much frequented by breeders from all over Europe and has developed to a premium hereditary transmitter. Numerous Approved sons resulted from his first few years at stud, including the Champion stallions of the Hessian Approvals and the ZfDP of 1996. He furthermore presented the Champion two-year old mare in Holstein in 1995 and the best 3-year-old-mare in Holland in 1996. The likewise Approved son Araconit who is covering in Baden-Wurttemberg, won the Holstein State Riding Horse Championship in Bad Segeberg in 1996 and was Federal Vice Champion five-year-old show jumper in Warendorf in 1998 and sixth in the show jumping finals in Warendorf in 1999. Acord II progeny moreover dominated the 1999 Jeral German Showjumping Championship. He has sent no less than 14 horses to the Warendorf show jumping tournament. Fourteen of the thirteen placed six-year olds derived from Acord II, including the Champion Atlantic (Ulrich Kirchhoff). He is thus quite justifiably one of the most sought after warmblood stallions of Europe, since he disposes over and transmits attributes that countless others can only dream about: nobility, rideability and exceptional jumping values. His leaping and bounding progeny made Acord II the best sire of show jumpers according to the FN breeding value rating once again in the year 2000.

The Damsire, Lavall II in his first year standing at stud. Lavall II, a son of Landgraf I, has been, just like his brother Lavall I, very successful in German competition and breeding.

On his dam's side, he has the blood of the stallion Calypso I (Cor de la Bryere), through the Holsteiner mare Tramontana. Calypso I has been established as one of the great sires of dressage horses, as well as a sire of many international jumping horses. Among these are Calando (ridden by Björn Nagel) and Cabinett I (ridden by Dirk Schröder).