Ritual As A Foal

Sire Ramiro Z

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RITUAL

Ritual had an exemplary career from the outset and already belonged to the best procreators of show jumpers in Germany, according to the FN breeding value rating. He is homozygotically bay coloured and consequently does not transmit chestnuts. He amazingly presented 3 Approved sons from his first covering season, which consisted only of a very small number of coverings. The number of Approved sons has meanwhile increased considerably. His progeny are unusually noble and thrill by their outstanding jumping ability.

Ritual is a great sire of show horses of all disciplines. The prize money in competition of his descendants, like Rainy Day (Alois Pollmann- Schweckhorst), Ramadan Z (Eduardo Netto de Almeida/POR), Rubia (Axel Milkau) and Resonanz (Hartwog Rhode) is more than 362,000 € in 2005. Ritual is sire of 14 Licensed sons, among them Rudelsburg, sire of Rulanda (ridden by Imke Harms), Champion of the German Show Jumping Masters in 2005, Rilke, Westphalian State Stud sire and Rudelsberg, Neustadt/Dosse State Stud sire etc

The Sire, Ramiro Z has become world famous and is duly called the "Euro-stallion" of his day. Preferent Ramiro decends from the famous male linage combination Rainmond - Ramzes x - Rittersporn xx. The anglo arabian Ramzez represents one of the basic blood lines on which Holsteiner breeding has beeen founded. Ramzes gave a new dimension to sport horse breeding. Ramiro's dam is  Valine, who aquired international fame as a show jumper by the name of Corrale under Lutz Gossing. She is a daughter of the reputable Throughbred Cottage Son, who became famous through his son Consul. Ramiro's dam is frm linage 776 one of the most valueable Holstiener female blood lines going back to Achill and Edelbert.

In 1969 Ramiro was the absolute top stallion of his performance year and was not only used for breeding but was successfully showjumped. He was ridden by Fritz Ligges and excelled in his puissance performances, up to 2.2 meters as well as in competition where speed was essential. Ramiro moved to the Netherlands, to Studbook Zangersheide in 1979, and was accepted into the KWPN 2 years later, on the basis of his breeding efforts that had earned him worldwide fame. He was declared horse of the year at jumping Amsterdam in 1992.

G. Ramiro Z progeny can be described in one word: sublime. He supplied a large number of stallions approved in the Netherlands and abroad as well as an impressive series of sport horses. In the Netherlands his sons Almiro, Armstrong, Bernstein, Dageraad, Damiro, Elmero and Zeoleit were Approved. His daughter the super mare Ratina Z is the dream of the show jumping world, winning both Gold and Silver medals  at the Barcelona Olympics and, under her new rider Ludger Beerbaum, claiming the Volvo World Cup of 1993.

However his offspring increasingly distinguish themselves in dressage as well. The Horse Breeding Testing Station Association has gratefully used the sperm quality and high fertility of Ramiro Z, which alllowed this association to play a prominent role in the development of artificial insemination of horses in this day and age.

The Damsire, German-bred Der Lowe, son of German St. Leger Winner Wahnfried, was a stakes winner who, at age 7, was installed as a sire at the Hanoverian stallion station at Grossenworden. During his twenty year career at stud he produced a great number of top Hanoverian dressage horses, some international grand prix jumpers, including Der Lord and Loriot, and two significant sire sons, Lugano I and Lugano II.

Der Löwe is one of the very few Hanoverian stallions ever licensed for breeding by the Holstein Verband! The world wide dominance of this unique performance line 776 is further documented by numerous sires such as Acorado (State Stud Celle), Calvados I and II, Cortino I and II, Landos, Ramirado (Holstein), Captain Incipit, Lord Incipit (Bavaria), Highvalley, Larenco (NL), Lordanos, Rouletto (Oldenburg) and many others.