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Charaktervoll holds the breeders’ attention with his offspring as well as his outstanding show jumping performances. Embodying archetypical Holsteiner type, this son of Comme il faut presents himself as a model stallion with regard to type and athleticism.
The young stallion is able to present himself to best advantage in all three gaits thanks to his well-structured rectangular frame with a strong top-line and correct legs. His strong hind leg and back not only enable him to move with the desired up-hill tendency but also provide him with exceptional jumping potential. His excellent canter is a requirement for an optimum jumping process. His strength allows for the desired push at take-off in combination with a very good technique and great carefulness, and particularly impressive hind leg technique.
Charaktervoll foals are characterized by their Holsteiner type with a smoothly connected top-line. Particularly remarkable is his dynamic and rhythmic canter which he passes on to his offspring. It is also worth mentioning, that Charaktervoll fillies stand out for their elegance. His offspring from his first crops show that he passes on his elastic and dynamic jumping. The highest-priced lot of the 2024 elite auction was by Charaktervoll.
Euro 350,- + VAT
plus Euro 750,- + VAT when pregnant
plus Euro 100,- + VAT Foal fee
Euro 350,- + VAT
plus Euro 1,150,- + VAT when pregnant
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Sire
Comme il faut’s breeding is a combination of international top successful bloodlines. In addition to his Olympic level own performance, his sire Cornet Obolensky has been one of the best jumping sires in the world for years now.
His dam Ratina made Olympic history as well. Her achievements with Piet Reymakers and Ludger Beerbaum include winning individual and team gold at the 1997 Mannheim Europeans, individual silver and team gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and team gold at the 1994 Den Haag WEG.
Already at the Warendorf National Championship, Comme il faut had stood out for his quality and carefulness. Later he went on to compete at international top level with Marcus Ehning, with his performance at the 2019 Rotterdam Europeans the crowning glory of his career.
Damline
Charaktervoll’s damline is influenced by successful international stallions, proven and reliable dams and an internationally successful Holsteiner mare family. The stallions in the tail female line, Contendro I, Capitol and Caletto II, are high-profile international sport horse sires, all of them, with highly successful offspring up to Olympic level. Dam, second dam, and third dam have all produced show jumping offspring with S level achievements.
Mare family 474 has produced top level sport horses and breeding stock time and again. The most well-known current representative of this family is Q-Verdi, ridden by Maikel van der Vleuten.
Own Performance of Charaktervoll
Charaktervoll was given a jumping weighted total mark of 8.58 in the Neustadt upon Dosse stallion performance test. He received 9.5 on willingness to perform, and 9.0 on jumping ability and temperament. He completed sport testing at Münster-Handorf with a final mark of 8.96 – with individual scores of 8.6 on canter, ability 9.2, technique 8.7, rideability 9.3 and 9.0 for overall impression 9.0.
Charaktervoll demonstrated his golden touch already in the first showing season of his career in 2021. In June, he became State Champion of the four-year-old jumping horses, winning four of the five classes he had been entered to scoring up to 9.2. Five-year-old, he qualified for the Warendorf National championship with Lars Bak Andersen and placed in young horse jumping classes up to M* level. *. Under the saddle of Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, Charaktervoll commanded attention for example in the youngster tours of Leipzig, Neumünster and Hamburg, whre he placed at 1,40m classes.
Test results
Sport test 2021 in Münster-Handorf: weighted jumping final score 8,96
Sport test 2022 in Verden: weighted jumping final score 8,88
Offspring of Charaktervoll
Charaktervoll offspring stand out in particular for their excellent type. In 2022, a colt by Charaktervoll out of a Cassini II dam (Deike Ahsbahs, Bokel) placed third in the Holsteiner state foal championship in Bad Segeberg. His Ahsbahs-bred full sister also finished in the top 5 in 2024. In January 2024, a Charaktervoll son has been licensed for breeding at the DSP grading in Neustadt upon Dosse.
Charaktervoll offspring attract notice also under saddle: his daughter Cim-Charlien changed hands through the elite riding horse auction where she was knocked down to Janne Friederike Meyer Zimmermann and Christoph Zimmermann for 120,000 euros, the highest price.
