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Corfu de la vie is a stallion with tremendous jumping ability, a quality not to be neglected in modern jumping horse breeding with its focus on speed. Produced and shown by Lucas Wenz, Corfu de la Vie has collected numerous advanced level placings, including at the Riesenbeck CSI. The Cumano son’s most characteristic points are his long lines, strong top-line and correct legs.
Corfu was born in Belgium and his breeder, Eric Goossens, went to great lengths to have then 23-year-old Hera bred to Cumano, a stallion only - and scarcely - available through frozen semen.
Corfu de la Vie continued his competition career in 2024 and has already been placed at international 1.40m level. Corfu passes on ability, height, and size to his offspring. Therefore he should be bred to modern mares with Thoroughbred influence.
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Sire
The Cassini I blood has had a great impact on a whole era of Holsteiner breeding, culminating in his son Cumano and Jos Lansink winning the 2006 WEG. Other than Cumano, in particular Eurocommerce Berlin, Rosalia la Silla, Carino and Carambole have earned worldwide recognition for the Cassini I blood and thus the Holsteiner studbook. Cumano’s importance lies not only in his sporting career but also in his stud value. Bred only for a few years, and first and foremost in Belgium and France, he became a household name through offspring like Neptune Brecourt, Navalo de Poheton and Chilli Pepper van de Helle. His resounding ability to pass on jumping quality, scope, and performance attitude is rooted in his sire line as well as in his dam line.
Damline
Corfu was born in Belgium and his breeder, Eric Goossens, went to great lengths to breed then 23-year-old Hera to Cumano, a stallion only - and very scarcely - available through frozen semen.
Corfu’s dam and her bloodline are of particularly sustained value. Lord daughter Hera’s produce includes Colore, a licensed stallion successfully shown in competition as well as the FEI sport horses Colora and Quido van de Helle. Through the tail female line, she carries two stallions very typical for the Witt family’s breeding programme, Romino and Sacramento Song/TB.
Own performance
Corfu completed 14-day ability assessment in Schlieckau with an overall weighted mark of 7.83. In 2021, he received a final jumping weighted mark of 8.36 in the sport performance test for five-year-old stallions, scoring 9.0 on rideability and 8.7 on ability.
In the beginning of his career, Corfu finished fifth in the state championship for four-year-old jumping horse at Elmshorn. Five- and six-year-old, Corfu was placed in young horse jumping classes up to M* level. Under the saddle of Lucas Wenz, Corfu jumped to first advanced level placings and was in the top 10 in a 1.40m class at the Riesenbeck international horse show.
Test results
14-Tage-Test 2019 in Schlieckau: Gesamt 7,58; Dres. 6,95; Spr. 7,83
Sport test 2021 in Münster-Handorf: weight jump final score 8,36
Offspring of Corfu de la Vie
A filly out of a Rigoletto-Acord I dam bred by Martin Prignitz, Kollmoor, won the foal championship of Steinburg breeding district and finished second in the VTV/R+V Holsteiner foal championship in Bad Segeberg. Last year, as much as two of his daughters were accepted for the Elmshorn elite mare show.
