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This premium stallion of the 2023 Holsteiner grading is attractive and pleasing in many ways: with striking and beautiful markings and three very good basic gaits, we have high expectations for the development under saddle of this modern Keaton son, who bears great resemblance to his sire.
Kantato has many good qualities under saddle. He convinces with three good basic gaits and excellent rideability and is a careful jumper with good judgement. A stallion who always wants to please. A stallion who is fun to ride. He is best bred to mares with sufficient frame and blood. Kantato definitely provides the breeders with an interesting alternative.
Stations
Euro 350,- + VAT
plus Euro 200,- + VAT when pregnant
plus Euro 100,- + VAT Foal fee
Euro 350,- + VAT
plus Euro 550,- + VAT when pregnant
Sire
The second crop of stallion candidates by Kannan son Keaton was absolutely convincing. Kantato is from Keaton’s second crop and represents modern breeding efforts, combining the desired stallion type and athleticism. Three Keaton sons had been accepted for grading in 2023, all of them have been licensed for breeding, two of them awarded premium status. This result confirms his stud value. At the 2024 grading of the young stallions, Keaton was one of the most frequent sires again, with three sons accepted for this event.
At the age of five, Keaton himself shone in young horse jumping classes at M* scoring up to 9.2 and finished sixth at the Warendorf National championships. After Rolf-Göran Bengtsson was given the ride, Keaton placed in classes at 1.35m level. By now, he confirms the great potential he had already shown at a young age in jumping competitions at international level. Carefully brought on by his Swedish rider, the stallion has placed in jumping classes up to 1.45m level last season.
Damline
Kantato is the first licensed son out of Hella BB in the Holsteiner breeding programme. She is also dam to Nubia BB (by Keaton), the first reserve champion of the 2023 Holsteiner elite mare show at Elmshorn. The produce of the second dam, Belinna BB, includes the full siblings BB Graziella, a successful sport horse up to 1.30m level and the licensed Casall son Cocomax.
The third dam, BB Viola, was successfully shown up to 1.40m level by Niklaus Schurtenberger (SUI) and the fourth dam is none other than BB Corlanda by Cor de la Bryère, a full sister to Corland, who collected wins and placings up to 1.60m level under the saddle of Willi Melliger (SUI). Responsible for the successes of the recent dam line is Manfred Birchler from Switzerland, who had purchased the mare Corlanda from Prof. Dr. Hartwig Schmidt and then paved the way for her sport horse career.
Kantato’s bloodline has as much as three ties to this performance mare family, through Contendro I and II and his dam’s family 104A. This mare family was made famous in particular by unforgotten mare Retina and Fritz Thiedemann (GER), but also by Corradina with Carsten-Otto Nagel (GER). Several licensed stallions such as Capitano (by Corporal), Caretano (by Caretino), Contendro I+II (by Contender) and Corland (by Cor de la Bryere) have also come from mare family 104A.
