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Million Dollar is an extraordinary sire made available to the breeders by the Holsteiner Verband. Under the saddle of Sophie Hinners he clearly demonstrated his potential and wowed the crowds with his special charisma and quality jumping. The stallion shows the colourful markings of his sire Plot Blue and frequently passes on them to his offspring. His movement is very good, with an outstandingly regular walk, very forward and ground-covering, a trot with good knee action, and a very efficient, power¬ful and well-carried canter. His jumping is more than convincing, extremely careful, with a good bascule, an excellent push-off and the ability to be expected from his bloodline. Moreover, this well-adjusted and easy-going stallion boasts a great performance attitude.
Million Dollar himself has successfully performed in competition and by now his offspring compete with great success at international youngster level. Characterized by their intelligent jumping and their good riding horse qualities, they are very much sought-after by ambitious amateurs, as well. He should be bred to typey mares with long legs.
Euro 350,- + VAT
plus Euro 1,000,- + VAT when pregnant;
plus Euro 250,- + VAT Foal fee
Euro 350,- + VAT
plus Euro 1,750,- + VAT when pregnant
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Sire
Million Dollar carries a rare concentration of top level sport performance genes. His sire Vater Plot Blue won team gold at the Lexington WEG in 2010, won the World Cup final in 2010 and the top ten final in 2009. His damsire Vigo d’Arsouilles won individual gold at the Lexington WEG in 2010 and his third sire, Cento, was team gold medallist at the Sydney Olympics, won the World Cup final in Leipzig and the Aachen grand prix.
Damline
Million Dollar’s dam, Gin Tonic de Muze, was only ever used for breeding, but his second dam, Daytona de Muze, was successfully shown at 1.60m level by Jody Bosteels and later sold to the USA. His third dam, Wallon de Muze, used to be a successful sport horse (1.60m) with Michel Hécart, same as her full sister, Walnut de Muze, with Harrie Smolders. The fourth dam, Qerly Chin by Chin Chin, was successfully shown at international level by Eric Lamaze.
The family of Million Dollar is described as follows by their founder, Joris de Brabander: “The horses from this mare family have good looks and good movement. They are easy to ride and have been demonstrating their sport performance potential at international level over generations.”
Own Performance of Million Dollar
He was 30-day tested at Schlieckau in December 2015 where he scored 8.25 on rideability and 9.75 on jumping ability. He has been approved for the Holsteiner breeding programme at the Elmshorn licensing in January 2016. Million Dollar passed his Münster-Handorf stallion sport test with flying colours. In terms of scores it meant 8.8 on ability and overall impression, 8.5 on rideability and technique, and 8.3 on canter, with a weighted final score of 8.57.
Four- to six-year-old, Million Dollar became a serial winner in young horse jumping classes through M level under Ebba Johansson. For further training, he came to the stable of Jos Lansink to be shown by Frank Schuttert (NED). Having been well-produced and selectively shown at international level, he returned from Belgium with placings up to 1.45m to join the stable of Sophie Hinners. At their first outings in Kronenberg and Opglabbeek it became very obvious that this combination is a perfect match. Wins and placings in three-star-rated Nations Cups with the German team in Mannheim (2nd), Bratislava (1st) and Budapest (1st) crowned the season for this exceptional pair.
Unfortunately, a hernia put an end to Million Dollar’s showing season already in late July 2022. Million Dollar has recovered well and remains at Elmshorn where he is available to the breeders by fresh semen since.
Test results
30-Tage-Test 2015 in Schlieckau: Gesamt 8,43; ZW-Dres. 86 (+5); ZW-Spr. 126 (+22)
Offspring of Million Dollar
Million Dollar offspring thrill breeders, riders, and owners alike. His daughter Kalifa (Sophie Hinners), the 2022 Warendorf National Champion, found new owners through the PSI auction sale in December, where she was knocked down at 500,000 euros.
Also in 2024, the National Championships proved an excellent stage for his talented sport horse offspring, who secured ribbon after ribbon, such as for example Mini Million (dam sire: Baloubet du Rouet), who had already dominated the five-year-old tour at Holger Hetzel’s horse show and also turned heads at Warendorf under the saddle of Sophie Hinners. Or Mr. Million (dam sire Cash and Carry), who won the second five-year-old qualifier with Teike Carstensen.
His licensed sons include the second reserve champion of the 2019 Holsteiner grading, Milbridge, and Million's Way, also stood by the Elmshorn stallion stable.
His offspring sold through Holsteiner auctions include Massimo (out of a Cormint dam), a top horse knocked down to China for 77,000 euros at the elite auction.
