Royal Prince
1999 Hanoverian Stallion
Bay, 16.1 ½ hands
Rohdiamant – Prince Thatch xx – Wenzel I
Owner: Hilltop Farm
Breeder: Fredi Schaefer
2009 Breeding Fee: $2000
Performance Test:
129.90 Total/135.82 Dressage/102.83 Jumping
Reserve Champion of his 30-Day and 70-Day Tests and achieved Class I status
Approved VhW, AHS, ISR/OldNA, GOV, CWHBA
Offspring eligible for International Dressage & Jumper Futurities
About Royal Prince
Rideability, elegance, and international quality gaits are highlights of Royal Prince and of his ancestors. Royal Prince’s sire, Rohdiamant, has been an extremely successful competition horse and with rider Lisa Wilcox was short listed for the US Olympic Team. Rohdiamant’s success continues into the breeding world. He has sired over 40 approved sons and the VhW’s index lists Rohdiamant #10 for the production of dressage horses.
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| Photo © Astrid Appels |
Royal Prince’s dam Piri Piri is by the influential Thoroughbred stallion Prince Thatch xx. This Celle stallion has been ranked #9 on the VhW’s listing for production of dressage horses – a rare honor for a thoroughbred. Piccolino, by Prince Thatch, was among the top ranked horses on the German Dressage team and in 2003 helped secure the Team Gold for Germany at the European Dressage Championships and placed 6th individually.
Piri Piri’s dam Winzerin is by Wenzel I, the 1980 Champion of Hannover and winner of his stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf in 1979. Wenzel I’s influence lives on in many top dressage horses like his internationally successful sons Walk on Top, Wanninger, and Weldon Surprise.
Royal Prince was approved in the fall of 2001 by the Hanoverian Verband and was a finalist in the 2002 Bundeschampionat. As a 4-year old, Royal Prince was the Reserve Champion of both his 30-Day and 70-Day stallion tests and again was a finalist at the Bundeschampionat. At all these events, Royal Prince consistently earned 10’s for his rideability and walk, and 9’s for his trot, canter, and willingness to work.
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| Photo © W. Schonrock Dahlenburg |
Hilltop Farm imported Royal Prince in the fall of 2003 and in the spring Royal Prince made sweeping wins of all his classes at the 2004 East Coast Selection Trials for the FEI World Championships for Young Horses. At the Championships in Verden, Germany, Royal Prince demonstrated his keen focus and lovely gaits and made a bit of American history when he earned an overall score of 8.84 and a final standing of 4th place in the world! No American entry to date has placed so successfully in this international event. Royal Prince next headed to Lexington, Kentucky for the USEF/Markel National Young Horse Championships. Once again, the judges awarded Royal Prince a 10 for his walk, 9 for his trot, 8.5 for the canter, 9 on submissiveness, and a 9.2 for general impression, giving him an overall score of 9.14 and the 2004 National Championship title.
In 2005, Royal Prince’s first foal crop was evaluated by the North American breed registries. On the American Hanoverian Society’s inspection Tour, Royal Prince had four Site Champions, including the spectacular filly Rheporter out of Mo Swanson’s EM Whispre (Weltmeyer-Brentano II). Dr. Werner Schade of the Hanoverian Verband exclaimed that Rheporter equaled in quality the top foal of the German Hanoverian Foal Championships! Site Championships and Premium foals continued throughout the 2006 inspection tours for Royal Prince offspring. We anxiously await 2008 when his oldest US offspring will be started under saddle
"It is rare to find a horse that maintains the freedom and elasticity that Royal Prince possess. As he continues to move up the levels, his correctness of rhythm, exceptional reach, and beautiful expression remain highlights." - Chris Hickey
Pedigree
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Rohdiamant |
Rubinstein I |
Rosenkavalier |
| Antine | |||
EM Elektia V |
Inschallah AA |
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| St. Pr. St. Elektia | |||
Piri Piri |
Prince Thatch xx |
Thatch xxr |
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| Petroleuse xx | |||
Winzerin |
Wenzel Il |
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| St. Pr. St. Desiree |
Career Highlights
2008: Fourth Level Average 69%
2007: Reserve Champion, Third Level BLM Finals
2005: US Representative World Championships for Young Horses - FEI Six Year Olds
2004: USEF National Champion - FEI Five Year Olds
2004: US Representative World Championships for Young Horses - FEI Five Year Olds
2003: Reserve Champion of both his 30-day & 70-day Stallion Tests
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