Souverain

The name says it all

Cadence, shoulder freedom, engagement of the back, flow - all at their optimum and always presented with spirit and presence. Souverain was one of the absolute highlights of the KWPN licensing in ‘s-Hertogenbosch/NED and was celebrated accordingly by the audience.    

Sezuan was world champion for young dressage horses at the age of five, six and seven and is undoubtedly one of the most sought-after dressage stallions of our time. Under his trainer Dorothee Schneider, he also won international competitions up to Inter I. He has since been trained up to Grand Prix level with the help of Patrik Kittel/SWE. The Danish champion stallion, record stallion performance test winner, Danish dressage horse champion, elite stallion and stallion of the year in Denmark also dominates the breeding scene. He produced the two-time record stallion performance test winner Sezuan's Donnerhall, the two-time premium stallion, stallion performance test winner, Bundeschampion, winner of the four-year-old competition at the World Breeding Dressage Championship for Young Horses and now successful at advanced-level dressage So Unique under Isabell Werth, the Vice World Champion of Young Dressage Horses and Bundeschampion Secret, the in Inter-dressage competitions placed Joshua under Isabell Werth, and the reigning Louisdor Prize winner DSP Sheldon Cooper under Carina Harnisch, to name just a few highlights.

The dam Passionata competed the small tour under Karolien van den Brandt/BEL. She herself is half-sister to the licensed Ariane's Razottie (by Romanov)/Julia Groenhart/NED, who was successful in international Grand Prix dressage competitions. Passionata produced our Salvation ES (by Bloomberg) and also licensed Quazotti (by Quaterback), who won international tests for young dressage horses under Naoufal Hassani/MAR, competed at the World Championships for Six-Year-Old Dressage Horses and then started in the international Small Tour.

Dam’s sire is Stedinger. He is a son of the epoch-making Sandro Hit. Stedinger was Oldenburg champion stallion in 2002 and Ib main premium winner in 2004. He placed up to advanced level dressage tests. After moving to Australia, he was victorious up to Inter I and became Australian Champion. Stedinger is sire of over 40 licensed sons, including the Grand Prix-successful Spirit of the Age OLD/Bernadette Brune and Steve Wonder M/Ferdinand Csaki. His best sporting offspring: Gut Wettlkam's Stand By Me OLD/Lisa Müller, who placed in World Cup freestyles, and the other Grand Prix horses Fil Rouge/Laurence Roos/BEL and Novia/Victoria Nielsen,

The granddam Ariane's Pappion was internationally successful in the Small Tour with Shane de Ben/BEL. She is a half-sister to the internationally successful junior dressage horse Jack Sparrow (by Everdale)/Anique Frans/NED, 2023 European Youth Championship participant in Kronberg. The Pappion half-sister Wildrose (by Donatelli) is dam of the junior horse Dimple.

Dream of Glory, Wolkentanz II and Sion are valuable representatives of Donnerhall, Weltmeyer and Sultan stallion lines.

Hanoverian dam line of Nordspitze, which produced the stallions Fürstino (by Fürstenball) and Benissimo (by Belissimo M) as well as the Grand Prix dressage horse Do it my way (by De Niro)/Sandra Walther/AUT.

Dam is half-sister of licensing Grand Prix stallion Ariane’s Razottie