Not strictly CR, but you might know....

[deskbound]

Apologies, but I've tried breeding without much luck. I'm trying to find info about a stallion called Aquilino - there's lots online about his sire Argentinus, but I'm after some cold hard facts - where he stands, cover charges, etc etc! Any directions gratefully received.... I've been hunting around today to no avail. Glass of red to the person who can help!!

 

[popsdosh]

This is what I managed to find using a specialist stallion database from what I can make out he only ever stood outside the UK .I hope this helps.

Aquilino I
His sire Argentinus who was himself a successful show jumper up to advanced level already excelled as a versatile hereditary transmitter of the highest degree early on in his career. He was the principal champion stallion in Oldenburg in 1984. His progeny are represented almost everywhere, at mare shows, stallion approvals, in dressage and show jumping competitions, as well as at federal championships. His best known progeny include inter alia the approved Azarro / Holger Wulschner and Autogramm 1 / Thomas Mühlbauer in the show jumping ring and the former federal champion Amaretto 50, respectively Aleppo S-OLD with Isabel Werth in the Grand Prix show jumping arena. His dam, the state premium and elite mare Journesse is a daughter of the show jumping millionaire Zeus, the sire of such effective show jumpers as Lonesome Dove and Czar (both Vechta auction horses under the respective names of Zarzuela and Zeitball) and numerous others. Zeus is a shining star in the firmament of great sires of show jumpers. In the third generation there is the unprecedented true to type thoroughbred Bucephalos xx who established himself as a sire of dressage horses of the very highest class Bucephalos xx shares his maternal bloodline with such well known hereditary transmitters as Daimyo xx, Don Giovanni xx and DschingisKhan xx. Aquilino's maternal bloodline also produced numerous competition horses and the accomplished hereditary transmitters Wanderfalk, Fredo (both private stallions Oldenburg) and Weltweit (private stallion Bavaria).

Aquilino was the glorious champion stallion of the stallion performance test at the Zweibriicken state stud, where he was supreme especially in the partial index of jumping. He demonstrated his proverbial double talent amply during the 2000 season, enjoying successes in show jumping up to intermediate A- class under Peter Weinberg and transforming three starts in dressage horse classes into wins under Martin Sander.

In 1998 Aquilino presented an excellent first crop of foals. His golden bay exterior is reproduced in the majority of his offspring who are of a particularly noble type and are convincing in their paces along the whole line. They are in great demand Germany-wide and Europe-wide. Aquilino presented numerous gold medal and winning foals at foal auctions in the Rhineland. Two of his sons received the sought after status "approved" at the N.R.W. approval in the year 2000.

 

[deskbound]

Thanks Popsdosh, really helpful, have emailed Zweibrucken in the hope that they might be able to fill me in a little more.... Fingers crossed!