Nomen est Omen

Francophile readers know: Vainqueur means "the winner". That fits. This beautiful Vivaldi son is a winner - for ribbons and hearts. Initially promoted by Hubertus Schmidt up to advanced level, he is now successful under Dorothee Schneider.

Winners on the rise

Vainqueur in a nutshell: beautiful, strong-moving, willing to collect and with the best pedigree. At his 14-day test in Neustadt/Dosse, the then four-year-old impressed with a dressage score of 8.58. As a five-year-old, he qualified for the Bundeschampionat with a score of 8.4. As a six-year-old, he competed in a medium (M) level dressage test and came second straight away. His next appearance as a seven-year-old was to be a direct qualifier for the Nuremberg Burg Pokal against strong competition at Hof Bettenrode. Vainqueur lived up to his name with a victory. When he finally qualified for the final of the Nuremberg Burg Cup as one of the youngest participants, the season's goal had long since been achieved.

Vainqueur's S*** debut was already planned when Hubertus Schmidt had to end his active career. Vainqueur took the step into the top class under his new rider Dorothee Schneider. With her, he can now boast national and international victories and placings up to Grand Prix Special level.

Modern and proven

Vainqueur's sire Vivaldi was not only internationally successful up to advanced level, it can be said that he revolutionized dressage horse breeding. When this chestnut first appeared in Germany, many people could not believe their eyes when they saw the possibilities for movement. His "V" is now present at every sporting and breeding event and keeps the valuable stallion line of the Holsteiner Landgraf I alive. He is Vainqueur's great-great-great-grandfather.

Vivaldi's strength of movement can be seen in Vainqueur's pedigree in combination with an original Hanoverian line: that of Sommerzeit (by Sportanzeiger II-Nautilus-Notatus-Angeli xx-Schlucker-Mein Alter xx-Athlet-Norfolk-Robuste). Eight licensed stallions came out of this family, e.g. Aston (DEN), For Final (Vice Bundeschampion, PB Westf.), Ribiano (PB Rhld.) and Windhuk (Ldb. Celle, HLP winner), as well as the internationally successful dressage horses Dona Castania/Falk Rosenbauer and Sacramento 29/Petra Wilm. This mare family can be traced back to the year 1831.

Vainqueur's dam Raissa has five successful offspring, including the Grand Prix horse Don Primo by Dimaggio.

Dam's sire Rubioso N brings the proven rideability characteristics of Rubinstein into the pedigree. Rubioso N himself was internationally successful in the small tour with the Dutch rider Ellen Bontje, before he moved to Victoria Nielsen (née Michalke) and carried her to numerous merits in the U21 camp. The highlight was winning the team gold medal at the 2007 European Young Rider Championships. Rubioso N is also the sire of the licensed stallion Rassolini, winner of the 2010 Nürnberger Burg-Pokal.

Great-grandfather Absinth is a son of the legendary Absatz (sire of Akzent II, grandfather of Argentinus, among others) and was a blessing in Bavaria, where he produced the DLG champion mare Nizza, for example, as well as four licensed sons. He later moved to Oldenburg, where he was particularly successful with his daughters, several of whom became stallion dams.

The next sire, Weltmeister, is a representative of the blessed Ferdinand bloodline and has produced Grand Prix and 1.60 meter show jumpers. Insight, who was trained up to Grand Prix level, and line founder Lugano I (sire of numerous Grand Prix horses and grandsire of the top show jumping stallion Darco by Lugano van La Roche) round off the performance-oriented pedigree of Vainqueur in the falling line.

The new "V" brand

Vainqueur's sporting career has been in the spotlight in recent years. Numerous sport horses have emerged from his short period at stud, which have proven to be talented, rideable, willing to perform and strong in character. Vainqueur also produced several prize-winning foals and top foals at auctions.