Sire

Sire, Vitalis is the youngest stallion on the World Breeding rankings, Vitalis is placed eleventh in the WBFSH ranking of the world’s best dressage sires. He owes this top ranking to his offspring who are successful in Grand Prix, first and foremost to Vamos Amigos/Cathrine Dufour/DEN, team World Champion, double individual Vice World Champion, placed second in the World Cup and victorious in Aachen. First-Step Valentin/Larissa Pauluis/BEL, World and European Championship participant, Valesco, placed third in the Louisdor Prize and winner of the Otto-Lörke Prize, Valencia AS/both Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier, placed second in the Louisdor Prize, and Valparaiso/Laura Strobel, Van der Veen/Carl Hedin/SWE, Valerias/Philipp Paradiso/ITA, Vom Feinsten/Maike Schreiner and Vanotti/Jasmin Schaudt are also worth mentioning. Vinay NRW/Ellen Richter/GER won the team gold medal in the U25 European Championships and won the gold medal in the U25 German Championships. In 2016, Victoria’s Secret became World Champion in Ermelo/NED after winning the German Championships the year before. ZINQ First Vienna FH/Lucie-Anouk Baumgürtel was bronze medallist at the German Championships for young dressage horses. Valentin H/Ines Knoll won the gold medal at the DSP Championships and at the Baden-Württember Regional Championships (3y.o.). Violetta D won the silver medal and Vanilla Sky won the bronze medal. Weihvirgin (4y.o.) came second at the Oldenburg Regional Championships and Vital Hit Caledonia took the lead in the three-year-old stallion class.

The number of Vitalis’ licensed sons now amounts to over 60, including stallions Vitalos (Vice World Champion, German Champion and Hanoverian Champion), Viva Vitalis (Champion Stallion and third at his stallion performance test), Valverde NRW (Champion Stallion, triple Westphalian Champion, German Champion, fourth at the World Championships for young dressage horses and placed in Inter II), and Vogue (Westphalian Reserve Champion, 940,000-euro Stallion Market top price, stallion performance test winner, Hanoverian Champion and Danish premium stallion) as well as the stallions Villeneuve ( Reserve Champion, Vice World Champion of young dressage horses, third at the German Championships and eighth in the Burg Cup), Vaderland (Westphalian Reserve Champion and bronze medallist at the Regional Championships), Va’Pensiero (German and Hanoverian Champion), Vangelis (DSP Vice Champion), Geyer’s Vivendi (Austrian Warmblood Champion Stallion) and Obsession Taonga (KWPN stallion performance test winner), who clearly stand out.

The Champion Mares Va’Pensiera (Hanover), Vienna (Westphalia), Virginia K (Rhineland), Vjera (DSP) as well as Valina and Valerie (Baden-Württemberg) stand out amongst over 100 state premium mares. The latter also secured gold at the DSP Championships with Nicola Haug and bronze at the Baden-Württemberg Regional Championships (3y.o.).

Vitalis’ foals often reach top prices: the colt Vardy was sold for 120,000 euros at the Oldenburg Elite Auction. Auctioned for 53,000 euros, VIP was second top price at the Summer Mixed Sales in Vechta.

Vitalis was Champion Foal in the Netherlands in 2007, Reserve Champion of the NRW licensing in 2009, winner of the dressage index of his stallion performance test in 2010, placed at the World Championships and Pavo Cup final in 2012, Champion in the USA and again qualified for the World Championships with a record number of points in 2013 and victorious in the International Small Tour at only seven years old in 2014. He came back to Germany and, in 2016, ridden by Isabel Freese, won the Burg Cup final in Frankfurt and the “Stallion of the year” competition at Inter I level at the World Championships in Ermelo/NED.

Vitalis was Vivaldi’s first licensed stallion. Vivaldi was Reserve Champion of his stallion performance test in the Netherlands. In 2007, he won the Pavo Cup for five-year-old dressage horses and in 2008 and 2009, ridden by Hans Peter Minderhoud/NED, he won the KNHS/KWPN stallion competition, where he was awarded 10 for his trot. He was then internationally successful up to Prix St. Georges. In 2013, he won the VHO trophy at the KWPN licensing. After that, he was predominantly used for breeding and Vivaldi produced numerous exceptional stallions, namely in the Netherlands with Desperado N.O.P./Emmelie Scholtens/NED, Glock’s Dream Boy N.O.P./Hans Peter Minderhoud/NED, Expression/Diederik van Silfhout/NED, Eye Catcher and Ferdinand, and in Germany with Van Vivaldi (Westphalian Reserve Champion), Versace (Oldenburg Reserve Champion), Cennin/Madeleine Witte-Vrees/NED (Oldenburg Ic main premium stallion), Veneziano/Daniel Bachmann Andersen/DEN (second Oldenburg Reserve Champion), Livaldon (Hanoverian premium stallion) as well as Vivino, record top price of the Stallion Market, sold for over two million euros and Hanoverian premium stallion.

Dam Line

His dam Tolivia was the three-year-old Champion Mare in the Netherlands. Vitalis’ full brother My Vitality is a Danish premium stallion and won the gold medal at the Danish Championships for four-year-old dressage horses in 2021. His second full brother One Two Three was a premium stallion at the KWPN licensing in 2022.

Viteaux’s damsire, Bordeaux is a champion stallion and star producer. In terms of genetics, Bordeaux is an absolute rarity, bred from one of the most successful dam lines in the world. The best of the Holsteiner, Oldenburg, Westphalian, and Trakehner bloodlines united.

Bordeaux is making himself heard in the equine world with his oldest progeny having dominated the championships and auctions from the very start and has a high FN Breeding Index. With a total of 164 points, he is amongst the top of Germany´s dressage sires. In 2020, Bordeaux was proclaimed keur stallion with KWPN at the stallion licensing. Bordeaux received the Keur status because of his own success in sport combined with the sucess of his offspring. His most successful son is without a doubt, Bohemian (Cathrine Dufour), as well as, Grand Prix horse Bluetooth (Ingrid Klimke). At small tour level he has in the Netherlands: Ferdeaux (Hans Peter Minderhoud) and Geronimo (Floor van Kempen).

At the Oldenburg State championships in Rastede 2013, Biscaya OLD ridden by Andreas Müller, Bluetooth ridden by Eva Möller and Bella Laguna OLD ridden by Klarissa Alexandra Liss took the first three places of the 3 yr. old mares. Biscaya OLD then became vice champion at the Bundeschampionship in Warendorf and Bluetooth reached a high placing in the finals. When autumn came, Biscaya sold for the top price of 300,000 Euros at the Oldenburg Fall Elite auction in Vechta.

Progeny of Bordeaux win everyone over with their exceptional movement. From his first crops, many sons have already been licensed. Amongst them are Barroso, Bergolio, Buckingham, Buenos Dias, Bourgogne and Beckham GT. In 2014, Buckingham was the superior champion of his 70-day test in Adelheidsdorf. His son, Bitcoin OLD (by Bordeaux x Rubinstein), won the 2018 mares and geldings division of the Bundeschampion for 4 year olds with a solid score. Bitcoin became the highest scoring horse in both groups (mares and geldings) with an 8.6 total. The chestnut gelding scored 8 for walk, 8.5 for trot, 9 for canter, 9.5 for training, as well as, an 8 for conformation.

In 2021, Bordeaux’s daughter, Bonheur de La Vie won the Lousidor Prize final under Sandra Nuxoll for best young grand prix horses with 77.140. In 2015, Bordeaux’s son, Boreas, was the champion of the Oldenburg under saddle licensing and subsequently sold to the United States for 140,000 Euros. Another son, Bordeaux’ Barolo, won the Neuss Grefrath qualification for the 2015 Bundeschampionat for the 5 yr. old dressage horses under rider Lydia Camp.

After a triumphant win at the KWPN licensing, Bordeaux won the stallion performance test in Ermelo. In 2012, ridden by Eva Möller, he was fourth in the finals of the World Championships of the six year old dressage horses in Verden. As a result of his outstanding wins at stallion competitions around the Netherlands over the winter of 2012/13, he qualified for the finals of his age group in s’Hertogenbosch. He was the favorite and won the competition by a clear margin. In 2014, he won internationally up to Prix St. Georges.