Fürstenball

Fürstenball: Line founder of modern dressage horse breeding

This year, Fürstenball's offspring have once again given their father a place among the world's best dressage sires according to the WBFSH ranking - above all the team world champion, Olympic team fourth and individual seventh as well as European team bronze winner Heiline's Danciera/Carina Cassøe Krüth/DEN , the World Cup and European Championship participants Christianslund Fürstino/Trude Hestengen/NOR, the other European Championship horses Fürstenglory/Severo Jurado Lopez/ESP, First Love/Anastasja Vistalova/CZE and Furstenhit/Maja Hermansson/SWE, the youth European Championship team gold - and -individual silver winners Faro Shen/Therese Billig and the U25 European Championship team gold winner and Grand Prix-winning Four Seasons FRH/Alexa Westendarp. Fürst Sinclair/Elke Philipp placed fourth at the Para Dressage World Championships in Tryon/USA and the European Championships in Rotterdam/NED.

The Fürstenball daughter Fürstin Bea/Beata Stremler/POL won the Louisdor Prize final for young Grand Prix horses in Frankfurt in 2023. Firmly established in the Grand Prix class are For Fun/Judy Reynolds/IRL, Frieda/Pia Fortmuller/CAN, Floretto DK/Michael Bugan/SVK, Flawless/Sofia Möller/SWE, First Class/Ingrid Klimke, Fuersten-Flame/Anne Sofie Aaen/DEN, Friesen Ball/Andrea Timpe, Furstentime/Maeva Hoang/FRA and Furst Donnerhit/Elena Trius/ITA.

There will soon be 100 approved sons in the Fürstenball breeding record, including the European Championship participant Fuerstenglory/Severo Jurado Lopez (ESP), the champion stallion, the Federal Champion and Burg Cup third place Fürsten-Look/Isabel Freese/NOR, our champion stallion Fürst Zonik PS , the champion stallion and Inter II-placed Fürst Fabrice OLD, the champion stallion, Oldenburg State Champion and S-winning Follow Me OLD, the Hanoverian Champion, Dressage Horse World Championship participant, Louisdor Prize finalist and Grand Prix-successful Facilone FRH/Marcus Hermes and the Westphalia champion and Inter I-victorious Fürst Magic.

Five of Fürstenball's offspring won gold at the Federal Championships, especially Feine Bella, who was also unbeatable in the Westphalian Championships and at her mare show, and secured seventh place at the World Dressage Horse Championships, the Federal and State Champion, World Dressage Horse Championships finalist and Inter I-placed Fior, the federal and vice-state champion Festina PS as well as the federal and state champion, Hanoverian reserve champion mare and DJM-placed Feinfühl.

The numerous auction tops of the Fürstenball are led by the 1.7 million euro price sensation of the P.S.I. auction, the Oldenburg State Champion, dressage horse Bundeschampionat eleventh and already S-placed Force Majeure ex. Prince Bayram/Frederic Wandres and Yara Reichert.

His more than 330 premium mares also include the Oldenburg champion mare, Federal Championship silver and bronze winner and two-time state champion Fiesta Danza OLD, the Hanoverian champion mare Fine Lady and the Oldenburg champion mare and state champion Five Stars

Fürstenball itself was the top foal price in Vechta in 2006 with a knockdown price of 110,000 euros, Oldenburg licensing winner in 2008, and HLP winner in 2009 with a dressage index of 154.98 (16 characteristics were rated 9.0 or better, and there was a 10 for rideability ), 2010 Oldenburg main premium winner, 2011 under Ines Westendarp Federal Champion with a total of 9.4 (for the walk the 10) and Oldenburg State Champion (5y.), 2012 placed at the World Dressage Horse Championships (6y.), 2013 winner in S dressage up to St. Georges and VTV dressage stallion, number one in the FN breeding value estimation in 2015, Danish elite stallion in Herning/DEN in 2017 and “Stallion of the year” in Herning in 2018.

The father Fürst Heinrich, champion stallion in 2001, Oldenburg main premium winner in 2002 and dressage horse world champion (5 years) in 2003, produced over 50 approved stallions. More than 20 of his offspring are successful in the Grand Prix class.

Fürstenball's half-brothers Harmony's Desiderio (by Dimaggio)/Susan Pape/GBR and Winehouse (by Wynton) also received breeding approval. The half-brother Bello Oriente (by Belissimo M) went to the international Grand Prix and Mount St. John VIP (by Vivaldi) goes to the international small tour. His half-brother Baroncello (by Bretton Woods) won S* dressage under Dries van Dyck in 2023

Bred on the dressage hero Donnerhall, Fürstenball's pedigree will be refreshed in the next generations with Holsteiner and thoroughbred genes.

Fürstenball's originally French dam line also includes the Oldenburg champion stallion and Grand Prix-successful winner Hit and the licensed stallions Hot Spot, Silver Black OLD, Daktylius OLD, Sir of Freedom and Fideel.

Always and everywhere at the forefront: the descendants of the Fürstenball.