Vivaldi

What a wonderful performance by our top sire Vivaldi
during the KWPN Stallion Show 2024

In 2024, Vivaldi will only be available fresh at our station. The mare must therefore be stabled with us.

Composer Vivaldi wrote the 'Four Seasons',
our Vivaldi makes history as one of the world's best sires

Grand Prix-Horses by Vivaldi:

• Botticelli mf. Koss with Charlotte Defalque       
• Ceaser mf. Haarlem with Savannah Pieters
• Cennin mf. Donnerhall with Madeleine Witte-Vrees
• Colt Sollenburg mf. Osmium with Bo Oudhof
• Cleverboy mf. Kennedy with Bronte Watson & Michael Murphy
• Chinook mf. Havidoff with Patrick van der Meer
• Diesel 8 mf. Havidoff with Emma Hindle
• Desperado N.O.P. mf. Havidoff with Emmelie Scholtens
• Dariska mf. Nourejev with Maeve Delage
• Lumen Dylan mf. Jetset-D with Laura Zwart
• Kingsley D Day FS mf. Purioso with Jeanette Haazen
• Dreamboy N.O.P. mf. Ferro with Hans Peter Minderhoud
• Dutch Design mf. Gribaldi with Laurens van Lieren
• Emerson mf. Sandro Hit with Heather Boo
• Etione mf. Balzflug with Tinne Vilhemson Silfvén
• Blue Hors Veneziano mf. Donnerhall with Agnete Kirk Thinggaard                                   
• Lumen Express mf. Sir Sinclair with Laura Zwart
• Eye Catcher mf. TCN Partout with Emma Kanerva
• Expression mf. Vincent with Diederik van Silfhout
• Fallatijn mf. Cabochon with Laura Tomlinson
• First Apple mf. TCN Partout with Sarah Tubman-Lockman
• Fifty Fifty mf. Gribaldi with Laura Ponnath
• Florentina mf. Rubels with Charlotte Dujardin
• Flinstone mf. Polansky with Delphine Mulliez
• Valdez mf. Weltmeyer with Tatjana Svehla
• Diablo de Saint Val mf. Sir Sinclair with Sarah Lopez
• Harrold S mf. Fidermark with Claire Darnell                    

Inter A/B/II horses

• Concerto mf. Farrington with Muriel de Ruijter
• Checkpoint mf. San Remo with Geert Jan Raateland
• Denver mf. Amethyst with Megan Lane
• Darshan mf. Welt Hit II with Vienna Romp
• Don Juan mf. Architect with Faith Grimm
• Meggle's Veneziano mf. Havidoff with Matthias Bouten
• Felicia mf. Polansky with Yvonne Losos De Muniz
• From Vivaldi mf. Olivi with Tinne Vilhemson Silfvé
• Gyllebo's Vamos mf. Insterburg with Devon Kane

2020
Joop van Uytert and Ad Valk recently bought back the part of the ownership of Vivaldi out of hands of Ton Kies. And not long after the opportunity has arised to make a deal with Blue Hors by leasing Vivaldi as stud stallion. The Danish station is very happy that they have been able to have the top sire in their stables available for stud duties for Danish breeders.
“We are very happy that we have succeeded in hiring an internationally sought after top sire”, says Martin Klavsen, breeding chief at Blue Hors Stud. With Vivaldi, Blue Hors has an international top sire back in their stables after Blue Hors's flagship Don Schufro passed away in January this year. Vivaldi is 9th in the WBFSH ranking and 18th in the HorseTelex Results Ranking.

Lifecycle Vivaldi (Krack C x Jazz x Ulft x Duc de Normandie) was born in 2002 by Antoon Versantvoort, who then presented him himself at the first viewing of the KWPN Stallion Inspection 2004/2005. There Joop van Uytert and Ad Valk discovered the stallion and in Den Bosch Vivaldi gets the championship ring. There he ultimately finished third. In the autumn examination in 2005, Vivaldi was placed as the second dressage stallion (with, among other things, a 9 for the canter) and his hard-working character was notable: “Vivaldi is an honest and reliable stallion with a very good character. The stallion is very willing to work and can be trained well," can be read in the performance report. In 2007 he won the Pavo Cup with 100 points in the final against Carl Hester and Seth Boschman and later he also won the stallion competition in class Z under Hans-Peter Minderhoud, who later also successfully competed him at Small Tour level.

2019 another fantastic year for Vivaldi's descendants. Vivaldi is currently in 9th place in the WBFSH ranking. Given his young age among the older world sires, he is certainly still on the rise. The Dutch Team won Silver at the European Championships in Rotterdam. The Team consisted of 50% Vivaldi offspring, Glock's Dream Boy with Hans Peter Minderhoud and Desperado with Emmelie Scholtens. Vivaldi can even put together a complete team with the A-level horses Cennin (Madeleine Witte fear) and Expression (Diederik van Silfhout). Vivaldi is the father of 20 G.P. horses, first of all the 4 horses mentioned above plus Chinook, Diesel 8, Botticelli, Etione, Ethel, First Apple, Caesar, Day Light, Donsina, Dariska, Darshan, Kingsley D-Day, Cleverboy Meggle's Veneziano, Fifty Fifty and Blue Hors Veneziano.

2018 was another banner year for Vivaldi, who has fathered nine Grand Prix horses to date including Dream Boy, the World Cup winner at Mechelen.  At the Stallion Show in Hannover, Vivaldi’s sons and grandsons did unbelievably well.  Four sons were approved for the Hannover studbook. His son, Vivino, sold for more than € 2.0MM. Vivaldi offspring stand out at foal, mare, or stallion inspections. In 2017 the KWPN recognized his sons Vitalis and Cennin. In 2018 the Small Tour and Grand Prix classes in the Netherlands were dominated by Vivaldi offspring, such as Cennin, Dream Boy, Desperado, Expression, Eye Catcher, Chinook, President's First Apple, Fantastique, and Colt Sollenburg.

Vivaldi descendants are reliable and willing to work. The first Gold medal for Team NL during the FEI World Equestrian Games, Tryon 2018 was won by Sanne Vos with the Vivaldi descendant Demantur NOP in the para-dressage individual Grade IV test.

Vivaldi: Winner VHO Trophy 2012 and 2013

2017 and 2016:
Vitalis won the Prix St. Georges for stud stallions at the World Championships in Ermelo. More than 30 descendants of Vivaldi already participate in KNHS sub-top competitions. The Pavo Cup final for 6-year-old dressage horses was completely a Vivaldi festival. No. 1, 2 and 3 were descendants of Vivaldi. The winner was Fenix ​​under Emmelie Scholtens. Reserve champion was President's First Apple under Patrick van der Meer and 3rd place went to Fantastique with Lynne Maas.

The Pavo Cup was won in 2014 by a descendant of Vivaldi in both the 4- and 5-year-old dressage horses. Fanita under Emmelie Scholtens won by a wide distance in the 4-year-old and our stallion Eye Catcher by a wide distance in the 5-year-old dressage horses. The 2015 Subli Cup for 5-year-old dressage horses was won by Fallatijn ridden by Theo Hanzon.

At the 2014 World Championships in Verden, Dancer became World Champion among 6-year-old dressage horses under Kirsten Brouwer. Eye Catcher won bronze at the World Championships in Verden in 2014 & 2015. In Germany and Denmark his sons Vitalis, Livaldon, Blue Hors Edelman, Blue Hors Veneziano and Van Vivaldi are making a strong impression in sport and breeding.

Pedigree:
Vivaldi brings together the best of Dutch dressage breeding. He has inherited a lot from his father Krack C. and grandfather Jazz, both in terms of shape and movement. Both Grand Prix stallions dominated the mare inspections and their children are doing remarkably well in the sport. We also see great-grandfather Ulft at the basis of many good dressage horses and with Ferro he set up his own dressage line. The mother line directly produced several dressage horses at Z-level and higher.

Official KWPN research report 2005:
Vivaldi is a generously developed, riding type, long-legged stallion with a good rectangular model and uphill build. He has an appealing front. Vivaldi is an honest and reliable stallion with a very good attitude. The stallion is very willing to work and is easy to train. The walk is pure, spacious and has suppleness. The trot is spacious, carried, has suppleness and good use of the foreleg. The hind leg is actively bent and steps under well. The canter has good scope and is well carried. Vivaldi has much to very much talent as a dressage horse and gives his rider a very good feeling.

Stable behavior:
Honest, reliable, playful stallion, easy to handle and calm in the stable.