Livius

Livius is a son of our top and foundation stallion Bordeaux and damesire Vivaldi. Livius is a stallion who really stands out because of his light-footedness and strong foreleg. He has already left a big impression with his first 2 years offspring. He is a stallion who passes on his strongly anchored foreleg technique to his offspring. This in combination with his fine character, his offspring are very promising.

Under his regular rider Daniëlle Heijkoop, he continues his sports career very successfully. As a 7-year-old stallion, he already achieved several scores of over 70% at Intermediate I level.

Results

• Winner Pijnacker - Prix St. Georges 71,54% - Januar 2024
• CDI Kronenberg – Kür on Musik 73,43% - December 2023
• CDI Kronenberg – Intermediaire 1 68,97% - December 2023
• CDI Kronenberg – Prix St. Georges 67,79% - December 2023
• Delft - Prix St. Georges 69,12% - November 2023
• CDI Leeuwarden - Kür on Musik 71,90% - October 2023
• CDI Leeuwarden - Prix St. Georges 69,41% - October 2023
• Winner Roelofsen Cup Tolbert - Prix St. Georges 71,77% - September 2023
• Winner Soest - Prix St. Georges 71,69% - August2023
• Winner Beesd - Prix St. Georges 69,12% - Juli 2023
• Zilfia's Hoeve in Houten - Prix St. Georges  68.38% - April 2023
• Winner La Grande Beuningen - Prix St. Georges-debuut 68,97% - April 2023
• 3e pl. Dutch Championship- ZZL Kür op Muziek 69,73% - March 2023
• 5e pl. Dutch Championship – ZZL Proef 49 68,86% - March 2023
• Winner – ZZL Kür on Musik 76,94% – Februari 2023

2023 has started fantastically for our young top stallion Livius, both from a breeding and sporting point of view. First of all, his breeding; from his first small crop, 2 fantastically beautiful and well-moving offspring at the Stallion Inspection in Den Bosch. Party Edition A pl. Florencio and bred by Yvonne Ackermans showed great performance, received a lot of applause and was selected for the KWPN Performance Test. Livius himself has started 2023 extremely successfully under his rider Danielle Heijkoop. Their first selection for the Dutch ZZ-Light Dressage Championship was an immediate victory with 70.86%. The final for South Holland was held at Horsecenter Pirouette in Bergschenhoek and this was another victory for Livius and Danielle. This Freestyle was won with a score of no less than 76.94%.

2021

Livius has put down a whole row of stable and good classifications in 2021. It started with the qualification for 5-year-old dressage horses. Here Livius showed himself extremely well under Gerrel Vink and they were allowed to participate until the last selection. Then the Pavo Cup, in the semi-finals they came in 7th place with 84 points and during the final they got a nice score of 83 points. This was also a very nice closing for Gerrel Vink and after that Livius came under the saddle of top rider Danielle Heijkoop, who immediately started him in the KWPN Stallion Competition after a short period. We see their progress per competition and Livius, in our opinion, will develop into a very fine and workable dressage horse and seems to have a lot of talent for the collection.
In 2021 his foals again made a big impression at the foal inspections and auctions in the Netherlands. He gives a high average to very good moving foals with an extra front leg. A topper that can certainly be mentioned in Riley Rules mv. Florencio bred by Annabel Bonhof-Hosmar who sold at the EDS auction for €40,000.-

2020
Everywhere we saw the foals of our stallion Livius stand out last summer with their fantastic front leg. They sold very well at several foal auctions. During the Excellent Dressage Sales, no fewer than 4 of his foals were sold for more than € 100,000! His dam Blueberry-Utopia was always praised for her mega front leg. Livius himself also has a great front leg, in addition to his mother and mother's father Vivaldi, this is so strongly anchored in him that he passes this on very strongly to his children. This, in combination with the strong connections that his sire Bordeaux passes on, can make Livius an extremely strong breeding stallion.

Complete stallion: Stallion model with 3 good basic gaits!

Very interesting bred:
Bordeaux x Vivaldi x Nimmerdor x Aktion

Very good offspring report:
The foals of Livius are more than adequate to very well developed. They are more than adequate to very good in the rectangle model and have a lot of appearance. The foals have an appealing presence, with a more than adequate long neck that is vertical and well muscled. The shoulder is well positioned, with several foals the shoulder is clearly slanted. The back and loins are well muscled. The foreleg is correct when viewed from the side, when viewed from the front it is generally correct. The hind leg is generally correct. The pastern position is usually correct. The walk has more than sufficient scope. In the trot the foals show more than sufficient scope and more than sufficient to much suppleness, power and balance. The canter has more than sufficient scope and more than sufficient to much suppleness, impulsion and balance.

2019 KWPN Official Research Report

Livius is an honest and reliable stallion with a very good attitude. The stallion has a lot of willingness to work and is very easy to work with.

• Walk--pure, long stride, with good scope and good suppleness.
• Trot--light-footed and has good scope with a hind leg that carries well.
• Canter--good impulsion, uphill with good to very good scope and balance.

Livius moves with good to very good posture, a lot of balance and a lot to very much flexibility. He a great deal of talent for dressage and gives his rider a good feeling.

Stable behavior:
Honest reliable stallion, easy going and quiet in the stable.

Breeding / fitting advice:
Livius can add size, shoulder freedom, and rideability to dressage horse breeding.

Pedigree
Livius’ sire is our successful Grand Prix breeding stallion Bordeaux.

The dam side also contributes excellent genetics for dressage.  

• Dam-- Blueberry-Utopia elite, sport (dres) is classified ZZ Zwaar and after her sport career started breeding; Livius is her first foal
• Grandmother-- Lady Utopia, champion of North Brabant and double UTV, has the predictions star, preference and achievement titles. She produced Small Tour star mare Angelina-Utopia (s. Tuschinski) and the ZZ Licht horse Rambo-Utopia (s .Rohdiamant).
• Great-grandmother—Light Tour mare Halla Utopia (s.Aktion) who produced approved stallion Olivi (s. Jazz), ridden Grand Prix by Marc Boblet, as well as Intermediaire I Bolzano Utopia (s. Rubin Royal), and Light Tour Frederico Utopia (s. Wynton).