About Hesselhoej Delany
Approved With highest notes in DWB with among others 9,5 for walk 9 for trot.
Second highest notes in the 4 year old classes in Denmark with 10 for walk, 8,8 for trot and 8,8 for canter.
Hesselhoej Delany is an impressive and spectacular stallion, displaying elegant and well-balanced movement with an uphill going tendency. His pedigree is a dream coming true with 5 stallions in direct line who have all been named stallion of the year in either Denmark or Germany. the first 4 stallions has also produced medalists at the World championship for young horses and bundeschampions. Last but not least Sezuan, Fürstenball and De Niro has all produced horses who have won gold medals at either the olympics or the World championship.
Delany is a truly special stallion with a truly special pedigree.
The dam, Senzational Diva, completed an outstanding mare test when she was 3 years old and was subsequently awarded a silver medal by DWB. The granddam won and was placed in a number of small tour classes in the US.
Delany is by the well known stallion Hesselhøj Donkey Boy, who is the only horse to have won the Championship finals in Denmark as a 4, 5, 6 and 7 year old! Hesselhøj Donkey Boy was a Premium stallion at 3 years old and subsequently won his Stallion performance test. He received bronze at WCYH at 5 years old and silver at WCYH at 7 years old. Additionally, as one of the youngest stallions, he has been named elite stallion at the age of just 8 years old and stallion of the year in 2023 at just 11 years old!
His grandsire Sezuan was world champion for young dressage horses at the age of five, six and seven and is undoubtedly one of the most sought-after dressage stallions of our time. Under his trainer Dorothee Schneider, he also won international competitions up to Inter I. He has since been trained up to Grand Prix level with the help of Patrik Kittel/SWE. The Danish champion stallion, stallion performance test winner, Danish Dressage Horse Champion, Elite Stallion and Stallion of the Year in Denmark also dominates the breeding scene. He produced among others Secret and olympic gold medalist Queenparks Wendy.
Great grandsire Fürstenball was himself a champion stallion in Oldenburg Verband. His offsprings are always among the best. Hardly any stallion can offer such continuity in hereditary performance. He has produced 90 licensed stallions, around 170 premium mares and over 80 horses successful at advanced (S) level, led by Heiline’s Danciera/Carina Cassøe Krüth/DEN, placed fourth by team and seventh individually at the Olympics, as well as five German Champions, amongst them Feine Bella, who was also unbeatable in the Westphalian Championships and at her mare show, and numerous fantastic auction horses, such as Fürst Bayram OLD/Frederic Wandres, 1.7 million Euro price sensation of the P.S.I. Auction 2021, reigning Oldenburg Regional Champion and eleventh at the German Championships for young dressage horses.
in 4'th generation we find De Niro, 2008 Hanoverian Stallion of the Year, is referred to as "the embodiment of the Hanoverian stallion." De Niro is an exceptional stallion of superlative type and performance. He is a wonderful combination of the best bloodlines of Oldenburg and Trakehner, with a dash of Thoroughbred, insuring success as a sire of noble sport horses. He has made a name for himself across the world as a leading dressage sire. In 2018 he again became known as the World's Best Dressage Stallion by ranking #1 on the WBFSH Dressage Sire Ranking for the fifth time. In 2017 De Niro's progeny showed incredible talent across the globe. In Germany, one very popular stallion by De Niro named Desperados FRH, and rider Kristina Broering-Sprehe, won the German team gold metal and the individual bronze metal at the Rio Olympics. Not only has De Niro has become a legendendary dressage sire, he has also been very successful in the sport himself. He was competing at the Grand Prix level by age seven.
And if it isn't enough with 4 stallions of the year in row we find in the 5'th generation Argentan, who was the stallion of the year in Hannoveraner Verband 1994.
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