Zento

One of the most markedly, striking stallions in the preliminary inspection for the KWPN stallion selections 2006 is the spectacularly bred stallion, Zento. He comes directly out of the dam of one of the world’s best showjumping horses, namely Viola VI; she is the dam of the Olympic horse Cento ridden by Otto Becker. To be able to breed a stallion out of this dream mare is a unique opportunity. The pedigree of the stallion Zento unites two outstanding performance pedigrees from the European Showjumping breeding. Sire Quasimodo Z performs at the highest level in the international showjumping sport just as his dam Caloma Z. Additionally Quasimodo Z carries the first class jumping blood of the Loma-line (NL-022) combined with the top progenitors Quidam de Revel, Carthago, Libero H, Ramiro Z, Lucky Boy xx and Farn. Zento’s dam is none other than the famous Holsteiner mare Viola VI out of the line no. 2137. In combination with Capitol I Viola produced the stallion Cento. Ridden by Otto Becker, Cento won the Aachen Grand Prix, team gold in the Olympic Games in Sydney and the World Cup final in Leipzig. These results make Cento one of the best international jumping stallions in history. Jumping ability lies firmly anchored in this damline. Via the performance blood of Caletto II, this damline goes back to the famous sport mare Legende ( by Löwenjäger) who made international furore under the name of Lady Legende and amongst her other successes she was the winner of the Rome Grand Prix. This family has also produced the international showjumpers What A Game, Ligorett and Classicer. This Dutch Holsteiner, with his super attitude and enormous scope, appears to be the perfect answer for blood-type mares that miss that bit of power and strength. Zento approved his stallion test in Adelheidsdorf (70 days) at the 3rd place for jumping!