Grand Passion is a sire in the format of a main sire. He got the certain something and is gifted with all attributes of a champion stallion”, enthuses Breeding Manager Lars Gehrmann in view of the bay miracle of movements at the 45th Trakehner Stallion Sales in 2007. This noble sire has long since met the high expectations: gold and bronze medallist at the Trakehner National Championships in 2008 and 2009 in Hanover, winning the title at the French Championships for both the five-year old dressage horses in 2010 and the six-year old dressage horses in 2011; participating in the 2011' WC of young dressage horses as well as achieving international placings under his owner Bernadette Brune in the meantime.
Grand Passion produced a licensed son named Private Passion, being directly from his first crop. His offspring compete successfully in tests for youngsters according to their age.
His sire Oliver Twist is the first son of the Champion Stallion, Elite Stallion and Grand Prix winning Monteverdi – and is therewith grandson of Anky van Grunsvens Partout as well as great-grandson of the great Arogno. At his licensing in 2003 in Neumuenster he presented himself in the premium ring of the year's best. In 2007 he finished his stallion performance test in Schlieckau with top scores and placed with the best in tests for young dressage horses. Beside Grand Passion, he is also sire of three other licensed stallions named Hellinger, Singolo and Holme Park Kobalt. His daughter Greta took eighth place at the German Elite Broodmare Show.
The dam Gipsy Rose was awarded the title "1990' Best Three Year Old" in Rhineland and was reserve National Champion 2000. She is a full-sister to the licensed stallion Grafenstolz TSF, who became Bundeschampion and World Champion of six-year old event horses under Michael Jung in 2004. In 2006 he added the bronze medal at the German Championships in Schenefeld and is constantly victorious in the international eventing scene up to three star level (CIC***).
The dam's sire Polarion placed in front up to freestyle competitions at World Cup level in the dressage arena. Under the young Laura Bechtolsheimer/GBR he participated in the European Junior Dressage Championships.
The great-granddam Grazie II was multiple Champion Mare, twice took part in the Bundeschampionat and delivered the licensed Gipsy King (by Camelot).
Grand Passion descends from the highly successful Trakehner mare line of the Gundula (by Hypnos), whose daughter Gundel (by Laterna) produced the three mares Guarneri (by Trautmann), Guda (by Hansakapitän) and Gudrun (by Abendstern), who found radiant branches of this dam line as well. So the branch of Gudrun is also known for the licensed stallion Gunnar and the Premium Stallion Guy Laroche.
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