DON PERRY
During his career Don Perry accumulated 347 British Dressage points. Imported from Germany in 1996 the stallion quickly made his mark in the UK. By 2000 he had scored seven wins and 16 placings at PSG and young rider level. In 2001 the ride was taken over by Maria Eilberg and Don Perry went forward to the Junior Europeans and later represented Great Britain in young rider classes where the pair came away with team bronze in 2004. 2005 saw Don Perry collect another seven first placings at international level, one at Hickstead CDIY again scoring over 70%. In 2006 Alexandria Barr took over as jockey and the pair achieved many junior and young rider successes with a young riders win at Hickstead Premier League in 2008. The stallion is by Don Gregory (Donnerhall) out of a World Cup I mare |
SIRE LINE: DON GREGORY: 1988 liver chestnut 16:3hh Hanoverian. Approved for: Oldenburg, Hanoverian, Westphalian, Rheinlander, Bavarian/Bayern, Hessian, Baden Würtemberg, Swiss
Don Gregory unites the inherited values of DLG champion, Donnerhall, with Graphit bloodlines in an exemplary manner. The dam, Granate, also produced two other approved stallions, Playboy and Don Graphit. The great granddam, Heimat, was a successful Grand Prix horse. Don Gregory was highly successful under Martina Hannöver, winning or placing up to Grand Prix free style. Don Gregory is also a model of quality of movement, rideability values, and offspring that satisfied even the most demanding, Don Gregory regularly supplies top horses to the auctions in Vechta, among others the approved stallion Day Dream (DM 360,000), the 1996 winner of the stallion performance test in Medingen, Don Rubino. (DM 235,000), approved Don Dario Fo (DM 151,000) or Dark Dream (DM 130,000). The latter became the 1998 Reserve Champion Mare in Rastede. In 2000, Don Gregory`s striking black son, Davidoff E, out of a Rubinstein dam, became the brilliant German Champion of three year old stallions and won the approval in Oldenburg. His son Don Davidoff became world champion at the 2002 World Championship for Young Horses, with a score of 10 for rideability. Daughter Donna Gina, was Devon/USA - champion mare of the Oldenburg Horse Breeders` Society. To name just a few successful progeny.
GRANDSIRE: DONNERHALL is the most successful dressage horse in the world and looks back on an exemplary career. He managed like no other sire of his generation to combine success in breeding and in sport alike. In 1986 Donnerhall was the German DLG Champion in Hanover. After many wins in Grand Prix, Grand Prix Special and freestyle classes at International level he became German champion in Mannheim with his constant rider Karin Rehbein in 1994, team world champion and individual bronze medal winner in The Hague. This was followed by another climax in 1997: Team gold and individual bronze at the European Dressage Championships in Verden. In 1998 he was once more included in the German world championship team and with Karin Rehbein was a member of the gold medal team in Rome, where he attained fourth place in the individual results. Donnerhall won the World Cup European League, as well as being the Oldenburg dressage stallion of the year in 1997 and 1998 respectively. At the end of 1998 he farewelled himself from competition sport. “fresh as a daisy” at seventeen years of age and was frenetically applauded at all stages of his farewell tour.
DONNERHALL produces foals with big flowing movements. They show his sire’s extreme presence, beautiful carriage, intelligence, and charisma
GREAT GRANDSIRE: DONNERWETTER: Mastered the higher orders of dressage at an early age and often won Grand Prix events with Herbert and Karin Rehbein. In 1990 Donnerwetter was sold to the USA. In addition to Donnerhall, his approved sons Donnerkiel, Dobrock and Don Wienero L acquired renown. His dam Ninette was mated with Donnerwetter and produced further successful competition horses. Her daughter Noblesse ( by Pik Bube I ) together with Caprilli presented the premium stallion Certus.
DAM LINE: WORLD CUP I: Hanoverian Stallion of the Year 1996, The Celle State stallion by Woermann out of the mare Sendernixe by Sender was born in 1977. He was bred by Hans-Eduard Börger, Loxstedt-Neuenlande and grew up at the stallion rearing farm Hunnesrück. The chestnut stallion was the winner of the stallion performance test in 1980. scoring 137,65 points.
A fews years later he became Reserve Champion at the DLG-shows in Frankfurt (1984) and Hannover (1986). Breeders preferred World Cup I as a producer of excellent dressage horses. Over his breeding career World Cup I has produced 424 sport horses (total prize money of offspring in competition: DM 837.984,00), 49 state premium mares and 17 licensed sons. One of his sons influenced the modern Hanoverian breeding like no one else: Weltmeyer. But also other sons of World Cup I like the Celle State stallions Warkant, Walt Disney I and II and Woodstock increased the glory of World Cup I, who sadly died in 1999
Don Gregory unites the inherited values of DLG champion, Donnerhall, with Graphit bloodlines in an exemplary manner. The dam, Granate, also produced two other approved stallions, Playboy and Don Graphit. The great granddam, Heimat, was a successful Grand Prix horse. Don Gregory was highly successful under Martina Hannöver, winning or placing up to Grand Prix free style. Don Gregory is also a model of quality of movement, rideability values, and offspring that satisfied even the most demanding, Don Gregory regularly supplies top horses to the auctions in Vechta, among others the approved stallion Day Dream (DM 360,000), the 1996 winner of the stallion performance test in Medingen, Don Rubino. (DM 235,000), approved Don Dario Fo (DM 151,000) or Dark Dream (DM 130,000). The latter became the 1998 Reserve Champion Mare in Rastede. In 2000, Don Gregory`s striking black son, Davidoff E, out of a Rubinstein dam, became the brilliant German Champion of three year old stallions and won the approval in Oldenburg. His son Don Davidoff became world champion at the 2002 World Championship for Young Horses, with a score of 10 for rideability. Daughter Donna Gina, was Devon/USA - champion mare of the Oldenburg Horse Breeders` Society. To name just a few successful progeny.
GRANDSIRE: DONNERHALL is the most successful dressage horse in the world and looks back on an exemplary career. He managed like no other sire of his generation to combine success in breeding and in sport alike. In 1986 Donnerhall was the German DLG Champion in Hanover. After many wins in Grand Prix, Grand Prix Special and freestyle classes at International level he became German champion in Mannheim with his constant rider Karin Rehbein in 1994, team world champion and individual bronze medal winner in The Hague. This was followed by another climax in 1997: Team gold and individual bronze at the European Dressage Championships in Verden. In 1998 he was once more included in the German world championship team and with Karin Rehbein was a member of the gold medal team in Rome, where he attained fourth place in the individual results. Donnerhall won the World Cup European League, as well as being the Oldenburg dressage stallion of the year in 1997 and 1998 respectively. At the end of 1998 he farewelled himself from competition sport. “fresh as a daisy” at seventeen years of age and was frenetically applauded at all stages of his farewell tour.
DONNERHALL produces foals with big flowing movements. They show his sire’s extreme presence, beautiful carriage, intelligence, and charisma
GREAT GRANDSIRE: DONNERWETTER: Mastered the higher orders of dressage at an early age and often won Grand Prix events with Herbert and Karin Rehbein. In 1990 Donnerwetter was sold to the USA. In addition to Donnerhall, his approved sons Donnerkiel, Dobrock and Don Wienero L acquired renown. His dam Ninette was mated with Donnerwetter and produced further successful competition horses. Her daughter Noblesse ( by Pik Bube I ) together with Caprilli presented the premium stallion Certus.
DAM LINE: WORLD CUP I: Hanoverian Stallion of the Year 1996, The Celle State stallion by Woermann out of the mare Sendernixe by Sender was born in 1977. He was bred by Hans-Eduard Börger, Loxstedt-Neuenlande and grew up at the stallion rearing farm Hunnesrück. The chestnut stallion was the winner of the stallion performance test in 1980. scoring 137,65 points.
A fews years later he became Reserve Champion at the DLG-shows in Frankfurt (1984) and Hannover (1986). Breeders preferred World Cup I as a producer of excellent dressage horses. Over his breeding career World Cup I has produced 424 sport horses (total prize money of offspring in competition: DM 837.984,00), 49 state premium mares and 17 licensed sons. One of his sons influenced the modern Hanoverian breeding like no one else: Weltmeyer. But also other sons of World Cup I like the Celle State stallions Warkant, Walt Disney I and II and Woodstock increased the glory of World Cup I, who sadly died in 1999
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