Bellissimo M

His every appearance is a triumph: top horse at the 24th NRW Elite Riding Horse Auction, record winner of his 30-day test in Zweibrücken - 1st place in dressage (9.63) as well as in jumping (8.77)! Undisputed winner of the Riding Horse Championships in Verden. Radiant Bundeschampion of four year old riding stallions 2003 in Warendorf. With a score of 9.38 he was the clear winner of a qualification in his class for the final round at the World Championships for young dressage horses in Verden 2004. Vice Bundeschampion of six year old dressage horses 2005 in Warendorf; after clearly leading in the final qualification (9.2) he just barely missed winning. In his first three years of breeding he produced an unbelievable 17 approved stallions including in his first year not less than eleven sons were admitted

In 2008, Belissimo has produced the top priced horses at both the Hannoverian Elite Auction (190,000 Euros) and the Hannoverian Kuering (310,00 Euros). Belissimo's pedigree is simply brilliant: his sire, Beltain , was successful in the dressage ring up to S-level. He comes from, undoubtedly, one of the most popular and successful mare lines in Hanover: his dam, SPS Gänseliesel, is a full sister of the highly esteemed Celle State Stud sires, Garibaldi I and II , and the granddam of Wolkenstein I and II (Bundeschampion, State Stud Celle) as well as the Grand Prix dressage horse, Little Big Man. Very closely related are also the Celle State Stud sires, Brentano I and II and also Beauvalais (Vice World Champion in 2002 in Jerez and Olympic bronze in Athens in 2004). The dam, SPS Roxa, county champion mare, is the dam of a jumper named Carthago 51, is a daughter of Romadour II , a stallion of the century, and the highly refined Thoroughbred bloodlines of Lucius (State Stud), one of the most popular performance sires of his day.