Monte Bellini

In 2007 Monte Bellini won the Bundeschampionat final in the class for five-year old show jumpers with the highest scores ever given and a clear margin between him and the second placed horse. In the first round he received 9.5 and with 9.7 in the second round, this premium stallion and performance test winner certainly earned the title. His rider Marco Kutscher, who was European Champion and Olympic bronze winner twice with Monte Bellini’s sire, attested Monte Bellini “talent just like Montender’s paired with inner tranquility.” Joachim Geilfub, the speaker for the ground jury, was also full of praise, “They don’t get much better”. Monte Bellini, in October 2007 “Horse of the Month” in Westphalia, sired numerous premium foals, including coveted auction candidates.

His sire Montender has won nearly half a million Euros in sport and sired two licensed sons in Germany. The dam Ramira, a highly successful medium (M) level show jumper herself who has “performance mare for jumping” status, is also the dam of the medium (M/A) level show jumper Garlyna (by Gloucester), the medium (M) level jumper Denaro (by Dinard L) and Conte Bellini (by Cornet Obolensky) who was licensed in southern Germany in 2006 in Munich-Riem and takes first place in elementary (L) level tests for young jumpers under Sebastian Holtgrave-Osthues. The dam’s sire Ramiro is truly a European stallion. The granddam Woldona is the dam of a licensed stallion named Rotary (by Ramiro) who wins ribbons up to advanced (S) level in dressage. Through the Hanoverian jumper sires Wendekreis, Wiesenbaum xx and Ferdinand the dam line goes back to the line founding mare Javenda, a line which produced the licensed stallions Grandenstern, Baryschnikov, Donnerbube I, II and III, Welton and the successful dressage Grand Prix sire Margue H/Hannes Baumgart as well as the sport horses Wapiti/Fritz Ligges, Le Mans/Markus Beerbaum, Lesotho/Ellen Schultem-Baumer and Wansuela suerte/Hubertus Schmidt.