Christian 25
CARTANI x LORD LIBERTY
Christian is a tall, athletic, modern model of a show-jumping stallion who has proven to pass on his superb temperament and ride-ability, fantastic movement, conformation, and huge, careful scope to his offspring.
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Owner/Agent: Averil Gornall
Email: averil@gornallequestrian.com
Note: Stud fees are payable direct to the stallion owner and must be paid prior to ordering semen from SAIS
pedigree
Biography
Christian was previously based in Germany at the Böckmann Stud where he predominantly focused on breeding after achieving high scores in his 30-day stallion licensing, including four 10’s. Christian is also an AES Elite graded stallion and is approved for Oldenburg, OS-International, Holstein and Westfalien studbooks. Not only is he a proven sire of talented show-jumpers but he is also a successful show-jumper himself, having represented Team GB at 5* level internationally. Christian’s sire, Cartani, is the result of breeding two of the world’s best show-jumpers – two-time Olympic stallion Carthago Z, and 1994 World Equestrian Games Team Gold winner Taggi. Cartani, a Holsteiner Premium Stallion noted for his scope, hind leg technique and wonderful conformation, was a member of the Danish team on numerous occasions including the 2013 European Championships under Charlotte Von Rönne. Christian’s dam, Free Lilly (competed as Who Knows Lilly), competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. His Grand-dam, Miss Playback, is the dam of licensed stallions Liberty Life (by Lord Liberty), Lord Pezi and Lord Pezi 2. Liberty Life was placed fifth at the 1996 Bundeschampionate for six-year-old show-jumpers, and later competed successfully under Gilbert Böckmann in Nations Cups, for which he was awarded the title VTV-Jumper Stallion.
Notable Progeny
‘Coachella’, an 8-year-old bay mare, has headed to Mexico from Australia for Olympic rider Matt Williams, with a view to becoming Australia’s next championship horse. Coachella has been very successful as a young horse already and has several placings under her belt. Matt is quoted: “In my mind, Christian is the next big thing in show-jumping breeding.” ‘Clitschko 17’, a 7-year-old stallion ridden by Michael Duffy is successfully competing and winning CSIYH* classes. ‘Comfort’, a 7-year-old stallion, was second reserve champion of the 2015 OS licensing in Vechta. He also has wins at 1.25m and has competed in CSIYH* and 1.30m classes. ‘Theo 160’, an 8-year old stallion, has numerous placings at 1.30 and 1.40m at CSI2* and CSI3*. Oak Grove’s Che, was licensed for OS-International as a 2-year-old in 2014. As a 5-year-old, Che competed at the World Championships for young horses and won the opening day of the prestigious Bundeschampionate in Germany. Since then he has competed in CSIYH* classes with several clear rounds and placings internationally. Christian’s offspring were the show-jumping price highlights at each of the Oldenburg auctions in 2018. ‘La Marron’, who won the Oldenburg mare grading in 2017 as a 3-year-old, sold under saddle at the Vechta auction at the beginning of 2018 for €141,000. ‘Cinderella’, a striking grey mare, also going well under saddle sold for €80,000 and ‘Christiano’, a 4-year-old stallion, sold for €68,000.
Results for Christian 25
- Selected to represent Team GB up to 5* level - 4th at Budapest CSIO5* in the World Cup qualifier, jumping double clear at Hickstead CSIO5* - 2nd at the Great Yorkshire Show in the prestigious national 1m 60 competition “Cock O’The North”.
