Morricone III

Biography

MORRICONE III finished 3rd in the Premium ring at the 2018 Oldenburg Stallion Licensing to Global Player and Weihgand. Awarded 1c-Premium stallion, selling for €180,000 Oldenburger price highlight to CELLE State Stud. Eurodressage: “He impressed on the lunge with much expression, cadence, rhythm and power from behind, with a lovely face and neck” . MORRICONE III impresses with power, balance, active hind legs, extremely well equipped with an outstanding level of movement. Gifted with elegance, type and charisma. He is made for Breeding and International Sport GARETH HUGHES, British Team rider developed a new partnership in 2025 with MORRICONE III, achieving 75% PSG & consistent PSG wins as they start their journey towards International Grand Prix. Gareth Hughes in H & H describes Morricone III as “an incredibly talented, classy horse. He’s a great student, very focused, and tries hard, he has the character and temperament, stunning looks, he ticks all the boxes!” MORRICONE III was campaigned by Olympian Simone Pearce in Germany in 2024, achieving 1st PSG ‘s & 1st Advanced Medium in 2024 at age 8 He showed much potential for the piaffe and passage at only 7 years old. Simone commenting “Morricone I & III are more similar in terms of type and character. With Morricone I & III being more similar to Millennium from the feeling & look with a lot of power and high motivation to work.” At the Bundeschampionate Qualifier in 2021 Elmlohe, Germany, MORRICONE III came 5th under Birte Senftleben of Celle State Stud. Scored 8.20 in his 50 day test. From a successful family like no other MORRICONE III is the full younger brother to MORRICONE I Oldenburg Champion Stallion successful in Grand Prix sport with Lena Walderman & U25 Moritz Treffinger. His sire MILLENNIUM was second reserve Champion at the 2010 Trakehner main licensing becoming Trakehner Vice Champion in Hanover; his Grandsire EASY GAME, sire of Olympic mare DALERA His dam the Elite mare HARTIMA. Her sire RUBIN ROYAL OLD, Main Premium Winner in Oldenburg and multiple international Grand Prix winner under Hendrik Lochthowe. His progeny include RUBIN AL ASAD, ROSALIE B, RUBIN AL ASAD MORRICONE III’s grandsire DE NIRO was Reserve Champion of the 1996 Stallion Performance Test in Adelheidsdorf scoring 9s in all three gaits and was awarded the highest scores for rideability 9.67. In fourth generation the Grand Prix winner RUBINSTEIN manifests the pedigree as founder of the modern R-line. Origin of success is the dam line of HAINBUCHE, which also produced DONNERHALL’s line, dam sire MARKUS, WELTGEIST, SAN REMO as well as numerous INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX Horses. MORRICONE III is Approved by 7 Stud Books:- 1. 1-c Premium Licenced Oldenburger 2. Hannoveraner Verband e. V 3. British Hanoverian Horse Society 4. Reinlander