Cabalito's History


Cabalito was bred by Heinrich Heemke in Germany.  He was presented for his
Hanoverian breeding license at age 2 1/2 to the licensing commission in
Verden.  At this time, Cabalito was selected by the State Stud in Celle. 
This is considered a great honor, as of the thousands of colts that are born
each year, only a few and select best are licensed, and only about 10 of
these are selected to stand at the state stud.

From here Cabalito made the short trip to Adelheidsdorf where he participated
in the 11 month state performance test, culminating with the final 100 day
test.   Cabalito completed the difficult testing with flying colors,
finishing in the top half of his class.  He received 8’s in willingness to
work, overall capacity to work, walk and trot.  As testament to his
soundness, Cabalito performed the entire 11 month test barefoot.

Cabalito is one of the few licensed sons of the very elegant and popular
Hanoverian State Stud Cordoba. These are new bloodlines to be introduced to
the US  that are known in Germany for producing horses of excellent character
and ridability.  Cabalito also has a fantastic dam line that through his
grand-dam, Dompoesie, has produced the exceptional stallions Weltmeyer,
Wanderbusch I & II, Don Carlos and many other renown performance horses.  You
will see many other famous stallions in his pedigree including Cavalier,
Bolero, Absatz and Dominik.

  Upon import to the US, Cabalito was one of the few stallions  approved for
breeding by the Oldenburg Verband during their 2001 summer tour.

Cabalito offers an extremely easy and tractable temperament and is handled
and ridden daily by an amateur rider. He was selected in great part due to
his fantastic attitude! In addition to his outstanding movement and
rideability, Cabalito is a fancy and scopey  jumper.

His competitive career in the US has been most promising,  He was Champion
stallion and overall Grand Champion three times at breed shows, culminating
with the USDF Region 9 Mature Horse Championship. He also received the high
score of that show with an impressive 80%.  2001 USDF Horse of the Year
awards included a 5th place nationally for 4 year and older stallions in hand
and Reserve Champion Hanoverian stallion. Cabalito was started in the hunter
ring with great success and has been very well received by both judges,
trainers and breeders.  He received top ribbons and many wins in the
pre-greens at  "A" shows including the San Antonio Christmas Show, Great
Southwest (Houston) and the High Prairie Summer Circuit (Colorado). 2003 will
bring his debut in the First Year Greens.

Cabaltio’s fist foal crop started arriving in February 2002 and they couldn't
be any better!  The foals have all been stamped with his beautiful
expression, well set on necks and correct foundations.  They are all
displaying his graceful and elegant movement with superb temperaments.  Look
for him to be siring the  top competitive hunters of the future!
 

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