Chiquita was born at Innerleith Farm in Fife prior to the creation of Solaris Sport Horses. Her dam is our foundation State performance and successful show jumping Keur mare Quinine, purchased whilst residing in Switzerland as a 6 year old and imported to Scotland as a family member when we relocated to Fife in 1998. Quinine's sire "Quater" a State Federal stallion in Switzerland, sired by yet another influential stallion, the Selle Francais stallion "Grand Veneur" sire of the "Le Tot De Semilly", which when fused with Contender these great bloodlines produced the black Holstein stallion "Diarado" that sold for over one million euros at the PSI auction and is already a prolific breeding sire across Europe.

Chiquita was presented for Grading in 2009 and awarded the "Ster" predicate with the SSH based on the technique and scope. She demonstrated her aptitude and scope as a jumper coupled with a good score of 76 for conformation. Chiquita's powerful quaters and hind leg action are very much that of a top class jumper and shows tremendous technique over a fence, snapping her front legs quickly with good bascule and the elastic use of her back with wide opening haunches over the fence, and no obstacle too big.

Chiquita's progeny

Chiquita has consistently produced quality foals, the first, a chestnut tobiano filly foal in May 2005, "Solaris Achanenna" and in 2006 her full brother a tobiano colt "Bachinno" both by Umenno, introducing the bloodline of Nimmerdor to the mix.

In 2007 Chiquita produced a colt foal by Lupicor H "Cairngorm" now sold to Northern Ireland and remains entire for the time being.

2009 saw the arrival of an exquisite filly foal "Solaris Extacy" by "Amoureux" infusing the lines of Ramzes, G Ramiro Z Wendekreis, Farn and "Pik As". Extacy was awarded a first premium at the SSH mare and youngstock gradings.

2010 saw the arrival of a delightful coloured filly by umenno "Solaris Fechinna" followed by a full sibling Solaris Givennchy in 2011.

The Bloodlines

Cappuccino Van Berkenbroek

Also known as Cappucino FCS, imported by the Whitaker and Gillespies to Scotland in 2000, he stood for only one season prior to being sold overseas. Prior to his arrival in Scotland the son of the famous showjumping sire Contender, covered 80 mares in his first season at stud in Belgium one of which produced the showjumping mare "Bi-Nice" out of a Landetto mare successfully jumping at Grands Prix and 1.60m classes. Other sons and daughters are consistant high achievers at National and International level both here in the UK and overseas. A Capucinno son was placed third at the loose jumping Championship in 2005 and another of his sons was sold to England for £35.000 after great success showing tremdous form as a future star.

Contender

Contender is proving to be one of the most influential sons of Calypso II out of the Ramiro daughter, Gofine who was in turn by the great Thoroughbred sire, Ladykiller xx he has dominated German breeding values for many years now and continues to produce exciting young stallions like Contendro (premium stallion in the approval of 1999, and winner of the performance test at Adelheidsdorf the following year). Marco Kutscher is successfully riding three approved Contender sons in international sport: Contreo, Conterno Grande and Montender (German Champion of 2003, bronze medallist at the Athens Games and European Champion 2005). Toni Hassmann won the German Showjumping Derby with Collin, while Checkmate won on the Rider’s Tour with Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and was her ride at the European Championships.

Her dam Quinine

Quinine" born and bred in Switzerland where she obtained 83 points at her mare grading as a three year old and was selected for mare performance testing which she underwent at "Le Haras National Bern" in Switzerland and was entered into the Head Stud Book of the Swiss Equestrian Federation.

As a five year old she was re-presented under saddle by Rudi Wallerbosh for the ridden mare performance test once again at "Le Haras National" and subsequently branded as a mark of quality.

Quinine is very much the "Queen" of our herd and our foundation broodmare, measuring only 16hh. She was graded into the head stud book with the Sports Horse Breeding (GB) when we moved from Switzerland to Scotland and later presented at the SSH Gradings.

Her competition record is flawless. In 1999 she commenced her career on the BSJA circuit competing with great success, jumping consistantly with 40 double clears and placings in the space of only a few months and often winner in classes of over 80 to 100 horses.

In her first season in 1999 she qualified for the British Novice and Discovery finals winning the second round with the only triple clear at Lough Farm in the British Novice, placing 3rd in the British Novice Preliminary Round At the Festival Of Show Jumping Scope. By the end of her first season she was jumping Foxhunter classes and opens. Her ability to turn sharp and jump from a stand still often proved her unbeatable and very much a mare to be reckoned with when she was on form.

In the same year Quinine won the seven year old and over Scottish Sports Horse Championship at the SSH summer show a combination of show jumping and dressage results. At the same show she was winner of the intermediate and Open Show jumping and was presented for her IBOP mare performance test achieving the second highest score of 81 points to date in the UK under the careful eye of KWPN representative Jaques Verkerk with an impressive 9 for scope.

Quinine was also a success in the dressage arena and never out of the ribbons, achieving top marks for her regularity of rhythm and pace. In 2002 Quinine gave birth to a beautiful filly foal "Chiquita", who is now herself a mother, producing our third generation. In 2006 a Grand daughter was born "Achanenna" now also a broodmare has now produced our fourth generation. She returned to the competition circuit briefly in 2004 and successfully competed up to 1.30m classes winning fox hunter classes before being retired from competition and commence her career as a broodmare at the age of 14.

Quater

Swiss State federal Stallion, Quater, competed with success at MII. His best progeny Magnolia CH and Quatersman CH competed CSI CSIO, CSI, SII and in the young horse classes Balladeuse du Cornat CH, Bellamour du Cornat CH, Catania IV CH, Cristal de la Taille CH qualified for the Zangersheide Young Horse Show Jumping Championships.

Grand Veneur

Since 1976, Grand Veneur produced more than 335 show jumping winners, of which 75 stallions.
Regularly classed among the best sires, father of winners in show jumping, he has produced among the best Le Tot de Semilly Lama des Landes, Love Love de l'If, Magicien IV, Nabo II, Rocky du Carel, Tenor de la Cour, ISO 160, Vas Y Donc Longane, Alfa d'Elle and many showjumping winners in foreign countries such as Le Grand du Tot, Mont Blanc, Quatre de Mai, Sioux de Baugy, Tenor Manciais, Ulysse de Thurin, Upsala de Baussy, Valou de Baussy, Veneur Pierreville, Amour de Coquerie, As de Thurin, Beau Veneur, Belle Landaise and Billy du Lys.