Umenno possesses a good trainable temperament, powerful flamboyant movement, a beautifully marked chestnut and white robe, and a pedigree of legendary ancestry with 50% thoroughbred. Bred with athleticism in mind Umenno is an expressive powerful mover with off the floor paces and has demonstrated good jumping ability in the showjumping arena.

Umenno was also shown in hand throughout the UK, standing Open Non Native National Champion and young stock reserve. He has stood Champion at many National county shows including, the Scottish Chaps National, the Highland Show, Fife Show, and Great Yorkshire along with other wins in Sport Horse classes.

As a four year old he jumped double clears in British Novice. Discovery and Newcomers. He qualified for the Royal Show potential showjumper, the Royal International Horse Show BSPA Ridden finals, Burghley young event horse, Arena UK 4 year old SJ championship, and the Scottish Sports Horse 4 year old showjumping sport horse series along with numerous overall Championships in ridden sport horse classes often standing vainquer to older competitors. Winner of the five year classes at Bicton and the six year old class in St Legier Switzerland with additional placings at RII with Rudi Wallerbosch.

Umenno has since been sold to South Africa and has dominated the showing circuit with multiple wins and Championships. His first crop of foals are due in 2011/12. Frozen semen is still however available for distribution within all EU countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA.

Progeny

Umenno has consistantly sired SSH & BEF 1st Premiums, champion and prize winning foals. A number of his mares have gained Ster status for both quality of movement and jumping. His oldest progeny are now under saddle competing in the disciplines of dressage show jumping and eventing but are also fairing well in ridden showing classes. His daughter Femmina SwS obtained the third highest score at the UK KWPN Keurings in 2010. His four year old son Chelanno out of Edwina (Edkinghill x Dotorre) owned by Karen Ledger was Champion Ridden Four Year Old Sport Horse (comination of conformation, movement and jumping) and finished the day Champion Reserve Overall out of the four, five and six year olds at the Sport Horse Breeders (GB) National Championships at Addington. ridden by Hayley Hankey.

Umenno Progeny

His parentage.

Wellington

His sire (now deceased) belonged to the famous VDL Stud in Holland. Not only was Wellington a successful show jumper, but he was also an achieved dressage stallion. He has sired many ‘ster’ and ‘keur’ mares and many approved stallion sons including Farrington, Glennridge and Emillion of World Cup success. His offspring are of International show jumping standard include Jerome, VDL Jupiter and What a Game. Proving himself to be a versatile sire, Wellington also sired many successful dressage horses including Ceylon and Bolvorms to name but a few.

Nimmerdor

Umenno’s grandsire, the legendary Nimmerdor, was named KWPN Stallion of the Century. Son of the ‘preferent’ stallion Farn, the ‘preferant’ Nimmerdor was the most famous of all the old-fashioned Holstein’s offspring. Nimmerdor has had a tremendous, far-reaching influence upon the world of equestrian breeding and has sired over 50 Approved sons as well as a multitude of international show jumpers and exceptional brood mares.

Farn

Nimmerdors' sire Farn broke the service records. In 1979 he was offered 236 mares. In 1978 he had been awarded the 'keur' predicate, in 1991, he was declared 'preferent', seven years after his death. He left eleven approved sons, 123 'ster', 31 'keur', 14 'preferent' and 6 'prestatie' mares." Farn was the sire of a number of notable international showjumpers, including Odin N, Black and White, Design and Olympus. Aside from Nimmerdor, Farn sired a number of stallion sons, including: Fanfare, Felix, Garant (ex Flipper), Safari, Telstar and Uddel. By the end of his breeding career, Farn was the sire of 13 approved sons

Lucky Boy 1966 (TB) - KWPN

The Keur Preferent stallion Lucky Boy bred in Holland was an influencial sire in KWPN sport horse breeding. 27 of his sons were licensed and he also produced many Ster, Keur and perhaps more importantly, Prestatie mares such as Alandra, Ameika, Dadalie, Dafanory and Dersinaa. In the breeding shed he sired a great many International showjumpers and dressage horses. His daughters have themselves gone on to provide the KWPN studbook with a legacy of sport horse progenitors. Lucky Boys' lineage is also found for example in the World Cup winner Calypso ('73) and the Olympic team Gold medalist The Freak ('76).

His damline Evelien (Samber) x Solinde

Umenno’s dam, Evelien (Ster), was one of of 17 offspring out of the Ster Pref mare Solinde. Evelien was one of eight progeny of both Samber and Solinde and is full sister to Sambuco B, a fully Licensed stallion with the German warmblood studbook ZfdP. Evelien herself produced 12 offspring, 7 of which have proven themselves in sport. The most notable is the nine year old mare Pirozet who competed to Z level and Umenno's six year old full brother, Tocher, currently competing at M level dressage and progressing well. A number of her other progeny have received Keur status and have been valuable additions to the KWPN stud book.

Samber

Evelien was a daughter of the world famous Approved coloured stallion Samber; another truly versatile stallion and, to date, the most famous of all coloured sires.

Samber achieved ZZ level in Show jumping and Grand Prix level in dressage. Samber has also proven himself a remarkable sire producing versatile offspring succeeding in all Olympic disciplines and remains the only Approved coloured stallion with the K.W.P.N. – at present.

Pericles 1962 TB

Pericles was an English bred Thoroughbred. He stood at stud in the Netherlands from 1976 until his death in 1987. He was one of very few Thoroughbreds like Lucky Boy to achieve Preferent status. Pericles did some racing and competed in Open Jumpers later in his career. His offspring made excellent sport horses and proved themselves in the breeding shed as well. Pericles was best known as being a dressage sire. He is also the maternal grandsire of the legendary stallion Ulft.

Samber's dam Tina KWPN 1964

Tina was a remarkable mare who produced 19 foals, a number of which obtained Ster, Keur and Prestatie status including Wanda, a Keur Preferent Prestatie mare full sister to Samber. This mare line, commencing with the coloured mare Karoll, a registered Gelders mare of unknown origin is responsible for producing more tobiano sport horses world wide than any other. The origin of her colour has been discussed by many and some have implied that it may well have come from the "Gypsy Cob" of Ireland but the history and origins of tobiano horses identifies that it is much more likely to have stemmed from Asia and Eastern Europe. Their presence has been found on Egyptian tombs as far back as the 4th century B.C. Evidence of their use has been unearthed in the Gobi Desert. Genghis Khan used tobiano coloured horses in his conquests of Asia. Paintings of these horses are plentiful in European art of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

Le Faquin TB (FR) 1954 (Aldis Lamp x La Fagne)

Solinde, Evelien's dam was by Le Faquin, he sired 11 licensed sons and had a significant impact on the Dutch Warmblood by adding elegance and lightness to the breed. One of Le Faquin's most famous sons is Pretendent, one of the KWPN's top-ranked sires of all time. Other sons include Vincent and Amarillo. He is also the grandsire of Facet, Cabochon and Caritas. Of these offspring and grandchildren, Pretendent, Facet, Vincent and Cabochon are listed in the KWPN Top-20 Sires.

Enfant de Normandie 1963 TB (FR)

Enfant de Normandie was an excellent broodmare sire producing a great number of Keur Preferant Prestatie mares. His maternal grandson, John E. M. (by Jasper out of Zeggy (Enfant de Normandie) helped the United States Win the Nations Cup in Norway under rider Candice King of Wellington, FL. He was also the maternal grandsire of Heruto (Doruto x Enfant de Normandie) a Grand Prix dressage stallion. He competed himself to Z level in both dressage and showjumping and sired the KWPN approved stallions Journalist, Juweel, Jongleur, Lucas, and Maarshalk. He is also found in the bloodlines of todays approved stallions such as Mooiman (Flemmingh x Roemer) and the Grand Prix dressage stallion Vincent (Pretendant x Duc De Normanide) ridden by Annemarie Sanders-Keizer. At his stallion test he scored three times the note 9 for jumping and three times the score of 8 for his dressage qualities.

Relic TB 1945

Relic won $69,275 during his racing career. He is the sire of numerous talented race and sport horses. His sire War Relic won $89,495 during his racing career which was a lot of money back in the early 40's. He won Massachusetts H, Narragansett Special, Governor's H, Kenner S. War Relic was a full brother to the legendary race horse - Speed Boat.

Queen of Peru

A royal line of thoroughbreds. Her grandsire Bahram was the top sire in Great Britain in his day. He was noted for having a laid-back temperament and flawless conformation and was a producer of many winners. Queen of Peru herself produced top performance horses being the dam of Pericles and Mysolo.

Aldis Lamp

Leading sire in Belgium twelve times. Aldis Lamp sired Pedro (dam sire of Alison Firestone's Major) and Le Faquin (dam sire of the KWPN stallions Hitchcock, Usselo and Zenith).

Hyperion TB 1930

Leading sire six times, and ranked among the top 10 sires for 16 years. He was also two time leading broodmare sire. His sons include some of the most influential names in breeding, whether for racing or sport:

Heliopoli

Twice leading sire in the U.S. is also the grandsire of champion steeplechaser, Top Bid. Helianthemum, dam of the legendary American show jumper, Jet Run, was by Heliodorus, a son of Heliopolis out of Spotted Beauty (who is also the dam of the Selle Francais sire, Dark Tiger xx). Heliopolis's son, Grey Eagle, sired A Little Bit, winner of an Individual Silver Medal at the Pan American Games. He is also found in the pedigree of Abglanz

Enfant Terrible TB 1957

Another very important thoroughbred in warmblood breeding. He is the sire of the Selle Francais stallion Vagabond who produced the stallion Etretat. Etretat is the sire of two very important show jumpers, Big Ben , the two time World Cup winner and Fantast. Enfant Terrible's sire Precipitation won the Ascot Gold cup and entered stud in England in 1938. He was among the leading sires in England for 7 years and was the England's 2nd leading sire in 1948. He was the sire of more than 50 stakes winners.