Our home bred homozygous coloured tobiano warmblood stallion standing at stud, Solaris Buenno, is an interesting new addition to the world of warmblood and sport horse breeding. His sire, the coloured Dutch Warmblood Stallion Umenno has an accomplished performance record to date and his dam, Edwina, a Supreme Champion high scoring 1st premium mare who's progeny have consistently been successful in the county show ring.

Buenno, has inherited the qualities of both sire and dam, elasticity of gaits, a free shoulder and quick active engaging hind leg. His bloodlines are a combination of both jumping and dressage genes from the worlds leading stud books. In addition to his proven performance bloodlines, Buenno is Homozygous for the tobiano gene, thus providing breeders with the certainty that his progeny will be coloured with tobiano markings.

Regrettably Buenno suffered an injury as a yearling severing his hind extensor. It has therefore not been possible to follow a ridden career.

His progeny are well developed, with good top lines and above average muscle development, they are consistently built uphill with beautiful neck set ideal for dressage and showing. They show an abundance of presence, elevation to their paces with designer coats as a bonus!

His daughter, Solaris Fechinna, won the CHAPS yearling class and went on to take the overall Champion Reserve at the Royal Highland Show 2011 on first outing and has since been sold to France.

Buenno (2006) is one of six full siblings by Umenno out of Edwina: the first premium colt "Amenno (2005) " was the first and only coloured colt foal to stand champion foal at the Royal Highland Show in the Hunter foal class, Chelanno Rass (2007) sold to Top Show Producer Karen Ledger ended his first year under saddle ridden by Hayley Hankey as Champion Ridden Four Year Old Sport Horse and finished the day Overall Champion Reserve out of the four, five and six year olds in the Blue Chip Flat Ridden Sport Horse of the Year at the Sport Horse Breeders (GB) National Championships at Addington 2011.

"Delanna" 2007, awarded a first premium with the SSH and the BEF Futurity evaluations in both the eventing and dressage sections and sold to another top show home. Her second daughter `Elanna was sold at just a few days of age and the last in the line at present "Solaris Felanno" (2010) winner of the inhand coloured class and overall Coloured Champion at Perth ahead of his dam and all other inhand and ridden entries as a foal.

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Parentage:

Umenno

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.

Wellington

Umenno's 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 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, Eveliens 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 Normandie) 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.

Edwina Edking Hill (Ekstein x Joost)

Edwina is by the Dutch coloured sire Ed King Hill (Ekstein x Samber) Sadly Edking Hill was put to sleep after tearing a tendon at the age of twelve. He had already had a successful career showjumping 1.30m with Wout-Jan van der Schans in Holland and was competing successfully in dressage with Roel van Laar Swets at the time, thus gaining the sport predicate. He also gained Prestatie status through his progeny and has left behind him two approved sons Everest Hill (AES) and Parade D (Old) His bloodlines also carry on through Everij A (Edking Hill x DE SAINT URUS D'OLYMPE X ) a popular sire in Holland and is the dam sire of the Approved NRPS stallion Haico. He has also produced a number of ster and keur mares and successful competition horses.

Ekstein (Zion x Joost)

Champion of the Stallion Performance Test and Champion 7-year-old showjumper. Eksteins' most famous sons include the Olympic competitor Joel, and the winner of the Spruce Meadows CSI**** $1,000,000 Grand Prix, found also in the damline of "Hickstead" the Olympic Gold medalist Beijing 2008. Eksteins dam Zaniki (1981) KWPN a Ster Pref Prestatie mare was full sister to Approved Stallion & International Showjumper Palfrenier and dam of numerous International Showjumpers inc. Ekstein, Fury, Heartdancer, Joniki, & Lajos.

Zion 1981 KWPN (Joost x Lucky Boy)

Unfortunately Zion died at an early age. Zion has four approved sons including Ekstein, Edison, Edwig and Zodiac (NRPS), despite being used for only two breeding seasons before he died. Considering the few progeny that Zion produced that actually made it into the competition world, his 127 points on the Dutch showjumping index is remarkable. Zion is yet another son of by the famous Thoroughbred foundation sire Lucky Boy XX mentioned previously.

Joost (Consul x Kassander)

An infleuncial showjumping sire that plays a substantial role in todays modern showjumpers frequently found in the bloodlines of many approved stallions and international showjumpers most famously found in the line breeding program of Stal Roelofs. The preferent stallion Joost was a top progenitor of show jumpers and was highly ranked on the index with a breeding value of 148. He had many international offspring including the approved stallions Hay Guy, Palfrenier, Ommen, VIP, and Carrera, Attentz B, Satchmo, Jongger II, and Germus R.

Fabiola" Samber x Katouchon

Edking Hill's dam the Ster Preferent mare "Fabiola" by Samber was also the dam of the ZfDp Approved stallion "Cool Cracker S" (pictured left) by Concorde that has competed successfully up to Prix St Georges level and "Perfect Daddy" a full brother to Edking Hill who made it through to the second rounds of the KWPN stallion selections and then went on to compete successfully to Z level Dressage.

Dottore 1985 (Damenstolz x Rigoletto)

In the damline of Edwina we find the Westphalen approved stallion, Dottore a son of the Hanoverian stallion Damenstolz by (Damhirsch out of Cyklame) who has produced many great dressage horses of today 7 licensed sons, and 12 states premium mares.