Zandarinn bred by A Veenstra was imported from Holland in November 2006. She is an elegant modern framed KWPN mare by the Scandinavian bred dressage stallion "Watermill Scandic".

In 2008 Zandarinn was awarded Ster status with the Scottish Sports Horse surprisingly not based purely on the quality of her paces as one would expect being a daughter of the international Dressage Stallion "Scandic" but on the basis of her exceptional jumping talent, combined with a high score of 80% and 80% for conformation. Her top score of 87.5% was awarded for technique and suitability as a show jumper.

Zandarinn has produced two palomino fillies by McJonnas, the frst premium filly "Dzandarinna" and her full sister "Solaris Ezanndra" retained as a future broodmare to carry on the strength of her mare line in our breeding program. Her 2010 coloured colt foal by "Solaris Buenno" was sold to the Czech Republic along with his dam.

Watermill Scandic was approved by the KWPN and Zandarinn is very much the image of her sire. Her damline is from a line of proven breeding stock that have consistently produced successful sport horses and have been highly rewarded with stud book predicates.

Zandarinns dam, Lactharinn by No Ski (Nininsky x Nijinsky xx), holds the Keur predicate. Cietherin by Ulft holds the Keur Preferent predicate, Victharin by the TB stallion Apple King xx and Itharin are both prestatie mares.

A good number of upper level sport horses descend from the merrielijn 171 including the approved stallion Sauvage Diamant, "Vedet" by OOseven ridden by Cynthia Pronk, the International Grand Prix Dressage horse Bon Aparte by Sultan, the Grand Prix Showjumper Ultimo by Goodtimes, Pytharr, Ethar, Hatharin and Zithar are all advanced dressage horses.

Watermill Scandic

Zandarinns sire, the KWPN-approved stallion Scandic currently holds 3rd position in the individual WBFSH dressage horse rankings 2011. He boasts novel lineage for a dressage horse with ancestors such Castro Calypso I, Landgraf I and Michelangelo grand sire of Laura Bechtolsheimer's Mistral Hojris. Both Scandic's sire, Solos Carex, and his dams sire, Amiral, represented their countries in dressage at the Olympics. Scandic's great-granddam, Eljenohve, is also the dam of Billy Twomey’s top show jumper, Luidam.

(Palomino filly Ezanndra by McJonnas)

After Scandic won the KWPN stallion competition two years in a row then achieved numerous victories at ZZ-light level and excelled at ZZ-advanced level, his new Swedish rider Patrik Kittel began competing him in the Small Tour in 2008. The combination's first show was in Münster, in January 2008, where they immediately placed second in the Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I. At the KWPN Stallion Show in Den Bosch, Scandic and Kittel were a sensation. Their success continued in Zwolle where Scandic was awarded the title International Stallion Show Promising Stallion. In May of that year, Scandic made his Grand Prix debut in Mannheim. In 2009, his impressive performance continued with, among others, wins in Falsterbo and Lingen. Scandic has performed consistently, finishing fifth in the World Cup final in Den Bosch and placing second twice in the World Cup qualifier in Göteborg. In the Grand Prix Freestyle at the FEI European Dressage Championships 2011 in Rotterdam, Scandic claimed the Bronze medal with a score of 83.429. The winner of the Sheerwater & Hickstead Six Year Old Dressage Championship, ridden by Rebecca Hughes, "Classic Annette Ballerina" is a daughter of Scandic out of a Jazz x Vincent mare..

Solos Carex

Solos Carex currently holds 12^th Postition WBFSH Dressage Sire Rankings 20. Swedish Grand Prix rider Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven officially retired her 2008 Olympic team horse Solos Carex at the Göteborg International Horse Show in Sweden in 2010. The Danish warmblood born in 1993, licensed as a breeding stallion completed his stallion performance test in 1996 placing first in dressage (8.22 points) and second in show jumping (7.34 points). He won the Danish breeder's trophy in 1998 and Nordic Dressage Championship in 1999. Under Vilhelmson, Carex competed at his first international Grand Prix Championship in 2002 at the World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain, the duo competed for Sweden at the 2006 World Equestrian Games, the 2007 European Championships (team bronze) and the 2008 Olympic Games placing 12^th individually.

Calypso I

Inherent in the dam’s sire line Castro is the famous bloodline of the Holstein Calypso I. The super Holstein mare Tabelle, when mated with Cor de la Bryere produced five full stallion sons. Calypso I, a bay born in 1973, was 16.3 hands and, with a solid build, he was still a very elegant stallion. He transmitted his quality and his versatility to his progeny. He has both dressage stars, as well as international jumpers. He is said to be one of the most significant sires and most uniform producer of elegant performance horses. He is considered an important pre-potent sire that consistently produced fabulous gaits and scopey movements in his get. He has 10 stallion sons and over 140 approved daughters. His full brother Calypso II is sire of yet another progenitor of International show jumpers Contender.

Flyinge Amiral

Amiral made his Grand Prix dressage debut in 1995 under Kyra Kyrklund. They placed 11^th individually at the European Championships in Luxembourg and competed at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He went on to the Sydney Olympic Games with Peter Markne. Amiral also competed in the Göteborg International Horse Show 2001 and finished 4^th and 5^th in the invitational dressage.

Michelangelo

In his first breeding year, his sons the champion stallion in Neumünster Kennedy and Guy Laroche were approved. Michelangelo's son Michelino, bred in the Netherlands, had already been nominated elite stallion in Denmark due to the success of his offspring in the sport. Laura Bechtolsheimer's "Mistral Horis" is by Michelino. The winning stallion 1998 Monteverdi descended from Michelangelo's dam Miami. In the same year he supplied the Trakehner winner mare in the Netherlands. More than 13 approved sons make Michelangelo world-wide one of the most sought after Trakehner hereditors.

No Ski

A descendant of the thoroughbred Nijinsky his sons and daughters have good sport horse results. The son Nurajev was approved by the NRPS.

Ulft

Approved by the KWPN in 1981, Ulft was awarded excellent scores of 9 for ridability and temperament although it was noted at times that he could be a little head strong. Ulft also excelled in jumping with an overall mark of 8.5. The most notable of his offspring was the black stallion "Olympic Ferro" who competed at the 2000 Olympics and assisted the Dutch team in achieving a team silver medal. In 2011, the line bred stallion "Uthopia" by "Metal" by Ferro, (Ulft x Ramiro) out "Odelia" (Inspekteur x Ulft) ridden by Carl Hester rode the British team into Gold Medal position in Rotterdam at the European Championships with an individual silver in the Grand Prix.

Le Mexico

Ulft's sire, the Selle Francais stallion "Le Mexico" was awarded a 10 for jumping at the KWPN stallion approvals, Ulft's dam sire was yet another of the most far reaching and influencial KWPN stallions "Farn", sire of the legendary "Nimmerdor" that features prominently in our breeding program.

Perciles xx

Pericles was an English bred Thoroughbred that 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. He was best known as being a progenitor of dressage horses. He is the maternal grandsire of the legendary stallion Ulft. The Perciles xx daughter "Wominka" is found in the damline of "Moorland's Totilas" but also the dam sire of the Ster Pref Prestatie mare "Tina" which produced the KWPN's only licensed coloured stallion "Samber".