Artagnan

Highly commended by German assessor, Joachim Winter, on the 2014 Hanoverian tour of Australia.  He gave him 9 for his conformation.  His mother is a fully imported Donnerhall mare and father is the famous De Niro foremost producer of top European dressage horses.
D'Artagnan is a very confident, friendly gelding who is easy to handle, halter etc.
He has super movement, springy, elastic trot. He is a registered and branded Hanoverian.

Dam line

Lauries Crusador. The 2003 Hannoverian Stallion Book records that up to that time Lauries Crusador had produced 441 competition horses with winnings of Euro 228,258. The most successful so far has been Lesotho with winnings of Euro 28,931.

He has had 218 dressage performers for 3461 placings (19 at S level) and 42 jumpers with 527 placings.He is the sire of 27 licensed sons.
On the FN index he has a dressage rating of 135 and a jumping rating of 69.He was 26th on the Hannoverian dressage stallion rankings, with his son Longchamp in 18th place. However Lauries Crusador is 3rd on the Hannoverian list for type with a ranking of 160.

Dr Dr Ludwig Christmann of the Hanoverian Verband

"He improves the frame of the horse. He puts on the long legs that we like, and the big shoulders that we hope from a Thoroughbred. What is also very important is the rideability of his offspring. They are very good in their mind, very co-operative, also good for collection. From their mind, from their interior they are very good horses. They have good movement but they are also trainable so the movement gets better under saddle, which is better than the other way around."

Sire : De Niro

The following is an extract from the owners of De Niro :

In 2012, De Niro is ranked first in the ranking of the World Breeding Federation for Sports Horses. Therefore he is the best dressage stallion of the world.
In 2013, De Niro confirmed his status as best dressage stallion of the world. The German dressage team with Desperados and D‘Agostino won the Gold Medal at the European Championships in Herning. The stallion by De Niro – Rosario, bred by Josef Greten, became champion stallion of the licensing in Oldenburg and was sold for sensational 910,000 Euros to the Danish Olympic rider Andreas Helgstrand.
In 2014, the German Dressage Team including Desperados and rider Kristina Sprehe and D‘Agostino with rider Fabienne Lütkemeier won the Team Gold Medal at the World Equestrian Championships in Normandy. The overall amount of prize value of De Niro‘s descendants reached more than 2,000,000 Euros. 

Donnerhall is arguably the most influencial sire in modern dressage. His breeding tally includes 77 approved sons, while of the more than 450 registered mares, 84 were awarded the state premium, including the champion mares Primavera and Hallo. In excess of 300 progeny have moreover been registered as sports horses.

D'Artagnan S