Pedigree profile of Rivendell Limerick
D.o.b. 23/10/2023

Rivendell Limerick is a clear example of my saying that stallions are born and not made. This impressive young colt has the bone, presence and conformation to become stallion in his own right. He is the stud’s first son of our stallion Rivendell Lamborghini, who at eight years of age is competing in the 1.40m GP’s with rider Nicola Sime-Riley.

Lamborghini is the son of the stallion Lissabon and out of the premium mare Calvyra Z x Calvaro Z. Lamborghini is the half brother on the dam side to open showjumpers Rivendell Numerology, Rivendell Champagne and Rivendell Braveheart. Lamborghini was her last foal.

As a young horse in Germany, Lissabon won both sections of his Stallion Performance Test in Oldenburg. Multiple style-class winner, he received the dream score of 9.3 for his jumping style at the Bundeschampionate Finals with Johannes Ehning. During his short breeding career in Germany, in addition to scores of champion foals and state premium mares, he produced six licensed sons of which Lissaro van der Helle rewrote history after winning three consecutive Bundeschampionate Gold medals.
After progressing to the 1.50m classes as a serial winner, he was imported in 2008. It was here in South Africa with Callaho broodmares that his reputation as a legendary progenitor was truly cemented with reams of progeny now revealing exceptional promise in the open classes, including the big 1.50m tracks. Indomitable at the top of the SASJ Sire Rankings, this magnificent stallion has proven himself, beyond any shadow of a doubt, to be a sire of Warmblood sport horses in a class of his very own.
Lordanos, sire of Lissabon, is an amazing foundation sire. His successful offspring drew attention to this great stallion. In 2013 he was named the top jumper’s sire in the USA by the USEF.
His career began by winning nearly 40 competitions for young showjumpers, where after he was successful at the 1.40m and 1.50m classes for an incredible eleven years. He also competed in the Puissance class, successfully clearing a 2 meter high wall.
Lordanos has an unparalleled character, extraordinary rideability and is an extremely talented show-jumper. He has produced avery large number of incredibly successful offspring and is regarded as one of the greatest sires in the world.
He is a descendent of the famous and high profile Ramiro line 776 and a guarantee for maximum heritability for performance and ability. His sire being Landos, one of the sons of the famous stallion Lord. On the dam side of Landos we find Calypso I and Capitano. The dam sire Ahorn Z originates from the international showjumpers Alme Z and Heureka Z, and has produced many top show jumping horses.
In the third generation we find Calypso I, the sire of some of the world’s top dressage and show jumping horses. The blood of the top stallion Cottage Son xx is also very dominant in the pedigree of Lordanos. Lordanos’s sire Landos, and his dam, Ashley, both come from the Holstein dam line 776. This line produced top sport horses and the stallions Calvados I and II, Cortino I and II, Captain Incipit, Lord Incipit, Lauritz J, Rossini, Toledo and the famous and important sire Ramiro.
The sire of Calvyra Z, was no other than the legendary Calvaro Z himself, who was ridden by three of the World’s greatest show jumpers Jos Lansink, Johan and Michael Whitaker, with such success that he is worthy of being added to the list of World Class stallions. His progeny have become extremely popular based on the successes of his offspring as well as their own offspring in future generations. They are known to demonstrate brave attitude, carefulness and ability to perform at the highest levels.

Due to his own showjumping commitments, Calvaro Z himself started his stud career late. However, in his first season at Zangersheide, he produced 232 foals and in his second season 246. His progeny are known by tremendous canters and a very powerful jump, which placed him in the top 10 rankings of the WBFSH sire rankings during his time with an exceptionally high ratio of sons and daughters consistently jumping in the 1.60m tracks.

Calvaro’s sire was Caletto I, who also featured in the top 10 sire rankings of the WBFSH. His dam Deka by Consul, made breeding history of her own by producing five approved sons. Caletto I was one of the most successful horses in sport, ridden by Michael Rupling. He jumped at international level with his greatest achievement being winning the individual bronze at the 1982 Dublin World Championships, after his show-jumping career of five years, the son of Cor de la Bryere had won more than 100 000 DM, more than any other German breeding stallion before him at that time.

Limerick’s dam is no other than one of our most important and valuable foundation mares, the imported Dutch mare Zivana. This mare has produced open showjumpers Rivendell Black Pepper, Rivendell Zoid and Rivendell Theoden. She is amazing.

Zivana’s sire is the stallion Larino, a son of the sports horse producer of the 21st century, Olympic Concorde, who produced a great number of progeny competing at international level. Larino, in his pedigree, has four famous and successful showjumper producers.
Larino’s dam Erina is a daughter of the famous Ramiro son, Armstrong. In the report the KWPN judge made, she was described as a very nice mare with a lot of expression.
Larino is out of a lineage that produced many sports horses in the dam-line. For example, great granddam Rosalinda (Cassy) got a 10 for jumping under the saddle at her IBOP in 1981. At an older age this mare won many 1.30 classes with Janny Horsey.
Grandmother Warina, by Ridder, was a ster-preferent-performance mare, who produced the international jumper Romulus, who was second in the Grand Prix of Gothenburg with Peter Geerink and the approved stallion Couperus, who is the sire of the famous stallion Mr. Blue, who jumps extraordinary well with Alice Haas.
The interesting damline of Larino starts with the dominant Holsteiner stallion Normann. At Ermelo during the 70 day Performance Test, Larino was described by the jury as a stallion which jumps with a very good foreleg technique and a very good use of the back. Moreover, Larino shows a lot of scope and a superb canter.
Larino was Reserve Champion of the IAN-competition for 4 year old horses in 1997 in the Netherlands and also at the Finals of the UTV jumping class for 4 year olds. At the first round of the Stallion Competition at Giesbeek, Larino was awarded a nine for his jumping technique and scope.
In 1999 Larino and Peter Geerink started their international career by participating successfully in the Youngster Cup at Arnhem, The Hague and Mechelen and was awarded ‘the up-coming stallion’.
In 2001 Larino made his Grand Prix debut in style. He finished 2th in The Hague, 3th in Valkenswaard and he had a fantastic clear round in the nations cup in Rotterdam, as well as equal 6th in the Grand Prix. He was the youngest competitor at the Dutch Championships in Mierlo, where he finished 6th. His oldest offspring, Redefin and Siep, made a big impact on the jumping scene by winning at the IAN-finals at Ermelo in 2002 and 2003. Larino’s offspring now have international publicity. Redefin was sold to Canadian Olympic rider Ian Millar and Rivel C. went to Kris Kappler in the USA.

Zivana’s damsire is the stallion Iroko, who is one of the most influential Sires to have stood in Ireland and Europe today. His Keur Award has proved itself over and over as he is a leading sire of Stallion sons, brood mares, World Cup progeny in both Dressage & Showjumping, and now also eventing.

His sire Pilot is famously known as a jumping progenitor of the nineties, claiming a top ranking in the german index with 193 points. Pilot also produced Everest Showtime, Panama and Pinnochio, the latter’s grand dam being a full sister to Iroko’s grand dam.

Iroko is bred out of the State Premium Awarded Mare, Bianca, a daughter of the famous Sire Bengale. Bengals’s offspring won over half a million pounds in the showjumping sport. Bianca relates back to the Stallion Remus, who is also sire of Renoir and Romandour II, both top dressage Sires.

Iroko proved himself over and over in the showjumping sport with winnings too numerous to mention, which included a 2nd in the Grand Prix in Zuidlaren, 1st in Grand Prix of Leeuwarden, and 4th in Verona. Iroko was leading the KWPN Index with 177 points in 2000 and 2001, and was leading sire of showjumpers in North America.

Iroko’s offspring as famous all over the world, The Fly with Todd Minikus won the overall championship for 6 year old horses before going on to become a World Cup winner. Irish rider Darragh Kerins, won the Grand Prix of New York with Nabucca (by Iroko) in 2004. Reo, and Michael Cave, won the 6/7 year old Championships on Belfast 2004. Samurai and Albert Zoer competed successfully on the World Cup tour and Golden Coin with Max Kuehner competing regularly at 1.60m level competition.