Dimension, bay Hanoverian Stallion by Donnerhall/Akzent II, born in 1989, standing approximately 16.2 hands.

Dimension, a full brother to De Niro! De Niro's sire, Donnerhall, holds the highest dressage breeding value index (271) of all stallions. He placed second among 70 stallions at his performance test and went on to be-come DLG Champion in 1986. Donnerhall won more than 65 FEI Level and Grand Prix competitions and competed successfully until he was retired at 17-years of age. De Niro's dam was a successful dressage competitor producing an Approved stallion in Westfalia. His dam's sire, Akzent II, is regarded as one of the best sires of rideability in modern sport horse breeding producing many Approved stallions and expensive auction horses.

• In 1997, De Niro was vice champion of the stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf with a score of 141.93 points and champion of rideability with a score of 145.41 points.

• In 2000, he won Grand Prix dressage tests at the age of seven. In 2001, he won the German Championships of Professional Riders with his rider Dolf-Dietram Keller.

• In 2002, he won international Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special dressage tests in Saumur and Berlin. In 2003, he was the winner of the German Dressage Derby in Hamburg.

• In 2004, De Niro provided the champion stallion Dancier at the licensing in Verden, following two vice champions in previous years.

• In 2005, De Niro was dam sire of the champion stallion in Verden.

• In 2006, with 14 descendants at the German Young Horses Championships, De Niro provided the largest contingent.

• In 2007, De Niro’s son Deveraux became World Champion of the six-year-old dressage horses in Verden. Several of De Niro’s offspring have been victorious in Grand Prix dressage competitions.

• In 2008, De Niro was honoured by the Hanoverian Society with the title “Stallion of the Year”.

• In 2009, De Niro provided two European champions as well as Dablino, the most successful Grand Prix newcomer.

• In 2010, De Niro was awarded place five of the World Breeding Federation for Sporthorses with 10 internationally successful offspring at Grand Prix-level. His son Dablino won the Team Bronze Medal with rider Anabel Balkenhol in Kentucky at the world championships. Desperados by De Niro and his rider Falk Rosenbauer won the German Dressage Derby in Hamburg.

• In 2011, the descendants of De Niro won a total amount of more than 230,000 Euros. The overall amount of prize value of his descendants reached more than 1,000,000 Euros.

• 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.

De Niro:

Dimension himself (by Donnerhall x Akzent II), passed away at age 22. Bred by Brigitte Pahl, Dimension was licensed in Munster in 1993. He competed up to M level and sired two licensed sons, Diderot and Don Camillo. Dimension was successful up to 3rd level dressage and 2nd level jumping, he was licensed in Münster-Handort and stood with the Oldenburg stallion station Höffmann. Dimension produced highly sought after offspring, a 1996 colt, named Der-rik, sold at Deutsche Mark 38.000 and the cold Doudly sold at Deutsche Mark 44.000, really super high prices, especially concerning the earlier times in the horse world. Two of his sons are licensed, Diderot and Don Camillo. Dimension had around 300 actively competing offspring, also the 4th level dressage horses Don Herny/Johan Vanthienen and Donar Ass/Carline Mümken.

Dimension (full brother to De Niro):