SAMAII 16.2hh 2004 ZfDP Premium Stallion Sambertino - Elite Berolina (Brentano II-Wenzel II-Abhang III) Homozygous Black ( No Chestnut foals)

Video 10th time under saddle. Pedigree 6 Generation Samaii was licensed as a Premium Stallion at the 2007 ZfDP licensing - he was one of only 2 stallions to receive this award and the only coloured. A translation of the write up on the Stallion Licensing from the ZfdP Magazine says "an exceptionally beautiful and well put together stallion with lots of stallion presence and harmony in his conformation, wonderful side picture and first class movement. His jumping was very good considering his non jumping oriented motherline." "For a long time there has not been such a quality Pinto stallion at the ZfDP approval. Samaii, on his dam side with dressage oriented Hannoverian breeding, was awarded a Premium status". He will compete in Young Horse classes with Eckhard Wahlers in Germany this summer and prepare for performance testing. First foals due in Germany and the UK in 2008. Stud fee £450 NFFR.

ZfDP Licensing Trot Up Video 6.2MB

Samaii's sire Sambertino (Samber/Wellington) has been extremely succesful both as a competition horse and as a sire of competition horses, with progeny now competing up to Intermediare II. Another licensed stallion by Sambertino, Tamberonie,(Sambertino/Festival), has been selected for the World Class Dressage Equine Pathway Scheme and a mare Papillon (Sambertino/Zonneglans)is on the Dutch Paralympic team and has been selected for the 2008 Paralympic Games. Dam Hanoverian Elite Head studbook Berolina ( Brentano II/ Wenzel II) was a Verden auction horse and both her foals have now become licensed stallions. Santano her son by Sandro Hit was 2006 BWBS Reserve Champion stallion and is owned and competed by Grand Prix rider Katrina Cantrell-Bennett. Brentano II was the Hanoverian Stallion licensing Champion in 1985 and winner of the Dressage section of his Performance test and placed 2nd overall. In 2003 he was awarded the prestigious title of Hanoverian Stallion of the Year. He is the sire of 19 licensed Hanoverian stallions and 2 current Olympic/World Cup Team horses - Brentina ridden by Debbie McDonald USA and Barclay II ridden by Sven Rothenberger, Netherlands. His dam line is one of the most important for Hanoverian breeding tracing to the Schumann-mare S449. He is currently the sire of 94 State Premium mares including St Pr Dea II, Champion mare at the Ratje-Niebuhr-Schau Verden 2000. The stallions Garibaldi I and II, Wolkenstein I and II, Beltain and the Grand Prix star, Beauvalais are all closely related to Brentano II as is Bonaparte a Bolero gelding ridden by Heike Kemmer who was 2003 most succesful dressage horse in the world. Brentano II is the dam sire of Bundeschampionat and World Champion Poetin, as well as Licensed stallions Samba Hit I,II and III, Samarant, San Brentano ( all sired by Sandro Hit ), as well as Falsterbo, Alabastro, Del Martino, Welt Herr G and Ruben G. He is also Great Grandsire on the dams side to Quaterback.

3 years old March 2007 Photo by Kiki Beelitz

2005 Baileys/British Breeding Futurity Show. 1st place Dressage yearling colt and awarded 1st Premium, including score of 8.9 athleticism. 3rd place overall in Show (Owner/breeder)

Samaii (Zamurai) has had a fantastic first season showing in 2005 handled by Dinah Webb-Bowen, and was placed in every class. He was only shown in Dressage warmblood/Sporthorse classes and competed against predominantly solid coloured horses. His 2005 results: 1st Dressage yearling colt Baileys/British Breeding Futurity 2nd Royal show Warmblood yearling 2nd BD British Breeding warmblood yearling colt 3rd place out of 16, Sporthorse Yearling colt.SHB(GB) 4th place BWBS yearling.

Royal show 2005 2nd place Warmblood yearling.Judge Norman Allen

Zamurai,brilliantly handled by Dinah Webb-Bowen, at his second show of the season, was placed 2nd to Mrs Kirby's Hanoverian colt by Rosario in a very large warmblood yearling class. He was the only coloured colt in the class. Judge Norman Allen Knockrath Stud Eire. 5/7/05

British Dressage Young Horse Championships June 2005 2nd place yearling colt. Judge Clem Somerset

Zamurai did brilliantly at his first show in a very large class of yearling potential dressage colts.He was the only coloured in his class. Age 13 months

BD Young Horse and Breeding championships 2005 2nd yearling colt.

June 2005

1st loose jumping practice August 2006 Age 2

Age 12 months

With squeaky bone!!

Playing ball!

Playing in the field at Gestut WM - July 2006 age 2 years

Elite Berolina (Brentano II/Wenzel II) and Zamurai- Addington foal show 2004

Age 10 weeks - 7th highest placed colt foal

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