Observations on Soliman de Hus as a sire

[Sunnydays]

I just returned from the Young Horse Dressage competitions in Verden. Because I had a 3 year old Soliman de Hus gelding, I was interested to see how this sire was represented, as his 1st foal crop is 3 years old and just undersaddle.
At the Herwert van der Decken Mare Show, 50 of Hannovers top 3 year old SPA mares were presented. 4 of them were by Soliman de Hus. Don Frederico was the only other sire with 4 in that class, while Belissimo and Londontime had 3 each.
Among the 33 Three Year old Mares and Geldings undersaddle, 3 were from Soliman de Hus.
Among the 16 Three Year old Stallions undersaddle, 3 were by Soliman and all 3 placed within the top 7 of the class.

Soliman won his Licensing, and as a Sandro Hit son is very much dressage bred, with a damline of Donnerhall/Alabaster contributing to high rideability.

My 3 year old was always a beautiful boy, from day one, but never showed the “big trot”, as a weanling through now - correct, but quite economical in his movement while out in the pasture.

However, once started in work, a different picture began to emerge. On the lunge line and under tack, we saw movement always regular, forward, and powered from behind. And he loved to work! Never shied, bucked, bolted or reared. Learned quickly and always accepted new situations in a calm, relaxed manner. (Must say, he had a super trainer, which is always a factor)

There don’t seem to be many Soliman offspring in NA – but given the proportional recognition his first crop is garnering in Germany, he might be good to consider, if looking for a sire who puts out good-minded, good moving, beautiful horses with high rideability.

[Cartier]

thank you for posting this… here are a few links to Soliman de Hus

http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2007/10/28/sandro-hit-x-donnerhall-2007-hanoverian-stallion-licensing-champion

http://www.superiorequinesires.com/stallions/solimandehus.shtml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nrPXImWTlA

[Blume_Farm]

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Soliman won his Licensing, and as a Sandro Hit son is very much dressage bred, with a damline of Donnerhall/Alabaster contributing to high rideability.

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Yes, it is true that Sandro Hit offspring are focused on dressage. Curiously enough though SH himself is quite jumper bred (Sandro Song and Ramiro on the damline).

I’ve alway wondered why more SH offspring are not in jumper programs?

Sorry, don’t want to hijack this thread. Indeed, Soliman is turning out to be quite a good young horse producer. I am excited to see how they are doing 5 years from now. One possible reason he might not be used as much yet is there are a lot of S-D line stallions available, some much older with good performance offspring.

[Sunnydays]

Chris Hector reviewed last year’s Bundeschampionate and had this to say about the performance of Soliman de Hus:

“Soliman De Hus (Sandro Hit / Donnerhall) was purchased by the French businessman, Xavier Marie after he won the Hanoverian Licensing, but a deal with the State Stud Celle saw him stand in Germany for three seasons. This year he has been taken out of Celle to concentrate on his competition career with Christian Flamm, under the guidance of Hans-Heinrich Meyer zu Strohen. This is one Sandro Hit that is not out behind, and he is shown brilliantly by Christian, the horse has lovely rhythm and is genuinely relaxed. 9 for the trot, 7.5 for a bit of a Sandro Hit walk, 9 for canter, 8 for submissiveness and 9 for general impression for a total of 8.5 and they go into the final in 3rd spot – although they will all start on zero in the final.”

For the relaxation, and the fact that such a high percentage of his offspring are doing well, I think this makes him a good prospective sire for talented, easy, ammy-friendly dressage horses.
And yes, Sandro Hit is mostly jumper-bred. I think of this as a plus for dressage horse-making, and like to see Ramiro somewhere in the sire or damline of the horses I breed. My personal preference …

[Canterbury_Court]

Who is carrying his frozen semen now that he is no longer at Celle?

[Sunnydays]

I believe Superior Equine Sires …

[rodawn]

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Bumping this up - Superior Equine Sires is not carrying his semen. Does anyone know who is bringing it in?

I had a conversation about this stallion with Dr. Christmann just this past September when he was in Calgary - Dr. Christmann quite likes this stallion too and we both thought he’d go well with my mare.

FWIW, the Haras de Hus Stud in France stands really nice stallions for dressage and showjumping, including the impressive young jumper stallion Tsunami (stallions in his pedigree are very notable - Landor S, Pilot, Argentinus, Beach Boy, Godehard, Gotthard - wow). I look forward to seeing this particular young stallion develop and perhaps come to Spruce Meadows in the near future.

[rodawn]

I contacted the owner in France directly and the reply is that semen from any of the stallions standing at Haras de Hus stud will not be sent to North America at all in the foreseeable future, perhaps indefinitely.