Below are photos of European stallions we use to produce our foals. We try to keep this page current as we continue to find wonderful new stallions that become available!
Casino Grande
Casino Grande
Pedigree
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Casino Grande is the impressive product of our own sire Casino Berlin OLD, in combination with our top damline Besinda, that also produced Stedinger and Donninger.
With this background, his superior jumping ability, great manners and very modern gaits he embodies the next level of breeding stallion.
He was premium stallion and second place finisher of his licensing in 2014. The year after, in 2015, he finished his 30-days-test with a final jumping score of 9.25, with 10.0 for his jumping ability as well as his canter and 9.25 for his rideability.
In 2016, he competed in youngster classes for the first time. His outstanding quality was rewarded with multiple victories. Additionally, he received the 1b Main Premium for his outstanding first crop and his great show performance.
In 2017, Casino Grande finished his stallion test in second place, right behind his barn-mate, Ogano. His final score was 9.03, he received a 9.5 for his canter and a 9.0 for his scope and rideability. Additionally, that year he qualified twice for the "Bundeschampionat".
In 2018, Casino Grande placed in jumping classes up to 1,35m. He qualified for the "Bundeschampionat" for the 6-year-old jumpers. Casino Grande convinced in both qualifications at the Bundeschampionat and qualified for the big final, in which he was placed. He also qualified for the FEI World Breeding championchips for young horses.
In 2019 Casino Grande placed several times in 1.40m classes in Höven, Rastede and at the CSI Verden. Due to the consistency of his performances, he qualified for the World Breeding Jumping Championships for Young Horses in Lanaken, where he finished ninth in the small final.
Gerd Sosath says about Casino Grande: "I am very proud. With this stallion, I achieved my personal breeding goal. Like his father, Casino Berlin, Casino Grande still needs some time. We do a lot of gymnastics with him and only use him specifically at tournaments. I'm sure that this timing will pay off later and that he will be a great Grand Prix horse. His handsome and big moving foals have already shown that he is an outstanding sire. With his first age group at the licensing and the two stallions licensed by OS, he confirmed our high expectations".
Casino Grande's sire, Casino Berlin OLD, was premium stallion at his licensing, 1c Main Premium winner, as well as the recipient of top placings in young horse jumping competitions with scores of 9.0. He is now successful at the international Grand Prix level. Casino Berlin OLD impressed in the traditional class "Sires of the World" in Lanaken. He jumped clear rounds and was placed on the 7th position in the end. 2019 was the most successful year for Hendrik Sosath and Casino Berlin OLD so far. They won the bronze medal at the German Championships in Balve. Furthermore, Casino Berlin OLD was placed in the Grand Prix of Kronenberg, in the Championat of Nörten-Hardenberg as well as in all rounds at the Hamburg Derby. Casino Berlin OLD made his first CSIO5* Grand Prix over 1.60m at CSI Twente and showed a fantastic clear round at CHIO in Aachen.
His grandmother, the elite mare Bold-Fantasy, scored an overall total of 8.62 in her mare testing with a jumping score of 10.0 and a rideability score of 9.0. She produced the sire Stedinger by Sandro Hit, who won his licensing and is successfully competing at Intermediaire I in Australia today, and the approved Donninger by Donnerschwee.
Bold-Fantasy is the full-sister to the dressage stallion Lamar H and half sister to the successful three day eventer Just Me H (Larimar) who was winning at the CIC** and was German Champion in 2004 with Anna Christina Döring.
Casino Grande's dam line of Besinda is one of the most successful lines in the Oldenburg breeding association. Offspring from this dam line include Tailormade Mr. Pink by De Niro, who is successful up to Intermediaire I, the approved Waldsee by Waldschütz, as well as the Prix St. Georg horses Basic Instinct by De Niro and Satchmo by Santiago.
Other successful horses out of the line are the Grand Prix successful Andrew, Armagnac and Inschallah B, as well as Tanzanit (Christine Stückelberger/CH), dressage team silver medallist at the Olympic Games 1984,. Successful in advanced (S) level jumping are for example Quincy by Quattro B under Erwin Mohn, Dominik by Duellschütz with Michael Strässer, Lucky Strike by Lucky Ghost under Eva-Maria Lücker and Zap Forever by Zapateado under Andreas Buchner. Another licensed stallion is Adoro by Ampère.