Furioso II-Furioso II was
imported in 1968 to Germany by George Vorwerk, a
legendary breeder of
Oldenburg horses. His dam, Dame de Renville,
produced several great horses, including Mexico,
Laeken, Jexico de Parc and Heur de Bratand. The
stallion was approved for the Oldenburg
stud book in 1967, and won his 100-day test
performed in 1968 at
Westercelle. He was incredibly influential to
the
Oldenburg breed, which used his
Thoroughbred bloodlines through his sire to
introduce a more modern type of sport horse without
resporting to a pure Thoroughbred. Known as the
"Stamp Stallion", because his offspring inheirited
his ‘very good feet and legs, his outstanding neck
and shoulder, striking dappled chocolate chestnut
coat with flaxen tail and white markings', Furioso
II was later approved for the
Hanoverian, Rhineland, and
Westphalian studbooks. Based on money earned by
offspring, Furioso II was the top producing stallion
in Germany from 1979-89. In 1990 he was the top
producer of
Dressage horses. During his lifetime, the
stallion produced over 200 state premium mares and
at least 70 approved sons, including: Mexico: sire
of 20 approved sons, 20 dams of stallions, and
numerous show jumping horses FBI: show jumper
Heisman: finished fourth at the Barcelona Olympic in
show jumping, was Horse of the Year in the United
States
For Pleasure: won show jumping team gold at both
the Atlanta and Sydney Olympics, has sired 8
licensed Hanoverian stallions to date, was German
Horse of the Year in 1995 and 1996
Voltaire: show jumping sire of 33 approved sons,
including Finesse and Altaire Cocktail: Grand Prix
dressage horse ridden by
Anky van Grunsven, sire of Jazz He is also seen
in the lines, through his grandson Welt As, of
Bonfire and STC Diamond
Furioso-Born in England in
1939, the Thoroughbred colt, Furioso was to become
one of the most influential sires in modern
performance horse breeding, even though he never won
a single race in his 21 starts! He was as ‘well
balanced but with slightly knock kneed forelegs and
tight hocks’. The authoritative De L’etalon Sport
Français of 1992, remarked: ‘he had good bone, and
walked liked a Lord, with a magnificent pace, very
energetic and showing a great deal of amplitude, his
tail swinging at each step. Though full of life he
was docile and had a good temperament.’
