Clinton

Born 1993 1.70 m

Breeder – R. Wieck, Auufer, Germany
Clinton is one of that seemingly endless line of grey Holstein jumping machines, and he combines the two great C lines of modern Holstein breeding: the careful C of the French import, Cor de la Bryère and the sheer power of Capitol I. His sire. Corrado I was an international jumping star with Franke Sloothaak
His mare line is solidly Holsteiner – he is by Masetto who is described thusly in the Stallion Book of the Holsteiner Warmblood Breed by Dr Dietrich Rossow:
“Large framed, cleanly made stallion. Striking appearance, a great deal of presence. Smooth top line, lots of substance. Heavy bone, correct legs and feet. Excellent mover, somewhat close behind. Great jumper but not with the form desired today. Produce: Offspring are solid, correct horses of his type. At times, good jumpers a little lacking in bascule. Absolutely had to have mares with a lot of Thoroughbred blood. Unfortunately, in his time, these were not at his disposal in great enough numbers.”
Masetto produced one approved son, and 50 approved daughters before he was gelded in 1984. Masetto was from the line established by the Thoroughbred stallion, Manometer.
When he went to stud there were great hopes for Manometer as he was by Abendfrieden, a full brother to the very successful Thoroughbred sire, Anblick.
Romedio, Graf von Thun-Hohenstein, had this to say about Manometer in his work, The Holsteiner Horse:
“Even though he was not perfect in the set of his shoulder and withers, he improved upon this, without exception, in all his get. Manometer also passed on the great jumping ability which is so characteristic of this line. At the very least, his influence in no way diminished the Holsteiner’s natural talent for jumping. His undisputed strong point was his production of performance horses… Of all his sons, Maximus won the greatest number of FEI competitions. Maximus’ absolute soundness, honesty, quiet temperament and gentle disposition deserve mention.”
And sure enough the line to Clinton runs Maximus – Moltke I – Montanus – Masetto.
Clinton’s grand-dam, Ohra, was a star in her own right. Competing as Olympia, with Karsten Huck and Dirk Schröder, she won more than DM50,000 – she too is richly bred carrying the blood of the great Ladykiller and the sire of Ramiro, Raimond, who was in turn the most influential son of Ramzes.
Thanks to the modern trend of combining stud and sport horse careers, Clinton is coming to his prime both as a competitor and a sire. At the Athens Olympic Games, he carried Dirk Demeersman to fifth in the overall ranking over massive courses.
Out of his first crops, some super talented young jumpers have emerged, including Undorado Tibri and Unette in Ireland. He is already the sire of eight approved stallion sons, including Upsilon, Utrilo, President, Windows and Vuitton.
Clinton is a licensed stallion in the Belgian Warmblood, Holstein, Zangersheide, Oldenburg and Selle Français stud books.