Drosselklang II

Born 6/5/1984 167 cm (16.11/2 hands)

Drosselklang II was born in 1984, at the home of the breeder, Margarethe Hagenah, in Himmelpforten. His dam, Forstlady, had already produced a number of successful offspring. His full-brother, Diavolo, born in 1971, won numerous international jumper classes with Peter Schmitz, and with winnings of over DM200,000 was one of the most successful offspring of his sire, Don Carlos. The full-sister, Dordogne was an advanced showjumper herself, and dam of another advanced showjumping mare, Gladina (by Galan). Bred to Wedekind, Forstlady prodcued Waleska another jumping competitor, and with Galan, she produced the licensed stallion, Gamet, who stood in Oldenburg.
Forstlady’s sire, Frustra II is to be found in the pedigrees of many valuable stallions, most notably: Graphit, Gralsritter, Pik Bube I & II and the Don Carlos sons, Dakar and Donkosak.
In 1985, Dr Burchard Bade, the head of the State Stud at Celle, purchased his full brother Drosselklang I, and sent him to the stallion station at Oberndorf, where he spent the next five years. In 1991 he was exported to Namibia.
At the Verden stallion licensing in 1986, Dr Bade purchased the full brother, Drosselklang II, along with the legendary Weltmeyer. Weltmeyer may have easily won the dressage section of the performance test, but Drosselklang II finished in first place in the jumping with a jumping index of 141.54 points. He then moved to the breeding station at Berglage where he stood by natural cover until he moved Süstedt in 1989. His career almost came to an end five years ago after an accident free jumping, but due to his toughness and intelligence, he survived the injury.
Drosselklang II is one of the last sons of Don Carlos in the Hanoverian breed. He typically passes on his good temperament, and is one of the top sires in the Hanoverian Jumper Breeding Programme. Many of his foals have sold for good prices at the Verden Auctions.
His sire, Don Carlos was one of the most successful sires of Hanoverian jumping horses after WW2. Stationed in Grobenwörden all his life, where he produced 283 principal studbook mares, of whom 43 went on to become States Premium mares, 24 approved stallion sons and 467 competition horses who won close to DM1,300,000 in prizemoney. His most famous sons, aside from the Drosselklang brothers, are the Celle stallion, Don Pedro, Don Juan and Dynamo (sires of Genesis and Dollar Girl respectively)
Drosselkling II has sired a number of impressive performers.
Donnerlitchen, ridden by Meredith Beerbaum, was the reserve champion at the Bundeschampionate in 2000, while the Dobrock champion was Don Oscar. In 1996, Dorian, ridden by Karl-Heinz Markus, was reserve champion at the World Young Jumping Horse Championships at Lanaken. Dorincord, ridden by Ian Millar, represented Canada at the Sydney Olympic Games. Other international performers include Dobel’s Frechdachs (Otto Becker), Skyboy and Delany (Rodrigo Pessoa) and Böckmann’s Bella Donna (Gilbert Böckmann).
Drosselklang II is the sire of 21 state’s premium mares, and four stallion sons.
At the 2001 Hanoverian stallion licensing in Verden, Drosselklang II was declared the Hanoverian Stallion of the Year, and his breeder was awarded a bronze statuette and a cheque for DM20,000.

In the 2007 Hannoverian Stallion Book, Drosselklang II was recorded as having 55 dressage competitors (428 placings - 2 at S level) and 319 jumpers (10,336 placings, including 60 at S level). His most successful competitor has been Donnerlitchen with Euro 57,218 just in front of Dobel's Frechdachs with 57,204 - all told Drosselklang's progeny has won Euro 772,550.

On the FN standings, he has a negative dressage ranking of 75, with a jumping ranking of 124. Drosselklang is the sire of four licensed sons, Dagomba, Don Papas, Dohlenberg and Drossan.