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Showdown, the imported Premium licensed son of Sandro Hit, standing at stud at Oakford Equine Hospital. Photo: Suzie Bloxidge-Kennedy

Oakford Equine Hospital

Stud Principal – Michael Proctor

CALLAHO’S BENICIO, the Six-Year-Old Champion at the 2011 Bundeschampionate is now available through Oakford Equine Hospital (OEH), in a recently signed deal that sealed the exclusive agency for OEH with Gestut Famos and Lodbergen.

Callaho’s Benicio the licensed son of Belissimo M, scored a 10 for his walk and trot, 9.5 for overall impression and a 9.0 for his canter in the final for Six-Year-Old dressage horses at the 2011 Bundeschampionate.  At his 30-day test he scored 10 for walk, trot and canter and with a final score of 9.88 surpassing the record breaking 30-day test score of his sire Belissimo M.

Michael Procter, stud principal at OEH is very excited about the exclusive agency and the future at OEH.

“This exclusive agency enables OEH to import into Australia some of the best frozen semen in the world. Not only Callaho’s Benicio but also Rubin Cortes, Sean Connery and For Romance to name just a few.  OEH is the complete breeding package offering breeders Showdown (imp) at stud, the collection centre for outside stallions and now frozen semen from some of the best stallions from Germany,” Dr Michael Procter said.

Showdown is the flagship stallion standing at OEH. He is the imported, premium licensed, performance-tested son of Sandro Hit and is a refined, stylish black/brown Hanoverian stallion. Showdown boasts three exceptional, elastic paces and passed his 30 and 70-day tests in 2005. He represents the ultimate in modern German Warmblood breeding combining the bloodlines of Sandro Hit and Goldstern.

At OEH it’s all about the girls too. No breeding program is complete without quality mares and OEH has some of Germany’s finest featuring the elite imported Hanoverian mares, St.Pr.St. Red Hot Chili (Rotspon/ Calypso II/ Freiherr) and St.Pr.A.Helene (Hochadel/ Londonderry/ Frappant). Using quality mares OEH is producing some exceptional foals by Belissimo M, Fürst Romancier, Diamond Hit, Ampère, DeNiro, Fürst Fugger and Fürstenball.

OEH is situated 30 minutes south of Perth, providing specialised reproductive services with a state of the art, purpose built breeding barn.  With quality imported mares and stallion and now with frozen semen from Gestut Famos and Lodbergen, clients have access to world-class bloodlines right on their doorstep.

www.oakfordequinehospital.com.au