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The Hanoverian approvals commission must have followed a higher inspiration when it approved a small strapping chestnut for a career as a stallion without having an inkling that he would once be one of the most important stallions of the Hanoverian breed. The stocky rather short Graf son however soon did justice to the trust that was placed in him .
His covering period in Achim produced three of his most significant stallion sons: Graphit, Gralsritter and Glander. The vigorous Graphit went on to become a first class sire and produced the esteemed private stallions Gloster, Grannus, Grundstein I and Grundstein II, as well as the Warendorf state stallion General I. Grande?s Achim period also resulted in the stallion Goldfalk, who attained high honors in Belgium and the international showjumper mares Graciosa / Peter Sünkel and Gute Sitte 2 / Eric Wauters.
In 1967 Grande was restationed at Landesbrück. He was successful here from the outset too, producing the famous chestnut Garibaldi II, who advanced to become a top sire. Grande produced a whole series of top quality competition horses during his Landesbrück period, including Grandson and Galapagos / both with G. Grillo, Gratulant 2 / Gerd Wiltfang, Santa Gruz / W. Bettinger and many more. One of the most successful dressage horse world-wide, Gigolo. FRH / Isabel Werth is a Grande grandson via Graditz.
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