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In the pedigree of Contador is the best jumping blood out of the trend setting Holsteiners combined with Cassini I, Landgraf I and pedigree 741.
Cassini I belongs to the most famous showjumping progenitors of his generation as the sire of World Champion CUMANO ridden by Jos Lansink, and the European Champion EUROCOMMERCE BERLIN ridden by Gerco Schroder.
Dam sire Landgraf I also enjoys worldwide fame as the sire of the famous horses such as LIBERO H I (Jos Lansink), TAGGI (Soren von Ronne) and FREESTYLE (Jean CLaude Vangeenberghe).
The line on the dam's side further carries the blood of the stallions ROMINO (Ramiro Z), SACRAMENTO SONG xx ( Sicambre xx) and KADETT (Kalif). The damline contributes proven jumping ability, Out of this Holsteiner line no, 741 comes the renowned showjumper CARDENTO (Capitol I) with Peter Eriksson, LAUSUB ( Landmeister) with Frank Sloothak, RANDI (Ramzes III) with John Whitaker, OLLIE POP (Olisco) with Richard Robinson and CARDENIO (Coriano) with Lars Bak Anderson, amongst others.
Contador is a big, long lined superbly moving stallion with boundless jumping scope. Despite his great size Contador portrays a lot of blood.
Contador started his showjumping career in 2009 as a 4 year old. Such a big horse, he only did a handful of shows due to the time he needs to grow and develop. Out of this he was 7th in the 4 Year Old Cavan Indoor Championship Grand Final.
In total Contador is a stallion that can enrich showjumping breeding and gives Irish breeders the opportunity to use the best jumping bloodlines in the world.
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