Brentano II was an influential stallion who has sired several dressage horses. His offspring include the Olympic medalist Brentina, and now-deceased Poetin. Dressage (a French term meaning training) today is a path and destination of competitive horse training, with competitions held at all levels from amateur to Olympic. ... Brentina is an Olympic-level dressage horse ridden by Debbie McDonald. ... Poetin [1][2][3] was a world-class dressage horse that was the 2003 World Young Dressage Horse Champion in the six-year-old division, and sold for a record amount at the PSI Auction in Germany. ...

• Foaled: 1983
• Height: 16.1¾ hh
• Color: Chestnut
• Markings: Star, sock LF, half-stocking both hind
• Breed: Hanoverian
• Breeding: by Bolero, out of Glocke by Grande
• Breeder: Dr. Max Schulz-Stellenfleth

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Breeding

Brentano II is by the stallion Bolero, who was a very successful dressage horse and sire, and a foundation sire for the B-line. His dam, Glocke, by Grande and is from a notable mare line from Hanover. The combination of Bolero and Grande is well-known to produce dressage horses.

Sucess

As a two-year-old, Brentano II was champion at his stallion licensing held at Verden. In 1986, he was second at his stallion perfromance test, finishing with a score of 129.97. At four, he finished in fourth place at the Federal Championships of the German Riding.

Brentano II was trained to a the Grand Prix level of dressage. He was later named Hanoverian Stallion of the Year in 2003. Dressage (a French term meaning training) today is a path and destination of competitive horse training, with competitions held at all levels from amateur to Olympic. ...

Results from his stallion performance test

Performance Test: 1986, Adelheidsdorf:

• Overall score 129.97 (2nd of 32)
• Dressage score 141.41 (1st)
• Jumping score 105.20 (15th)

Progeny

• Brentina: Team & Individual Gold at 1999 Pan Am Games, 2001 achieved highest Grand Prix score for an American horse. Part of silver-winning US Dressage Team at the 2002 Olympics.
• Poetin: One of the most expensive dressage prospects to date (sold for over $2,000,000), winner of the World Breeding Championships Dressage of Young Horses and the Federal Championships, before her untimely death. Brentano II was her dam-sire.
• Bone Dea II: Champion mare at the 2000 Ratje-Niebuhr-Show (Hanoverian Broodmare Show)
• Brasseur P
• Bandito
• Bon Jovi
• Barclay: Olympic competitor with rider Swen Rothenberger
• Bernstein
• Brentano Ultimo : Last Offspring of Brentano II (Sire) and Weltmeyer (Dam-sire) which both retired in 2006. Chestnut Colt born May 2006 (Video Clip and photos available at [1]).