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Maxima Bella and her rider Sandra Sysojeva of Poland delivered an impressive performance to dance their way to the bronze medal at the Dressage World Cup Final in Fort Worth, USA. Fiderdance and Moritz Treffinger also impressed with harmonious rides and excellent placings. Meanwhile, Sir Donnerhall II OLD demonstrated outstanding form in his final appearance at the age of 20, following six World Cup Finals, Olympic Games, World Equestrian Games and European Championships.
Fiderdance, born in 2009, by Fidertanz out of the Elite Mare Donna by Don Schufro – Sandro Hit, bred by Ekkehard Friedrich, Melle, and owned by Gestüt Bonhomme GmbH & Co. KG, Werder, piaffed his way to sixth place in the Grand Prix with Moritz Treffinger, followed by eighth place in the Grand Prix Freestyle. The licensed stallion was sold to Gestüt Bonhomme at the Vechta Stallion Market in 2011. This dam line has also produced the sires Donatelli I and II by Donnerhall.
Maxima Bella, born in 2016, by Millennium/Trak. out of the Elite Mare Ciao Bella HRH by Christ – Warkant, bred by Heiner and Renate Hormann, Landesbergen, and owned by Dominika Krasko Bialek and Sandra Sysojeva, Poland, was awarded bronze in the Grand Prix Freestyle at the World Cup Final under Sandra Sysojeva, following fifth place in the Grand Prix.
Sir Donnerhall II OLD, born in 2006, by Sandro Hit out of the Elite/State Premium Mare Contenance D by Donnerhall, bred by Maik Kanitzky, Herzberg, and owned by Henrik Nyreröd and Sabine Kloy, Germany, together with France’s Morgan Barbançon Mestre celebrated eighth place in the Grand Prix and thirteenth in the Grand Prix Freestyle. Sir Donnerhall II OLD was sold to Sweden as the top-priced lot at the Oldenburg Spring Elite Auction in Vechta in 2011. In 2008, the stallion was presented at the Oldenburg licensing, where he was awarded the Ib Premium. Sir Donnerhall II is a full brother to foundation sire Sir Donnerhall I, who has produced around 80 licensed sons. Their dam, Contenance D (born 1995), by Donnerhall out of Contenance II by Feldherr, bred by Caroline Albrecht, Kruezen, was awarded a place in the Brillantring at the Oldenburg Elite Mare Show in Rastede in 1998. In addition to the licensed stallions Sir Donnerhall I and II, she also produced the auction horse Ron Donnerhall by Rubin-Royal.
Photo: Maxima Bella, by Millennium (Trakehner) – Christ – Warkant & Sandra Sysojeva © FEI/Shannon Brinkman
