Salomon

borne 1995 - 16hh2 - 167cm

 

Salomon was successfully presented for grading with the Danish Warmblood Society in Herning in March 1998. He has completed the performance test successfully and received his final grading at Herning in 1999. The test rider in dressage at the performance test, Jan Christensen, classed Salomon as a dressage horse of International caliber.

Salomon is out of a very well consolidated mare line - all Head Stud book mares with mother and grandmother being medal mares and having in turn bred medal mares and successful competition horses including silver medal mare Himalaja - grade B in dressage as a 6-year-old (full sister to Salomon), bronze medal mare Haprilla and gold medal mare Hebiska

Salomon's sire, Schwadroneur, is bred on classic trakhener lines and is successful in Grand Prix. dressage under Anne Grete Tørnblad. Schwadroneur has the second highest dressage index of all Danish Warmblood stallions. He goes back to Herzog - sire of Marzog who, under Anne Grete Tørnblad, was voted dressage horse of the Century by "l'Annee d'Equipe"

Salomon's indexes places him firmly in the top both in terms of confirmation and dressage performance. Salomon's index for dressage, based on his grading, performance test and pedigree, is currently the 5th highest ever and the highest in his age group.

	Confirmation	Dressage
Schwadroneur	126	185
Arogno		142
Ibikus	115	135
Havana	119	121
Herbsturm	103	115
Helena	116	119
Salomon	124	161
Top 2.5% of all horses	120	140