Gestut Birkhof's Oldenburg stallion Donnerprinz has been sold to Canada. Chris von Gartzen of Northwinds Farm in Ontario, Canada, purchased the stallion from the Casper family in Germany.
"I tried out this horse twice and really liked him right away," Von Gartzen explained, "he has very good ridability, is very willing to work and has a super temperament. I was also very impressed by his offspring. This, combined with his ridability, convinced me to purchase him."
Donnerprinz will be going to Florida mid November, where he will be trained and shown by his owner. Chris Von Gartzen will move Donnerprinz back to Ontario in the spring for the breeding season. "I bought the horse primarily as a competitive sporthorse but will also use him for some, very selective, breeding. However, breeding will be secondary at this point in time." Von Gartzen also owns the Hanoverian stallion Maurice (by Matcho AA), but he is up for stud only to a limited amount of mares.
Donnerprinz is a 12-year old premium Hanoverian stallion by Donnerhall out of Agave (by Aktuell x Cardinal xx). He did his stallion performance test at age 7 and only started breeding three years ago. Since he was three, Donnerprinz has been focused on dressage and he recently had been competing at Intermediaire I level under the German Meike Lang In 2002, Nicole Casper showed the black at the Aachen Stallion Gala. Donnerprinz will be the very first direct son of Donnerhall standing at stud in Canada.