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Starting with the Hawaiian-bred Thoroughbred stallion Aloha Oe (sire of USET Long Listed Grand Prix horse
Zhivago), we moved to breeding Hannoverians and Trakehners. Finally we settled on Dutch Warmblood horses
with the acquisition of the Dutch stallions Taxateur, Rubinstein, and Vosmaer from Holland – all trained at
Osierlea to Grand Prix level - and an ever-increasing band of imported Dutch mares.
Space and time issues finally led to a winding down of the breeding operation in recent years, but we froze
semen from all three of the Dutch stallions (all now deceased) which is still available.
These three stallions were described as “3 magnificent stallions” by Baron Hans von Blixen, Olympic Gold
Medalist, trainer of Olympic Gold medal dressage and 3-day event horses, and trainer of Olympians Christopher
and Jane Bartle.
These stallions are among the few breeding stallions who have not only done well themselves as competitive
FEI level dressage horses, but have also sired successful FEI dressage horses, jumpers, eventers, and good
amateur horses. The jumping lines and offspring success of Rubinstein and Vosmaer are an added bonus.
All three stallions also demonstrated their excellent characters by proving themselves in harness.
RUBINSTEIN* (Deceased) Lorenz x Allasch
Rubinstein* was double-registered - Holsteiner and Dutch Warmblood. In
Holstein he was known as Lepanto. He is L Line Holsteiner by Lorenz by the
legendary Ladykiller. He was Reserve Champion of the German Stallion
Inspection, after which he was exported to the Netherlands, where he was 2nd
Reserve Champion at the Dutch Stallion Testing, and awarded the appellation
“Class A”. He was a successful jumper in Europe, and after he was imported
to the USA, he had a successful 2nd career as a Grand Prix Dressage horse.
He competed in Grand Prix until he was 20, and trained many riding students
in the Grand Prix level until he was 24.
Rubinstein* proved himself as a sire, as well as a competition horse. His natural facility in piaffe, passage, and
flying changes, his brilliant gaits, his jumping talent and style, and his wonderful mind seem to come thru in his
offspring with remarkable reliability. Rubinstein* was 16-3hh, black/brown with 4 even white socks.
Rubinstein* sired many Intermediare and Grand Prix dressage winners, including ‘Lascar’ (sold to England),
‘Arco’, ‘Gatsby’, and ‘Jagger’ (World Ranked in Grand Prix).
He has sired champion hunters, including ‘Notoriety’ (Harrisburg, Madison Square Garden); jumpers in Europe
and USA; driving horses in Europe and the USA; American vaulting Horse of the Year.
Rubinstein* sired a KWPN Approved Stallion, Star & Keur mares in Europe and
N. America, and NA/WPN Top Ten horses.
TAXATEUR* (Deceased) Obelisk x Commandant
Taxateur* was the first Approved Dutch Warmblood stallion
in N. America. During a brilliant show career he was AHSA
Champion, and USDF and CDS Horse of the Year, and many
time winner at FEI levels. He won the AHSA Western Regional
Finals Championship titles at every level from 1st Level through
Intermediare. He won the Individual Gold medal and the
Individual Silver medal, as well as the Team Gold Medal in
the FEI Young Rider Championships under Young Rider
champion Chelsey Sibley. His lineage includes classic lines
and names like the thoroughbred stallion Talisman (“the great
architect” of breeding as he was known in Holland), and the great Commandant. Taxateur* appeared on the
TOP TEN USDF LEADING SIRES each year from 1994 to 2001. In 1999 he was 3rd RANKED SIRE OF FEI
HORSES COMPETING IN THE USA according to USDF. He has also produced jumpers and event horses.
Taxateur* was 16 hh, bright bay with four white socks.
Taxateur* sired successful offspring in many disciplines, and at the highest levels.
Sire of Gulliver, who followed his father to win the Individual Gold Medal at the FEI North American Young
Rider Championship.
Sire of Duke of Earl, long listed for the US Olympic Team
Sire of other Intermediare and Grand Prix dressage winners including ‘Belvedere’, ‘Athos’, ‘Iditorad’, ‘Leteur’,
‘Heidelberg’, ‘Highlight’, and ‘Independence’.
Sire of Advanced 3-day horses in the USA and Mexico.
Sire of NA/WPN Top Ten horses.
VOSMAER* (deceased) Formateur x Epigoon
Vosmaer* was an Approved Dutch Warmblood stallion. He
successfully completed the Dutch Stallion Testing as a Basis
horse (dressage, jumping, cross-country, and driving). After a
jumping career in Holland, he was imported to the US and began
a second career as a dressage horse. He was shown through
Grand Prix by a young rider. He is by the international jumper
stallion Formateur. Vosmaer* is the sire of Exakt, who competed
for the USA and was shown by Kyra Kyrklund. He has sired WPN
Top Ten horses, and his offspring reflect his great presence and
brilliant movement and great soundness. He is bright chestnut with
a blaze and four high white stockings. 16-1 hh.
Sire of Grand Prix horses, including Dedein, Ijsselmeer Ikepono, and World Ranked Exakt (shown internationally
by his owner and by Kyra Kyrklund)
Sire of Advanced 3-day horses
Sire of a KWPN Approved Grand Prix Dressage Stallion Ijselmeer Ikepono – USET Intermediare Vice
Champion.
Sire of Star and Keur mares in Europe and N. America.
Sire of NA/WPN Top Ten horses.
