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Finest Hour Farms is proud to offer the 2024 colt by Velantis N out of our exceptional mare Tales of Paradise.
Unforgettable FHF (“Getty”)
Getty’s pedigree is nothing short of impressive, consisting of some of the most sought after German Warmblood and Thoroughbred sporthorse lines. His sire, Hanoverian stallion Velantis N, is by the one and only Vitalis out of an impressive Flouriscount mare. The Vitalis/Floriscount cross has proven time and time again to produce exceptional dressage horses. Velantis has been extremely successful at sport, winning many championship titles and earning numerous scores over 80% in FEI classes. He is a modern type, has super elastic movement, with strong character and rideability. Getty’s dam, Tales of Paradise, is a big bodied and well balanced mare with the most beautiful expression and feminine face. She has lovely confirmation, correct gaits, and a solid character. Tales comes from a very successful sporthorse line that consistently produces super athletic horses with strong work ethics.
Beyond his handsome exterior, Getty boasts the most exceptional character.; he’s an old soul. He is inquisitive, kind, has the most lovely expressions, and has a true “in your pocket” personality.
Getty is tall and leggy with great bone and very correct limb confirmation. He has a big strong sloping shoulder with a well placed neck, and has a powerful hindleg.
His excellent confirmation and modern type paired with his balanced, expressive, and correct movement make Getty a top choice when searching for a dressage prospect. His versatile pedigree and natural athletic abilities also make him a fantastic choice for someone looking for their next eventing superstar.
Getty has been nothing but an absolute pleasure to work with and has demonstrated a high level of trainability; he is intelligent, willing, and aims to please. Getty is handled daily, walks on the lead, and stands for grooming and hoof care.
Only available to a top home. Preference given to a professional or ambitious adult amateur who will develop Getty to his fullest potential.
Basic care and board through weaning is included in her purchase.
Velantis N
Vitalis / Floriscount / Wolkentanz
Velantis N, a 2018, 17.2hh Hanoverian stallion by Vitalis, is an exciting new choice for North American breeders. When paying attention to the European breeding scene, you can’t help but notice that Velantis’ pedigree combination is highly sought after. Those horses carrying his lines show quality, ridability and are sold at record prices. In 2022 again Vitalis and Floriscount produced numerous top licensing candidates and sales for several European breed societies. Besides the high scores and rapid ascend to top performance, the ridability and ease in which they adapt to their environment is unequaled making these young horses fantastic for anyone to ride and own. That is what Christiane Noelting, breeder and owner of Velantis had in mind when combining these genetics which started with the importation of Velantis’ impressive Dam “Fleur D’Amour”
During his 2022 show season debut as a 4 year old, Velantis received scores in the 70% - 80% range winning both the CDS and USDF Open Training Level Championship at the California Annual Show in Burbank with scores near 80%. A successful first season in the showing was followed by stallion licensing and a successful stallion performance test scoring 8, 7.5, 8, 8, 8 -7.9 overall, ranking him as youngest and top 5 out of 17 stallions presented in North America.
Velantis has started off 2024 with a HUGE score of 91.8% in the FEI 6yo Young Horse Qualifier for Chicago!
In 2023, Velantis continued his show successes by defending both Championship titles at the California Annual Show. This time at the First Level Open division, he earned blue ribbons for both CDS and USDF with scores of 75%! Earlier during the season, Velantis qualified for the Festival of Champions show in Chicago, USDF's Young Horse National Championships. With scores as high as 87.5% at the FEI 5-year-old tests, he was one of the top qualifying horses for Chicago and also completed the requirements for full stallion approval.
Velantis N’s sire VITALIS. This exceptional sire is sought-after worldwide. Very modern and big moving, Vitalis is in the fast lane for breeding as well as in sport. He has impressed the breeding world with his huge, elastic trot and relaxed, rhythmic canter. He is very rideable, and you never see his rider Isabel Freese without a smile on her face! Vitalis was the licensing Reserve Champion. Top dressage scores at his performance test, wins at the Dutch stallion championship and the World Young Horse Championships preluded the sale to American rider Charlotte Jorst. With Charlotte he placed in the nationals and Young Horse World Championship as a 6 yr old with record marks of 10 trot and 9.8 canter. Vitalis was clearly ahead of other competitors, following and even surpassing his sire Vivaldi’s hoof steps. Vivaldi was reserve champion of his performance test, winner of the KWPN finals with a 10 trot, shown internationally successfully with Hans Peter Minderhoud and produced over 20 licensed sons and many internationally successful dressage offspring. With over 30 licensed sons, BuCha champions and qualifiers, National Champions and shattering sales records Vitalis’s story keeps growing.
Dam sire FLORISCOUNT. Velantis N’s Dam “Fleur D’Amour”, from the Hanoverian Waterkant stamm, is an impressive moving mare with superb ridability, purchased in the Verden auction as a 3 yr old for an amateur rider prior to her breeding career. Her sire Floriscount surpassed even the highest expectations. At the 2014 Nuernberger Burg-Pokal he was second in the qualifying round and silver medalist in the Pokal final wasn't enough. Under Oliver Oelrich, he went on to a standing ovation from the audience in the Musical Kur earning an outstanding 9.0! That same year he was awarded “Oldenburg dressage stallion of the year” normally given to 9 to 10 year old stallions based on their own performance as well as that of their offspring. Since the FN had rated him with an incredible Breeding Value Index of 170 with a 91% assurity and his offspring were winning in the shows and selling for top prices at the auctions, it wasn't a surprise when the Oldenburg Breeding Committee bestowed him with this award.
Floriscount dominated the Hanoverian licensings in Verden for many years having had the largest amount of offspring selected as well as several Premium stallions. Floriscount offspring enjoyed many international successes. Many Floriscount mares have been selected for the Hanoverian elite mare show in Verden, the prestigious Herward von der Decken Show. The mare, St.Pr.A. Fleur (Floriscount x Wild Dance), was the 2014 reserve champion and later went on to qualify and place in the 3 yr olds Bundeschampionate. One of many, but we like the Wild Dance connection in that success story. Velantis N’s pedigree is filled with some of the best refining blood consolidated in the back of his pedigree due to the Holsteiner sire Tin Rocco by Tin Rod xx and the legendary Vollkorn xx, Mexico xx and Lucky Boy xx.
Tales of Paradise
Tale of the Cat / Storm Cat / Yarn
Tales of Paradise is a big bodied mare, petite in stature, and well balanced with a lovely face and expression. She has a nice sloping shoulder, good length to her neck, with a strong back and loin. She has three correct gaits.
Tales of Paradise has a distinctive stamp on her offspring - they all have a strong presence, are built uphill with a great neck to shoulder connection. Their trots have cadence, with good shoulder freedom and their hindlegs have strength, reach, and activity. Their canters are uphill, expressive and ground covering. These babies are absolutely stunning and have lots of chrome!
Tales of the Paradise’s sire, Tale of the Cat, is not only known for his successes as a racehorse sire, but also as a sire of sporthorses. His offspring are known to be fancy, talented, and have very good scope over fences. Tales of the Cat is by the famous Storm Cat who is one of the main foundational stallions in the thoroughbred lineage. Prior to his death, he was cloned several times because of the qualities his offspring possessed for sport. They have the heart, athleticism, and mental toughness needed to be top competitors. To this day, many of his descendants are successful in dressage, jumping, and eventing. Storm Cat, in terms of sport breeding, has had sons known for huge frames, elastic movement, and good dispositions. Some sons/grandsons of note are Stonesider (who has several mares inspected and approved for warmblood breeding), Giant's Causeway (who also has several mares inspected/approved), Harlan (sire of Harlan's Holiday, another line known for sport), Frost Giant, Johannesburg, and Blackminnaloushe.
Tales of the Cat is out of the Reine de Course mare Yarn. Yarn is the granddam of Johannesburg, who has several offspring that have been inspected and approved for warmblood breeding. Johannesburg, even by warmblood standards, is a very nice mover. Yarn's full sister, Preach, is the dam of Pulpit - another line for sport horses.
