 Westphalian
Oldenburg Hessen Hanovarian, Bavarian Baden-Wurttemberg, Trakehner
KWPN
Rubinstein I is a son
of the Westphalian Romadour II son Rosenkavalier.
who was a stallion performance test winner and is considered
to be one of the most significant Westphalian sires today
He was reared from the probably most eminent dressage dynasty
world-wide. The dam Antime is a full-sister of the top international
dressage horse Ahlerich 2 / Dr. Reiner Klimke and Amon
/ Annemarie Sanders-Keyzer (NL).
She later produced 2 further
stallion sons, Rubinstein II (Sanders-Keyzer stables
/ NL) and Rubinstein III.Her full-sister Adone gave birth
to the multiple Olympics champion Rembrandt 24 / Nicole
Uphoff as well as the stallions Royal Angelo I
and II (Westphalia) respectively.The top dressage horses
Ramon 64 / Uta Wusthof and Rosario 14/ Sabine Ruben. The
stallions Romancier and Ritterstern (Denmark). Rhythmic
Dancer (Austria) as well as Flower King D (NL) and numerous other
performance horses also represent this dynasty.Already
at a young age, Rubinstein can look back upon a tailor-made
career.
 He
was winner of the Optimum of Conformation Show Horses in
Munster in 1990,1-a main premium winner in Oldenburg. vice-champion
German dressage horse in Verden in 1992, multiple Oldenburg dressage
champion, series winner of dressage competitions up to advanced
class and multiple Intermediaire II and Grand Prix winner.Meanwhile
Rubinstein I has won one dressage competition after the
other with his rider Nicole Uphoff in the international dressage
arena Rubinstein is known as a great improver for the breed.He
consistently passes on his wonderful temperament and movement.
The youngstock of Rubinstein are very popular with riders
professional and amateur for their willingness to please. From
his first crop Rohdiamant presented some premium foals
and the top priced lot of the May Sales in Vechta: RTL was sold
for 50,000 DM.
 Three
exceptional horses that achieved great feats. The special thing
about them being that they are all very closely related to Rubinstein.
Rubinstein's dam Antine is the full-sister of Amon and Ahlerich
as well as the mare Adone, who together with Romadour II gave
birth to Rembrandt. What's more, Romadour II is the grandsire
of Rubinstein with his gold plated pedigree. And what a pedigree
it is! This was exactly what caused Gudula Vorwerk-Happ to take
notice. A stallion from this world-wide probably unparalleled
family, ritzy, black and what's more, cheap. The exceptional sire
cost a mere DM 35.000 as a three-year old. Before this he had
been rejected for the Westphalian approvals at an inspection meeting.
The officials tersely said that he was "too small, not enough
horse, with defects on the hind leg not suitable for approval".
Yet De Baey had faith in the black horse, did not have him castrated
and shortly afterwards welcomed Vorwerk-Happ with the Oldenburg
approvals commission to his studfarm. They in turn were impressed
and above all wanted to secure themselves the valuable blood for
their breeding region. That confirmed it and Rubinstein went to
Oldenburg where the black horse was given every opportunity to
prove himself.
 The
double world champion and fourfold European champion was the world's
most successful dressage horse for a long time. His full-brother
Amon also took part in the Olympic Games three times (if one includes
Rotterdam in 1980) and was the most successful dressage horse
of the Netherlands under Annemarie Sanders-Keyzar, where he was
considered to be unbeatable for a long time, gaining the Dutch
Championship title seven times. In October of 2000, Amon passed
away at the ripe old age of 32 years. Then there is Rembrandt,
the elegant dancer, who with Nicole Uphoff glided through the
big dressage arenas of the world, enchanting the public with his
fantastic agility. He won individual and team gold with his rider
twice, making her the youngest Olympic champion of all times,
breaking the sonic barrier of the magic 1500 points delimitation
in 1990 and becoming world champion.
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Rohdiamant
Dressage Stallion 1990 
The
success story of the undoubtedly most outstanding Rubinstein son
thus far was just as skyrocket like as that of his sire: Federal
champion 5-year old dressage horse, wins in Grand Prix competitions
on the international stage, selected for the American Olympic
team under Lisa Wilcox. The breeding aspect is likewise dotted
with exceptional situations. At his premium age class of 1994,
a Rohdiamant-Landadel foal was sold at the Vechta May auction
for the sensational sum of DM 50.000. Two years later this young
stallion was approved and awarded the 1-e premium under the name
of Rabano. Then in 1998 Rohdiamant, who was awarded the main national
premium in 1994 demonstrated what he was really worth. 
At
the Rastede Schlosspark, he presented the spruce mare Reine Seide
as the champion of the Oldenburg Elite Show. Not long after, at
the Federal Three-Year Old Riding Horse Championship, the Warendorf
state stallion Roman Nature was at the very forefront. What's
more, at the Oldenburg stallion Days in the Wesser-Ems Hall, the
sire from Cappeln stole the show: Royal Dance, a noble liver chestnut
with strong gaits was declared champion stallion. What a feat
! In the FN breeding value rating for dressage, Rohdiamant received
second place with a score of 154 points in 1999. Ronaldo, the
year 2000 vice-champion five-year old dressage horse in Warendorf
had one year earlier been the glorious champion of the four-year
olds. The covetousness of the dark diamond horse remains unbroken.
The top horse of the autumn 2000 Vechta auction Royal Olymp, who
was sold for DM 520.000 has no less than Rohdiamant as his sire.
To date, Royal Olymp is the second most expensive horse ever auctioned
in Vechta. 
