As an 8 year old Voltaire jumped 1.50m courses with a
great deal of success. He showed his prowess in international
show jumping in 1988 in Calgary, Stockholm, Lanaken,
Helsinki, Wiesbaden and Wembley. In 1989 he brought his
successful career to an end by winning the Grand Prix
of Berlin. Voltaire stands very high on the index
for dressage and jumping. Voltaire is the result
of crossing two outstanding bloodlines, Furioso II
and Gotthard. Furioso II produced 200
state premium mares and at least 68 approved stallions
of which several are standing at stud in other continents.
One can easily say that Furioso II has influenced
the breeding industry world-wide.
Voltaire was really the first of the super star performance
stallions to go on and prove himself equally as important
as a breeding stallion. In the competition arena, he won
at the highest level, winning Nations Cup classes at Calgary,
Stockholm, sHertogenbosch, Lanaken, Helsinki, Wiesbaden
and Wembley. In 1989 he won the Grand Prix of Berlin. And
yet he was a horse that no-one wanted! He was a bit small
(just 162 cms) and had a problem with one hoof, and he was
rejected by the Oldenburg licensing commission. That didn't
deter Jan Greve, a Dutch veterinarian with a passion for
breeding jumping horses and his partner, Henk Nijhoff. They
heard that the young stallion was for sale, liked his technique
and took him home to The Netherlands. The KWPN licensing
commission was not much more enthusiastic than their Oldenburg
counterparts, Voltaire was graded 14th out of the fourteen
horses to complete the performance test. He received excellent
marks for jumping (and stable manners!) but just made it
to stallion status.
After
a sensational performance career, Voltaire stood at Jan
Greves picturesque stud De Watermolen, dominated by an
ancient mill and water wheel, Voltaire started to prove
that his explosive mix of the best of the French and the
best of the German jumping lines, could weave a special
magic. Voltaire is by Furioso II, one of the first Selle
Français stallions to come to Germany. Originally called
Vertuoso, the two and a half year old French stallion
was imported to Germany by the great Oldenburg breeder,
Georg Vorwerk. Voltaire is out of Gogo Moeve by the great
Hanoverian stallion, Gotthard. Gogo Moeve was the dam
of successful competition horses Fandango R, PS Falkan
and Petite Fleur. Her dam sire is the English Thoroughbred,
More Magic xx, who was the sire of 1980 Moscow Olympic
dressage gold medallist, Mon Cherie. Out of his first
crop of foals Voltaire produced the approved stallion,
Concorde, who after an international jumping career with
Jos Lansink and Eric van der Vleuten (including the Dutch
showjumping championship in 1994) is in the process of
writing his name into the history books as a breeding
stallion in his own right.Voltaire is represented by a
staggering 28 jumpers in the WBFSH standings for 2000/2001
- and is ranked 9th in the top 50 sires in the ten years
from 1991 to 2000. Jacques Verkerk of the KWPN, comments:
"Voltaire produces roughly two types of horse; rather
square exteriors with an articulate top-line or big rectangular
horses with a lot of bone. His progeny move with sufficient
length of pace, but are a little slow and without optimum
bend in hocks. The hind leg is often a little straight.
Due to their nice type and good character a lot of riders
can easily cope with them. They can make quite nice dressage
horses for riders at rural level, although the KWPN doesnt
recognize him as a producer of dressage horses.
Voltaire
Furioso
II
Furioso
Précipitation
Maureen
Dame De Ranville
Talisman
Que je suis Belle
Gogo
Mover
Gotthard
Goldfisch II
Ampah
Mosaik
More Magic
KWPN Stallion
- Concorde - 1984
KWPN.
Bay, 16.2hh
Concorde with Piet
Raymakers, the silver medal winner in Barcelona, was
the spectacular winner of the 1990 National Stallion
Champion. His outstanding performances at a very early
age earned him the prefix Olympic. His prestige
remains phenomenal with Jos Lansik,
given their success in Dortmund, Paris and Darmstatt. Concorde
comes from a strong jumping line on both sides. Sire of
this stallion is the impressive Voltaire, who is
bred to perform. He has already sired 5 approved stallions
in the Netherlands, one in Belgium, two in Germany and one
in Sweden. Through the performance of his offspring, Voltaire
stands very high in both Dressage and Show Jumping
indexes.
Concorde
sire of this stallion, who in jumping circles is known as
Olympic Concorde, is the impressive dominant breeding stallion
Voltaire, who via his sire Furioso II and Gotthard is bred
to perform. Voltaire is the number 2 in the World Breeding
Ran-kings for Showjumping Sires in 1996.
Voltaire through the performances of his offspring
stands very high in both the dressage and jumping indexes.
Due to his high ranking position, Voltaire was given the
"keur" and "pref-erent" predicates at a very early age.
Concorde's dam, Flyer, is by the legendary Marco Polo, one
of the most influential Dutch stallions in breeding and
jumping with representatives such as: Irco Polo, Pybalia,
Marius, Orpheus, Mr LA, Pierrot and Recruut. Flyer is related
to the international jumper Vivaldi, which under Melanie
Smith was speed horse of the Year in 1980. Flyer produced
at least 6 (inter)national jumpers.
Concorde
was himself an international jumper with Jos Lansink. They
won the Grand Prix of Nordrhein-Westfalen at Aken and they
were Champion of the Netherlands in 1994, 2nd in the Grand
Prix of Amsterdam, 2nd Darmstadt, 2nd Lanaken, 2nd Helsinki
and 2nd Gothenburg.
The last three years Concorde
was the sire with the most offspring at the World Breeding
Championships for young horses. In the year 2001 the "preferent"
Concorde has proved himself to be an absolute top sire of
international sporthorses. His offspring Audi's Jikke, Kathja,
Conquest II, Larino, Viktor and Isabella proved themselves
at the very top at Grand Prix level (1.60 m.).
In the Grand Prix of Rotterdam
3 from the top 8, had Concorde to thank as their sire. At
the international horse show of Maastricht Concorde had
11 offspring in the international finals! Concorde was the
youngest stallion ever to be awarded "preferent", due to
his endless list of national and international children.
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Voltaire
After
a sensational performance career, Voltaire stood at Jan
Greves picturesque stud De Watermolen, dominated by an
ancient mill and water wheel, Voltaire started to prove
that his explosive mix of the best of the French and the
best of the German jumping lines, could weave a special
magic. Voltaire is by Furioso II, one of the first Selle
Français stallions to come to Germany. Originally called
Vertuoso, the two and a half year old French stallion
was imported to Germany by the great Oldenburg breeder,
Georg Vorwerk. Voltaire is out of Gogo Moeve by the great
Hanoverian stallion, Gotthard. Gogo Moeve was the dam
of successful competition horses Fandango R, PS Falkan
and Petite Fleur. Her dam sire is the English Thoroughbred,
More Magic xx, who was the sire of 1980 Moscow Olympic
dressage gold medallist, Mon Cherie. Out of his first
crop of foals Voltaire produced the approved stallion,
Concorde, who after an international jumping career with
Jos Lansink and Eric van der Vleuten (including the Dutch
showjumping championship in 1994) is in the process of
writing his name into the history books as a breeding
stallion in his own right.Voltaire is represented by a
staggering 28 jumpers in the WBFSH standings for 2000/2001
- and is ranked 9th in the top 50 sires in the ten years
from 1991 to 2000. Jacques Verkerk of the KWPN, comments:
"Voltaire produces roughly two types of horse; rather
square exteriors with an articulate top-line or big rectangular
horses with a lot of bone. His progeny move with sufficient
length of pace, but are a little slow and without optimum
bend in hocks. The hind leg is often a little straight.
Due to their nice type and good character a lot of riders
can easily cope with them. They can make quite nice dressage
horses for riders at rural level, although the KWPN doesnt
recognize him as a producer of dressage horses. 
KWPN.
Bay, 16.2hh 
Concorde
sire of this stallion, who in jumping circles is known as
Olympic Concorde, is the impressive dominant breeding stallion
Voltaire, who via his sire Furioso II and Gotthard is bred
to perform. Voltaire is the number 2 in the World Breeding
Ran-kings for Showjumping Sires in 1996. 
Concorde
was himself an international jumper with Jos Lansink. They
won the Grand Prix of Nordrhein-Westfalen at Aken and they
were Champion of the Netherlands in 1994, 2nd in the Grand
Prix of Amsterdam, 2nd Darmstadt, 2nd Lanaken, 2nd Helsinki
and 2nd Gothenburg. 
