CERA PERFORMANCE HORSES
CERA NORMANDY
Born 15/2/2016 (21 months old), brown Holsteiner gelding
By Numero Uno out of Cera Chiraz who is the full sister to the licensed stallion Crumble
Sire Numero Uno was the winner of the KWPN stallion test and internationally successful in sport under Marco Kutscher. Numero Uno's sire Libero H was an outstanding competitor and his impressive list of results includes wins at Nations Cups, more than 10 World Cup victories, 4 National Championships, and he also won the World Cup Final in Den Bosch.
Sire Numero Uno
Numero Uno is even more successful in the breeding barn than he was in sport having already produced countless 1.60m horses including current international stars Tyson, Tamino, Warrant, Take Off, Charmeur and Van Gogh. Numero Uno sired 3 out of the 4 horses in the winning Dutch team in the Nations Cup in La Baule a few years ago. Numero Uno progeny were 1st and 2nd in the Global Champion Tour of Shanghai in 2016. One of Numero Unos top stallion sons Van Gogh has won the Longines Global Champions Tour of Valkenswaard, the LA Masters, The Hong Kong Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of Zurich with his rider Marrco Kutscher, who also rode Numero Uno. The winner of the $500,000 Rolex CSI5* Grand Prix at WEF (USA) in March 2017 was Charmeur by Numero Uno ridden by Sergio Alvarez Moya. The champion stallion of the Selle Français stallion licensing last year Eyecatcher du Borget is by Numero Uno.
Van Gogh by Numero Uno winning the LA Masters 2017
Charmeur by Numero Uno winning the Rolex CSI5* at WEF 2017
Normandy's dam is a full sister to Crumble and out of our wonderful mare Valenzia. Crumble is licensed in Holstein and approved for Oldenburg & Hannover. He topped his 30 day test and came 2nd in his 70 day test easily winning the jumping section. Crumble had a remarkable list of results as a 6 year old including 8 wins last year (2016) at L & M level. He is now commencing his international career under Christina Liebherr.
Crumble - full brother to dam
Dam sire Colman is known for producing horses with excellent jumping ability along with superb rideability. Colman sired the winner of the $3 million CP International Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows - Convall (September 2017). Convall and his rider Philipp Weishaupt have also won the Aachen Grand Prix. Colman is also the sire of Robert Whitaker's Catwalk IV who has won several Grand Prixs already. Colman’s sire Carthago Z was an international competitor himself competing at two Olympic Games, and is another great producer of jumping horses.
Crumble - full brother to dam September 2017
Convall (by Colman) winning the CP International Spruce Meadows
September 2017
Grand dam sire Carinjo was champion of his stallion licensing and is a force to be reckoned with under the speed demon French rider Patrice Delaveau. Wins include Doha, Chantilly, Valkenswaard, 2nd in Aachen Grand Prix etc. He is still at the top of his game today, in March 2017 he won the CSI5* in Saut Hermes!
Carinjo - Grand dam sire
Normandy's grandmother Valenzia has a sister Nischa who was successful to 1.50m level and produced the Reserve licensing champion Con Cosmos. Valenzia has an approved stallion brother Barkeeper who was also successful in sport, and two other siblings have been highly successful in showjumping. Her grandmother produced Loro Piana Chiclana who has been successful at the highest level of international showjumping.
Normandy has everything going for him; a superb pedigree, excellent conformation including legs and feet, good movement and a great character. We are very excited about his future in sport!
Grand dam Valenzia
