Catoki x Lightningthina van’t Ruytershof

The father of the embryo is Catoki. He is a special stallion who has been successful in both sport and breeding. He is a compact, powerful, jumper – very sharp in front and with a well-connected, naturally topline. Performance – Catoki has porven his outstanding talent again and again, with wins and placings numerous times at top level. Catoki’s father Cambridge also won many advanced level competitions before his untimely death. Cambridge was a son of the Cor de la Bryère son Caletto I, who sired any grand prix showjumpers including the licensed stallions Cabachon, Non Stop and Cornetto (by Ramiro Z). On the dam’s side you find the Silbersee son Silvester, who became immortal through his offspring, among which is the international dressage ace Silvano. His dam’s family is used to success and has produced mares that have become the dams of stallions in every single generation. Catoki has numerous successful, talented offspring like Catch Me If You Can (1.70 m), Campbell (1.65 m), Cador (1.60 m) etc. Furthermore, he even has one offspring that competes in 5* eventing and one son, Chateau 28, who even competes in dressage at Grand Prix level.

Lightningthina was competed up to 1.35 level with Maaike Schoormans on international grounds. Her family is a true one of a kind, from the father side and also from the mother side. Her father is Norton d’Eole (1.60level) who’s sire is Cento (1.60level) and the dam is Fragance de Chalus (1.40level). Norton d’Eole is also the father of Chagall de Toscane (1.60 level) studstallion, Dunlop d’Enocq (1.50 level) and Made in’t Ruytershof (1.60 level). The mother of Lightningthina is Inathina van’t Ruytershof (1.40 level) who also competed herself and she gave offsprings like H&M Luna van’t Ruytershof (1.60 level), Missouri van’t Ruytershof (1.60 level), Night Light van’t Ruytershof (1.50 level) and a lot of other succesful horses. But The sire and dam of Inathina were both superstars in showjumping! The sire is For Pleasure (1.60 level) the famous Hannoverian stallion! And the dam is Diamanthina van’t Ruytershof (1.60 level) who is the full sister to Emerald van’t Ruytershof. And her parents are also big level showjumpers, Diamantde Semilly (1.60 level) and Carthina Z (1.40 level). Lightningthina van’t Ruytershof has a legendary pedigree and she proofs it with herself too in showjumping. She also has some good offsprings like Oxbow de Muze (1.40 level), Quintero van’t Verahof (1.35 level) and Burundi Z (1.30 level). Her offsprings will have this special super bloodline, they will be future stars for sure!