Corrado I
Cor de la Bryere x Capitol I
Right from the start, it was apparent that Corrado was something special, and at his performance test he scored 10s for his free jumping and jumping ability / training. He also scored 8 for rideability. He ended with a jumping score of 137, the highest of his year and finished 3rd overall.
Corrado was ridden by the Holsteiner Verband riders, Thiess Luther and Bo Kristoffersen on the young horse circuit, and was a finalist as a six year old at the Bundeschampionate in 1991. The next season he commenced his international jumping career.
Under an agreement between the Verband and Franke Sloothaaks sponsors of the time, San Patrignano, he was campaigned by Franke.
The pair won the Grand Prix of Leeuwarden in 1993, and were second in the Nations Cup at La Baule. In 1994, Corrado won the World Cup Qualifier at Dortmund and finished third in the Nations Cup at Aachen. He also won the German Championship that year. In 1996, he won the Danish World Cup Qualifier at Aarhus, and the Grand Prix of Neumünster and Kiel. In 1997, Franke and Corrado were third in the Hamburg Grand Prix and fourth in the Grand Prix of Göteborg.
As a sire, Corrado was again, an instant success. His international jumpers include: Classic H with Helena Persson, Cher with Piet Raymakers, Corrada with Peter Charles, Cosmina with Markus Fuchs, Cosmos Star with Evelyne Blaton, Caramia with Espen Johannsen, Canyon with Tim Grubb, Think Twice with Leopold van Asten, Corradina with Carsten-Otto Nagel (current European silver medalist) and Cabrio with Felix and Toni Hassman. Also his spectacular son , Clinton, who was individually 4th at the Olympic Games in Athens, and second behind Shutterfly at Aachen in 2005, Clinton is the sire of Cornet Obolensky.
By the end of 2006, Corrado I is recorded with 95 progeny who had jumped at an international level.
Cor de la bryere
