Sandro Hit

Description

Price Semen 3 ins $2490 & Agents Fee $422 & GST = Total $3200

Founder of his own dressage line

199 licensed sons

103 Grand Prix offspring

He has led dressage horse breeding into a new dimension with his type-brilliant and incredibly light-footed offspring. He has been one of the world’s best dressage sires for 14 years and even topped the WBFSH ranking as number one in 2021. And he is the founding stallion of our station – Sandro Hit.

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo/JPN, Showtime FRH/Dorothee Schneider and Salvino/Adrienne Lyle were in the gold and silver teams from Germany and the USA. For Showtime FRH, this was already the second Olympic gold, after European Championship team gold and double individual silver. Salvino was also part of the US dressage silver team at the World Equestrian Games in Tryon/USA in 2018. Also competing in Tokyo/JPN: Sir Donnerhall II OLD/Morgan Barbançon/FRA, Sebastien/Lindsay Kellock/CAN and Scolari/Shingo Hayashi/JPN. Sintano van Hof Olympia/Gareth Hughes/GBR was an Olympic reserve and then won European Championship team silver in Hagen a.T.W. Statesman/Naima Moreira Laliberte/CAN was also a reserve and secured team bronze at the Pan-Am Games in Santiago/CHI in 2023. At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris/FRA, two “Sandro Hits” competed, including team sixth and individual 16th. Sertorius de Rima Z/Pauline Basquin/FRA, who also placed in the World Cup final in 2025.

The hereditary performance of the black stallion, who was himself World Champion for young dressage horses and German Champion, is unparalleled. Believe it or not, there are over 190 licensed sons in Germany alone, far more than any other sire has ever been able to father. The list of his licensing winners, premium stallions and stallion market leaders would go beyond any scope. Many of them also made careers in sport, such as our Vice World Champion for young dressage horses and German Champion Sir Donnerhall I, Sir Donnerhall II OLD/Morgan Barbançon Mestre/FRA, seventh in the World Cup, Grand Prix winner Sancisco OLD, German Champion, auction price record holder and advanced (S) winner San Francisco OLD, Burg Cup finalist Sorento and Sir Skyfall OLD, placed at the World Championships for young dressage horses.

His daughters, an incredible 519 of whom have been awarded the state premium, are led by the World Champion of young dressage horses and double German Champion Poetin, who was auctioned off for the record sum of 2.5 million euros via the P.S.I. auction. The Oldenburg Champion Mare Silberaster OLD also won double gold at the German Championships and bronze at the World Championships for young dressage horses. Sisters Act MT OLD/Dorothee Schneider was German Champion, placed fourth, sixth and fifth in the World Championships for young dressage horses, ranked second in the Burg Cup final and sixth in the Louisdor Prize and won international Grand Prix. In addition, a Sandro Hit daughter produced the Olympic and three-time World Cup winner as well as four-time European champion Weihegold OLD/Isabell Werth.

The offspring of Sandro Hit have long since conquered the big championship stages around the globe. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio/BRA, five of them competed, including the aforementioned eventual team gold winner and individual sixth in dressage, Showtime FRH/Dorothee Schneider, and the team bronze medallist in eventing, Santano II/Christopher Burton/AUS. Showtime FRH again won team gold and double silver in the two singles finals at the 2019 European Championships. In 2018, Salvino/Adrienne Lyle was part of the US dressage silver team at the World Equestrian Games in Tryon/USA. Sir Donnerhall II OLD/Morgan Barbançon/ESP placed in the World Cup finals in Paris/FRA, Leipzig and Omaha/USA. Selten HW/Andres Dahl was in the Danish team at the Olympic Games in 2016 and at the World Equestrian Games in 2018.

The record number of eleven German champions was delivered by Sandro Hit. At the World Championships for young dressage horses, Polka Hit Nexen (2008 silver 6y.o.), Soliere (2010 silver 6y.o.) and St. Emilion (2011 bronze 6y.o.) were on the podium in addition to those already mentioned.

His father Sandro Song was licensing winner in 1990 and main premium winner in 1992.

His dam El.St. Loretta produced two more licensed sons: Diamond Hit (by Don Schufro), who was successful in Grand Prix, and Royal Hit (by Royal Dance).

From the dam line comes Bluetooth OLD (by Bordeaux), Olympic and European Championship team gold medallist in 2024 and 2025 in Paric/FRAU and Crozet/FRA under Frederic Wandres.