| Olympic Amiral |
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| Olympic Amiral |
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Altemus is sired by Olympic Amiral 764 (b.1985). Amiral received the highest score ever at his stallion
approvals and was the only stallion in the world to have received all 10's on his gaits. He is still the highest
rated stallion ever tested in Sweden and stood at the Flyinge Stud. Under Kyra Kyrkland, Amiral won numerous dressage
titles and competed at the 1996, and later with Peter Marnke, the 2000 Olympics (placing as the number one Swedish horse).
In 1997, Amiral and Kyra won the Hamburg Derby, the Copenhagen Kur, and the Helsinki Kur and were 5th
in both Aachen and at their first World Cup in Hertogenbosch, earning Amiral 3rd place in the World Ranking of Breeding Stallions
for 1997. He competed in the Gothenburg International Horse Show in 2001, finishing 4th
in the Freestyle Grand Prix Keur and 5th in the Short Grand Prix. Amiral has only 3
approved sons in the world (including Altemus), has the highest overall BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Prediction) index
of all Swedish stallions in the world, and has been known for producing both excellent dressage and jumping horses. From
the 2000 testing, his BLUP scores were as follows:
Conformation- 158
Gaits- 187
Walk- 182
Trot- 160
Canter- 155
Temperament and Rideability- 192
Jumping- 96
Overall- 147 (1st place)
Amiral has a fabulous Swedish pedigree and is by the famous Flyinge stallion, Napoleon, who has sired many great horses
and was ranked 7th, in 1997, in World Breeding Rankings. Amiral's dam is the elite mare, Flamkella, who is sired
by the Olympic stallion Flyinge Flamingo. She has an amazing 18 perfect foals out of 19 possible. Amiral's grandsire
on his sire's side, Iran, was ranked #3 in world breeding rankings.
Altemus is by the Hanoverian mare, Elite J. Adelian***. Though Adelian died prematurely in 2003, she was at
the time, one of only 8 elite Oldenburg mares in the USA. All 8 of Adelians foals, including Altemus, were premium
foals. J. Adelian won numerous times at Dresage at Devon with several perfect 10 scores. She was also Champion
USDF Horse of the Year, Reserve Champion horse of the year, top three in year end eventing, top three in AHSA Hunter breeding,
and all of her dressage scores were over 74%. J. Adelian has produced 3 approved stallions, Altemus, Opus, and
Rubicon Z as well as 2 premium mares, Paradel and Ranara. J. Adelian has recently been ranked 4th in the USA for
producing USDF Series Finalists in 2000-2003 and ranked 6th in producing USDF Series Grand Champion-Reserve Grand Champion
in 2000-2003. J. Adelian was approved the highest with the Belgian, Dutch, Swedish, Oldenburg and Hanoverian Organizations.
J. Adelian is sired by the Hanoverian stallion, Admiraal Ferdinand, a high ranking dressage stallion who is ranked
13th, as a damsire of USDFBC Series Finalists in 2000-2003 and 15th for a damsire of USDFBC Grand Champions or Reserve Grand
Champions in 2000-2003. The sire line of J. Adelian contains several generations of proven Hanoverian stallions.
Altemus was bred by Kenneth Borden Jr. of Little bit Farm Inc. in Wilmington, IL.
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