Noblewood Park Chanel was imported to New Zealand as a weanling in 2001.
Chanel was purchased not only as a breeding proposition, but also as a potential competition horse.
She is by the outstanding imported German stallion Collins, out of the imported Holsteiner mare Cadence from the well-known Stamm 776.
Collins was born in 1995 in Germany and imported in 1998 by the Noblewood Park Stud. In April 2000 Collins started his jumping career. During his inaugural year, and at age five years, he firmly made his mark on the local show-jumping scene, winning classes up to 1.50m. He campaigned successfully in the Eastern States of Australia in the latter part of 2001 winning a number of futurities and mini Grand Prixs. In the same year he was awarded the supreme title of Horse of the Year, a title which he successfully defended the following year. Last year Collins was selected for the Australian Showjumping talent squad, becoming the youngest horse on the squad.
Collins is by the Holsteiner stallion Calando I (by Cor de la Bryère) out of a Caletto II mare (by Cor de la Bryère) giving him a double cross with the famous Holsteiner foundation sire.
He is typical of the new type of sport horse currently favoured. He is a well-balanced stallion of 16.3 hands with generous strides and a natural elastic movement. He has a lovely head carried on a beautiful neck, producing elegance, lightness and self-carriage. Collins has a willing temperament, with good character and an eagerness to please. He is an athletic and expressive riding horse and is showing enormous ability.
Collins oldest foals are now rising three and he is strongly stamping them with his ability.
Chanel's dam is Cadence. Cadence is by the famous dressage stallion Coriander and out of the State Premium Mare, Doreen I, by Lord.
She was purchased at the Holsteiner Verband Auction/Classification in August 1998, becoming one of the highest priced mares that year. She is a State Premium Bointed Mare and has three full sisters who are also State Premium mares.
Cadence has both the ability and presence to be either a showjumper or dressage superstar and it is for that reason that Noblewood Park opted to put her into the breeding programme rather than the showjumping team. Cadence's sire Coriander is probably best known and respected for producing the quietest minds in Holstein. He ranked as the Leading Sire of Sport-horses for all of Germany in his age group three years in a row and is one of the cardinal sires in Holstein. His progeny have won advanced dressage and showjumping competitions. He is renowned for producing elastic movers with deep and effective shoulders.
Coriander is included in this elite list of stallions for his consistent production of stallion sons (7 approved) and approved daughters (5 State premium mares).
Chanel's full brother Cougar won Supreme Champion at the Holsteiner Classifications in February 2002 at the unprecedented age of six months.
(NB: Famous Holsteiner Stamm 776 has produced sires such as Calvados I and II, Cortino I and II, Lord Incipit, Captain Incipit, Lauritz J, Rossini, Acorado, Lordanos, Ramirado Contiki, Toledo, and world-class sire Ramiro, who is present in many top showjumping horses and sires)
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