Barracuda

Barracuda is a striking dark bay mare.  She combines the best of German and Dutch breeding and was described as “the perfect dressage horse” by judges commenting on her bloodlines.  She is light on her feet and moves with power and grace in all three paces.  Her first foal was awarded a first premium by the BEF and  Barracuda's 2011 foal Bellatrix by Breitling W was the highest scoring dressage foal at her BEF Futurity and was awarded a coveted foal premium from the Oldenburg Verband.  Baracuda is currently in foal to Royal Diamond.

Barracuda’s father is Paul Schockemohle’s flagship stallion Sandro Hit.  He has an outstanding breeding record and founded a new dressage horse breeding dynasty, his foals have consistently attracted very high bids at practically all auctions, though the all-time record auction price of EUR 2.5 million is still held by two-time Bundeschampion, Poetin.  For more information on Sandro Hit please see his page in our Sires section.

Barracuda’s mother Tiara is by the stallion Metall whose offspring inherit his stunning conformation, and a high degree of quality and refinement. They are built very uphill and have beautiful heads. Their movements show great finesse with much power in the hind legs, lots of elevation in the front legs, and they have supple backs.  Her maternal Grandfather is Balzflug who is bred out of the best performance bloodlines in the Trakehner Studbook. His sire Habicht is noted as one of the most influential sires of excellent dressage ability, having produced many nationally ranked top mares and several approved stallions including Olympic Cocktail.   Having bred three super foals Tiara has now changed career and despite her late start is training successfully with Andrew Gould.