St Pr Lavirca

Lavirca is an exquisite State Premium mare by the Grand Prix stallion Royal Diamond out of St Pr La Traviata, a full sister to the legendary Sandro Hit.  In 2011 Lavirca produced her first UK born foal, a filly by the stallion United who achieved the highest grade ever awarded in his stallion performance test in the Netherlands.  In Germany she has already produced a State Premium daughter and a stallion who was a price highlight at auction.  Lavirca, herself a State Premium mare comes from a pedigree showing successful mares on both sides with many being State Premium or Elite.  Lavirca has produced two foals in 2012!  Dynamite SC who is by World Breeding Champion Dimaggio via embryo transfer and Ulysses SC by the exciting Grand Prix stallion Uthopia.

Lavirca's father Royal Diamond had the perfect career: 1996 I-f premium stallion, 1997 stallion performance test winner, 1998 I-b main premium winner, 1999 Vice Bundeschampion in the class for five-year old dressage horses under Lisa M. Wilcox, 2000 Bundeschampion in the class for six-year old dressage horses and VTV Dressage Stallion of the Year. He then placed twice in the Final of the Burg Pokal, won the " Promising Stallion" award in Zwolle and proceeded to win 40 dressage classes up to Grand Prix, including the Weser-Ems State Championships. Royal Diamond was retired from sport in 2009 in a magnificent celebration.  Royal Diamond has also had a successful breeding career which may be unsurprising given his heritage being a Rubinstein son and full brother of Rohdiamant.  His son, Royal Deniro, Vice State Champion, had a price tag of 320.000 Euros, Royal Milva however, managed to beat this and was knocked down for 380,000 Euros.  Among the more than 350 of Royal Diamond's offspring that successfully compete in sport, the most well-known are Royal Gala, Rich Charly II, Rhythm and Dance and the  Bundeschampionat finalist Royal Happiness ridden by Helen Langehanenberg.  Seven sons were licensed and of these, Royal Floggensee and Royaldik are successful in advanced level dressage. A State Premium was awarded to 15 of Royal Diamond's daughters.

Lavirca's mother the State Premium mare La Traviata, is a full sister to Sandro Hit the phenomenal jet black stallion whose first rate offspring easily sell for prices in excess of EUR 100,000 year after year. In 2009, Starlight sold at auction for EUR 170,000, though the all-time record auction price of EUR 2.5 million is still held by two-time Bundeschampion, Poetin, followed by EUR 700,000 for the Hanover champion stallion Soliman de Hus. Sandro Hit has produced ten Bundeschampions to date and Sancisco, the VTV Dressage Stallion 2009, has already won 40 advanced dressage classes up to Grand Prix level. Salieri OLD, who is ridden by Victoria Max-Theurer, is also one of the Grand Prix winners by Sandro Hit. In 2009, Sandro Hit's son Sarkozy won the Hanover Riding Horse Championship and took the Vice Bundeschampion title. Sandro Hit's progeny and their offspring all pass on his excellent genes and this jet black stallion has influenced dressage horse breeding probably more than any other stallion in the world over recent years. Sandro Hit's foals have consistently attracted very high bids at practically all auctions. La Traviata's dam, Loretta, is one of the most successful breeding mares in the world. She has produced three approved stallions in total, Sandro Hit, Grand Prix winner Diamond Hit and Royal Hit.  Maternal grandsire, Ramino, was five times Italian Show Jumping Champion and Welt As produced Anky van Grunsven's Olympic gold medal winning horse, Bonfire.