This son of Capitol  I descends from the Holstein 162 family, that has produced many outstanding sport horses and more than 30 approved stallions. His mother, Perra, is a daughter of Calando I (by Cor de la Bryere) that had a very good international performance and international sons like Careful. Perra is also the mother of the well known stallion Lord Calando (by Lora) and of Werra (by Corporal) mother of ABC Charleston (Capitol I), a renowned international performer. Carthago Z finished 11th in the OG of Atlanta and was bronze medal in the Hickstead European Championship under the saddle of Jos Lansink. As father, Carthago Z passed on to his progeny his jumping talent and his ridability: with 182 points, he is the 1997 leading stallion in Germany.

Carthago Z is the son of Capitol I, one of the great modern Holsteiner showjumping sires. Unusually for a Holstein jumping sire, Capitol carried no Cor de la Bryre blood, but he was richly endowed with the heritage of two great Thoroughbred descendants of the Bay Ronald line - Cottage Son xx and Manometer xx, he also carried a double cross of the influential anglo-arab, Ramzes. Capitol I sired Cassini, Campione (and full brother, Cathleen, ridden by Meredith Michaels - now Beerbaum), Calato Z, Curtis (Mndli), Cliquot (Kirchof). With an index of 182 he head the FN young jumping stallion ratings. Capitols grand dam Ratina was a Hamburg Jumping Derby with Fritz Thiedemann). His dam, Folia, showed great jumping potential herself, and produced the licensed stallions Latus I and II, as well as the two Capitols, and famous daughters Kausa, Lektion (eventing) and U-Capitola (dam of Lord Capitol).

Folias dam, Vase, was a full sister, Romanus who competed with success with Hans Gnter Winkler, despite the horses aversion to water jumps. The dam sire, Calando I stood at several breeding stations in Holstein before pursuing a performance career that culminated in a German Championship with Karsten Huck. After jumping successfully in Luxembourg, Calando I returned to breeding duties in Holstein.

At his performance test, Carthago Z earned a 9.5 for free jumping and a 10 for jumping talent!!! Cathago Z finished in 11th place at the Atlanta Games with Jos Lanskink and the pair were members of the Dutch team at the Sydney Games. In all the combination competed in 15 Nations Cups. In 2001, the stallion, who had been leased to Leon Melchior since 1995, returned to his birthplace in Schleswig-Holstein and the Holsteiner Verband.

Carthago is already the sire of seven approved sons and although he is no longer fertile he continues to sire foals thanks for the stock of frozen semen.

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