Faside Joella 

This fillies sire, Johnson, is a Grand Prix stallion considered the best son of leading dressage sire Jazz. Her dam is a direct daughter of the great Donnerhall.

The sire Johnson is a son of the keur stallion Jazz who performed at grand prix level with Tineke Bartels. Grandsire, Olympic Cocktail also performed at the highest level and achieved numerous victories in grand prix and kur to music. Grandsire, Flemmingh, is famous for producing the grand prix dressage horses, Krack C with Anky van Grunsven and Lingh with Edward Gal. Great grandsire Sultan is not only the sire of the Oldenburg approved stallion Sion, but also of the worldfamous jumper It's Otto from Geoff Billington. Johnson descends from the famous 'Reina' line; the renowned mare line from breeder Wim van Arkel. Famous horses from this motherline include Darkdream, Sultan, Kallisto, Mendel, Charmeur and Waldo.

Johnson combines an exquisite pedigree with a perfect dressage model and three excellent gaits. He also boasts a good temperament and rideability. Johnson was the overall champion of the KWPN stallionshow in 2005. From his first breeding year three offspring were selected to participate in the finals of the Dressage World Championships at Verden. Amongst them were Bretton Woods and Boston. Johnson has three approved sons with the KWPN: Breezer, Bretton Woods and Jacksparrow. Johnson himself is very succesfull in international dressage competitions with Hans Peter Minderhoud. In 2014 Johnson placed 6th at the World Cup in Neumunster and is successfully competing at Grand Prix.

The dam of this foal is Donnatella who is sired by the world-famous dressage stallion Donnerhall, out of a State Premium mare by Pik Bube, an extremely successful combination. Donnatella was bred by the stud which had Donnerhall, the "Groenwohldhof stud". Donnatella is graded with the British Hanoverian Society and passed her mare performance test. She was brought to Britain as a foal and competed in affiliated dressage. She is the full sister to the top stallion Don Primaire who has a high dressage index of 148 among with high scores for both conformation (111) and movement (108). Donnatella has a Verban Premium full sister who is being successfully bred from in America by embryo transfer and has produced a State Premium daughter.

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