Sandro Hit is the outstanding son of Sandro Song. He is a most beautiful type of the modern sport horse, possessing the true uphill conformation required for top-level dressage competitions, which allows him to perform his movements with such ease and grace. He has already gained a number of international young dressage horse championships and to add variety to the pedigree his ¾ brother Sakrobat is an international showjumper.

Sandro Hit is as beautiful as an English engraving, a genial feather-light movement with brilliant results as a producer. He has yet to meet his match.

Breeding

Sandro Hit is by the outstanding jumping stallion Sandro Song, who is by the well-known top sire of showjumping stallions and founder of his own successful sire line, Sandro. This stallion, which has over 44 graded sons, is also a source of world-class dressage horses. Loretta, dam of Sandro Hit, is also the dam of the super young graded stallion Diamond Hit and of a full sister to Sandro Hit that was first a champion foal in 1997 and then champion State Premium mare at Vechta in 1999. She herself is closely related on both sides of her pedigree to the international showjumper Spillers Rainy Day and her sire Ramino is by the outstanding sire Ramiro, ranked 2nd in the WBFSH list of showjumping sires in the period 1991/2000 and 10th in the period 1999/2000.

Ramiro is the sire of over a 100 graded sons as well as many top graded daughters in several countries, including Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands. He is also the sire of over five dressage horses that competed at international level. His offspring feature such well known names as Ratina Z, winner of team gold and individual silver at the Barcelona Olympics and team gold at the Atlanta Olympics. He had an incredible breeding index of 160 and 1st in the WBFSH rankings in the period 1990/1999.Sandro Hit’s maternal great grandsire is the outstanding sire of dressage horses, Welt As, 2nd in the WBFSH dressage rankings for both 1999/2000. He is the sire of the mighty Gestion Bonfire, individual gold medal winner at the Sydney Olympics 2000, and 1st in the individual rankings for dressage 1999/2000. As a result Welt As’ progeny winnings to date total almost £400,000 and his 14 graded sons includes such top performers as the international dressage stallion Diamond VII.

Himself a national champion and world champion, Sandro Hit is out of the brilliant elite brood mare Loretta, she produced the Reserve World Champion and Reserve German Young Horse Champion Diamond Hit and the highly elegant 1c premium stallion Royal Hit. Her sire Ramino was Stallion Performance Test Champion and later on five times Italian Champion. Welt As from the third generation is one of the most influential producers over the last years, amongst others he sired Olympic gold medallist Bonfire ridden by Anky van Grunsven.

Performance

Sandro Hit has himself competed successfully in M level dressage and won both of the M level dressage class at Zwolle Stallion Show in 2000. In 1999 he won the World Championship for 6 year old dressage horses and was best young stallion of 2000 at the German Championships.

After an indifferent stallion test at Medingen in 1997 – finishing 16th out of 33 with a score off 99.8 – Sandro Hit became a star under the guidance of Dr Ulf Möller, the manager of the PSI dressage barn. The pair won the six year old dressage championship at the Bundeschampionate, and also the World Championship at Arnheim that year.

Sandro Hit’s dam, Loretta has been an excellent stallion producer – bred to Don Schufro, she produced Diamond Hit who was Reserve World Champion Five Year Old Dressage horse and Bundeschampion in 2002; bred to the Rohdiamant son, Royal Dance, she produced Royal Hit, the 1-c premium stallion of the 2002 Oldenburg stallion licensing. Loretta is by Ramino, who was champion of his performance test at Adelheidsdorf in 1983. He stood in Oldenburg from 1983 to 1987, while at the same time competing in showjumping with Melanie Kötter. The pair won team gold at the European Junior Championship in 1987, before he joined up with the Italian rider, Loris Pujatti, again with international success.
Ramino has proven an exceptional sire of broodmares – he is the damsire of the jumping stallion, Gio Granno; the 1997 Oldenburg licensing winner, Ronaldo, and his full-brother, Rubin Star W, who won his stallion performance test and was a finalist at the Bundeschampionate; Sergeant Pepper, two time Bundeschampionate finalist is also out of a Ramino mare. Loretta’s dam, Lassie is by Welt As who was the sire of international showjumping star, Leroy Brown, and dressage star, Bonfire.

Sandro Song is by the influential Oldenburg based, Holsteiner stallion, Sandro. Sandro competed in international showjumping competition with Franke Sloothaak. Sandro Song is out of Antenne II by Gepard, who left a lasting imprint on Paul Schockemöhle’s mare band – Gepard was a son of the great sire of showjumpers, Gotthard. The grand-dam Antenne won numerous Grand Prix with George Ahlmann. Her sire, Adlerorden was a top jumping sire in Westfalia, siring stars like Argonaut 7 with Bernard Kamps.

Sandro Song is one of the few stallions to have beenboth Champion Oldenburg Junior Stallion as well as main premium winner. He himself competed in both dressage and showjumping to intermediate level.

Progeny

His daughter Starlett, out of the full sister from Don Schufro, became the most expensive mare in the German auction in Vechta. Another daughter Poetin, became 3 year old riding horse champion at Warendorf with a final score of 9.5 before coming 5th at the World Championships for Young Horses as a five year old, and winning the 6 year old class at the bundeschamionships in 2003 for dressage horses In 2002 Scaramouche sired by Sandro Hit won the Elite Foal Auction held at Addington. From the 2006 Oldenburger premium lot alone, Sandro Hit was completely dominant with four direct sons reaching top prices of € 450.000 and two further nephews, one of them the champion stallion. His unique performance as a producer is demonstrated once again with two highly scored national champions, putting the number of championship title-holders which he has produced up to seven. Silberaster was also distinguished as Oldenburger champion mare, Sir Donnerhall was reserve champion. The Sandro Hit son Salieri has been triumphant at World Cup level with Victoria Max-Theurer. Besides that he has produced an armada of highly successful up and coming successful young horses. Sandro Hit is the typical example of today's all round bred sporthorse, who offers breeders a wealth of pedigree depth. He himself excels at dressage and is proving that he passes it on.