Description

Glorious pedigree and superb personality! Video link is from Thermal 2015, YJC 5 year olds.

Contrada was raised an orphan, never knowing his dam Ginie I. He is thus very affectionate and easy going.

The sire of Contrada is Coconut Grove, who was shown to great international success by German Camargo of Colombia, is the one of the world's top Thoroughbred stallions. After a career in which he qualified for the Olympics, competed at World Cup events, and placed in the American Invitational, he retired for breeding to become one of the most widely acclaimed outcross stallions for warmblood breeding in recent times.

Contrada's dam is the Capitol I daughter Ginie I, from one of the top three stamms showjumping stams in the world, 2067. The particular branch that produced Ginie also produced the stallion Solid Silver, and the family at large is known for many successful jumpers, among them: Leonidas 40 (Lars Neiberg), Cattani (Geir Gulliksen), Leonoardo (Franke Sloothaak), and Landstreicher (Toni Hassman).

Capitol I is Ginie's sire. So much can be written about this great sire, who produced dozens of stallion sons including the beloved Cassini I.  In the 2000 Sydney Olypmics there were three Capitol I offspring; at the next games in 2004 there were thirteen.

Also in this pedigree is Sacramento Song, a wildly successful Thoroughbred sire with tremendous jumping ability who is perhaps best known for his son Sandro, founder of the most prized dressage breeding line in Germany.