Pilot (horse)
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| Race: | Westphalian |
| Father: | Pilate |
| Mother: | Gratia |
| Mother, father: | graphite |
| Gender: | stallion |
| Year of birth: | 1974 |
| Year of death: | 1991 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Colour: | brown |
| Breeder: | Christa Geldback, Marl |
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Infobox last modified on: March 1st, 2011. |
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Pilot (born March 4, 1974 in Wattenscheid as Pierino , † 1991 ) was a bay Westphalian stallion.
On March 4, 1974, Pilot was born as Pierino in Peter Cronau's veterinary clinic in Wattenscheid, the son of Pilatus . He was active in sports himself, but his sports career ended due to a fractured pelvis, which caused him problems for years. However, he was still used in breeding. In 1991, he was put to sleep because he could not get up one morning.
As a breeding stallion, Pilot was extremely successful. When he was 16 years old, his offspring had already won over 1 million German marks together. Pilot is thus the youngest winnings millionaire in history. As a breeding stallion, he is the founder of a stallion line with around 70 licensed sons. However, these were not yet able to establish themselves in terms of breeding. The offspring of Pilot were not considered to be easy to ride, they had a reputation for being professional horses.
Most famous offspring
- PS Priamos (* 1982), Westphalian , fox, rider: Dirk Hafemeister and Ludger Beerbaum (from 1996), twice in a row World Cup gold for Germany, total prize money: 847,235 euros.
- Bugatti Pedro (* 1979), Westphalian Wallach, rider: Wolfgang Brinkmann , team gold at the Olympic Games in Seoul 1988.
- Golden Oriole, rider: Lesley McNaught , European Championship gold 1993.
- Partisan, 1992 European Championship gold among young riders.
- Pilot's High Flight, rider: Valerio Sozzi , winner in Nations Cups and World Cup participant
- Poker (* 1986), Westphalian stallion, rider: Otto Becker , later Chuck Watters , 16 Nations Cup victories
- Pialotta (* 1991), Westphalian mare, rider: u. a. Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Edwina Alexander , with Bengtsson individual bronze and team silver at the 2001 European Championships, led the world rankings for the best show jumpers in 2001
- Prinzregent (* 1990), Bavarian stallion, rider: Norbert Koof , lifetime winnings of over DM 100,000
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait of the pilot ( Memento from April 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )