Lisnana Verb. Pr. St. born 2012, is the granddaughter of Donatella and has a very interesting pedigree herself. Lisnana is the daughter of Step pearl II (Sanira), an International Dressage Horse competing in Junior championships, Prix Saint Georges and Intermediare I. Lisnana brings extra strength and performance to the DVI-Dressage part of the Nopilla tribe*.
Lisnana is a daughter of Lissaro van de Helle. Three Time Bundeschampion and Silver Medalist at the Jumping World Championships and topped the 2015 German FN dressage sire index with 173 points! Lissaro van de Helle was licensed by the Hanoverian Studbook as a Premium Jumper Stallion in 2007. In 2008 Lissaro was a finalist in the Hanoverian State Championships for the 3 year old jumping Stallions in Verden and won. This was just the start of an incredible streak of championship wins, which included the 2008 German Championship title for the 3 year old Stallions and the 2009 German Championship title for the 4 year old Stallions. In 2010 Lissaro van de Helle won the German Championship title for the 5 year old Dressage Horses and was Silver Medallist at the World Champions for the 5 year old Dressage Horses.
Lisnana’s mother, Step Pearl II ( Now Sanira) is an international dressage horse with Nikita Kamishnikova (RUS). Step pearl II is a daughter to Sandro Hit who has made a lasting impression on dressage horse breeding with his brilliant typed and incredibly light-footed offspring. Since 2012, Sandro Hit has been part of the illustrious circle of the world’s best dressage sires. In 2017 and 2018, he was placed second in the WBFSH ranking of the most successful dressage stallions, and has been placed third since 2019. The hereditary performance of the jet-black stallion, World and German Champion, is absolutely unique. Believe it or not, he has produced 190 licensed stallions. Many of them also competed, like Sir Donnerhall I, Vice World Champion and German Champion, Sancisco OLD, victorious in Grand Prix, and San Francisco OLD. His daughters, 493 of whom were awarded the State Premium, are led by the dressage World Champion and double German Champion Poetin. Furthermore, a daughter of Sandro Hit produced the Olympic Gold medallist, double World Cup winner and triple European Champion Weihegold OLD/Isabell Werth. He himself is father of Showtime OLD, Olympic gold medallist in Tokyo with Dorothée Schneider.
Lisnana’s Grandmother, Donatella,Verb.Pr. St., is the mother of many successful International Dressage Horses, mother to a licensed stallion, Step Dancer ( Licenced Stallion – Hannover), and many successful dressage horses like Sanira and Step Star, just to name a few. All of them competing at the highest S- levels. Donatella brought us many more very promising offspring for the future.
Donatella originates from the famous Hanoverian Nopilla tribe (Hannover Stutenstamm 3191508, Schridde 738) . Her tribe includes a lot of top sports horses and breeding stallions. The most famous of her ancestors is Woyceck, full brother of her great-great grandma Wunschfee. Woyceck won team gold at the 1976 Olympics with Harry Boldt, silver in individual competition behind Christine Stückelberger and team gold again at the world Championships in 1978.
Donatella’s sire was the exceptional De Niro, son of the even more famous sire, Donnerhall. De Niro was a living legend during his career. He started his Grand Prix career at 7 years old and won one third of all Grand Prix competitions in which he competed. He produced over 100 breeding stallions. He is extremely well known as the father of countless top breeding mare of which over 450 with a State Premium. For many years in a row, De Niro was the number one dressage horse supplier in the world rankings.
Donatella’s mother, Weltmarie, introduces another monument in the world of International Dressage in her pedigree through her father Weltmeyer. Weltmeyer was the winning stallion in Verden (Han.) in 1987. He is father of 110 breeding stallions and produced over 400 State Premium Mares. Weltmeyer produced many Olympic and World champion Dressage horses. His offspring won over 2.1 million € in prize money
Further in the pedigree one can find Bogenschuetze ( by Bolero), Furioso II, Wunsch and Deputant. All sires with bewildering achievements that speak to the mind.
Lisnana is in foal for 2024 from Viva Gold
