Foaled: 1989

Breed Registry: Oldenburg Horse Breeder’s Society (GOV),
ISR/Old NA - currently not activated

Height: 16.3HH

Owner Comments:

Tantris descends from one of the most influential mare lines in Germany today. Tantris was his breeder’s (Harli Seifert) first approved stallion. She has since produced many top stallions, all from Tantris’ mare line (Rubin Royal, Don Chico, Rubin Action, Rubin Cortes & many more!). His dam¹s sire, Aktuell is a St. Pr. H. in the Hanoverian and Oldenburg stud books and his grandsire, Volturno, won the silver medal in Eventing at the 1976 Olympic Games. Traumdeuter, his sire, was the #2 sire of dressage horses in Germany, and went on to produce many top GP jumpers in Denmark.

Tantris refines heavier mares, while he adds substance to TB and Arabian mares and consistently passes on his wonderful disposition, willingness to learn, balanced and uphill topline, powerful hindquarters and great feet to his get. His offspring are in varied careers, from Field Hunters to Combined Driving and have satisfied owners, those that are showing in dressage and hunters have had a huge percent of success. Tantris is dominant for athletic balance and intelligence, so that they can succeed in most any discipline. Once breeders have bred to him, almost 90% have re bred, including several Veterinarians and an Olympic Farrier! Tantris is incredibly fertile, with most mares settling on one dose of cooled, shipped semen. Now in 2007 there is an introductory rate for frozen semen! And a very SPECIAL EXPO rate, if booked at the Stallion Exhibition.

For 15 years he has been my competition horse, breeding stallion and best friend, he truly is a joy to ride and be around, I treasure every day with him.

Performance History

Tantris has had an outstanding performance career that has proven his ability to consistently progress and win at each level from Training level in 1993 thru Grand Prix in 2004, while maintaining a busy breeding schedule each year. In 2004 Tantris was the GAIG Res. Champion at Grand Prix and I-II, after having won the BLM Intermediaire Championship in 2003. Returning this fall at the age of 18, to FEI competition after three years of letting his offspring do the winning, Tantris won with a 67.9% at the BLM Championship show by more than 5% over the second place horse!

1994 First level horse- Dr. Reiner Klimke clinic
1994 ABIG Res. Champion First Level
1995 Reserve Champion Mature Horse VADA BREED SHOW Lexington
1995 ABIG Region 1 Res. Champion Second Level
1996 Res Champion Mature Horse Port Jervis
1996 ABIG Region 1 & BLM 3rd place at Third level open
1996 USDF Horse of the Year All Breeds: 4th at Third Level
1997 ABIG Region 1 Res. Champion Fourth level
1997 USDF Horse of the Year All Breeds: 2nd at Fourth level
1998 USDF Horse of the Year All Breeds: 2nd at Int 1 (64%)
1999 ABIG Region I Res. Champion at PSG
1999 USDF Horse of the Year All Breeds: 3rd at Intermediaire I
2000 USDF Horse of the Year All Breeds: Champion at PSG, Champion at Intermediaire I
2001 USDF Horse of the Year All Breeds: Champion at PSG, Champion at Intermediaire I
2003 BLM Champion at Intermediaire II
2003 USDF Horse of the Year All Breeds: Champion Intermediaire II, Champion Grand Prix
2004 GAIG Region I Res. Champion at Intermediaire II, Res. Champion at Grand Prix
2004 USDF Horse of the Year All Breeds: Champion at Intermediaire II, Champion at Grand Prix

Offspring History

Tantris has a very high percentage of successful offspring, in many disciplines (& with amateurs!).

Dressage: (Premium foals) TYBERIUS was high Score American Bred Horse at Raleigh CDI,
numerous times Champion Training Level and he ranked #8 in USDF HOY Training
Level 2005. In 2007 Ty placed 9th in the USDF All Breeds at Third Level with new owner Toi Trent, and with many wins at Fourth Level also! TAHITI is third in the 2007 USDF All Breeds award for Second level, with very limited showing! Tahiti won Championships at both Second and Third level at several shows this summer and won her first 2 musical freestyle classes at Third Level with 70-73%. Tahiti started her show career in 2005 and was BLM Res CH Training Level, scoring a 10 for her walk! In 2006, Tahiti was BLM Res CH First Level, and was chosen by USEF, as one of the top 6, for the east coast training session of the Developing Young Horse Program. TRAUM, in ’04 high scores (68% & 75%) for Training Championships. and in ’05 3rd Place BLM CH First Level, won with a 65% at 2nd-2. Chosen for the Hilltop 5 & 6 year old clinic with Steffen Peters and also the Ingrid Klimke Clinic at NEDA. TARANTELLA, as a four year old mare, won TR-4 with a 66%. & this year she was chosen for the Ingrid Klimke Symposium by NEDA (like her brother Traum and her Father!!) TRADEWIND won several classes and was Champion with her breeder at first level with 72% and again with her new owner at Lexington. TEKLA, competed in her first recognized show last fall, (at the BLM Championships!) and won 1st-1 with a 65%. TIRIMASU, full sister to Tekla, has won many second level classes and High Score awards. TOLSTOI qualified for the USEF Young Horse Championships in 06 and placed 2nd in the 2007 USDF All Breeds Awards at Third Level. TRISTAN has won multiple awards at second and third level for his adult Amateur owner.

Eventing/Equitation/Jumping/Hunters: TRIUMPH won at his 1st Horse Trials at Training level. TRAUM also won at his 1st Training Level Combined Test (for sale!). Tango’s first 3 weeks at 3’6 in the Big EQ with Elizabeth Lubrano in the irons, netted a third at Briarwood, 6th overall in the WIHS at the Beacon Hill Classic in an open field with water and a bank, 1st in the Medal and 3rd in the USET at Monmouth, top ten in the USET and Maclay at Lake Placid. FARMER’S ROW (Traumweber) won many big classes at Devon and Washington with Louise Serio, after a successful start in Dressage winning a Championship in Florida. CATCH A DREAM (Tindle) has won multiple Championships in hand and under saddle as a Hunter and then went on as a Side Saddle Champion and has become a winning dressage horse now.

Driving: WARWICKE is the lead horse now for Brain Robertson¹s Four-in-Hand.
Brian has been continuing to breed Indigo (mother of Warwicke) to Tantris to get a complete set
of 4 Tantris sons for his four in hand (has 3 now)!