Gavi

International Champion with the valuable "G bloodline"

Gavi, one of the most successful stallions in international show jumping, is now offered in Benstrup. After a brief debut in breeding, this talented and character strong fighter was successful for several seasons in international competitions for Germany with Helena Weinberg, winning Grand Prix and also competing in Nations Cups. After a short period in Scandinavia, Hilmar Meyer started to ride him and they immediately won Grand Prix again (also in Calvörde). In July 2008 they easily took the Hanoverian State Champion title. In Germany alone there are 33 first places in advanced (S) level tests on record for this classy stallion.

Gavi did not spend much time in breeding but sired a few offspring, including a licensed stallion named Gavio, who successfully competed in international competitions under Thomas Weinberg. Just these few offspring put Gavi among the top 5 % of all German jumper sires according to the German FN's predicted breeding value statistics.

His sire Graf Grannus produced 20 sons that were licensed. Year for year, his offspring such as Graf Gandalf/Line Raholt and Ghia/Eva Bitter have impressive records in show jumping that also include international competitions. In 2004 he became the Hanoverian Stallion of the Year. His dam Wega was also bred to Show Boy (by Sunny Boy; private stallion Rhineland) which resulted in another licensed son. She is a full sister of the licensed stallions Futurus and Werther’s Wels (Olympic Game participants in 2004), both of which played a leading role in dressage. The dam's sire Werther produced top international horses for dressage and show jumping.